Socialist International of Rathnir and Eldham

The Socialist International of Rathnir and Eldham, also known as simply the Socintern or The International, is the primary international forum for the various socialist governments and organizations of Rathnir and Eldham. It features several committees for specific activities, creates propaganda, organizes international events, and serves as a united body for the world socialist movement, among other things.

Goals
The International has since its founding been first and foremost committed towards the abolition of capitalism, feudalism, and all anti-democratic movements. The ultimate goal of the International is to establish world socialism, with the abolition of all social classes and the creation of democratic societies. However, most members recognize that this task is a long ways away, and as such are more interested in the piecemeal protection of current socialist states and organizations, and the successful creation of new socialist countries.

The International has no offical set ideology; this is due to its nature as a united left-wing front to ally the various socialist ideologies together against capitalism. Various different ideological factions including Aboniertism, Libertarian Socialism, Tulipianism, Unitist Socialism, Urabonism, Xeroism-Solokovism, and even social democracy/liberal socialism can be found under the International's umbrella.

A bill of human rights has been penned by members of the International to be upheld by all member nations and parties. Known as the Common Rights Convention, it details a list of rights deemed inalienable and inherent to all sentient races of the world, and that these rights serve as guidelines for all governments to treat citizens, be it a socialist government or not.

Chairman
The inner day-to-day workings of the International are organized by an elected Chairman and Vice-Chairman, who is to assist the chairman and serve in their absence. The current Chairman is Tyranes of the CoAC, and the current vice is Lumos of Tovarisha. Elections for Chairman and Vice Chairman are organized every four weeks.

Worker's Council
The Worker's Council is a body consisting of two elected members from each member party and government of the International. They serve as the legislature of the International, and serve to elect the Chairman every four weeks. They meet weekly to discuss policy and establish committees.

Members
The "core of the Socintern", the members are any and all members from any country who align themselves with the goals of the International. They are eligible to vote on resolutions written by the Worker's Council and serve on committees.

Operation
Organized around the principle of consensus democracy, the International depends on the unity of the entire voting body to pass resolutions. When a resolution is posted by the Council, all members have 24 hours to bring in any critiques. This can lead to the resolution being reworked to account for that critique, or for the critique to be dismissed in discussion.

Emergency meetings will be held by the Council if a situation needs immediate attention. The regular system of committees and proposals is sidestepped and the Council will have immediate decision making power, although, if possible, there should still be discourse on the choices made by the council in such situations.

Membership
To join the International, a movement must:


 * Have at least 5 members
 * Be affiliated with socialism and have an actual goal
 * Not be imperialist or nationalistic, with the exception of national liberation movements

For a nation to join, it must:


 * Be socialist
 * Be recognized by at least one other nation
 * Be visible from the world maps made by the Cartography Guild
 * Not be a dictatorship or monarchy

Diplomacy
The International acts as a mouthpiece for the united socialist movement, and as such many socialist groups use it as a common forum for international discourse and planning. It also serves to denounce nations which may violate the Common Rights Convention or engage in imperialism or anti-socialist purges.

Observer status can be gained for non-member nations, and they have the ability to establish diplomacy with the International. The Pos-Avertican Union and USSE are the two current observer nations.

Mutual Aid
The International encourages economic cooperation between member nations. In the spirit of anti-capitialism, it encourages the practice of mutual aid and discourages individual profiteering from said cooperation. The last Economic Director of the International was Kingsplay of Tovarisha, though they are temporarily retired.

Propaganda
The production and distribution of agitative propaganda (agitprop) is another activity of the International, to rally workers and peasants worldwide to the socialist cause. The current Propaganda Director is TheVietnameseTankie of Tovarisha and Tortuga.

History
Whilst previous iterations of working class internationalism have been attempted such as the Industrial Workers of Rathnir, Worker's Internationale, and International Rathnir Worker's Party, these organizations ultimately garnered little support even among the world socialist community and have since been rendered mostly defunct.

Some time around early June of 2021, Leo Belgicus and followers created what was known initially as the Communist International of Rathnir and Eldham, to unite the movements and states of the newly found realm of Eldham with those of Rathnir. Changing the name simply to the Socialist International to be more inclusive, the rebranded Socintern slowly grew in membership and became the large international socialist forum that the prior movements simply failed to become. Initially, votes were organized by Leo themself, voting on wether to allow Braznichiya to join the International multiple times. While initially failing, eventually the PSDRB petitioned again to join after internal policy change, and the vote passed.

On October 19th, TheVietnameseTankie was appointed to become the new Chairman as Leo Belgicus left permanently. TVT reorganized the internal structure of the International. After much discussion and voting, a unicameral legislature consisting of the Worker's Council was decided, and the Propburo and Orgburo were created to create propaganda and organize meetings, respectively. Following these reforms later in October, TVT went inactive temporarily. After TVT's return, the creation of an official International headquarters was suggested in committee. However, TVT resigned after pressures from Tovarisha and USSE by the time November rolled around, and POGGEROOO became the new interim Chairman.

Gunk of Nova Azcoria made a request on the 22nd of December for the International to supply their movement. Many people joined the WPA in their struggle against a potential nationalist coup. Luckily, civil war was avoided due to the nationalist side falling apart internally and realising they have lost a lot of popularity from the population. They did not even enter the elections and the WPA won a landslide victory. Later on the 27th, a democratic movement in Yimmu-Audal led by Thom390 appealed to for aid as well. As the month ended, Tyranes was elected as the new Chairman, and merely a few days later on January 5th, 2022, Lumos was elected as vice-Chairman.