League of Vircon

League of Vircon League of Vircon flag.jpg Flag of the League of Vircon Government Data  Historical Data The League of Vircon, (83 TE to 116 TE) was a supranational organization, made out of nation-states which objective was the defence from third-parties and the cooperation between member states. Most of them were part of the region in Elastra known as the Drakeslands, in Eldham.

The Leage was formed out of the former Coalition of the Bay of Peace or League of the Bay of Peace which was created after the dissolution of the Drakaen Concordat.

Symbols and Etimology
The League's name originated from the previous otganization, from which it kept the status of "League" and the geographical feature of the Strait of Vircon, which separates the province of Edenheim in Valreach from the Akora Pensinsula in Amarillo.

The Strait of Vircon choise as representative feature for the new League was both descriptive of the geographical location of the organization and metaphorical as the strait is the conceptualisation of a narrow space between two landmasses. In this case, the League represnted the close union between states of different nature and culture.

In the first sense of the representation, it was decided to abandon the name of Bay of Peace after the departure of territories that shared coastline on this bay, located in the eastern shores of the Drakaen Sea.

The Flag and Banner of the League of Vircon are the simplification of the Strait itself. It is composed by two orange triangles on a white background that come from the sides to meet at the center. Instead of the joint of the triangles meets a blue circle with a white outline that merges with the background.

The white background represents the peace over which the League is born, keeping it as constant as a fundamental value. The orange portions represent the lands to both sides of the strait and the blue circle, main feature in the flag, represents the water on the strait.

This composition would inspire other flags born in the Drakesland, such as the flag of Sena Pasifa or the flag for the Drakesland Cultural Centre.

Coalition of Bay of Peace
The organisation that preceeded the League of Vircon, the Coalition of the Bay of Peace, was founded on the Winter of the year 77 TE, by representatives of Puerto Amarillo, Nidaros, Smegsland, and New Haven, right after the last autarch, Tiffany Canalopin, dissolved the Drakaen Concordat. At the time, the head figures of the newly formed coalition were Lhytt Poliorcetes and Hulmeswar.

War against Jorvick
The Coalition immediately had to face Jorvick and Mugen in a war. A conflict that would be known as The War of Drakaen Succesion. It came to an armed effort, after the nidarosean attempts to reach peace failed. Nidaros declared neutrality and the rest of members of the Coalition faced the enemies in the Battle of Jorvick.

The defeat of the coalition led to the annexation of the state of Saror Haven to be annexed by Jorvick. Right after, the formalisation of the vassalisation of Smegsland, left Nidaros and the Republic of Amarillo alone in the coalition, which effectiveness was heavily questioned.

In the aftermath of the war, the first rules and laws of the coalition were applied, written by Soronaca Trichechi. The rules stated that the role of the Coalition was to "guarantee the independence of each member state". After a proposal from Roland Sien, the name changed from "coalition" to "League of the Bay of Peace".

Peace period
With an informal alliance between Nidaros and Mugen, and the Treaty of the Fallen Powers, which ensured Amarillo's survival, the League had no imminent threats, seeming its propose ended. A period of peace in the Drakesland began.

A few years later the war, Northwich gained independance from Nidaros, and it instantly joined the League. When the new state faced a conflict with the settlement of Tamarin, the League intervened to ensure the victory of the Nujharian people. Jorvick, former enemy of the League, sided with Northwich as well, aiding them. Soon after, after the tensions with Nidaros were put to an end, the city of Jorvick signed an alliance with the League.

Formation of Vircon
During the battle of Tamarin, flags and banners representing the Strait of Vircon were raised symbolising the union between the states that formed the coalition. From then on, the flag of the strait would represent the cooperation between nations in the Drakesland. Around that time, Delta Sien, new Hand of Nidaros and daughter of Roland Sien, led a project for a reform in the League, supported by its member states. She began writing a Constitution that would end up in the Formation of the League of Vircon.

Once the text was finished, a meeting was held in Puerto Amarillo, where Delta Sien, Soronaca Trichechi and Salazar Van Den Green approved the text and signed it. They would be, from then on, known as the Founding fathers of Vircon. The attendants signed in name of The Kingdom of Nidaros and The Republic of Amarillo. Afterwards, in behalf of The Northwich Dynasty, King Vix signed as well, completing the necessary formalities for the formation of the League.

Delta's Term as Secretary General
The League quickly attracted new members, like Neo Drakaes, and new allies, like Avaria and Yuvaria, its former vassal

The member states started collaborating further, as when they all declared BestGoalie, a traitor to Nujh, enemy of their states, or when workers from Amarillo helped build the Stadium of Nidaros.

Meanwhile, tensions between Amarillo and Andliria rose, to the point that the League's leadership was worried about a possible war. Eventually, Soronaca negociated with Andliria's emperor, Jalhike Rokalim and, after realising that almost all of the tensions were due to misunderstandings, proposed a non-aggression pact not only with Amarillo, but with the whole League, to Andliria, which they accepted.

As Soronaca found his settlement, a new momentum was given to the League's hunt of BestGoalie. Lhytt Poliorcetes and Soronaca, later joined by Delta Sien and Tiffany Canalopin, followed his trail to Arador, as they learnt someone hired him to kill the mayor, Panorh. Sadly, he didn't show up at Arador like he was supposed to. BestGoalie had escaped the League once again.

Kibris
Several countries of the League participated in the first battle of Kibris, which ended in stalemate.

The Nido Games then happened, and because of that, the League wasn't able to launch another big attack on Kibris, but it still prepared for it. Several small skirmishes took place, the biggest one finishing with Vix and Angel Stoyanov, leader of Jorvick, being hurt. During these preparation times, the League improved a lot its diplomatic relations with Catania and Uraka, due to Mr Ananas also causing trouble in their territory. When Amarillo attacked Kibris a second time, the whole League and Uraka were also present. Kibris was beaten, and when Ananas finally accepted surrender, Soronaca took Kibris as governor, only to oversee the sea fort's destruction.

After Kibris
Between the two battles, Catanian people discovered that the sea level was suddenly rising in the Drakaen Sea. Tio, from Catania, and Soronaca, quickly joined by Salazar Van Den Green, launched the contruction of dams all around the Drakaen Sea, to prevent the ocean to provoke floods on the coasts of the different nations. The dams were supposed to be a temporary solution to the problem, but since no better answer was found, the dams weren't removed until the end of the Amarillio-Pasifan War.

Once the floods were prevented, the League focused on getting new members and improving cooperation. Lifecoach's road project, started after the non-aggression pact with Andliria, could continue, and the League accepted several new members, including Andliria.

Delta also stepped down from her role as Secretary General, and a vote was organised to choose a new one, as well as new Secretaries. Soronaca Trichechi was elected Secretary General and Green, Amarillian Chancellor; Tiffany Canalopin, former Drakaen Autarch; Ocelton Fairfax, King of Neo Drakaes; FortyTwo, Mayor of Noshea, and Delta herself were appointed secretaries.

The Lafros-Merconis conflict
While the League was negociating with the nation of Merconis to join it, the city-state of Lafros, illegally established on Andlirian land, declared war on it. The League, already willing to incoporate Merconis, instantly aided Merconis. The whole League declared war on Lafros, and several of its allies did to, such as Catania, Yuvaria, and, even though it wasn't made official, Uraka. Even nations that weren't officially allied with the League or Merconis joined, like Hvirtland or The Pale.

Seeing that they would be completely overwhelmed, the people from Lafros asked for peace. They agreed to the ultimatum sent by the League : they had to pay reparations, and to join Andliria.

Expansion and Peak
The League finally found out why the sea was rising, and began to prepare a war against kelp to solve the issue, with the hope that every Eldham nation would join the effort. Sadly, Vircon couldn't find a moment to do it because of more pressing matters.

In the war between Merconis and the Zamotz Union, known as the Sand War The League of Vircon tried to reach peace, and wanted to support its member Merconis, but finally decided to stay neutral because most of the committee didn't approve Merconis' attitude and lack of communication. The League still allowed volunteers to help Merconis and USSE, and a lot of them came.

On the 12th of November, the League lost simultaneously six members. Vix Aulian, one of Valreach's kings, plotted against Uraka. Though Vircon had no idea about what was going on, Uraka accused them and three out of four Uraki vassals in the League left: Catania, Kaaniyu, and Paviledo. Two other countries left, Katolis and Taernsbia, because they didn't see anymore the benefits of staying in the League. Finally, New Yoake sold its land to Skjoldrbrodir. Uraka admitted that they were wrong when accusing Vircon, but the harm was already done...

The League of Vircon launched a period of reforms, and some people in it, including the Secretary General Soronaca Trichechi, still waited for the appropriate time to launch the kelp war. Catania joined the League back.

Green's Term as Secretary General
On the 21st of November, a vote was organised and new secretaries and a new secretary general were appointed. Salazar Van Den Green became the Secretary General.

Two years later, as a consequence of the Surif Conflict, Merconis was forced out of the League.

The Kelp War
The period that followed was extremely calm, until High King Vin of Valreach discovered that in Catania, near Sora, water rose a lot more than expected. The previous secretary general, appointed as general commander in advance for the kelp war, Soronaca, asked the committee to declare it as soon as possible, since it became a true emergency. The League did so, and Soronaca declared war on kelp on the third of december.

Institutional Organisation
The League of Vircon was composed of Member States. The Head of State or Government (sometimes also the Minister of Foreign Affairs) of each member state had a seat at the Virconian Committee, the institution leading the politics and in charge of passing laws. When the League had to take important decisions, like intervening in a conflict or accepting a new member, the committee would hold a vote. Each nation, represented by their respective leaders had one vote, and the Secretary General had one too.

The Secretary General (SG) was the head of the League but not a leader, since all the major decisions needed to be voted on by the member states. The SG was just the highest international representative of the League as a whole. The regular secretaries could also represent the whole League during negociations if allowed by the Committee.

These roles, were to be elected through public vote for all citizens of the member-states. There was no limit nor legislation about terms. However, it was informally established to vote every 8 to 10 years for the positions. No Secretary General in functions ever ran for a second term. The campaigns weren't conflictive and usually there were only two or three candidates, of which one was usually endorsed by the previous SG. For regular secretaries, it was kept to a limit of five during most of the League's history, and their functions were mostly secondary and advisory.

After Green's election as SG, a new institution with advisory funcitons was added, The Council. Formed by the previous SGs, for their knowledge in Virconian laws, they had the role of advising the current SG as well as the rest of the members of the Committee on their functions.

If the Committee had voted to declare war on a state or organization, meant that each member of the League would be in a state of war with the third-party. In times of war, the Committee had to appoint a General Commander, whose role was to lead the League's forces and armies into battle, as well as joining the Secretary General in the representation of the League in negotiations regarding said conflict.

The League of Vircon was able as well to sign alliances with nations and other coalitions. These would receive the role of Ally. These were supposed to aid the League during a defensive conflict involving a member state, and the League was supposed to help them in an defensive conflict. However, they did not have a seat at the committee, and they did not often participate in further collaboration, even though they could have if they wanted. These status was common for nations that weren't part of the Drakesland, such as Uraka, Simulami or Roddinbrok, among others. The League had ability to sign Non-Agression Pacts and other international treaties in name of the member-states.