THE OFFICIAL CHARTER OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE KERIS DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE Ke.D.A.
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This treaty seeks to promote brotherhood and safety in the continent of Keris. It wishes to protect all the 399,998,755 citizens of Keris under the banner of mutual defence and unity.
Article I: By ratifying this treaty, nations become member nations of the KEDA.
Article II: Respect and Mutual Recognition
All the contracting parties declare the sovereignty of the other to be inviolable and will take no action, back no action or back others who seek to undermine the legitimacy of the sovereignty of the other nation.
Article III: Mutual Defense
The contracting parties pledge to assure reciprocal military cooperation and mutual defense in times of war, including wars against terrorist organizations. An attack on any one nation will be considered an attack on both nations.
Article IV: Intelligence Activities
The contracting parties gree to share military intelligence with each other where it is deemed beneficial to either party on the basis that the contracting parties have a commitment to the each other and, therefore, a direct interest in the future survival of each other.
Article V: Operative Coordination and Cooperation
The contracting parties pledge and agree to regularly participate in joint training sessions as to get familiar with each others tactics and practises and work to increase defense cooperation in all areas. To that end both will establish easier rules for the transfer of men, equipment and technology.
Article VI: Strategic and Diplomatic Coordination
The contracting parties pledge to establish a direct, secure line of communications between the Defense Ministers of both nations in order to agree on foreign and strategic policies which can meet at best, the needs and the national interests of the contracting parties, and to solve peacefully, all the possible contrasts and issues between them.
Article VII: Declaration of War
If one of the contrating parties wish to declare war on another nation or organize a military operation against no-governative subject they should inform the other nations with reasonable advance but the contracting parties should be not obligated to assist the other.
Article IIX: Branches
Here follows the location of the main commanding institutions of the KEDA:
Headquarters and intelligence center: Cetatea Albă (Confederația Noului Endralon, Kizenia și Kuzaki )
Ground forces main command: Vilssten (Lielhercogiste Dolgavijas (Dolgavia).*
Naval forces main command: Mediomonte (República de Egelion).*
Air forces main command: Petrograd (Trigunian Empire).*
*=Not anymore, all is located in Cetatea Albâ
Article IX: Payments to the KEDA
To pay for operations of the KEDA, all member nations are asked to pay no less than 2% of the annual Defence Ministry budget to the KEDA to fulfil its obligations to the member states.
Article X: Participation of non-Kerisian nations
Contracting parties not located on the continent of Keris can become member of the KEDA as well, with two tasks: Ensuring the articles mentioned above are being obeyed by the contracting parties located on the continent of Keris, and support KEDA forces in times of war or any military conflict against any KEDA nation.
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Structure of KEDA
Above all divisions stands the Supreme Kerissian Council. The Supreme Kerisian Council consists out of all Kerisian member states and they can veto anything the KEDA Command proposes with a majority vote.
Main Command of KEDA (Cetatea Albâ, New Endralon)
-Chief Kerisian Commander (Elected every 8 years by the KEDA Command)
--Deputy Kerisian Commander
--Military Departement
---General of Kerisian Ground Forces *
----(Selected Staff members)
---Admiral of Kerisian Naval Fleets *
----(Selected Staff members)
---General of Kerisian Air Wings *
----(Selected Staff Members)
---General of the Special Operation Forces
----Departement for Cyber Warfare
-----Section for Cyber Defence
-----Section for Cyber Attack
----Department for Joint Strategic Staff
-----Military Intelligence Service
----Department for General Development
-----Information Technology Office
-----Military Scientific Corps
*=Each commander of the three branches listed above will from the three other nations in Keris that are not elected to Chief Kerisian Commander
---Administrative and Diplomatic Departement
----Departement for International Relations
-----Section for International Affairs (this section has no executive powers)
-----Section for World Congress Policy
----Department for Financial Management, Administration and Logistics
-----Material Management Division
-----Financial Management Division
-----Alliance Administrative Corps
----Department for Security Policy
-----Section for International Defence and Security Policy
-----Section for Crisis Management
-----Section for Continental Security Policy
Unit structure
-Ground forces Main Command: (Cetatea Albâ, New Endralon)
--Rapid Forces Division [Location: Changes Every two months]*
----81st Mechanized Brigade
----814th Tank Battalion
----811th Infantry Battalion
----812th Infantry Battalion
----810th Infantry Battalion
----817th Artillery Battalion
----3rd Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion
---405th Logistic Battalion
--Sea of Deliverence Rotational Force 1 [Location: Tuneculme, New Endralon]
--Sea of Deliverence Rotational Force 2 [Location: Kaiserburg, Trigunia]
--Western Rotational Force 3 [Location: Iknda, Dolgava]*
--Eastern Rotational Force 4 [Location: Puerto del Sur, Egelion]*
-Naval forces Main Command: (Cetatea Albâ, New Endralon)
--Naval Expenditionary Fleet 5 ("Starfish Fleet") [Harbored in Port Libertsk, Egelion]
--Naval Expeditionary Fleet 6 ("Pelican Fleet") [Harbored in Stâmoarte, New Endralon]
--Naval Expeditionary Fleet 7 ("Warthog Fleet") [Harbored in Vilssten, Dolgava
--Naval Expeditonary Fleet 8 ("Eagle Fleet") [Harbored in Novoadrinsk, Trigunia]
-Air forces Main Command: (Cetatea Albâ, New Endralon)
--Western Air Defence Force 10 [Location: Trigrad, Dolgava]*
--Eastern Air Defence Force 11 [Location: Borianoburgo, Egelion]*
--Western Air Wing 15 [Location: Aleksandrovsk, Trigunia]
--Eastern Air Wing 16 [Location: Matahi, New Endralon]
*=These divisions are utilised all the time, the other units are only utilised during excersizes or when the KEDA command put the level on high alert.