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Be it resolved, on this, the 1st day of Planting, CY 595, that: A treaty shall be entered on this date between the governments of the County of Urnst, and the Nyrond Imperium. This treaty sets down the tenets and guidelines, which shall, upon ratification of this document by Her Grace, Elone Gellor, Contessa of Urnst, and Sewarndt Nehron, Emperor of the Nyrond Imperium, be the law of the land in both of the nations involved. ARTICLE I: Whereas the citizens of the County of Urnst, and Nyrond are peaceloving, free peoples, there shall be an official state between these two nations that prohibits all forms of aggression between the two. This shall take effect immediately upon the formal signing of this document, and shall be the lynchpin of the treaty. Should either party to the treaty violate this article, all other portions of this treaty shall become null and void, and the offended nation shall be released from all constrictions and responsibilities contained here within. ARTICLE I-A: Aggression shall be defined as the incursion of military or paramilitary forces into the lands of a signatory nation by forces of the other signatory. Military and paramilitary organizations shall include those of the army, navy, militia, the legions (not only mundane, but divine and arcane as well), as well as any organization which, in time of war, would become subject to the orders of military commanders within the host government, such as house troops, special paramilitary organizations, organized groups of rangers and druids, and orders of militant clerics. Incursion is here within defined as crossing the border between the County of Urnst and Nyrond Imperium by troops of one government without the prior approval of the other. ARTICLE I-B: The exception to this shall be that properly designated and identified members of a sworn law enforcement agency are authorized to cross the border without prior approval, provided that they notify the appropriate agency in the other nation as soon as is reasonable after crossing the border. This exception shall only be valid while in pursuit of a legitimate criminal, as defined in the legal codices of the nation whose forces are attempting to apprehend said criminal. Upon notification of the appropriate local law official, the responsibility for the apprehension of the criminal or criminals in question shall immediately pass to the agents of the law in the host nation, who will keep their counterparts apprised of the situation. Captured or detained criminal elements shall be held without granting of parole until such time as extradition can be arranged, and an official of the nation where the crime was perpetrated shall present to the confining gaolmeister a properly executed, and thus legally binding Warrant for Extradition. Accompanying this warrant must be evidence of the crime, which is sufficient to persuade the local magistrate of the guilt of the accused. Should the extraditing agency fail to provide this documentation, the magistrate has the authority and right to release the accused, or otherwise disposition them as he sees fit. Should a party commit crimes in both nations, the nation who detains them shall notify their counterparts, and justice shall be meted out first by the more severely aggrieved nation. For example, if a thief flees from Nyrond to the County, and there murders someone, the County has the right to pass judgment, and see that judgment carried out prior to turning over the murderer to Nyrond. After completion of the punishment required by law, the criminal may still be extradited to the second nation, in keeping with the procedures mentioned previously. ARTICLE I-C: It is the intrinsic legal right of all nations to guard themselves from perceived threats to their security, both from within and without. Therefore, no law or mandate from either crown shall impinge upon the right of the other to station troops anywhere within their appropriately delineated territory for purposes of providing the citizens of said nation with security from bandits, demi-human and humanoid militants, and any other threat that the government of their nation cites. It is forbidden for any soldier, militiaman, or other agent of the crown to interfere with the assigned duties of their counterparts so long as their actions are restricted to the appropriate side of the border. Furthermore, whereas the County of Urnst has already been inundated by refugees from Tenh, immigration from Nyrond is hereby forbidden without proper documentation. This shall not restrict, however, the free passage of registered merchants, traders, and other persons who have business within the County. ARTICLE II: The economic wellbeing of a nation is vital to the wellbeing of its government, and its people. Therefore, let there be no law or mandate that inhibits the ability of either nation to conduct business with citizens of the other. To this end, the trade of livestock, foodstuff, and raw materials shall not be subject to any tariff or tax in either country when being exported from one country to another. This does not preclude, however, taxation of goods, or the charging of a tariff on any of the above-mentioned things when they are passing through one nation en route to another. Only mercantile transactions between parties in the County of Urnst and the Nyrond Imperium shall be exempted from taxation and tariff. ARTICLE III: The border between the County of Urnst and the Nyrond Imperium shall be the same border as was observed between the County and the Kingdom of Nyrond except as noted below. ARTICLE III-A: The border of the Nyrond Imperium shall shift east a distance of 20 statute miles of its former location along the Stone Road from Crystal Springs to Starkwall. This change transfers all lands, resources, towns, and peoples who live in the affected area, to include all lands of the city of Starkwall, and all other hamlets, villages and towns in the affected region and their governments and officials, to the possession of the County of Urnst. Whereas this change affects a border which has been in place for many years, and is significantly different from the border which existed between the Kingdom of Nyrond and the County of Urnst, arrangements shall be made for the swift and efficient transfer of all aspects of the city of Starkwall, her government, and her people to the supervision of the County of Urnst. Starkwall shall be absorbed into the Archbarony of Eastmarch, and the Lord of the East shall have responsibility for the administration of Starkwall. ARTICLE III-A-1: It is stipulated herein that informal negotiations regarding this transfer of land and shifting of border opened between the County of Urnst and the Nyrond Imperium on the 24th day of Fireseek, CY 595, and it was agreed to permit the County of Urnst to begin construction of a security wall that would extend along the proposed border from Starkwall to the Crystal Springs, inclusive, and this construction would not be considered an act of aggression since the wall provides security for both nations, and the cost is born solely by the County of Urnst. Be it also stipulated that during these informal negotiations, the Nyrond Imperium warned that insurgents on either side of the wall might attempt to impede the construction of this wall, thereby endangering the formal signing of a non-aggression pact. Once this pact is signed however, the Imperium herein agrees to police its side of the border wall with the intent to deter and interdict any interference with its maintenance. ARTICLE III-B-1: The towns of Crystal Watch and Kerrin, the defenses of each, and the locks on the River Franz at Kerrin shall hereby be declared as entirely claimed by the Nyrond Imperium, and the County of Urnst forswears any claim prior or post on such. ARTICLE III-B-2: The Nyrond Imperium shall not restrict the traffic on the River Franz by such parties as allowed to cross the border, pursuant to ARTICLE I-A, ARTICLE I-B, and ARTICLE II of this document. ARTICLE III-C: These changes to the borders between the Nyrond Imperium and the County of Urnst shall be in effect no more than 30 days from the ratification of this treaty. ARTICLE IV: This treaty of non-aggression shall be considered to be legal and binding fifteen days following its ratification by the lawful rulers of both nations. Each ruler shall be notified by the most expeditious means possible, to include magical, of the ratification of the treaty by their opposite. Then shall both leaders, accompanied by a retinue of their choice which shall not exceed 50 personal guards, make their way to the city of Starkwall, where a formal signing of this document shall occur at noon on the fifteenth day following it's ratification. The ceremony shall be overseen by the chief cleric of Zilchus, and shall be held in the same temple in the city of Starkwall. ARTICLE V: This document shall be binding on Sewarndt Nehron, Imperator, and upon Elone Gellor, Contessa, so long as a Gellor sits upon the throne in the County of Urnst, and so long as Sewarndt Nehron and his descendents sit on the Imperial Throne of Nyrond. Signed in Starkwall, Lord Barony of Starkwall, Archbarony of Eastmarch, County of Urnst, on the 16th day of Planting, CY 595 by Her Brilliancy Contessa Elone Hofre Gellor of the County of Urnst, and His August Supremacy Emperor Sewarndt of the Nyrond Imperium. Final Disposition of ARTICLE III-C occurred the first day of Flocktime, CY 595.