Lyrean Community

The Lyrean Community is a regional organization of states around the Lyrean Sea in northwest Vinteria on CivMC. Providing a useful service as a discussion forum, it also passes binding resolutions as well as forms associations between some of its member states to further specific goals.

History
Diplomatic and trading relations were established between countries in the Lyrean Sea region almost immediately after the server's founding. However, the earliest predecessor organization of what would be the Lyrean Community was the Joint Intel Exchange, a trilateral information-sharing forum between Pavia, Lambat, and Mery, which arose from a need to coordinate against local raiders.

From the JIE, amicable Pavian relations with Letos and Griffin lead to a growing network of regional cooperation and trade. On June 8th 2022, the Lyrean Community discord was created, initially as a forum for discussion. A Charter was rapidly drafted, and by the following week on June 14th, the Lyrean Community was officially founded by its six signatories: Pavia, Griffin, Moloka, Lambat, Letos, and Mery.

Member nations
Joining the Lyrean Community is done by a nation's people or representative signing the Charter of the Lyrean Community, thus binding the nation in question to follow the little-defined Core Principles (Peace and Friendship, Economic Cooperation and Integration, Regional Defense, and Transparency and Communication), outlined in Article I of the Charter, as well as the Binding Commitments outlined in the subsequent article.

The Lyrean Council
The Lyrean Council is a voting and discussion institution established by the Lyrean Charter §3.1, where it is defined as "the primary voting and representative body of the Lyrean Community". The Council consists of the national leader(s) of each member nation as well as any of their representatives. However, only a single person, chosen by each signatory how they wish, is vested with the power to vote on behalf of their nation during votes. Voting members from each member may be recalled and re-appointed at any time by the member nations.

The Lyrean Council votes on the adoption of Resolutions, binding laws that a member nation may chose to opt out of by invoking the Notwithstanding Clause, and the creation of Associations, groups of some (or potentially all) member nations focusing on furthering cooperation in a specific domain.

The Council may also vote on the accession or expulsion of a member nation to the Lyrean Community, as well as changes to the Charter with a 2/3rds supermajority.

Associations
Associations are mediated sub-groups of the Lyrean Community intended to develop further co-operation on a specific domain, such as infrastructure or security. Associations are established by the Lyrean Charter §3.3. So far, two associations have been created.

Lyrean Border Security Association
The Lyrean Border Security Association (LBSA) is an association established between djani'hweh and Pavia on June 28th 2022. Being the first association created, it informally serves as a template to other and future associations.

The LBSA aims to create a shared snitch network between its adherents in order to more adequately protect the Lyrean Community.

Lyrean Infrastructure Association
The Lyrean Infrastructure Association (LIA) is an association established by Pavia, djani'hweh and Lambat on July 23rd 2022. The LIA binds its signatories to construct free-access rails, roads and/or iceroads between one another.

Lyrean Principles
The founding document of the Lyrean Community, the Lyrean Charter, establishes in Article I four 'Core Principles' for the Community's membership;


 * 1) Peace and Friendship
 * 2) Economic Cooperation and Integration
 * 3) Regional Defence
 * 4) Transparency and Communication

The principles are intentionally vague and open to interpretation by member-countries, serving to lay out a spirit for the Community while allowing it to take whatever form it may.

Languages
Lyrea is one of the world's most linguistically diverse regions, with three main languages being spoken; Filipino in Lambat, mehrileh in djani'hweh, and English in the remaining four members.

Flag
The Lyrean 'flower flag' was designed by hitobashuru, the Pavian Ambassador to the Lyrean Community. The colour of the flag is drawn from the temperate, green environments around the Lyrean Sea; flowers being a common sight in the numerous plains and fields biomes of Lyrean countries. The circle in the middle symbolizes the Lyrean Sea itself, with the petals representing the countries around it. The cardinal 'thorns' of the flower represent the commitment to regional defence, but also evoke the visuals of a compass.