Alliance of Northwest Gondwana: Difference between revisions

|membership = '''11 member-states:'''<br /><br />[[Acronis]], [[Ayaupia]], [[Hausberg]], [[Libertanny]], [[Lunaria]], [[VultucaReijia]], [[ReijiaSanctmunitis]], [[SanctmunitisTalusi]], [[TalusiTavaris]], [[Tavari UnionVultuca]], [[Zukchiva]]<br /><br />'''1 observer state:'''<br /><br />[[Great Morstaybishlia]]

|admin_center = Crystal Coast, [[AcronisTavaris]]

The '''Alliance of Northwest Gondwana''', abbreviated '''ANG''', is a free trade and free-travel agreement among states in the northwestern region of the continent [[Gondwana]]. It was established on May 2nd, 2018, when the Charter Establishing the Alliance of Northwest Gondwana entered into effect. Negotiations were held at a summit held in the city of Crystal Coast, [[AcronisTavaris]] in April and May of 2017. The founding members of the Alliance are [[AcronisAyaupia]], [[AyaupiaHausberg]], [[HausbergLibertanny]], [[LibertannyLunaria]], [[LunariaReijia]], [[VultucaSanctmunitis]], [[RageaTalusi]], [[SanctmunitisTavaris]], [[TalusiVultuca]], and [[Zukchiva]]. The [[TavariFederation of UnionBana]] was admitted as the 11th member on July 13th, 2020. The headquarters of the Alliance are also located in Crystal Coast.

The current members of the Free Travel Area are Acronis, Ayaupia, Hausberg, Lunaria, Talusi, Tavaris and Vultuca. The TavariFederation of UnionBana was a member of the ANG Free Travel Area until its abrupt withdrawal in January of 2021.

The governing body of the Alliance is called the Alliance Council, which consists of one representative from each member-state. The Alliance Council appoints the Secretary-General of the Alliance of Northwest Gondwana, who is in charge of day-to-day administration of the organization and leads the Alliance Secretariat, the administrative support staff. The Council, Secretary-General, and Secretariat are all based in Crystal Coast, AcronisTavaris. The Alliance headquarters, leased from AcronisTavaris for the nominal rent of 1 AcronianTavari Našdat per year, have been granted extraterritorial status.

[[File:Lasvegasnewcityhall.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Temporary Alliance headquarters are in this building in Crystal Coast, AcronisTavaris. A permanent headquarters is under construction.]]

In 2020, the Alliance officially inaugurated its joint space program, the Alliance Space Cooperative. Currently, member states AcronisAyaupia, AyaupiaTavaris, and Zukchiva participate in the Cooperative, although membership is open to all member-states of the Alliance. The launch site for the Cooperative is at Vraalatec in Ayaupia, and is positioned very near the Aequator. This allows for easier launches into aequatorial, geostationary orbits, and because the site faces east over the sea, rockets can take advantage of the Urth's angular momentum while having less risk of debris falling on inhabited areas.

The program's first launch took place on December 26th, 2020, with manned orbital missions planned to take place as soon as 2021. On January 11th, 2021, the Tavari Union abruptly withdrew from the Alliance Space Cooperative without immediately citing a reason for its withdrawal. It was later announced that the move had been in protest of the [[AcronisTavaris|AcronianTavari]] [[nuclear weapons state|nuclear program]], and TavariBanian objections to sharing sensitive scientific information that could be used by AcronisTavaris to advance their nuclear technology.