Vistara Commonwealth

For the jurisdiction of Marium I of Vistaraland, see See of Supremacy.

Imperial Commonwealth of the Vistara Keizerlijke Gemenebest van de Vistara (Vistarian) Opperlike Statebond van die Vistara (Kolonital)
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Political centre	Vierbak
Working languages	Vistarian Kolonital
Demonym(s)	Commonwealth subject, Gemenebester (colloquial)
Type	Voluntary association
Membership	11 member countries K'undzeti Maanbriak Satō Twelijnland Valerijk Vistaraland Vistari North Gondwana Vlas Isles Vorpest Wescernia Western Provinces 1 crown associate Henerschat 3 crown territories Ankbhaja Kamport Poberhaven
Leaders
• Monarch	Marium I
• Presiding Officer of the Coordination Authority	Cees Vellener
• Minister of Commonwealth Affairs	Count Adelbert van Edalavia
• Director of the Colonial Office	Marinn Kimura
Establishment
• Twelijnland Agreement	15 July 1925
• Pledge of Fredriksfort	14 August 1929
• Molebaai Decree	15 July 1936
• ICCAT signed	11 May 1942
Population
• 2021 estimate	254,395,529

The Vistara Commonwealth or Vistari Commonwealth, formally the Imperial Commonwealth of the Vistara, is a political association of nations, constituent entities and territories legally administered in the name of the Vistari crown. As an organization, it represents the vast majority of the territories that comprise the former Vistari colonial empire, acting both as a forum for coordination and cooperation amongst governments as well as an active force in fostering continued positive non-governmental relations within the territories of the former colonial power, cantered around Vistaraland proper. It's current members comprise the Imperial Vistari Confederation, Twelijnland, K'undzeti, Maanbriak, Satō and the Western Provinces - in addition to the Principality of Henerschat in Hvaloaszna as well as Poberhaven, Kamport and Ankbhaja - the territories jointly-controlled by the Vistari government as servants of the Crown and another sovereign state, collectively referred to as Crown territories.

While the notion of a Commonwealth as the model for establishing common policy and trade between Vistaraland, its current holdings and independent subjects of the See of Supremacy existed in some form since the independence of Twelijnland in 1925, the Commonwealth as an association of territorial entities with varying degrees of sovereignty did not come about until the Pledge of Fredriksfort, made by Empress Tyrene I on 14 August 1929. The pledge established the Commonwealth Coordination Authority, a council of representatives from territories defined as "member countries", as well as non-voting observers from Henerschat and each of the Vistari crown territories. While the authority lacks powers of its own outside of the allocation of resources granted to the organization by member states and the establishment of items for discussion within meetings, the granting of country status to several Vistari colonies in 1929 established precedent for the organization to be dominated by Vistaraland and its direct subjects, a practice which remains today with the use application of constituent countries within the Imperial Vistari Confederation.

Membership

List of Commonwealth members

Flag	Name	Represented since	Sovereignty	Member status	Capital	Largest city	Population	GDP (SHD M)	Per capita
	K'undzeti	2021	Sovereign state	Member country	Akhalip'ort'isi		2,418,712	19,700	8,145.00
	Maanbriak	1929	Sovereign state		Soleikenborg, Nyxstenburg	Nyxstenburg	15,832,401	417,405	26,364.00
	Satō	1929	Sovereign state		Nieuw Vierbak	Kusō	23,650,000	934,175	39,500.00
	Twelijnland	1929	Sovereign state		Asmadarva	Seinemaabad	49,862,385	453,000	9,085.00
	Valerijk	1929	Constituent country of Vistaraland		Aelberhaven	Nieuw Molebaai	37,790,020	1,047,457	27,717.83
	Vistaraland	1929	Constituent country of Vistaraland		Vierbak	Molebaai	76,322,737	2,997,023	39,267.76
	Vistari North Gondwana	1929	Constituent country of Vistaraland		Hendriksville		31,711,127	181,315	5,717.70
	Vlas Isles	1929	Constituent country of Vistaraland		Reine		447,138	13,158	29,426.79
	Vorpest	1929	Constituent country of Vistaraland		Sint Arend		1,879,494	60,451	32,163.25
	Wescernia	1929	Sovereign state		Arenstad		4,006,741	46,904	11,706.17
	Western Provinces	1971	Sovereign state		Autsburg		4,096,886	94,183	22,989.00
	Henershcat	1931	Province of Hvaloaszna	Crown associate	Heindstadt		3,291,095	19,223	5,841.00
	Ankbhaja	1929	Vistari concession in Rohyca	Crown territory	Ankbhaja		259,722	10,585	40,755.12
	Poberhaven	1929	Crown Mandate in the UFC		Poberhaven		2,147,985	92,426	43,029.00
	Kamport	1941	Crown Mandate in the UFC		Kamport		679,086	25,881	38,112.00

Integration

Trade and travel agreements

Under the organization's umbrella are a considerable number of multilateral agreements which facilitate a framework of economic and political cooperation amongst member states. The cornerstone of these agreements is the Imperial Commonwealth Comprehensive Agreement on Trade (ICCAT), which established a free trade area amongst Commonwealth members, in addition to the crown territories - whose economic policies are under the jurisdiction of Vistaraland. The signing of ICCAT on May 11 1942, while arguably not substantively changing the trade relations between Vistaraland and many of its former holdings, formed a groundwork for further comprehensive agreements organized within the purview of the Commonwealth.

These agreements includes the establishment of visa-free travel and a right to settle for citizens of Commonwealth nations, as well as those born in Henerschat or any of the Crown territories , within any Commonwealth nation. Due to this system, those who fit such requirements, known legally as Commonwealth subjects, may freely live, enter and work across the Commonwealth with only a recognized form of identification of subject status and with minimal immigration controls. A nation within the Commonwealth is entitled to revoke a Commonwealth subject's right to settle within it on a case-by-case basis, however, and the right does not necessarily grant Commonwealth subjects equal status to citizens in a number of cases. Due to this, while there has been mutual acknowledgement of the need for member nations to maintain the ability to deport or deny privileges to other Commonwealth subjects, a considerable portion of Commonwealth nations have granted Commonwealth subjects an easier pathway towards gaining citizenship status and the rights included within it.

Sociocultural programmes

Beyond coordinating between national governments, the Vistara Commonwealth coordinates a number of social and cultural programs across its members with the goal of improving quality of life, education and cultural preservation within members. These programmes include international student programmes through the Imperial Overseas Studies Organization, as well as funding for research through the Commonwealth Scientific Innovation Fund.