Alliance of Fuel Developing and Exporting States

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The Alliance of Fuel Developing and Exporting States, commonly abbreviated to AFDES, is a CJ union that was created on September 10, 2008. It is a confederal union with 10 members. Its aim is to develop new forms of energy and fuel, and to foster cooperation between members.

History

In Summer 2008, Franklin County and Virgin Shores entered into an oil refining agreement. Virgin Oil would refine Franlinite oil from the Forest Basin Oil Field for a fee. Diplomacy and cooperative endeavours soon followed. Franklin and Virgin Shores were considered to be in an informal alliance.

Expansion of the Alliance

Virgin Shores also had an informal alliance with the Follomer Chancellery, then known as the New Follomer Republic. Patricius Maximus, the creator of Franklin County, had an early interest in Follomer, and formed an informal political triad between Virgin Shores, Franklin, and New Follomer. Later, four city council members called Ntq$310, TimeMaster, Psander5, and SimA12 and frequent visitors MrWacko, Un1, and GreekMan became interested in the Alliance.

Formation of a Union

On September 10, Deathtopumpkins created a private topic for discussion. At the time, the union did not have a name. After a vote of prospective members in the following days, the name 'Alliance of Fuel Developing and Exporting States' was chosen. The union was now formal.

Early Days of AFDES

Through September, business was conducted informally, in the absence of a charter. The rotation order and timeframe of Summits were determined. The order of rotation would be in descending order of population, and summits would be held once a month. This was only an informal agreement, but all members felt it was a good one. On September 28, the first AFDES Summit was initiated in Calder City.

The First Summit

Psander5, creator of Calder City, officially opened the Summit before midnight on the 27th of September. It was only intended to last 2 days, but it ended up spilling over to 4 days. The member states accomplished much at the Summit, including:

  • Ratification of a Charter
  • Adopting a Statement of Intent
  • Determining Summit rotation
  • Establishment of a cooperative space program
  • Adopting a Flag

The Summit in Calder City was, by every member's account, very productive, and the question of how the alliance would be run was settled.

As of October 2008, the Alliance is going strong, and has a bright future ahead of it.

Membership

Each member in AFDES is called a 'member state', and is treated equally. Membership is currently capped at 10, although the cap is not formal, and is projected to change soon. More members will be accepted in a few months once everything is running smoothly. The current members are:

Administration

As a confederal union, all member states are treated equally, and Alliance business is decided democratically. Ntq$310 put out the idea of departments, but it was rejected by the member states, although some expressed desire to consider it in the future.

Charter

The AFDES Members have signed the AFDES Charter, which lists every rule a member has to follow.

The charter was originally predicted to come in later summits, but thanks to patricius maximus the charter was started much earlier then expected, he not olny provided a good basic form of the charter, he was able to get the discussion about it on full speed.

though you could say it took atleast a day or two for the full version to come into play and it to be accepted by a majority of the summit, it was already generaly accepted by most of the members in attendence.

AFDES Statement of Intent

"The Alliance of Fuel Developing and Exporting States exists to strengthen the member states' energy production capabilities and sustainabilities. The Alliance believes in responsible energy production and management, both environmentally and economically. Technology, trade and co-operation are at the centre of the alliance's plan to achieve these aims.

AFDES promotes peace and diplomacy between member states and the wider international community, and intends to set an example of responsibility to all other nations and states.

AFDES supports economic Development of all cities and nations in the alliance. It supports efficient buildings and good business practices that increase the productivity of all nations.

The scientific and engineering communities of the member states have agreed in principle to launch an alliance led space programme to further push the boundaries of human development and advancement, with its mid-term aim in developing an alternative to rocket based launch systems."

AFDES Programs

AFDES Space Program

At the First Summit, four AFDES states expressed support for a joint space program. Franklin County, Calder City, and the Follomer Chancellery are the states that are organizing the program, and Virgin Shores signed on to help finance it.

Follomer and Franklin are currently working on antigravity propulsion for expansion into space. On October 1, Franklinite scientists developed a method of electromagentic propulsion using diamagnetic superconductors. They are testing the idea in North River, Franklin County.

Follomer has its own form of antigravity propulsion, and is also working on extending it to spacecraft. Currently both groups are organizing a conference to examine the two ideas.

The first target of the space program is the planet Agonus, which was discovered by Franklinite astronomers after a meteor from that planet spontaneously fused in a laboratory, killing more than 10 scientists. A coventional probe is currently at Agonus exploring it from orbit.

Energy Programs

Present Programs

Most AFDES members produce some sort of energy-yielding material, whether that be a fossil fuel or renewable energy technology. Virgin Shores has some heavy oil reserves, and an oil refinery. Franklin County also produces oil, and sends it to Virgin Shores to be refined. Banff also has oil reserves. Nipigon Island is proposed to be a strong oil producer and refiner. Flint, IL is right in the middle of it all, it plays a important place in storage of oil, and also has a major role in wind energy. Yepatilla Archipelago is currently working on using clean biomass, and has a few light oil reserves. Calder City is one of the first nations expanding to exporting renewable energy and technology, and the city exports mostly Wind and Solar Technology.

Future Programs

Many members of AFDES are oil producers, and as such have large amounts of capital avaliable for energy programs. Franklin County has initiated a program to get itself completely off of oil. A long-term goal of AFDES is to produce cleaner, more efficient energy for export.

Calder City as well as Franklin are developing technology for fusion reactors. The spontaneous fusion observed on Agonus naturally interests the two states, and is one of the reasons they are initiating a joint space program.

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