Grand Army Charter
The Grand Army Charter, creating the Grand Army was signed in Albrook at the very start of 24 WR; it was a watershed moment in the Great War. Original signatories include Tasnica, Baron, Eblan, Figaro, Doma, Pandora, the Underground Kingdom, Kakkara, Damcyan, Toroia, and Fabul and several independent city-states. Rhodes Palmerston, Prime Minister of Tasnica at the time and principle architect of the treaty, described it as the "If we don't stop shouting at each other we'll all be dead treaty". It was a response to the fact that the nations that had to contend with the aggression of the Dark Gods tended to quibble amongst each other and coordinate poorly. The Charter committed the signatory nations to building and funding an international army that would belong to no nation, an army with its own equipment, uniforms, and command structure; to jump start the effort, nations initially contributed troops from their own militaries. Tasnica committed its military infrastructure wholesale, including all of the Republic Expeditionary Force. The Charter also created the House of Lords to serve as political authority and the office of Generalissimo for Celiose Cole. Many other nations later signed the charter, often only needing the approval of the Generalissimo. The Charter was deliberately simplistic and vague; many nations could not agree on some finer details so they were simply left out of the treaty. Many other nations joined the Charter Alliance during the Great War; by the end of the war, the Grand Army Charter Alliance (GACA) encompassed virtually the entire Web. Almost every country in the 'known Web' is part of GACA. The only exceptions are countries with extremely odious international reputations such as the Dwarven Skull Empire and the Viper District, and nations in dimensions not well-known or well-integrated into the Web. Since many of the Charter's original details were left vague, the member nations have since attempted to restructure and refine elements of the treaty to clarify certain issues. The most far-reaching reforms centered around the creation of the Alliance Congress, a standing body representing the GACA member nations and a conscious attempt to broaden the Alliance's role beyond its original, single-minded purpose of creating and maintaining the Grand Army.
Original Signers
- Prime Minister Rhodes Palmerston, for Tasnica
- King Cyan Garamonde, for Doma
- King Edgar Figaro, for Figaro
- King Phiott Whitehammer, for the Underground Kingdom
- King Margayya Pandora, for Pandora
- Queen Suba Nhouri, for Kakkara
- King Tsurao Eblana III, for Eblan
