Tarquinian League
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| Abbreviation | TL |
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| Formation | September 5th, 1973 |
| Type | Regional organization |
| Purpose/focus | To preserve and promote the sovereignty and tranquility of the nations of Tarquinia. |
| Headquarters | Lienz, Freidlichen |
| Region served | Tarquinia |
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| Official languages | English |
| President | ? |
| Budget | $200 million |
The Tarquinian League is a regional organization based in Tarquinia which seeks to maintain the sovereign status of Tarquinian states and the security of the region as a whole. Nations of all political and economic affiliations are permitted to join and one of the League's main goals is to promote, if not friendly, favorable relations between member states regardless of differences in politics.
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Organization
The TL consists of four main bodies, with differing duties and responsibilities. The Tarquinian League is headquartered in Lienz, which, though legally part of the Principality of Freidlichen, is considered international territory in certain respects for the duration of TL General Assembly meetings. In all other cases, only the grounds of the TL complex are considered international territory.
General Assembly
The General Assembly, consisting varying numbers of representatives from each TL nation, functions as the League's primary deliberative body in addition to an open forum in which national leaders can address the whole of the TL. The General Assembly is responsible furthermore for suggesting and passing through simple majority pieces of legislation considered "non-binding", in that member-states are encouraged but not required to implement them. The Assembly holds the power to suggest locations for peacekeeping forces to be deployed through simple majority – the suggestion then passes to the League's second body, the League Council.
Each nation represented in the Tarquinian League is allowed at least three representatives, but exact numbers are dependent on the state's population. For every two hundred million citizens, the member-state is allowed one additional voting representative in the General Assembly, with observers permitted to the point where they do not interrupt proceedings. These representatives are to be voted on by the entirety of the member-state's citizenry, and are expected to adequately represent the interests of the general populace. The General Assembly is the body responsible for various "day-to-day" responsibilities of the TL. These responsibilities include honoring various individuals and issuing condemnations for actions, suspension and expulsion of members, and budgetary matters.
League Council
The Council has the power to suggest and pass "binding" legislation. Binding legislation must be implemented in all Tarquinian League member-states lest they risk expulsion from the League. Because the Council has the sole power to pass such legislation, it is composed of the heads of state (or government) for each member-state to ensure that the national governments of constituent states are in support. The Council may only involve itself in matters of international importance, including but not limited to: genocide and crimes against humanity, human trafficking, regional development, and trade.
The League Council reserves a number of rights not available to the General Assembly, in addition to the power to pass binding legislation. The Council is responsible for sanctioning peacekeeping missions once they pass through the General Assembly, and only the Council can establish or dissolve constituent organizations. To date, the League Council has passed only two pieces of binding legislation (the Safe Waters, Safe Seas agreement and the Affirmation of Neutrality agreement), and in line with the intent of the first reserves the right to pass follow-up legislation to overturn national invitations, should the case arise where a unilateral invitation will not suffice.
Office of Peacekeeping and Regional Development
The Office of Peacekeeping and Regional Development (OPRD) is the smallest of the four bodies, and has jurisdiction over matters of regional security. This power extends solely to the management of peacekeepers once deployed, and the filing of requests from member-states for personnel. The OPRD does not have the power to sanction a peacekeeping action, that power resting solely with the General Assembly and Council. The OPRD furthermore is responsible for subsequent rebuilding of nations where peacekeepers have been deployed, and operates on a mix of volunteer funding from member-states, individual donations, and taxes levied from the membership base.
Tarquinian International Criminal Court
The final organ of the TL, the Tarquinian International Criminal Court (TICC), is the body responsible for prosecution and subsequent sentencing of criminals considered by the court to have committed gross abuses of human rights. Though it requires the initial consent of the League Council and General Assembly to pursue an investigation, the TICC operates under its own auspices once the investigation is underway. Sentencing is the responsibility of a panel of judges in a tribunal; these judges are selected at random from a pool of available TL-salaried individuals. Their identities are not known prior to the beginning of the trial.
The General Assembly is responsible for approving the start of investigations, though the League Council may overturn this power with a majority vote. Once an investigation is underway, it is the duty of the Office of the Prosecutor to gather evidence and bring the case to trial; it is the responsibility of the law enforcement agencies of Tarquinian member-states to apprehend (if necessary) the accused and physically bring him or her to trial in Lienz.
The panel of ten judges may not contain more than one judge from any one nation, and may not have their identities as future judges compromised. If they are, they may be replaced, with another judge chosen randomly. The accused is always represented by a legal counsel of their choosing, and the TICC itself has one of the most extensive lists of due process guarantees in Tarquinia.
Institutions
| Agencies of the Tarquinian League | ||||||||||
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| No. | Agency | Acronym | Flag | Headquarters | Established | |||||
| 1 | Tarquinian Health Organization | THO |  Bowmore, Whiskeasy |
1973 | ||||||
| 2 | Tarquinian League International Children's Education Fund | TLICEF |  Naire, Shikarta |
1973 | ||||||
| 3 | International Food Organization | IFO |  Arugula, Ruccola |
1973 | ||||||
| 5 | Tarquinian Labor Organization | TLO |  Saluto, Nanwe |
1973 | ||||||
| 4 | International Pharmaceuticals Agency | IPA |  Donzella, Santheres |
1974 | ||||||
| 6 | Tarquinian League International Bank | TLIB |
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 Altenberg, Freidlichen |
1981 | |||||
| 7 | Tarquinian Maritime Organization | TMO |  Reibeeck, Oseato |
1983 | ||||||
| 8 | Trans-Tarquinian Transport Organization | TTO |  Martigues, Van Luxemburg |
1997 | ||||||
