[PROPOSAL] Commend Brethren

The Security Council,

Believing that throughout the multiverse, it is necessary to cultivate and reward efforts to bring peace and justice through international outreach, domestic development and an unwavering commitment to the value of sapient life, such as in the example of The Great Congregation of Brethren in The East Pacific,

Impressed that Brethren, also known as the Congregation, has stood as a stable, pacifist stronghold for almost seven years in the world of Valsora, throughout the rise and fall of nations, warmongering coalitions, colonial projects, civil wars and the other crises that plague the ever-chaotic world, enduring a sustained bombing campaign by Levantin and assuming stewardship of the irradiated island of Blobon following a nuclear strike by The Iron Realm of Kampf Empire,

Appreciating Brethren’s diversity of species in light of human supremacy across Valsora, where it serves as a bastion of refuge for:

  1. Brethren Dragons or Draconis fratres sapiens, distinguished among Furies, War Angels and Beautes by size, who alternate between quadrupedalism and bipedalism, known for their psychic communication and claw-carved script,

  2. River Serpents or Sirena sapiens, magical, aquatic beings sung to life from clay, who use tools through manipulating their coils, in the absence of hands,

  3. Alcynus or Lupus sapiens, a superstitious canine people who form communities with their volchyastaya, a bloodline pack, and derevnya, a community pack, and whose oral tradition involves dance and howls,

  4. Alcatus or Homo felis, humanoids with feline features who are targeted by human supremacist regimes across Valsora, and

  5. Humans or Homo sapiens, who were adopted as Brethren centuries ago per cultural tradition and have coexisted with the other Brethren for centuries,

Honoring the ancient religious tradition of the Elysian powers of the Aether, benevolent beings fighting back the bloodthirsty Consuming Lords and watching over the Congregation:

  1. Iaoth, who became the land and gave her bones to the mountains, her blood to the stone trees and the protective gargoyles and her song to the River Serpents,

  2. Aphaeleon the Great Eagle, who broke into Shards forming the demons Istruzeth and Triraxus and the Elysian power Hadariel,

  3. Zerachiel the Great Dragon, Aphaeleon’s twin, the blue-winged spirit of compassion and the progenitor of dragons, whose wrath against the Consuming Lords gave rise to the Guardian Mechanism, and

  4. Anauel, the god of the sea, wind and magic, who speaks through dolphins, giving rise to the religion’s title of Dolphinism,

Applauding the Congregation’s communal welfare state, which includes expansive parental leave policies, a ban on fossil fuels, the abolition of payment for basic needs, robust addiction recovery programs and the Order of the Empty Hand, a law enforcement agency with an emphasis on social work over punitive justice,

Admiring the preservation of Brethren’s natural environment, with a temperate rainforest along the eastern coast, a parallel mountain range, northwestern forests and southern farmlands, interspersed with stone trees to house dragons; the Congregation maintains harmony with this ecologically diverse land as a global leader in sustainability,

Extolling the Valsoran Better World Project, founded by the Congregation, to safeguard the rights of all peoples of Valsora in the face of widespread discrimination and the Congregation’s substantial international outreach to promote the VBWP and facilitate peace, prosperity and sapient rights for all,

Immortalizing the storytelling of the Congregation’s history, religious canon and current events, which follow an array of characters from diverse species on adventures including:

  1. Meetings with the otherworldly beings from foreign nations, including The Humanist State of Usnistan, where the ‘Val Knights’ serve the Consuming Lord Izeval, as well as the gods, spirits and monsters of The Directorate of Zemedievai,

  2. Cultural exchange to and from the Steppes of The Welfarist Wardenate of Pakitsk, whereby scholars from the Congregation and the Pakotsi visited each other to discuss history and religion,

  3. The pursuit of spiritual restoration to the god Aphaeleon from the Shards that remain, to turn the tide against the Consuming Lords of the Val,

  4. Spiritual journeys of discovery, such as an encounter between Brethren’s Archdolphop, Snow Warslayer and Zerachiel, or a priest’s revelation at the hands of Anauel, and

  5. An international cultural festival hosted in Thriwich, Brethren’s capital, featuring countries from around Valsora,

Asserting that Valsora has been consistently enriched by The Great Congregation of Brethren’s cultural diversity, strength of spirit, social and environmental policies and unwavering commitment to the rights and prosperity of all beings,

Hereby commends Brethren..

More info here: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=577949

This resolution is now up for vote.

Bai Lung will vote FOR.