Article 2 of the Alliance Charter

Article 2 of the Alliance Charter (abbreviated A2) is the second official article of the Alliance Charter.

Section 1.	Gross Domestic Product Per Capita Limits
P1.01	All AIN member states shall measure their gross domestic product (GDP) according to purchasing power parity (PPP) and in US Dollars ($) for the purposes of official, international comparisons.

P1.02	Except as provided in paragraphs 5 and 6, a member state’s per capita GDP shall not exceed the upper limit for its geographical region.

P1.03	Geographical regions shall be defined as the following: ''(i) North America - Covering the United States, Canada, Carolina, Acadia, Poemia, Lower Columbia, the Atlantic Federation, and Greenland (ii) Equatorial Latin America - Covering Mexico, all Central American nations, all Carribean nations, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia (iii) Southern Cone and South Atlantic - Covering Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Meridiana, Siculia, Balisca, Deimenovinas, Uruguay, Wilfran and Ralpha, and all Southern Atlantic islands'' ''(i) Scandinavia - Covering Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden (ii) Western Europe - Covering Arriola, Austria, Belgium, France, Friega, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mikenstein, Monaco, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom (iii) Southern Europe - Covering Cattala, Israel, Italy, Malta, Malerno, San Marino, Spain, Portugal (iv) Eastern Europe - Covering Balaton, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia (v) The Former Ottoman Empire - Covering Albania, Bosnia and Herzevogenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and Turkey (vi) The Former Soviet Union - Covering Amuria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine''
 * C1.02(a)	The Americas:
 * C1.02(b)	Europe:

''(i) Central Africa - Covering Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, South Sudan, Sudan, (ii) Coastal Africa - Covering Angola Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, and the Republic of Congo, (iii) East Africa - Covering Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambezi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe (iv) Mediterrean Africa - Covering Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morrocco (including Western Sahara) (v) Indian Ocean Islands - Covering Comoros, Mauritius, and Seychelles (vi) Southern Africa - Covering Botswana, Cape, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Xolilieland (vii) West Africa - Covering Benin, Burkina Faso, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo''
 * C1.02(c)	Africa:

''(i) The Arabian Peninsula - Covering Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen (ii) Central Asia - Covering Afganistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan (iii) East Asia - Covering Akisuzushima, Japan, Nakama, North Korea, Oka, Samra, South Korea, Taiwan, Teiko, (iv) Greater China - Covering China, Mongolia, and Sansheng (v) Indian Subcontinent - Covering Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka (vi) Levant - Covering Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria (vii) Mesopotamia - Covering Iran, Iraq, and Turkmenistan (viii) Southeast Asia - Covering Brunei, Cambodia, Ca'onja, Karasem, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, the Philipines, Thailand, and Vietnam''
 * C1.02(d)	Asia:

''(i) Oceania: Australia, Calare, Illium, Jarraban, Neu Westfalen, New Duveland, and New Zealand (ii) Pacific Islands: All Pacific nations not explicitly listed above''
 * C1.02(e)	Oceania:

P1.04	The GDP per capita limits for each geographical region shall be defined as the following:
 * C1.04(a)	North America: $57,000
 * C1.04(b)	Equatorial Latin America: $15,500
 * C1.04(c)	Southern Cone and South Atlantic: $27,000
 * C1.04(d)	Western Europe: $56,000
 * C1.04(e)	Scandinavia: $56,000
 * C1.04(f)	Eastern Europe: $35,400
 * C1.04(g)	Former Soviet Union: $17,000
 * C1.04(h)	Former Ottoman Empire: $24,000
 * C1.04(i)	Southern Europe (includes Israel): $37,000
 * C1.04(j)	Levant: $10,000
 * C1.04(k)	Mesopotamia: $19,000
 * C1.04(l)	Arabian Peninsula: $70,000
 * C1.04(m)	Central Asia: $4,000
 * C1.04(n)	Indian Subcontinent: $7,500
 * C1.04(o)	Greater China: $17,000
 * C1.04(p)	Southeast Asia: $18,000
 * C1.04(q)	East Asia: $46,000
 * C1.04(r)	Oceania: $45,800
 * C1.04(s)	Pacific Islands: $6,000
 * C1.04(t)	Coastal Africa: $11,000
 * C1.04(u)	Southern Africa: $16,000
 * C1.04(v)	Mediterranean Africa: $13,000
 * C1.04(w)	West Africa: $2,500
 * C1.04(x)	Central Africa: $2,000
 * C1.04(y)	East Africa: $2,500
 * C1.04(z)	Indian Ocean Islands: $18,614

P1.05	The limits should be updated once each year, with an amendment bill submitted to the Senate.
 * C1.05(a) This list can automatically be amended when Member States leave the Alliance, or have their application approved to join the Alliance.

P1.06	Each of the following shall be considered one (1) strong economic stimulus:
 * C1.06(a)	The nation may not be in an unorthodox wealth area (like Central Africa or Antarctica).
 * C1.06(b)	The nation must have a developed infrastructure system.
 * C1.06(c)	The nation’s HDI must be at least 0.800.
 * C1.06(d)	The nation must have at least one high-demand industry such as oil, natural gas, manufacturing, tourism, etc.

P1.07	A member state shall be considered a microstate if it meets all of the following three criteria:
 * C1.07(a)	At least four strong economic stimuli and balance of trade must be present.
 * C1.07(b)	The nation may not be fully self-sufficient: it must rely on the imports of at least one significant resource.
 * C1.05(c)	The area of the nation may not exceed 17,500 km2 (6,750 mi2).

P1.08	Nations which meet the criteria for microstate status may qualify for one of the following exemptions from their regional GDP cap:
 * C1.08(a)	All microstates with a population below 3,500,000 (8,000,000 in the Far East Asia region) and which have at least four strong economic stimuli are exempt up to 230% of the regional GDP cap.
 * C1.08(b)	All microstates whose population is below 400,000 and which have at least four strong economic stimuli are exempt up to $105,000.

P1.09	Nations which are too large to be considered microstates (as defined in paragraph 6) may be exempt from the above caps under the following circumstances:
 * C1.09(a)	Any country which can provide a highly detailed, realistic and well-organized write-up of its economy is exempt from its regional cap up to 200%.
 * C1.09(b)	Caribbean tourist states are exempt from the Latin American cap up to $31,500;
 * C1.09(c)	Any country whose economy is dominated by the petrochemical industry is exempt from its regional cap up to 250%.

P1.10	Applicant or current nations which are located in more than one GDP Per Capita region are automatically assigned to the region where they have the most land area.
 * C1.10(a) Applicant or current nations which are located in more than one GDP Per Capita region may petition to be in another zone than their automatically assigned zone by giving sufficient historical and economic context.

P1.11	Applicant or current nations with one or more borders alongside another GDP Per Capita region may petition to be in said border zone by giving sufficient historical and economic information.

Section 2.	Major National Changes to Member States
P2.01	If a member of the Alliance wishes to make substantial changes to their member state, these shall be presented, in their entirety, to the Senate for consideration and approval.

P2.02	Changes shall be deemed substantial if they include any of the following: P2.03	Member states shall not be retroactively altered in any way, substantial or unsubstantial, until at least two (2) months have passed since the last changes were approved. P2.04	A member proposing substantial changes, as defined above, to their nation shall include with said changes valid and compelling arguments supporting each proposed change. Other Alliance members shall determine for themselves whether the arguments presented are valid and compelling, and they shall vote accordingly.
 * C2.02(a)	Increase or decrease in national population by at least 5% of its value at application or since the last change, which was either substantial or otherwise, allowing for reasonable natural growth/decline rates, and/or changes due to unusual events (e.g. war, disaster, refugee migrations etc.)
 * C2.02(b)	Increase or decrease in national area since the last change, substantial or otherwise, except when recalculating the area of a fictional landmass.
 * C2.02(c)	Increase or decrease in GDP by at least 7.5% of its value at application or since the last change, substantial or otherwise.
 * C2.02(d)	Increase in GDP per capita above the regional cap (all such changes will still be subject to Section 1 of this Article)
 * C2.02(e)	Increase or decrease in Human Development Index by more than 5% of its value since the last change, substantial or otherwise.
 * C2.02(f)	Relocation of the member state, or any part thereof, at least 40 kilometres (25 miles) in any direction.
 * C2.02(g)	Fundamental changes to national government type and structure
 * C2.02(h)	Changes to the history or origins of the member state, which will alter, or affect another member state’s history
 * C2.02(i)	Addition of any colonies or territories that remain under national control in the present day (but not of colonies given independence in the past)
 * C2.03(a)	New member states must wait at least six (6) months after induction into the AIN to make changes to their countries.
 * C2.03(b)	No change, for each of the above articles, shall be applied to a member state more than once every twelve (12) months.

Section 3.	Restrictions on Roleplay
P3.01	No member state may possess any technologies which either do not currently exist in real life or are unlikely to be developed within the next ten (10) years.

P3.02	All member states must be set in the current real-life year, and all roleplay within and between member states which is set in the present must take place in the current year. Time-shifting is prohibited.

P3.03	All roleplay between member states and nations which are not members of the Alliance, whether real or fictional, is strictly prohibited. P3.04	No current or future member state may be a member of the European Union. P3.05	Member states may be part of the United Nations and any sub-group(s) thereof, provided that they do not roleplay their UN membership. Membership in the UN may therefore only be stated.
 * C3.03(a)	Member states may mention events and states existing in the real world in their respective media, provided that such mentions do not include any roleplayed response by the non-member state's government or private citizens.
 * C3.04(a)	No member state may be granted an exemption to the above restriction.
 * C3.04(b)	Any relationship with any other international union, such as ASEAN, CARICOM, or the African Union may only be stated and member states must not roleplay these relationships.

P3.06	Member states have the right to claim any company or enterprise based inside their borders.

P3.07	All current and future members must relinquish claims on any company listed on Forbes 2000, which is based outside of the borders of their country.

P3.08	If a member's nation is located on a fictional landmass, no company listed on Forbes 2000 may be claimed, but any other company may be claimed to be Headquartered in their country.

P3.09	Each time Forbes 2000 is updated, each new entrant is also barred from being claimed by any member state, however, if a new entrant as already been claimed by a member state, it may be retained.

Section 4.	Exclusion Zones
P4.01	Exclusion zones consist of areas of land and water which no applicant to the Alliance may claim for their country. P4.02	The following exclusion zones are recognized by the Alliance: P4.03	The following areas within the above exclusion zones may be available for applicants, provided that the applying nation's history does not alter those of the surrounding nations: P4.04	An applicant may present an application with a country which overlaps an exclusion zone as defined by the Exclusion Zone map, so long as they provide a valid justification; the overlap does not interfere with current member states unless consensus is agreed; there is a consensus in the application thread with all affected parties and; there is popular support by both senior staff members and member states.
 * C4.01(a)	Exclusion zones are established for the following reasons: (i) to protect existing member states' history, culture, and realism; (ii) to protect real-life nations that have lost significant area from losing anymore area; and (iii) to protect real-life countries that play a significant role in many AIN member's history.
 * C4.02(a)	Countries that may no longer be reduced in size include, but are not limited to: the United States, Canada, Brazil, Gabon, Portugal, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
 * C4.02(b)	Regions of water which are protected by exclusion zones include, but are not limited to: the North-eastern Pacific near the West Coast of North America and the member states located nearby, part of the Western Atlantic near South America, the areas of the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans around Illium, Jarraban, Australia, New Duveland, New Zealand, and Torainn, extending eastward to the territorial waters of Neu Westfalen; and the coastal waters of Far East Asia.
 * C4.03(a)	Land areas which may be exempt from their respective exclusions include Western Australia and Hokkaido Prefecture.
 * C4.03(b)	Water areas which may be exempt include the waters above the submerged Zealandia continent to the southeast of New Zealand.

P4.05	A map depicting all exclusion zones listed above shall be posted and maintained in the Membership Office.

Source
Article 2 of the Alliance Charter

Forbes Global 2000 2017 - for reference for P3.07-P3.09