Unlike the United Nations, some of whose members are repressive dictatorships, the Association of Free Countries (AFC) requires its members to abide by the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP). However, most countries of the world have a long history of failure to meet this standard. Sometimes, this makes it difficult for the struggling independence movements within these countries to do much better, and in some cases, it may be hard to apply NAP to certain cultures. Therefore, to help promote solidarity among freedom movements around the world, we have created this League of Occupied Nations. The League only requires its member nations to observe NAP in their relationships with each other, although we encourage members to likewise respect the rights of non-member nations and people as well. Any disputes between member nations, or between members and the League, are to be resolved by the court system of the Common Law Institute unless otherwise provided.
The purpose of the League, like that of the AFC, is to promote and facilitate the peaceful liberation of occupied countries (as well as smaller entities, as appropriate). We strongly urge that this be done by peaceful, legal means - the League is against fraud, violence, and terrorism. Violence is only tolerable when it's the last resort and required for self-defense (including defense of others) against violence or fraud that others have started (or credibly and immediately threatened). It is difficult to justify fraud at all, even in self-defense (although maybe to recover stolen property, e.g. by conning the con artist, as in The Sting). We see no place for terrorism at all. We prefer to promote a smooth, peaceful transition resulting from education and advocacy - worst case, if it takes a revolution, we'd prefer a peaceful, political, non-violent one, ideally where no one gets hurt. In other words,
We are not terrorists, we are not some racist radical fringe wackos, we do not advocate the illegal violent overthrow or subversion of existing legitimate governments. Even if there are probably few free or legitimate countries left today, we do not promote violent overthrow of even the non-free or illegitimate countries. As much as possible, we prefer to make arrangements with them (e.g. by treaty) so that those of their people that really want and are truly ready for freedom can have it and be left alone by those governments. However, we recognize that occupied nations cannot always accomplish their independence this way, so we do not interfere with the process. We do not condone violent revolution but we realize that totalitarian regimes may leave no other alternative. But we clearly do not advocate violence and we are especially against terrorism. Acceptance of any particular country, secessionist group, independence movement, or other organization for membership in the League does not constitute endorsement of their policies regarding how they treat their own citizens or the rest of the world. We reserve the right to develop our own policy concerting the admission and expulsion of members.
We also recommend consideration by the parties involved of treaties and other arrangements for varying degrees of autonomy and shared jurisdiction where this might not have been considered before, or where this might be a good stepping-stone on the path to full independence, or where full independence with complete territorial control and exclusive jurisdiction may not yet be feasible. This "virtual country" approach, which is used by the United Republic of Texas (URT), may provide a significant increase in freedom or autonomy much sooner and more easily than the usual all or nothing approach, and this in turn can simplify the subsequent transition to full independence.
Like the AFC, the League's first member is the URT. We are interested in offering membership to the new Republic of Lakotah or the Lakota Oyate or whichever organization turns out to be their legitimate government, as well as other occupied nations (such as Hawaii, Quebec, and Scotland) when they have specifically designated their legitimate governments. Some secession movements have not reached this point yet, but a provisional government supported by their members and a reasonable claim of legitimacy may suffice for joining us. We also offer membership to non-occupied countries which support the independence of our other members. Memberships are considered on a case by case basis, which is somewhat subjective, until suitable, objective criteria can be developed. Countries that join us effectively recognize each other by doing so.
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