The Bill of Sovereignty for Cooperatives
The first Bill had secured the individual; the second secured the collective. The Bill of Sovereignty for Cooperatives arose when smaller federations sought protection from absorption by their larger neighbors. It codified the right of each member cooperative to self-govern within the wider Accord, ensuring participation was alliance, not assimilation.
Through it, Koina recognized that equality among nations required more than shared law — it required autonomy in practice. The Bill established reciprocal protection: federations could withdraw if oppressed, but none could claim authority by force. Consent became the defining test of legitimacy.
This safeguard transformed the Accord from a philosophical union into a stable planetary system. Even as cultures expanded and merged, each retained its distinct civic identity. The Bill of Sovereignty remains the foundation of Koina’s political pluralism — a promise that cooperation never means surrender.
The Bill of Sovereignty for Cooperatives
Preamble
We, the peoples of Koina, affirm that The Covenant of preservation shall not be mistaken for conquest. Each cooperative polity, in joining the Accord, enters freely and without compulsion, retaining its own laws, traditions, and guardianship of its people. The strength of Koina lies not in uniformity but in fellowship, and it is the diversity of its members that enriches the whole. This Bill proclaims the sovereignty of each cooperative, ensuring that no polity is diminished by joining, and no voice is lost in the chorus of nations.Article I – On the Autonomy of Law and Custom
Every cooperative retains the right to govern its own people according to its laws, customs, and faiths. The Accord does not dissolve these, nor impose new codes upon them, save where such laws directly endanger the preservation of knowledge, heritage, or human dignity as enshrined in prior covenants.Article II – On the Right of Self-Determination
Each cooperative shall choose its own leaders, establish its own councils, and determine its own succession without interference. No foreign polity, even under the banner of the Accord, may dictate the governance of another. What unites us is not rule, but covenant.Article III – On the Boundaries of Accord Authority
The Council of Accord holds authority only in matters of preservation: safeguarding knowledge, heritage, sanctuaries, and the rights enshrined in the Bill of Peoples. In all other matters, the authority of a cooperative remains supreme. Where conflict arises between local law and Accord duty, the Council shall deliberate, seeking balance rather than domination.Article IV – On the Right of Withdrawal
Though solemn and grave, the right of withdrawal is acknowledged. A cooperative may depart the Accord if it declares its cause openly before the Council, and if its departure does not imperil the preservation of shared repositories or sanctuaries. Such a people departs in peace, though they relinquish the protections and privileges of membership.Article V – On the Equality of Voice
The smallest cooperative holds equal voice to the largest within the Council. Wealth, armies, or dominion do not amplify speech. This equality ensures that Koina remains a fellowship, not an empire masked in council.Article VI – On Mutual Recognition
Each cooperative affirms the sovereignty of every other. No member may seek to annex, absorb, or erase another. Borders may shift with time, peoples may blend, but such changes must arise from consent, not conquest. To deny sovereignty is to deny the Accord itself.Closing
So the peoples of Koina declared that to join is not to submit, and to unite is not to dissolve. By this Bill, each cooperative retains its sovereignty while sharing in the greater covenant. Thus Koina becomes not an empire of domination, but a fellowship of equals, bound together by preservation and trust.
Type
Treaty, Diplomatic
Ratification Date
10 Maat 297 zc
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