King and Country - Gameplay Thread

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Treaty of Constantinople

1. The Tsardom of Russia, and the Ottoman Sultanate, hereafter known as the signatories, agree to respect one another's borders in perpetuity.
2. The signatories agree to undertake no actions which would disrupt the domestic tranquility of either nation.
3. The signatories agree to undertake every effort to reduce trade barriers between their nations in order to facilitate trade in the Black Sea region.
    A. The Ottoman Sultanate will permit Russian merchant vessels to dock and unload their wears free of fees at the ports of Azov and Taganrog.

xAlexei I, Tsar of Russia

Sultan Mehmed IV

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I. The Sublime Ottoman State and the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands hereby agree to in every way respect those merchants of the other party, to not unnecessarily delay or burden them in their travels, and in general to entrust them with those same rights afforded his own merchants.
II. Each signatory agrees to not level any fees or taxes on the docking of trading and commercial vessels in his harbors beyond those levied upon his own vessels.
III. Each signatory declares the other to be a favored nation for the purposes of trade, and shall levy tariffs on goods no higher than 5% below the existing tariff rate for any other great power.
IV. Each signatory swears to place an economic embargo on any realm that should launch an unprovoked attack on the other party.
IV. The Dutch Republic shall commit all necessary technical and engineering expertise, as well as up to one-half of the financial cost, to develop a canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean through the Isthmus of Suez, with the Ottoman Empire supplying up to one-half of the cost and the necessary manpower.

xJohan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland

X Sultan Mehmed IV

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Treaty of Muscat

1. The Sublime Port and the Safavid Empire agree to respect each other's borders in perpetuity.

2. The Sublime Port and the Safavid Empire agree to grant each other "Favored Trading Status" and shall not impose any tariffs greater than 10% upon each other's goods.  The modification of tax rates imposed upon each empire's merchants shall be considered after two consecutive years of peace between the Sublime Port and the Safavid Empire.

3. Religious restrictions on Sunni and Shia Muslims in both empires shall be mutually reexamined over the course of the coming year.

4. Non-residential Restrictions on holy sites will be lifted and there may be no barring of the Hajj, effective after two consecutive years of peace between the Sublime Port and the Safavid Empire.

5. A defensive pact against unprovoked acts of piracy and raiding among the borders and sea routes of the Sublime Port and the Safavid Empire is in order.

6. An unprovoked attack on the recognized vassals of each domain shall be regarded as a violation of this treaty, although this needn't necessarily apply to an attack upon one of the party's allies.

X Sultan Mehmed IV

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

A Treaty of Mutual Defense and Cooperation

The Most Exalted Ottoman State and the Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, refereed to as the parties, do hereby enter into a following agreement.

1. Armed aggression against one party shall be considered an attack on the other party.
2. The parties shall aid each other against indirect foreign aggression, such as attempting to undermine one party's territorial or political integrity, supporting subversive forces inside, maliciously hindering vital commerce, etc.
2. The parties shall cooperate in the matters of military development.
4. The parties shall give each other’s merchants preferential treatment.

X Sultan Mehmed IV

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

The Most Original Spanish-Ottoman Treaty Ever That is Totally Not Just a Tweaked Version of Another Treaty Template and Any Suggestion to the Contrary is Scandalous LibelSlander

I. Each signatory agrees to in every way respect those merchants of the other party, to not unnecessarily delay or burden them in their travels, and in general to entrust them with those same rights afforded his own merchants.

II. Each signatory agrees to not level any fees or taxes on the docking of trading and commercial vessels in his harbors beyond those levied upon his own vessels.

III. Each signatory declares the other to be a favored nation for the purposes of trade, and shall levy tariffs on goods no higher than 5% below the existing tariff rate for any other great power.

IV. Each signatory swears to place an economic embargo on any realm that should launch an unprovoked attack on the other party.  

IV. The signatories shall allow each other's ships-of-the line to dock at each other's ports should either signatory face an unprovoked attack from a party not subject to this agreement.

X Sultan Mehmed IV

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

The Treaty of Vienna

1. The Most Exalted Ottoman Empire and the Austrian Empire shall not engage in any act of armed aggression against each other within their current borders or those their current, recognized vassals in for the next four years.  

2. In four years, the first provision of this treaty shall be revisited and either extended by mutual agreement of both parties or terminated.

3. The present border between the Most Exalted Ottoman Empire and the Austrian Empire is formally recognized.  

4. Armed conflict between the parties on the soil of a state that is neither party to this agreement nor a vassal of one of the parties shall not constitute a violation of this treaty, provided said conflict does not spread - through a deliberate act by one of the parties - to the borders of the parties to this treaty and/or their current vassals.  

Sultan Mehmed IV

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Treaty of Isfahan

1. A formal state of peace shall exist between the Ottoman and Safavid Empires.
2. The Ottoman Empire shall annex areas shown on the map below:

X Sultan Mehmed IV