League of nations

The League of Nations (LoN) is an international organization created in 1867 to maintain world peace and ensure international cooperation.

## History

The election of democratic candidate Thomas Woodrow Wilson, fervent internationalist and pacifist, as President of the United States leads to talks between France and the US and the ratification of the Treaty of the League of Nations in 1867. This marks the creation of the League of Nations with France and the US as first members states, quickly followed by the Great Roman Empire. The United Nordic Federation will be the fourth member state of the League in 1877, followed by the Kingdom of Esperantujo in 1889. Former POTUS Arathorn is chosen as the League's first Secretary-General at the end of his presidential term. From 1905 to 1908, the LoN experiences a great period of expansion with new nations joining such as the Empire of Japan and Puerto Rico in 1905, the Ming Dynasty in 1907 and Canada in 1908. In 1907, the government of the Great Roman Empire is couped and the nation is reorganized into the Roman Republic, leaded by the pro-democratic rebels. The southern part of the Empire, partisan of the previous regime, gains independence after passing a treaty with the Roman Republic and forms the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Roman Republic joins the League almost immediatly, followed by the UAE in 1908 as required by the treaty.

In 1909, after almost 40 years at the head of the organization, Secretary-General Arathorn resigns and is replaced by his Former Deputy Secretary-General Henry Wilson. He is later removed by the General Assembly after being convicted by American justice for alting. He is replaced by SayerQT at the head of the League. Tonga, the United Kingdom and the German Federative Empire join the LoN under her administration.

She is followed by Whibedu as Secretary-General after her resignation in 1926.

## Inner workings

The League of Nations is divided into three main branches : the Secretariat, the General Assembly and the Security Council.

### The Secretariat

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*Main article : Secretariat of the League of Nations*

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The Secretariat is the executive body of the League. It is presided by the Secretary-General, nominated by the Security Council with the approval of the General Assembly, who is in charge of appointing the rest of the Secretariat.

### The General Assembly

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*Main article : General Assembly of the League of Nations*

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The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the League. All member-states of the League have their own seat and their vote in the Assembly.

### The Security Council

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*Main article : Security Council of the League of Nations*

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The Security Council is the last of the three main bodies of the League of Nations. It is made up of three permanent member-states (France, SPQR (formerly GRE) and the United States) and three non-permanent member-states elected by the General Assembly every 10 years.

## Objectives

The Treaty of the League of Nations (also known as Charter of the League of Nations) defines the objectives of the League of Nations as the followings : "To save succeeding generations from the scourge of war; to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small; to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained; to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom."

## Criticism

The League of Nations was sometimes criticized, defined as "inefficent and corrupted", mainly by right-wing nationalist politics. In 1914, following the alting scandal involving Secretary-General Henry Wilson, the US House of Representatives voted to withdraw from the League of Nations. It was ultimately blocked by the US Senate and its democratic majority, more internationalist. The same situation happened in Canada under the administration of Secretary-General SayerQT when the House of Commons passed a similar motion which was later blocked by the Canadian Senate, similarly to the United States. In 1923, the United Arab Emirates announces its will to leave the organization as its diplomatic relations with the neighboring Roman Republic deteriorate after a UAE-backed failed coup attempt in the Roman Republic condamned by the League of Nations.