SZIV

## Sŭvet za Ikonomicheska Vzaimopomosht

Savjet za Međusobnu Ekonomskupomoć

Council of Mutual Economic Assistance

### Members

United Soviet Socialist Republics of Konzask, Democratic Republic of Ubizieten, The Principality of Vaadekoenie, The Federation of Greater Niman, The United Nyle Kingdom, The United Socialist States of Zhonghan, The People’s Republic of Herzoland

## SZIV/CMEA

Sŭvet za ikonomicheska vzaimopomosht (Съвет за икономическа взаимопомощ), or SZIV, or the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) in Trekan, as an economic organization with the principle of mutual economic growth, among it's members. The SZIV sports opportunity to request investment and loans with low interest rates, expansive trade policies, domestic technological cooperation and joint domestic research initiatives.

The SZIV has dual functions for Safingrad Pact countries, and none Safingrad Pact countries, operating fundamentally differently between each type of country. Within the Safingrad Pact, the SZIV offers joint economic planning commissions and aid, as well as maintaining member's dedication to a socialistic economy. While outside of the Safingrad Pact, the SZIV remains entirely ideologically neutral, with representatives only suggesting reforms to economically struggling, failing, or undeveloped countries.

### Trade Policy:

Within the SZIV, member states benefit from free trade amongst other member states, with the intentions of allowing the free flow of both luxury, and fundamental goods among member states. Reportedly, SZIV representatives have stated the policy is in place to promote unity among members, as well as to greatly benefit developing countries within the SZIV, to "Grant access to resources needed for modernization". Furthermore, representatives within the SZIV from member states are able to easily meet with representatives with other members to negotiate trade expansion, or reduction with other member states in order to meet growing consumer demands in their home countries.

### Investments and Loans:

One of the larger aspects of the SZIV is the financial investment programs within the union. Member states can both provide, and receive investment requests from the SZIV Investment Council, a joint body with representatives from each member state responsible for financial, industrial, and over all investment's within the SZIV. The council keeps track and record of financial dealings, investments and the results of the investment's. Furthermore they keep track of the "credit" of member states, ultimately deciding weather they are trust worthy enough to receive large scale investments from the council. Generally, these investments are required to be put directly towards the development of the target states economy and or industries, over all aiding in the development, and economic growth of member states. However, member states can offer to invest in one another individually outside of the council if they wish.

The SZIV holds a similar policy with loans, having an entirely separate Loans Committee. Loans taken from the Committee are, generally, low interest financial loans. The Committee itself not only keeps track of the loans themselves (interest rates, where the loans go, if they were paid back etc), but can also refuse to give loans if a member state has an especially bad track record in regards to loans and investments. Much like the Investment Council, member states can offer loans outside of the Committee. Over all, loans from the Committee can be used in much more broader fields then Investments from the Investment Council, such as being used to help in paying off foreign debts, government renovations, provide relief after disasters and more.

**Technology:**

Although not a research alliance, the SZIV serves as an open forum for scientists, researchers, biologists, doctors etc from member states to meet, discuss and work together freely. These meetings are actively encouraged among member states, as it allows for further, quality development of domestic technology, as well as medicine within developing countries.

Programs such as this, also serve as an outlet for countries to send doctors, and medical processionals to struggling countries to help modernize, and model better medical systems. Same goes for educators, and researchers, promoting international-scientific cooperation, as well as providing an outlet to fund the construction of primary and secondary schools in under developed countries within the SZIV.

### Economic Modernization

Perhaps most crucially, the SZIV in some ways can operate similarly to the IMF (International Monetary Fund). As for financially, and economically struggling member states, the SZIV will not only offer further loans and financial aid, but provide advice, method, and incentive to economic reform in struggling member states. The type of advice the SZIV gives generally ranges from differing scenarios member states find themselves in. Advice can generally range from opening up further trade with other SZIV countries further, raising a countries taxes, to full on recommendations of industrial nationalization, small scale collectivization and other socialistic economic reforms, further incentivized by loans, and extensive economic aid from other member states.

Countries are free to take and ignore the advice from SZIV as they please, and the intensity of the advice given depends on how poorly a member states economy is fairing, However, the SZIV does not have the power, or authority to try and enforce any reforms onto member states.

### Safingrad Pact:

The SZIV functions differently for members of the Safingrad Pact, then it does for countries outside of the Safingrad Pact. For member states within the Safingrad Pact, countries still have access to aforementioned organizations and privilege's, however within the Pact, countries have far more options.

With expanded investment programs, states are also afforded joint Research and Development programs for both Domestic, and Military technologies. Furthermore, discussion and ideas for policies within Socialist Economies are held, and given, such as ways to improve the efficiency within countries economic plans, economic computerization, expansion of collectivized agriculture and more. Simultaneously, within Safingrad Pact countries, the serves as an organization that discourages, and prevents capitalist "infiltration" and "subversion" within it's member states.

Similarly, for none-socialist countries within the Safingrad Pact, the SZIV aids a countries economic reforms, as well as political reform to ensure a smooth, painless transition into Socialism, or Communism alike. Ultimately meaning, the SZIV for Safingrad Pact countries serves as an economic organization built to preserve the "Integrity" within Socialist economies.