Ouroboros' Serpents of Easway

The Ouroboros' Serpents of Easway alliance (OSEA); Ez: liydoqe Chaape lei Hervicourei vi Ezerrye (CHE); Nr: Ouroboros Slanger i Jarneg allianse (OSJA); (5th November 2017 - 14th January 2020) was the founding political alliance of Easwegians, who led the Easwegian Revolution in late 2017 and proclaimed independence from the Kingdom of Norway on 14th December 2017, as the Mainland of Easway on Bear Island. After proclaiming independence, the OSE led a non-partisan Provisional Government as a united coalition of committees and later directorates. The coalition played a crucial role in the emergence of a new national Easwegian identity, based on the people by the Barents Sea, and led through co-operative, multi-ethnic governance, officially adopting a conciliatory stance with Norway. In February 2019, the OSE established a constitutional assembly, and began releasing acts throughout the year. These acts were brought together and the 2020 Directorial Federation Constitution was ratified. With it, on 14th January 2020 the OSE was disbanded and a multi-party system, governing through co-operative and federalist politics, was established. Many members of the OSE came together to create the Mutualist Ouroboros Party, the first political party in Easway.

## History

### 2019

2019 saw the Mainland People's Committee establish a constitutional convention on 26th February, to create an Easwegian Constitution. Work began on 16th April, in the form of gradual acts.

## Compositional Structure

### Leadership Structure

Officially, the OSE was led by what was known as the Ouroboros' Serpents of Easway Mainland Committee (OSEMC) and the coalition's agenda convened by the Mainland People's Committee. The OSEMC was synonymous with the executive of the Provisional Government, which from 19th December 2017 to 12th June 2018 contained: Chief Curator Emizerri as first among equals, Grand Marshal Aleksou Desourrë, Commissar-in-chief and Commissar of Urdport Geno and Commissar of Essrina Wreno. A Provisional Government Decree issued by the Chief Curacy on 19th December stipulated that relevant People's Committees would elect the OSEMC and thus the executive of the Provisional Government.

In reality, both the Ouroboros' Serpents of Easway and the People's Committees were dominated by the leading OSEMC, notably Chief Curator Emizerri and Grand Marshal Desourre, who were considered and respected as the leading founders. The local people's committees were directed by the Commissars and aided in the influence the general direction of the OSEA and thus the Provisional Government, often arraigning meetings with Emizerri, who had vast political and social reach in Easway.

On 12th June 2018, in honour of Desourrë being the core architect of the modern rendition of the flag of Easway, the Mainland People's Committee decided to create the position of President of the Easwegian Government, and the position of Grand Marshal was merged into the presidency, replacing its position in the Committee. Desourrë was subsequently elected as President the same day.

Wreno stepped down as Commissar of Essrina on 24th October 2018. The Essrina People's Committee elected Alperen to replace him on 29th October 2018. Alperen is of Turkish descent and this corresponded with Turkish Republic day, which was requested by Emizerri, who based many of Easway's founding principles on the first President of Turkey, Atatürk.

Geno resigned as Commissar of Urdport on 11th December 2018. In elections held by People's Committees throughout late December, the anniversary of the end of the Easwegian Revolution, the Urdport People's Committee voted to elect Eichorn as its new Commissar on 24th December 2018.

### 2019

#### The Great Silence

Chief Curator Emizerri, an Easwegian born in Great Britain, returned to Great Britain for almost three months from June to September. President Desourrë was allowed to assume much of the Chief Curacy's responsibilities during what was dubbed the Great Silence. Desourrë called a meeting of the Mainland People's Committee, and after much debate, where he accused the People's Committees of acting as 'destablising elements... acting as their own free senates', Desourrë persuaded the MPC to disband the local people's committees and replace them, and the MPC with national and provincial councils. At the national level, it was known as the Commoner's Council, followed by the Essrina Provincial Council and the Urdport Provincial Council. These Councils were contained within the Presidency and the Provincial Councils led by Commissars.

In response, those in the OSE who were not entirely happy with these changes appealed to Emizerri, who kept in communication with the Mainland, to establish a new countermeasurement body to the Presidency. On 10th August 2019, the constitutional assembly, with advice by Emizerri, released an act creating the National Directorate, contained within the Chief Curacy branch. Csyeigo became the first Director, heading the Easwegian Committee for Language & Culture (ECLC). This established the first signs of a national cabinet.

When Emizerri returned to Easway in early September, it was agreed to create a Governor position to replace the political Commissars, and lead the provincial councils. The Commissars-in-chief position was renamed as Sheriff.

Governors:

* Wighammer - Elected by the UPC on 6th September 2019, serving until 2nd February 2020
* Alperen - Elected by the EPC on 30th September 2019, serving until 2nd May 2020

### Armed Forces

The armed forces of the Mainland of Easway, officially known as the Easwegian Serpents Militia, was a core part of the alliance, being what defended independence during the provisional government's extended revolution. It was officially administered by the OSEMC and general policy advised through committees. The ESM's core branch was the mainland defence Emando. It was volunteer-based and has always avoided, to this day, a militarised structure, in order to maintain demilitarisation of the arctic.