The Australia Accords

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**T.O.A.A.C. | Department of Safety | The Australia Accords | A Solution to Overpopulation**

## INTRODUCTION

A member of TOAAC’s population broke the rules on procreation, unbalancing our fragile population size and causing an overpopulation issue. Furthering this issue we are receiving a large influx of refugees from a failed colony. In response to these population issues, TOAAC has created the idea of New Australia. An overflow planet, a place to build up colonies with excess population. New Australia will be on Trappist 1F, a habitable planet only four light seconds from Trappist 1E, the home of TOAAC. When TOAAC’s population grows to more than 1k people it must be brought back down to a manageable amount. To do so random people will be chosen from the population and sent to New Australia. New Australia will operate as an independent civilization, separate from TOAAC. However, New Australia and TOAAC will have a strict treaty backed by the HSB requiring them to help each other and work together for their collective good. Only a document signed by the reigning governor of Australia, a Minister of Safety from TOAAC, and an HSB representative can disband this treaty.

### What is New Australia

Trappist 1F, henceforth known as New Australia is an uninhabited, tidally locked, habitable planet. New Australia is very similar to Trappist 1E, with a mean radius of 1.15 T-1Es and a mass of .88 T-1Es. Due to slight differences in radius and mass, New Australia will have around .66 times T-1Es gravity, leading to enhanced strength and speed for T-1E settlers. Unfortunately, this also works the other way, after spending a long time on New Australia returning to T-1E will be painful and difficult. The colonies will be set up on the Terminator line, a small area of perpetual dusk between the sunward and starward sides. In this zone, liquid water exists and the temperature stays in the survivable range for humans. As far as we know this planet is uninhabited despite its habitable conditions. Due to this habitability without habitats, and its ease of access at only four light seconds away T-1F is the ideal place to establish New Australia. Scientists are still investigating gravitational anomalies caused by the planet's similarity with Australia, where everything is upside down.

### The History of New Australia

New Australia gained its name from the original plan for the planet, to be a prison work camp for people deemed in violation of the laws of TOAAC. On Earth in the late 1780s till the late 1860s the continent of Australia was used as a place to send convicts by colonial England; despite already being populated by the Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal peoples. Unlike Earth's Australia T-1F does not contain life, if it did TOAAC would not plan to use it as a prison. However, in the sense that it's a faraway place to send people who break the rules T-1F and Australia were quite similar, leading to the name New Australia. When TOAAC found that rule-breakers are quite rare the plans were changed to no longer utilize New Australia and its resources. The plans stayed that way until TOAAC faced the aforementioned population crisis and the idea of New Australia was brought back.

### The Government of New Australia

New Australia's government will be designed and controlled by the governor, with the stipulation that they include the following in their constitution.

* New Australia will not go to war with/plot against TOAAC or TOAAC’s allies
* New Australia will provide food, water, and oxygen as needed to TOAAC in the situation that TOAAC is unable to sustain itself
* New Australia will provide excess resources to TOAAC in times of war for protection from enemies
* New Australia will buy travel once they have enough resources to gain more people/resources

In return TOAAC agrees to these provisions

* TOAAC will provide advice and limited resource support to New Australia
* TOAAC will protect New Australia from external war to the best of their ability
* TOAAC will provide New Australia with a supply of people as long as they have excess
* TOAAC will provide starting resources of two food, water, and oxygen to New Australia upon its creation

Breaking of the terms of this treaty will result in 50% of the breaking side’s resources being transferred to the other side every day the matter stays unresolved. The breaking of the treaty must be brought to the HSB’s attention for their judgment. Should the HSB find evidence of wrongdoing they will facilitate the resource transfer(s)\* and resolution. \*The full power and authority of the HSB will back this transfer of resources.

### Signatures

TOAAC Minister of Safety: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Date: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Governor of New Australia: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Date: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_

HSB representative: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Date: \_\_\_\_\_\_