Decree No. 15 (Treaty of Independence Assent)

[Johann Boyen]

No. 015

WE JOHANN BOYEN
BY THE GRACE OF GOD
ARCH-STEWARD AND PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATION et cetera

HEREWITH grant our imperial assent to the following treaty having been drafted and agreed upon by our envoys:

Treaty of Independence
between
The Holzer Empire
and
The Bovic Empire of Natopia

Whereas the Holzer Empire and Nation has been an integral part of the Bovic Empire of Natopia and has, with full faith and determination made clear its desire to return to a state of independence and full equal standing with the sovereign nations of Micras, the Bovic Empire of Natopia and the Holzer Empire hereby agree and affirm to the world that:

1. The Holzer Empire is recognized as a fully sovereign and independent state, no longer connected by any means to the Bovic Empire of Natopia except through bonds of friendship.
2. The land marked as "Holzborg" on the MCS map shall be returned to the independent government of the Holzer Empire immediately.
3. The Bovic Empire of Natopia shall be entitled to 30% of the resources recognized by the Micras Initiative Trading Organization found within current Holzer lands, namely silver, general farming, fur, and natural gas.
4. Both states shall exist in a perpetual state of friendship and unity.

Signed
HSRM Nathan
Bovic Emperor of Natopia

Johann Boyen
[SIGNED and IMPERIAL SEAL GIVEN]

Given effect with our hand and the Imperial seal, at Fredrick Palace, on the 5th Day of the 7th Month in the Two-Thousand and Ninth year of our lord and in the first of our Reign.

Johann Boyen
[SIGNED and IMPERIAL SEAL GIVEN]
05-07-2009