Independent States Allied Forces (Night of the Living Alternate History Map Game)

The Independent States Allied Forces (ISAF) is a military alliance founded by the Republic of Florida on August 16, 1978 dedicated to the defense of freedom worldwide.

Criteria for Membership

 * All members must be multiparty, representative democracies.
 * Restrictions of the freedom of speech, conscience, thought, worship, etc. must be minimal.

Civilian Structure
ISAF is headed by a civilian Secretary-General who is elected by the member nations. The General Assembly elects the Secretary-General, and is composed of one representative for each nation. Secretaries-General serve four-year terms.

Military Structure
Under normal conditions, ISAF has no control over its member states' militaries. If military intervention is required, ISAF must ask for troops from its member states. When ISAF is involved in armed conflict, whether in an offensive or peacekeeping role, its troops (which are supplied voluntarily by the member nations) are under the control of the International Security Command (ISC). Each member state appoints one military representative to the ISC. The ISC votes to decide who will be the Chairman of the ISC.

General Assembly
This is where member states can post resolutions, etc.

Independent States Allied Forces Resolution 001
WHEREAS the Independent States Allied Forces seek to eliminate tyranny and opression throughout the world;

WHEREAS as such, we require a headquarters that is safe from attacks by both humans and Zombies;

WHEREAS we desire that the Headquarters be located in a stable, dmeocratic country;

NOW, THEREFORE, Richard Stone, Floridian ambassador to the Independent States Allied Forces, proposes that a vote be held to determine where ISAF should be headquartered.

Bids:

 * Williamsport, County of Lycoming, Republic of Susquehanna. (Right on the Susquehanna River, functional airport, off of Interstate 81, and small city)
 * Arlington, Virginia, United States. (Directly near Washington, national airport, the Pentagon, heavily fortified, home to large bomb/fallout shelter network, tunnels reach across Washington and into Maryland, in reach of commercial ports and heavily patrolled waterways, easily defendable by sea, land, or air, contains highly trained defenders and guards, surrounded by military bases.)
 * La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, United Republics (large city outside of the Argentine Cap of Buenos Aires, a port, and major airport and industry nearby, also heavily fortified)
 * Montevideo, Uruguay, United Republics (large commerical city on the coast, airports, and close to industrial as well).
 * Istanbul, Turkey (City fortified by Turkish Gendermerie and TBRU, as well as being largely commercial with a large airport, military bases surround the city and the Turkish Black Sea fleet guard Istanbul. Subways can be used as largely populated fallout shelters since they were designed for that use, and can house everybody in Istanbul, recently built tunnels also connect the subways to the subways of other cities as well such as Ankara, and Antalya. Other industrial features are inside the city as well, such as bio-fuel plants, commercial ports, and dry-docks.)