Treaty of Barrion

The Treaty of Barrion was the agreement between the six independent states of the Gilanan islands which, on July 21, 1959, united them into one nation state. Prior to the signing of the treaty, all six entities were sovereign kingdoms of varying forms.

History
Main Article: Unification of Gilana

The history of Gilanan unification goes back to 1834 when King Demek Invisa of    Agnon proposed that all the kingdoms of the Gilanan islands form an economic community to compete against the increasing influence of Great Britain and the United States. While all of the kingdoms were in agreement that an economic agreement of some sort would be beneficial to the islands, some were concerned that an agreement would result in a loss of sovereignty. In particular, Invisio argued that such an agreement would levy unfair taxes on its people, given the prevalence of its logging industry. In the end, the proposal for defeated by members of the first Gilanan Unification Council by a vote of 2-4.

However, in 1850, the Currency Unification Treaty was signed, which established a common currency between the kingdoms. The Gilanan Dollar is still used as currency today.

Another attempt at unification was attempted in 1890. However, while the attempt passed with a vote of 4-2, it was agreed unification could only occur if all the kingdoms agreed. Agnon and Yencko brought up issues of universal suffrage, which they did not support, but the other kingdoms did.

Finally, in 1957, more than 60 years later, a third call for unification was brought up. In the intervening 100 years since the oncoming of the common currency in 1850, increased economic cooperation had evolved to a point where common economic control institutions had been created. In addition, welfare was now common between the kingdoms, as were many aspects of defense and taxation. Finally, universal suffrage was truly universal between the states (with Agnon adding it to their constitution in 1921 and Yencko in 1929).