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A Member State of the Slavic Federation is any one of the 19 sovereign states that have acceded to the Slavic Federation (SVF) since its de facto inception in YYYY as the Slavic Community (SVC). From an original membership of six states, there have been seven successive enlargements, the largest occurring on MMDDYYYY, when ten states joined. The Federation is currently composed of nineteen republics. XXXX is the most recent Member State, joining on 1 January YYYY. Negotiations are also under way with a number of other states. The process of enlargement is sometimes referred to as Slavic integration. However, this term is also used to refer to the intensification of cooperation between EU Member States as national governments allow for the gradual harmonisation of national laws. Before being allowed to join the Slavic Federation, a state must fulfil the economic and political conditions generally known as the Prague criteria. These basically require that a candidate Member State must enjoy a secular, democratic system of government, together with the corresponding freedoms and institutions, and respect the rule of law. Under the terms of the Treaty on Slavic Federation, enlargement of the Federation is conditional upon the agreement of each existing Member State as well as approval by the Slavic Federal Parliament.