International Regulations and Standards Body

The ‘International Regulations and Standards Body (IRSB, Olosijejvizdadromkanlajzjanfos in Malaszec) is an international advisory board that publishes and licenses industrial standards for commercial and government use. It was founded in Dorovec, Malaszec in 2027 after the formation of the Malaszec Federation to standardize commercial protocols between the Erothenian Bloc and the former Socialist Friendship Convention. The organization and its subcommittees are notable for maintaining the Metric Unit System, the standard time zones, and the ISCS protocol.

History

The collapse of Communist Malaszec and the formation of the Malaszec Federation signaled the end of the cold war, with the Socialist Friendship Convention dismantled and nations of the two major blocs engaging in more open trade. The sudden increase in trade among nations who formerly restricted trade with each other meant that commercial standards needed to be adopted for efficient commerce. Thus the IRSB was founded in Dorovec shortly after the formation of the Federation in 2027 as a subcommittee of the Malaszec legislature, the Chamber of Commerce. Over time, it grew in the number of members advising in all its industrial standards, with a vastly different governing structure and operating procedure.

Notable subcommittees

Notable standards

IRSB Metric

IRSB MagReg

IRSB Internet Engineering

IRSB Temporal