Commonwealth of Nyasaland: Difference between revisions

==== Imperial Expansion ====

In mid-February 2019, after the construction of the Chastity vault cemented Nyasaland as a serious regional power, the country undertook several diplomatic annexation efforts bringing many new territories under the Nyasan flag.

===== Treaty of Antietam =====

The vast nation of Appomattox had been one of the server's oldest nations, before slowly falling into inactivity and disrepair until its [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/agatiz/death_of_the_free_states_of_appomattox_long_live/ official dissolution] in January 2019, where its territories were partitioned between Nyasaland, Annwyn, Brightshore, and the rump-state of the Free City of Appomattox.

In the time since, the remaining leadership of the Free City of Appomattox had grown close to Nyasaland, and a general good nature developed between the two countries. Seeking to unite them, ensuring protection for what remained of Appomattox's land and granting Nyasaland access to many new biomes in the vast tracts of undeveloped lands in the east, the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MDmrfQAJtuy_bsqEIlZkBkBp6Cp1eLLO0NEDxrPgSjY/edit Treaty of Antietam] was signed on the 9th February 2019, which appointed the monarchy of Nyasaland as the new sovereigns of Appomattox, reclaimed many abandoned former territories of Appomattox, as well as incorporating the rump FCA into the Dominion of Yonder-Dixie, which was joined to Nyasaland through House Palgrave in a personal union.

The negotiations were long and fraught, with discarded suggestions including a royal wedding to join Houses Palgrave and Gensokyo (the aristocratic family forming the Appomattox upper class) into one joint Palgrave-Gensokyo family, as well as a purely civic affair where Appomattox/Yonder-Dixie would be directly annexed by the Nyasan state. The half-way point which was come to was a situation whereby House Palgrave alone would be appointed as the monarchs of Appomattox/Yonder-Dixie, and Hosue Gensokyo would be appointed to rule over the Dominion as the Dukes of Antietam.

===== Annexation of Mythril =====

Also around the time of the Treaty of Antietam, the inactive Kingdom of Mythril with which Nyasaland had once enjoyed cordial and warm relations, agreed to cede their territory to Nyasaland for safekeeping, expanding the nation yet more.