Jomsviking-England Incident: Difference between revisions

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In November 2021, the [[Jomsviking Confederation]] was a young (~six-week-old) nation situated in the shallow [[+,-]], consisting of a mix of old [[Nyasaland|Nyasan]] players and new players, united under a [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking|Viking] culture. The [[City of England]], by contrast, was an old (having existed continuously since [[Jargon#SOTW|SOTW]]), small, building nation, which was at the time largely inactive due to the vacation of its kings [[DoofWarrior]] and [[GatorGlitch]]. Both were [[Plus-Minus Concordat]] members.<br>

The [[Jomsviking Confederation]] had displayed interest in the [[City of England]] as early as October 2021, but this interest was largely brushed off as jokes about the [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Heathen_Army|real-world Viking invasions of England].

On November 19, at 1:00am EST, [[Bloof_]] of [[Acadia]] pinged the two English kings to ask if they "[knew] about [[Jomsviking Confederation|jomsviking]] taking over". Though [[cat_alunya]] of the [[Jomsviking Confederation]] was first to respond with "they dont care", [[DoofWarrior]] replied at 7:00am EST that "England is my city"; he replied that "we do care, we're not inactive". Within two more hours, it was confirmed by [[Seekinq]] of the [[Imperial Kingdom of Fish]] that [[City of England|England]]'s alliance agreed with them; "[[PMC]] still recognises CoE as an independent state", wrote the fishy Emperor.<br>

Quickly, support for [[City of England|England]] arose. According to [[FE_Flags]], as of 9:30am EST, [[City of England|England]] had the support of "[[Acadia]], [[Imperial Kingdom of Fish|Fish]], [[Eon Empire|Eon]]...Parts of the [[NDI]] and [[NWO]], and [[Dankia]]"; indeed, this was likely an underestimate, as many players from [[Columbia]], [[Sussex]], [[Imperial Federation of Eddie Murphy|Eddie Murphy]], and [[Yoahtl]] all voiced support for, and in many cases intent to fight for, [[City of England|England]] in this time. In the following hours, [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/qxgn85/tonight/ first LIQUIDSTEREO] and [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/qxhyj1/england_is_our_city/ then GatorGlitch] would make Reddit posts informing the world of the [[City of England]]'s predicament, both of which were met with strongly positive responses.<br>

===New English Relations===

In the wake of the [[PMC]]'s collapse, [[City of England|England]] quickly set out to establish relationships with as many close nations as possible; at this it succeeded, securing arrangements with [[Acadia]], [[Imperial Kingdom of Fish|Fish]], [[Avalon]], and [[Mythril]] almost immediately. It applied for [[Augustan Federation]] membership, but was denied. [[City of England|England]] later joined the [[NDI]] as an Administrator (IE developed, leading nation) on November 24.

The Allied Mission for an International Guard Of Sovereignty, or [[AMIGOS]], was publicized on November 25, 2021, as a direct successor to the [[PMC]]. Three out of the four member states of [[AMIGOS]] at the time of its creation - [[Kallos]], [[Jomsviking Confederation|Jomsviking]], and [[Sussex]] - were members of the [[PMC]] prior to its collapse. The [https://docs.google.com/document/d/18PhHrBLOBNCOkJPdku5_vbUneN0RjEfVK5Tdkq5z48o/edit AMIGOS charter] explicitly sets out that "members are not permitted to carry out offensive operations on each other, as that would be in direct violation of the defense & peace agreement of this treaty" - an improvement over its predecessor, if respected.