Wesbury: Difference between revisions

During an informal discussion of whether Wesbury should join the [[Augustan Federation]], [[Orinnari]] noticed certain gaps in policy, notably extradition, which was concerning given Wesbury's extremely small size, being only ~300 square metres in area. Not wanting to force the [[Augustan Federation]] to change its charter however, [[Orinnari]] figured it best (and more interesting) to sign bilateral treaties with surrounding nations. [[The Commonwealth]], known for its lax extradition policy, agreed in principle to an arrangement with Wesbury, however [[Orinnari]] was primarily focused on [[Mount September]] given that it was the spiritual successor to [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic)|Mount Augusta]] as well as being the largest and closest population centre; that if Wesbury were to be raided, the perpetrator would most likely either be from and/or be chased into [[Mount September]]. Negotiations began on 16th March 2021 but quickly deteriorated when Wesbury was refused a private diplomacy channel, forcing negotiations to happen in public, allowing [[AllenY]], to say without official position that the proposed treaty was fundamentally and irreconcilably incompatible with the [[Mount September|Septembrian]] constitution<ref>https://civstorage.github.io/orinnari/wesbury/mts-negotiation-1/</ref>. Just over two weeks later on 4th April 2021, [[Orinnari]] tried a different tact, to take their internal extradition process as a given, but to construct a holding cell on an island that they would claim over, allowing Wesbury to securely store pearls while it begins to fix any damage caused by the prisoner. However, the requested exemptions to derelictions laws that were okay'd by [[AllenY]] were subsequently denied by [[RedDevel]], their newly appointed diplomat, stating that [[Mount September]] had no interest in a mutually beneficial agreement and that Wesbury should be thankful that [[Mount September]] is even entertaining claiming the island to begin with<ref>https://civstorage.github.io/orinnari/wesbury/mts-negotiation-2/</ref>. Negotiations haven't continued since.