Wesbury: Difference between revisions

During informal discussions of whether Wesbury should join the [[Augustan Federation]], [[Orinnari]] noticed certain gaps in policy, notably extradition, which was important to [[Orinnari]] given Wesbury's extremely small size, being only ~300 square metres in size. Not wanting to force the [[Augustan Federation]] to change its charter however, [[Orinnari]] figured the best course of action would be standalone treaties with surrounding nations. [[The Commonwealth]], known for its lax extradition policy, agreed to an arrangement with Wesbury, however [[Orinnari]] was primarily focused on [[Mount September]] given the concerning fact of it being the spiritual successor to [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic)|Mount Augusta]] as well as the largest and closest population centre; that if Wesbury's were to be raided, the raider would most likely either be from [[Mount September]] or otherwise need to be extradited from [[Mount September]], thus negotiations began on 16th March 2021. Negotiations deteriorated quickly however since Wesbury was refused a private diplomacy channel, forcing negotiations to happen in public in [[Mount September]]'s "#foreign-office" channel, allowing [[AllenY]], an esteemed [[Mount September|Septembrian]], to say without official position that the proposed treaty was fundamentally and irreconcilably incompatible with [[Mount September]]'s 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 [[Mount September]]'s internal extradition process as a given, but to construct a holding cell on an island that [[Mount September]] would claim, 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]], [[Mount September]]'s newly appointed diplomat, stating that [[Mount September]] has 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.