Ainin-Namor relations

Template:Infobox Bilateral relations Relations between the Aininian Republic and the People's Republic of Namor have been exceptionally close since the 1980s. The two countries regard each other as allies due to shared economic, political and security interests.

Ainin declared independence from Hao Namor in 1801. Relations between the two countries remained tense for a century as the Hao refused to establish diplomatic relations with Ainin. However, relations were established after the absolute monarchy was replaced by a constitutional one in 1910. Ainin extended support to republican rebels in the Unification War from 1915 to 1921; in turn, the Republic of Namor recognized the Aininian Revolution as a just act and worked to improve relations with Huimont.

Ainin was among the first countries to recognize the People's Republic of Namor in 1950. However, suspicions of Huimont ran high among the Namorese Liberationists, which regarded Ainin as a First World imperialist state. On the other hand, Aininian fears of Liberationist subversion fueled discrimination against Namorese Aininians. Relations saw a new opening when Namorese President-General Antelope Gelai visited Ainin in 1983, where he developed a close bond with Aininian Prime Minister Mohammed el-Faswa. Faswa reciprocated by visiting Namor the following year. Namor and Ainin became one of Esquarium's largest trading partners after both countries signed the Ainin-Namor Free Trade Agreement (ANFTA).

Namor refrained from cooperating with Ainin on security-related issues at first, but became supportive of a Namo-Aininian military alliance after the Third Namo-Luziycan War. Namor and Ainin signed a mutual defense treaty in 2002, which was later superseded by the Central Ocean Basin Alliance (Cenba) in 2013. Terrorist attacks against the Aininian embassy in Namo prompted Ainin to designate the Otekian government-in-exile as a terrorist organization, pursuant to the wishes of the Namorese government.

Excluding the Esquarian Community, of which Ainin is a member, both Ainin and Namor top each other's list of largest trading partners. As of 2016, trade between the two countries totaled over 551 billion Universal Standard Dollars (USD). Impacts of the ANFTA on Namorese and Aininian small businesses and workers have fueled protectionist sentiment in both countries, although Namo and Huimont have committed themselves to keeping bilateral trade open.

Since the founding of Cenba, the Namorese Liberation Army and Aininian Armed Forces have cooperated on many regional security issues, and intelligence sharing between the two countries is common. While polls find that most Namorese support the alliance with Ainin, most also believe Cenba "serves little to no purpose as alliance," while a plurality supports withdrawing from Cenba due to fears that the alliance may force Namor to become entangled in overseas conflicts.

Country Comparisons

Category	Namor	Ainin
Coat of Arms
Population	922,072,994	256,792,875
Area	10,586,430 km2	1,095,969 km2
Population Density	56 km2	229.71 km2
Capital	Namo	Huimont
Largest City	Namo	Beaurepaire
Government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary State parliamentary republic (de jure) Federal republic (de facto)
Official Languages	Namorese	French
Ethnic Groups	Kannei Namorese (71.5%) Minjianese (12.1%) Tuhaoese (9.9%) Tojavese (1.5%) Kaku (1.23%)	Aininian (59%) Arabic (14.3%) Kannei Namorese and Minjianese (14%) Black (3.8%) Luziycan (3.1%) Monic (1.3%) Nevan (1.2%)
GDP (total)	$8.8 trillion	$10.1 trillion
GDP (per capita)	$9,526	$39,502
Military Expenditures	$176 billion	$362 billion
Military Troops	2,500,000	1,803,530
Labour Forces	340,000,000
Telecommunications (mobile phones)	478,944,361