North Bardonia-Biggonia Relations

North Bardonia-Biggonia relations

[[Biggonia ]]	[[North Bardonia ]]
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Envoy
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Country comparison

	Biggonia	North Bardonia
Populations	105 Million	33 Million
Area		500,805 km
Population density		65
Capital	Ivasburg	Carthiada
Largest city	Ivasburg	Kharibad
Government	Federal Parliamentary Semi-Constitutional Monarchy	Federal Parliamentary Semi-Constitutional Monarchy
Current Leader	Empress Ricardina I Prime Minister Dedrick Johnston	King Erich I Minister President Alastair Korlaw
Official languages	Biggonian	Hansan, Claycian, Khari, Kieran, Arabic
Main religions	Virtulima	The Old Faith Matheism Sulism
GDP (nominal) (2020)	$1.28 Trillion	$332.1 Billion (Per Capita 10,274)
Military expenditures

History

The Destruction of Chabendar & the Flight of Carthiadians from Chabendar.

Originally relations between North Bardonian states and Biggonia can be seen to originate in the 2nd Century with the handover of Chabendar, a minor city near what is now Prinzporte, and a previous expedition undertaken by (For Later) roughly in the year 100 AD Here was one of the earliest recorded non-trade relations between the two with the Biggonian explorer giving gifts to the Carthiadan Republic. A half-century later the Carthiadans under Cassius Leftenson would journey to the shattered Biggonian Empire (often called the "Orient" or the "Oriental Kingdoms" by many Carthiadans). When in 150 AD Cassius gained the settlement of Chabendar through marriage to a daughter of the Biggonian Emperor at the time, Emperor (Insert Name). With Chabendar coming under Carthiadan rule, and growing exponentially over the next decades, would lead to a boost for both nations trade with Biggonian goods flowing into Carthaida and from there beyond the Penitusian World. This mutual prosperity wouldn't last long, with divisions in Carthiada opening and crises on the Penitusian Sea facing Carthiada in the year 213 AD and a rise of hatred towards the wealth of Chabendar would lead to them being expelled from Chabendar. This expulsion would coincide with fires destroying much of the city, the city would never recover almost reflecting how ancient relations between the two would last.

Modern relations between Biggonia and North Bardonia were established in 1895 during the War of Independence. Following the capture of several important cities from Hansa in 1895, the Biggonian Confederation officially recognised North Bardonia as a sovereign state and sent small sums of military equipment and advisors to aid the North Bardonian forces. Since the Biggonian kingdoms retained their nominal sovereignty in 1895, recognition actually took place between October 8th-12th, with Talland being the first to recognise and Kudestadt being the last. However, only a single embassy was opened due to their co-operation in foreign affairs, with the embassy being opened after the liberation of Carthadia in 1896. The Biggonian Empire assisted North Bardonia during the Great War, dispatching <------> soldiers from the Imperial Army to fight on the Bardonian front. Despite a temporary weakening of relations during the late Kingdom, they rebounded during the North-Bardonian republican period, with them becoming one of Biggonia's closest partners during their international isolation of the latter 20th century. Biggonian agents helped to organise the Freikorps during the Sanitation Period to quell socialist revolt. During the Biggonian spring of 1975-1997, North Bardonia was the first overseas country Emperor Josef II visited and was the first time a reigning Emperor had gone overseas since 1941 in 1978. In response to the Biggonian invasion of Domlandia in 1997, North Bardonia was one of the few to not openly condemn Biggonia despite public backlash. This led to Biggonia granting unparalleled access to Old Faith missionaries for charity, with many visiting during the Biggonian occupation to administer charity and gain converts amongst the desperate people. Despite this causing some controversies and individual missionaries being arrested during the period, relations remained strong, and diplomats were never expelled from either nation throughout the period of 1997-2019. The coup d'etat in 2019 resulted in a temporary pause in diplomatic relations, as Biggonia was initially unwilling to accept the far more moralistic Kingdom which was more confrontational about Biggonian human rights abuses. Thanks to pressure from the VF and Papalania Biggonia recognised the Kingdom as the legitimate government in late November 2019. Empress Ricardina's first reign in 2021 marked the high point of relations between North Bardonia and the Biggonian Empire, largely due to the closeness of the two rulers. During the Biggonian interregnum and civil war, North Bardonia frequently aided dissidents such as providing temporary residence to Ricardina after she was forced into exile. Despite disagreements over North Bardonia's closeness with the Domlandian Social Republic, the modern Biggonian Commonwealth currently enjoys a cordial relationship with North Bardonia. Both nations share membership of the INTC, VU, BASO, and DODM. In 2024 Empress Ricardina and King Erich became engaged.