Gaullica-Satucin relations

Gaullica-Satucin relations

Gaullica	Satucin
Diplomatic mission
Gaullican Embassy, Gatôn	Satucinais Embassy, Verlois
Envoy
Ambassador Abraham Calvet	Ambassador Estelle Favre

Gaullica-Satucin relations (Gaullican: Relations entre la République gaulloise et l'Union des Satucins) are the bilateral relations between the Republic of Gaullica and the Union of Satucin. The history of both countries began with the declaration by Pierre Avenard of his claiming of the land of the Sythes river basin for the Gaullican Empire in June of 1539.

Relations between the natives and the Gaullican crown were largely up to the governing of the six established viceroyalties, and the relations between themselves and the crown were as equally as varied and subject to change throughout the centuries. Relations were tumultuous during the period in which the Gaullicans aimed at outlawing slavery in their colonies, and were only resolved by the colonial unification of Satucin in 1846.

From unification until the end of the Great War, Satucin was one of two Dominions in the Gaullican Empire (the other being Cassier) and was granted independence from Gaullica at the conclusion of the war. Since independence, Gaullica and Satucin have had a healthy relationship based on their historic, cultural and linguistic ties.

Country comparison

	Gaullican Republic	Union of the Satucins
Flag
Coat of Arms
Anthem	Chant des Gaullois	Allons Armée Catholique
Capital city	Verlois	Gatôn
Largest city	Verlois – 8,781,017	Gatôn – 10,340,927
Established	September 6, 1936	April 5 1939
Government	Federal semi-presidential republic	Federal constitutional monarchy
First leader	Albert Montecardé	Cyrile Montecardé
Current leader	Monique Degar-Abdulrashid	Théodore I
Main language	Gaullican	Gaullican
Main religions	88.1% Solarian Catholic 2.8% No religion 2.2% Other Sotirian 1.3% Atudite 1.3% Irfan 4.3% Other	68.4% Solarian Catholic 1.3% No religion 23.2% Other Sotirian 0.3% Atudite 0.8% Irfan 6.3% Other
Area	786,321 km2 (303,600 sq mi)	3,022,226 km2 (1,166,888 sq mi)
Population	87,176,289	201,105,368
Population density	110/km2 (284.9/mi2)	75/km2 (194.2/mi2)
GDP (nominal)	$3.377 trillion	$1.690 trillion
GDP (nominal) per capita	$38,738	$13,514
GDP (PPP)	$4.221 trillion	$2.683 trillion
GDP (PPP) per capita	$46,485	$21,451

Historical relations

Colonial Era (1539 - 1846)

Pierre Avenard was the first Euclean to set foot at the Sythes river, and led numerous Gaullican expeditions and colonial ventures across the coast of what is now Satucin

In late 1537 Pierre Avenard began his venture from Maredoux to Port de la Sainte on the Arucian island of Sainte-Chloé, taking with him six ships. He arrived by mid 1538, where he spent much of the time at port retaining supplies and undergoing numerous ventures and explorations across the Arucian. By April of 1539, Avenard began launching expeditions along the coast of Asteria Inferior. He left one ship to set up the fort known as La Porte on the westernmost island of Parane, where it still stands today, and began sailing in a southwards direction.

Arriving at the Sythes river basin on the 24th of June, Avenard and his men disembarked from their ships by way of rowboats towards the banks of the Sythes and upon landing declared the land property of the Emperor in Verlois. With further supplies arriving by way of Sainte-Chloé, settlement of the coast of Satucin began in earnest by the proclamation of Francois I, dividing the newly charted land into six viceroyalties. The territory however was vast, unexplored and unclaimed at this point with only one viceroy, Avenard being declared the Viceroy of Pasau with this declaration.

The Gaullicans would encounter various indigenous peoples who likely spoke related Ngu languages, especially as they began to venture up the coast and up the Sythes river. Relations between the Gaullicans and the natives varied tremendously on the indigenous group involved: some were retained as guides and trade was established between them. However several native peoples were sent back to the Arucian colonies as slaves following skirmishes on the river and across the new settlements. Others still were wiped out by both disease and force of arms in the clearing of coastal areas for Euclean settlement.

What would become Satucin became a legend in Gaullica and in Euclea; the reports from Avenard's expedition spoke of an "immense wilderness and countless creatures never before seen." Indeed, Avenard's accounts are the first Euclean records of: jaguars, piranha, sloths and what he described as 'magic frogs that kill by touch'.

Avenard's exploits, discoveries and rumours -- including that of a legendary city of silver that the Sythes flowed through -- caught the attention of other Euclean powers and explorers. Gaullcia became embroiled in an economic competition with other maritime powers, wrestling for control and colonial of the Satucine coast for much of the remainder of the 16th and early 17th century.

• Colonial Wars, setting up of rival colonies that are destroyed, interactions with the natives, etc.

Resident diplomatic missions

Gaullican missions in Satucin

• Gatôn (embassy)
• Pasau (consulate-general)
• Satau (consulate-general)
• Bonhavre (consulate)

Satucinais missions in Gaullica

• Verlois (embassy)
• Rayenne (consulate-general)
• Saint-Thomas (consulate)