Foreign relations of Themiclesia

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The foreign relations of Themiclesia are the affairs that the government of Themiclesia undertakes with foreign governments as counterparty, under the political purview and responsibility of the Minister of the Left and the Ministry of Diplomacy in his portfolio. Such affairs may take place between governments directly or through an international organization. While the foreign policy of Themiclesia has changed under successive administrations, since the mid-19th Century, it has primarily been focused on the avoidance of armed conflict and the promotion of trade. Most political parties in Themiclesia consider these objectives beneficial for Themiclesia, and as such the broader direction and end of foreign affairs is not usually the most controversial policy area.

The historical experience of Themiclesian in dealing with foreign powers has profoundly shaped the dominant philosophy in foreign affairs today. In general, Themiclesia has experienced more losses than victories in warfare since the 14th Century, and an emphasis on commercial presence has been conceived by some schools of thought as the "response measure" to military defeat. They cite transcripts of discussions at the imperial court, some of which did contain at least fleeting references to a conscious effort to increase volume of trade, through which government revenue could be secured after losses in territory. Treaties with polities in Dzhungestan, Maverica, and pre-modern Columbia have been connected to this effort. Military conquest, on the other hand, was deemed sub-optimal, if not unethical, under traditional philosophies, and the court never saw a lack of officials blaming fiscal shortfalls on expenditures on the military.

Currently, the Themiclesian government has stated that it follows "an old policy adjusted to face new challenges"; in line with the government's stipulations, most experts agree that the government has cautiously followed the "old path" of "conciliation and compromise". The Opposition has derided the policy as "the policy that never changes". The principal objectives are, as identified by the government, to maintain the pre-2017 status quo of relations with the Organized States (which has recently been afflicted with a coup against its president-elect), to preserve and improve existing agreements with the GA powers, and to mediate differences between Menghe and Maverica when necessary.

Casaterra

Beloslavia

Chervakia

Eisenmaat

Eisenmaat has shared comparatively few relationships with Themiclesia until the Pan-Septentrion War, during which Themiclesia frequently operated convoys from the Organized States to Casaterra, and Eisenmaat was a recipient of them. Even though Eisenmaat tends towards neutrality in recent years, Themiclesia finds in it an "ally in spirit" on the common grounds of a non-confrontational, non-provocative foreign policy. In 2004, the Themiclesian Army procured a large order of the HK-416 rifle, from an Eisenmaat manufacturer, for its infantry units.

Erquin

Federation of Soviet Republics

Minilov

Tyran

Tyran has had mixed relations with Themiclesia in the past, but currently they are on good terms with each other. The early interactions between the two states mainly occurred in the modern-day Organized States, when Tyrannian colonists arrived on the east coast of the region and attempted to refuse remittance of taxation to the Themiclesian crown. The colonists were generally successful in remaining independent of the influence of Themiclesia in the 17th and early 18th centuries. When the colonists rebelled in the late 1700s, Themiclesia abetted the rebels and prevented the Tyrannian Royal Navy from enforcing a blockade on them; nevertheless, Themiclesia lost her entire ocean-going fleet in the ensuring Raid on Rad. Relations between the two states quickly re-normalized through frequent commercial interaction afterwards.

In the Pan-Septentrion War, Tyran has deployed a considerable number of soldiers to aid in Themiclesia's defences against the Menghean and Dayashinese incursion. Today, Themiclesia's continued commercial partnership with Tyran continues to be fruitful for both parties, and a great quantity of arms and other goods are traded between the two states. Tyran is the fourth-largest trading partner of Themiclesia. The 2016 state visit by the Tyrannian monarch, King Richard, to Themiclesia, meeting the (late) Emperor Shljaps-tsung, has been seen as an affirmation of the positive, amiable, and mutual feelings that the two countries share towards each other.

Ostland

Ostland has had mixed relations with Themiclesia in the past, but currently they are on good terms with each other, as members of the Grand Alliance.

Rajamaan Yhdysvallat

Rajamaa has had mixed relations with Themiclesia in the past, but currently they are on good terms with each other, as members of the Grand Alliance.

Sieuxerr

Sylva

Yugoslovenski

Contact between Yugoslovenski and Themiclesia has been minimal prior to the Pan-Septentrion War. Since then, Yugoslovenski's close alignment with the FSR has placed it opposite the GA bloc, of which Themiclesia is part. After the end of FSR's dominion over Yugoslovenski, the two states have since made remarkable progress in their friendship, largely through Yugoslovenski's entry into the GA. In 2017, the Themiclesian Ministry of Defence placed an order for the M09 rifle, which otherwise is known in Eisenmaat as the HK-417; this order was publicly announced by the respective defence ministers as a major success.

Hemithea

Dayashina

Themiclesia's relationship with Dayashina has been complex. The two countries knew about each other in antiquity, but few interactions occurred until Dayashina opened itself to the world in the 1850s. Themiclesia's policy of reducing defence expenditure and focusing on commerce contrasts with Dayashina's state-first policy that emphasized military strength and conquest. While the two countries would take diametrically opposite paths towards modernity, a surprising degree of comparison has been discovered in their respective policies, including encouragement to learning in foreign states and exports. In the early 1900s, Dayashinese Imperial Army cadets studied in Themiclesia's regionally-renowned Army Academy (Themiclesia), where they received degrees in foreign relations and military science. Dayashina, having made Menghe its ideological and strategic ally, came into conflict with Themiclesia in the Pan-Septentrion War. Both pre- and post-war, a large number of Dayashinese people, for their political and economic views, have emigrated and settled in Themiclesia. This community thrives to this day and has fostered a connection between the two countries that exists beyond the diplomatic level.

As allies through the Grand Alliance, Themiclesia is strategically aligned with Dayashina, sharing common obligations within that framework. Both countries possess significant commercial interests in each other's stability and co-operation. In 2018, the nominal GDP/capita figure of Dayashina-proper exceeded that of Themiclesia; it is notable that the figure based on purchasing-power parity is already ahead of Themiclesia as early as 2007. Though this did not initially come as a surprise in Themiclesia, whose economy has been stagnating for the past ten years or so, Dayashinese PM Noru's positing it as an achievement of his government has generated some distaste in Themiclesian tabloids. There is also a considerable amount of rather-toxic banter on the Internet over the validity of this surpassing; some Themiclesian netizens consider this announcement "is to economics what gerrymandering is to politics".

Dzhungestan

Innominada, People's Republic of

Innominada, Republic of

Maverica

Menghe

Ideological difference has, to an unparallelled extent, shaped the relationship of Menghe with Themiclesia prior to the modern era. After the Meng Dynasty ruling house migrated to Themiclesia in 542, all subsequent Themiclesian dynasties claimed and legitimized their rule on the basis of heritage from the Meng Dynasty, which fell in 287 but remained as a regional polity until 542. This necessarily cast Menghean dynasties as politically illegitimate and culturally barbarous, a source of bitterness in Menghe that eventually culminated in its invasion and subjugation of Themiclesia in 1385. While Menghe under the Yi Dynasty exacted tribute from Themiclesia, the latter described it merely as exchanging of embassies. While that no longer remains the dynamic between them, Menghean glorification of the invasion has periodically drawn criticism from the Themiclesian public, which sees it as bait to an escelation of tenseness with ulterior motives. In particular, the canonization and construction of a Chŏndoism shrine towards Cho Myŏng-wŏn (趙命元, drjawh-mrjangh-ngjon), the general leading the 1385 invasion, has been questioned by many Themiclesians.

Nevertheless, Themiclesia has, since the reforms of 1988 in Menghe, actively sought to build a positive relationship with it. To the Themiclesian government, Menghe serves as a counterweight to the implicit threat that Maverica, through its large armed forces and sometimes aggressive policies, poses. This construction existed since the late 1960s, when Menghe and Maverica quickly cooled towards each other, despite being socialist states. Despite ideological similarity, hostility existed in no small part as a continuation of the Pan-Septentrion War. When a widespread famine destroyed the communist regime in 1988, Themiclesia was amongst the first states to send relief in victuals and medicine to the emaciated Menghean populace. Somewhat more controversially, it was quickly followed by the gift of an entire railway train (valued at more than OSD$60,100,000) to the Menghean leader. Some described it as blatant bribery. It has been posited that the inclusion of a salon car, typically reserved for heads of state, was a strategic indication of "particular confidence" to Choe Sŭng-min, when he was yet nominally subordinate to Marshal Baek (Prak in Themiclesia).

Nukkumaa

Formal diplomatic relations with Nukkumaa only commenced into the 20th century, as before then the crown of Hallia held dominion over the boreal state, though it enjoyed a degree of autonomy on domestic affairs prior to confederation. The administrative region of Sngrak-tju (朔州), now known as Lahjamaa, inhabited mostly by ethnic Hallian settlers, was transferred to Nukkumaa on the fulfilment of the Compromise of Sngrak-tju. In the modern day, bilateral relations between Nukkumaa and Themiclesia is founded on their common membership in the GA and commercial links. As founding members of the Central Hemithean Economic Alliance (CHE), Nukkumaa is a key exporter of minerals to Themiclesia since well before the 20th century.

Polvokia

Meridia

A'olafa

Maracaibo

New Pillowlandia, Federal Republic of

Khalistan

Naseristan

Sundan

Shijuku

Verpletterant

Wüstenfelsen

Vinya

Andor

Artanor

Aversgard

Eriador

Jedoria

Lothlann

Mozria

Vyzhva

Thonador

Tol Galen

International bodies

Septentrion League

Grand Alliance

Central Hemithean Economic Alliance

Transcriptions of foreign state names

Nation name Shinasthana Sylvanization Short form
Casaterra
Beloslavia 椑歈藇扶 bê-lo-slja-bja
Chervakia 近簿阹 kjer-bak-kja
Eisenmaat 阿燹末 ′aih-sen-mat
Erquin 𤇯蠲 ′er-kwin
Letnev 迭納 lêt-nup
Vihoslavia 椑蚼夜扶 bi-ho-slja-bja
Minilov 迷泥堞 mi-ni-lêp
Maldania 曼旦如 mal-danh-nja
Tyran 氐蘭 ti-ran
Ostland 漚誕 ′os-lanh
Hallia (Rajamaan Yhdysvallat) 羅烏曼由受梭達 rai-a-man-′jiw-dju-sol-lat
Cherniya 近泥於 kjer-ni-′ja
Seuxerr 蕭先 sew-ser
Sylva 斯蒲 sil-ba
Yugoslovenski 猷侯牏㸤旨 ′ju-go-slo-bêns-kli
Kerenevoi 間㾍波 ke-rên-ne-baih
Sorenoro 涑斕䰰樓 so-ren-no-ro
Thesparos 戻浦漏 t′ês-pa-ros
Hakarllia 呼翰邪 ha-kar-lja
Aversgard 烏奔何 ′a-ber-gar
Inkeri 因枅禮 ′in-kêr-ri
Hemithea
Dayashina 品田 prjem-ling
Dzhungestan 悰系旦 dzung-ges-tan
Innominada PR 因䰰迷奴徒 ′in-no-mi-na-da
Innominada R
Maverica 日南 njik-nem-
Menghe mrangh
Nukkumaa 辱皋模 nuk-ku-ma
Polvokia 浦北 bja-pek
Meridia
A'olafa 烏毆余餔 ′a-′o-la-pa
Maracaibo 貉歌掊 me-rak-kai-bo
New Pillowlandia FR 蓖歈誕陼 pi-lo-lan-tja
Khalistan 苦弟丹 k′a′-lis-tan
Naseristan 奴先澧丹 na-ser-ris-tan
Sundan 孫旦 sun-dan
Shijuku 指宿 klji-sjuk
Verpletterant mraw
Vinya
Tír Tairngire 鴟譠階𦃇 tji-trên-kri-re
Tír An Fail 鴟安貝 tji-′an-pjadh
Abricomont 烏牌句蒙 ′a-bri-ko-mong
Tír Ealga 鴟䚷乎 tji-′êr-ga
Tír An Crainn 鴟安閒 tji-′an-krên
Vyzhva 膍埔 bis-ba
Crioch Fuinidh 屨分噎 k.rjo′-brjin-′jit
Tír Glas 鴟筥 tji-k.ras
Fyrland 飛延 pjur-ljan
Kolodoria 句歈投閭 ko-lo-do-rja
Leonesse 遞毆㾍 le-′o-ne
Ezzelini 欸在綈泥 ′e-dze-li-ni

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