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Foreign Relations of Pavonistade

The foreign relations of Pavonistade are maintained by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is overseen by Minister of Foreign Affairs Laura Hammond.

Pavonistade's foreign policy is primarily semi-interventionist but, in recent years, have adopted non-interventionist stances.

Diplomatic missions

Country	Ambassador from	Ambassador to
United States of America	Steve H. Wilkins	Jason Richards

History

Timeline

• 10,000 BCE: Eruption of Mount Ulieses, technical end of Last Glacial Period
• 1000 BCE: Rise of the first city-states
• 500 BCE: Rise of the first Combines
• 200 BCE: By this point, Combines span swathes of land (at least the size of Forstazika Province or larger) in Pavonistade
• 4 BCE: Hals'se Combine unifies mainland Pavonistade
• 3 BCE: the Jopj Combine was founded, succeeding the Hals'se Combine
• 96: the Jopj Combine begins a military campaign to conquer the Eastern Islands, ruled by the Xatoura Combine
• 108: Eastern Islands fall to the Jopj Combine; all Pavonistadian islands are under the control of the Jopj
• 1450: the Jopj Combine gradually declines
• 1551: explorer Henry Pavonin becomes the first modern European to land on Pavonistadian soils; before this, Pavonistade had evaded discovery from previous explorers (particularly Christopher Columbus)
  • Pavonin will make a total of three trips to the Pavonistadian islands
• 1552: early posts in present-day Eastern Islands; early interactions with the Jopj Combine
• before 1619, explorers from Spain, Portugal and France visited the Pavonistadian islands at some point; no definitive colonization took place until 1619
• 1619: the settlement of Emerson is founded and named after the colonist Walter Emerson; British Pavonistade begins, while Jopj Combine goes into a permanent decline
• 1630: Great Britain lays claims to all of present-day Eastern Islands
• 1650: by this point, diseases common to Europe (e.g. smallpox) have causes substantial devastation to the Jopj Combine; the Jopj Combine was characterized as the "nation of noble savages" by an unknown source
• 1700: Great Britain lays claims to all Pavonistadian islands
• 1680: Christian Revolution in Pavonistade; the Jopj government embraces Christianity though most Jopj and non-Jopj natives continue to practice their own religions
• 1765-1783: American Revolution; the British would be most pressured to grant Pavonistade independence during this period
• 1768: Pavonistadian Revolution begins; unlike the American Revolution, the Pavonistadian counterpart was peaceful and resulted in no military or war-related casualties; the leaders were Sir Walter Stuart (sympathetic British official) and Rujonim (Jopj ambassador)
• 1784: Pavonistadian independence

Modern Era

Pavonistade supported the United Kingdom and the Allied Powers during the First World War. The country was subject to the impacts of the Spanish Flu and the Great Depression. In the Second World War, Pavonistade sided with Allied countries and declared war on the Axis countries. The war occurred in the midst of the Pavonistadian Industrial Revolution, and the country played a recognizable economic and military role in the Allied war effort.

After the Second World War, Pavonistade helped found the United Nations and engaged in international conflicts such as the Korean War. Pavonistade sided with the United States during the Cold War and became a member of NATO. While the Pavonistadian government is divided over the amount of support appropriate for the United States, Pavonistade experienced several cultural shifts such as the counterculture of the 1960's.

After the end of the Cold War, Pavonistade remained a prominent ally of the United States and European powers. It has maintained a cautious presence in conflicts such as the War on Terror and insurgencies in West African countries. Despite an semi-interventionist foreign policy, Pavonistade has engaged both in peacekeeping operations and in offensive operations (e.g. intervention against ISIL).

Pavonistade is labelled as an emerging power with influence in the regional and, to an extent, international stage. Climate change, environmental degradation, economic disparities, changing social demographics (e.g. age) and continued cultural shifts are some of the issues currently faced by Pavonistadians.

Velocity

Velocity is a brand of carbonated soft drink. Beverages of the brand are manufactured, bottled, and distributed by Velocity Corporation. Keith Jannard, the founder of Velocity Corporation, also formulated the recipe for the original Velocity drink, now known as Velocity Original.

Variants of Velocity include Zoom, which specialize in the flavors of several fruits; and Blast, which is described as having "increased sophistication" by the Velocity Corporation.