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The Drevstran-Ludvosiya relations cover the tumultuous history and bilateral relations shared by the Second Mervoshia and the Commonwealth of Free Republics. The two eastern Belisarian states share a common land border and were both, in totality or partially, part of the larger Velikoslavian Empire. The Separatists Republics who would form the Commonwealth were the first to obtain their independence during the 19th century, but the Triple-Monarchy - the collection of Imperial Realms in personal union with the King of Lushyodorstag outside of the Empire, had been autonomous and de-facto independent for a century prior to their physical separation from Velikoslavia.
Nonetheless, the relations between the Separatists and the Triple-Monarchy were anything but cordial: the persecution of all religion by the Republicans soured relations with the Monarchist and conservative society of Drevstran. The Ludvo-Drevstraneses Wars represent part of the wider Wars of Ludvosiya that opposed the new Confederation and all of its neighbors at one point or another. Relations between the two entities during those wars were complicated as Drevstran alternated between direct opposition to the Confederation and covert support, trying to maintain a wide buffer against other perceived threats such as Velikoslavia or Mesogeia.
Relations normalized in the second half of the 19th century as the last territories occupied by Drevstran were ceded back to Ludvosiya. Previously hidden relations became public knowledge as economic relations grew between the Triple-Monarchy and the Republics. The Drevstranese and Ludvosiyan Civil Wars reshuffled the cards as factions in one conflict had privileged allies in the other warring country. Vilvo Orbraggar notably received the support of the Ludvosiyans Pan-Nationalists and Orbraggar returned the favor after his victory by directly intervening militarily on their side in Arazija.
As a result under the First Mervoshia, the two countries shared cordial relations. But the situation rapidly soured in the aftermath of the Black Streets Days: the overthrowing of Vernesto Skolad, the creation of the Second Mervoshia, and the decision by Marveil Urshlo, Fourth Mervoret of Drevstran, to seek a political and economic alignment on the Latium instead of its northern neighbor, all participated in the relative chilling of Ludvo-Drevstraneses ties with the exception of specific states such as Arazija which kept excellent relations with Drevstran throughout.