Dispatch to the Canucks

[Pikachurin]

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[b]Date : [/b] 4 septembre / September 2011

[b]TO/À :[/b] General Michel LeBlanc, Triumvir of State of Canuckistan
[b]FROM/DE :[/b] Wallace Muddkip, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Disparu

Greetings Honourable Triumvir,

The Government of Disparu wishes to inquire if the Canuckistan Provisional Government would be interested in expanding relations between our nations, and perhaps even signing a treaty. Granted, both of our nations may be culturally different, ideologically different even, but we also happen to be the successor states of the long-gone entity known as Canada. I believe that by maintaining cordial relations with each other, we will be able to foster and promote peace and security both in the geographic area known as Canada, as well as the entire continent and hemisphere. If your government is interested, we may meet in Disparu or Canuckistan, if you wish.

I hope to hear back from you.

With regards,
[i]/s/[/i]
Wallace Muddkip
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Disparu
Member of the Democratic Party
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Edited September 5, 2010 by Pikachurin

[Sal Paradise]

[b]Private to Disparu[/b]

[quote]Deputy Minister,

Promoting peace, security and stability in Canada has been our chief foreign policy concern since the triumvirate took temporary power here in Canuckistan, and even before that during the civilian government. Since the collapse of CAN, our region has been without any stabilizing force, and the terrorism, war and civil war we have seen recently are a result. Bringing together powerful and stable Canadian nations like ours would be an excellent step in restoring order. We are therefore delighted that Disparu would reach out to us. Pre-occupied with our mission in Alberta and Saskatchewan, we regret having yet had the chance to make contact.

With the other two triumvirs abroad at the moment, it is prudent that at least one of us remain in the country as tensions mount between Canuckistan and the Great Lake Provinces. As such, I cannot personally attend a meeting in Disparu. Any delegation of yours, however, will be warmly received in Sipatau.

General Michel LeBlanc
Triumvir and Secretary of State[/quote]

[Pikachurin]

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[b]Date : [/b] 4 septembre / September 2011

[b]TO/À :[/b] General Michel LeBlanc, Triumvir of State of Canuckistan
[b]FROM/DE :[/b] Wallace Muddkip, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Disparu

That is good to know. I completely understand your rationale about remaining in Canuckistan, and as such, I will personally meet you in Sipatau.

With regards,
[i]/s/[/i]
Wallace Muddkip
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Disparu
Member of the Democratic Party
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A chartered aeroDisparu flight carrying the Deputy Minister would soon take off from Jubilife. Carefully skirting around the GLP, the flight arrived at Sipatau after six hours. As Muddkip disembarked his flight, he began to look for someone who was supposed to meet him at Sipatau...

Edited September 6, 2010 by Pikachurin

[Sal Paradise]

State Department Security Agents and Undersecretary of State Colonel Qing Li escorted Wallace Mudkip through the airport to a waiting limousine. While this wasn't an official state visit, due to the moose assassination that occurred during the Louisiana/Atlantis visit, the now military run State Department wasn't going to risk any more incidents. Security was tight and the area Mudkip was escorted through practically empty, as was the route from the airport to the presidential palace. "You'll have to excuse the security, Deputy Minister," said Colonel Li, "the nation went through a bout of anarchy not too long ago and while we've completely recovered, you can never be too careful."

The limousine pulled into the presidential palace, and Mudkip was escorted to the State Department Office where General LeBlanc met him

"Welcome to Canuckistan Deputy Minister Mudkip," said General LeBlanc shaking Mudkip's hand, "Our two nations have waited too long for a first meeting. We're happy to have you here."

[Pikachurin]

"That's completely understandable, Colonel Li." said Muddkip as the limousine sped by Sipatau's empty streets. "In fact, Disparu itself is currently in a similar situation, mainly due to the FLQ incident that hit us." He smiled sheepishly and instead opted to look out the limousine's windows. Sipatau's streets were, unsurprisingly, still desolate.

Muddkip disembarked and followed the Security Agents as soon as the limousine pulled into the palace. He was led into an office where a man, presumably General-Triumvir LeBlanc himself, was waiting for him.

[i]"Welcome to Canuckistan Deputy Minister Muddkip. Our two nations have waited too long for a first meeting. We're happy to have you here."[/i]

"Thank you, General LeBlanc, it's a pleasure to be here." said Muddkip as he shook the General's hand. "Now then, shall we get on with our business?"

[Sal Paradise]

"Yes yes, business it is. Your message said you wanted to discuss peace and security in Canada. Ever since our founding, this has been lacking in our region and it is concerning that few seem willing to correct this. When we started out we tried to be a voice against meddling foreign powers and the destabilizing forces of native rogue states like the Great Lake Provinces, but our voice was barely heard. Perhaps the problem is that those who desire a peaceful and stable Canada are not united."

Edited September 8, 2010 by Sal Paradise

[Pikachurin]

"Indeed, indeed. Though you probably wouldn't have a hard time uniting those who desire such things; after all, peace and stability are recurrent mindsets among [i]most[/i] Canadian nations." said Muddkip as he laid a map of modern Canada across a table. He motioned at southern British Columbia and Alberta, which were held by Tahoe. "Now, the Tahoe Republic has a history of gunboat diplomacy, over-reactiveness and even human rights violations; hence the Government is somewhat wary of them. However, they were quite stubborn when it came to North American security and only allowing American states to occupy the western hemisphere, which is quite advantageous."

He motioned at the Northwest Territories, which were held by Blue Heaven. "As you may know, Blue Heaven is also a supporter of peace and stability for Canada and the rest of North America. I don't think I need to explain more; their recent actions should do that for me. Plus, they are also in friendly terms with both of our nations, which is good."

He motioned at Nunavut, North Canada, and the Altarian Republic, which were scattered throughout the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. "The Government has limited communication with these nations, so we're not quite sure about them. The same goes for the Black Phoenix Empire." He motioned at a large part of northern Ontario. "I'll leave them out for now." He pointed at Arctica and New France next. "These two, meanwhile, are known by the Government to be supportive of our endeavours. Their past actions completely attest to that. They also happen to be somewhat friendly with Disparu."

He motioned at Louisianan Manitoba. "Now, I'm not a fan of Louisiana, [i]Louisiana[/i], setting up shop in Manitoba. Some of their actions around the globe also makes the Government somewhat wary of them. However, they happen to be one of those North American nations who adamantly protect the continent's integrity, security and stability, and for that I am grateful. Louisianan Manitoba also happens to be a good buffer state between the former Prairie provinces of the Great Lakes Provinces and their main Ontario holdings. Without them, Manitoba and the rest of Ontario may have fallen to the GLP. Plus, they also happen to be allies of J Andres, an ally of ours."

He motioned at the Maritimes, which were held by Atlantis. "To be honest, the Government hasn't had much interactions with Atlantis. However, we had good relations with their predecessors, the Northern Republic. Granted, we may have disagreed at some things, however we both believed in preserving security and stability here in Canada. This belief encouraged us to become the founding members of the Confederation of Arctic Nations, or the CAN, if you may. This Confederation was one of the most powerful, influential and longevous alliances in the world, until the Great Lakes Provinces came in and ruined that." Muddkip paused for a bit as he remembered his memories from that time. "Ah, it was really terrible. The GLP came to us, asking us for military and financial aid after they were justifiably attacked by the United States, after their incompetent government allowed their terrorists to slip into US territory. When we denied that, they pleaded with us more, while spewing bile about us behind our backs. How adorable."

He motioned at Labrador and the Imperial Hudson Reich. "These two nations are within the Disparuean sphere of influence, and we have official relations with the latter. The Government is still somewhat wary about Labrador, though. They really do not like secessionists, which is quite ironic since we were secessionists ourselves, heh." Muddkip stifled a laugh. "As I was saying, they're within our sphere of influence, so convincing them to support security and stability for Canada would be somewhat easy for us. I doubt that would be needed though, I'm quite sure they already support those."

"And that finally leaves us with the Great Lakes Provinces." he said as he jammed his finger into southern Ontario. "Ah, the GLP. How incompetent and psychotic they are. We seem to have a common enemy, General LeBlanc." Muddkip simled. "Granted, we did sign a treaty with them, but that was only because we thought they had changed. We were dead wrong; they're still the same belligerent nation. Let's just say we've had a difficult past with them. They have had a terrorist group take over their territories twice, and Disparu and J Andres had to come in to stabilize things again. They revert to their old ways once we liberate them: they're ungrateful, aggressive, the works. Hell, they even had a psychotic leader once." Muddkip sighed heavily. "Anyways, as I was saying, it wouldn't be difficult to muster up support for this. It's just the GLP that we'll definitely have a problem with."

[Sal Paradise]

"In our opinion, the Great Lake Provinces are by far the greatest threat to Canadian security. In the West we have our own problems with American encroachment on Canadian land, but the GLP, with its presence in the West and the East is a problem to everyone. Our reasons for distrusting the GLP are the same as yours, so there's no need to go into it. Our mission in Alberta and Saskatchewan will hopefully remove their influence in the West, but it is our belief that the Great Lake Provinces, at the very least, need to be neutered and contained, and at the most completely dismantled.

Other nations that we are suspicious of, Tahoe and the United States of America, at least appear to be quiet of late, or in the case of the United States incompetent but not belligerent. However, being a former province of Tahoe and given the hypocritical crusaderism the United States displayed under Caudill, we will always remain on our guard. It is generally the opinion of our people that the Yukon and Southern British Columbia are foreign occupied territory that requires liberation. The government, of course, is a little more cautious. For the most part, the GLP has been the problem in the West. Our relations with other powers are guarded but peaceful.

Some Americans, I should mention, are benevolent occupiers on Canadian land. Louisiana and Atlantis, who are close allies of Canuckistan, are examples. When the peoples in their protectorates ask for independence, as was the case in North Canada, Nunavut, the Black Phoenix Empire and Canuckistan, they have always granted it. In contrast, when the late Alaskan Union had to deal with a Yukon independence movement, their only solution was to hand the province over to American annexation.

The need for foreign protectorates is brought on by what we believe is a Canadian tendency for disunity and weak government. This is why it is important for the stability of the land that strong nations in the region unite.

Canuckistan only held observer status in CAN, and when we joined, it seemed clear to us that the size of the organization bogged it down. Why give equal power to the weak and fleeting Canadian nations that pop up intermittently in the Arctic wasteland? If another organization was going to replace CAN, it would have to be dominated by a group of powerful, security minded nations.

Ignoring treaties, as far as industrial and military power goes, we would rank Canadian nations as follows:

[u]First World[/u]
Great Lake Provinces
Canuckistan/Disparu

[u]Developing[/u]
Nunavut
Labrador

[u]Third World[/u]
Blue Heaven
Black Phoenix Empire
North Canada
Altarian Republic
Hakaarian Empire
Imperial Hudson Reich

Labrador is in your sphere of influence, but their leadership seems a little green. Our only interaction with Nunavut so far has indicated that Nunavut is inexplicably hostile towards us. Strength-wise, Canuckistan, Disparu and GLP are about equal with the GLP holding the advantage. The gap between us three and the developing nations is enormous.

The rest of the nations in the region are small, weak and quiet. The only exception perhaps being Blue Heaven, which is quite politically active.

Louisiana, an ally of ours, is an ally of J Andres, which is an ally of yours. It would seem that as far as foreign powers go, these two nations might be the best choices for helping both of us advance our interests in security."

Edited September 9, 2010 by Sal Paradise

[Pikachurin]

"I agree; J Andres and its predecessors have certainly taken an interest in preserving security in the former Canadian territories, and I'm certain Louisiana has done the same. And, of course, I agree that the Great Lakes Provinces have to be neutralized, if not destroyed altogether, for the sake of security and peace. Granted, my personal ethics state that we should give the GLP another chance and try to reform them, but time has shown that they are incapable of doing so. Perhaps some sort of defence treaty between our nations, and perhaps Blue Heaven, would be the first step in standing up against this threat, but I presume that we will need to do more in order to accomplish this. Do you have any plans for this, General?"

Edited September 10, 2010 by Pikachurin

[Sal Paradise]

"The first step would certainly be a treaty, and some kind of unambiguous agreement in that treaty that we work together to confront identifiable threats: namely, the Great Lake Provinces.

There are second chances, and then there are third chances and fourth chances. The GLP has used up them all.

I'm a military man, Deputy Minister, and I look to military solutions and military history. Maybe I'm not the best man in the country for the job of senior diplomat, but until the civilian government is restored, I'm all we've got. Looking at the map of the Great Lake Provinces, I can't help but be reminded of Iraq," General LeBlanc opened a filing cabinet near his desk, flipped through a collection of old world maps and pulled out one of late twentieth century Iraq.

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"As you may know, before Rebel Army took over the country, thanks to the valiant efforts and sacrifices of the old United States, her allies, and more importantly the brave Iraqi people themselves, Iraq was a flourishing and prosperous democracy in the Middle East during the early twenty-first century. A shining beacon of hope and liberty in region otherwise crushed beneath clerical boot-heels. Prior to that it was ruled by a rapacious genocidal dictator, Saddam Hussein. This little sliver of land to the sea here," General LeBlanc pointed to the area near the Kuwaiti border, "irked this Saddam fellow. When the world did nothing about his belligerence in Iran, he believed he had a blank cheque to invade and annex Kuwait to expand his access to the sea. I'm sure you know your history, I shouldn't be lecturing you like this.

But the parallels between the GLP and Saddam Hussein's Iraq are clear. The GLP is rapacious, belligerent, unpredictable and dangerous. They also clearly desire access to the sea. They've purchased small land corridors in the West and the East. With you, they've been expanding sea passages in the Great Lakes. But this tiny bit of land surely isn't enough. While the world does nothing, how long until the Imperial Hudson Reich becomes the next Kuwait? And what's worse, while old Iraq could only dream of slowly cobbling together an handful of weapons of mass destruction, the Great Lake Provinces is far beyond the level of technological advancement when it could easily possess nuclear weapons.

And what then? Nuclear blackmail; or worse, their inherent instability could cause such weaponry to fall into the hands of terrorists. Peace might be your preferred solution, it is your backyard after all, but the longer you wait, the more you delay the inevitable and worse it will be when it finally comes.

We can start with treaties and a mutual understanding for now, but if we stop there, we will all regret it."

Edited September 10, 2010 by Sal Paradise

[Pikachurin]

"Just to clarify things; once the Government got wind of the situation between Blue Heaven and the Great Lakes Provinces, all plans for the Saint Lawrence Seaway's expansion came to a grinding halt. All the Environmental Inquiries in the world wouldn't have saved them at that point; after all, we couldn't risk the Great Lakes Provinces sending its belligerence into our own territorial waters." Muddkip paused for a bit as he tried to remember the history classes he took in the recent past. "So, General LeBlanc, are you proposing that we attack the Great Lakes Provinces just like how the US attacked Saddam's Iraq in...what was it called again...Operation Desert Storm? Not that we're opposed to it; in fact such an attack would be welcomed by the Government. However, we'll have to make sure that we have the support of other nations to ensure that we will win. We probably wouldn't have a hard time mustering support, but there could be a few detractors..."

"Anyways, let me write up a draft for the treaty itself." Muddkip extracted a blank piece of paper and a pen from his suitcase and began to write. "There we go. What do you think so far, General?"

[quote][center][size="6"][font="Book Antiqua"]TRANS-CANADIAN UNITY[/size][/font]

[size="4"][font="Book Antiqua"][i]A treaty between the[/i]
Federation of Disparu
[i]and the[/i]
Republic of Canuckistan[/size][/font][/center]

[font="Book Antiqua"][size="3"][center][b]Article I - Friendship and Sovereignty[/b][/center]

The Federation of Disparu (henceforth referred to as "Disparu") and the Republic of Canuckistan (henceforth referred to as "Canuckistan") shall formally be friends in the international stage. Both Disparu and Canuckistan shall always recognize and respect the sovereignty of each other, and shall not commit or support actions that hinders the other signatory's sovereignty.

[center][b]Article II - Non-Aggression[/b][/center]

To promote the spirit of Article I of this treaty, both Disparu and Canuckistan shall refrain from committing or supporting acts of war against each other, and the allies of both signatories.

[center][b]Article IIIa - Mutual Defence[/b][/center]

When a third party entity commits an act of war against Disparu and/or Canuckistan, the other signatory is required to provide military, economic, diplomatic or logistical support in any way possible to the signatory under attack.

[center][b]Article IIIb - Cooperation[/b][/center]

Both Disparu and Canuckistan shall cooperate to confront and neutralize identifiable threats, both potential and active, to the security and stability of the Canadian territories, in conjunction with their allies, like-minded concerned parties and the legitimate governments of those territories, when possible.

[center][b]Article IV - Intelligence[/b][/center]

Both Disparu and Canuckistan shall agree to share intelligence to another signatory. This is only required if the intelligence in question pertains to a possible threat to the sovereignty of any signatory.

[center][b]Article V - Cancellation[/b][/center]

Should, for any reason, a signatory deems it necessary to cancel this treaty, the signatory shall give a ninety-six (96) hour notice to the other signatory. The treaty shall remain in effect during that time period. If one or more articles in this treaty is broken, Article V shall immediately be activated and the waiting period will be cut to forty-eight (48) hours.

[center][b]Signatures[/b][/center]

Signed for the [b]Federation of Disparu[/b],

Wallace Muddkip
[i]Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Disparu
On behalf of the Government[/i]

Signed for the [b]Republic of Canuckistan[/b],

[i]General Michel LeBlanc[/i]
Triumvir

[i]General Babul Ganoush[/i]
Triumvir

[i]Admiral Grundy Balzac[/i]
Triumvir

[center]~***~[/center][/size][/font]
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Edited September 11, 2010 by Pikachurin

[Sal Paradise]

"I would absolutely support the invasion and the liberation of the GLP. And, of course, as you said, victory would have to be guaranteed before such an invasion could be launch. While the GLP is an urgent threat, we can't, like the Americans, rush in without a plan for both the war and the peace. And we don't want to end up like North Canada, slaughtered on the beaches of James Bay.

As for the treaty, everything is acceptable, but after seeing Article IIIb in writing, I'm second guessing the mentioning of the GLP. The wording will cover the GLP. The last line too is a little problematic.

How does this sound:

[i]Both Disparu and Canuckistan shall cooperate to confront and neutralize identifiable threats, both potential and active, to the security and stability of the Canadian territories, in conjunction with their allies, like-minded concerned parties and the legitimate governments of those territories, when possible.[/i]

[Pikachurin]

"That's certainly better than what I wrote, heh." said Muddkip, scratching out the original Article IIIb and writing in the new version. "There. Is this better?"

[Sal Paradise]

"Excellent, if you have no more additions or objections, I will send the treaty to the other triumvirs and the National Assembly for ratification."

OOC: It'll pass, and only the executive signs treaties. Signatures:

[b]For the Republic of Canuckistan[/b]

[i]General Michel LeBlanc[/i]
Triumvir

[i]General Babul Ganoush[/i]
Triumvir

[i]Admiral Grundy Balzac[/i]
Triumvir