Foreign Relations of the Kiravian Federacy

The foreign relations of the Kiravian Federacy are the sum of relationships between Kiravia and foreign states and other entities, carried out according to the priorities and interests of Kiravian foreign policy.

Heku
Kiravia and Heku currently enjoy good relations despite a general absence of formal agreements. Both are major capitalist economies (which creates a large volume of trade between the two nations) and pursue broadly foreign policies. Nonetheless, the governments of both countries have long expressed interest in greater coöperation, especially in commercial matters, and the Kiravian State Executive has shown support for a Latin-Hekuvian initiative to promote the Imperial Latin language.

Faneria
Kiravia's closest neighbour in Ixnay, Faneria and Kiravia both have a long history of isolationism that has given historians few records of formal interaction between the two powers before the Ixnay Contemporary Era. Nonetheless, Kiravians have long admired the traditionalism and martial spirit of the Fanerian, with the famed Kiravian poet Tevasur Kaledrian basing his epic poem Warriors Across the Strait on Fanerian folklore. In the 2030s (UC) Kiravia and Faneria were strong allies and founding members of the Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association and often coördinated in military affairs, such as their 2014 joint invasion of the Jakrelian Occupation Zone in Sakatia.

(((((Relations between the two nations declined sharply after Kaiserin Nirna's rise to power and Faneria's subsequent reälignment towards the Northern Union, which put the close neighbours on opposing sides of the Great Cold War. Even after the breakup of the Northern Union, Faneria has yet to repair its relationship with Kiravia and other LOTA states.))))) NOTE: from kistan: let's chat about retconning this a bit, since the cold war is retconned now. still gonna keep the regime change in some form, but more subdued.

Fiannria
Kiravia has enjoyed excellent relations with Fiannria since the latter's entry onto the Ixnay regional stage. The two nations are linked by both a bilateral alliance treaty negotiated in Kartika and by membership in LOTA. Shared religious values and Celtic cultural influences, commercial relations, and a mutual interest in science and technology. As a major energy market, the Kiravian government has given considerable attention to Fiannrian advances in energy technology.

In 21204, Fiannria and Kiravia agreed to adopt the platinum lira as a common auxiliary currency to facilitate trade, travel, and investment between the two countries. In 21205, the allied powers commenced a joint invasion of Qyronia and a subsequent counterinsurgency campaign that was completed in 21206 with each nation annexing a portion of the former Qyronian archipelago.

Latin Empire
Kiravia and the Latin Empire enjoy quite friendly relations grounded in cultural and religious ties and shared founding membership in the Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association, headquartered in the Latin capital of Castellum ab Alba. As the heartland of Græco-Roman culture in Levantia, Lacus Magni has always been held in high regard by Kiravians, as is evident in then-Prime Executive Eridan Vriĥtur's letter to his Chief Foreign Executive stating "Even the proudest and most rightfully proud culture has another to which it looks for as an example of grandeur, nobility, and sophistication. Some look to London or Saint Nazaire, but we look to the fine cities of Dericania and Monavia. If we are, as the academics in Madisar say, inescapably doomed to be Westernised, then by all means let us not be Anglicised or Gallicised, but Romanised on Castellum's model."

Leasath
Along with the Levantian powers and Kazomal, Leasath is a major pole of regional power in Ixnay. Relations between Kiravia and Leasath are cordial and constructively neutral. Though Kiravian ties with the country are not nearly as close as they are with LOTA members and its non-LOTA allies and partners, the two regional heavyweights enjoy regular, profitable trade and often have coïnciding geopolitical aims. While the Kiravian people hold, overall, a lukewarm opinion of Leasath on account of its Francophone culture and institutional secularism, the foreign policy establishment has a good working relationship with the country, giving it the respect due to it as a regional leader.

Livensóla
As the two most powerful nations of Coscivian heritage, Kiravia and Livensóla have a longstanding alliance built upon centuries of cultural, economic, and political interaction. As Coscivians, Livensólans are easily able to travel to and take up residence in the Kiravian Empire, and both countries waived tariffs with each other long ago. Kiravia and Livensóla fought alongside one another in the Great Ocean War, and continue intelligence sharing, military technology exchanges, and joint military exercises to this day.

North Amerigo
Kiravia and North Amerigo enjoy an extremely close relationship in economic, military, and diplomatic affairs. Amerigo is widely considered Kiravia's strongest non-LOTA ally.

Pelaxia
Kiravian relations with Pelaxia historically mirrored Kiravian relations with Pelaxia's closest ally Sawra (see below). Since the 2030s (UC), the Federacy has had a cordial though distant relationship with Pelaxia, a distance attributable to Pelaxia's generally centre-left and social-democratic political orientation. The two nations conduct regular trade relations, with Pelaxia being a major exporter of olive oil and certain energy resources to Kiravia.

Paulastra
As the first- and third- largest economies in Ixnay, respectively, the Kiravian-Paulastrani relationship is one of great importance to the region. The Kiravian foreign policy establishment views Paulastra, the most powerful mainland nation in Sarpedon, as a key partner in security and state-building on that continent, and Kiro-Paulastrani relations are centred upon economic interests, military and intelligence coöperation in Sarpedon, and the promotion of national sovereigntism. The two nations, while not linked by formal agreements until 21205, had extensive commercial contact and were generally seen as having a strong partnership falling short of a true alliance. In 21205, Paulastra was admitted to the LATA, thereby becoming a formal ally of the Federacy. Both nations participated in the LATA Invasion of Snowlandish in early 21206. Even after the Imperial Kingdom's withdrawal from the LATA, the Kiro-Paulastrani bilateral relations have remained excellent.

Kiravia is the largest market for the popular Paulastrani soft drink Imperial Cola.

Sawra
Kiravia and Sawra differ drastically in their approaches to foreign policy and regional politics. While Kiravian policy is strongly realist (specifically neo- or neoclassical realist), Sawran foreign policy is the epitome of liberal internationalist and neoliberal institutionalist ideals. As a result, while Sawra favours regional integration, federalism, and a supranational Regional Government to ensure peace and prosperity, Kiravia is fiercely national sovereigntist and believes that regional stability is better ensured by maintaining a favourable balance of power among states. However, ideological differences aside, relations between the two nations are benign. Indeed, Kiravian policymakers see Sawra, along with Pelaxia and Paulastra, as the most stable countries in Sarpedon and important potential partners in improving that continent.

Urcea
The first formal interaction between Urcea and Kiravia occured when the Federacy assumed sovereignty over a portion of San Immanuel, a colony from which Urcea was int he process of withdrawing. Ties strengthened significantly when the Candrin administration pivoted the Federacy's foreign policy focus toward the Ixnay region and prescribed alignment with Urcea as the leading regional power. Urcea and Kiravia have a strong alliance founded on economic ties, apostolic Christian values, shared centre-right and capitalistic policies, and common geopolitical aims.

Urcea and Kiravia, along with Lacus Magni and Faneria, are the founding and leading members of the Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association and coördinate closely on issues affecting Ixnay. The Kiro-Urcean alliance enjoys broad popular and political support in Kiravia, with 97% of Kiravians holding "very positive" or "positive" opinions on the country.

Esperance International
The Kiravian Federacy has a productive, if politically contentious, working relationship with the humanitarian NGO Esperance International. Under the Candrin administration in 21207, the Federacy invited Esperance International to establish a bureau in Parska, Kyllera to administer humanitarian and development aid in the Western Highlands. The Federacy affirms Esperance International's neutrality and sovereignty over the island of New Prospect, and provides significant logistical support for the organisation, but remains suspicious of its goals.