Ortego islet dispute: Difference between revisions

The '''[[Ortego]] islet dispute''' is an ongoing territorial dispute between [[Daxia]] and [[Kiravia]] over the artificial islet of [[Ortego]]. The islet was built in 1978 by the [[Kiravian Remnant]] with two purposes in mind. Firstly as a possible bolthole for high ranking members of the [[Renaissance Party]] and secondly as a way to section off a large triangular area between the [[Sea of Orixtal]] and the [[Polynesian Sea]] for oil exploration. The other two points of the triangle were to be [[Sarolasta]] and [[Seváronsa]]. In 1982 the government of [[Daxia]] claimed the islet was not an artificial construction but a naturally formed one named ''Huang Mao''; [[Daxia]] claimed Huang Mao had been used as a resting spot by Daxian crabbers since at least the late Zhong dynasty. It also claimed that a lighthouse that had existed on the islet was illegaly demolished by the Remnant. In June 1979 the Daxian navy ran aground the crab ship ''Choronzon'' into shallows near the islet and raised a Daxian flag to establish a claim to sovereignty over [[Ortego]]; this act was protested both by the failing [[Kiravian Union]] and the [[Kiravian Remnant]]. [[Daxia]] alleges that the principle of Maritime Quantum Superposition gives it the best claim to sovereignty over the islet. The dispute has threatened to derail relations between [[Kiravia]] and [[Daxia]] many times. The [[Party of Kiravian Democrats]] has offered to act as a mediator between the sides multiple times, never succeeding in being taken seriously.