Albion affair: Difference between revisions

| caption    = [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] soldiers in a Titechaxha city

| location    = [[Titechaxha]]

| executed_by = {{flag|Urcea}}<br>{{flag|Kiravia}}<br>{{flag|Arcerion}} (supporting role)<br>{{flag|New Archduchy}} (supporting role)

The '''Albion affair''' was an {{wp|international incident}} that occurred on 15 October [[2021]] during the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. Early on the morning of 15 October, detachments of the militaries of both [[Urcea]] and [[Kiravia]] arrived on the shores of [[Titechaxha]] and subsequently secured key government and economic sites in that country. As a result, Titechaxha announced that they would be ending trade with [[Varshan]] immediately. It also retroactively gave approval and invitation to the forces from both countries. The event was met with outrage across [[Crona]] and elsewhere who referred to it as "brazen {{wp|gunboat diplomacy}}", though efforts to investigate the affair in the [[League of Nations]] failed.

The [[Final War of the Deluge]] began in late [[2020]] and by [[2021]] involved most major global powers, including [[Varshan]]. In the summer of [[2021]], the allied powers of [[Urcea]], [[Kiravia]], and [[Alstin]] announced a total economic embargo and physical naval blockade of [[Varshan]]. While the embargo received compliance from most major countries and Varshan neighbors, [[Titechaxha]] relied on trade with Varshan and subsequently refused to participate. Their refusal created what Urcean [[Procurator]] [[Bridget Farrell]] later called a "gaping back door" in the embargo and blockade. Leaders in Varshan soon designated the Titechaxha as their new primary port of import and export.

Throughout late summer [[2021]], [[Urcea]] and [[Kiravia]] made numerous diplomatic attempts to get the two countries to close trade with [[Varshan]]. Titechaxha refused and negotiations concluded on 2 October.

In the immediate aftermath of the closure of trade with [[Varshan]], [[Titechaxha]] entered into a major economic crisis. The sudden end of all trade with their largest trading partners lead to a major wave of unemployment, exacerbated by the [[Final_War_of_the_Deluge#Humanitarian_and_refugee_crisis|ongoing refugee crisis]].

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