[[File:Goldreserves.jpg|thumb|right|A picture allegedly taken inside Teuina o Mea Taua during the 2000s.]]
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The '''Teuina o Mea Taua''' (literally: Storage of Valuables) is rumored to be the location of [[Stenza|Stenza's]] gold reseve, which back up the value of the Stenzan Dollar. Some claim other valuable resources are kept on site as well. Little is known about Teuina o Mea Taua, with the available knowledge coming from leaked documents and rumors.
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|conflict = Occidental Cold War
|date = 19 May 1950 – 15 August 1985 <br><small>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=05|day1 =19| year1=1953|month2=08|day2=15|year2 =2014}})</small>
|place = Primarily [[Sarpedon]] and [[Levantia]]
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|result = Peaceful coexistence and end to hostility reached following the [[Assumption Accords]]
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The '''Occidental Cold War''', sometimes referred to as just '''the Cold War''', was a period of geopolitical tension primarily between the [[Urcea|Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea]] and its allies and the [[Caphiria|Imperium of Caphiria]] and its allies which lasted for more than sixty years, though with intermittent intensity. The Cold War grew out of a period of tension prior to the [[Second Great War]] as part of [[Levantine Creep]] and counter-creep, and continued as a direct result of unresolved issues between the two {{wp|great powers}} following the conclusion of the [[Second Great War]]. Control of [[Imperial Diplomacy (Sarpedon)|Imperial Diplomacy]] on [[Sarpedon]] also played a major role, as [[Aciria]] contended its continental hegemony by formation of the [[Eastern Imperium]]. The Cold War, along with the [[Second Great War]], are considered the nadir of [[Levanto-Sarpic relations]].
==Description==
The depository has been described as an underground collection of vaults to allow the compartmentalization of different valuable resources. "Multiple" rooms of gold have been described, with one source claiming other rooms are used for the storage of silver, historic art and possibly even depleted Uranium. Leaked government documents indicate that depository lies near a major military base on the country's mainland, although attempts to establish the precise location of the reserve have failed.
There is no current public estimate of the total value the contents of the depository hold, although the Stenzan government annually reports the size of its gold reserve in its financial reports.
==History==
==History==
===1953-1959===
The first mention of the depository is from 1932, when a picture of gold inside an underground location was published within the Stenzan as part of a celebratory article on how brave party warriors captured a cache of [[Corumm|Daxian]] gold during the war for independence. No location was mentioned. The article did however name the location, when the unknown location was dubbed '''Teuina o Mea Taua'''.
===1960-1969===
===1970-1979===
====Burgo-Caphirian Thaw====
In [[1974]], [[Burgundie]]'s economy and cultural stamina was flagging as [[Operation Kipling]] dragged into its 8th year without an end in site. The [[Burgundie|Burgoignacs]] of [[Equitorial Burgundie]], [[Flordeterra]], [[Port de Vent]], and [[Sudmoll]] were feeling neglected as all of the aid money promised to them for reconstruction efforts after the [[Second Great War]] had been diverted to [[Operation Kipling]]. Looking to stimulate these economies and to thwart any resentment boiling over to the point of the [[New Burgundie Secession War]], economists and strategists weighed the option of reopening trade with [[Caphiria]]. The idea was particularly resisted by the public in [[Flordeterra]], who had been nuked by [[Caphiria]] in the closing weeks of the war. As a trial effort the trade between [[Escal]] and [[Sudmoll]] was opened in the summer of [[1974]]. The islands had long been trading partners and during the [[Second Great War]] and the opening phases of the Occidental Cold War when trade was officially shut down, they maintained a strong black market and smuggling economy to maintain their economies. It was determined that regulating this trade, normalizing prices, and taxing would be beneficial for both the governments of [[Burgundie]] and [[Caphiria]]. The move was well received and tax revenues exploded, causing the government of [[Port de Vent]] to petition for the same agreement in the fall. A trade commission saw their trade open just before Christmas. In the proceeding three years trade was cautiously opened more and more, at first on a province by province basis and eventually nationally.
[[Burgundie]]'s grand scale adoption of [[containerization]] (greatly bolstered by the logistical requirements of [[Operation Kipling]]) meant that it was able to ship goods more efficiently by an enormous factor and needed new markets to keep up with its new capabilities. Companies like [[O’Shea Container Shipping]] took this opportunity to aggressively market the companies of [[Caphiria]] and became a major import-export carrier of [[Caphiria]]n goods by the early [[1980]]s. It is estimated that the "Thaw" contributed to the global rise of the [[Economy of Burgundie]] in ways and to a degree that no other single piece of legislation as come close to encountering.
Attempts at locating the depository have been met with government violence for the duration of the Party's rule, with those asking about or seeking the depository being arrested and sent to re-education camps. It was not until the 2022 Revolution that Stenzans were about to freely mention Teuina o Mea Taua without fearing arrest, although the government has yet to officially acknowledge the existence of the depository.
===1980-1985===
A journalist who claimed to have found the depository on social media in 2025 was found dead in his apartment before he could disclose it. Although the coroner's office ruled that the man had committed suicide, alleged eye witnesses state he was shot in the back of his head.
====Assumption Accords====
{{Main|Assumption Accords}}
The Framework for Peaceful Co-Existence on Urlazio and Sarpedon, more commonly known as the "Assumption Accords" was an agreement reached by the governments of [[Caphiria]] and [[Urcea]], settling longstanding disputes over territorial boundaries on [[Urlazio]]. The agreement entailed territorial cessions of the Ecinis peninsula of [[Talionia]] and the island of [[Coribus]] to Caphiria in exchange for Caphirian recognition of [[New Harren]] and Urcea's involvement in [[The Deluge]], a demilitarization of Urlazio and the greater [[Talionia]] region, in addition to creation of free trade zones in the same areas. As part of the agreement, Urcea ceased recognition of the [[Veltorine government-in-exile]] and ordered it to leave Talionia, where it had resided since the end of the [[Second Great War]]. The negotiation provided for a separate agreement reached later between the two powers allowed for Caphirian investment into Urcea's Cronan sphere territories and protectorates, which was reached later in early 2015. The Accords are widely agreed to have brought about the end of the Occidental Cold War, and also opened the door for further negotiations that resulted in the [[Eight Points Agreement]], ending the schism between Caphiria and the rest of the [[Catholic Church]].
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[[Category:Stenza]]
[[Category: Urcea]]
[[Category: Common Core]]
[[Category: History of Urcea]]
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[[Category:Occidental civilisation]]
Revision as of 01:19, 29 April 2023
A picture allegedly taken inside Teuina o Mea Taua during the 2000s.
The Teuina o Mea Taua (literally: Storage of Valuables) is rumored to be the location of Stenza's gold reseve, which back up the value of the Stenzan Dollar. Some claim other valuable resources are kept on site as well. Little is known about Teuina o Mea Taua, with the available knowledge coming from leaked documents and rumors.
Description
The depository has been described as an underground collection of vaults to allow the compartmentalization of different valuable resources. "Multiple" rooms of gold have been described, with one source claiming other rooms are used for the storage of silver, historic art and possibly even depleted Uranium. Leaked government documents indicate that depository lies near a major military base on the country's mainland, although attempts to establish the precise location of the reserve have failed.
There is no current public estimate of the total value the contents of the depository hold, although the Stenzan government annually reports the size of its gold reserve in its financial reports.
History
The first mention of the depository is from 1932, when a picture of gold inside an underground location was published within the Stenzan as part of a celebratory article on how brave party warriors captured a cache of Daxian gold during the war for independence. No location was mentioned. The article did however name the location, when the unknown location was dubbed Teuina o Mea Taua.
Attempts at locating the depository have been met with government violence for the duration of the Party's rule, with those asking about or seeking the depository being arrested and sent to re-education camps. It was not until the 2022 Revolution that Stenzans were about to freely mention Teuina o Mea Taua without fearing arrest, although the government has yet to officially acknowledge the existence of the depository.
A journalist who claimed to have found the depository on social media in 2025 was found dead in his apartment before he could disclose it. Although the coroner's office ruled that the man had committed suicide, alleged eye witnesses state he was shot in the back of his head.
