Urcea-Caphiria relations
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Urcea and Caphiria maintain one of the most important, critical and strategic foreign relations in the world. Both nations have shared interests in nuclear safety and security, nonproliferation, counterterrorism, and space exploration. Both nations actively collaborate on various economic development actions.
Urcea and Caphiria share a considerable amount of cultural background due to their common descent from the ancient Adonerii people of Urlazio. The two countries also share a common religion, Catholicism, since the Eight Points Agreement signed in 2017. The relationship between the two countries was intermittent and generally positive between the establishment of Urcea in 1098 and Great Schism of 1615. Between that event and the 20th century, relations were deeply acrimonious, culminating with both countries being the main global combatants in the Second Great War in the 1930s and 40s. That war spawned a 40-year period of rivalry and proxy conflict known as the the Occidental Cold War. Following the end of the Cold War in the 1980s, relations have been gradually more warm and cooperative.
Both countries are members of the Nysdra Sea Treaty Association, although Caphiria is only a partial member. Both countries sit on the League of Nations Security Council.
History
Earliest interactions
Pre-schism alliance
Throughout the 16th century, Urcea and Caphiria maintained friendly relations within the context of the Protestant Reformation. Both countries were strongly opposed to the Reformation and made various efforts to prosecute the Counter Reformation. Both sides signed various treaties of friendship which committed both countries to countering Protestantism in the Islands and Urlazio area, and the treaties envisioned military cooperation by both parties to ensure that region remained Catholic. Caphiria did not involve itself in the Great Confessional War, but also refused to recognize the Protestant House of Ronan during their time as Apostolic Kings from 1546 through 1565, offering comfortable shelter to the members of House de Weluta.
Schismatic era and rise of "creep" ideology
Lust for Talionia and First Great War
Ten Year Plan and the Second Great War
Occidental Cold War
The New 1980s
Warming relations
The Deluge and de facto alliance
Mutual perceptions by the countries' populations
Economic ties
Military ties
In addition to cooperation elsewhere, Urcea serves as the primary force defending Shenendehowa Bay, a Caphirian possession in northern Crona. Caphiria's participation in the Nysdra Sea Treaty Association (NSTA) and an agreement with Urcea governs the use of the Imperial Armed Forces in the Nysdra region. Accordingly, Shenendehowa Bay is covered by NSTA mutual defense provisions, which are de facto enforced by the Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea.
Relations with Zaclaria
Talionia issue
The status of Talionia remains a major issue in relations between Urcea and Caphiria. While many political leaders in Caphiria remain aggressive on the issue of Talionian reintegration with Caphiria, its inclusion in the Continental Diplomatic Arrangement Organization has gradually made the issue less important in the minds of most Caphirian leaders and the public.