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|conventional_long_name = People's Republic of Carna
| name                    = Treaty of Narasseta
|native_name =       ''Fowksrepublic o Carna'' ({{wp|Scots language|Carnish}})<br /> ''Sluagh-Phoblachd na h-Càrna'' ({{wp|Scottish Gaelic|Carnish Gaelic}})<br /> ''Folkerepublikken Karnland'' ({{wp|Norn language|Eriskayer}})
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| date_signed            = 24 August 2012
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| location_signed        = Narasseta, [[Carna]]
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| date_effective          = 1 November 2012
|national_motto =    "Wirkers o the warld, unite!" ({{wp|Scots language|Carnish}})<br /> "Luchd-obrach an t-saoghail, aonachadh!" ({{wp|Scottish Gaelic|Carnish Gaelic}})<br /> "Arbeidere i alle land, foren dere!" ({{wp|Norn language|Eriskayer}})
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|languages =          {{wp|Scots language|Carnish}}<br /> {{wp|Scottish Gaelic|Carnish Gaelic}}<br /> {{wp|Norn language|Eriskayer}}
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  | 90.3% [[White Carnish|White]]
  | 3.1% [[Black Carnish|Black]]
  | 2.2% [[Carnish Alshari|Alshari]]
  | 1.6% [[Carnish Audonian|Audonian]]
  | 1.3% [[Carnish Cronan|Cronan]]
  | 1.1% [[Mixed (Carna ethnicity category)|Mixed]]
  | 0.4% Other
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  | 53.7% {{wp|Irreligion|No religion}}
   | 26.4% [[Catholic Church|Levantine Catholicism]]
  | 12.6% [[Carnish Anglican Church|Carnish Anglicanism]]
  | 2.9% {{wp|Agnosticism}}
  | 1.7% {{wp|Islam}}
  | 0.9% {{wp|Hinduism}}
  | 0.8% {{wp|Buddhism}}
  | 0.6% [[M'acunism]]
  | 0.4% Other
  }}     
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|leader_title1 =      [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of Carna|General Secretary]]
|leader_name1 =      [[Robert Meighan]]
|leader_title2 =      [[President of Carna|President]]
|leader_name2 =      [[Sarah Wylie]]
|leader_title3 =      [[Prime Minister of Carna|Prime Minister]]
|leader_name3 =      [[Brodie MacDowall]]
|leader_title4 =      [[Chairperson of the Forgaitherin|Forgaitherin Chairman]]
|leader_name4 =      [[Caitrìona Aileanach]]
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|lower_house =       
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|established_event1 = [[Kingdom of Carna]]
|established_date1 =  995
|established_event2 = [[Proclamation of the People's Republic of Carna|People's Republic of Carna]]
|established_date2 =  26 June 1948
|established_event3 = [[Carnish Constitution|Current constitution]]
|established_date3 =  3 February 1949
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|area_sq_mi =        396,490
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|population_estimate = 98,863,541
|population_estimate_rank =  
|population_estimate_year = 2020
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|population_density_km2 = 97.9
|population_density_sq_mi = 253.7
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|GDP_nominal_per_capita = $47,006
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The '''Treaty of Narasseta''' was a treaty between [[Urcea]] and [[Algoquona]] establishing regular borders and diplomatic relations between the two nations. It also formally ended the War of the Northern Confederation, which had seen a permanent ceasefire since 1 July 2010, and established the [[Unnuaq Mission State|Unnuaq mission exclusion zone]] in northern Algoquona. Beginning in 2015, both parties consistently accused the other of breaking the spirit of the agreement, and in November of 2016 Algoquona effectively abrogated the treaty, leading to Operation Mission Shield.


'''Carna''', officially the '''People's Republic of Carna''', is a country in southern [[Levantia]]. It shares land borders with [[Grussland]] and [[Yonderre]] to the north, and [[Urcea]] and [[Anglei]] to the northeast, and borders the [[Carnish Sea]] to the south and west. It covers an area of 1,026,904 square kilometres (396,490 sq mi) which includes the island of [[Ardran]], the islands of [[New Ardmore]], and the [[Eriskay Islands]]. The country has a population of almost 99 million, the vast majority of which is situated within the country's coastal regions and central belt. The {{wp|Capital city|national capital}} is [[Dunaird]], the country's largest city and main cultural and economic centre. Other major cities include [[Malkirk]], [[Inverleith]], [[Dalfearn]], [[Kinlaig]], [[Craigshiel]], [[Largmore]], and [[Colgar]].
== Background and negotiation ==
During the [[War of the Northern Confederation]], the hundreds-year old Northern Confederation collapsed under the weight of internal division and military intervention from Urcea. The Confederation ceased functioning in the spring of 2010, but Algoquona - one of the primary constituents of the Confederation - claimed legal succession of the Confederation. Algoquona kept fighting until July 2010, when its forces were ejected from Cheektowaga, after which time both sides agreed to a ceasefire. Peace negotiations began on 15 July 2010 at [[Electorsbourg]], and Urcean negotiators initially tried to obtain a formal peace ''{{wp|Uti possidetis}}'', or based on the borders currently held by both sides. Algoquona used the negotiation time to establish hegemony over most of the remaining tribes of the former Confederation, using diplomacy and, allegedly, military action, so much so that by 2011 most of the Northern Confederation had been incorporated into the newly reformed Federal State of Algoquona. Urcean negotiators considered this a breach of good faith and a violation of the principles Algoquonan negotiators had been pressing - namely that of self-determination. The Royal and Imperial Army was again mobilized in New Harren as negotiations nearly broke down, but both sides agreed to mediation by [[Carna]]‎‎ and agreed to maintain the ceasefire.


By 300 CE, the Germanic {{wp|English people|Ænglish people}} had migrated into the central areas of modern Carna, establishing permanent settlements in the region. The south and southwestern coastal areas and the mountainous northern areas of Carna remained under the rule of the native {{wp|Gaels|Gaelic}} people up until the collapse of [[Great Levantia]] in 500 CE. This saw the Ængles conquer much of Carna, developing a distinct Ænglo-Gaelic culture that laid the foundation of the {{wp|Scots language|Carnish}} language. Following the dissolution of the [[Western Kingdom of the Levantines]] in 978, the [[Kingdom of Carna]] was founded in 995, beginning more than a millennia of independent Carnish rule. With the advent of the {{wp|Age of Discovery}}, Carna entered the global stage and established itself as a strong naval power, building a colonial empire with the establishment of the colony of [[Arcerion]] in southern [[Crona]]. Calls for reform in the late 18th century would see the Carnish monarchy relinquish significant power to an [[Old Carnish Parliament|elected parliament]]. Carna would briefly enter the [[First Great War]] in 1938, assisting its colonial dependency of Arcerion in its border war with [[Paulastra]]. The development and spread of {{wp|Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Livasist thought}} combined with dissatisfaction with working and living conditions and civil and political discontent would culminate in the [[Carnish Revolution]] of 1912 which saw the Carnish monarchy deposed and the outbreak of the [[Carnish Civil War]]. The civil war would come to an end in 1915 with the surrender of the last [[White Army of Carna|monarchist forces]] and the subsequent establishment of the [[Proclamation of the People's Republic of Carna|People's Republic of Carna]] — the world's first Marxist-Livasist state.
Urcea had three primary goals for the treaty at the beginning of negotiations, the paramount of which was a formal end to the War of the Northern Confederation and gradual demilitarization of [[New Harren]] in order to allow for economic development of the Kingdom. Their second goal was a permanent border solution with regards to Algoquona and New Harren, and the third goal was guarantees of protection of various Catholic missions in the arctic north of the country which had existed for hundreds of years. Algoquona had two primary goals, the first of which was recognition of Algoquona as the formal legal successor of the Northern Confederation, and the second of which was a provision to give Algoquona diplomatic and legal protection from Urcea. Most of these goals were amenable to the other party, but the central issue dividing negotiators was the repercussions of recognizing Algoquona as successor of the Northern Confederation; the latter wanted to be recognized as the legitimate government over the entirety of the Confederation, which problematically included the territory now part of New Harren. Urcea rejected the successor clause during negotiations several times, but finally reached a breakthrough in the mid-summer of 2012 as Carnish mediators successfully convinced Algoquona to formally recognize New Harren as no longer an "integral part of the Northern Confederation", which allowed Urcea the flexibility to recognize the legal succesison.


Since the establishment of the People's Republic in 1915, Carna has been governed as a {{wp|Unitary state|unitary}} {{wp|Socialist state|socialist state}} under the [[Communist Party of Carna]] (CPC). Although political organisation are not explicitly outlawed, the CPC is enshrined in the [[Carnish Constituion]] as the nation's only legitimate political party and as the only political party legally permitted to hold effective power, with only political organisations affiliated with or endorsed by the CPC permitted to contest elections, making Carna a ''de facto'' {{wp|One-party state|one-party state}}. Following the establishment of the People's Republic, Carna established the [[Communist International]], which it continues to head to this day as the global leader of the Marxist–Livasist {{wp|Socialism|socialist}} movement.  
== Key provisions ==
The Treaty was signed on 24 August 2012 and included a number of articles and provisions relating to "permanent and perpetual peace" between the Kingdom of New Harren and Algoquona. Among these provisions were:


Carna is a highly {{wp|Developed country|developed nation}}, with an advanced {{wp|World Bank high-income economy|high-income economy}}. It has very high standards of {{wp|Standard of living|living}}, {{wp|Quality of life|quality of life}}, {{wp|Education|education}}, {{wp|Health care|health care}}, and is categorised as "very high" in the {{wp|Human Development Index}}, with it offering expansive [[Social security in Carna|social security]], a [[Carnish Health Service|universal healthcare system]] free at the point of use, strong environmental protections, a [[Education in Carna|tution-free education at all levels]], and more. However, due to its ''de facto'' status as a one-party state, its lack of political representation, and its repression of dissenting political movements, the country ranks poorly in the [[Democracy Index]]. The CPC have, however, contested Carna's Democracy Index ranking, calling the index a "biased and untruthful record that does not recognise forms of democracy outside of those of the liberal strain and that seeks to push an anti-Carnish and anti-socialist agenda."
# Algoquona's recognition of the sovereignty and integrity of the Kingdom of New Harren
# A final border settlement between New Yustnona and Algoquona
# The reestablishment of formal diplomatic relations between Algoquona and Urcea (and, by proxy, New Harren)
# The mutual recognition of the end of the War of the Northern Confederation and dissolution of the Northern Confederation
# Urcean recognition of Algoquona as the Confederation's legal successor, which soon became accepted at Urcea's insistence by the League of Nations
# The ability for border tribes hostile to Algoquona to relocate to New Harren
# The exchange of prisoners of war
# The establishment of an Unnuaq mission exclusion zone among the 18 Missions of St. Thomas in the former northeastern fringe of the Confederation, providing that Algoquona demilitarize the area and allow privileges for the missions to continue their ministry
# The exclusion of Urcean citizens and commercial interests from Algoquona
# A non-binding general agreement and understanding of peace and disarmament in Northwestern Crona, particularly by Urcea; this provision was known as Article 25


Known for its [[Culture of Carna|long and rich cultural history]], Carna has [[List of World Heritage Sites in Carna|many World Heritage Sites]] and [[Tourism in Carna|is among the top tourism destinations]] in Levantia. The country's national anthem, "{{wp|Auld Lang Syne}}", has become an internationally recognised anthem which is sung around the world on {{wp|New Year's Eve}} to mark the beginning of a new year.  
== Failure and aftermath ==
The provisions of the treaty were controversial in both Urcea and Algoquona; in Urcea, the government lead by [[James Cossus Reed]] was criticized as being too lenient on the Algoquonans, whom they had just defeated in war, while many in Algoquona considered the treaty a betrayal of the legacy of the Confederation. Despite initial unrest, however, the treaty entered into force in November of 2012 and provided the basis of peaceful relations and coexistence for the next three years. Beginning in 2015, however, Algoquona began to lodge a series of formal complaints with the League of Nations that Urcea was violating the spirit of the treaty as well as the letter of Article 25 by its increasing militarization and involvement in the South Nysdra War, and that the annexation of Cetsencalia was a violation of the treaty. In turn, Urcea also began to lodge formal complaints and issue requests for compliance to Algoquona for ongoing issues relating to the harassment of the Unnuaq mission exclusion zone. Particularly, local militias aligned with the Algoquonan government began to harass the mission zone with raids and kidnappings, though the Algoquonan government retained plausible deniability since it was not official government forces. Algoquona lost considerable diplomatic leverage with the adoption by the League of Nations of the Western Crona Emergency Resolution, which it voted against in the League of Nations General Assembly.


==Etymology==
A period of what many analysts referred to as "diplomatic bickering" continued through 2016, as the completion of the South Nysdra War and establishment of the Kingdom of [[Quetzenkel]] was viewed by Algoquona as an unacceptable breach. A growing consensus among the Council of Hierarchs indicated that the Treaty had outlived its usefulness, and that if it did not restrain Urcea from acting with impunity in Crona, it should be abrogated. Through much of October and early November, there was still enough support for the treaty until Urcea signed the [[Nysdra Sea Treaty Association|Nysdra Sea Treaty]] in mid November. Policymakers in Algoquona now directly viewed Urcea's ambitions as "nakedly imperial", and on November 28th, 2016, it announced it would be functionally abrogating the treaty by "no longer abiding by its provisions or participating in its settlements". Urcea's [[Ministry of State (Urcea)|Ministry of State]] made a last minute offer to renegotiate the Treaty.


The name ''Carna'' comes from ''[[Carni]]'', the {{wp|Latin}} name for the {{wp|Gaels|Celtic peoples}} that inhabited the westernmost regions of [[Great Levantia]]. The name of the Carni is derived from the {{wp|Scottish Gaelic|Carnish Gaelic}} word ''càrn'', which is the root of the {{wp|Scots language|Carnish}} and {{wp|English language|Ænglish}} word "{{wp|Cairn|cairn}}". It is widely believed that the Latin name ''Carni'' was given to the westernmost Celts of Great Levantia due to the region's high density of cairns, with more ancient cairns being found in Carna than anywhere else in the world. The modern Carnish Gaelic name for the country, ''Càrna'', stems from this theory, literally meaning "Cairn land" or "Land of cairns".  
Following the breakdown of the treaty and various provocations made against the mission territory and New Harren itself, Urcea launched [[Operation Mission Shield]], seizing the [[Unnuaq Chain]] by force and formally establishing Urcean military protection over the reinstated Unnuaq mission exclusion zone.


==History==
[[Category: The Deluge]]
{{Main|History of Carna}}
[[Category: Urcea]]
 
[[Category:IXWB]]
===Prehistory===
[[Category:Diplomacy]]
{{Main|Prehistoric Carna}}
[[Category: Problem Article]]
 
Excavations throughout Carna revealed a {{wp|Neanderthals|Neanderthal}} presence dating back to the {{wp|Middle Palaeolithic|Middle Palaeolithic period}} some 200,000 years ago, while {{wp|Early modern human|modern humans}} first arrived in Carna, from the southeast on foot, about 35,000 years ago. The best known artefacts of these prehistoric human settlements are the famous paintings in the [[Creagan Dubha|Creagan Dubha cave]] in northern Carna, which were created from 32,600 to 13,500 {{wp|Common Era|BCE}}. Archaeological and genetic evidence suggests that Carna acted as one of several major refugia from which northern [[Levantia]] was repopulated following the end of the {{wp|Quaternary glaciation|last ice age}}.
 
By about 3,000 BCE, the population of Carna is believed to have been primarily made up of the ancestors of the {{wp|Gaels|Gaelic}} {{wp|Celts}}. When exactly the Celts first arrived in Carna has been debated for close to a century, with the migrations of the Celts being one of the more enduring themes of archaeological and linguistic studies. The current prevailing theory is that the ancestors of the Gaels, forced to expand out of their homeland in northern Levantia due to famine and conflict with the ancestors of the {{wp|Celtic Britons|Pretannic}} Celts, arrived in the [[Carmnish Highlands|highlands of northern Carna]] sometime between 4,000 and 3,600 BCE and expanded southward to populate the [[Carnish Central Belt|central belt]], [[Carnish Lowlands|lowlands]], and the [[List of islands of Carna|islands of Carna]] over the following centuries. 
 
===Great Levantine Carna===
{{Main|Great Levantine Carna}}
 
===Levantine Empire and the Western Levantine Kingdom===
{{Main|2 = Levantine Empire|3 = Western Kingdom of the Levantines}}
 
===Kingdom of Carna===
{{Main|Kingdom of Carna}}
 
===Carnish Colonial Empire===
{{Main|Carnish Colonial Empire}}
 
===Great War and Carnish Revolution===
{{Main|2 = Great War|3 = Carnish Revolution}}
 
===Post-revolution and Communist party rule===
{{Main|History of Carna (1948–present)}}
 
==Geography==
==Politics and government==
<!-- |leader_title2 =      [[Secretary of International Affairs (Carna)|Secretary of International Affairs]]
|leader_name2 =      [[Brodie MacDowall]]
|leader_title3 =      [[Secretary of Internal Affairs (Carna)|Secretary of Internal Affairs]]
|leader_name3 =      [[Mhairi McNeill]]
|leader_title4 =      [[Secretary of Finance (Carna)|Secretary of Finance]]
|leader_name4 =      [[Donald Whitelaw]]
|leader_title5 =      [[Secretary of Defence (Carna)|Secretary of Defence]]
|leader_name5 =      [[Jane Caskie]]
|leader_title6 =      [[Secretary of Health (Carna)|Secretary of Health]]
|leader_name6 =      [[Kelly MacDiarmid]]
|leader_title7 =      [[Secretary of Industry (Carna)|Secretary of Industry]]
|leader_name7 =      [[Ewan Lennox]]
|leader_title8 =      [[Secretary of Education (Carna)|Secretary of Education]]
|leader_name8 =      [[William Dalglish]]
|leader_title9 =      [[Secretary of Transport (Carna)|Secretary of Transport]]
|leader_name9 =      [[Seònaid Gallach]]
|leader_title10 =      [[Secretary of Culture (Carna)|Secretary of Culture]]
|leader_name10 =      [[John Lind]] -->
==Economy and infrastructure==
==Demographics==
==Culture==
 
[[Category: Carna]]

Revision as of 09:23, 19 October 2022

Treaty of Narasseta
Long name:
  • Treaty of settlement of hostilities with relation to Western Crona
Signed24 August 2012
LocationNarasseta, Carna
Effective1 November 2012
Expiration28 November 2016 (effectively)
PartiesUrcea
Algoquona
LanguagesJulian Ænglish
Algosh

The Treaty of Narasseta was a treaty between Urcea and Algoquona establishing regular borders and diplomatic relations between the two nations. It also formally ended the War of the Northern Confederation, which had seen a permanent ceasefire since 1 July 2010, and established the Unnuaq mission exclusion zone in northern Algoquona. Beginning in 2015, both parties consistently accused the other of breaking the spirit of the agreement, and in November of 2016 Algoquona effectively abrogated the treaty, leading to Operation Mission Shield.

Background and negotiation

During the War of the Northern Confederation, the hundreds-year old Northern Confederation collapsed under the weight of internal division and military intervention from Urcea. The Confederation ceased functioning in the spring of 2010, but Algoquona - one of the primary constituents of the Confederation - claimed legal succession of the Confederation. Algoquona kept fighting until July 2010, when its forces were ejected from Cheektowaga, after which time both sides agreed to a ceasefire. Peace negotiations began on 15 July 2010 at Electorsbourg, and Urcean negotiators initially tried to obtain a formal peace Uti possidetis, or based on the borders currently held by both sides. Algoquona used the negotiation time to establish hegemony over most of the remaining tribes of the former Confederation, using diplomacy and, allegedly, military action, so much so that by 2011 most of the Northern Confederation had been incorporated into the newly reformed Federal State of Algoquona. Urcean negotiators considered this a breach of good faith and a violation of the principles Algoquonan negotiators had been pressing - namely that of self-determination. The Royal and Imperial Army was again mobilized in New Harren as negotiations nearly broke down, but both sides agreed to mediation by Carna‎‎ and agreed to maintain the ceasefire.

Urcea had three primary goals for the treaty at the beginning of negotiations, the paramount of which was a formal end to the War of the Northern Confederation and gradual demilitarization of New Harren in order to allow for economic development of the Kingdom. Their second goal was a permanent border solution with regards to Algoquona and New Harren, and the third goal was guarantees of protection of various Catholic missions in the arctic north of the country which had existed for hundreds of years. Algoquona had two primary goals, the first of which was recognition of Algoquona as the formal legal successor of the Northern Confederation, and the second of which was a provision to give Algoquona diplomatic and legal protection from Urcea. Most of these goals were amenable to the other party, but the central issue dividing negotiators was the repercussions of recognizing Algoquona as successor of the Northern Confederation; the latter wanted to be recognized as the legitimate government over the entirety of the Confederation, which problematically included the territory now part of New Harren. Urcea rejected the successor clause during negotiations several times, but finally reached a breakthrough in the mid-summer of 2012 as Carnish mediators successfully convinced Algoquona to formally recognize New Harren as no longer an "integral part of the Northern Confederation", which allowed Urcea the flexibility to recognize the legal succesison.

Key provisions

The Treaty was signed on 24 August 2012 and included a number of articles and provisions relating to "permanent and perpetual peace" between the Kingdom of New Harren and Algoquona. Among these provisions were:

  1. Algoquona's recognition of the sovereignty and integrity of the Kingdom of New Harren
  2. A final border settlement between New Yustnona and Algoquona
  3. The reestablishment of formal diplomatic relations between Algoquona and Urcea (and, by proxy, New Harren)
  4. The mutual recognition of the end of the War of the Northern Confederation and dissolution of the Northern Confederation
  5. Urcean recognition of Algoquona as the Confederation's legal successor, which soon became accepted at Urcea's insistence by the League of Nations
  6. The ability for border tribes hostile to Algoquona to relocate to New Harren
  7. The exchange of prisoners of war
  8. The establishment of an Unnuaq mission exclusion zone among the 18 Missions of St. Thomas in the former northeastern fringe of the Confederation, providing that Algoquona demilitarize the area and allow privileges for the missions to continue their ministry
  9. The exclusion of Urcean citizens and commercial interests from Algoquona
  10. A non-binding general agreement and understanding of peace and disarmament in Northwestern Crona, particularly by Urcea; this provision was known as Article 25

Failure and aftermath

The provisions of the treaty were controversial in both Urcea and Algoquona; in Urcea, the government lead by James Cossus Reed was criticized as being too lenient on the Algoquonans, whom they had just defeated in war, while many in Algoquona considered the treaty a betrayal of the legacy of the Confederation. Despite initial unrest, however, the treaty entered into force in November of 2012 and provided the basis of peaceful relations and coexistence for the next three years. Beginning in 2015, however, Algoquona began to lodge a series of formal complaints with the League of Nations that Urcea was violating the spirit of the treaty as well as the letter of Article 25 by its increasing militarization and involvement in the South Nysdra War, and that the annexation of Cetsencalia was a violation of the treaty. In turn, Urcea also began to lodge formal complaints and issue requests for compliance to Algoquona for ongoing issues relating to the harassment of the Unnuaq mission exclusion zone. Particularly, local militias aligned with the Algoquonan government began to harass the mission zone with raids and kidnappings, though the Algoquonan government retained plausible deniability since it was not official government forces. Algoquona lost considerable diplomatic leverage with the adoption by the League of Nations of the Western Crona Emergency Resolution, which it voted against in the League of Nations General Assembly.

A period of what many analysts referred to as "diplomatic bickering" continued through 2016, as the completion of the South Nysdra War and establishment of the Kingdom of Quetzenkel was viewed by Algoquona as an unacceptable breach. A growing consensus among the Council of Hierarchs indicated that the Treaty had outlived its usefulness, and that if it did not restrain Urcea from acting with impunity in Crona, it should be abrogated. Through much of October and early November, there was still enough support for the treaty until Urcea signed the Nysdra Sea Treaty in mid November. Policymakers in Algoquona now directly viewed Urcea's ambitions as "nakedly imperial", and on November 28th, 2016, it announced it would be functionally abrogating the treaty by "no longer abiding by its provisions or participating in its settlements". Urcea's Ministry of State made a last minute offer to renegotiate the Treaty.

Following the breakdown of the treaty and various provocations made against the mission territory and New Harren itself, Urcea launched Operation Mission Shield, seizing the Unnuaq Chain by force and formally establishing Urcean military protection over the reinstated Unnuaq mission exclusion zone.