Occidental Cold War: Difference between revisions

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 [[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 [[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.