Embassy | The Kingdom of Kantrias
May 2022 - Foreign Affairs Update
Here follows 2022’s first Foreign Affairs update from the Kantrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representing the good people of the Kingdom, the Kylian Assembly and the Royal Family
The Monarchy
King: Caldemar Leutria Quilor III
Heir Apparent: Sara Quilor
Prince: Skar Quilor
The Kylian Assembly
Lord Chancellor: August Tudor-Stuart
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Skar Quilor
Minister of Culture: Nick Mountbatten
Minister of Recruitment: Kolron A. Zobieski
Detailing the Regent's Performance
For the first time in recent history, Kantrias has a Regent! On the 31st day of the 3rd month of the year 2022, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess Sara Quilor declared a State of Regency in accordance with regional law. At the moment of writing this article and the subsequent release of the May 2022 Foreign Affairs Update, it has been nearly a month and a half since the Regency was declared.
The King, Caldemar Leutria Quilor III, has been on a hiatus due to the recent global pandemic, wherein he was forced to deal with circumstances he had no control over, but kept him away from Kantrias nonetheless.
The Regent has proven to be a trustworthy and stable one, for she performs her duties in accordance with Kantrian law, and doesn’t stray from her task.
The Regent is performing flawlessly, doing a remarkably good job and doesn’t shy away from intervening when things get out of hand.
All in all, Kantrias is glad to have her, and very pleased to see a glimpse of what we can expect were she to ascend the throne as Queen.
Kantrian Stance on Current Events
The NationStates forums - also known as GP - have recently become somewhat of a dangerous place to move around in. It is almost as if regions that at one point seemed stable and consistent in their behavior, have abandoned their skill in statecraft, in favor of lecturing, posturing and bullying regions they seem to see as lesser, or more dangerous. In doing so, these regions are making the broader NS-verse into some sort of elaborate trap, where you, if you take one step out of line, are struck down with uncaring impunity.
The sheer amount of reputation-bashing is quite frankly staggering. This type of behavior seems to be employed the most in some attempt to damage a region’s or individual’s reputation so badly that they no longer pose a threat. Remarkably, the most reputation-bashing comes from regions that call themselves democratic, free, and against oppressive regimes often found on the
right side of NationStates.
Kantrias does not and will not approve of these actions and behaviors. While we too do employ behaviors that are akin to political scheming, the sheer and overwhelming amount of suspicion-sowing, reputation-bashing and blame-shifting focussed on individuals and regions alike shocks us. It reeks of kindergarten-behavior, where one child yells at another ‘I don’t want to be your friend anymore, because you play more with Mariska than with me…’, and then proceeds to say mean things about poor Mariska in some attempt to control a situation that is clearly and obviously out of their control.
We in Kantrias understand that (intense) disagreements can feel like a threat, and that that feeling can become irrational when one loses themselves in the feeling of being threatened, of having to give something up, or having to defend your point of view and the way you’re used to doing certain things. All natural responses, but letting these feelings affect your behavior and painting said behavior away as something ‘right’ and ‘just’ is something Kantrias does not agree with. This doesn’t mean that Kantrias never makes mistakes, quite the contrary is actually the truth; for our Minister of Foreign Affairs often loses himself in his passions, and even the Regent occasionally flares up into ardent debate.
A long story made short; Kantrias watches what is currently going on with a feeling of dread and concern, and hopes that regions and individuals alike will soon return to their more cooperative state. Hostility between vastly different groups is completely understandable - and to be expected, but when it comes to ‘one of your own’, some restraint should be exercised.
Hostile behavior creates ripples, and sooner or later these ripples will become unstoppable waves.
A New Embassy with the Lower Kingdom
When we were contacted by Pauline Bonaparte, representing the Lower Kingdom, the Minister of Foreign Affairs reached out to them and asked them to describe the Lower Kingdom to him.
Kantrias is happy to say that the Lower Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy that plans to play a part in GP. Headed by veterans, the Lower Kingdom seems to have created quite a stable foundation for themselves. Most surprising was that they are Independent, which brings some fresh air into our Foreign Affairs.
In short, Kantrias is happy to have made a new and promising friend.
Termination of All Relations with The Fellowship of OmniOne
After having maintained a one-sided relationship with The Fellowship of OmniOne, and after having ignored worrying gut feelings, our Minister of Foreign Affairs has on the 11th day of the 5th month of the year 2022, terminated all relations with The Fellowship of OmniOne. The Minister of Foreign Affairs did so around 16:10 in the afternoon, citing the following as reasons;
‘1) Due to the detection of anti-Semitic content on the official OmniOne Discord server, posted by - but not limited to - a high-profile individual of the region of Omnione,
2) Due to the detection of NSFW-focused channels on the official OmniOne Discord server, and the posting of NSFW/lewd content in other channels, even though NationStates is known for hosting a immense community of which many players are underage/ minors,
3) Due to the continued relations OmniOne has had with far-right leaning regions both current and past,
4) Due to the continued lack of an Omnite Diplomat, even when OmniOne has been reminded of their duties.’Kantrias has not - and will never - maintain embassies with regions that ‘are ok’ with anti-Semite comments, and laugh them away as the person who made the comments ‘is a Jew himself’. Such behavior is unacceptable and would damage the integrity of our dear Kantrias if relations were to be maintained any longer.
We all know NationStates is host to an immense community, a large part of this community consists of persons under 18 years of age. It is our belief that NSFW channels and -content does not belong in an official regional Discord server, even behind NSFW-warnings or age-locks. The occasional sexual comment and harmless discussion does considerably less damage than posting full-on NSFW content in the shape of images and gifs, no matter if it is behind age-locks or not.
Rather recently the Minister of Foreign Affairs received a message from a friend, containing screenshots of conversations in the official OmniOne Discord server, and they were shocking. They contained proof of anti-Semitic comments, and information about NSFW content being shared in a publicly visible channel.
Based on this information, and the obvious gut feeling the Minister of Foreign Affairs had several months prior, it was recommended to the Lord Chancellor to terminate all relations with The Fellowship of OmniOne. The recommendation was approved, and soon after relations were terminated.
This is a good moment to reiterate the Kingdom of Kantrias’ stance on fascism and anti-Semitism; we deem its existence unacceptable and will continue to endeavor to expose it wherever it rears its ugly head and to burn it down - root and stem - where possible.
Signed and published by;
The Kingdom of KantriasThe Ministry of Foreign AffairsHis Royal Highness the Prince, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Skar Quilor