As Verona Beach broke out of its "friends with all, allies with none" policies with the introduction of the People's Congressional Action Party and Roland Markwardt, they began making fast and strong allies with the hardy and stable nations of Dragao do Mar and the Trultin Isles. An informal friendship with San Jimenez, existing since at least the 1950s, was also solidified. In mid-2017, as several destabilizing events occurred over a series of months, the four nations determined to formalize their friendship as a show of collective strength and stability in a region lacking those.
Thus, high-ranking delegates gathered in a brightly-lit, windowed conference room- The same where the end of the Communist Insurgency of San Jimenez was negotiated. Their goal was to write a treaty that would bind the four nations into a defensive alliance, working with the possibly-temporary name of the "Brotherly Organization of International Security-" or BOIS.
Chief Minister Roland Markwardt sat at the head of the table, awaiting the arrival of national delegates. To his left sat the stenographer, back to the windowed wall. To his right, the highest and most trusted diplomat in the nation, Minister of Foreign Exchange Matthew Dayton. At that moment, he was shuffling and reshuffling pieces of paper while clicking a pen absentmindedly. Roland prepared to stand when the serjeant-at-arms announced the first delegate, be it a lowly diplomat or the leader of a long-loved nation.
