The New Saltee Islands wrote:
Upon hearing the establishment of Balantania, the government convened and discussed the matter of recongnition. Reasons to accept your secession from your former homeland are small and few. Reasons to continue to recongnize your nation as part of your former homeland are great and large. But none of this mattered in the eyes of the Althing of the Constitutional Principality of the New Saltee Islands and HM Cabinet. For one reason and one reason only, is what our decision rests on. That reason is the future prospect of a powerful ally. It is with His Majesty's approval that we welcome Ballantania into the world and hereby recongnize Balantania as the newest officially recongnized nation in the eyes of the Islands. With recongnition we grant one more gift; we hereby award Balantania $100 million NS Dollars fpr use in the field of education to ensure that furture generations remember the truth about the Founding Fathers of Balantania.
Signed.
Foreign Minister, Niccolo Rotellini
Signed on Behalf of King Colin Trudeau
Thank you for your generous offer we accept the funds and will put them into education so that people will remember the rise of the Balantanian Empire.
Sincerely,
King Joseph