Capto Iugulum

[theDright]

To: Empire of Brazil
From: Republic of Argentina

The Republic of Argentina expresses condolences for the death of Empress Isabel this last year, who was demonstrated to be a true friend of the Argentine people. We furthermore congratulate Emperor JohnJoão II on his assumption of the Brazilian throne. May he guide Brazil wisely in these dark times.

To: Colombian President Francisco Martos
From: Republic of Argentina

Argentina hopes that you remain committed to the ideals of the Colombian Republic. The Republic is what you have been fighting for, is it not?

To: Empire of Brazil
CC: The United Kingdom of Great Britain, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia, New Spain
From: Argentina

Argentina answers Brazil's call for an embargo of Spanish goods. The Spanish must pay reparations for their destabilizing and illegal actions in Colombia. Continued Spanish support for rebellions in the free nations of the Americas has become intolerable. We call upon all those allied with Argentina to heed this call, and answer in kind.

 

[Luckymoose]

TO: Spain
FROM: Brazil
CC: Britain and Colombia

Such a low offer by the Spanish is insulting to the nation they tried to destroy. The lowly price of raising a few brigades of men will never justify the death brought on by the Spanish egging. We are not sure if the Spanish were involved only this past year, or for the entire conflict, and by that reckoning we will not allow the Spanish to undercut the Colombian people. We support the free people, Spain hinders them. The embargo stands, and further efforts to delay the rightful 200 EP will only push the world against the Spanish.

 

[Crezth]

To: Empire of Spain
CC: Brazil, Colombia
From: The United Kingdom of Great Britain

The issue, however, is not with the volume of illegal aid but the presence of any illegal aid at all. It is a breach of trust, a dereliction of respect, and a brazen disregard for Colombian sovereignty. It was an action that demonstrates that Spain believes it can act with impunity wherever it wants and whenever it wants. Well, it can't, and we're putting our foot down in the face of this arrant arrogance. 200 EP.

 

[Milarqui]

To: Brazil, United Kingdom
From: Empire of Spain

And yet, you supported Naples when we demanded they pay for what they did. Our demands were actually smaller, we had reasons for why we asked for the money (exactly the cost to replace everything we lost due to their intervention, plus the money Sicily would have given to the Empire during three years), their actions had been clearly done in order to destabilize our nation, and yet you supported Naples and demanded that we stopped asking for their money.

We are willing to negotiate, but your demands that we pay 200 EP for a conflict in which we only entered for some time, and in which our intervention was very small, are completely unreasonable.

And Brazil is one to talk about supporting free people. Need we remind you that you kept slavery until just a few years ago, and that Spain was the first nation in the world to give freedom to all the slaves in its Empire?

It is a pity that Brazil and the United Kingdom are now led by people unable to make diplomacy. You only know how to demand, and you are unable to compromise. May God help you when all of your pushing leads to someone else pushing back.

 

[Crezth]

To: Empire of Spain
From: The United Kingdom of Great Britain

We never recall asking that Naples cease its payments to the Empire of Spain. Perhaps you could enumerate?

At any rate, our official policy with Naples was to let sleeping dogs lie, and let we did. They paid for destabilizing Spain, and so you must pay for destabilizing Colombia. That you acted with the intention to overthrow their government, and that you did so with brazen disregard for Colombia's allies, shows your bad faith. 200 EP is a small price to pay to restore that honor.

 

[theDright]

OOC:

@Luckymoose

There is a reason that it is an unknown color: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island

I believe it's probably a Kingdom of Seals, Sea Lions, and Penguins, if it's "ruled" by anybody.

 

[Milarqui]

To: United Kingdom, Brazil
From: Empire of Spain

We think that 200 EP is a completely wild exaggeration done by Brazil and the United Kingdom about whatever effects the very small contribution the Empire of Spain had on the Civil War. It is obvious that choosing the Union Jack Party, while it might good for the United Kingdom, it is bad for the rest of the world, as clearly it is a party that has no idea of how to deal with other nations beyond "do this or else".

We also wish to point out that the "free" people the United Kingdom and Brazil are protecting are actually led by a dictator.

We ask both Brazil and the United Kingdom to demonstrate that they can act sensibly, and so that, instead of making unreasonable demands, they may engage in diplomatic conversations to reach an acceptable conclusion.

 

[Luckymoose]

To: Brazil, United Kingdom
From: Empire of Spain

And yet, you supported Naples when we demanded they pay for what they did. Our demands were actually smaller, we had reasons for why we asked for the money (exactly the cost to replace everything we lost due to their intervention, plus the money Sicily would have given to the Empire during three years), their actions had been clearly done in order to destabilize our nation, and yet you supported Naples and demanded that we stopped asking for their money.

We are willing to negotiate, but your demands that we pay 200 EP for a conflict in which we only entered for some time, and in which our intervention was very small, are completely unreasonable.

And Brazil is one to talk about supporting free people. Need we remind you that you kept slavery until just a few years ago, and that Spain was the first nation in the world to give freedom to all the slaves in its Empire?

It is a pity that Brazil and the United Kingdom are now led by people unable to make diplomacy. You only know how to demand, and you are unable to compromise. May God help you when all of your pushing leads to someone else pushing back.

TO: Spain
FROM: Brazil

At no time did we tell them to cease payments, nor did they do anything to destabilize Spain. Secondly, since when have decades and a few years been interchangeable? Spain is pulling cards that don't exist, and these underhanded tactics will only lead to Spanish downfall. Brazil will have none of this. If Spain refuses to pay the reparations at hand, Brazil will have no choice but to force reparations on Spain. For too long has the Spanish Empire lied and cheated, backstabbed and wronged the people of the free world, no longer.

The Colombian people are led by their rightful president, whom will restore general elections if the Spanish keep their dirty hands out of the country. One more foul word of our allies and Spain will regret every action ever taken against the free world.

 

[Crezth]

To: Empire of Spain
From: The United Kingdom of Great Britain

"Do this or else," oh this is rich indeed coming from a nation whose every communique is rife with condescension, as if you deign to come down from on high to educate the petty parasites of the world around you, nibbling at the breadcrumbs you so generously bestow upon them when and how you please. Fie upon you, and how dare you make this about our politics! You are confusing the issue to weasel your way out of responsibility for your actions! Demonstrate that you can respect your fellow nation instead of threaten their annihilation!

 

[Milarqui]

To: United Kingdom, Brasil
From: Empire of Spain

We do respect our fellow nations. In fact, the only time we have threatened Naples with war was when they failed to recognise that they had to pay us for their transgressions.

It seems like the United Kingdom is unwilling to read what we say, and instead translates what we say as what they think we would say, because we have stated already our willingness to negotiate this quantity.

Also, to Brasil, we did have this discussion already: Head, not Heart.

 

[Crezth]

To: Empire of Spain
From: The United Kingdom of Great Britain

You threatened Naples out of the gate with extortion. You demanded they pay with their money or with their life. We think it is a small thing to ask for you to pay 200 EP for your actions in Colombia.

 

[spryllino]

To Spain, Britain, Brazil
From the Confederation

We fail to see any reason why Spain should, simply because her favoured side lost the Colombian civil war, pay reparations, or why Spain should pay any attention whatsoever to the fact that you have decided arbitrarily that sending money to your friends is wrong. As for imposing an embargo on Spain, it will do you just as much harm as it will do the Spanish. We are very surprised that the Spanish have enough patience with you not to reject your reparations out of hand and to detain the Brazilian fleet until the embargo is lifted.

To Sardinia and Tuscany
From the Confederation

We recognise the present Tuscan government as a sound and effective means of dealing with the present emergency. We request that Sardinia withdraw from Tuscany, as the problem that they came to deal with has, by the grace of God, been rectified.

 

[Crezth]

To: Confederation of Franco-Burgundy
From: The United Kingdom of Great Britain

Any act made to detain the Brazilian fleet would be an act of war.

 

[spryllino]

To Britain
From the Franco-Burgundian Confederation

If it were war, it would be your declaration of it, not Spain's, and the blood would be on your hands. But I hardly think there is any likelihood of that happening anyway; our attitude unfortunately does not correspond with the Spanish one.

 

[Mickzter97]

To: Mayan Republic
Sorry I have taken New Spain's deal.
To: New Spain
Agreed, you have construction rights for the Joao and we will not sell it to the Mayans. We hope a friendship will blossom out of this.

 

[Milarqui]

To: United Kingdom
From: Empire of Spain

Indeed, we threatened Naples with war should they not pay us 90 EP. However, you fail to take into account that Naples provoked the rebellion, heavily financed the rebels (using money that was not theirs, to boot), alleged they had no reason to pay us for their actions after their guilt was revealed and resisted to do so until other nations convinced them, and even then we were generous with the terms upon which they could pay us, despite the fact that it was within their ability to pay within two years. Also, they recently used tricks to do something we had expressively forbidden, as the Sicilians had given us the power to stop any deal with a foreign nation that could run counter to Spanish interests, and yet we allowed Naples to continue with their union with Sicily.

As opposed to the problems with Sicily and Naples, our financing of the Colombian liberals was very small, only happened in the last year of war, hardly affected its end, we have stated our willingness to pay reparations and the 200 EP Brazil and the United Kingdom demand are many times superior to the damages caused by the whole war, not to mention any damages that may have been caused by our intervention. We think that 15 EP is more than enough to meet the costs to repair said damages.

As for the Brazilian ships, you have to remember they have to get through Spanish waters, which we could easily forbid, and that in their way towards Naples they demonstrated an amazing lack of professionalism, unworthy of the best navy of South America. It is obvious that the recent Brazilian acts are nothing but attempts to spark a war with Spain, while casting themselves as the innocent victims.

To: Franco-Burgundian Confederation
From: Empire of Spain

We are glad that you exist, and that you are willing to teach the British and Brazilians what being sensible means, because they have seemingly struck that from their dictionaries.

 

[erez87]

To: Franco-Burgundian Confederation
From: Empire of Spain

We are glad that you exist, and that you are willing to teach the British and Brazilians what being sensible means, because they have seemingly struck that from their dictionaries.

OOC: And they sure as hell can't learn it from you

 

[Luckymoose]

To Spain, Britain, Brazil
From the Confederation

We fail to see any reason why Spain should, simply because her favoured side lost the Colombian civil war, pay reparations, or why Spain should pay any attention whatsoever to the fact that you have decided arbitrarily that sending money to your friends is wrong. As for imposing an embargo on Spain, it will do you just as much harm as it will do the Spanish. We are very surprised that the Spanish have enough patience with you not to reject your reparations out of hand and to detain the Brazilian fleet until the embargo is lifted.

TO: Franco-Burgundian Confederation
FROM: Brazil

The Colombian people demanded no outside interference, and even our alliance rejected picking a side in the conflict. We offered protection from outside powers, which both factions accepted. However, the Spanish decided to fund a side in the civil war, not because they supported their cause, but because they wanted to destabilize the region for personal gain. If the Brazilian fleet at Naples is detained or harmed by the Spanish or Triple Alliance, the Brazilian navy will ensure that every last Franco-Burgundian sailor has lungs filled by icy sea water.

 

[Nuka-sama]

OOC: Sometimes, I can't help but laugh at how some diplomacy is written without a trace of irony. Well done sir, well done

 

[Crezth]

To: Franco-Burgundian Confederation
From: The United Kingdom of Great Britain

That does not change the fact that detaining the Brazilian fleet would be an act of war, whether or not it is outright declared.

To: Empire of Spain
From: The United Kingdom of Great Britain

As has been said, the 200 EP in reparations are for Spain's penitence and impertinence. Let it be a friendly reminder to stay out of nations that do not want you.