Aurora:"Fucking Ireland" Incident

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The "Fucking Ireland" Incident refers to a diplomatic conflict when President Raptormm4 of Aurora:Cascadia referred to the Aurora:North Sea Republic as a "government based in fucking Ireland" during bi-lateral discussions regarding the Territory of Norcal. This reference would have disastrous consequences for diplomatic relations with both large democracies, leading to difficulties in securing a meaningful resolution to the pre-existing conflict.

Background

About a year after the opening of EarthMC Terra Aurora, the Republic of Cascadia largely maintained hegemony over the western seaboard of North America, excluding territories in the real-life area of California. However, when the nation of Jefferson would be unofficially annexed and absorbed into the Republic of Cascadia, the democratic nation would surround a small city-state named San Francisco (Norcal), lead by notable player Unbated. Unbated had previously been a part of the Sequoia Federation, a mega nation between the in-game nations of Jefferson, Great Basin, Southern California, and Norcal. Many players within this meganation, including Rocksthunder (leader of Jefferson), Moxicodone (leader of Great Basin), and other towns in California had various disagreements with Unbated over infrastucture, political leadership, and more in the region. While the Sequoia Federation collapsed following the introduction of overclaim (all nations except for Jefferson and Norcal would be disbanded and absorbed into Jefferson), these schisms continued with those same players, who eventually all joined the Republic of Cascadia. Norcal would join the Reformed Republic of Cascadia (Oregon) in a large scale global war against Cascadia, as part of the "Wagner Group" (a global coalition). The Wagner Group would, shortly after, collapse into inactivity, but Norcal would attempt to harm Cascadia by creating towns in the California/Nevada regions. Regardless of the group's collapse, Norcal continued their one-man war against Cascadia. However, when the town of San Francisco (capital and largest town of Norcal) was overclaimed by neighboring towns, including chunks next to the nation spawn of the region, Unbated would quit the server and transfer mayorship to NFISH. He would go on to create a diplomatic channel in the Cascadian discord, and then joined the North Sea Republic. Prior to then, Cascadia along with other nations in America had been weary of the NSR's influence over North America. Meanwhile, the NSR viewed themselves as a North American nation, just as Cascadia did. Initial negotiations with Norcal would fail, after both sides failed to agree to terms to end the war (which had not officially ended). About two months later, a new channel would be created in the discord of the Republic of Vermont, with NSR diplomats also involved. At the time, President Raptormm4 (from the town of Yellowstone, a notable national park in the Frontier region of Cascadia) would lead negotiations, with Secretary of State Milgorn123 among about a dozen other Cascadian diplomats. Both nations disagreed strongly over various parts terms of a future treaty.

The Incident

During negotiations, both sides were debating what would be considered "Cascadian core territory" (territory that the NSR would not be able to infringe upon). Cascadia viewed it's territories in the Frontier, California, and Great North (Western Canada) regions as part of it's core territory, while the NSR had a smaller frame in mind. In particular, President Raptormm4's town (Yellowstone) wasn't included in the NSR's proposed map, which he viewed as a grave insult. Raptormm4 would later submit a paragraph where he questioned why a government based in "fucking Ireland" (the North Sea Republic's capital was located in Ireland) was permitted to "order around" Cascadia's territorial claims. The North Sea Republic diplomats took great insult to this reference, threatening to entirely depart negotiations. Raptormm4 would apologize for his reference, but argue that his claim still stood.

Aftermath

While it ultimately made negotiations more difficult, both nations would sign the Treaty of San Francisco, a historic bilateral agreement that cemented terms ending the previous conflict. The North Sea Republic would disband a few months later, and to this day, San Francisco remains a city state surrounded entirely by Cascadian towns.