The rise of the idea of the Beiteynuese Meuhad Medinot
December 5265 - An editorial into the end of an era and the Beiteynuese history leading up to this point
Also published on The Terran Times and distributed internationally
Knesset Building, Yishelem, Beiteynu
In 5200, Hevrat Hasmal stepped up into the light with Baruch Lea Tzafrir's progressive internal and foreign agendas. 3 subsequent administrations modernise Beiteynu's composition, rollback its diminishing and isolated economy and establish a global network of partnerships and alliances with the Terran Remediation Agency and the Intelligence Pact at its epicenter, albeit not without its fallbacks and violent incidents: the assassination of Baruch Lea Tzafrir, the Beiteynuese-Luthorian crisis, the Kafuri intelligence fiasco, the collapse of Malivia, the ensued passive aggressive mini-wars in the Migrant's Pass, the Kundrati civil war, the Sholemberg explosion, the hunt of OrdoSoc terrorists and the austerity measures of almost a quarter of a century, marking an entire generation of Beiteynuese citizenry for decades to come, increasing the costs of education and privatising lifestyle in a single generation.
As now the 4th administration - the Shlomo Administration - picks up the mantle and continues the mandate with a heavy focus on international trade and business, it is curious enough that the ideas now switch to a more evident and more present Beiteynuese influence, with the rise of the idea of the Beiteynuese Meuhad Medinot (United States) since 5260 - 60 years later - as Pontesi becomes an outright Beiteynuese dominion with no gun fired and Beiteynu now counting more than 30 nations as friends, partners and allies.
One of the most turnkey points of global financial initiatives is Beiteynu's own creation, Equifund and the Equifund Agreement, which gave birth to the exponential growth of the defense and technology sector in Beiteynu. Decades later, the Equifund Index is Beiteynu's dominant stock market index, with interests spiking now from Kafuristan, Dundorf, Luthori, Kundrati, Talmoria and Vanuku alongside the already established relationships with Beiteynu's strongest Majatran ally: Istalia.
Beiteynu reaches a level of influence in Majatra that results in the Beiteynuese government mediating in the Third Solentian Civil War on the other side of the continent with a peace conference between all sides of the conflict in Yishelem. Although the Beiteynuese Agency considered the negotiations a debacle and warned the Istalian Agency of extraneous fears of long-term instability, a ceasefire was achieved, Kafuri and Istalian forces withdrew, Sekowo launched an international aid initiative and the 2 conflicting sides in Solentia agreed on a joint government.
The Intelligence Pact becomes a full-fledged military alliance, heavily pursued by the Agency, which exerted massive influence across the board to get the Pact's leading members on board, after the events in Malivia, Kundrati and Solentia. 6 nations now exchanging military operations, commanding an intelligence network that had spread to more than half of the world's nations and vowing total allegiance and loyalty to each other, with Beiteynu in control.
Now, a curious little change takes place. With Selucian, Istalian and Likatonian influence in the Pact diminishing, activity began to switch to the rising powers of Artania. As discussions on the Artanian Union are reignited by Luthori, Kundrati begins to withdraw from the spectrum and thus, a diplomatic crisis starts to broil between the 2 nations, threatening the stability of the AU, before it even begins. Then suddenly, Beiteynu withdraws from the Pact's leadership, Kundrati takes the mantle and opens up its trade borders with Beiteynu, Luthori and Kundrati get back on terms and the Artanian Union becomes a reality, once again.
Beiteynu - a Majatran nation - then found itself in the discussions of the Artanian Union. Although Dorvish officials quickly shut down Beiteynu's involvement, adding to the already mounting strain of the Beiteynuese-Dorvish relationship, Beiteynu recognised the massive economic opportunities of the Artanian Union and continued to offer unwavering support to Kundrati, Luthori and Dundorf, the continent's and the AU's major players steadily rising in regional influence.
It seemed that Beiteynu had reached the peak of playing a game in the shadows.
In the meantime, Beiteynuese influence in Pontesi reached a shifting point, with Pontesi deciding to undergo several structural reforms, eventually leading to the establishment of the Beiteynuese Dominion of Pontesi under Beiteynu's newly founded government structure of State Offices, organisational entities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Beiteynu which are, practically, in charge of foreign governments.
Then Beiteynu installs a puppet government in Tukarali. Allegedly, of course, but Mata's offspring had the markings of a puppet indeed, having studied and lived in Beiteynu, must have been surely influenced by both Beiteynu's culture and his father's dreams of the Pact.
Meanwhile, Beiteynu's influence in the World Congress kept rising. Nations across Terra nominated Beiteynu for Seat B of the Security Council, again and again, in what experts consider as the nation's most successful international campaign, led by Omer Aristocrat of the ancient Aristocrat family. Thus, Beiteynu, for almost 70 years, has continuously sat on and dominated the position. Allegedly, some officials in the World Congress Office close to Omer Aristocrat have implied of Dorvish interventions in mitigating Beiteynu's rising influence, but these rumours were never confirmed, with the Agency declining to substantiate any information.
Now, as Beiteynu enters a more passive stance under the Shlomo Administration's mandate of trade and business for Beiteynu's foreign agenda, Beiteynuese influence internationally enters a new and different stage. From playing in the shadows, to walking in the light by exerting influence via trade, business and advisory avenues - especially as one of the rising leaders in the defense and technology industries - seemingly in the center of what appears now to be a global network of complex relationships under which the Pact lies in cautious - and curious - hibernation.
