Quick Background:
Dorvik, Beiteynu, and Lourenne (I'm going to use "B&L" to refer to these two collectively from hereon - pick nations with shorter names guys) have been largely antagonistic to one another since Dorvik unilaterally ended the Triumvirate in 5348. Tensions have been increasing since then, with Dorvik attempting to flex muscle in Majatra, and Beiteynu doing the same in Artania. The collapse of the HKA represents a major shift in tone - what was once a cold and distant detente is heating up into active conflict, both as Wortkrieg and with Beiteynu meddling directly in Artania more openly, even crossing a "red line" established during the HKA administration by deploying a CSG to Artania directly. A particular area of concern in Dorvik/B&L relations in past has been the Migrant's Pass, the strait between Artania and Majatra.
Rough outline of the proposed RP:
- Dorvik will purchase the crown of Narikaton and Darnussia.
- Maybe this is a concession by the Staatsrat to try to win points with the Konig, who is still uncertain about the parties that have emerged in the wake of the HKA collapse? It is DEFINITELY so that Dorvik can continue to project its power into the Migrant's Pass and beyond. Kafuristan's fall has meant the decline of the last openly Dorvik-friendly nation in Majatra, and you gotta refuel somewhere - let's buy a throne.
- B&L protest as Dorvik and its friends build up bases in N&D, particularly naval and long range bomber?
- Can long range bombers threaten Beit directly from N&D? If so it'd definitely be tantamount to a threat of war. This should probably be done carefully and after some sort of precipitating event.
- Somehow we work up to an actual war in N&D. Civil war? Somebody B&L funded invades N&D with enough plausible deniability that Dorvik doesn't DIRECTLY declare war on B&L but just ramps up funding for N&D directly? Definitely need to hash this out.
- ??? end game??? Not sure where we want to go with this. Some general thoughts below to get people's creative juices flowing.
General thoughts from Zanz:
- Depending on who ends up on what sides, I think Dorvik should "lose" if it's a straight fight between Dorvik and B&L. But it probably won't be - I'd imagine Hutori and Dolgava (CSCO nations) will join the Dorvish side, and I'd imagine MSCO will largely align with B&L. The Zoo Alliance could also come into play, though since it's largely a proxy war it may not have to expand so much, we'll need to decide on scope.
- With the ongoing conflict in Ikradon and with Beiteynu trying to play off Luthori & Kundrati against one another a bit, Dorvik might try to mend fences a bit with Luthori, using opposition to Beiteynuese influence in Artania as the linchpin of the friendship. Maybe Dorvik agrees to support Luthori's intervention in Ikradon in return for Luthori generally siding for the most part with Dorvik against B&L? But I'm very unclear on the various alliances and such in this space. Just trying to find friends for Dorvik, lol.
- If Dorvik does "lose", here's what I'm thinking a post-war order might look like:
- Artania more balanced between Dorvik, Luthori, and Kundrati as regional-ish power players. I'd personally prefer if Dorvik or SOMEONE on Artania remain capable of some international scale stuff mostly because I am nervous OOCly that the B&L alliance is too stable and may lead to OOC stagnation for us as a community, but let's discuss (more below).
- To the above, maybe a rekindling of the AU? It doesn't need to be an EU-style supranational federation, but I do think realistically that without Dorvik playing policeman in Artania so hard it'd probably be natural that the nations of the continent would try to look for some new arrangement for peacekeeping forces, etc.
- (Maybe controversial) - I think we need to think through how the B&L friendship and Zoo Alliances will play out for the community OOCly in the long term. So long as B&L remain committed to one another and committed to White Knight foreign policy, I think we need some sort of counterbalance to them. That need not be Dorvik and it need not even be in Artania, but we should try to set up some sort of longer term arc, in my opinion, with this one, that allows us to keep the storylines fresh into the future. Maybe B&L have some sort of cracks in their friendship that get exposed a bit somewhere here? Maybe Vanuku could take a heel turn somewhere, they love to do that? Deltaria? Trigunia? Kazulia? Maybe it's Dolgava's turn to be the leader of the "bad guys"? I'm interested in folks' thoughts.