Hello. Look. Today, I'm going to go through this sh-- well, this propaganda point by point. Just so we're all clear about what's going on. Valruzia keeps making these baseless attacks, and let's just say this: It is the belief of our government that they are piqued by Kalistan leaving their pet projects the Selayan Union and the Nowogard Agreement where they ignorantly equivocated between communism and fascism. They may not know it, but I am not the only political theorist in our government. Let me just say this: to claim that fascism and communism are the same displays a level of ignorance of the meaning of both of those terms, the level of which should disqualify someone who holds that straight up incorrect belief from ever holding an office of any public trust whatsoever. Communism, at its heart seeks to put the community in control of its own affairs. Has it been employed by dictators? Sure. Have those dictators corrupted it? You better believe it. But the theory of communism is so far from the theory of Fascism, a word with Selucian roots meaning a (tied) bundle of sticks, meaning the dictator unites the people and holds them together to promote the interests of the Leader. Fascism is individualism,
par excellance. It is the end of Liberalism, which fetishizes the individual over his society. In other words, the exact opposite of communism, which prioritizes the good of the whole over the good of the one. Now, Kalistan endorses neither, and anyone who knows anything about ethical socialism knows that. But people like Valruzia continue to promote this false equivalence, and continue to do damage to the people's understanding of what those words mean. Why? I suppose so they can promote pluralism as an alternative to either the subsumation of the individual to the community, or the dominance of the single, strong individual and the subjugation of the entire society to its will.
Moving on. I shouldn't HAVE to give a lecture on what words mean, but some of these batty nutjobs which pass for a government in Valruzia apparently need it.
1. "Kalistan is most certainly now a threat." We are no more of a threat than the foreign navies who currently are attempting to occupy our waters. The Lourenne Frigate which was destroyed, was sitting spitting distance off Ananto. They would have gotten closer, but the skipper wisely decided not to run aground on the beach off the Dah Delta. The Freighter which was destroyed refused to heed Kalistani calls to stop, and we lost two destroyers of the Kalistani Regular Navy in that engagement, as well as Militia craft in both. All told, Kalistan has suffered the loss of nearly 100 of its men. So tell us, who is the threat? Kalistan who is trying to defend its Territorial Waters and its sovereignty, or the powers aligning against us who kill our citizens and sailors by the score?
2. "they have cut off trade to east Seleya in that region," Not so. According to our order, all civilian traffic needs to register at Port Sweedes, Port Elga or Port Devon and then can freely transit our waters. A small detour and then they may freely transit. And those unwilling to do so may still travel around the East side of Ananto, unhindered. We have not cut anything off, as far as commercial transit is concerned. What we HAVE opposed is foreign powers using Kalistani Waters to conduct their wars with one another. We are actually promoting peace by denying foreign military powers the free right of passage that they once enjoyed. And we would do so if they were attempting to transit our land without adequate permission as well. To us, it is no difference. For our security and for the security of others, we will keep the Ananto Straits closed until we have a navy of an adequate size that we can destroy whoever decides to transit those straits with the aim of attacking us.
3. "and pose the danger of threatening the relatively peaceful nation of Indrala, who also boast an incredibly robust economy." We have done no such thing. We sent a telegram to Indrala, our old allies, to inform them of our intent to close the Straits. They never responded, so that was the last thing Kalistan ever said to or about Indrala up to this very moment. We have not been attacked, nor have we attacked any Indralan shipping, and as a matter of fact, due to our historical relations with Indrala following the Ananto War, where Kalistan was actually invaded by Indrala, we would have been willing to grant a blanket waiver to Indrala. They never got back to us, so we haven't had any further discussions with them. But under no circumstances do we wish to threaten a country which has leveled our capital once in the past.
4. "The 'Republic' of Kalistan is quickly becoming a threat to Seleyan stability and international peace." The only threat we are becoming is to the imperial designs of The Northern Alliance, its client state in Lourenne, and the 'republic' of Valruzia whose imperialist designs are showing everytime it utters the word Kalistan. People like Valruzia don't like Kalistan standing up for itself. They probably will not like the fact that within two months, the final shipment of Kalistan's navy will arrive from Vanuku, and we will launch 2 Cruisers and 8 Destroyers into the Ananto Straits. Kalistan has stood up, and we no longer need guidance from the 'republic' of Valruzia, who daily acts more and more like an Empire. Without the quotes.
5. "which ultimately boiled down to sanctions and an embargo on certain types of Kalistani goods." As Kalistan has no formal trading relationship with Valruzia, let us remind you that embargoes and sanctions do not stop the smuggling of ODEN products into any nation in the world. In Kalistan, drugs of all types are legal. We are pleased that Valruzia shares our sentiments toward the chemicals. But when you put sanctions on Kalistan, rest assured, our national products will nonetheless continue to arrive in your streets. Your own people will negate whatever sanctions you put on Kalistan. Have faith. We'll do just fine, thanks largely to the good smokers of Valruzia. Look: If you want to trade with us,
why not join ODEN? It is a great organization, and at least then we can do everything above board. Furthermore, the things your sanctions embargo to Kalistan are things we make in Kalistan already. Perhaps you have not read our laws, but those are not things we import anyway. You are wasting your members' time and efforts. And as far as refugees leaving Kalistan for other nations: We welcome that. Our borders remain open, and if they want to leave, we certainly do not stop them. Additionally, we will not be enforcing any of your travel bans, and all nations which expel our diplomats will have their embassies seized and their diplomats will lose all status as such. We shall do to others as they do to us. And the Government of Kalistan will have no compunction in returning any insult of this nature. However, last time we checked, our diplomatic missions in this world are few and far between. SO, its not much of a worry for our government.
6. "When we want Kalistan to be alone, I mean it." Then you, alone, shall necessarily need to enforce it, yourself.
7. "This treaty will show them what it means to defy international stability, as well as fall into totalitarianism." We have not threatened international stability. We are merely defending our legitimate national interests. It is very telling that while Valruzia chooses to ignore another country's sovereignty, she also speaks of threatening international stability, and at the same time, of joining a hostile, hegemonic and imperialistic alliance that unnecessarily bullies small, and at the time defenseless nations like Kalistan, while similarly arming puppet states like Lourenne to the teeth so it can help that hegemonic state threaten places like Kalistan. If Valruzia is so interested in international stability, it is the hegemonic sort that it is looking to as its model. One that we oppose, and will continue to oppose as long as we are able. Perhaps Valruzia is willing to become yet another puppet regime of a global power, but Kalistan is most certainly not. Unlike Valruzia, we are apparently willing to not let others chart our course and force us to bow to their strategic needs. Its why we left the Selayan alliance: We do not engage in mutual security arrangements, and whoever signed that treaty for Kalistan did so in error. I think this is what has got Valruzia so up in arms: That we dared to chart our own course, rather than let it be decided by a state which is seeing how much of the Kazulian boot it can lick before having its face stomped in.
We will not comment again on any Valruzian action or comments unless Valruzia informs Kalistan that they too have decided to set a course independent from the Northern Council's dictates. Only when Valruzia grows a spine and starts acting like an independent nation instead of a sycophant colony do they even deserve our attention. Good luck to them and their embargo. They ships and official personnel are hereby deemed
personna non grata in Kalistani Land, Sea or Air, and we will work with the Government of Kalistan to physically eject each and every last one of them from the Country by the shortest route possible, even if it means out into the Ananto Straits, which they seem to deem fit to claim is theirs anyway.