ProfessorHenn
TNPer
- Pronouns
- they/them
To the Citizens of The North Pacific,
Many of you are undoubtedly aware of recent events involving the South Pacific, alongside our allies in the League and Concord, the Order of the Grey Wardens, and 10000 Islands, and the North Pacific. In the time since, we have had invaluable conversations with South Pacificans at home and with other stakeholders, which have informed not only new perspectives on these events but also new ideas as we move forward.
We wish to express our deepest regrets for our role in this series of events, including both the original ultimatum and the April 8 response statement, and we retract our assent to both. Specifically, we wish to apologize to Hulldom, to the government of The North Pacific, and most of all, to the citizens of The North Pacific.
We regret the threats issued to Hulldom and The North Pacific on the behalf of and at the behest of the South Pacific and its allies involved in this matter. Our strongarm tactics were needlessly unproductive, disrespectful, and antagonistic, and were especially unbecoming given that our regions have been allies for over a decade. They did not conform to the high standards for diplomacy and cooperation with our allies that we have always tried to hold ourselves to, and that we will endeavor to hold ourselves to in the future. They also did not conform to our commitment to democratic principles, at home and abroad. The South Pacific would never have accepted such behavior against us, and we should not have engaged in it at the expense of a friend and ally.
We are ashamed that our actions impinged upon the democratic independence of The North Pacific. Both of our regions have long, treasured traditions of democratic governance. By its nature, this means that there will come times when our citizens make different decisions, our governments follow different paths, and our regions adopt different beliefs; that these differences emerge naturally from our differing democratic processes; and that our diplomatic communications should be mindful of these differences. Our recent actions overlooked these differences and leveraged our own interests, and the interests of our involved allies, against the voices of citizens of The North Pacific. It was unfair and unacceptable to force a choice between the democratic input of citizens and the policy concerns of foreign governments, and we will move forward with renewed respect for the voices of citizens of The North Pacific and commitment to respect those voices, even when such differences arise in the future.
We deeply regret that we went to such great lengths to achieve our goals. It is clear now, with the benefit of hindsight, that we relied excessively on the experiences and perspectives of individual foreign policy actors; that we deferred inordinately to the beliefs and expressed intentions of more established figures; and that our response to criticism was born of individual frustrations rather than collective level-headedness. But we remain well aware of the fact that these actions were carried out by not merely individual actors, but by a Minister of Foreign Affairs with the approval of the Prime Minister, on the behalf of multiple regions including the South Pacific. Moving forward as a region requires greater introspection at both individual and regional levels than demonstrated during these recent events. That process has already begun, of course, with changes to our foreign policy leadership and with important conversations domestically. It continues with this recognition of the error of our ways; the government of the South Pacific should not have authorized and issued the original ultimatum and should not have defended it in the response statement. This process will continue with ongoing discussions within the South Pacific about our foreign policy priorities, about the value of our alliances, and about our communications with and actions towards our allies going forward.
Finally, we wish to extend our sincere gratitude to the government of The North Pacific for their patience and willingness to discuss this matter with us at length.
Signed,
ProfessorHenn / Sporaltryus
Prime Minister of the South Pacific
Pronoun / Esfalsa
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Many of you are undoubtedly aware of recent events involving the South Pacific, alongside our allies in the League and Concord, the Order of the Grey Wardens, and 10000 Islands, and the North Pacific. In the time since, we have had invaluable conversations with South Pacificans at home and with other stakeholders, which have informed not only new perspectives on these events but also new ideas as we move forward.
We wish to express our deepest regrets for our role in this series of events, including both the original ultimatum and the April 8 response statement, and we retract our assent to both. Specifically, we wish to apologize to Hulldom, to the government of The North Pacific, and most of all, to the citizens of The North Pacific.
We regret the threats issued to Hulldom and The North Pacific on the behalf of and at the behest of the South Pacific and its allies involved in this matter. Our strongarm tactics were needlessly unproductive, disrespectful, and antagonistic, and were especially unbecoming given that our regions have been allies for over a decade. They did not conform to the high standards for diplomacy and cooperation with our allies that we have always tried to hold ourselves to, and that we will endeavor to hold ourselves to in the future. They also did not conform to our commitment to democratic principles, at home and abroad. The South Pacific would never have accepted such behavior against us, and we should not have engaged in it at the expense of a friend and ally.
We are ashamed that our actions impinged upon the democratic independence of The North Pacific. Both of our regions have long, treasured traditions of democratic governance. By its nature, this means that there will come times when our citizens make different decisions, our governments follow different paths, and our regions adopt different beliefs; that these differences emerge naturally from our differing democratic processes; and that our diplomatic communications should be mindful of these differences. Our recent actions overlooked these differences and leveraged our own interests, and the interests of our involved allies, against the voices of citizens of The North Pacific. It was unfair and unacceptable to force a choice between the democratic input of citizens and the policy concerns of foreign governments, and we will move forward with renewed respect for the voices of citizens of The North Pacific and commitment to respect those voices, even when such differences arise in the future.
We deeply regret that we went to such great lengths to achieve our goals. It is clear now, with the benefit of hindsight, that we relied excessively on the experiences and perspectives of individual foreign policy actors; that we deferred inordinately to the beliefs and expressed intentions of more established figures; and that our response to criticism was born of individual frustrations rather than collective level-headedness. But we remain well aware of the fact that these actions were carried out by not merely individual actors, but by a Minister of Foreign Affairs with the approval of the Prime Minister, on the behalf of multiple regions including the South Pacific. Moving forward as a region requires greater introspection at both individual and regional levels than demonstrated during these recent events. That process has already begun, of course, with changes to our foreign policy leadership and with important conversations domestically. It continues with this recognition of the error of our ways; the government of the South Pacific should not have authorized and issued the original ultimatum and should not have defended it in the response statement. This process will continue with ongoing discussions within the South Pacific about our foreign policy priorities, about the value of our alliances, and about our communications with and actions towards our allies going forward.
Finally, we wish to extend our sincere gratitude to the government of The North Pacific for their patience and willingness to discuss this matter with us at length.
Signed,
ProfessorHenn / Sporaltryus
Prime Minister of the South Pacific
Pronoun / Esfalsa
Minister of Foreign Affairs
