Trinidad Dispute

The Trinidad Dispute was a dispute between the Kingdom of Leon and Gran Colombia over the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, in Solace World 2. 
== Origin ==
==== 6 December, 2019 ====
Originally, bonito_pibb was going to form Austria, and wanted to also claim minor territories elsewhere, such as St Kitts and Nevis, and Trinidad and Tobago. People, such as Cambrian_, Tomad, and Starrozeld criticised this claim as being superfluous, and Skali, the soon to be leader of the Carribean Empire, said that he was going to claim Trinidad. 
==== 15 December, 2019 ====
The Gran Colombians then threw their hat in the ring, with ShiningOrange saying that he would create an orphanage there.
Starrozeld followed suit by saying:"Why I should have Trinidad and Tobago:Skali is a pussyPibb is a pussyAll of gran colombia are pussiesI'm also a pussyBut I admit it" - Starrozeld, 15 December, 2019.Multi then also staked a claim to the islands. Suggestions were also made to remove the islands with WorldEdit. GreenThePear tried to diffuse the situation, saying that if Pibb was "not going to be an inconvenience", then Pibb could have Trinidad. This was mere minutes after Pibb had called Green an "incel" and a "sperg", and suggested that Green wished to have a "pack fight" with him.
== Official Claims ==
When #land-claims was officially opened on the 5th of January, everyone was eyeing what would happen, as it was first come, first served.
In order,
* Green claimed (among other things) the Lesser Antilles for Gran Colombia,
* Orange claimed (among other things) Trinidad and Tobago for Gran Colombia,
*Mak claimed Trinidad and Tobago for herself,
*Dan claimed (among other things) Trinidad for the American Commonwealth,
*Vikke claimed (among other things) Trinidad and Tobago for Gran Colombia,
* Pibb claimed (among other things) "Trinidad Tobago and the island" for Leon, and
* Mich claimed (among other things) "Trinidad in the Carribean" for Zuiderland.
After the claimings, Green told Pibb "you know, if you weren't such a dick about it, we would let you have it. we never atucally disputed your claim, it was your imagination"
After being "THOROUGHLY CUCKED" - KoopaTroopaFR, 5th January 2020, by Gran Colombia, Pibb and the Leonites raged, claiming admin abuse and declaring war on Colombia before the server even opened. To further add to the conflict, Top declared that the Kingdom of Italy supported Leon, wheras Dan delcared that the Commonwealth of America supported Gran Colombia.
According to Vikke, "The order of ownership of Trinidad 1. Colombia 2. Makufuqerassia 3. Commonwealth 4. Pibb"
However, from a rules perspective, the Commonwealth may have been the correct claiment, as Colombia had not 2 but 3 confliciting claims, which potentially makes all three invalid (as staff would be unable to tell which claim is correct). In addition, you cannot claim land for a single player, you must claim for a nation, so Mak's claim is automatically invalid. It appears the only people that followed the claim format correctly were Dan (Commonwealth), Mich (Zuiderland), and Pibb (Leon). As the Commonwealth claim came first, it would be the most-valid of the three. However, from a technical standpoint, it could be that Green's first claim is valid, and the claims of Orange and Vikke are invalid (attempting to claim land that is already claimed). This is the opinion the staff team went with at the time (presumably) and they gave Trinidad to Colombia. Ironically, the Commonwealth would end up with the land anyway, as Pibb took the land with him when he immigrated. -Minty
== Treaty of La Jagua ==
In the first few days of the server, there was an extreme amount of tension between Leon and Gran Colombia, and war was looking incredibly likely. However, on the 12th of January, the Treaty of La Jagua was signed, wherin Gran Colombia would give Leon Trinidad and Tobago, but in return Leon would give Gran Colombia Costa Rica. 
This was of great disappointment to everyone who wanted to see them blow each other up.
Category:Solace World 2