Treaty of Puerto Amarillo

The Treaty of Puerto Amarillo was a diplomatic and military treaty between nations of the Drakeslands, aiming at protecting them from all foreign threats and from disproportionate demands from other Drakaen nations or signatories. Published and signed by its first members during the 3rd Drakaen summit, on Summer of 150 TE, it was never officially dissolved, but de facto came to an end on the Winter of 202 TE, when the VVR and Pasifa denounced it.
== History ==
=== Context and creation ===
After Catania left the Drakaen Commonwealth and joined the Imperium, the other nations of the Drakeslands were worried about the international situation. It was a massive blow for the Commonwealth and its two remaining members, Valreach and the Arthholds, which felt betrayed and lost most of their military might. These nations and others in the region also felt threatened by Catania joining the Imperium, seeing it as a foreign power trying to get control over the Drakeslands.
In the meantime, Amarillo had just gotten out of a civil war, and was governed by a temporary government led mainly by King Kawaii I and Imperilan Soronaca. The nation's relations with the Drakaen Commonwealth had gone significantly better than they used to be. The Commonwealth was even led by Autarch Delta Aulian, Soronaca's wife. The walrus, seeing Amarillo was the only major drakaen nation unaffected by Catania leaving the Commonwealth, saw the chaotic situation as an opportunity to assert Amarillo's dominance over the Drakeslands diplomatic scene. It is in this context that Soronaca organised, in Puerto Amarillo's senate, the third Drakaen summit, with the help of his wife.
During the summit, Amarillo announced the creation of the Treaty of Puerto Amarillo, using the perceived imperialistic Imperium actions as a reason to sign a Drakeslands-wide treaty protecting the region from foreign powers. The treaty, written mostly by Soronaca, included a list of the nations considered Drakaen, and clauses all signatories had to respect. It was directly signed, during the summit, by Amarillo, Torham, Gardenia, Valreach and Urubia.
== Content of the treatyTreaty of Puerto Amarillo, full Document ==
=== List of Drakaen nations===
For one of if not the first time in history, the treaty of Puerto Amarillo creates a definition of what is or isn't a Drakaen nationA previous definition and list of the term "Drakaen Nation" existed with the Treaty for the preservation of the Drakaen culture in Zie Drakaen Özean.. According to the treaty, a Drakaen nation "has to be located within the Drakeslands, and to be either culturally Drakaen, or accepted and recognised as a legitimate part of the region by the other Drakaen nations". While the definition is wide and unclear, not saying for example what being culturally Drakaen means, it is the first consensuated political work to clearly separate Drakaen nations from foreign nations. The definition is followed by a list of culturally Drakaen nations and other Drakaen nations.
===Clauses and purpose of the treaty===
The goal of the treaty is to protect the territory and the nations of the Drakeslands from foreign powers. This is why the treaty encourages its members to defend Drakaen nations, even non-members, from foreigners if they are attacked, and to prevent any Drakaen territory from going under foreign hands in case of instability.
While the treaty clearly states its goal is not to kick foreigners out of the Drakeslands, and no member should spark instability in a foreign nation owning land in the Drakeslands to get said land in a Drakaen nation, the fourth clause can still be considered a way to, in the very long term, have the foreigners completely out of the region, as it encourages the Drakaen nations to take Drakaen land if their owner, on its own, collapses or abandons them. It can however not be seen as an imperialistic clause, as the Drakaen nation taking over the land, acording to the treaty, "can be a pre-existing nation, or independent successors of the nation that fell, depending on the will of its people", thus encouraging self-determination of said people.
While the treaty's signatories have to help each other and are encouraged to help non-signatory Drakaen nations in case of foreign aggression, the treaty's role is much more limited in conflicts between several Drakaen nations, only mentionning a diplomatic or armed intervention of third-party members in the most extreme cases. This has sometimes caused confusion, as some national leaders thought the treaty was a full mutual defense pact, not only directed towards foreigners.
===The treaty of Puerto Amarillo and Amarillo===
While the treaty was written by Soronaca, proposed by Amarillo, his nation, and named after its capital, the city in which it was first signed, the treaty is not made to be led by Amarillo. The name of the treaty underlines Amarillo's founder position, and shows how creating the treaty was a way of reinforcing Amarillo's diplomatic prestige in the Drakeslands, but aside from its name, the treaty was, in theory, not more linked to Amarillo than to any other one of its members, even though de facto, Amarillo often took the initiative of talks among members etc. This has sometimes caused confusion, as people thought upholding the treaty was Amarillo's responsability more than the other members'.
The treaty's clauses, however, are one of the most evident manifestations of a certain political vision of the Drakeslands, pushed by the Kingdom of Amarillo through Soronaca, and the popularity of the treaty seemed, for a time, to mark the triumph of this vision. According to this vision of the Drakeslands, the Drakaen nations and peoples should not unite in a single state nor disavow the concept of Drakeslands, but cooperate, especially but not only against aggressive foreigners, to be able to maintain their liberty and self-determination while preserving both their local and wider Drakaen cultures and identities, ideally in peace. The treaty of Puerto Amarillo, through its clauses protecting the Drakeslands from foreigners and encouraging self-determination within Drakaen nations of the Drakaen peoples under foreign rule while never encouraging aggression, embraces this vision.
== Member States ==
List of Signatories of the Treaty of Puerto Amarillo
Member State 	First Joined 	Formally Withdrawed	Notes
Kingdom of Amarillo 	150 TE 	Never 	Signed by Soronaca Aulian de Poprhyropolis.
Kingdom of Torham 	150 TE 	Never 	Signed by Osric Varan.
High Kingdom of Valreach 	150 TE 	Never 	Signed by Vix Moreau Aulian of Valreach
Dogedom of Gardenia 	150 TE 	c. 160 TE 	Signed by Venipher Velaran and Gustavus Villhorn
Kingdom of Urubia 	150 TE 	Never 	Signed by Knarr Urubia
Kingdom of Falsor 	c. 152 TE 	Never 	Falcon Faeborn
High Phantom Kingdom of the Arthholds	c. 152 TE 	Never 	Signed by Ryuu Osria-Aulian-Reach
Republic of Aristios 	c. 155 TE 	c. 175 TE 	Signed by Iron Occida
Holy State of Limuria 	c. 155 TE 	202 TE 	Signed by Draphonaris Limuraris Olea
Kingdom of Aurica 	c. 165 TE 	Never 	Signed by Max Zhuteus
Most Serene Republic of Desierta 	c. 170 TE 	Unknown 	Signed by Peridot Zyr Rokalim
Regnum Yoake 	Formally, never	Never 	Never signed by any representative. De facto part of the treaty due to their close relations with some members.
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