Aztec-Helmian Territorial Dispute

The Aztec-Helmian Territorial Dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute between the **Aztec Empire** and Helmia, where both countries have overlapping claims over the **Aztec Ocean**.

Map showing Aztec territorial claims (orange) and Helmian territorial claims (purple).

## **Background**

During the **Second Aztec-Helmian War**, Helmia attempted to invade the Aztec homeland after the conquest of **Donda**, but they were halted in the middle of the Aztec Channel with little progress besides gaining ground in some waters 600 km off the coast of Tenochtitlan. Even after Donda was liberated with the aid of **GARF**, the Helmian navy persisted in the region, this lead to Helmia gaining some leverage within the peace talks, expanding their territorial waters.

Although recently, after the discovery of crude oil deposits and a new species of fish that could multiply fast that has the potential of expanding Aztec markets, the Aztec Empire started to push for Helmia to return the area on the grounds that it was taken forcefully from them in an illegal war.

## **Policies in the Aztec Ocean**

### **Aztec Empire**

The Aztecs argue that their claim on the region is based on hundreds of years of aztec domination in the channel. They view Helmia's territorial expansion as illegitimate and illegal, that it was forcibly taken from them in the Second Aztec-Helmian War and that they felt cheated in the peace talks, not being given a chance to touch upon the subject of the Helmian Navy's refusal to withdraw from the region. If they dont solve who gets to own it, naval skirmishes might occur, and in the worst case scenario a war could break out.

### **Helmia**

The Helmians on the other side assert that Aztec claims to the area are too abstract and that no actual treaty has proven their legitimacy in the area and so any nation can claim it. Legally speaking Helmia has documents proving it. Helmia also argues that the Aztecs are meddling in Helmia's "internal affairs", as a new fishing policy introduced by the the newly elected Supreme Chancellor Soupious, Aztec claims goes against Helmia's policies and therefore could be deemed a security threat.

## **Incidents**

### **Legal Battle**

Bilateral relations between these two countries is a complicated situation, as they both do not want to risk another large-scale war. However, both countries are technically engaged in war since 1st of January 1960, when Supreme Chancellor Soupious ordered **Admiral Oeil Namspong Bobbings** to deploy the Helmian Navy to patrol and guard the disputed region. Admiral Oeil's ships were spotted from the aztec coast, which alarmed **Aztec Emperor Guatimozin** to order **Admiral Guadalajara Bi-Hun** to deploy a few ships in response to the Helmian 'aggression' according to the aztecs. No deaths, sabotages, boycotts, or shots has been reported/occurred.

#### **Naval Standoff**

The two countries mostly deploy in their navies and battleships to a standoff, and see which one will back-off from the region. Flexing their military might and ocassionally bumping into eachother's boats was the only real conflict made. Both armies were commanded not to shoot, as their generals could not risk a dangerous war.

**[insert navy standoff illustration]**

### **Artificial Islands**

Instead of a full-scale war, man-made islands is one solution to legitimize territorial sea claims. The two countries are currently in a race to construct the most artificial islands and planting their respective flags to further strengthen their claims. Before the deployment of the naval forces, a local aztec fisherman had always travelled far distances from **Donda** just to fish in the region, since it was his favourite fishing spot. The aztec fisherman was named **Yungjae-Hun**, and so the collection of islands in the disputed region has been called **Yungjae-Hun Islands** ever since.

**[insert map of Yungjae-Hun Islands]**