The Atlantic Confederation

The Atlantic Confederation is an Earth-based **Superstate** that spans the Atlantic Ocean, with lands centred in Europe, The Americas and Africa. The state was founded in 2269 by Nordica, America, and Panama, as a union of the prior Atlantic Association, which all integrated into the new nation.

## History

### The Atlantic Association

Following the 2250 Tangier Conference, Nordica would see a shift in policy towards pursuing a closer relationship with fellow Realm states America and Panama, which manifested itself in The Atlantic Association, an economic and military alliance that coincided with, and in many ways, surpassed the responsibilities of the Realm. A number of surrounding Realm states would join the organisation over the 2250's, such as Morocco and Brazil.

This is a result of the actions of Freya Ibsen, who secretly took control of Nordica in 2250 following the failed assassination attempt on Minkenen at the conference, orchestrated as cover for Ibsen to take control of his mind, allowing her to assume his responsibilities. It was her that ultimately pushed Nordica in this direction to better combat the resurgence of Ekrim Tekin through the Fellowship of the Radiants.

#### The Pará-Guyana War

Following the 2256 invasion of Pará by French Guyana, and particularly the atrocities committed at Santárem, delegates from The Atlantic Association were sent to mediate with Guyanan President Felonius Tekin, namely Nordican and Panamanian Commissioners Jaan Minkenen and Carla Duque, as well as American Negotiator Allan Coleman. However, the negotiations broke down in the early stages due to an argument between Minkenen and Felonius, before escalating into a firefight, with most of the group being killed, and the rest, including Minkenen, captured. This prompted an intervention by The Atlantic Association on the side of the Paránese, resulting eventually in their victory. The subsequent Treaty of Porlamar guaranteed Pará's independence, and placed them under the protection of the Atlantic Association. And although one of the statutes of the treaty specifically stipulated Minkenen's release, Felonius returned a clone instead. Ibsen noticed Immediately, however was unable to react, as she could not reveal how she knew of the subversion.

### The Schism and Founding the Atlantic Confederation

In 2263, operations on Jaan Minkenen by Felonius Tekin's government would discover a chip in his brain. Upon removal, his demeanour drastically changed. Felonius would later discover Minkenen had the chip placed there by Ibsen shortly after the 2050 Tangier conference, as a way of remotely controlling him, and in removing it, had severed her connection. Wanting revenge for their involvement in the war, he leaked this information to Indomalaya's Linkar Tayathein. This resulted in an incident when an Indomalayan and Nordican strike team would clash trying to simultaneously extract Minkenen from Maripasoula prison. The incident would open a rift between Nordica and Indomalaya, that would eventually split the Realm in two. In the confusion, Minkenen would ultimately be lost by both groups, and would not reappear until 2266, which likewise triggered a diplomatic incident surrounding Tarapoto, Peru. This would escalate into an invasion of Peru by Panama, prompting it's expulsion from the Realm in a 5 - 4 vote by the nine other keys. In solidarity, the nations of the Atlantic Association would also leave The Realm.

Ideas for a union would first appear in the mid 2250's, at first only including a few nations, but would later expand to include all of the Atlantic Association. Plans for unification sometime in the mid - late 2270's were made, but in 2269, following increasingly strained diplomatic relations across the world, a result of Felonius' discovery exposing Ibsen's puppeteering for the first time, the plans were fast tracked, and the Atlantic Confederation United. A vote was held for the position of Commisioner, which Ibsen won.

## Geography

The Atlantic Confederation surrounds The Atlantic Ocean on three sides, with it being their main unifying feature. In South America, it borders Chile, Argentina, and Mato Grosso to the South, and French Guyana to the North. In North America, It borders GUISS In 2 places: Central Mexico, with the border stretching from the Pacific to the Atlantic and In the Arctic, also dividing both Victoria and Melville island. Further East, it borders The Human Commonwealth, namely Greater Louisiana. In Europe, It again Borders The Human Commonwealth to the South on the Jutland peninsula, and again further east, where it has a tripoint with GUISS, which it shares a more extensive border to the Arctic. To the South, It shares yet another Border with The Human Commonwealth on it's East, and bordering Realm member Ghania to it's south.

The country spans from The highest Northern Latitudes, past the Equator, and as South as the Rio De La Plata, which gives The Atlantic confederation a **wide array of biomes**, including Deserts, Rainforests and Tundra, as well as many more. The nation has a number of **Volcanic Islands**, concentrated in the Central Atlantic and the Caribbean. Owing partly to it's size, it holds a number of major features, such as the Worlds Largest Island, Longest river, as well as 3 of the 5 largest lakes. It also hosts a multitude of large cities, including **Bogotá**, **Mexico City**, **New York**, **Rio De Janeiro**, **São Paulo**. It is a very urbanised nation, with perhaps the exception of Southern Nordica, where the primacy of major cities is less extreme. Otherwise, only a comparatively small number of people live in more rural areas.

### Subdivisions

The Atlantic Confederation is subdivided into 10 Constituent Nations, mostly corresponding to the pre-union members of the Atlantic Association.

## Government

The Atlantic Confederation does not have a single, organised government like the states that formed it. instead, each Constituent Nation kept it's right to govern, resulting in a number of autonomous governments, co-ordinated by The Atlantic Confederation's Commission.

## Foreign Relations

When compared to it's predecessors, The Atlantic confederation is much more reclusive, having strained relations with the majority of the major powers, with perhaps the sole exception of GUISS, with whom they have distant relations.

### Terrestrial Powers

Relations with The Realm have all but collapsed, mostly a result of **The Schism**, a series of events that split The Realm into two parts, of which the Atlantic Association was one of. The remaining Realm states, especially Indomalaya, are heavily critical of the nation, owing to the discovery that Freya Ibsen had been manipulating Nordica's policies, and had occupied the mind of the then Commissioner, Jaan Minkenen. Likewise, Ibsen began portraying the Realm as an unintentional puppet of Tekin, owing to the information's origins within French Guyana.

Relations with The Human Commonwealth are openly hostile, as even prior to The Schism, the nations that now make up the Atlantic Confederation were staunchly Anti-Tekinite, which is continued by the Atlantic Confederation. During the 2270s and 80s, they waged the **Soft War**, an unorthodox conflict comprising a series of state funded chemical, cyber, and hydrological attacks. Furthermore, The Atlantic Confederation refuses to recognise the Human Commonwealth as legitimate, continuing to refer to its people as Neo-Europeans. In the present, The Atlantic Confederation is still hesitant to share information regarding their war with the Domolaki on either front with The Human Commonwealth, and has stressed that if Tekin is still the Protector of The Human Commonwealth at the wars end, they will immediately resume their prior conflict.

Owing to it siding with The Realm, The Atlantic Confederation has cut ties with the Auroa Vanguard Republic, in turn prompting a complete end to communication between the two powers. Despite this, there is substantially less misinformation surrounding the Auroa Vanguard Republic than any other terrestrial power.

Relations with GUISS are notable, though admittedly reserved, owing to a more open collaboration with The Human Commonwealth in the war against the Domolaki.

### Extra-terrestrial Powers

In general, the Atlantic Confederation has good relations with the Valati nations, especially those amongst the Valati Coalition. For similar reasons, it has poor relations with the Domolaki aligned Cthara and Flintara.

The Atlantic Confederation is in active warfare with the Domolaki Empire in two systems. As such, relations are poor.