Skamania and Duloc
09-10-2007, 00:13
“Sa majesté, Louis II du Royaume-Uni de Skamania et Duloc, roi de la France et de Navarre….."
The King’s Councilmen stood with silence as their monarch, King Louis II entered the exquisitely decorated room which was adorned with portraits and sculptures of all kinds of people, from ancestral monarchs to noblemen whose deeds and exploits made them famous. This particular council was not known as the King’s Council but it was the Council of Foreign Affairs. The King knew he had to consult the council for their advice and recommendations, for it is an established traditional custom that no monarch act without the Council’s advice. As they began deliberations, the Dauphin of Skamania and Duloc: Prince Lucien, entered the room dressed in fine attire, his hair all combed neatly, walking as if he were a gentlemen from two centuries ago. He took his seat and joined in the discussion.
“We must keep to ourselves….isolationism must be our philosophy.” One of the councilmen said, while others who supported isolation from the world raise their hands in support while those against it scoffed and criticized the idea, saying interaction with other nations is inevitable. Prince Lucien happened to be against isolationism and urged his father to veto any law supporting isolationism. King Louis did not speak the entire time, he sat in his chair merely listening to what everybody else said and he actually seemed to like doing that.
After an hour or two of discussion, the Council came to a deadlock in a vote over whether or not to support diplomacy with other nations or to ostracize itself from the world and implement isolationism. They all looked at the King, who took the posture of the thinking man for a moment before he placed his hands on the table and began to speak about what he had decided.
“It is His Majesty’s Will that our beloved nation proceed with diplomacy with other nations in the hopes of establishing trade with other nations and better relations. However, His Majesty is highly supportive of neutrality and non-intervention and says that the nation shall not, under any circumstances, send soldiers to other nations to fight in conflict wherein the interests and/or subjects of this Realm are not threatened, impaired or harmed in any way.”
Those councilmen against diplomacy reluctantly accepted the answer of their royal liege while those supportive of diplomacy cheered within themselves for a moment before they were all dispersed following the adjournment of the council meeting. A letter had been sent to the nations of the world later on that day, offering them a hand of good will and diplomacy for them to take.
“We, the United Kingdom of Skamania and Duloc, do declare our nation to be open to all diplomats seeking to establish treaties of trade and good relations between their esteemed nations and our own. We are open to the nations of the world establishing emissaries in our nations, and we hope that the world shall consider our offer of diplomacy."
The King’s Councilmen stood with silence as their monarch, King Louis II entered the exquisitely decorated room which was adorned with portraits and sculptures of all kinds of people, from ancestral monarchs to noblemen whose deeds and exploits made them famous. This particular council was not known as the King’s Council but it was the Council of Foreign Affairs. The King knew he had to consult the council for their advice and recommendations, for it is an established traditional custom that no monarch act without the Council’s advice. As they began deliberations, the Dauphin of Skamania and Duloc: Prince Lucien, entered the room dressed in fine attire, his hair all combed neatly, walking as if he were a gentlemen from two centuries ago. He took his seat and joined in the discussion.
“We must keep to ourselves….isolationism must be our philosophy.” One of the councilmen said, while others who supported isolation from the world raise their hands in support while those against it scoffed and criticized the idea, saying interaction with other nations is inevitable. Prince Lucien happened to be against isolationism and urged his father to veto any law supporting isolationism. King Louis did not speak the entire time, he sat in his chair merely listening to what everybody else said and he actually seemed to like doing that.
After an hour or two of discussion, the Council came to a deadlock in a vote over whether or not to support diplomacy with other nations or to ostracize itself from the world and implement isolationism. They all looked at the King, who took the posture of the thinking man for a moment before he placed his hands on the table and began to speak about what he had decided.
“It is His Majesty’s Will that our beloved nation proceed with diplomacy with other nations in the hopes of establishing trade with other nations and better relations. However, His Majesty is highly supportive of neutrality and non-intervention and says that the nation shall not, under any circumstances, send soldiers to other nations to fight in conflict wherein the interests and/or subjects of this Realm are not threatened, impaired or harmed in any way.”
Those councilmen against diplomacy reluctantly accepted the answer of their royal liege while those supportive of diplomacy cheered within themselves for a moment before they were all dispersed following the adjournment of the council meeting. A letter had been sent to the nations of the world later on that day, offering them a hand of good will and diplomacy for them to take.
“We, the United Kingdom of Skamania and Duloc, do declare our nation to be open to all diplomats seeking to establish treaties of trade and good relations between their esteemed nations and our own. We are open to the nations of the world establishing emissaries in our nations, and we hope that the world shall consider our offer of diplomacy."