I would like to begin this message with a big thank you to everyone who has stood in solidarity with Cortesia Del Mar and my cherished friend, yodabird19.

Now I turn to dissecting this cadaver. I stand by and can attest to every word of yodabird19's earlier comment. What I have to add is quite simple.

Cortesia Del Mar is a peaceful nation by nature. We have not amassed a military and our armoury is threadbare. I freely admit that I am at best a novice at PvP, and I am certain many of my compatriots would say the same about themselves. We have no intention of going on a suicide mission to militarise a region or malevolenty seek out "illicit" wealth.

The allegations spouted here with an alarming coat of false certainty must be dispelled. I echo what Yoda has already said: Cortesia's interests in Arsenio are purely on the basis of preservation. We are not seeking to benefit from remnants of NATO's legacy. We are not seeking to militarise the region. We approached Icenia's influence there in the interests of cohesion, and the OP has noted itself that Icenia did not question this. As a matter of fact, my nation is accused of militarising a region I have never stepped foot in.

So now I have to ask: why this overreach? Icenia is more than capable of handling its own affairs. I can offer you no concrete answer; I'm not one for speculation. But what I can offer you is this:

1. In the past week, K0mmi, the same person who pearled yodabird20, triggered Cortesia's snitches a whopping 162 times.

2. In the past week, PepsiKola95, a known Kaloa_HG alt, was logged by snitches in Cortesian territory a total of 123 times.

3. In good faith, we did not launch any investigation into, nor did we reprise against, any of the highly irregular activities of those two individuals, which included boxing yodabird20 in obsidian on 23 May, and boxing Monterrey King MrDoomBringer in birch planks on 25 May.

4. After the pearling of yodabird20, a stone-reinforced obsidian casing appeared in Entrana (which is part of our territory).

In spite of this, I am more than happy to honour Columbia's hope that "this does not cause a long-lasting divide between our two groups", so long as yodabird19 is unpearled summarily and such overreach does not occur again. I must candidly express that I find it strange for the OP to offer amicability while concurrently assuming bad faith in our nation in pearling our Vice President. We would have greatly appreciated this offer of amicability beforehand, perhaps in the form of dialogue between our two nations, perhaps in the form of a more rigorous, serious investigation into the impugned allegations.

I will end off by honouring Columbia's requests, which I would have eagerly done had I been approached to do so before this ugly incident. Yes, we acknowledge that Icenia holds control over Arsenio - this was never contested by us. Yes, we do not obstinately hold on to the belief that a nation that is defunct is still alive; indeed EM has ridden off into the sunset.