Andrew Janssen wrote:

>--- ibrahim  wrote:
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>>Andrew Janssen wrote:
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>>>Countries with full embassies:
>>>------------------------------
>>>* Mir (Mirabalpur)
>>>    -Consulate in Talishara
>>>* Kaeir (Port Kaeir)
>>>    -Consulates in New Tirmaeir & Saltrim, consular agency in
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>>Rimrivertown.
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>>Ok. I must strongly disagree here at this point.  Up to the present 
>>moment, Kaeirean policy has been to exclude other societies from 
>>Rimrivertown.  Only Kaeirean ships are allowed to enter Rimrivertown.
>> 
>>Currently the Panchayyah and Kaeir are negotiating the future of the 
>>Closed Port policy, but as of 1458, there would be no feasible way
>>for 
>>Sedonia or any other society to have established a diplomatic
>>presence 
>>in Rimrivertown officially.
>>
>>The only other current avenue for diplomatic representation in 
>>Rimrivertown would be through a Sedonia/etc-friendly Kaeirean
>>merchant 
>>(or perhaps one in the pay of Sedonia/etc).
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>If you go back and look at my original post, consular agencies are,
>indeed, run by local or native merchants who get a stipend from the
>Sedonian government. I don't see a problem here.
>
>Andrew
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I missed that part - admittedly i was reading during a very stressful 
period (my school has just gone bankrupt!  fortunately I just found a 
new job this evening).

However, given the zealousness with with Kaeirean authorities pursue 
trade (no less than three separate government agencies are charged with 
protecting Kaeirean trade interests - the Ministry of Commerce, the 
Colonial Office and the Office of the Inquisitor), any local or native 
merchant in Rimrivertown would have to run a consular agency secretly 
(indeed, Kaeirean merchants caught doing so would be guilty of the 
deliberately very vague offence of "crimes against the state", and tried 
by the Inquisitor rather than the judiciary).

So there may be Sedonian agent in Rimrivertown (especially given the 
Sedonian intelligence network), but the person would be unable to act 
openly, and would be at constant risk of exposure due to great deal of 
importance Kaeir plays to commercial intelligence surrounding Rimrivertown.

Ibrahim

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