Banaanvraag

Dear Armirist,

Waffia acknowledges your invitation but swiftly rejects it as we do not support the sacrifice of innocent civilians. In fact, we condemn your backwards views and urge other nations to avoid this ritual slaughter at all costs.

Yours sincerely,

Borkbal Smeklap

Dear nameless representative of Armirist,

Thank you for the kind gift of indulgences. We shall use them to kindle a fire at the next foreign affairs office barbecue. This is the most economical use for them since converting them to Sanifair coupons at an exchange office, will actually cost us money because of the rather unfavourable exchange rate.

This also means a hard pass on the visit and the ritual sacrifice. Playing Russian roulette with an automatic rifle gives us more safety guarantees than visiting your country. Then we can at least give the body a dignified funeral. We also find the idea of a human sacrifice apalling. Your backwards religion is a human rights violation and we will not indulge it under any circumstances.

Yours truly,

Jack Donger, Paronian minister of foreign affairs

Dearest Armirist,

Sprose, although we do not approve of needless sacrifice, kindly accepts your invitation.
Since we recently became a democracy 'again', some of our newly elected politicians will be sent to attend your Blood Tree festival.
They will bring celery and invitations for a happier life in Sprose as gifts to your citizens.

Your correspondent,

Head of lost in wilderness statistics: [illegible scribbles],
in loyalty to the queen of Sprose; Princess Cassandra

Fellow members of Banaanvraag,

Paronia would like to formally recognise Leptimora as an independent state. Leptimora gaining its independence is a landmark event for Banaanvraag. Paronia would also like to commend Waffia for taking this step.

However, Paronia is concerned with a matter that involves both of these nations. After gaining its independence, Leptimora applied to be a World Assembly member and was granted WA membership. Leptimora endorsed Waffia shortly thereafter. Following the endorsement, Waffia became the region's WA delegate after many years of Sprose being the delegate. This most recent endorsement was the deciding factor in the changing of delegates.

Paronia calls the legitimacy of this endorsement into question and would like to formally investigate the nature of the endorsement. It is clear to us that Waffia and Leptimora have very strong ties, but it is not clear to us what the nature of those ties is. We believe integrity and transparancy to be of paramount importance to diplomacy in the region. Given the importance of this endorsement, we want to make sure that the Leptimoran endorsing committee was not unduly influenced positively or negatively from without or within.

Paronia kindly asks Waffia and Leptimora to provide a statement on the matter and Leptimora to provide their reasoning behind the endorsement.

Yours truly,

Kevin Crenton-Ball, Paronian minister of foreign affairs

Dear leaders, ministers, and so forth,

Waffia is happy to see what seems to be a unanimous recognition of Leptimora's independence, and will continue to assist Leptimora in diplomatic and economic affairs where desired by its leadership.

Waffia recognises the concerns that have been raised as a result of Sprose's replacement as Banaanvraag's World Assembly delegate, and emphasises its commitment to transparency. We wish to remind you that the position of WA Delegate does not de facto grant Waffia any additional political power beyond those abilities necessary to represent Banaanvraag in World Assembly votes. Even so, Waffia ensures that Leptimora's endorsements were not unduly influenced by Waffia, and will fully cooperate should there be an external independent investigation into the matter.

Waffia also recognises that its increased distance to Sprose and Homskili is unfortunate, and ensures that this is purely coincidental. We wish to remind others that, as a result of Leptimora's vastness relative to its population, large portions of the nation remain unexplored and uncharted, especially near the Sprosië border, which was historically occupied by Waffia's military. Should Leptimora agree, Waffia wishes to launch a joint anthropological investigation together with Leptimora and Sprose in the west of Leptimora to definitively define its border with Sprose.

Yours faithfully,

Slonkel Gasbar
Minister of Foreign Affairs