Aundotutunagir–Omigodtheykilledkenny relations

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Aundo-Kennyite relations
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Aundotutunagir–Omigodtheykilledkenny relations refers to the diplomatic relationship between Aundotutunagir and Omigodtheykilledkenny. The two nations enjoy relatively close geographic proximity to one another, being separated by only a few hundred miles of ocean between Ameranta and Antarctic Oasis, and both have been affiliated with the World Assembly and the Antarctic Oasis regional network. Aundo-Kennyite relations date back to the early 1800s, and have remained largely friendly and informal; however, they have been subjected to occasional strain, including a major dispute over the neighboring Molotov island chain. Neither country maintains a official embassy in the other nation, but keep in touch through their respective regional and WA missions.

Origins

Prior to official contact in the 19th century, records indicate that the two countries had at least passing knowledge of each other. Late 18th-century Kennyite writings tell of "those freaking psychopaths in the South," and Aundotutunagirian accounts from around the same time speak of "those freaking psychopaths in the North." (At the time, Omigodtheykilledkenny was located in northern Ameranta.) Trade was established in the early 1800s, when Kennyite merchants began to visit Aundotutunagirian ports. The kingdom was eager to share its silks and spices with the Kennyite traders; unfortunately, they were equally eager to introduce them to opium. Not long afterward, Kennyite president Joseph Morrison developed an insatiable appetite for the Aundotutunagirian brown, prompting the first lady -- who effectively controlled the government while the president was in his frequent drugged-up stupors -- to ban the drug and close all Kennyite ports to Aundotutunagirian shipping. Trade was resumed when a new administration came to power in 1820.

Land border

Contact between the two nations increased after 1912, when the Kennyites acquired the Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz colony, which bordered Aundotutunagir, following the Kaiserreich Wars. The Kennyites had no idea how to pronounce the name, however, so they changed it to Hooterville -- before eventually restyling it, a bit more elegantly, as "the Woodland territories."

Molotov Islands conflict

In the 1890s, Edmund Molotov, a Victorian businessman who owned a trading company in Ameranta's Tiberian Sea -- and who had developed quite a fondness for Kennyite prostitutes over the years -- gave a small group of islands he owned to the Kennyites in his will, one on condition: that they agree to spend a night in a haunted house. The president, who'd always wanted his own private islands, enthusiastically agreed. (Little did he know, the house really was haunted, and he and his entire cabinet would be declared clinically insane after their sleepover there.) However, Aundotutunagir, who'd always assumed they had "dibs" on the islands since they were less than 200 miles off their coastline -- was not pleased with this new arrangement. They assumed that ethnic Aundotutunagirians still lived on the archipelago, dating back to when their Vandal ancestors visited them some 1,400 years earlier; the islands were also thought to contain substantial oil and mineral deposits.

Several times Aundotutunagir offered to buy the islands from Omigodtheykilledkenny, but their urgings fell upon deaf ears...because the Kennyite president at the time was 89 years old and very hard of hearing. In the decades that followed, the Aundotutunagirians attempted to follow up on the issue with repeated telephone inquiries and personal visits to Paradise City. But the president always shuttered the windows and pretended not to be home whenever the Aundotutunagirian diplomats came calling, and the calls to 10 Frowning Street were forwarded to an automated menu, which informed callers, "If you would like to lay claim to the Molotov Islands, press 4." But nothing ever happened when you pressed 4, so the diplomats were left with no other option but to hang up in frustration.

Aundo Gen. Arororugul would become a national hero for his role in the Molotov Islands invasion.

Finally, in 1984, the Aundotutunagirian government concluded, "Hey! We're Vandals! If we want the islands, let's just go and take 'em!" An invasion force arrived on the Molotovs in early March of that year, and the Kennyites quickly responded with an expeditionary force of their own, landing about two weeks later. There were no casualties in the clash, however, because when the forces got there, all they found was a barren sub-Antarctic wilderness teeming with wild goats and some penguins (and not even the cool exploding kind). "Eh, you guys can have 'em," the Kennyite general said, turning to leave. "Oh no!" replied General Hiriaurtung Arororugul, "you've had them all this time; why don't you just take them?" This precipitated a stormy dispute between the two nations, both claiming the islands belonged to other nation.

In 2008, both parties signed the Treaty of Golthaindroror, in which both Omigodtheykilledkenny and Aundotutunagir agreed not to recognize the other country's claim to the Molotovs, and to just foist them on Gruenberg. "They like goats anyway, so it's a perfect fit," read a key line of the treaty. The same year, Aundotutunagir politically aligned itself with Antarctic Oasis, the region to which the Kennyites had moved a few years prior.

World Assembly interactions

As both Aundotutunagir and Omigodtheykilledkenny are staunch sovereigntists, it should surprise no one that they have occasionally supported each other's efforts in the World Assembly. The Kennyite delegation enthusiastically backed General Arororugul's "sensible and compassionate abortion compromise" -- until it was rather nonsensibly and uncompassionately struck down by the mods -- and spoke out in favor of the General's tireless efforts to investigate the inexplicable phenomenon of "ponyism." Various theories, from insanity to robotism to costumes, were introduced, along with some scrumptious pony dishes and an attempt at playing doctor in the middle of the General Assembly chamber. The General also tried to bring some much-needed levity to a stormy Security Council debate over the repeal of Commend Antarctic Oasis -- but again was shut down by the Secretariat.

In 2011, Arororugul presented a female Aundotutunagirian diplomat named Aturirc Tulirtug to the WA Security Council, which at the time was considering commending Omigodtheykilledkenny. Tulirtug countered the body's arguments for commendation with disturbing allegations of sexual assault against the nominated country's then-vice president, Sammy Faisano. Her testimony was cited in the 2013 Stark Report detailing numerous allegations of sexual misconduct against Kennyite political leaders.

Arororugul ran for delegate of AO in the 2012 regional primaries, but Omigodtheykilledkenny voted against him. He has yet to exact his revenge.