Omigodtheykilledkenny–The Palentine relations
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 Omigodtheykilledkenny The Palentine | |
| Diplomatic Mission | |
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Kennyite Embassy, The 'Burgh Palentine Embassy, Paradise City | |
| Envoy | |
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Amb. Susannah Batko-Yovino Amb. Zara Blackthorne |
Omigodtheykilledkenny–The Palentine relations refers to bilateral diplomacy between Omigodtheykilledkenny and
The Palentine, two Antarctic countries which share an inordinate number of similarities to one another. Both are founding nations of Antarctic Oasis, both are permanent members of the continent's Regional Defense Authority, both are longtime contributors to both the United Nations and World Assembly, both are members of the United Nations Old Guard and the Unholy Trinity, both are aggressively capitalist/libertarian societies with conservative-leaning leaders, both occur in a slightly futuristic modern-day setting, both revere the mythical American political figure Ronald Reagan, and both have an unfortunate history of meddling in each others' -- and other countries' -- affairs. The principle figures in those fiascoes have included The Palentine's Empress Jhessan, and the Kennyites' ex-VP Antigone Morgan and Ambassador Susannah Batko-Yovino.
Conflicts
Because what good is friendship if you can't occasionally scheme behind each other's backs, amirite?? The Palentine's Empress Jhessan, while an avowed "Kennyophile" and a steadfast ally of the Federal Republic on the global stage, has nonetheless been cited as the primary instigator of numerous Kennyite-Palentine feuds. She is rumored to have helped her friend Manuelo Fernanda's re-election campaign (whether legally or not) in 2010, and is reputed to have recruited former Kennyite Secretary of State Alex Tehrani to be the father of her test-tube twin babies. Jhessan has also granted asylum to the fugitive ex-President Fernanda in her Malibu Islands colony and ignored repeated Kennyite requests to extradite him, and on other occasions has carried on public feuds with both President Sammy Faisano and former Vice President Antigone Morgan. (Though Faisano and especially Morgan are hardly innocent in this regard.) Also "hardly innocent" is Ambassador Susannah Batko-Yovino, who, according to conspiracy theories popular in both countries, may have been involved in The Palentine Emperor Captain Spaulding's mysterious 2014 disappearance.
Cultural ties
Irrespective of nations' political infighting, Omigodtheykilledkenny and The Palentine harbor a great deal of mutual respect and admiration for each other's substantial contributions to popular culture. TV shows, movies, literature and sports teams/athletes from one nation are enormously popular in the other. Jhessan possesses a wide fandom in the Federal Republic, while Fernanda and even Morgan have attained some level of respect within the Empire. The cultural relationship also branches out into cross-national tourism (which is booming), and science and technology. Omigodtheykilledkenny and The Palentine's respective space agencies frequently collaborate on explorations of the Solar System.
