Foreign relations of Gianatla (Pacifica)

The foreign relations of Gianatla describe all relations the Federal Republic of Gianatla maintains to other countries and peoples all across Pacifica. Throughout its history Gianatla has mainly focused on its diplomacy to the direct neighbours, especially Snolland, Bruuma and Erinor. Since its colonial era there are also connections to countries in the Rainbow Islands and in Central Bailtem, which got more cordial after the Great War when Gianatla went through a democratisation and discarded its imperial claims in the regions.

Foreign policy

The foreign policy of Gianatla is based on four core principles:

Power through diplomacy

After the Great War ended in 1954 and Queen Charlotte I has taken power, Gianatla was subject to a democratic overhaul of its political system, which also included a change in foreign policy ideology. Gianatla has lost territory after the war, most notably Hazelia on the Bailtem continent. This set the path for Gianatla to discard all their imperialistic claims and focus on themselves and the relationships to their direct neighbours for the foreseeable future.
As of the Mid-60's Gianatla, in an attempt to regain their honour, tried to reach out to the entire world again, especially to the Rainbow Islands and the Cordilian continent. As of 1998 this course of action was described by King Axel I as 'power through diplomacy': Gianatla would try to offensively build up cordial connections to other countries and territories, thus gaining lots of soft power and would always emphasise to be a true neutral base for talks about international disputes.
Under the reign of King and Leader Gianluca IV this ideology was taken even further by participating in the Grovne Conference and the following foundation of the World Forum. While Gianatla was not playing a striking role during the foundation talks, it is viewed as one of the strongest supporters and developers of the WF since the ratification of the charter in 2017. Also into his reign falls the Incorporation of Atlantis in 2011, what can be viewed as one of the biggest peaceful annexations, that have ever happened on the surface of Pacifica and with that one of the biggest successes of the 'power through diplomacy' agenda.

Pacifism

After the lost war in 1954 Queen Charlotte I was implementing a clause in the Constitution of Gianatla, which made Gianatla's military a defensive force for the most part. Externally Gianatla also promotes change through peaceful and diplomatic means and views countries critically, who are known for engaging militarily in conflicts very quickly and for escalating protests and revolts by using unnecessarily harsh violence against their inhabitants.
This however does not equal an acceptance of violations against the rules of international law or of undemocratic regimes and institutions. As a last resort the use or support of military action, either to defend the own nation like during the Serevan War or to facilitate the development of generally peaceful conditions by providing troops, material or money to the WF-peacekeeping forces, is not outruled.

Respect to other cultures

The defeat in the Great War also led to a decrease in nationalism. Nowadays Gianatla views any culture or political system as valid. They respect the sovereignity of nations in regards of their domestic affairs, even if they in general promote certain democratisation processes and the establishment of liberal societies. Gianatla believes true democracy and liberal view points are things, a people needs to decide for itself and should not be something, another country shall impose on a people. Human rights on the other hand are seen as undisputable. A violation of these rights, unlike the "decision" of a people to e.g. live in an undemocratic society, is generally not seen as part of a nation's culture or identity.

Multilateralism

Especially under the reign of King and Leader Gianluca IV Gianatla has included the principle of multilateralism into its foreign policy agenda. Threats like the global injustice between industrialised and poorer countries, climate change or the existence of nuclear weapons as a mean of detterence are seen as problems of a global scale, which need global answers. Talks about possible unions, free trade and defensive agreements and the strong support of mandatory World Forum agreements are the projects, which define this Gianlucian foreign policy core principle.

Bilateral relations

Since after the Great War Gianatla maintains a broad network of embassies and consulates in foreign countries. It also offers the possibility to open embassies and consulates within its own borders too. At the moment there are 22 countries Gianatla has official formal relations with. Several other countries, including Bruuma or TSSS also have official relations to the Gianlucian state, but those are oftentimes not formalised at the moment and do not necessarily include the exchange of diplomatic staff between the two respective nations.

Country	Gianlucian ambassador	Foreign ambassador	Notes
Anserisa	Felix Borsch	Katerina Domerum	Anserisa has an embassy in Atlantis. Gianatla has an embassy in Brantavilla.
Bzerneleg	Gregor Kleng	François Gérard Georges Hollande Florence Marie Parly	Bzerneleg has an embassy in Atlantis. Gianatla has an embassy in Belmont and consulates in Gaffney, Normandie and Burlington.
Template:Country data Eareamland Eareamland	Duyra Maykk	Iomen Yuo	Eareamland has an embassy in Atlantis. Gianatla has an embassy in Sëraiem.
Erinor and Sereva	Paul Eismann	Orusyo Sityata-Orusyo	Erinor and Sereva has an embassy in Atlantis. Gianatla has an embassy in Ciria. The first and former ambassador Helena Guben perished during the Big Cirian earthquake 2017.
Esfalsa	-	Arthur Hornick	Esfalsa has an embassy in Atlantis.
Ezervulge	Monika Liebich	-	Gianatla has an embassy in Sárkányvölgy.
FiHami	Myka Busa	-	Gianatla has an embassy in Ha'Hani.
Frost Empire	Martin Wensger	Shinji Imagawa	The Frost Empire has an embassy in Atlantis. Gianatla has an embassy in Frost City.
Great Novania	Jannis Joschkar	Marcos De Castro	Great Novania has an embassy in Atlantis. Gianatla has an embassy in Nova City.
Holy Free	Ana Liß	Gilian Kunkru	Holy Free has an embassy in Freudstadt. Gianatla has an embassy in Lordinia.
Huawan	Zara Gürdal Serkan Durgen	Li Ching	Huawan has an embassy in Atlantis. Gianatla has an embassy in Lián.
Ikoania	-	-	Gianatla's embassy in Ezervulge also covers all diplomatic relations to Ikoania. There are on-going talks about the establishment of a Gianlucian embassy in Ikoania.
Karnetvor	Kyra Ang	Valentina Pavlovna	Karnetvor has an embassy in Atlantis. Gianatla has an embassy in Karnetgrad.
Template:Country data Kosbareland Kosbareland	-	-	Gianatla has a consulate in Kosbarestad.
Template:Country data Mauquibie Mauquibie	-	-	Gianatla has a consulate in Dauphiné.
Template:Country data Omega Omega	Karsten Mischen	Matthew Vandoren	Omega has an embassy in Atlantis. Gianatla has an embassy in Imperium.
Template:Country data Pax Dracon Pax Dracon	Franka Busch	Arimis Decian	Pax Dracon has an embassy in Atlantis. Gianatla has an embassy in Elysium.
Phanama	Klaus Keller	Everleigh Watson	Phanama has an embassy in Atlantis. Gianatla has an embassy in Spiritus.
Ryccia	Ludger Luß	-	Gianatla has an embassy in Castiana.
Sedunn	Lars Krogendorff	Elie Minna	Sedunn has an embassy in Atlantis. Gianatla has an embassy in Grovne.
Techganet	Lukas Merken	Ienpirst Oua	Techganet has an embassy in Atlantis. Gianatla has an embassy in Ieopris and a consulate in Achielnirt.
Valkyria	Marie Raisch	-	Gianatla has an embassy in Stockholm and a consulate in Monteros.

International organisations

World Forum

Gianatla is a founding member of the World Forum with their former representative, Christian Strunk, being the first Speaker of the organisation as of 2017 and the first Speaker having been elected multiple times to this position. They are also the hosting country for the Committee of Science and Education (CSE) and currently members of the Committees of Economy, International Law and Climate and Environment. At the International Court in Petrovka they are currently represented by Judge Risa Terry.
The federal republic played a huge role in the finalisation of the WF and has also gained attention for submtting a resolution with the goal to prohibit and destroy all nuclear weapons. Furthermore Gianatla is vocal against critics, who bemoan an alleged ineffectiveness and senselessness of the World Forum.
The current World Forum ambassador is Helene Meise. She followed Strunk in 2020, when he announced his plan of becoming the next Chancellor of Gianatla in 2021.

North Cordilian Union

The federal republic is geographically eligible to become a member of the NCU, but has not filed for membership or an observer status yet. There is a controversy about the NCU in domestic politics, because supporters and opponents of a membership both fear for different reasons, Gianatla might lose regional or the small bit of global power, if the country should decide to join the organisation.

Bailtem Union

The federal republic views the BU critically, as their members "work towards an aggressive expansion of their union financially and militarily", according to official statements by the ministry of foreign affairs. This alleged sentiment of the Bailtem Union goes diametrically against the Gianlucian foreign policy core principle of 'respect to other cultures' and leads to colder relationships between the member nations of the BU and Gianatla.

Other organisations

Gianatla is a member of the CPSC since 1998 and a founding member of the IUFA.