Eslonian Department of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Policy regarding:
Macronational Relations
By: H.P.E. Bernard Selfin
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
It is the Republic of Eslo's best interest to make grow the public knowledge of micronations. We find no reason for which Eslo should limit itself to a specific geographical region in order to grow. It is true, that there are certain parts of the world in which Eslonian culture is known better than in others. The Republic of Eslo is noe of the most culturaly diverse in the world. Our culture has similarities with others worldwide. This, we consider a building block toward the recruit of citizens and the expansion of policies.
The representatives of the Eslonian Foreign Service are divided into three main branches. These are diplomatic, cnosular, and administrative. Eslo's diplomatic officers have two categories in which they represent our country before micronations and macronations. This is in agreement with Article 5 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. This means that an Eslonian envoy may be representative to a macronation and a micronation at the same time.
Generally, Eslo appoints ambassadors to micronations with established diplomatic affairs. This requires the establishment of a mission to that country, which does not have to be phisically established within the geographic or cybertronic boundires of the recieing ephemeral nation.
Nevertheless, in Eslo's macronational relations, a diplomatic agent must be within the geographic limits of the recieving state. The only exception will take place in the case of one mission that serves as representation to more than one state.
The most important aspect to point out when it comes to Eslo's macronational diplomatic relations is that we do not seek mutual recognition from any UN member state. However, diplomatic missions established for the representation of Eslo to that nation will seek to have a citizen of the receiving state sign our envoy's credentials. This means that the citizenery of the receiving state is in agreement with having an Eslonian mission as a representative to their people. This is an action taken by the people of the country, not by a government. The Republic of Eslo takes this action in order to cokply with the above mentioned convention so that the receiveing state may, in some way authorize our representation there.
The Republic of Eslo considers our macronational relations as unilateral, since there is no representation or exchange of views with another government. However, it is interesting that these relatoinships can be viewed as bilateral as well. Since the people if that nation authorize our representative through one of their citizens, there is constant communication between the mission and that representative, which serves as an improvised ministry of foreign relations.
Eslo seeks further establishment of macronational relations because we have seen that it is an efficient way to make public the micronation phenonmenon. Our highest source of comments and suggestions (on a yearly basis) comes from citizens that joined through the work of diplomatic agents serving as representatives to a macronation. Macronational relations are also convinient because Eslo's mentality is not to take away any citizens from fellow ephemeral organizational structures.
In the majority of macronational cases, diplomatic agents are accompanied in their labors by consular functionaries. This is a group of select people that offer actual help to Eslonians in case of need. A citizen will never try to use an Eslonian passport in order to enter a UN member nation. However, the assistance offered by these individuals may include legal advice or help in obtaining tourist services. This is one of the ways that Eslo tries to macronationalize our foreign service as much as possible.
