Fiction:Borderlander Purchase

The Borderlander Purchase was a major sale of territory which took place between France and the Drodo Empire in 2811 and resulted in the creation of the Federation of Borderlander Republics. Eager to repay the debt which the Drodoian government owed to its French counterpart due to the Great Xonexian Schism, Premier Cesterity Isordon sold off rich territories along the border between the Drodoian Quadrant Colonies and the Republic of Galactica for an estimated ₣59 quintillion, close to the estimated value of the Drodoian debt to France.

The territories are home to the Borderlander culture, a semi-autonomous and highly individualistic ethnic group which developed as a result of intermingling between French and Drodo populations. After much negotiation, Isordon secured that Borderlanders on both sides of the border would gain independence and sovereignty under French rule. The complete Borderlander Purchase, a document numbering thirty pages, was finished and signed by representatives from both countries on May 8, 2811 and submitted to Parliamentary approval. Despite some debate and controversy, the agreement passed both the French Imperial Parliament and Drodo Parliaments within three months.

As agreed, French, Drodo, and Borderlander authorities gathered at the Conference of Montabert to decide on a plan for the organization of the Borderlander territories. Competing plans of sovereignty, division, and jurisdiction were drafted by different parties and then put to a referendum within Borderlander space. The Tuvisci Plan won out, leading to the creation of three independent entities which applied for Free City status under the Constitution of the French Empire, and which were bound into a loose cooperative organization which came to be called the Federation of Borderlander Republics.