Fiction:French Colonial Empire/Mirusian Diplomatic Bureau/State of Mirusian Affairs

 S TATE OF M IRUSIAN A FFAIRS report compiled by the mirusian diplomatic bureau   Perhaps one of the most egregious oversights of the Maxime era was that of Mirusian diplomacy. Until the creation of this bureau in 2803, relations with Mirusian states was handled by the Sixth Republic's Bureau of Cyranndian Affairs. How little or how much observation of the Mirus Galaxy was made by that Bureau during this time period is unknown, as the French Seventh Republic is in possession of the records. However, what can safely be said is that Mirus was not a priority for Maxime-era expansion projects, eliciting only brief interest in 2795 after the conclusion of the Dominatus War and again in 2801 during the Scramble for Mirus, and even these brief overtures were limited in their considerations and scope. Keeping this in mind, it makes perfect sense for our relations with Mirusian entities to be in the state that they are. Years of neglect, unilateral action, and a lack of proper communication have contributed to the instability of the region and its hostility to foreign actors.  At a time, the Mirus Galaxy was capable of projecting power to other parts of the Gigaquadrant and of protecting its own frontiers. The United Lanat Empire was known as the region's uncontested native superpower until the 2780's, at times going to war with Rambo Nation and the United Republic of Cyrannus and taking part in large-scale Gigaquadrantic events. The decades that followed would see a gradual usurpation of that power, first by the Drakodominatus Tyranny, then by extragalactic entities.
 * Preface
 * A History of Power

It is clear that, by the 2790's, the United Lanat Empire was already in decline. Instead of asserting their will over the emergent Drakodominatus as was their custom, they chose to form an alliance with it in order to delay the inevitable conflict. Whether this was done for ideological or practical reasons is up for debate, but what can be observed is that the Tyranny would go on to far outshine the ULE as Mirus' center of gravity, posing a clear and undeniable threat to vanishing Tralor primacy. Yet, the ULE would pass on the golden opportunity to take advantage of the Dominatus' temporary weakness in 2791, waiting until it was clear that the Anti-Dominatus Coalition had won to make their move in 2795.

The gradual decline of Tralor supremacy and the sudden fall of the Drakodominatus Tyranny left a power vaccum which led to a number of new developments from 2795 to 2802:
 * 1) The rise of a number of chaotic and competing states in Mirus' populated arm, each incapable of asserting hegemony over the others.
 * 2) The arrival of the Galactic Empire of Cyrannus in the form of the Cyrannus-Tralo'aear Concordat, in which the ULE conceded a considerable amount of territory and influence to Orbisparia in exchange for Imperial protection. In 2802, the Empire imposed protectorate status on the ULE, marking the final collapse of Tralor power.
 * 3) The sudden assertion of Allied influence in the Former Dominatus Territories after the Scramble for Mirus.

Mirus, therefore, is now balanced between three vastly unequal centers of gravity with differing levels of cohesion and access to raw power. As a result of foreign encroachment, recent Mirusian galactic history is one of growing crisis among Mirusian natives. However, it is important to realize that Mirusian foreign policy resulting from that sense of crisis is arbitrary, subject to distortion by the perceptions of Mirusian actors. Mirusian disapproval is not equally distributed among foreign actors: Orbisparia's usurpation and final subordination of the ULE's power was gradual, taking place over years, and was not met by great opposition. On the other hand, the comparatively smaller usurpation carried out by the Allies garnered far greater attention because it was sudden and dramatic. It led to the truly unprecedented sight of feuding Mirusian natives working together during the War of Mirusian Coalition against the oblivious Xonexi Allies. As we move away from those wars which failed to expel the foreign powers it intended, the sense of galactic crisis remains and will continue to cloud Mirusi-Xonexi relations.
 * Crisis: An Era of Foreign Imperialism

With hindsight, we can observe that the Scramble for Mirus was one of the most disastrous diplomatic decisions this nation has ever taken. Seizing the Former Dominatus Territories made us the focal point for nearly a decade of growing anger, anxiety, and humiliation among Mirusian powers, a convenient distraction from the greater threat posed by Tyrómairon's Mirusian ambitions. Given the extent of Orbsparia's influence and Mirus' persistent fixation on an imagined Xonexi threat, many posit that Mirus might already be lost. However, this selective blindness is actually encouraging. Along with the presence of extragalactics like the United Persan Descendants, it is a sign that the Mirusian powers are ultimately not as xenophobic as is commonly assumed.