Sierra–Union of American States relations
 Sierra |
 Union of American States |
|---|---|
| Diplomatic mission | |
| Sierran Embassy, Washington D.C. | Unionist Embassy, Porciúncula |
| Envoy | |
| Ambassador Layton Cash | Ambassador Archie Reese |
Sierra–Union of American States relations refers to the bilateral diplomatic relationship between the Kingdom of Sierra and the Union of American States. Both Sierra and the American Union maintain diplomatic and trade relations in the modern era, though the historic relationship between the two countries has been volatile with the two nations switching from neighbors to rivals and geopolitical partners. Sierra and the American Union had established relations in the 1870s, though had contact with one another prior to the American Civil War when the American Union was the United States and when Sierra was the California Republic. Relations weren't properly established until the 1870s as part of reconciliation efforts during the Reconstruction era and both nations maintained steady relations until the Continental Revolution of 1920 which saw the rise of a new Landonist regime which threw Sierran and Unionist relations into turmoil. Both states would be at odds with each other, especially during the Sierran Cultural Revolution, but had worked for steady relations in the 1930s until they were severed once the American Union got involved in Great War I in 1942.
While diplomatic relations were re-established after the war, they remained tenuous throughout both Great War II and during the Cold War. Following the Revolutions of 2000, Sierra and the American Union had re-established diplomatic ties with the new post-Landonist government and both nations had improved their relations throughout the 2000s under the presidencies with both Al Gore and Barack Obama. During the premierships of Daniel McComb and Nemesis Heartwell, both nations had grown their relations due to the nationalist and right-wing populist ideology of both the Sierran prime ministers and incumbent Union President Donald Trump. While both nations have strong relations in the modern era, issues to persist such as the anti-monarchist influence within Unionist politics and foreign policy, especially in regards to Superior.
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History
Contingency War and Reconstruction
The earliest diplomatic contact between Sierra and the Union of American States was in 1866 when the two nations signed the Grant-Trist Agreement signed between Union President Ulysses S. Grant and Sierran Prime Minister Richard Trist during the War of Contingency as a means of maintaining Sierra's neutrality in the War of Contingency and to make sure Unionist troops do not encroach on the borders of Sierra and Brazoria. The two nations maintained diplomatic contacts, but they were severed when in 1867, Unionist troops attacked camps and towns in Sierran territories thus violating the agreement and was used by Prime Minister Ulysses Perry as a pretense for war with the American Union which he got not long after the Democratic-Republican victory in the 1867 Sierran federal election. During the last year of the war, the Union Army launched a final offensive in the Battle of Salinas, but was eventually defeated by a combined Sierran and Brazorian force with British support. Union political and military leaders meet with their Sierran counterparts and sign the Christmas Accords on December 25, 1868 formally ending the war and later the Treaty of Salinas in 1869.
Both nations wouldn't re-establish ties until 1873 during Reconstruction where the American Union had reached out to establish diplomatic ties and relations with the new post-Contingency War states such as Superior, the Northeast Union, Tournesol and Astoria. Great efforts were made to restore diplomatic relations inspite of heavy resistence from many Union politicians and officials due to resentment towards Sierra for their intervention in the conflict.