28 Summerise, 1109 AF
21 Elroqpinu 1638
From the Shrubbery of Her Imperial Jolliness the Empress Lyssansa and her Necrarchs, greetings!
The Empire of Minarboria wishes to enquire with the court of His Niftiness the Kaiser about the present policy of Shireroth's Imperial Government toward Minarboria.
The Shrubbery has become aware that a major organ of Shirerithian state, the Ministry of Military Affairs - in tandem with affiliates located mainly in Elwynn such as the Nationalist & Humanist Party and the Dark Orchid Society - is presently engaged in the systematic reframing of Minarboria as an existential threat to Shireroth equal or greater than that posed until recently by the Jingdaoese Empire. The Ministry has, in recent times, become increasingly populated by those who openly cite Minarboria's high proportion of posthuman inhabitants as a degenerate affront to humanity requiring eradication by military means. What began as a doctrinal quirk of the Rrakanychan Watch appears to have gained traction to become de facto Imperial policy; most recently demonstrated by the central role of said unit in a preparatory rehearsal for full-scale armed conflict with the Garden of Shrubdom, as well as the inculcation of the Shirerithian people to the desirability of Minarboria's annihilation through the medium of prime-time Elwynnese television.
The occurrence of these developments in spite of previously good relations between the MoMA and the Shrubbery, and the general absence on Minarboria's part of any behaviour which could be construed as materially threatening to Shireroth, is the source of much befuddlement and discombobulation within the phylactery of Minarborian state.
In isolation these elements are of little concern to Minarboria, as a firm believer in the self-determination of nations. Together however, it is clear that a large portion of the Shirerithian government, at the very least, desires an end to the Shrubly State and the extermination of millions from its population. Although the Garden of the Shrub-God prides itself on maintaining amiable terms with a wide variety of national ideologies, it has had some difficulty with the idea of a cordial relationship with a nation that specifically wishes to wipe said Garden from the face of Micras.
In light of the above, the Shrubbery would like to enquire whether the policy of righteous genocide against posthumans which is pervasive within His Niftiness' MoMA is the policy of the Shirerithian government generally.
If this is not the case, the Shrubbery would wish to know if His Niftiness has full confidence in advocates of posthuman genocide to administer, develop and command the considerable armed forces at the Imperial Republic's disposal while restraining themselves in accordance with His Niftiness' wishes.
Naturally His Niftiness is under no obligation to answer to Minarboria for events within his realm, and may engage with this query in any manner he sees fit. His Niftiness will understand, however, that the nature of future relations between Shireroth and Minarboria will be heavily determined by his response.
Thank you for your time. May Minarbor's wish for peace prevail.
R. S. D. D.
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Royana Dolordotch
Third State Arborist of the Empire of Minarboria