The diplomatic foreign relations of the Kingdom of Ebenthal are conducted by the Ministry of External Relations. Nonetheless, the Prime Minister, and particularly the Monarch, play a significant role in setting the country's foreign policy, as well as many institutions and agencies. Ebenthal de facto recognizes two forms of diplomatic relations, they are formal, which is usually obtained through a treaty of mutual recognition and friendship, and informal, characterized by tacit mutual recognition of the status of sovereign state by two or more governments, even if they do not maintain ordinary relations or specified by documents of intermicronational organizations. The Monarch, as the nation's supreme representative, is the ultimate authority on foreign policy and his royal assent is required in all contracts with external parties.
Ebenthal's foreign policy is based on the principles of multilateralism and international cooperation. The state strongly opposes false or fictitious claims typical of simulationism and geofiction; Broadly speaking, it does not recognize self-proclaimed nations that simulate governments of existing or no longer existing states, that claim fictional territory, in an online environment or off-Earth, or that actively engage in storytelling, roleplay or fictional claims, as it considers that do not fit into the accepted definitions of a nation, according to Montevideo Convention, or a micronation, which is nothing more than a state on a scale so small and, at times, ineffective to the point of be ignored by the international community and not even be recognized as a microstate. This interpretation is further upheld by the Treaty of Persenburg and the Wrythe Convention, both of which Ebenthal is a signatory.
After becoming a signatory to the Protocol of Klöw in 2021, foreign policy Ebenthaler began a process of reviewing its diplomatic relations by adopting new parameters for this, such as non-recognition of states or regimes that violate human rights gratuitously , such as the equality of rights of LGBT people. The country also adopts the stance of recognizing the right to universal self-determination and immediately recognizes separatist states.
Influence
From 2020 onwards, Ebenthal has been widely recognized as a great power within the Brazilian sector and as a whole among the South American micronational community. Due to its position, the country exercises great influence within and outside its primary sector of political activity; This is mainly due to the prominence that the country has achieved as an exponent of micronationalism of Brazilian origin outside its sector and to the interpersonal relationships between members of the national administrative structure and foreign personalities. Often Ebenthaler foreign policy is aligned with the objectives of the Conference of Santiago and the Pact of Malmünd. Although he adopts cooperation as a foundation of his foreign policy, in recent years Ebenthal has maintained a somewhat interventionist stance, helping fledgling micronations, installing his agents in other governments and effectively transforming these nations into satellite or client states. For a time, and with relative success, Ebenthal sought to make his position indispensable to the external development of other micronations in his native sector.
International Relations
Bilateral relations
Countries and entities with which Ebenthal signed a mutual recognition treaty
Ebenthal became a signatory of the Union Against Micronational War on 2015, withdrawing in 2017, and later rejoining in 1 October 2019 only to left again in 30 December that same year. The goal of the Union Against Micronational War is neutrality in any micronational conflict. The Kingdom ultimately left the union over disagreements on the need of micronational war.
Ebenthal became a signatory of the Treaty of Persenburg on 23 March 2020 following the ratification of the terms and conditions of the convention. The treaty aims to defend and promote realistic micronationalism, i.e. derivatism within the Portuguese-speaking micronational community, and to open Brazilian micronations to the world. It was the cornerstone for the creation of the Brazilian sector.
Ebenthal became a signatory of the Protocol of Goetha on 30 March 2020 following the ratification of the terms and conditions of the convention. The protocol codifies the declarative theory of statehood as accepted as part of customary intermicronational law, inspired by the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States and logical continuation of the Treaty of Persenburg.
Ebenthal became a signatory of the Convention of Mauritsstad in 8 May 2020 following the ratification of the terms and conditions of the convention. The convention aimed to establish the concept that micronations of virtualist tradition, which means, those that can be categorized as an exercise in socio-political-economic practice, presented in a serious and professional way, emulating in their best capacity the functioning of a macronational State, but claiming digital territory determined by an official website and space for coexistence among its citizens, a permanent population that recognizes this governmental organization and its capacity to develop diplomatic relations with other micronations, whether virtual or derivative.
Ebenthal became a signatory of the Convention of Fruchemburg on 14 December 2020 following the ratification of the terms and conditions of the convention. The convention aims to establish the peaceful resolution of intermicronational disputes, respect for intermicronational laws and the creation of principles regarding whats was to be considered acts of aggression to Micronational Sovereignty, as well as the commitment to prohibit disproportionate practices for defense in case of aggression.
Ebenthal became a signatory of the Montediszamble Convention on 2 January 2021 following the ratification of the terms and conditions of the convention. The convention condemns the attacks on freedom of expression, the attempts to implement a cancel culture in micronationalism, the practice of shunning and publicly shaming other micronationalists over political and religious views or personal disagreements, the usage of personal insults in intermicronational discourse and the violation of copyright.
Ebenthal became a signatory of the Sough2020 Convention on Global Climate Change on 4 March 2021 following the ratification of the terms and conditions of the convention. The convention aims towards micronational action regarding climate change, pollution and negative human interactions with the natural world.
Ebenthal became a signatory of the Wrythe Convention on 25 June 2021 following ratification of the terms and conditions of the convention. The Wrythe Convention is an international treaty which condemns sockpuppeting, identity theft, and false claims within micronationalism. Signatories to the Convention pledge to not enter into relations with any entities engaged in fabrications and falsehoods, and by signing the treaty reserve the right to suspend or revoke recognition of any entities found to have engaged in such behaviour.
Diplomatic missions
Ebenthal's Ministry of External Relations, through the Crown Diplomatic Corps, has a network of embassies and consulates abroad that reflect its foreign policy priorities and its focus on the American continent and its relations with micronational states allied or with which it has historical or political ties. Embassies represent the highest degree of relevance for the Ebenthaler nation, while consulates represent that the country has limited but essential interests in the development and maintenance of diplomatic relations.
↑As proclaimed on 6 September 2017 following referendum.
↑The Ebenthaler Government recognizes the Iroquois Confederacy's former status as a sovereign entity and their rights to sovereignity.
↑Kurdistan Region in Iraq does not claims to be a sovereign states, but function de facto as one.
↑The use of the name Russian Republic has been proposed as an alternative to the present Russian Federation to denote opposition and in case the former succeeds the latter as a sovereign state.