Treaty of Montuga 1592 #Treaty #France #PrincipalityofFrance

“By this Edict & Treaty of Montuga, his most benevolent Majesty, the King of France henceforth grants to the kingdom of Montuga, heretofore conquered by France, his royal  sanction of Montuga’s existence as a kingdom on French soil and a principality of France, subject to the stipulations hereunder:

I – If the Montugan throne suffers a vacancy for want of a direct male heir, Montuga shall revert to the status of a province of the kingdom of France and the Garibaldi lineage shall forfeit all claims to royal title;

 II – Save for the palace guards, who may not exceed five hundred in number, no military is permitted to Montuga;

 III – Neither party hereto shall afford passage or sanctuary to proclaimed enemies of the other;

 IV – Montuga shall fashion no alliance with anyone engaged in hostilities with the kingdom of France;

 V – No alienation of Montugan territory to a beneficiary other than the French Monarch is countenanced;

 
VI – The kingdom of France guarantees the sovereignty of Montuga for the duration of and subject to due compliance with these presents.”

The above is an excerpt from the Treaty of Montuga, in terms of which France permitted the existence of the kingdom of Montuga.

But 200 years have passed and the French Monarchy is facing uprisings by republicans and revolutionaries.  In towns where Republicans have gained control, French nobles have been publicly executed. 

Many French nobles flee France and decide to seek sanctuary in Montuga. This places King Julien III of Montuga in an invidious position. He is uncertain whether the French Monarchy or the Republicans will ultimately prevail in France. If Montuga grants sanctuary to French aristocrats, and if the republicans were to prevail in France, this will eliminate what little hope he has that a new Republican government in France will honour the Treaty of Montuga.

On the other hand, if he turns the French nobles away and the Bourbon Monarchy survives, the French Aristocracy will pressurise the King of France to regard this refusal as an indication that Montuga has chosen to side with the Republicans. Surely this will be touted as a breach of the terms or at least the spirit of the Treaty of Montuga.

What is he to do?

The Marquis D'Artois, a French noble and his son are fleeing execution by French republicans. What are they to do when they learn that the border post between France and Montuga has been closed?

What is Lord Jason Cavendish, a British maritime trader operating from Montuga's capital, Monte Vista, to do when he realises that France might invade Montuga at any moment? Should he find another port for his fleet of trading ships?

And what of the Monte Vista Trade Centre, a company in which he and the Montugan royal family have shares? Should he side-line the Garibalidis and attempt to motivate the other traders to relocate the Trade Centre to another European port, in Italy perhaps? If so, this risky plan will have to be executed without any prior knowledge of it coming to the attention of the Montugan royal family.


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