As We have said, a true warrior does not fight war --- for war is mass
destructive, ant-farm fighting, which neither promotes nor supports any kind
of honor, respect for friend or foe, and usually does NOT support the
principles that real warriors fight for.
In the macronational world, some nation-states & countries feel they must make it
necessary to fight (a) war(s) "..... for wealth, for land," the god replies, "for life,
for freedom, or [some king's] lies." (From Leslie Fish: "The Sun Is Also A Warrior").
But, since, in Our considered opinion, only an actual "state" (as was defined earlier
within this series of questions) can wield enough power to conduct warfare, the Crown shall regard a physical war
between micronations as an enormous improbability, and view any claim to the contrary as absolute nonsense.
Therefore, as does Our First Friend,
Corvinia, We feel that a declaration of war within the intermicronational community can only be regarded as one of the following ----
(Yet) Another way of (formally) declaring a nation's establishment of
outright, extreme emnity (with another nation-state), or:
A (sure) sign that the nation making this statement neither understands nor (yet) has learned the
"state" of micronationalism, or:
A mere jest (ed. note: why is this fun? Funny?), or a "game".
The ONLY acceptable "version" of "war" shall be that of a "diversion": as the S.C.A.
does (such as the "Burro Creek War"). In this context, this would simply be a physical exercise (a "friendly" game of "sandbox" or "king of the hill"). TorHavn,
as a practitioner of such for practice or to "play" thus, certainly has no objections to a "friendly"
joust or "capture the flag" (so long as it really does remain "friendly").
And as such, the Crown will disregard any other instance of "inter- micronational war" as the stupidity
that it truly is,
Many micronations renounce war in its MOST "common" sense, i.e. an exertion of physical
force against another nation, mostly due to impractibility (although one might consider
its being highly unethical and messy, not even mentioning how expensive war is).
The usual method of micronational war is practiced by some nations by the use of
what people from "outside" might think delusional babbling about non-existent armies
and their troop movements. This we renounce, ridicule, and generally ignore whenever encountered.
On the other hand, We do recognise that hostility between nations occur and
do not deny the existence of this phenomenon. Because mere physical distance
prevents the "traditional war", what remains is what one mictronational minister has
called "information warfare" and "diplomatic measures". The former includes disruption
of communication lines, and internet site(s), and the latter attempts to transfer ones
own attitude (usually through some form of guilt) to other micronations.
We renounce most forms of the former (such as web site hacking & list/board spamming
as far too damaging to our reputation & cause. TorHavn regards such methods as internet
terrorism and the costs to that micronation's reputation and good standing outweigh whatever
gains any might garner. For that reason we support the treaty for repudiation of espionage,
which expressively forbids infiltration of micronations under assumed names.
To TorHavn, the only permissible way of conducting micronational "war" consists in using diplomacy,
by attempting public defamation and diplomatic isolation of offending micronations.
Fortunately, most of TorHavn's allies & friends believe similarly, for which We are grateful.
AND, REGARDLESS: if a nation We have recognized (either
unilaterally or bilaterally) engages in "war" with any nation also of Our acquaintance, the Kingdom of
TorHavn shall immediately consider that this nation has violated the
conditions for Recognition and immediately cease any and all diplomatic
relations with same (especially if it is not obvious from Our observation
that this is done in "mere" jest).
ALSO: Actual hostile actions against the Viridian Crown's Internet presence will be regarded
as a violation of macronational law, and dealt with in the appropriate manner.