Chapter 358: The Small Kingdom of Jezelca
From this complicated and troubled history, it seems that Albanians are quite good at making trouble, and they want to be independent wherever they go.
However, the truth of the history of human civilization is this, that is, no nation has ever been an innocent white rabbit, and no nation has been completely heinous.
Between the country and the nation, you have always come and gone, you do the first year of junior high school, and I do the fifteenth.
Hovel, an ethnic Serb, in Albania himself, avenged his kindred in a distant foreign land.
Today's Albania, not to mention in Europe, even in the world, is one of the most poor countries, and it is really a poor clang.
Jezerca has traditionally had separatist sentiments, and Hovel, who was originally the commander of the garrison in the region, led his troops to proclaim the establishment of the Republic of Jezelça when Albania's own national strength was at its weakest.
In the past, it was the Albanians who pursued independence on the territory of the Serbs, but now it is the other way around, and the Serbian Houyi is the king of Albania, but unfortunately, this independence has not been recognized by the international community.
Neighboring countries, Europe, and the whole world, have traditionally regarded Jezelça as part of Albania and refused to recognize Jezerca as a sovereign and independent state.
On the other hand, due to the weakness of Albania and its inability to wage a war of unification, Jezelca's independence became a fait accompli.
That is, in theory, Jezerca belongs to Albania, and in reality, Jezelca's politics are completely divorced from Albania.
Although Jezelça is not yet a state, it can be considered a quasi-state, or some kind of political entity.
Howell proclaimed himself president, but he could only play prestige on his own land, and as long as he went abroad, other countries would not recognize him as a so-called "president" at all.
The same thing or the same person, if you understand it from different angles, you will have different perceptions.
Let's just say that this Hovel, you can say that he is a hero in the struggle for national liberation, but from another point of view, this is again a complete tyrant.
After Jezelcha gained de facto independence, Howell did not establish an effective system of government, let alone an elected parliament, but a monopoly of power. All the affairs of the whole country, big and small, are decided by himself.
If anyone dares to speak ill of him openly or secretly, he will be dragged directly to the execution ground and executed, and there will be no litigation and trial procedures, let alone a lawyer will be allowed to defend him.
He also has no term as president, and he has been in office anyway, and he may be in office until he dies.
This is not unusual, since the end of the Second World War, many fighters in Asia, Africa and Latin America who fought for national liberation have finally become one-man thieves who are condemned by everyone.
Kakozhia is next to such a neighbor in Albania, which can be said to be very unlucky, and even more unlucky is that Jezelça is also next to Kakozhia.
Today Albania is poor and chaotic, and Jezerca is the poorest of the poor, the chaotic of chaos.
Jezerca is a mountainous area, historically economically backward, the so-called poor mountains and bad waters out of the people, the local people are fierce.
Although the Albanian mafia has done a lot of evil, there are many times when it is the cululdron for Jezelca, such as the gang that kidnapped Tana in the first place, which was actually from Jezelca.
Howell is a martial artist, and he doesn't know how to prosper the economy, which forms a vicious circle.
However, Howell is not a stupid person, if he is really stupid, he will not be able to be the so-called president, although he has no ability to build the country, but he has thought of a crooked idea.
What kind of crooked idea?
There's a girl next door who has just grown up!
After the civil war, calm has returned to the country and all spheres of society are thriving.
After Princess Amelia took the helm of the Great Treasure, she is now Queen Amelia and is learning how to govern the country.
The Creator is unfair, and despite the fact that Kakozhia and Jezelça have been neighbors for countless centuries, the national days of the two countries are completely different.
Kakozhia is rich in oil and is so rich that it flows oil.
In the mountains of Jezelça there were only goats, and there was no wool except wool.
Many Jezerca people come to Kakozhia to earn a living, working as taxi drivers, dishwashers, delivery boys, and other low-skilled jobs.
For many years, Jezelcha has always been envious and jealous of Kakozhia, after the Kakozhia Civil War, Howell was ready to move, and even took the opportunity to send troops to prepare for the annexation of Kakozhia.
However, this can only be thought about, and Howell still has a very accurate grasp of the international situation.
Kakozhia is very low-key, almost isolated, very few people have heard of the country, and the country is not as well-known as Dubai, which is seen in the media all the time. But Kakozhia is, after all, a sovereign and independent state, which is recognized by all countries, and also has a seat in the United Nations.
Jezerca has not been recognized by any country, and if a war of aggression is launched against Kakozhia at this time, it will inevitably lead to unanimous sanctions from the whole world, and it is possible that the EU will directly intervene with troops.
Even if Hovel did invade Kakozhia, he would not be able to occupy this land at all, and in the end he might even lose his Jezelcha.
When Amelia ascended the throne, Howell suddenly thought of one thing, this princess, of course, should be said to be the queen today, has not yet been married.
A woman, even if she is a strong woman, whether it is a queen, a female president, or a female manager, will eventually marry.
If the former king and queen of Kakozhia were still alive, they would definitely have to handle the matter of choosing a son-in-law, and now that the parents are gone, naturally no one will give their daughter Zhang Luo.
So far, Howell has never heard that Amelia has a fiancé, not even a boyfriend, and has never even been in a relationship.
There is a girl next door who has just grown up, and the big brother next door is sexually impulsive.
So Hovel sent people with gifts and letters of state to Kakozhia to propose marriage.
To use a saying in Canghao's hometown, this Howell is really a dream fart.
Amelia wants status, appearance, money, and money, so to speak, and she is a woman who is close to perfection.
Howell is over half a hundred years old, and he was a handsome guy when he was young, but now he can be Amelia his father.
And he is just the king of the mountain in the poor ravine, and he is not a good match for Amelia, the queen recognized by the world.
However, Hovel has relied on it, and it is the people of Jezelça that the Kakozhia people have always been very jealous of, and the Kakozhia government is also worried about the country of Jezelca.
Before the outbreak of the civil war, more than half of the country's limited military strength was deployed on the Jezerca border to prevent a large number of Jezelça refugees from smuggling into the country, and even more so to prevent Hovel from acting rashly.
Although Jezelcha was poor, the army was still very warlike, and Hovel felt that with his own strength, Kakozhia had to seriously consider his proposal.
Who would have thought that after Amelia saw Howell's messenger, she directly threw the letter of state on the messenger's face, and said in standard Chinese: "Let him roll as far as his thoughts are!"
Amelia then had the messenger and the gifts all put in the car, drive to the border between the two countries, and drop them off.
Howell's messenger did not understand Chinese, but he had an amazing memory, and after returning to meet Howell, he told the story again, and finally repeated Amelia's Chinese word for word.
Of course, Howell did not understand Chinese, and wanted to know what this sentence meant, so he immediately searched the whole country, and found a person who understood Chinese.
If you know a little bit about history, you will know that Albania once had extremely friendly relations with China in history, and the main content of this friendly relationship is that Albania has come to China every once in a while to ask for this and that, from military equipment, plant equipment to agricultural trade products, as long as it can be moved, it will want everything.
Who has what life, this kind of shameless international hooligan, really ran into a stupid international live Lei Feng.
In those years, Huaxia engaged in messing around with the east and the west, and in the end, there were few friends in the world, and finally with Albania as a friend, they tried their best to curry favor with and stabilize their friendship.
As long as the Albanian comrades are in need, even if the Chinese people tighten their belts and cut down on food and clothing, they will still send them to others.
Speaking of which, Albania is poor, backward and remote, with little natural resources and no strategic location, and this kind of friendship is purely ineffective.
Later, Huaxia also figured out why not save these resources and make more useful friends, so the relationship between the two countries quickly cooled.
In China, people over the age of 40 have a special affinity for the word "Albania", but people under the age of 40 are ignorant of this country, which is caused by this special history.
It is precisely because of this special history that Jezelcha has people who have studied Chinese and truthfully translated this sentence to Hovel.
Then it was Hovel who was so angry that he first shot the honest interpreter, and then decided to take revenge on Kakozhia by force.
Of course, starting a war because a proposal was rejected was a common phenomenon in ancient times, and it is absurd in today's international politics, so Howell cannot use this excuse.
Any two countries living next to each other have a bit of a border dispute, and in some places, as in China and E, there are millions of square kilometers of historical debt, while in others it may be just a matter of a few hundred square meters.
Especially in many areas, the residents of the two countries are separated by a strip of water, and for many years they have become accustomed to sharing resources, and there is no sense of territorial sovereignty at all. The concept of national borders came later, and sometimes a boundary crossed from one village, and from then on the people on both sides of the village became the people of two countries.
In addition, the national border has undergone many changes, and the country is constantly changing dynasties, so for people who really live in the border area, the "national border" is not a particularly important thing.
As long as you live in the hinterland, far away from the real national border, you will feel how sacred this line is.
This is the case in Kakozhia and Jezelca.