Hello, I’m Sheriff (Ciro), President of Bosnia.

Bosnia has declared neutrality and is officially not part of any former alliance. As you can see, two non-aggression pacts (NAPs) have been signed: one with the alliance and the other with Macedonia.

Our journey with Bosnia had a somewhat unexpected ending, so let’s start from the beginning. We began as a neutral state, focused on building our community and strengthening our position. However, raising new alliances, especially in the Balkans, is challenging since almost every Balkan country has a powerful alliance backing it. As leader, I decided to put extra effort into foreign affairs. The first country to reach out to us was Bulgaria, with whom I had solid connections due to prior relationships with some of their citizens. Tensions were rising from both sides, and soon enough, Bosnia would be entering a war that was not ours. Our initial plan was to support our allies in these hard times, especially Bulgaria, which is close to our core regions. We committed to fully supporting them in the conflict.

Instead of focusing solely on ourselves, we worked to prevent Macedonia from closing in on Serbia and encircling Bulgaria, which also meant securing the border near Bosnian territories. On the other hand, I maintained communication with Slovenia, who I considered friends at the time. I suggested to my citizens that we allow Slovenia to hold certain bonuses to strengthen our entire alliance, not just Bosnia, due to their  strategic position. I canceled an air attack on Cagliari (with a 30% food bonus) and, after the Croatian community left completely, We had  deal with them to split Croatia  as their first region will be 30% planes bonus. Shortly afterward, they claimed a 15% grain bonus from Croatia while we gave our best, fighting on Bulgarian and Serbian fronts.

Later, we faced one of the biggest battles on our own territories, eventually losing them, and some might say we lost the war, with Macedonia emerging as a superpower on the opposing side.

During NAP negotiations, I encountered hypocrisy. My initial proposal was for Bosnia to retain all its core regions, even though we didn’t have them at the time. However, the NAP included the Croatian community, which had not participated in the war, and Bosnia was forced to gave away these regions, even though I had already made a deal with the Croatian president to return Bosnia’s core regions to help them rebuild their country. Macedonia was offered Croatian regions controlled by Bosnia (which would later be handed back to the Croatian community) and Slovenian regions, while Slovenia was excluded from the NAP. Bosnia was unhappy with this proposal, as it essentially pushed us to continue an undefined war, with Slovenia (a former ally) abandoning us during NAP negotiations. To regain our core regions, Bosnia was required to agree to place all of Croatia under Macedonian rule. However, since Bosnia had already made a deal with the Croatian president, I found myself in a difficult position, forced to choose between betraying them or compromising our own interests. Both Macedonia and Bosnia were dissatisfied with this situation, leading to new tensions and eventually causing us to leave our former alliances.

The NAP stated that if our alliance fought against Macedonia (excluding Bosnian cores), the USA and Turkey could get involved, which risked our two former alliances clashing on Serbian cores even after the NAP was signed. Bosnia, caught in this situation with no clear diplomatic relations, could not directly attack strategic points in Serbia without risking other countries' involvement. With negative terrain on our cores, we realized the war was pointless. The entire NAP negotiation on Bosnia’s end seemed absurd to me, from offering regions of uninvolved countries to including nations that weren’t directly involved in the conflict, to Slovenia leaving the talks despite having been involved in parts of the war. As Bosnia’s president, I reached out to Aexil in hopes of ending a war that felt completely senseless.

After discussions, we reached an agreement with the Macedonian government for Bosnia to pay reparations to Macedonia and finally bring an end to the war.

I want to special thank Bulgaria for standing by us until the end.

I also thank my our former allies—Lithuania, China, Sweden, and Poland—for their support.

My respect goes to Macedonia for understanding our concerns about the NAP’s loopholes and for stepping up to conclude this war.

In this journey, I’ve made more enemies than friends, which is unusual for me. I hope that relations with our former allies  can eventually return to a friendly state. After giving my all to this alliance, despite numerous personal challenges, I was insulted and criticized by former allies for not wanting to sign a flawed NAP. We will continue as we began: strong and proud, always ready to help our friends and even prioritize their interests over ours if necessary. We never hunted BHs, never built bases, and never overkilled or wasted our resources on battles that were already won.

Mistakes were made, and I tried to fix them. But after all that, some will still say I wasn’t fully committed to this alliance.

Sheriff, presidnt and leader of Bosnia.