After months of intense speculation, the President of Samchorage made good on his promise to abdicate all the territories which he possessed to a reluctant Marcusburg.
On March 14, 2004, the Samchoragean ambassador to Marcusburg hastily dropped off a note on the doorsteps of the Fletplase (Marcusburg Parliament) at 5:05AM before deputies would arrive for that day's parliamentary session.
When the Prime Chancellor and his cabinet appeared for work later that morning, they discovered a shocking message. The President of Samchorage had abdicated everything to Marcusburg. If Marcusburg did not accept, then Rattanjeetland would receive all Samchoragean possessions, including Wendorra la Vella.
Within minutes upon reading the note, the Prime Chancellor called the President to discuss the situation. In so doing, he learned that his Samchoragean counterpart had grown tired of his empire's stagnation under the Riksholm Treaty and the growing gap that existed between it and other major powers.
Weary of the potential impact on the international balance of power the abdication would make, the Prime Chancellor convinced the President to hold off for a few months before making a final decision. The President agreed.
For weeks, nothing happened as the Prime Chancellor became distracted by the deriksholmification crises prompted by East El-Hussaq and Rattanjeetland. In the meantime, Samchorage continued to lounge in indignant apathy.
Then on May 8, another note came directly from the President this time confirming his abdication. Instead of hastily covering up the matter as before, the Prime Chancellor held a news conference to discuss the issue with the entire world on May 9.
He stated that he was "disappointed" but "understood why" the President had abdicated. However, he stressed that diplomats from Marcusburg were being dispatched to Samchorage in an attempt to clarify the situation. In addition, four garrisons of 50,000 troops were being sent into Samchoragean provinces to make sure that "everything continued as normal" for the time being.
Analysts say that despite the Prime Chancellor's attempts to maintain normalcy in light of the abdication, the international dynamic will surely be severely impacted unless if some creative diplomacy or persuasive arguing happens very soon.
