VFMC v. Netherlands

VFMC v. Netherlands was a international court case and trial that occurred in the evening EST of November 6th, 2020, during VMJ World. The case involved two nations: the Vincentarian Federation of Mappercraft Colonies and the United Provinces of the Netherlands. It mainly concerned an alleged Dutch coup d'Etat of the VFMC in the Dancentaria Incident.

Background
In the afternoon EST of November 6th, head of foreign policy and chief diplomat of the Netherlands agnius06 jokingly proposed to Emperor of the VFMC BigVinny24 that their nation be made a vassal of the Netherlands. Vinny, assuming this was a genuine request, accepted the offer. Agnius then was teleported to New Fragolia, capital of the VFMC, by Vinny to finalize the deal. Agnius teleported in other supposed members of the Dutch delegation; however, these people (and later Sikorskiii) would instead be provoked into attacking Vinny, and they began to raid the city. Eventually, they stormed the New Fragolia town hall, and Sikorskiii in particular declared the 'Dancentarian Federation of Mappercraft Colonies' in response to supposed tyranny imposed by the Emperor.

Those in the VFMC believed the incident to be a Dutch attempt at a coup and wanted to bring the nation to international court. Leader of the Netherlands Skali agreed to be the judge of the case and constructed an impromptu courtroom on the second floor of the Menders Factory in Amsterdam.

Trial
Both the VMFC and the Netherlands began to prepare for the case. Representative of the VFMC Vinny was the plaintiff, with Blz_Man acting as his lawyer; representative of the Netherlands Agnius was the defendant, with FlamingArrow06 acting as his lawyer; and MintyMichael was the bailiff. There would be no jury for this case, as judge Skali had full power to declare the Netherlands guilty or not guilty.

The trial began sometime after 22:00 EST with the plaintiff side laying out their accusations and arguments. They argued that the government of the Netherlands was conspiring to depose Emperor Vinny's regime in the VFMC, citing the storming of the New Fragolia town hall, the attack on Vinny, and the declaration of Dancentaria. The defendant side responded by citing chat logs showing Agnius' supposedly good intentions regarding the vassalization of the VFMC and bringing in the rest of the delegation.

During the trial, outsiders and some in the audience tried to disturb deliberations, including Owning69, Fiyu, and Java_Sea.

Verdict
After hearing arguments from both sides, judge Skali sided with the VFMC and declared the Netherlands guilty of assassination of Emperor Vinny and illegally attempting a coup d'Etat of the VFMC. The Netherlands was forced to pay reparations of 20 diamonds and 4 Mending enchanted books; in spite of this, no one in the nation ever paid their reparations, perhaps due to the mock style approach to the trial minimizing responsibility.