Foreign relations of Mercury

The foreign relations of Mercury are conducted by the President of Mercury in conjunction with the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Mercury has a policy of neutrality and is a founding member of the Xäiville Convention.

Overview

List of foreign missions

This article or section is a work in progress. The information below may be incomplete, outdated, or subject to change.

Mercury automatically grants the right to establish an embassy to all MCS member nations. All embassies are located in the city of Mercury. This section lists Mercurian embassies located in each MCS member nation.

Nation	City	Status	Head of mission	Notes
Aemilia
Aerla
Benacian Union
Çakaristan	Agra	Embassy		Established by the Treaty between Çakaristan and Mercury
Calbion	Pentyre	Embassy
Constancia	Asterapolis	Embassy
Craitland	Cherry Trees	Embassy
Daau
Dark Berry Islands	Mountainview Bay	Embassy
Floria	Northcliff	Embassy
Hurmu	Vesüha	Embassy
Imperial Federation
International Mandate	Tiegang	Embassy
Kalgachia
Kurum Ash-Sharqia
Lac Glacei
Meckelnburgh
Mondosphere
Moorland
Natopia
New Batavia	Lucerne	Embassy
Nouvelle Alexandrie
Oportia
Sanama	Semisa City	Embassy		Established in April 2020 (1683 AN)
Senya	Svorgas	Embassy
Shireroth
Suren
Tellia	Romero	Embassy
The Hexarchy
Three Kingdoms
United Principalities of Cibola
United Cities of the Vales
Vegno
Zeed	Rusjar	Embassy

International organisations

Xäiville Convention

Mercury is a founding member of the Convention, alongside Craitland, Senya and Tellia, with whom Mercury have enjoyed a long-established friendly relationship. The Convention establishes a free trade and free movement area between signatory states, and is open to any nation that can demonstrate a peaceful and amicable relationship with all other nations on Micras. Hurmu became the fifth signatory state

Visa policy

Mercury has a default policy of allowing visa-free travel for up to 28 days to nationals of any MCS member state. Where a nation requires a visa of Mercurian travels, Mercury reciprocates this arrangement, but seeks to eliminate the need for visas with at least 90% of nations before the end of 2021. Occasionally, restrictions are imposed on citizens from some nations for other reasons.

Free movement vs. unrestricted movement

The majority of nations on Micras are afforded unrestricted movement in Mercury. This means that visitors to Mercury must pass through passport control and customs upon entering the country, and must declare any items over the value of Cr 2,000. Visitors are typically allowed to stay for a maximum of 28 days, however this can be extended to 90 days upon application to the Office of Citizenship and Immigration (OCI).

Citizens of nations afforded free movement may enter the country with just a passport scan, and may stay indefinitely. They are treated, for the purposes of immigration, as residents, and therefore only need to declare goods over the value of Cr 5,000.

Restricted movement

In some cases, the OCI may impose restrictions on certain countries' citizens, with the key difference being that visitors from these nations must notify the OCI of their intention to travel no less than 28 days prior to travel, and do not have the option of extending their visit, however, they are free to apply for resident status.

Resident status

All visitors to Mercury are eligible to apply for resident status, provided there are no less than 14 days remaining of their visit. In order for the application to be successful, the visitor must show proof of employment and have a permanent residence.

Summary of foreign relations

Nation	Outlook	Visa requirement (entering Mercury)	Travel requirement (travelling from Mercury)	Notes
Aemilia
Aerla
Benacian Union
Çakaristan	Amicable	No visa required	No visa required	Reciprocal visa requirement lifted – Çakaristan has also eased its own restrictions on Mercurian visitors
Calbion	Amicable	No visa required	No visa required	90 days visa-free as standard
Constancia	Amicable	No visa required	Free movement	Mercury is respected by Constancia and this is informally reciprocated
Craitland	Positive	Free movement	Free movement	Xäiville Convention signatory
Daau
Dark Berry Islands	Neutral	No visa required	Visa prior to travel
Floria	Positive	No visa required	Visa prior to travel	Reciprocal visa requirement lifted, relations generally friendly
Hurmu	Positive	Free movement	Free movement	Xäiville Convention signatory
Imperial Federation
International Mandate	Neutral	No visa required	No visa required	No contact established – sponsored for Xäiville Convention accession by Senya
Kalgachia	Neutral	No visa required	Visa prior to travel
Kurum Ash-Sharqia	Neutral	No visa required	Unknown
Lac Glacei	Neutral	No visa required	Unknown
Meckelnburgh	Neutral	No visa required	Visa prior to travel
Mondosphere
Moorland
Natopia	Neutral	No visa required	No visa required
New Batavia	Positive	No visa required	No visa required	90 days visa-free as standard – co-operated on the status of Lucerne
Nouvelle Alexandrie	Amicable	No visa required	No visa required	90 days visa-free as standard
Oportia
Sanama	Positive	No visa required	No visa required	Relations established with the Treaty between Mercury and Sanama
Senya	Positive	Free movement	Free movement	Xäiville Convention signatory
Shireroth	Neutral	No visa required	Visa prior to travel	Reciprocal visa requirement lifted
Suren	Neutral	No visa required	Visa prior to travel
Tellia	Positive	Free movement	Free movement	Xäiville Convention signatory
The Hexarchy	Neutral	No visa required	No visa required
Three Kingdoms
United Principalities of Cibola
United Cities of the Vales
Vegno
Zeed	Neutral	No visa required	No visa required
Micras Passport Power Index	–