This is ridiculous, where is this friction coming from?

[UthyrPendragon]

 

[UthyrPendragon]

Is sea water wet enough to erase friction

 

[InvisibleBison]

I don't see what's ridiculous about this situation. You have a border with Kotte, so you've got a bit of border friction. I don't see why straits shouldn't count as borders for this purpose.

 

[UthyrPendragon]

Is sea water wet enough to erase friction

I don't see what's ridiculous about this situation. You have a border with Kotte, so you've got a bit of border friction. I don't see why straits shouldn't count as borders for this purpose.

As ingame border friction event says, border friction was due to inaccurate map, but with sea water as a clear dividing border, how could there be border friction?

 

[InvisibleBison]

As ingame border friction event says, border friction was due to inaccurate map, but with sea water as a clear dividing border, how could there be border friction?

I'm not sure what event you're referring to; the ones described on the wiki don't mention inaccurate maps. In any event, border friction can arise from a variety of causes, not just from map issues. Like, say, arguments over fishing rights.

 

[Lykus Cerebros]

There is also a crossing point between you and Kotte.

Not 100% Sure but I think you also own some provinces from their primary culture they would probably what those.

 

[DystopianAlphaOmega]

Is sea water wet enough to erase friction

As ingame border friction event says, border friction was due to inaccurate map, but with sea water as a clear dividing border, how could there be border friction?

Lots of disputes exist and have existed in situations like this over things like control of minor islands in between, naval/fishing access/regulation, etc.

 

[DukeLeto42]

To emphasize the above comment, there's a number of minor islands not visible on the map. Important among those is a thin chain of islands leading from mainland to Sri Lanka that now hosts a bridge - this makes the border less absolute than it would otherwise seem. Plus, border friction can also indicate a degree of expansionist ambition ("ok it's theirs but I can see it from here and how hard would it be to just go over and 'yoink' it?").

 

[Methuen of Melnibone]

Ah, the Taiwan model for border friction.

 

[Nostalgium]

To emphasize the above comment, there's a number of minor islands not visible on the map. Important among those is a thin chain of islands leading from mainland to Sri Lanka that now hosts a bridge - this makes the border less absolute than it would otherwise seem. Plus, border friction can also indicate a degree of expansionist ambition ("ok it's theirs but I can see it from here and how hard would it be to just go over and 'yoink' it?").

To emphasise even further on this, the water in that strait is so shallow you can virtually wade across the whole thing. Only very rarely is the water there deeper than about a meter. Out of all straits in the game that can be crossed without a navy, this one is probably the most justifiied.

 

[UthyrPendragon]

Of course the dispute is justified, human being human，but the world "friction" is what makes it interesting.

 

[UthyrPendragon]

To emphasise even further on this, the water in that strait is so shallow you can virtually wade across the whole thing. Only very rarely is the water there deeper than about a meter. Out of all straits in the game that can be crossed without a navy, this one is probably the most justifiied.

The water depth is 100 meters with the shallowest point of 9.1 meters, what you are refering to is mean wave hight

 

[UthyrPendragon]

There is also a crossing point between you and Kotte.

Not 100% Sure but I think you also own some provinces from their primary culture they would probably what those.

They want Maldives

 

[Lykus Cerebros]

They want Maldives

Given how that gives 0 opinion I don't think thats connected with border friction