In a decisive response to recent intermicronational events, HCH the Prince today issued a new rescript, making it a crime of treasonous nature for subjects of the Principality to engage in covert espionage operations within other micronations.
Rescript no. 8, issued June 14, 1998, reads:
To all subjects of the Principality,
Let it be known that,
Whereas in recent times it has become clear that the practice of espionage in the form of covert and undercover infiltration by citizens of one nation into the citizenry of another nation is a foul and dishonourable practice, and
Whereas it has become clear that such practices are destructive of the dignity and honour of the whole nation,
I have decreed that from this day, no subject of the Sovereign Principality of Corvinia may engage in any form of espionage or sabotage towards other nations, nor may they by misrepresentation of identity insinuate themselves into the citizenry of other nations.
No government agency of the Principality may undertake to endorse, support or condone such actions, and any subject of the Principality found guilty of such actions shall be considered treasonous, and punished accordingly.
Given by my hand, June 14, 1998
(signed and sealed)
Peter I Ravn,
Prince of Corvinia,
Defender of the Islands, Protector of the Public Weal,
Keystone of the Realm, and Grand Raven.