State visit by Brant Esser to the United Provinces, January 2018

A state visit by Brant Esser to the United Provinces (srb: Državna poseta Branta Essera Ujedinjenim Provincijama) took place from the 5th to the 8th January. On 25 December, on Christmas Day in Acadia, Simon McClark, President of the United Provinces, sent an invitation to Brant Esser, the president of Acadia, to make a formal state visit to the his country. Esser accepted. On the 5th of January he made his visit and was in Winsburg for about 3 days. At the same time, during his visit, on 7 January, Christmas was being celebrated in the United Provinces per Snowinn customs differing from international ones.

This caused the visit to be controversial for many reasons. Various incidents took place all across Winsburg, and a protest was organized in Brant Esser Square where people chanted "Stop Acadian fascism" and Acadia funds terror". The visit was mostly peaceful regardless and Brant Esser was welcomed with a state dinner the same day he arrived.

5 January

 * On 5 January, around 8:54 AM, as Brant Esser's presidential limousine was through the Mall of the Republic, a few men tried to rush into the limousine Brant Esser was in. They were quickly stopped by riot police, of whom there were many.
 * The same day, around 8:59 AM, as his presidential limousine was approaching the Parliament, several men wearing black balaclavas and black hoodies threw firecrackers at the limo. The limousine was forced to change route and get to the Presidential Palace through another street. Brant reportedly told other penguins in his limousine: "Even so-called great Snwoiny has a problem with treasonous leftists!", to which his friends responded with laughter.
 * Around 9:05 AM, once Brant Esser got out of his limousine in front of the Presidential Palace and shook hands with President McClark, a man tried to attack Esser but was stopped by the riot police before he could get to him.
 * Around 11:06 AM, when Brant Esser and McClark were exiting the Presidential Palace, a text saying "NO FASCISM, YES LIBERTY" in English had been projected on a tall building a few blocks away. Both leaders saw this, and McClark was reported to have felt "embarrassed throughout the day because of the large amount of incidents that had happened".
 * Around 12:54 PM, Brant Esser was booed when he had started his speech at Brant Esser Square. Protesters had to be forced out of the event by riot police. The event resumed and finished normally, and Brant Esser had a crowd of over 3,000 penguins cheering for him and chanting his nmae.