Asidama–Ventora relations

 refers to the between Asidama and Ventora. Both countries are members of the World Forum.

History
With long-standing maritime and trading traditions, Ventorans had occasionally encountered Asidama during ventures beyond the Abayadi Sea. The Dama treasure fleets of the 1300s led to more frequent contact between the kingdoms until Salian dominance in the west Locafuric Ocean region suppressed Daman traders.

After a period of isolation, Asidama's King Myamunu I was determined to reopen his country. In 1699, King dispatched Ploerio Praté Tomo as minister to Asidama, marking the first long-term Ventoran general diplomatic mission beyond satisfying Haksar tributary purposes. The venture led to Myamunu reciprocating by sending Naama Uyataga to Ventora in 1703. Ventorans consider this development in formalized diplomatic ties as the basis for Queen establishing the permanent Foreign Commission in 1718.

The countries have enjoyed amicable and uninterrupted interactions since the 18th century with the exception of the Second World War. During that conflict, Asidama, while ostensibly neutral, sided with the Concert powers while Ventora was an Alliance power. Relationships in the royal families helped restore ties between the countries after the war. Although Ventora's royal family perished in 1961, both countries continue to appreciate friendly ties.

Cultural cooperation
Ploerio Praté's retainer Don Ofe Blasam y Frescia, a had served as Uyataga's  tutor before his service as personal emissary of King Myamunu. Uyataga's language skills made him popular in the Ventoran courts and led to his writing a book, Ventora, published in 1727. Read by many in Dama high society, the cultural interests led Blasam to establish the Ventora Society in Yan in 1729. Now part of Cultura Ventora, the society in Yan is the oldest Ventoran cultural organization outside of the country and is considered the flagship of Ventoran Cultural Centers.

Today the countries offer educational exchange programs and tourism is fairly common.

Trade relations
Trade represented the first interchanges between the countries and it remains strong in the modern era. Ventora exports cheap consumer goods to Asidama. The latter is an important source of tin, nickel, and gold for Ventora. Agricultural goods are also important commodities with Asidama importing olives, fruits, and meats from Ventora while exporting palm oil, coffee, cacao, and rubber to the west Alutran country.

Diplomatic missions

 * Asidama has an embassy in Plenas.
 * Ventora has an embassy in Yan.