So, am I right to interpret this as if the Jajalian separatists already form the beginning was a bit more conservative than Solandia? Did they already from the beginning revolt under the outspoken intention to create a monarchy? Is the Jajalian King of royal blood, or did he just take himself a royal title anyway? I try to work out Ejorike´s attitude to this.
The figure at the forefront of the movement for independence declared himself one. Not really surprising considering he is a mental nutjob (also used to be a lawyer).
King Maxim III may have his reservations towards the King of Jajal. During the time period Maxim is mostly based on (the "long nineteenth century"), newly created monarchies would usually make a Prince their King. Even if it meant they had to invite some foreign Prince to come and fill the role. Royal blood was seen as very important!
Then of course, Solandia is a republic, so Maxim have absolutely no sympathy for them. An alliance with Solandia could be useful for him though, since Solandia would be a potential stepping stone towards Ejoland. Since Jajal is landlocked, it is less interesting for Maxim in that regard.
Maxim may have sent an offer to Solandia at an early stage. Something like "I will help you beat down your rebellion, if you help me beat down mine", but of course a lot more heavily formulated. At the same time, he had spies and discreet diplomats looking into what the separatists stood for, and what he could gain by supporting them.
He would have not found success in that regard then unfortunately, the Jajalian separatists despite being dominated by a core component of Cassadians, nevertheless still managed to persuade and align the public opinion of the locals against the Solandian government and nation.
Besides, even if he did go on to deploy substantial combat military personnel and equipment...Not to mention that would have put him at odds with Cassadia.
Soooo, basically what you mean is that Ejorike never truly reconciled over the Cassado-Ejorikean war of 2000-2001, not to mention now that attempt to overthrow the Ejolandian government no longer being cannon.
Maxim's decision to enter that war would not have intimidated the Crown-Government, as it would have had the opposite effect to make them triple down on their efforts in securing Jajal's independence.
The only result of that ''test'' of his would have been a metaphorical bloody-nose for the contingent sent their to fight alongside the Solandians. Not to mention they would have experienced not just a war but a new kind of war. One not fought on the template of conventional warfare, but by deception, cunning and overall ungentlemanly dirtiness in the way the combat operation would have proceeded.
Since he have no respect for that republic Solandia, he do not really see a problem with backpaddling on an agreement with them. If they even wanted to take his offer in the first place. It would probably reflect poorly on Solandia if they promised to help Ejorike invade Ejoland, so I think most modern countries would not take that offer. Maxim do not trust them enough to just take the Solandian President´s word for it while given in private, Solandia have to denounce Ejoland and openly recognize it as Ejorikean territory, or it is no deal.
If the Solandian President and his government tell Maxim to **** off, Maxim will take offense from that and direct a number of serious diplomatic insults towards Solandia.
If Solandia actually accept his offer, and he then find out about the Cassadian involvement, he will confidentially ask Relena about the whole thing. When he have concluded that this is not an easy opportunity, he break with Solandia. "Those pesky democrats would not make for a reliable ally anyway".
Taken in regard how much resources Qassadia throw on supporting the Jajalian separatists though, Maxim see no point with trying to buy influence there. Especially since Jajal is landlocked. So Ejorike end up staying out of the war.
Also what would Maxim seek to inquire from Relena about the whole thing ?
Is he going to ask the Empress if Cassadia has a bone in this fight, or if there are any covertly deployed units fighting on the side of the Jajalians ?
Because I can guarantee you that he would , have definitely known about that, even with simple open-source of browsing of headlines and news articles about the conflict, not to mention the videos that would be posted on social media like YouTube, of literal on camera and on record ''Jajalian'' separatists either talking in Cassadian or speaking to reporters in an obvious and distinct Slavic accent that only native Cassadian speakers tend to have.
Of course, according to Her Majesty's Department of Royal Affairs, these foreign fighters are ''just volunteers'' who have traveled to fight for independent Jajal, on their own volition and are definitely not mercenaries or GRB black op special forces *wink*wink*.
Speaking of volunteers, did Ejoland have its own small but dedicated group of private citizens who traveled to Solandia to fight on the side of the government forces. I am sure they would have had their own dedicated internet sub-culture fanbase that would have had their fascination with people like them, maybe even your media perhaps.
And as for what the Ejorikean spies/diplomats would have found; they would stumble upon what is basically a cohesive, competent, and tight-knit separatist army that, while small is very motivated and passionate about their dream for their province to become an independent nation (from the native members that is). And again while this army is not structured like a conventional one, the Ejorikeans would be intrigued with how almost every separatist fighter has been somehow issued with 1st-grade infantryman equipment (plate-carrier body armor, protective pads, ballistic helmets, Multicam BDUs, GORKA winter suits, etc.) even optics on their personal weapons, something I am sure in Ejorike would only be issued to only its most elite SWAT squads and SOF regiments.
Not to mention the weird NCOs they would have picked as their guides, who would speak in English with a very peculiar accent, compared to one of the native Jajalians.
They would have also if those in the high-up ranks of the separatists were to have allowed them to pass. Would have seen in the rear areas artillery systems, Air-defense complexes and Electronic-warfare mobile stations (literally disrupting local GPS coverage and cellphone signals) that could not have been emptied from the local depots of the Solandian military, as this kind of equipment was never in its inventory, to begin with.
But then again, to respond with a classic remark from a separatist spokesperson, all equipment prior to the capture of the local Solandian military depots were obtained ''through purchase with private funds''.
Here is how I imagine how many of the battles would have taken place; giant ranged sniper engagements, artillery duels, protracted trench warfare with infiltration fireteams, and storm platoons duking it out in the ''grey zones''.
That's in contrast to over here where peace can only exist through strength and bloodshed. And this philosophy won't be renounced anytime soon since it's much more successful and feasible compared to the previous ones. It only gets dented every now and then at best.