The Moot Problem 2009

In 1800, Captain Van Cleef of Astoria, a colonial empire of the West, journeyed on Coeur de l’ Ocean with some of the finest Astorian soldiers to conquer the ancient trading city of Zamzala, which is today a partial territory of the State of Rolga.

A great battle was fought and won by Captain Von Cleef and his men, who looted and torched the Sultan’s palace. And further demolished the city before setting sail once again on the greedily laden Coeur de l’ Ocean.

Whilst en-route to another destination, the Coeur de l’ Ocean failed to prevail the might of the monsoon, and sank along with its cargoes of exotic goods, silks, spices, trunks of royal jewelry and other riches of the Palace of Zamzala.

In 1993, a wreck identified as the Coeur de l’ Ocean was discovered some 20 kilometers off the coast of Rolga. The recovered underwater treasures are estimated at more than USD $1 billion…

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