Uh... Sort of, I guess. From what I understand, Columbia led an unauthorized military strike during the Boxer Rebellion. Then the capital told Columbia to stand down and so they just... seceded. [Elizabeth makes a face at the ground.] So I guess everyone was tired of hearing the capital complain, so they just took their toys and left.

[She rolls her eyes and looks through the clothes to find her jacket. Leaving the corset and skirts draped over a low branch, she slips it on.] I'm angry, sure. I don't really like being an experiment in a new, if bigger, prison. But I'm also not a walking battleship and lately people who look like you have made a sport out of grabbing me. [Elizabeth collects her clothes and journal and stands close to him, expectantly.] We can't all have absolutely no fear.