The Iceland dispute is the result of the ongoing conflict between the Republic of Iceland and Frisia, over the Frisian occupied eastern part of Iceland. Initially, with the annexation of the island by the British Empire, the "Iceland dispute" was identified as the conflict between the people of Iceland and the British Crown regarding the Icelanders' demand for self determination. The dispute however was finally shifted from a colonial dispute to an ethnic dispute between the Danish and the Frisian islanders. The international complications of the dispute stretch far beyond the boundaries of the island of Iceland itself and involve the guarantor powers (Frisia, Denmark, and the United Kingdom alike), along with the United States, the United Nations and the European Union.