Post deleted. Admittedly it feels a bit hypocritical to allow unarmed killing machines (Nekos) are allowed but not unarmed Automata, but hey, Yamatai's game, Yamatai's rules. Every nation has its own form of racism in one shape or another, I suppose.
I'm going to sit 'Spacers are out of this one, since the Free State's population is primarily machine, and it would probably have enraged the majority if a machine was refused to be treated as an equal (while being told a biological diplomat would perfectly acceptable). Thus logically sparking a boycott.
Though this whole incident actually gives me an idea for an extreme leftist AI liberation front...
Fighting for AI equal rights, one node at a time.