10:00 AM, Massouba, Archeuland
Declaration of War
On this the 16th day of September in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 2014, I, Markus the Third, Emperor of Archeuland, Defender of the Faith, Lord of Baughistan and Gilneas alike, do hereby issue a general declaration of war against the Royally United Provinces and the People's Republic of Lithuania-Latvia. My soldiers have been mobilized, my men are heavily armed. Our swords and guns and boots are polished. Now let it be known, God as our witness, that we shall move our forces in to these heathen realms with great desire to bring these realms under my benevolent rule, and to give them the Christian gospel.
I have mobilized a million soldiers which shall strike these nations -- weak as they are -- and bring these warmongers to their knees. No more shall they plague our lands. Too long now has Archeuland stood by and watched as nuclear weapons were deployed on cities, as millions died, and as our virgin land of Genevievia was raped and destroyed by the scorge of war. But yet we must fight once again, this time to bring ourselves closer to lasting peace. No nation shall be obliged to join or support us, but if you stand in our way, to the last man shall we fight you, and shall fight until we can fight no more. Our goal is not imperialism, our goal is not conquest, but inevitably to achieve the aspiration of peace, Archeuland must no longer be a hermitage -- we must be a cathedral.
A beacon of peace to the nations -- all the eyes of the world and God are upon us, men. So now I charge you, go forth in the name of the Lord, and take the lands of these nations! And may we enter their nations in God's name, and in His alone. Go forth now!
12:00 PM, Rupee, Archeuland
A hundred and twenty-one thousand (121,000) of Archeulandic troops stationed in the border city of Rupee have now left the city, heading west into RUP territory. Led by famed General Morrison, rumored to be a close human friend of Hank the Cat himself, this force has moved into RUP with little resistance -- owing to the fact that RUP lacks citizens or settlements in this area that are known. While Morrison's troops have moved several miles into RUP territory, NBC Archeuland reports that troops have entered RUP from the eastern side as well -- 60,000 additional men attack from that side -- the southern borders of RUP along Andrastinon are totally undefended and will be easy conquest and will be easy to capture. One primary goal of the army, reports Chief of Staff Boris Netanyahu - 'will be total isolation of the RUP -- inevitably making them dependent on Archeuland for support and protection.' Emperor Markus III reported in a recent imperial decree that 'there is no intent to totally annex anyone -- but we must significantly lower their defenses so they cannot exploit them to attack others.'
Lastly, a large naval fleet of 122 ships and 17 flagships, carrying at least fifty thousand men, have landed at the Duke Lakes at one of the southermost edges of the Royally United Provinces. These lakes will be taken. Moments ago a press release came across the NBC Archeuland radio waves -- 'We have no interest in total domination [sic], but we must unite west and east Archeuland, which are blocked in the middle by the Royally United Provinces.'