The Ksoudia Conflict
or the Serodian-Rogeno Border Conflict
or the Serodian-Rogeno Border Conflict
Serodia and Rogoda are two nations greatly oppose in their ideology, culture, government and faith. In the south, the Third Republic of Rogoda prides itself on its democracy and cordial neutrality. Protestant Christianity gives way to secularism and the return of native Animist faith. In the north, the Kingdom of Serodia prides itself on its vast territory and its great geopolitical ambitions. Roman Catholicism, with significant Jewish populations, dominates the cultural influences of the nation. Serodia with its vast plains is an agricultural sector dominated while Rogoda is manufacturing sector dominated. Rogenos are conscripts, while Serodians are volunteers in their respective militaries.
They do however share some similarities. Both nations practice capitalist economic plans, and while they have competitive economic output, with Serodia just slightly coming out ahead, Rogeno citizens are on average wealthier, healthier and live longer lives. But most of all, both Serodia and Rogoda lay claim to the region of Ksoudia.
Ksoudia is a region of 12,000 square miles with a population of 370,000 people, bordered by the Karbi-Da River to the north and the Rogeno Plateau to the south. A hilly region covered in woodlands and pockets of grasslands, it is sparsely populated with just five towns populate the area: Fiari in the north with 10,000 people; Labat the largest with 18,000 people; Pieziari in the hilly center with 17,000 people; Mina in the southern highlands with 3,600 people; and Bombe in the south with 3,000 people.
Though religiously unified under Anglicanism, Ksoudia is culturally divided between small groups of Caraintese and Serodian farmers in the west and north respectively, the growing Rogeno setters in the south, with the largest population remaining the native Ksoudians.
The current situation in Ksoudia has its origins in 2133 when, following Rogeno success in the Third Gwagan War, Lady Protector Mwaita Manyika, continued to expand and invaded and annexed the region, incorporating it as the Northern Territory and beginning settling it. In 2136 Rogeno surveyors discovered a vast cash of new natural resources. These resources include copper, cobalt, malachite, lithium, rhodium and platinum. The rights to mining were granted to state partnered private companies: Umuringa Mining, Icyatsi Ltd. and Rogeno Metals Corp.
As these companies saw wealth grow, the fractious ducal states of Serodia turned their attention towards Ksoudia. Following the election of a King Onorato as the new leader of Serodia, the young and ambitious monarch began asserting that Ksoudia, having been independent in truth belonged to the authority of Serodia, claiming it is the seventh core region of the nation. As these claims grow more bold, tensions continue to rise between Serodia and Rogoda.
