For the past 40 years, the tiny island nation of San Javier has been torn apart by conflict. The forces of the Presidential Republic, the alleged central government of the nation, are spread thin fighting almost a dozen other forces, and defense of the capitol takes up the majority of their forces. Communist rebels occupy the mountains, while right-wing paramilitary groups and powerful drug cartels roam the interior, controlling swaths of San Javier as their own personal kingdoms. Despite the potential of the resources of the island, from its agricultural potential to its untapped oil reserves, foreign governments have mostly kept their distance.
Following a recent announcement by the Atnaian government that proved they were involved in the early days of the conflict and may have armed not only the Congressional Army, but also paramilitary groups and drug cartels, Atnaia's new Hegemonic regime announced their intent to right wrongs through direct military involvement. Meanwhile, Kemora has also turned its attention towards the island nation. It seems that foreign attention has once again turned to the easily overlooked island, with their opposing interests likely to clash.
The RP and Rules
The goal of this RP is to wind up being a bit of a screwed-up mess of a war, a sort of proxy war mixed with a whole hell of a lot of moral ambiguity. No one is really in the right here, after all. Every side has made horrible human rights abuses over the past half century. While an element of the RP will be clandestine, it should be very clear that the intent of the RP is an asymmetrical military endeavor with a lot of sides. Everyone should be very clear about what their goals and interests are. If you don't have a strong motivator to be involved, don't. The only way this gets as dramatic as I hope for is if people are very forceful about their interests. "Just helping the communists" isn't a goal: re-establishing the communist rule is. Sending weapons to the paramilitaries isn't a goal: ensuring a powerful, right-wing military regime is. Go big or go home.
Standard TWI Rules apply here. If you have any questions, just ask. Naturally, the main rule is permission permission permission. Please discuss everything major here first. I like surprises, I don't like having the rug pulled out from underneath.
The Sides
The sides are, vaguely, as follows:
- The Presidential Republic - Supported By: Atnaia, Vancouvia
The Communists - Supported By: New Aapelistan, Athara Magarat, Bhikkustan
Right-Wing Paramilitary Groups - Supported By: Helvetea (FJARDP), Taziristan (through business-people), Island of Sceapige, Ostehaar, Freedomnonia
Drug Cartels - Supported By: Taziristan (through business-people), Corindia (Azul Naturaleza), Covonant, Ostehaar (Anliana Cartel)
The sides go more specific in the above dispatch on San Javier. Read it first, please. Even within each side, there is conflict and disagreement.
Participants and Their Goals
- Atnaia: Publicly, Atnaia's goal is to recreate stability in San Javier and to make up for their mistakes that exacerbated the conflict. Secretly, their goal is to set up a puppet regime in the nationa and to spread their imperialistic influence.
The Plan So Far
It's been brought to my attention that I am not clear with my plans. That's because I don't have plans. I see that as what the OOC is for. I don't know how this RP progresses or how it ends.
As stated above, Atnaia's goal is to spread hegemonic influence over SJ. If I had the prime, 100% perfect for Atnaia ending, I'd face no resistance and bulldoze over the country and take over. But that's boring and stupid and no fun, so it's definitely not the plan. Instead, let's discuss an idea that works for everyone.
PLANS SO FAR: Atnaia will send soldiers to aid the Presidential Republic in order to create a pro-hegemony regime (with the goal of using them as a stepping stone to a new Atnaian Empire). With renewed interest in the island obvious, Taziristan sends a shadowy individual to attempt to curry favour between the paramilitaries and cartels in order to unite them as a single power. Helvetea aims to support one of the more fascist aligned right-wing paramilitaries, in order to establish a puppet government in San Javier. New Aapelistan aims to support a communist rise to power, and Corindia shares similar goals, although mostly to prevent any single nation from having influence over the nation. Covonant aims to control the Javieran drug trade. Ostehaar has a long history with San Javier and aims to prevent NA influence in the nation. Vancouvia's rail contract puts them into a position for alliance with the Presidential Republic, so as to collect on their mass transportation control. The Island of Sceapige wants to test new military technologies through support of the paramilitaries. The AMI sees the Hegemony as a threat and wants to prevent them from gaining a wider sphere of influence and power that they could leverage against Athara Magarat. Keomora wants to control harbour rights, but also wants to specifically prevent an Atnaian rise to power.