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[Pyschotika]

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  • Thread Owner(s): Pyschotika
  • Location: Russia/Cotland
  • Classification Tag(s): Open
  • Synopsis: Thread following the conclusion of the Fourth Russo-Cottish War; Rise of the Revolution; Eventual war between Cottish elements and Russian Reds in a very odd twist of events; Inevitable evacuation of the Romanov's (no murderino in this reality)
  • Miscellaneous Notes: This will need to be a collab between Cotland and I, it's based out of a stricken bit of history that was dated for October 15th, 1915. Through this, we should see a bit more established history from 1915 onward - with potential collabs later I hope to establish other history prior to 1915.

[Earth_ Two]

Happy New Year folks & folkettes from Earth II.

This is just a mini-update.

Yugovia: I have updated your spreadsheet entry as requested.

Pyschotika: Your application and membership have been added and your thread has been added too.

Which means that maps are updated and so is the spreadsheet.

[Freistaat-Ostafrika]

After discussing with Lay, I'd like to add the following to my current claim:

China (Anhui, Chongqing, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanghai, Sichuan) - 1,326,544km

In accordance with Provision 6 of Decree IV, this is related to the current claim (discussed with Lay to make sure that it met the requirement). The point of this addition is to bulk out the Nanfang Republic and make it into the power that it needs to be for the storyline to work effectively. There'll be some minor tweaking in the claim thread to reflect the change.

[Yugovia]

Hey boys, a quick check in, I'm still here have just been busy for the last few days. I'm working on my history bit by bit so that's the next thing to anticipate from me.

[Yugovia]

Section 1: Canon to Add

• March 1870: [ Yugovia] The conspiratorial Carbonari are employed to weaken the northern Republican regimes that have previously resisted the reactionary Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in its effort to unify the Italian peninsula.
  
• May-July 1870: [Yugovia] Carlo Pisacane, a progressive Sicilian intellectual leads an army of volunteers that topples the Republic of Tuscany and the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont. The Kingdom of the TWo Sicilies capitalizes upon this success and quickly annexes both territories before turning on the Duchy of Milan which is annexed in July. The sole remaining autonomous Italian Republic, The Venetian COnfederation, is annexed several months later.
  
• September 1871: [ Yugovia] Pisacane and his volunteers enter the Papal States and seize Rome from the disorganized forces of the Pope. The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies restores the city to the papacy but de facto administers the city as part of the newly declared Kingdom of Italy.
  
• October 1871: [ Yugovia] Italian unification is marred by a wave of lawlessness across the peninsula. This Brigandism is primarily centered in the central and northern mountainous areas and is ended only through the commitment of several hundred thousand soldiers from the newly formed Royal Italian Army.
  
• November 1871: [ Yugovia] The Carbonara is liquidated by the Bourbon secret service, “il Ufficio Centrale”. Inspectors from the Central Office successfully infiltrate the Carbonara and motivate a disastrous fratricidal struggle that is dedicated to rooting out “freemasons, foreigners, and jews”, this conflict reduces the Carbonara to a shadow of its former glory and those few survivors who are unknown to the government retreat into the Apennine Mountains.
  
• July 1872: [ Yugovia] Surviving Carbonari convene an emergency meeting and form a new organization “Fratellanza di Sangue” (Brotherhood of Blood). This new organization begins to slowly recruit local youths but the peasantry is not a fertile ground for what is fundamentally a petit bourgeois organization.
  
• August 1873: [ Yugovia] After a year of gradually escalating terrorism the Fratellanza di Sangue declares a general insurrection in Milan. Townspeople are hesitant to cast in their lot with the radicals and the Carabinieri quickly eliminate the insurrectionaries. Prominent Fratelli and suspected rank-and-file members are arrested and executed.
  
• January 1875: [ Yugovia] The Kingdom of Italy is finally relatively stable, having eliminated the FS and the Briganti. This stability is matched by an initial wave of industrialization that sees the Italian economy expand rapidly, however the reactionary foundation of the regime prevents much needed land reform.
  
• April 1879: [ Yugovia] the Kingdom of Italy declares the start of the Fourth Punic War and lands three divisions of the Royal Army outside of Tunis. Tunis is captured without serious resistance and the Italian Army begins to advance towards Tripoli, along the fertile North African coast.
  
• February 1880: [ Yugovia] While the Italian Army has conquered the cities of North-Africa, they struggle to combat widespread berber raiding. The nomadic berbers are able to isolate and destroy several Italian garrisons in the northern Sahara before the Bourbons dispatch the Ufficio Centrale to groom a berber collaborationist leader.
  
• March 1881: [ Yugovia] Badis Aksil is able to unify several berber tribes and with Italian support works to unify his nomadic and decentralized people. This begins a period of berber civil struggle that culminates in the establishment of Italian Libya as a formal Italian colony. The berber people are recognized as agents of Naples and granted primacy in those lands beyond the fertile northern coast. While there remains some Berber renegades who continue to resist Italian rule, Askilite Berbers are able to drive them deep into the Sahara.
  
• May 1882: [ Yugovia] Re Umberto Bourbon declares the Kingdom of Italy as the legitimate holder of the title of the Kingdom of Greece due to the purchase of this title from the last of the Palaeologus Emperors of Byzantium in 1452. While the title in question was sold only due to the imminent conquest of Greece by Anatolian Turks the Kingdom of Italy insists that it is the rightful sovereign over the Greek lands.
  
• June 1883: [Yugovia]Despotes Anntonios Dalassenos refuses to cede his throne to the Bourbons and the Greek Army prepares to resist Italian invasion.
  
• July 1883: [Yugovia] The Royal Italian Navy and the Greek Navy clash in a series of battles around Crete that prove the Italian naval campaign to be a phyriffic victory. Unable to seriously project strength via the sea the Royal Italian Army is forced to march overland.
  
• August 1883: [Yugovia] To facilitate the Greek campaign, Albania is occupied by the Royal Army of Italy, with assurances that Italian administration is only temporary.
  
• March 1883: [Yugovia] The Royal Italian Army begins preparations along the Greco-Albanian border. While conditions remain unconducive to offensive operations for much of the spring, the Italian Army finally invades in mid June.
  
• June 1883: [Yugovia] Initial attacks into Greece are resisted by Greek soldiers and peasants alike. The Royal Army is unable to make serious headway and morale suffers from seemingly futile offensives that despite being planned in exacting detail are unable to make serious headway into northern Epirus.
  
• December 1883: [Yugovia] After several months of stalemate the Royal Army launches an all-out offensive that coincides with a naval foray on the part of the Royal Navy that results in an Italian Marine landing on the Peloponnese. After several minor skirmishes the Italian Royal Marines are able to establish a defensive line bisecting the Corinth Canal. The Greek Army immediately reorients their defensive efforts on the desperate Royal Marine line.
  
• February 1884: [Yugovia] Following a month long desperate siege the Italian Royal Marines withdraw towards Corinth and prepare to mount a last-stand amidst the ruins. The Greek Army pursue, erroneously believing that the Royal Italian Army had committed their theater level reserves to the Royal Marine defense. With the pressure relaxed on the northern front the Italian Royal Army launches a snap offensive that is able to breakthrough Greek lines. The Royal Marines are massacred but their sacrifice allows for eventual Italian victory.
  
• March 1884: [Yugovia] The Italian Spring Offensive finally stalls and is ultimately stopped in Central Greece. Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Epirus, the Ionian Islands, and Rhodes are occupied by the Italians. Greek collaborationists are organized and installed in Constantinople to serve as the administrators of Italian Greece.
  
• May 1884: [Yugovia] Exhausted both physically and psychologically, the Greek military begins to evaporate with many of the most storied regiments defecting to the collaborationist Greek State. In exchange the Bourbons award the Greeks significant autonomy within the Italian Kingdom and the Royal Army offers a cordial surrender that allows the Greek generals and aristocrats to keep their arms, banners, and uniforms. Peace is finally declared on May 21st and is known as the Peace of Constantine Equal to the Apostles. Loyalist Greek Generals and Despotes Anntonios Dalassenos retreats to the Aegean Islands and continues to resist.
  
• June 1884: [Yugovia] The Royal Army lacks the men, material, and resolve to seize the islands the Italian Royal Marines have ceased to exist as a fighting force. The Italian Royal Navy remains combat ineffective and the Italian economy is burdened by the war. An uneasy and unrecognized peace is mutually agreed upon by the Dalassenos Loyalists and the Greco-Italian forces.
  
• August 1885: [Yugovia] The Greek State with limited Italian support invades Anatolia and seizes ethnic Greek areas. Greater Greece is endorsed as an enduring aspiration of both the Greek State and their Italian overlords.
  
• January 1890: [Yugovia] Industrialization and a refusal on the part of the Bourbons to allow land reform in Italy sparks a wave of instability that culminates in several northern insurrections. To combat this wave of largely Anarchist and Socialist militancy il Ufficio Centrale is resurrected and granted a free hand, what follows is a period known colloquially as, “Il Terrore Bianco” as prominent intellectuals, dissidents, labor organizers, and even reform minded clergymen are imprisoned or executed.
  
• March 1892: [Yugovia] Unable to tolerate the outrages of il Ufficio Centrale the Royal Army appeals to both Re Umberto Bourbon and the Pope. The two sovereigns in Italy initially refuse to reign in the Ufficio but are finally compelled to do so by threats of a Republican military coup.
  
• November 1895: [Yugovia] Officers and senior enlisted soldiers, radicalized by the near revolt to end Il Terrore Bianco, stage an insurrection in Rome. A Republic is declared and radical Socialist inspired measures are proclaimed law. Proletarians across Italy join the insurrection and a number of Republics are declared. The peasantry remains passive and does not join the insurrection contrary to the expectations of the urban intellectual elites.
  
• December 1896: [Yugovia] After a year of disorder the Northern Republics are liquidated by the Army. The failure of the Republican revolt to make significant inroads into the countryside is regarded as the sole factor in allowing the Bourbon regime to survive.
  
• January 1897: [Yugovia] To prevent future revolutionary uprisings the Bourbons grant limited civil rights and expand the land available for colonization in Italian Africa. The Latin quarter in Constantinople is expanded at the expense of the Turkish inhabitants of the city and Italian citizenship is expanded to include ethnic Greeks.

[Layarteb]

So strangely enough this only goes to the end of 2010 and I swear I did it through 2018 to get House on Fire up-to-date. I'm finding that I'm missing a few files, which is unusual for me. Either I didn't save them or I improperly overwrote them from a temp file. I'll get working on getting the history back up to 2018 but here's what is there so far for Yemen.

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Section 1: Canon to Add

• March 19 - 20, 1969: [Yemen (NPC)] At the start of Muharram, a coup d'état is launched by General Waqar Jabir Touma against the reigning King Abdullah IV and the royalist government. The coup is carried out during the late evening hours with a core force of approximately 70 men, virtually all of them high-ranking officers in the Yemeni military. By dawn of the following day, the entirety of the Kingdom of Yemen is within their hands. General Touma declares himself Supreme Leader of the People's Republic of Yemen and begins the installation of a leftist, Marxist government.
• March 21 - 28, 1969: [Yemen (NPC)] In protest over the overthrow of King Abdullah IV, massive demonstrations by Yemeni civilizations paralyzes the capital of Sana'a. The people are opposed to the establishment of a Marxist regime. The most vocal anti-Marxist group comes from the country's farmers who face collectivization of their land but soon massive scores of ordinary citizens join in on the protests.
• March 28, 1969: [Yemen (NPC)] Yemeni soldiers finally take to the streets to suppress the protests. What results is a day of clashes between protestors and the Yemeni military. In the end, hundreds are killed with the official number being unknown. Opposition estimates ranged from between 100 and 500. A total of 9 Yemeni soldiers were killed during the clashes, some by friendly fire.
• April - August 1969: [Yemen (NPC)] Over the course of five months, Yemeni citizens march and protest regularly against the new government. In virtually every instance, violence erupts and gradually, the protestors become an armed and protect force leading to open street warfare in Sana'a by early summer 1969. Thousands are killed, most of them protestors.
• August 2 - 19, 1969: [Yemen (NPC)] Over an 18-day period, Yemeni military forces conduct a major counterinsurgency operation in Sana'a that leads to the capture and arrest of three-quarters of the opposition's leadership. Thousands of protestors previously identified at rallies are taken into custody as well. The operation cripples the opposition and breaks the back of the leadership. While there are protests throughout the rest of the year, few are organized and they are quickly broken up by military forces.
• Autumn - Early Winter 1969: [Yemen (NPC)] Through a series of skilled raids, Yemeni security forces round up the last members of the Yemeni royal dynasty and its political leadership. Only those who had fled Yemen remain alive. By this point, Yemen's prisons begin to overflow with political prisoners and several new prison camps are ordered to be constructed.
• 1970 - 1974: [Yemen (NPC)] Under Touma's leadership, the country undergoes a forced and abrupt transition into his vision of a Marxist state. A minimum wage is set, labor laws are codified, the cultivation of khat is banned, schools segregated by gender are desegregated, religion takes a back seat to many initiatives, angering the countries imams and more conservative bases, and massive public works projects are initiated. Unemployment drops to a worldwide low as those without jobs are forced into working on these projects. During this time, the world condemns his as a dictator and Islamic fundamentalists begin to rile support around the Muslim world for his overthrow. Despite this, the quality of life improves and social and economic reforms gain traction.
• April 9, 1974: [Yemen (NPC)] A hired assassin named Ammar Hadad fails to assassinate Supreme Leader Waqar Jabir Touma. He is captured in his escape attempt and he is put on public trial for this. He will ultimately be condemned to death and hanged publically in Sana'a.
• April 10, 1974: [Yemen (NPC)] In the wake of the failed attempt on Touma's life, Touma initiates a major purge of the Special Guard, his personal bodyguard force. The purge sees two-thirds of its officers and soldiers thrown in jail and their property confiscated by the government. Touma calls upon the People's Assembly to initiate a major crackdown on religious groups after it is determined that Hadad was paid by several prominent imams and clerics.
• April 11 - 18, 1974 : [Yemen (NPC)] Over a 7-day period that will become known as Black April, twenty-three prominent Islamic clerics and imams are arrested and have their mosques shuttered for their role in the attempted assassination of Touma. Yemeni courts will eventually sentence nine of these men to death but Touma, wishing to avoid making martyrs of them, commutes their sentences to twenty years each. Due to their age though, six of the nine will die before they reach the end of their sentences.
• Summer 1974 - Summer 1976: [Yemen (NPC)] The Yemeni military undergoes a major modernization plan that sees considerable revenue spent on aircraft, armored vehicles, air defenses, and coastal defenses. The majority of this equipment is purchased via Yemen's socialist allies and through revenue obtained by oil, manufactured products, chemical export, and the service industry. In these early days however, spending exceeds revenue and the public debt of the nation grows year over year.
• July - August 1976: [Yemen (NPC)] Supreme Leader Waqar Touma secretly authorizes the funding and the direction for a nuclear weapons program and a chemical weapons program. Yemen has a single, nuclear power plant supplied in the 1960s that is used solely for civilian energy needs near Aden. Over the next few years, rogue scientists and weapons designers will secretly come to Yemen to support these programs, taking advantage of the lack of international regulation and oversight.
• Spring 1977 - Late Winter 1979: [Yemen (NPC)] Supreme Leader Touma institutes a new series of social and economic reforms aimed at continuing the country's modernization. Many of the projects are unpopular with the people, especially with the Islamic clerics and imams who see certain mosques seized through eminent domain and turned into public works projects.
• February 10, 1979: [Yemen (NPC)] The Yemeni Civil War begins in response to Touma's latest economic and social reforms. The spark that ignites what will become a 17-year civil war is an armed attack by citizens in Zinjibar against the city's police stations as well as a public housing project under construction at the site of a former mosque. The attacks are not very successful but they do show the people of Yemen that they are not completely powerless against Touma's regime.
• Spring - Autumn 1979: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] Throughout the course of 1979, it becomes obvious that the Touma regime is not facing the same level of organized protestors that it had been ten years earlier. Touma accuses foreign states of supporting the rebels, specifically zeroing in on the Republic of Layarteb.
• Early Winter 1979 - Summer 1981: [Yemen (NPC)] The Yemeni government and military face a major crisis as approximately one-third of its armed forces, mostly ground units, defect and join the rebels under the moniker the Yemeni Democratic Forces. The YDF is one of dozens of factions fighting the government but because it is made up of defecting military forces it is the most capable. The fighting is the heaviest in Sana'a and Aden but the entirety of western Yemen, particularly Taizz and Dhamar are major battlegrounds.
• September 1981: [Yemen (NPC)] By the beginning of autumn 1981 there are 17 major sects and groups fighting in the Yemeni Civil War and the devastation wrought has left hundreds of thousands homeless and over 10,000 dead. It is in September 1981 however that a group named Jaysh al-Islam or Army of Islam is formed. The group is a fundamentalist group looking for the overthrow of Touma's government and its replacement by an Islamic, theocratic government. Among their members is a 21-year old man named Syed Hassan. This group will rapidly become an effective though small fighting force of 1,200 men. The dominance of irregular warfare plays heavily into the Army of Islam's tactics and their capabilities.
• January 1982 - February 1987: [Yemen (NPC)] The Yemeni Civil War rages for another five years with absolutely no respite in sight. After 8 years, casualties exceed 50,000 and the cities of Sana'a, Aden, Dhamar, and Taizz, amongst dozens of others, are hardly recognizable to what they once were. Over 500,000 people are rendered homeless and a refugee crisis brews.
• February 10, 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] On the 8th anniversary of the start of the Yemeni Civil War, the Touma government launches an especially brutal new counterinsurgency campaign that involves the use of chemical weaponry. The first such attack is against the city of Yarim where the Yemeni Democratic Forces have their strongest power base and their operational headquarters. The attack combines mustard gas and the nerve agent sarin. The attack leaves over 5,000 dead and over 10,000 wounded, many of them civilians. However, the YDF's core leadership is crippled, having been ill-prepared for such an attack. The attack is carried out by the Yemeni Air Force and it brings attention to the fact that Touma's regime has chemical weapons. The Layartebian Empire takes special notice.
• April 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] The Imperial Layartebian Navy begins active patrols in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. Supreme Leader Touma takes special offense to their presence and publically condemns the presence of these battlegroups as intrusive and harassing.
• May 2, 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] Two Yemeni MiG-23ML Flogger-G interceptors fly to within 50 nautical miles of the Layartebian battlegroup in the Red Sea. Though they are intercepted, they are not engaged as they do not show "hostile intent." The mission, many military analysts believe, was to test the Layartebian response.
• May 5, 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] Two Yemeni MiG-23ML Flogger-G interceptors takeoff and fly towards the Layartebian battlegroup in the Gulf of Aden, attempting to repeat their test from three days prior. However, Layartebian interceptors meet them at a distance of 125 nautical miles from the carrier and engage in a mock dogfight with the interceptors, forcing them to return home. Supreme Leader Touma calls the dogfight as aggressive and blames the Layartebian Empire for violating Yemen's airspace though radar plots show that the Layartebian interceptors did not get to within 20 nautical miles of Yemeni airspace.
• June 8, 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] The Yemeni Air Force attacks the city of Raydah with another mustard and sarin attack leaving over 3,000 dead and 10,000 injured. The city is another stronghold of a major sect fighting against the Touma government. This second attack, which is no less devastating politically-speaking than the one four months earlier, galvanizes the Layartebians to putting an end to Yemen's chemical weapons program. Intelligence efforts truly hone in on and focus on Yemen's military and government.
• June 9, 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] In response to a Layartebian condemnation of the Raydah Chemical Attack, the Yemeni Air Force launches two, four-ship formations of aircraft towards both Layartebian battlegroups in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, respectively. Each formation consists of two Su-24M Fencer-D attack aircraft and two MiG-23ML Flogger-G interceptors. Both flights are intercepted by naval fighters and they are turned away though not before both battlegroups warn of hostile intent should either group approach to within 80 nautical miles of the battlegroups. The Yemeni aircraft turn away at 85 nautical miles.
• July 22, 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] In complete defiance of the Empire of Layarteb, Yemeni military forces launch four Scud missiles against Tarim. Tarim is deep in rebel-held territory and another stronghold of the Yemeni Democratic Forces. Two of the missiles contain chemical warheads while the other two contain cluster warheads. Over 5,000 people are killed in the strike. The strike is carried out not far from a Yemeni Army base in Marib.
• July 25, 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] In response to the Tarim chemical attack, the Imperial Layartebian Navy launches 24 RGM-109C Tomahawk cruise missiles against the Marib Army Base, which is the first use of the Tomahawk cruise missile by the Layartebian military. The strike leaves the army base devastated but two missiles fail to detonate, leaving evidence of the strike. Supreme Leader Touma declares the attack an "act of war" by the Empire of Layarteb declares to sink both battlegroup's warships.
• July 28, 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] Following up on his promise to attack the Layartebian battlegroups, the Yemeni Navy launches 8 P-15 Termit (SS-N-2 Styx) missiles against the Layartebian battlegroup in the Gulf of Aden. The missiles are launched from a pair of Osa I-class missile boats. The missiles are defeated by a combined use of surface-to-air missiles, CIWS, and jamming. Retaliatory strikes sink both warships however. At this point, the Layartebian government is unified in acting against Yemen but they do not want to launch a major operation until they can neutralize Yemen's chemical weapons program as well.
• August 15, 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] Yemeni Air Force fighters launch to engage the Layartebian battlegroup in the Red Sea. They are detected early by airborne early warning and they are shot down before they can come within 100 nautical miles of the battlegroup. At this point, both countries exist in a state of war. In retaliation, the Imperial Layartebian Navy launches a coordinated airstrike against a military air base in Al Hudaydah where the fighters sortied from, resulting in major damage to the airbase rendering it inoperable.
• August 18, 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] A third Layartebian carrier battle group enters the area of operations off of Yemen and Operation IRON GRIZZLY begins the planning phase.
• October 9, 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] After significant intelligence-gathering operations by spies and reconnaissance aircraft, Operation IRON GRIZZLY is given the green light. However, it is called off at the eleventh hour when a single spy uncovers Yemen's nuclear program. The Empire of Layarteb is completely caught off-guard and seeks more information on the clandestine nuclear program before launching strikes.
• October 13, 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] In another aerial engagement, two Yemeni MiG-21bis Fishbed-L interceptors are shot down in a dogfight over the Gulf of Aden.
• October 15, 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] The Yemeni Navy launches an attack against the Layartebian battlegroup in the Red Sea. However, the Imperial Layartebian Navy sinks one gunboat in the process and shoots down two Yemeni fighters.
• Operation 18, 1987: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] Layartebian forces launch Operation NIMBLE GRIZZLY, meant to severely damage the Yemeni Navy and their ability to oppose Layartebian battlegroups. The operation lasts only a few hours but in the end Layartebian forces sink 2 frigates, 6 gunboats, and shoot down 3 MiG-21bis Fishbed-L interceptors.
• November 1987 - June 1988: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] While Operation IRON GRIZZLY remains on hold while intelligence agents and reconnaissance elements gather intel on the Yemeni nuclear program, Yemeni forces launch six more chemical attacks throughout Yemen. Though the Layartebian military responds each time with limited strikes, the Yemeni chemical weapons program continues to function. Intelligence assessments estimate that Yemen will have enough enriched uranium to produce a single nuclear bomb in 1990 but not before with 1991 as a more likely estimate. It is learned that Yemen is utilizing calutrons for enrichment versus centrifuges because the technology was easier to acquire.
• June 3, 1988: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] Layartebian intelligence identifies the location of Yemen's enrichment facility. Verification by multiple sources proves that there is only one facility however and it is located in Marib, deep in Yemeni territory. The same day, a Layartebian reconnaissance flight photographs the location. Yemeni MiG-25PD Foxbat-E interceptors scramble to intercept the SR-71A Blackbird but they are unable to do so effectively. The Yemeni Air Force operates only one squadron of 18 MiG-25PDs and their flights are rare, largely due to Supreme Leader Touma's worry that they will be shot down by Layartebian aircraft prematurely. He knows that major strikes are coming and he aims to use the Foxbats to shoot down Layartebian bombers.
• June 10, 1988: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] Operation IRON GRIZZLY is given the final green light but because it is much more extensive than its original inception, it requires a massive strike force of over 200 aircraft. Due to Yemen's location, it is impossible to use land-based fighters and instead, the operation must wait until naval forces can be built up in the region. The Empire of Layarteb commits to deploying four carrier battle groups, making a combined task force of almost 400 carrier-based aircraft. Long-range bombers will also participate in the operation by launching cruise missiles.
• July 5, 1988: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] After several weeks of planning, the Layartebian battlegroups are in theater. In addition to this, an amphibious assault group with a brigade of marines is deployed as well.
• July 8, 1988: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] Operation IRON GRIZZLY officially begins at 01:00 when the first barrage of cruise missiles strike their targets in Yemen. There are 104 sites targeted by the operation (11 nuclear/chemical, 20 command, 19 government, 1 political, 11 army, 32 air defense, 2 navy, 1 military industry, and 7 airbases) and the operation is slated to last four days. The initial barrage of attacks sees over 150 cruise missiles launched from Layartebian warships as well as attacks by against air defense sites. Virtually all of the cruise missiles are targeted against command, nuclear/chemical, and government sites. From Diego Garcia, eight B-52 Stratofortress bombers launch 64 cruise missiles against targets in Yemen. In air combat, Layartebian fighters down 30 Yemeni aircraft. There are no losses of Layartebian aircraft despite multiple SAM engagements.
• July 9, 1988: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] The second day of Operation IRON GRIZZLY sees dozens more cruise missiles launched and even more sorties against those targets. A damage assessment at the end of the day reveals that 83% of all targets have been struck though only 12% are destroyed and 29% suffering severe or moderate damage. One Layartebian fighter is shot down by a SAM and its pilot captured. Air combat sees Layartebian fighters down an additional 7 Yemeni aircraft in air combat while airstrikes destroy 10 on the ground.
• July 10, 1988: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] A third day of strikes during Operation IRON GRIZZLY sees the balance of the targets struck by cruise missiles and strikes. Over half of those targets have severe or total damage. Air combat sees only 2 Yemeni aircraft downed by Layartebian fighters. Strikes on this day target the national headquarters of the Yemeni Communist Party, the sole political target. It is destroyed beyond recognition.
• July 11, 1988: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] In the final day of strikes during Operation IRON GRIZZLY, Layartebian cruise missiles and fighters sortie against many of the targets that show moderate or light damage. By the end of the day, 76% of all targets have severe or total damage, with all nuclear/chemical targets destroyed, the political target destroyed, all of the country's airbases and air defense sites destroyed, and its two navy yards destroyed. The final tally sees 515 cruise missiles launched by Layartebian forces (425 ship-launched, 90 air-launched) and 1,165 sorties flown. A total of 40% of all ordinance used is guided weaponry, particularly laser-guided bombs. Accuracy rates by cruise missiles is rated at 85%. The only friendly loss is the single downed Layartebian fighter though several fighters are damaged by the end of the campaign. The country's chemical weapons program is annihilated and most of its top scientists are killed. Its nuclear program is devastated as well with equal losses to its scientific leadership.
• July 12, 1988: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] The Empire of Layarteb begins negotiations for repatriation of its downed pilot, Major William Cooper. With the cessation of hostilities, the Layartebian government gives Supreme Leader Touma just 48 hours to hand over Cooper alive and well. Touma faces a perilous crisis however in that Cooper was executed within 18 hours of his capture. For the Empire of Layarteb, the strikes have seriously degraded the cruise missile inventory of the nation as well as a significant portion of its laser-guided bombs.
• July 14, 1988: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] Supreme Leader Touma, facing a major crisis, admits that Major Cooper is dead but insists that he died in the crash. However, what Touma does not know is that Major Cooper contacted Layartebian aircraft shortly after landing to initiate his rescue and his last transmission was seconds before his capture when he told Layartebian listeners that he would be captured imminently. He destroyed his radio before he could captured. In response, the Empire of Layarteb plays "stupid" and arranges to retrieve the body.
• July 16, 1988: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] Six hours after Major William Cooper's body is turned over to Layartebian authorities, the Empire of Layarteb launches Operation FURIOUS GRIZZLY. The strikes involve 80 carrier-based aircraft and 18 B-52 Stratofortress bombers. Each B-52 launches eight AGM-86C CALCM cruise missiles, solely against government targets with 90% of the 144 missiles striking their targets. The carrier aircraft attack in two groups with aircraft flying CAP, SEAD, and strike sorties. The operation targets various government, command, and military targets. They are devastating to say the least and Supreme Leader Waqar Touma is killed, which was the sole objective of the operation. In addition, 5 Yemeni fighters are shot down and an additional 14 are destroyed on the ground, leaving the Yemeni Air Force with fewer than 20 serviceable aircraft.
• July 17, 1988: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] In response to Operation FURIOUS GRIZZLY, a follow-on operation is launched by the Imperial Layartebian Navy and Marine Corps with the invasion of the island of Socotra. This is known as Operation ANGRY GRIZZLY. The Yemeni garrison on Socotra is small, limited solely to a regimental-sized element at the island's airport. To their credit, these men fight fiercely for several hours before surrendering amidst massive casualties. Layartebian forces suffer 18 killed and 73 wounded. One helicopter is brought down by ground fire but its crew - injured - are able to set the aircraft down far enough away from hostile forces to avoid capture. They are rescued within 30 minutes of being downed.
• July 20, 1988: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] After a major crisis following the death of Supreme Leader Touma, Safwah Noori Antar takes over as Supreme Leader of Yemen. He is warned in an official diplomatic cable, which arrives less than 2 hours after his announcement, that any further military action against Layartebian forces as well as any further use of chemical weaponry will result in a complete and total invasion of the People's Republic of Yemen. The cable is something of a bluff however as the Empire of Layarteb is not in any condition, militarily-speaking, to invade Yemen and deal with a major insurgency. Despite this, Antar replies that he will abide by those terms as long as the Layartebians do not violate the sovereignty of Yemen, the Socotra issue aside.
• August 1988 - February 1993: [Yemen (NPC)] After 4-1/2 years, the Yemeni Civil War shows some signs of abating. The country remains a ravaged mess but rebel forces have suffered much worse than government forces have and a crack begins to show. However, throughout this time, Supreme Leader Antar proves himself to be an otherwise incompetent leader more concerned with his own nepotism, cronyism, and corruption than seeing to the welfare of the armed forces. He is largely excluded from the war fighting effort by the country's top military leadership and several coups are discussed but none acted upon as the military leadership is hopeful to utilize Antar as a figurehead and merely divert their decision-making around him.
• February 10, 1993: [Yemen (NPC)] On the fourteenth anniversary of the start of the Yemeni Civil War, a major consolidation of rebel forces occurs. Once upon a time there had been as many as 17 different sects and groups fighting for control of the government but by now there are only 5. Those 5 form an alliance with one another named the Yemeni Alliance for Victory or YAV for short. However, one group in particular, is excluded from this alliance, the Army of Islam. Over the years since its formation, the Army of Islam has befriended no one and caused nothing but more violence. Their fundamentalist, uncompromising positions mean that they are an enemy to both the rebels and the government.
• Spring 1993 - Early Winter 1995: [Yemen (NPC)] The Yemeni Alliance for Victory gradually achieves victories throughout Yemen against government forces. Slowly, they begin to not only capture but to hold territory as well.
• January 9, 1996: [Yemen (NPC)] In a major victory, the Yemeni Alliance for Victory the Yemeni port city of Aden. They begin a major push northwards with Sana'a as their final destination.
• February 2 - 11, 1996: [Yemen (NPC)] The city of Taizz falls to the Yemeni Alliance for Victory after a brutal, 9-day battle. The victory however spells certain doom for the Yemeni government who are faced with the humiliation of having two whole regiments flee from the city rather than fight.
• March 5 - 9, 1996: [Yemen (NPC)] The Yemeni government focuses a four-day campaign against the Army of Islam in Al Hazm, where the group's leadership is obliterated and its numbers reduced by half. However, to accomplish this, the government has exposed its southern flanks and allows for the city of Ibb to fall.
• March 17 - 21, 1996: [Yemen (NPC)] The Yemeni Alliance for Victory captures Dhamar as more Yemeni soldiers flee from battle. Compared to other major urban fights, this 4-day battle is relatively light on casualties, largely because so many Yemeni forces flee. Sana'a becomes the "Alamo" for the Yemeni government.
• April 1 - 12, 1996: [Yemen (NPC)] What remains of the Army of Islam is caught by government and rebel forces in Marib as they attempt to flee eastward. The Battle of Marib is especially brutal and though the government is victorious, this is a pyrrhic victory at most. The Army of Islam is devastated however and fewer than 100 terrorists escape, including the now 36-yr old Syed Hassan who has become one of the most distinguished battlefield commanders in the Army of Islam.
• May 8 - 18, 1996: [Yemen (NPC)] The Battle of Sana'a rages in what is one of the hardest fought battles of the entire Yemeni Civil War. It is also the last battle and in the end, the Yemeni Alliance for Victory captures Sana'a and forces the communist government to flee. Supreme Leader Safwah Noori Antar is captured as his convoy attempted to run northward. He is publically executed within an hour of his capture and his body beaten to nothing where it is left in a ditch. His death is filmed and it becomes a major propaganda piece for many years to come.
• May 19, 1996: [Yemen (NPC)] The Yemeni Civil War draws to a closer after 17 years, 3 months, and 12 days. Estimates of the dead range from 150,000 to 550,000 and over 1,000,000 people are permanently displaced from their homes, with at least one-third permanently leaving the country. The rebuilding process will become costly and the country will never fully recover economically. Some neighborhoods will still be damaged 20 years after the war's end.
• May 22, 1996: [Yemen (NPC)] The Confederation of Yemeni Emirates is officially formed in Aden with the signing of the Unification Treaty of Aden. The country is divided up into 21 governorates, twenty of which are to be ruled by a tribal emir. These 20 emirs are all leaders in the Yemeni Alliance for Victory. They agree to form the capital in Aden solely because it is a port city and it was the first major city captured in the final months of the war. The emirs agree to a capitalist economy but they fear exploitation by foreigners and agree to closely control the direction of the country. The Federal Legislative Council is formed to be the legislature and each governorate or emirate of Yemen will appoint 3 representatives to this legislature. The country is given a dual executive with a head of state and a head of government. The head of state is elected from the 20 emirs while the head of government is elected from the 60 legislators. Militarily, the Yemeni Alliance for Victory disbands and the country's military is reformed and capped at 80,000 men. A national police is formed and capped at 50,000 men. The emirs however are allowed to raise tribal armies to protect their emirates. There is no cap but this tribal army of militiamen only numbers approximately 20,000 men.
• May 31, 1996: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] Syed Hassan and the remnants of the Army of Islam find themselves in Mahmeddah and there they formally announce the disbandment of the Army of Islam in favor of the formation of a new group, which they name Al-Shams after the 91st Sura in the Qur'an. The passage talks about the Thamud, a formerly prosperous but now extinct Arab tribe that turned its back on Allah and was thus destroyed. The allegory matches how Al-Shams sees its enemies. They specifically call out the government in Aden and the Empire of Layarteb as the largest enemies to Islam, Allah, and the prophet Muhammad. They call out the government for "turning their backs on Islam" by their adoption of a non-theocratic government. They call out the Empire of Layarteb for their actions against Yemen but also for seizing Socotra and being a pagan nation, particularly citing the large numbers of adherents to the Layartebian Pagan Rite. Not only this but they call out many other nations in the world.
• June 10, 1996: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] The Empire of Layarteb and the Yemeni government come to a formal agreement on Socotra. The land will not be returned to Yemen and in exchange, the Yemeni government will assist with the relocation of all 44,000 of the island's citizens - at the expense of Layarteb City - and the Empire of Layarteb will provide commit to a certain level of economic assistance by buying Yemeni oil and certain agricultural products. In addition, the Empire of Layarteb will inject approximately §1 billion in capital into the country to support its infrastructure and provide an annual allotment of foreign aid. In 1996, this allotment is §500 million and by 2016 it is §2 billion. With this agreement in place, the Empire of Layarteb begins massive expansion of Socotra Air Force Base, located near the settlement of Mori. The base will expand to cover 32.5 km² or just over 8,000 acres and the island itself will become a major training grounds for special operations teams and conventional forces in counterterrorism and desert warfare. The island's settlement of Hadiboh will become one of the largest naval bases outside of Layartebian soil when it is completed. It will be approximately 19 km² in area or 4,695 acres. This will include facilities to support an entire carrier battle group, a marine brigade, and contain a naval air station. Construction of both facilities will be completed in roughly 8 years.
• October 10, 1997: [Yemen (NPC)] Al-Shams executes its first terror attack when it detonates a car bomb outside of the Mercure Hotel in Aden. The bomb causes major damage to the front of the hotel and leaves 54 people dead and 92 wounded. The bombing largely goes unnoticed around the world but it ushers in a new era of violence for Yemen only 17 months after the end of the Yemeni Civil War.
• November 8, 1997: [Yemen (NPC)] Al-Shams terrorists attack a supermarket in Al-Mukalla, leaving 35 dead and 16 wounded.
• November 15, 1997: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] In response to the Mercure Hotel bombing and the Al-Mukalla market attack, the Empire of Layarteb commits to providing counterterrorism resources to the Yemeni government in Aden; however, because of the likelihood of sympathizers within the Hadhramaut Governorate, the Empire of Layarteb is unwilling to share any trade secrets. Four RQ-1A Predator UAVs are transported to Socotra where they are based to provide intelligence over Al-Mukalla. Due to the limited 700-km radius of the RQ-1A though, they are limited in how much of Yemen they can overfly. The village of Mahmeddah is on the edge of their operational radius.
• December 1997 - August 2001: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] Over the course of four years the Empire of Layarteb assists the Yemeni government in putting over 200 members of Al-Shams in prison including Syed Hassan and many of the top leadership. The success of the operation is hailed in both the Empire of Layarteb and throughout the Confederacy of Yemeni Emirates.
• January 5, 2002: [Yemen (NPC)] Emir Qutaiba Rihab Ganem, the Yemeni head of state, is assassinated with a car bomb. Al-Shams takes credit for the bombing and demands the release of all "political prisoners" in Yemen, specifically naming its leaders and members.
• January 10 - February 11, 2002: [Yemen (NPC)] Over the course of one month, terrorists from Al-Shams carry out nineteen attacks throughout Yemen though they are small and do not always result in fatalities. The government in Aden refuses to acquiesce to the demands of the terrorist group.
• February 12, 2002: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] After receiving the greenlight from Emir Yusef Fakhoury, head of state, and Emir Abdul-Quddus Salah Tannous, the Empire of Layarteb conducts two strikes in Al-Mukalla via drone. A single RQ-1A is modified to the MQ-1B Block 1 standard, which allows the drone to carry two anti-tank guided missiles. The strikes target Al-Shams' operational commander and their second-in-charge. Both strikes kill the two men while they are riding in separate convoys. The strike is effective in curtailing the activities of the terrorist group for a short time.
• April 1, 2003: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] In a daring prison break, over 52 members of Al-Shams, including Syed Hassan and the top 20 members of Al-Shams escape from their prison in Sana'a in what is most certainly an inside job. They escape via a long tunnel and through a nearby mosque. The prison break is a major setback for the Yemeni government. The Empire of Layarteb pins the blame on the Emir of Sana'a, which causes a diplomatic row between the two nations.
• April 12, 2003: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] The Layartebian consulate in Sana'a is heavily damaged by a truck bomb containing some 10 tons of high-explosive material. Though 18 Layartebians are killed in the blast a further 200 Yemenis - all civilians - are killed by the sizeable blast. When Al-Shams claims responsibility they cite the assassinations of February 12, 2002 as their motive. Syed Hassan is given the title of Sheik sometime before this but his claim of responsibility is the first to use the title. He is just 43 years old. The bombing of the Layartebian consulate in Sana'a becomes a major recruitment tool for Al-Shams and the begin to see an influx of Yemeni and foreign Arabs. Their numbers are estimated at fewer than 1,000 prior to the consulate bombing.
• Summer 2003 - Early Winter 2006: [Yemen (NPC)] Al-Shams' membership grows significantly to approximately 7,000 members by the end of 2006, turning the terrorist group into a large, standing army. Centered around Mahmeddah, the group makes preparations for territorial expansion
• January 10 - 24, 2007: [Yemen (NPC)] Al-Shams launches its campaign to seize territory throughout Yemen and establish their own state. Their first target is Al-Mukalla, which they capture after two weeks. They easily sweep aside military, national police, and tribal forces before going on a major tear through the Hadhramaut Governorate.
• Spring 2007 - Summer 2010: [Yemen (NPC)] Al-Shams spreads throughout Yemen with the support of some emirs. Their presence becomes dominant in 4 of the 21 governorates, they have a major presence in 4 additional governorates, and they have a presence in a total of 16 governorates including Aden and Sana'a. They establish Al-Mukalla as their capital but knowing its proximity to the sea makes it vulnerable, they also establish a capital deep in the Shabwah Governorate at Ataq. Al-Shams organizes itself into a functioning government with commanders put in charge of each of the many districts it has a major or a dominant presence in while it appoints lesser officials to the districts where it has some but not a major or a dominant presence. Mahmeddah is seen as its "spiritual capital" since that is where it was founded. Despite the terror group's strict adherence to sharia law and its terror ideology, a vast majority of the citizens within its major or dominant controlled districts find themselves indifferent to or supportive of Al-Shams, chiefly because Al-Shams works to provide infrastructure to these locations where much had been lacking since the end of the Yemeni Civil War.
• August 1, 2010: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] The Empire of Layarteb and Yemen's head of state, Emir Tawhid Na'im Asghar, come to an agreement to fight Al-Shams. However, this agreement is very complex, largely owing to the complex nature of Yemen's government. Emirs that are tolerant of or supportive of Al-Shams are too strong to unseat without risk of major civil war and thanks to Al-Shams' support, their tribal armies are better trained and better equipped than many others. Owing to the poor state of the Yemeni military and the widespread corruption of the Yemeni National Police, Emir Tawhid Na'im Asghar can only give the Empire of Layarteb limited carte blanche to act so long as it is done covertly or clandestinely. Though the entire world will know that it is the Empire of Layarteb bombing Al-Shams, it is a war conducted without press releases or celebrations, entirely by special operations forces, aircraft, and cruise missiles. This will become known as the "Quiet War" within the inner circles of the Layartebian government.
• December 9, 2010: [Layarteb, Yemen (NPC)] The Empire of Layarteb carries out its first strike against Al-Shams in Yemen since 2002 with a targeted, cruise missile strike against a warehouse in Ar Rawdah, where Al-Shams is confirmed to be storing bomb-making materials. The explosion causes widespread damage to the area around the warehouse thanks to the secondary explosions and leaves 111 people dead, most of them civilians. Pieces of the cruise missile survive the strike but none carry markings or identifiers to implicate the Empire of Layarteb specifically; however, few in the world suspect anyone other than the Layartebians of carrying out the strike.

Just a note to myself:

ADD THIS TO THE CANON!

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• Nation Name: The New American Confederacy
• Demonym: New Confederate
• Capital: Charleston ( Kamloops)
• Founding Date: June 30th, 1934
• Official Language(s): Omani
• Official Religion: None
• Largest Religion: Atheism, Extranism
• Government Type: Corrupt Republic, sort-of corporatocracy
• Head of State: President; President Joseph Charleston
• Head of Government: Premier Charles Winston
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• [url=URL]https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=458496[/url]
  
  • Thread Owner(s): East Ares
  • Location: North America, Northern NA, Western Canada and partially Alaska
  • Classification Tag(s): Introduction, Story
  • Synopsis: The New American Confederacy is a coalition formed from the ideals of the original US confederacy. They believe that men are superior to women, and that slavery is an acceptable idea if it leads to profit. Formed above the Layarteb Empire, they seek to convert the world to the ideas which have been degraded by the free world.
  • Miscellaneous Notes: Not 100% Confederacy ideas, as they are nationalist and not necessarily racist. Anyone from out of the country is disliked, even if they are white.

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• Nation Name: The New Kingdom of Bactria
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• Capital: Samarkand
• Founding Date: June 1st, 1830
• Official Language(s): Uzbek, Greek, Farsi, and English
• Official Religion: The Temple of Unity
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  • Location: Samarkand, Capitol of the New Kingdom of Bactria
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  • Synopsis: The New Kingdom of Bactria has been enjoying many decades of peace, but troubling ethnic conflict across the border in the area of Kyrgyzstan has caused some to think it's time to reclaim an old heartland of the kingdom. Such conflict and loss of life cannot be allowed to continue unabated; not upon the New Kingdom's doorstep.
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Section 1: Canon to Add

The Ancient Past

• 250 BCE: [Thrashia] Diodotus, the satrap of Bactria founded the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom when he seceded from the Seleucid Empire and became King Diodotus I of Bactria. (This would later be known as the 'Old Kingdom Era' in modern times.)
• 250~210 BCE: [Thrashia] The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom successfully expands its borders from the northern steppes to the forests of the sub-continent of India; successfully fending off attacks from intruding nomadic tribes and retaliatory attempts by the Seleucids to retake Bactria.
• 160~70 BCE: [Thrashia] Due to numerous wars against external enemies and fractious, internecine wars within, the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom weakened. Forced by the Saka and later the Yuezhi nomadic peoples to retreat from their heartlands to the south. The last true Bactrian King would be Hermaios Soter, who died fighting against foreign invaders.
  
  The Classical Era
• 0~100CE: [Thrashia] The lands and territory that had once been the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom would be consumed by the Yuezhi nomadic tribes, who themselves absorbed the Hellenic culture of their conquered subjects -- to eventually form the Kushan Empire. Their ferocious and warlike nature would see them expand beyond the boundaries of the older Bactrian Kingdom.
• 100CE~220CE: [Thrashia] The Kushan Empire would be short lived as they were subsumed by the powerful Parthians that swept north and east from the Iranian Plateau.
• 220~600CE: [Thrashia] The Parthian Empire would in its time be conquered by the vibrant Sasanian Empire, also known as the Sassanid or Neo-Persian Empire. It was during this time that the Hellenistic past and current Persian culture would mix more thoroughly than ever before. The Macedonian and nomadic tribal traditions for horsemanship and use of cavalry in warfare would become a staple within the Sassanid Empire's military.
• 651~1000 CE: [Thrashia] The Rise of Islam would see the end of the Sassanid, Neo-Persian Empire. Swept up in the religious wave of conquests, the region would be divided among numerous Islamic caliphates and successor states.
  
  The Age of Gunpowder
• 1501~1736 CE: [Thrashia] Of all the states and successor kingdoms, empires, and city-states to follow the rising tide of the Islam, it would be the Safavid dynasty, founders of what could be considered the modern territory of Iran, that would have the most impact. The dynasty of the Safavids was myriad and multi-ethnic; included intermarriages with Georgian, Circassian, and Pontic Greeks -- as well as Bactrian nobility. Many of the cultural, scientific, and societal advances that were made during this dynasty's existence would be absorbed by surrounding peoples.
• 1720 CE: [Thrashia] Driven by the free-thinking culture that permeated the Safavid ruling elite, many historians delved further into the histories of the peoples within the surrounding lands. This research was to peak and help formulate the beginning of the Greco-Bactrian Revival Movement, seeing in the past a nobler aspect that what they could see in their present time.
  
  The Age of Independence and Revival
• 1739~1800: [Thrashia] Rising discontent between older religious groups that settled throughout the Safavid territory before it's rise and the local Islamic leadership creates eddies of tension throughout the region.
• 1740~1820 CE: [Thrashia Itailian Maifias] The rise of the Durrani Empire, conquering much of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, creates a rift between Western colonial powers that are looking to interfere in Central Asia. The Empire of Britannia's occupation of the area known as Pakistan was highly aggressive and seen as an existential threat to many of the local elite.
• 1820~1830 CE: [Thrashia] A leading magnate that controlled land in northern Afghanistan, southern Uzbekistan, and western Tajikistan by the name of Malik Baharah Aarash Uzbek rose to prominence. Declaring that he would no longer serve the Emirate of Afghanistan, nor pay homage to the Safavids he married into an old house with Greek roots, a famous local family known as the Galatas-Dionids. Using the connection through his wife's heritage, he took a new name: Malik Baharah Arrash Uzbek Diodotus V.
• Spring 1830 CE: [Thrashia] Using levies raised from his own lands, Malik Diodotus V forms an army to resist a suppression force sent from Kabul to crush his rebellion. Malik Diodotus was eager and decided that he would not await any attack by the Emir's forces, but would himself force the issue. With a lightning advance south the army of Malik Diodotus reached the Salang Pass -- the main road that led from Kabul to the north through the Hindu Kush. The Emirate army marching north was slowed by heavy baggage and ill-training. The entire army, thought to number some 18,000 men, were caught in an ambush along the mountain road of the Salang Pass by the 8,000 soldiers of Malik Diodotus.
• Summer 1830 CE: [Thrashia] In the wake of the Battle of Salang Pass and the destruction of the Emir's army there, panic gripped Kabul. Emir Amanullah Khan abandoned his capitol and fled south. Diodotus V returned to his territories and declared the creation of a New Kingdom of Bactria on May 9th, 1830.
• 1830~1835 CE: [Thrashia] Spurred on by his success in war against the Emirate of Afghanistan, numerous local warlords and tribal leaders gathered around the new King Diodotus V. The King accepted their allegiance in return for faithful service and guarantees of a bright future, endowed with prosperity. The New Kingdom government quickly made use of fondness for past glory to enliven the image of the New Kingdom -- 'inheritors of Alexander, Diodotus the First, and Hermaios Soter'. Greeks and Macedonians of the modern age were invited to settle in this New Kingdom, further cementing ties from the present to the past.
  
  The Rise of the New Kingdom
• June 2nd, 1843 CE: [Thrashia] King Malik Baharah Aarash Uzbek Diodotus V passes away peacefully in his sleep within the newly finished palace in Samarkand.
• June 9th, 1843 CE: [Thrashia] After the seven days of mourning and the funeral for the King is complete, the Council of Elders is first convened by order of the Queen Dowager, following the law laid down within the dead king's will. Three hundred elders and wise men from various ethnic tribes and groups within the New Kingdom arrive and are asked to choose the next king. It is decided by vote that the next king will be Akmal Bahadur, the former king's third son. Akmal Bahadur had gained the respect and love of many by his wise counsel and commitment to creating a strong and prosperous kingdom. He takes the mantel of Diodotus and becomes King Bahadur Diodotus VI.
• Winter 1843 CE: [Thrashia] King Akmal Bahadur Diodotus VI is forced to exile his eldest brother, who had been caught plotting with foreign enemies to take control of the New Kingdom. When his brother joins with the vestiges of the Emirate of Afghanistan and attempts to raise an army to invade, the New Kingdom Royal Army marches into Afghanistan and crushes them.
• December 27th, 1843 CE: [Thrashia] The Battle of Kabul ends in a swift victory for the Bactrian Royal Army. General Mahriz Mithridates emulates the old King Diodotus with a lightning march south through the Salang Pass and catches the Emirate and the rebel prince by complete surprise. It is said that the general prostrated himself three times while facing north at the sight of the older Battle of Salang Pass, paying homage to the victory of his old, deceased king.
• 1844~1847 CE: [Thrashia] Afghanistan is slowly and systematically incorporated into the New Kingdom of Bactria.
• 1847~1850: [Thrashia] King Diodotus VI campaigns to reintegrate the last remaining holdouts of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. The annexation is done relatively peacefully, as no local tribe or warlord has the power to resist, nor do they wish to. The peace and prosperity of the New Kingdom of Bactria is an attractive lure for many that have endured poverty and injustice between the vice-ridden Emirs of Afghanistan and the Caliphs of the Persian Empire.
• 1860: [Thrashia] King Akmal Bahadur Diodotus VI dies due to a smallpox epidemic that sweeps through the region. The king's death spurs on a fanatical demand for adequate medical care and vaccinations. The king's heir, chosen by the Council of Elders, is a distant cousin of the former king's -- King Ardashir Aarash Eucratides III.
• 1860~1887: [Thrashia] The reign of King Eucratides III is seen as a golden era of the New Kingdom of Bactria. Spurred by the public demand for strong medical advances, the sciences and arts are incredibly increased across Bactria. Royal libraries and schools are built or refurbished in every town and city of the kingdom. The best teachers and professionals in the fields of biology, chemistry, and medical science are brought from abroad. The literacy rate of the Kingdom rises to above 90% during this period. Book publishers and newspapers flourish. The right of freedom of speech and freedom of religion are reinforced and socially mandated, enforced by decree of the King.
• 1890~1901: [Thrashia Itailian Maifias] The Bactrian-Persian War. Spurred on by the unwillingness of the Safavid rulers to suppress border tribes from enacting raids and banditry against citizens and villages within the New Kingdom, the fourth Bactrian ruler, King Diomedes Diodotus VII declares war against Persia. Backed by military improvements gained through trade with the Empire of Britannia, the Bactrian Royal Army manages to win every major battle. No other great powers are able to intervene before the Bactrian regiments are seen marching through the streets of Tehran and Persepolis. The Persian Army however resists all the stronger the further west they are pushed. All of Iran and part of Iraq are overrun, but the line there is then held. The war stagnates, each side digging into key-strategic positions. The Siege of Tabriz becomes a calling card for the barbarity of the conflict as both the Persians and the Bactrians begin using chemical weapons for the first time.
• February 1st, 1902: [Thrashia] The Treaty of London is signed. The New Kingdom of Bactria annexes all of Iran, Kuwait, and al-Basrah from the Persian Empire. The Persian Empire is heavily fragmented politically by this treaty, but remains as a polity within it's remaining territory.
  
  The Modern Era
• 1902~1960: [Thrashia] The work of integrating the new territories of it's conquests into the New Kingdom of Bactria does not start off to an easy start. Many Iranians are angry due to the war, losing the war, and also at the suffering endured due to the length of the conflict. This is alleviated in a relatively short period of time. The oil fields of Iran are tapped into by the Royal Family and are used to fuel a revitalization program across the length and breadth of the New Kingdom. Roads, towns, hospitals, schools, supermarkets, and more are all rebuilt or built new. Bactrian doctors are now considered to be some of the best in the world, foreign students coming from across the globe to study at the Royal School of Medical Science. The New Kingdom's policies of religious freedom and respect for local cultures endears the populace at large, further helping to integrate the Iranians, Iraqis, and Kuwaitis into the Bactrian citizenship.
• 1960~2010: [Thrashia] Though it is always small and considered to be easily ignored by most, a growing number of hardcore religious extremists begin to appear in opposition to the efforts of Unity that the Bactrian Royal Family adopt. The idea of the Temple of Unity -- that all gods have a place within an interconnected, innumerable number of pantheons is considered heretical. Aamir Yousef Karim, a wealthy land owner and Islamist fanatic, rises as a loud voice within the New Kingdom against heretics and foreign influences. Abdullah Suhail Tawfig, the self-proclaimed last heir to the Emirate of Afghanistan, supports Aamir Yousef Karim. When Bactrian Military Intelligence uncovers a series of plots by Karim to execute suicide bombings throughout the New Kingdom, he is arrested and then banished.
• August 1st, 2011: [Thrashia] King Fahim Ibrahim Diodotus VIII is crowned ruler of the New Kingdom of Bactria.

[Earth_ Two]

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Please use the form below for the submission and/or revision of historical canon. The DATE should be filled out as "Month Day, Year" (January 12, 2018). It is not necessary to fill out AD on years but it is necessary to fill out BC. When writing years in BC it is required to use a comma separating thousands (e.g. 12,000 BC) but this is not done with AD (e.g. 2018). The use of anything other than BC and AD will be replaced with BC and AD. The USERNAME field should be your username on this site. If you are listing multiple users then they are to be listed alphabetically (e.g. Layarteb, The Roman Star Republic). When listing NPCs the format is the nation's short form name and (NPC) following (e.g. Mexico (NPC)). Use as many lines as necessary. Be as specific as you can with dates. For dates in modern times, if it is possible, use the exact date. It is acceptable to use a range of dates. If you wish to denote broader time spans you can also use seasons. For winter, you are to use "Early Winter" if it is January - March or "Late Winter" if it is December. The seasons are Early/Late Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn. Please been consistent with your naming conventions. Do not use ambiguous references. For example, the Empire of Layarteb is often written as "the Empire." This should not be done as it is ambiguous. Use proper formatting, grammar, and presentation in this history. It will be reviewed before acceptance. For additions, please fill out only the first section. For revisions, please use both sections with the revision in the first section and the original of what is being changed in the second section. For deletions, please fill out only the second section.

Section 1: Canon to Add

The Ancient Past

• 250 BCE: [Thrashia] Diodotus, the satrap of Bactria founded the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom when he seceded from the Seleucid Empire and became King Diodotus I of Bactria. (This would later be known as the 'Old Kingdom Era' in modern times.)
• 250~210 BCE: [Thrashia] The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom successfully expands its borders from the northern steppes to the forests of the sub-continent of India; successfully fending off attacks from intruding nomadic tribes and retaliatory attempts by the Seleucids to retake Bactria.
• 160~70 BCE: [Thrashia] Due to numerous wars against external enemies and fractious, internecine wars within, the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom weakened. Forced by the Saka and later the Yuezhi nomadic peoples to retreat from their heartlands to the south. The last true Bactrian King would be Hermaios Soter, who died fighting against foreign invaders.
  
  The Classical Era
• 0~100CE: [Thrashia] The lands and territory that had once been the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom would be consumed by the Yuezhi nomadic tribes, who themselves absorbed the Hellenic culture of their conquered subjects -- to eventually form the Kushan Empire. Their ferocious and warlike nature would see them expand beyond the boundaries of the older Bactrian Kingdom.
• 100CE~220CE: [Thrashia] The Kushan Empire would be short lived as they were subsumed by the powerful Parthians that swept north and east from the Iranian Plateau.
• 220~600CE: [Thrashia] The Parthian Empire would in its time be conquered by the vibrant Sasanian Empire, also known as the Sassanid or Neo-Persian Empire. It was during this time that the Hellenistic past and current Persian culture would mix more thoroughly than ever before. The Macedonian and nomadic tribal traditions for horsemanship and use of cavalry in warfare would become a staple within the Sassanid Empire's military.
• 651~1000 CE: [Thrashia] The Rise of Islam would see the end of the Sassanid, Neo-Persian Empire. Swept up in the religious wave of conquests, the region would be divided among numerous Islamic caliphates and successor states.
  
  The Age of Gunpowder
• 1501~1736 CE: [Thrashia] Of all the states and successor kingdoms, empires, and city-states to follow the rising tide of the Islam, it would be the Safavid dynasty, founders of what could be considered the modern territory of Iran, that would have the most impact. The dynasty of the Safavids was myriad and multi-ethnic; included intermarriages with Georgian, Circassian, and Pontic Greeks -- as well as Bactrian nobility. Many of the cultural, scientific, and societal advances that were made during this dynasty's existence would be absorbed by surrounding peoples.
• 1720 CE: [Thrashia] Driven by the free-thinking culture that permeated the Safavid ruling elite, many historians delved further into the histories of the peoples within the surrounding lands. This research was to peak and help formulate the beginning of the Greco-Bactrian Revival Movement, seeing in the past a nobler aspect that what they could see in their present time.
  
  The Age of Independence and Revival
• 1739~1800: [Thrashia] Rising discontent between older religious groups that settled throughout the Safavid territory before it's rise and the local Islamic leadership creates eddies of tension throughout the region.
• 1740~1820 CE: [Thrashia] The rise of the Durrani Empire, conquering much of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, creates a rift between Western colonial powers that are looking to interfere in Central Asia. The Empire of Britannia's occupation of the area known as Pakistan was highly aggressive and seen as an existential threat to many of the local elite.
• 1820~1830 CE: [Thrashia] A leading magnate that controlled land in northern Afghanistan, southern Uzbekistan, and western Tajikistan by the name of Malik Baharah Aarash Uzbek rose to prominence. Declaring that he would no longer serve the Emirate of Afghanistan, nor pay homage to the Safavids he married into an old house with Greek roots, a famous local family known as the Galatas-Dionids. Using the connection through his wife's heritage, he took a new name: Malik Baharah Arrash Uzbek Diodotus V.
• Spring 1830 CE: [Thrashia] Using levies raised from his own lands, Malik Diodotus V forms an army to resist a suppression force sent from Kabul to crush his rebellion. Malik Diodotus was eager and decided that he would not await any attack by the Emir's forces, but would himself force the issue. With a lightning advance south the army of Malik Diodotus reached the Salang Pass -- the main road that led from Kabul to the north through the Hindu Kush. The Emirate army marching north was slowed by heavy baggage and ill-training. The entire army, thought to number some 18,000 men, were caught in an ambush along the mountain road of the Salang Pass by the 8,000 soldiers of Malik Diodotus.
• Summer 1830 CE: [Thrashia] In the wake of the Battle of Salang Pass and the destruction of the Emir's army there, panic gripped Kabul. Emir Amanullah Khan abandoned his capitol and fled south. Diodotus V returned to his territories and declared the creation of a New Kingdom of Bactria on May 9th, 1830.
• 1830~1835 CE: [Thrashia] Spurred on by his success in war against the Emirate of Afghanistan, numerous local warlords and tribal leaders gathered around the new King Diodotus V. The King accepted their allegiance in return for faithful service and guarantees of a bright future, endowed with prosperity. The New Kingdom government quickly made use of fondness for past glory to enliven the image of the New Kingdom -- 'inheritors of Alexander, Diodotus the First, and Hermaios Soter'. Greeks and Macedonians of the modern age were invited to settle in this New Kingdom, further cementing ties from the present to the past.
  
  The Rise of the New Kingdom
• June 2nd, 1843 CE: [Thrashia] King Malik Baharah Aarash Uzbek Diodotus V passes away peacefully in his sleep with the newly finished palace in Samarkand.
• June 9th, 1843 CE: [Thrashia] After the seven days of mourning and the funeral for the King is complete, the Council of Elders is first convened by order of the Queen Dowager, following the law laid down within the dead king's will. Three hundred elders and wise men from various ethnic tribes and groups within the New Kingdom arrive and are asked to choose the next king. It is decided by vote that the next king will be Akmal Bahadur, the former king's third son. Akmal Bahadur had gained the respect and love of many by his wise counsel and commitment to creating a strong and prosperous kingdom. He takes the mantel of Diodotus and becomes King Bahadur Diodotus VI.
• Winter 1843 CE: [Thrashia] King Akmal Bahadur Diodotus VI is forced to exile his eldest brother, who had been caught plotting with foreign enemies to take control of the New Kingdom. When his brother joins with the vestiges of the Emirate of Afghanistan and attempts to raise an army to invade, the New Kingdom Royal Army marches into Afghanistan and crushes them.
• December 27th, 1843 CE: [Thrashia] The Battle of Kabul ends in a swift victory for the Bactrian Royal Army. General Mahriz Mithridates emulates the old King Diodotus with a lightning march south through the Salang Pass and catches the Emirate and the rebel prince by complete surprise. It is said that the general prostrated himself three times while facing north at the sight of the older Battle of Salang Pass, paying homage to the victory of his old, deceased king.
• 1844~1847 CE: [Thrashia] Afghanistan is slowly and systematically incorporated into the New Kingdom of Bactria.
• 1847~1850: [Thrashia] King Diodotus VI campaigns to reintegrate the last remaining holdouts of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. The annexation is done relatively peacefully, as no local tribe or warlord has the power to resist, nor do they wish to. The peace and prosperity of the New Kingdom of Bactria is an attractive lure for many that have endured poverty and injustice between the vice-ridden Emirs of Afghanistan and the Caliphs of the Persian Empire.
• 1860: [Thrashia] King Akmal Bahadur Diodotus VI dies due to a smallpox epidemic that sweeps through the region. The king's death spurs on a fanatical demand for adequate medical care and vaccinations. The king's heir, chosen by the Council of Elders, is a distant cousin of the former king's -- King Ardashir Aarash Eucratides III.
• 1860~1887: [Thrashia] The reign of King Eucratides III is seen as a golden era of the New Kingdom of Bactria. Spurred by the public demand for strong medical advances, the sciences and arts are incredibly increased across Bactria. Royal libraries and schools are built or refurbished in every town and city of the kingdom. The best teachers and professionals in the fields of biology, chemistry, and medical science are brought from abroad. The literacy rate of the Kingdom rises to above 90% during this period. Book publishers and newspapers flourish. The right of freedom of speech and freedom of religion are reinforced and socially mandated, enforced by decree of the King.
• 1890~1901: [Thrashia] The Bactrian-Persian War. Spurred on by the unwillingness of the Safavid rulers to suppress border tribes from enacting raids and banditry against citizens and villages within the New Kingdom, the fourth Bactrian ruler, King Diomedes Diodotus VII declares war against Persia. Backed by military improvements gained through trade with the Empire of Britannia, the Bactrian Royal Army manages to win every major battle. No other great powers are able to intervene before the Bactrian regiments are seen marching through the streets of Tehran and Persepolis. The Persian Army however resists all the stronger the further west they are pushed. All of Iran and part of Iraq are overrun, but the line there is then held. The war stagnates, each side digging into key-strategic positions. The Siege of Tabriz becomes a calling card for the barbarity of the conflict as both the Persians and the Bactrians begin using chemical weapons for the first time.
• February 1st, 1902: [Thrashia] The Treaty of London is signed. The New Kingdom of Bactria annexes all of Iran, Kuwait, and al-Basrah from the Persian Empire. The Persian Empire is heavily fragmented politically by this treaty, but remains as a polity within it's remaining territory in central and northern Iraq.
  
  The Modern Era
• 1902~1960: [Thrashia] The work of integrating the new territories of it's conquests into the New Kingdom of Bactria does not start off to an easy start. Many Iranians are angry due to the war, losing the war, and also at the suffering endured due to the length of the conflict. This is alleviated in a relatively short period of time. The oil fields of Iran are tapped into by the Royal Family and are used to fuel a revitalization program across the length and breadth of the New Kingdom. Roads, towns, hospitals, schools, supermarkets, and more are all rebuilt or built new. Bactrian doctors are now considered to be some of the best in the world, foreign students coming from across the globe to study at the Royal School of Medical Science. The New Kingdom's policies of religious freedom and respect for local cultures endears the populace at large, further helping to integrate the Iranians, Iraqis, and Kuwaitis into the Bactrian citizenship.
• 1960~2010: [Thrashia] Though it is always small and considered to be easily ignored by most, a growing number of hardcore religious extremists begin to appear in opposition to the efforts of Unity that the Bactrian Royal Family adopt. The idea of the Temple of Unity -- that all gods have a place within an interconnected, innumerable number of pantheons is considered heretical. Aamir Yousef Karim, a wealthy land owner and Islamist fanatic, rises as a loud voice within the New Kingdom against heretics and foreign influences. Abdullah Suhail Tawfig, the self-proclaimed last heir to the Emirate of Afghanistan, supports Aamir Yousef Karim. When Bactrian Military Intelligence uncovers a series of plots by Karim to execute suicide bombings throughout the New Kingdom, he is arrested and then banished.
• August 1st, 2011: [Thrashia] King Fahim Ibrahim Diodotus VIII is crowned ruler of the New Kingdom of Bactria.

All right even though we're getting ahead of ourselves, I took the chance to review your history Thrashia. Overall it's a good history, it reads well, and when your thread is complete it will be accepted.

There are however, some snags as of yet but I see them as minor.

Since these involve Britannia, they need approval from Itailian Maifias:

• 1740 - 1820: [Itailian Maifias, Thrashia] The rise of the Durrani Empire, conquering much of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, creates a rift between Western colonial powers that are looking to interfere in Central Asia. The Empire of Britannia's occupation of the area known as Pakistan is highly aggressive and seen as an existential threat to many of the local elite.
• 1890 - 1901: [Itailian Maifias, Thrashia] The Bactrian-Persian War rages. Spurred on by the unwillingness of the Safavid rulers to suppress border tribes from enacting raids and banditry against citizens and villages within the New Kingdom of Bactria, the fourth Bactrian ruler, King Diomedes Diodotus VII, declares war against Persia. Backed by military improvements gained through trade with the Empire of Britannia, the Bactrian Royal Army manages to win every major battle. No other great powers are able to intervene before the Bactrian regiments are seen marching through the streets of Tehran and Persepolis. The Persian Army however resists all the stronger the further west they are pushed. All of Iran and part of Iraq are overrun but the line there is then held. The war stagnates, each side digging into key-strategic positions. The Siege of Tabriz becomes a calling card for the barbarity of the conflict as both the Persians and the Bactrians begin using chemical weapons for the first time.

This one mentions territories that are unclaimed. We don't want to put any history in unclaimed lands only because that limits people making claims in these areas to accept said history. Our policy is either to be vague or to exclude them all togther:

• February 1, 1902: [Itailian Maifias, Thrashia] The Treaty of London is signed. The New Kingdom of Bactria annexes all of Iran, Kuwait, and al-Basra from the Persian Empire. The Persian Empire is heavily fragmented politically by this treaty but remains as a polity within its remaining territory in central and northern Iraq.

No issues with anything else whatsoever.

[Itailian Maifias]

I approve of the mentioned history above

[Thrashia]

I approve of the mentioned history above

Gratsi.

[Sparta Dominion]

Long time no see, good to see some of you are still around. I know it's been forever, but I stumbled upon this bastardization and my immediate thought was "Lol, I wonder how Layarteb would've reacted to this." So I felt the need to to return just to share it.

[Layarteb]

Finally - the Second Tea War and the Layartebian acquisition of Hainan. If someone or someones (great grammar right) want to add to this please let me know on Discord. I won't add this into the official canon until the next update so it will be some time if you want to think it through - but if you are just give me a shout so I know you are.

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Section 1: Canon to Add

• November 11, 1772: [Layarteb] Vincent Hardy, a senator, is elected as Layarteb's fourth President alongside his running mate, Gregory Lucas. Both men represent the first candidates of the Centrist Party to hold elected office in the Republic of Layarteb. They will be inaugurated on January 2, 1773.
• Spring 1774: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] President Hardy draws the ire of several prominent and wealthy families of Layarteb, specifically for reneging on various promises he made to them during his election campaign. These promises were largely of a business nature and ones that he could not make due on with his election due to a lack of political capital. As a result, the families form into a cabal aimed at removing him from office. Perhaps one of the more influential families in Layarteb, the Margrave family, is part of this cabal.
• Autumn 1774: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] In the Republic of Layarteb, a conspiracy to assassinate President Hardy comes to fruition when several prominent families hire a mercenary named John Anderson to carry out the deed. Anderson, believing he is dying from tuberculosis takes on the job to establish financial security for his wife and two children of whom he is estranged.
• November 1, 1774: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] John Anderson assassinates President Vincent Hardy with a flintlock pistol while the President is attending an exhibition in Layarteb City. President Hardy, who is mortally wounded, will die several hours later while Anderson flees the scene. He is captured after an extensive manhunt and executed later that even before he can be turned over to police.
• November 2, 1774: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Vice President Gregory Lucas is made the President by an affirmation of the Layartebian Congress in a special session that particular morning. He vows to investigate the death of his predecessor and bring those involved to justice.
• November 6 - 17, 1774: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Over the course of nine days, a special commission of military personnel track down and uncover the cabal of prominent families. On the evening of November 17, massive arrests are initiated but owing to a tipoff, several members of the Margrave family flee their residence ahead of time, eventually leaving the country undetected. Despite this, they will be tried in absentia with several prominent members of the family sentenced to death for conspiracy charges relating to the assassination of President Hardy.
• 1840 - 1845: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Layartebian colonization of Ceylon as a result of the First Tea War leads to an expansion of the Republic of Layarteb into the tea trade. As a result, the Republic of Layarteb comes to desire more access into southeastern China, specifically the areas under the dominion of the Great Yue Kingdom.
• Summer - Early Winter 1845: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Several missions are sent to the Great Yue Kingdom in an effort to open up Yue markets to Layartebian tea traders; however, the leaders of the kingdom are major players in the tea trade and stand against Layartebian efforts.
• Spring 1846 - Autumn 1850: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Despite its best efforts, the Republic of Layarteb fails to make headway in the effort to "open up" the Great Yue Kingdom's tea markets. The Yue leaders, fully aware of what the Republic of Layarteb did in Ceylon, want assurances from the Republic of Layarteb on trade quotas, non-aggression, tariffs, and so on and so forth. However, the Republic of Layarteb will not accept these conditions, wanting as much access as is possible.
• December 1850 - April 1851: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] In Layarteb City, President Andrew George convenes a series of meetings with various leaders and business magnates of the Republic of Layarteb. In conclusion, President George believes that it may take military action to "open up" the Great Yue Kingdom. He commissions the military to present a plan for such action, giving them the summer to present their idea.
• September 1851: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] In Layarteb City, President George is shown the full reach of a military plan to invade and topple the Great Yue Kingdom's leadership. However, unlike the plan with Ceylon, it does not call for colonization but rather regime change to someone who is friendlier to Layartebian business interests. No leader is named yet but there are several candidates identified by business magnates involved in the tea trade.
• Autumn 1851 - Spring 1852: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] The Layartebian military makes preparations on Ceylon to send 40 warships and just over 20,000 men to the Great Yue Kingdom. The plan will involve sailing some 2,750 nautical miles to the island of Hainan for its capture. The Layartebian military will intend to turn Hainan into a staging area with which they will send as many as 40,000 men into the Great Yue Kingdom but it will take significantly more time to bring the additional 20,000 men into the theater. It is estimated that the Great Yue Kingdom will be able to raise as many as 200,000 men to defend their kingdom.
• May 8, 1852: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Forty warships and approximately 20,800 men depart Ceylon in what is dubbed The Great Oriental Fleet. It is placed under the command of Admiral Thomas Oliphant and General Michael White, the latter who will lead the ground operations once they reach Hainan.
• May 21, 1852: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] After thirteen days at sea, which is several days longer than expected, the Great Oriental Fleet makes landfall in the Great Yue Kingdom on the southern end of the island of Hainan just east of what will become modern-day Sanya.
• May 21 - July 19, 1852: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Over the course of fifty-nine days, Layartebian and Yue forces fight various battles across the rugged lands of southern Hainan. In a major victory for Layartebian forces, the garrison at Qiongzhong is defeated at the end of this period and Layartebian forces establish their flag over approximately half of the island. Defending against Yue counterattacks, Layartebian forces build up their defenses while ransacking the lands for supplies over the next thirty days.
• August 18 - October 29, 1852: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Over the course of seventy-two days, Layartebian forces move on and secure the remainder of Hainan Island, completing the first phase of their objective. Casualties are heavily skewed with fewer than five hundred Layartebians dead against over ten thousand Yue dead. Many villages, towns, and cities on Hainan are subsequently ransacked by Layartebian forces, leading to even more casualties amongst the civilian population of Hainan.
• November 1852: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Upon hearing of the phenomenon known as the "annual fog," Layartebian commanders opt to hold their position on Hainan until January and February before moving on the Yue mainland, unaware that the Yue are planning to utilize the same weather phenomenon to counterattack on Hainan.
• November 6, 1852: [Layarteb] Unable to run due to term limits, President Andrew George's successor, his Vice President, Steven Toler, loses the election to the Federalist Clarence Turner, a lawyer. Clarence Turner will assume office on January 2, 1853. Little time is spent on the Second Tea War in the campaign period, largely because it is considered "so far away" from the Layartebian republic.
• December 26, 1852: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Layartebian spies reveal the existence of a sizeable Yue force amassed on the opposite side of the Qiongzhou Strait. In a daring and risky move, General White orders men to sail to the other side and sabotage the preparations by Yue forces.
• December 28, 1852 - January 2, 1853: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] In what is perhaps the Republic of Layarteb's first true foray into what will eventually become known as "special operations," a handpicked force of four hundred Layartebian soldiers and ninety-two Layartebian sailors under the command of Colonel Frederick Fleming spend five days transiting the Qiongzhou Strait - both ways - and sabotaging Yue forces behind their lines. Their operations will see only seven men killed and eleven wounded while dealing a massive blow to Yue forces. Colonel Fleming will one day be decorated with the Order of Comhghall for his actions during this raid, which is the nation's highest military award.
• January 23 - February 2, 1853: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Layartebian forces surge into the Qiongzhou Strait and make several successful landings on the Yue mainland. Sabotage efforts have prevented the Yue from crossing the Qiongzhou Strait to counterattack on Hainan, thus putting them at a major disadvantage as Layartebians utilize the thick fog to evade cannon fire meant to dissuade their crossing.
• Mid-February 1853 - Summer 1853: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] In a series of battles, Layartebian forces, war-weary but in high spirits, make significant progress up the Leizhou Peninsula but they find, as the weeks wear on, that Yue forces are much better prepared than they were on Hainan.
• September 1853: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Layartebian forces reach Leizhou, sieging and capturing the city but at great cost, hampering their efforts to go further until reinforcements arrive.
• Autumn 1853 - Late Winter 1854: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Delays encountered by Layartebian forces mean that troops on the Leizhou Peninsula are largely left to fend for themselves. Casualties begin to mount and Yue forces, seemingly endless, continue to push against Layartebian lines.
• March 5, 1854: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Layartebian reinforcements finally arrive in Hainan with 20,000 fresh troops. They immediately set out for the Leizhou Peninsula.
• Spring - Autumn 1854: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Bolstered by fresh troops, Layartebian forces march further north up the Leizhou Peninsula, eventually reaching Lianjiang. They will go no further than here however. Besieged on all sides and from within their own lines by Yue forces and stay behind elements, Layartebian troops are battered too severely and a stalemate of sorts sets in as Layartebian forces hold their ground but are unable to advance. During this period, the port city of Zhanjiang is razed to the ground by fire in an effort to deliver a great blow to the Yue government and people. This atrocity will see over 100,000 people killed, many of them civilian.
• Early Winter 1854 - Spring 1855: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Pressure begins to mount at home as more and more Layartebian citizens grow frustrated with the lack of success in the Second Tea War. President Turner draws the ire of a specific journalist whose brother is killed in the war. Whole newspapers turn against him in an effort to blame him for all of the failures of the Second Tea War.
• April 10, 1855: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Frustrated by his treatment by the press, President Turner offers a chance of a ceasefire to the Great Yue Kingdom.
• May - July 1855: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Amidst a ceasefire between the Great Yue Kingdom and the Republic of Layarteb, negotiations are conducted to end the Second Tea War. Representatives of both parties are at loggerheads for a majority of the negotiations until an invasion of Hong Kong and Macau is threatened. Ultimately, the terms are settled with the Republic of Layarteb withdrawing from mainland Yue, Hainan transferring to Layartebian ownership, and a guarantee that Layartebian forces will not move on the Great Yue Kingdom again. Furthermore, the agreement effectively blocks the Republic of Layarteb from the Yue tea trade.
• July 10, 1855: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] Representatives of the Great Yue Kingdom and the Republic of Layarteb sign a peace treaty in Macau, ending the Second Tea War. The war has left over 5,000 Layartebian soldiers killed and a further 7,000 wounded. Over 250,000 civilians are killed with many more displaced and/or wounded. Yue casualties are estimated at over 80,000 killed but no true number exists. The Yue's navy is nearly completely wiped out as a result of the conflict.
• August 11, 1855: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] President Turner, still harangued in the press by the abysmal failure of the Second Tea War, despite the gain of Hainan, authorizes a back channel communique to representatives of the Margrave family, who had settled in the Great Yue Kingdom following their flight from Layarteb in 1774.
• September 9, 1855: [Freistaat-Ostafrika, Layarteb] President Turner signs a secret deal with Allister Margrave, the head of the Margrave family. The deal is contingent upon the overthrow of the Yue leadership and the opening of the Yue tea trade to the Republic of Layarteb. Should this be successful, the Republic of Layarteb will forgive the Margrave family for their involvement in the assassination of President Hardy. In doing so, seized funds and properties will be returned to the family and any outstanding warrants for the family nullified.
• Autumn 1855 - Spring 1860: [Layarteb] Working over four-and-a-half years, the Republic of Layarteb establishes the Colony of Hainan. Just as it has done with the Colony of Ceylon, the Layartebian administration aims to transform society into one that is compatible with and aligned to Layartebian culture and values. While the local languages, customs, and histories are not erased, they are integrated with those of Layartebian culture. This presents considerable tension but Layartebian forces held back in Hainan to enforce order are effective in combating insurgencies and guerilla movements. Unlike in Ceylon though, there are no plans to grant nominal autonomy to the territory.
• November 1, 1856: [Layarteb] Bradley Jackson, the very journalist who made it his mission to hold President Turner accountable for the Second Tea War wins a landslide election against the sitting President. A member of the Centrist Party, Jackson runs with George Appel and will become the first and only journalist to hold this office in the Republic of Layarteb. He assumes the office on January 2, 1857.
• October 1, 1958: [Layarteb] President William Baltz fulfills a major campaign promise to the people of the Colony of Hainan by sponsoring a bill in the Layartebian Congress to grant autonomy to the Hainanese people. The bill passes with a handsome majority and the Hainanese Republic is established underneath the Republic of Layarteb after some 103 years of authoritarian rule.

Also I just realized that I never formally put Mexico (Baja California [Revillagigedo Islands]) back to the Mexico NPC so consider that done.

[Yugovia]

Hey boys this is an informal announcement but I'm going to claim:

Ethiopia 1,104,300 km2
Turkey: 783,356
Croatia - Dalmatia: 12,158 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmatia)
Spain: 505,990
Portugal:92,212
South Africa: 1,221,037
Eswatini: 17,364
Lesotho: 30,355
Algeria: 2,381,741
Morocco: 710,850


Prepare for the First Aegean Crisis, Italo-Abyssinian War, War of Spanish Succession (second?), and a colonial crisis in South Africa!

The timeline is going to be 1934 for the majority of these, obv if someone wants to contest we can work out moving it around.

[Yugovia]

Boys I'm alive I swear!

Three days of drill and one day of online mandatory training later however, it's kind of dicey. I'm working on that thread and will try to post it ASAP!

[Layarteb]

Earth II
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Section 1: Canon to Add

Layartebian Revolution

• November 2, 1968: [Layarteb] Baxter Gephard wins a highly contested election to become the 40th President of Layarteb and the second Liberal Party candidate to hold the office. Allegations of voter fraud at polling stations in Layarteb City mar the results but the Layartebian Supreme Court certifies the results as valid. Amidst the backdrop of the escalating war in Venezuela, Gephard offers a promise to withdraw Layartebian forces by the end of his term.
• November 4, 1972: [Layarteb] President Gephard wins a second term as President of Layarteb amidst heavy protests and even more allegations of voter fraud. It takes the Layartebian Supreme Court five days to certify the results, finding his margin of victory to be less than 500,000 votes. Investigative journalists expose numerous instances of voter fraud consisting of people who voted multiple times, dead people voting, and corrupted poll workers. The Supreme Court's decision to certify the results ignites massive protests and riots throughout the country.
• October 22, 1975: [Layarteb] President Baxter Gephard dies in his sleep of a heart attack leading to the ascension of Vice President Thomas Deveroe to the office of President. He is, until now, a political unknown. He makes no promises concerning the continuing war in Venezuela.
• July 1976: [Layarteb] William D. Ross, a Federalist senator, announces his intention to run against President Deveroe in the upcoming election. Polling results conducted within a week of his announcement predict that he could win as much as 80% of the vote.
• October 1, 1976: [Layarteb] In a shock to the nation, Senator William D. Ross is arrested at a campaign rally and accused of espionage. The Layartebian Supreme Court strikes his name from the ballot and invalidates his candidacy. This enrages his supporters, who see the move as an attempt by President Deveroe at removing his opposition.
• November 6, 1976: [Layarteb] The Republic of Layarteb holds its most tense election to date. President Deveroe loses the vote as many individuals wrote in the name "William D. Ross" only to have their votes invalidates by the Supreme Court. In doing so, President Deveroe is awarded a second term in office. Within a few days of the election, Senator Ross is exonerated and released from prison. He immediately returns to the public eye and proclaims organized resistance to President Deveroe and the corruption in the Layartebian government.
• December 1976 - Summer 1979: [Layarteb] Support for President Deveroe wanes within his own party but the Liberal Party continues to hold the majority in the Layartebian Congress. The Venezuelan War continues to rage with little respite. Over the course of two-and-a-half years, the domestic situation in Layarteb plummets into complete instability. Daily protests paralyze the nation and President Deveroe begins to allocate military forces to support riot police. At first, many of these protests are peaceful but they grow increasing violent as both sides match one another in terms of force. By the summer of 1979, most of the protests become violent riots.
• June 24 - July 2, 1979: [Layarteb] A new political group known as the Layartebians For Free Democracy (LFD) stages a protest in Battery Park with 2,000 people. William D. Ross leads the protest. Over the course of eight days, riot police and military personnel cordon off the protestors but do not push further. Soon, the number of people increases from 2,000 to 200,000 by the third day, snarling southern Manhattan. By the end of the tenth day, the LFD issues a proclamation demanding the resignation of President Deveroe and the impeachment of all justices on the Layartebian Supreme Court as well as the call for immediate elections with international observers to ensure fairness. Ross continues to lead the charge. Many historians will consider this the official start of the Layartebian Revolution.
• July 3, 1979: [Layarteb] In a joint statement, leaders of both the Centrist Party and the Federalist Party endorse William D. Ross for President of Layarteb, call for the immediate resignation of President Deveroe, commit to begin impeachment proceedings against the Layartebian Supreme Court, and endorse new elections. The majority Liberal Party defeats a resolution however, holding onto power. That same day, President Deveroe orders military forces to kill Senator William D. Ross. The task is initially given to an 8-man Delta squad, of which the future Emperor of Layarteb leads. However, the future Emperor rebuffs President Deveroe and he and his squad are declared persona non grata by the military leadership and go into hiding. The Layartebian Ministry of Intelligence is tasked with the assassination.
• July 4 - 5, 1979: [Layarteb] While giving a speech in Battery Park, William D. Ross is assassinated by a sniper on July 4, sparking a major confrontation between riot police, military personnel, and protestors who have camped out in the park. The resulting clashes lasts throughout the night into the next day. When the smoke settles, Battery Park is ultimately cleared of protestors. Including William D. Ross, 35 protestors are killed, 73 are injured, and 109 are arrested. The clashes also see 11 riot policemen wounded.
• August 1979 - April 1980: [Layarteb] Over the course of eight months, protests continue throughout the Republic of Layarteb. Until now however, protests were largely confined to major cities. During this eight month period, protests erupt in many smaller towns, villages, and cities throughout rural Layarteb. Government buildings are frequently attacked during these protests or the center of said protests. It is estimated that, during this eight-month timeframe, 192 government structures are attacked with as many as 45 destroyed, largely by fire. During this timeframe, 17 protestors are killed, 191 are wounded, and almost 3,900 are arrested. Police and military forces see 122 wounded. Property damage is estimated to be in the tens of millions.
• April 1, 1980: [Layarteb] The Layartebian Revolution enters its final phase when approximately 2,000 protestors gather around City Hall Park in Lower Manhattan. Surrounding both the Layarteb City Hall and the Layartebian Supreme Courthouse, they demand the resignation of President Deveroe, the mayor of Layarteb City, and the entirety of the Supreme Court. Riot police are called out to contain the situation but, given the close proximity of the protests to City Hall and the Supreme Court, the response is much more measured.
• April 1 - 9, 1980: [Layarteb] By late in the night on April 1, the protest dies out, only to resume on the evening of April 2. It follows a similar format and throughout the country, similar protests take place in the same, organized and coordinated matter. April 3 is quiet but on April 4, the rally at City Hall Park swells to anywhere between 50,000 and 200,000 protestors. It becomes centerpiece news coverage throughout the world. Protestors attempt to storm both City Hall and the Supreme Court but they are repelled by riot police using tear gas. Throughout the rest of Layarteb approximately 1,000,000 Layartebians take to the streets to protest throughout April 4. Through April 9, protests continue with higher attendance during the weekend than during the days. The nine days of protesting leave approximately 50 protestors injured with 12 arrested.
• April 9 - 10, 1980: [Layarteb] The protests at City Hall Park do not break up on the evening of April 9, as police expected. Instead, they continue past midnight with no signs of abating. It is believed that over 30,000 people remain in City Hall Park with tens of thousands still protesting around the Republic of Layarteb in what is an extremely organized protest. Just before dawn on April 10, riot police and military personnel armed with batons, stun grenades, and tear gas attack and disperse protestors operating around City Hall Park. Interesting enough, radio jamming is discovered during the attack as it is believed that the protestors are using citizens band radio to communicate and relay messages. The attacks are successful and City Hall Park is cleared by noon. However, shortly thereafter, new protestors come to City Hall Park and by the end of the night, the numbers bounce back to 10,000, many of whom shout "Revolution" and "Resignation." The day's clashes see 139 protestors injured, over 400 arrested, and 19 riot police and military wounded.
• April 11, 1980: [Layarteb] In response to the police assault the prior day, riots break out throughout the Republic of Layarteb, especially in Layarteb City. They are led by protestors and opportunists looking to exact revenge. Journalists covering the event find themselves targeted by riot police. In Layarteb City, the number of rioters is presumed to be approximately 400 with about 80 wounded and 3 killed. Riot police and military personnel suffer no casualties of any kind. Over 150 protestors and rioters are arrested. Throughout the Republic of Layarteb, over 800,000 people take to the streets in protest of the government. In City Hall Park, the number swells to over 100,000.
• April 12 - 13, 1980: [Layarteb] Peace returns to the protests from April 12 - 13 as nearly 1,000,000 Layartebians demonstrate against the government. At City Hall Park, the number exceeds 250,000 and the entire area is virtually inaccessible. By now, the protest movement is made up of dozens of opposition groups but they focus their protest on the Supreme Courthouse due to its perceived corruption in keeping President Deveroe in power. It is also because the Fortress of Comhghall is inaccessible due to its location however, over 50,000 people clog the area in front of the causeway to the island.
• April 14, 1980: [Layarteb] Leaders of both the Centrist and the Federalist parties put forth a resolution to impeach President Deveroe. Though some Liberal Party representatives vote in favor of the resolution in the Layartebian Congress, it ultimately falls through by over 50 votes. President Deveroe calls on the Layartebian Congress to declare a State of Emergency under the Insurrection Act, which narrowly passes a vote with only Liberal Party representatives voting in favor of it. The declaration of the State of Emergency gives President Deveroe wartime powers, allowing him to suspend habeas corpus and the Layartebian Bill of Rights. However, his first act is to suspend the freedom to assemble, thus making all forms of protesting illegal.
• April 14 - 15, 1980: [Layarteb] During the night of April 14 - 15, protestors respond to President Deveroe's declarations by storming City Hall Park and taking over both the City Hall and the Supreme Courthouse. Over 200,000 people swell into the area, creating a sea of bodies. Riot police and military personnel, grossly outnumbered, are unable to stop the takeover of government buildings but security personnel guarding both buildings clash with protestors. In the violence that ensues, 3 riot police and 9 military personnel are killed with over 50 injured. There are 37 riot police and military personnel taken hostage by protestors. Protestors see 11 killed and 69 injured. The entire area around City Hall Park becomes occupied by the protestors, who aim to set up camp and hold the area until their demands are met.
• Arpil 16 - 17, 1980: [Layarteb] Protestors in City Hall Park erect barricades around the area and set up a cordon to defend themselves against riot police and military personnel. Throughout the Republic of Layarteb, support for the protest swells and over 4,000,000 people take to the streets in every major city and town with a population of over 10,000 people.
• April 18 - 20, 1980: [Layarteb] The number of protestors at City Hall Park and the surrounding areas swells to 500,000 people and they receive significant press coverage, leading to President Deveroe to use his powers against press outlets in the Republic of Layarteb only to see a sharp rebuke from many of them except for a handful considered to be unreliable shills for the Liberal Party. In protest, the Centrist and Federalist members of the Layartebian Congress walk out and join protestors at City Hall Park. Riot police and military personnel attempt to stop many of them from reaching the protestors, leading to more clashes and more violence. Authorities are forced to regroup and determine how best to dislodge the protestors. President Deveroe grows increasingly frustrated and vitriolic, virtually calling for military personnel to open fire with machine guns on the protestors during closed-door sessions in his office. The clashes of these three days leaves 10 protestors wounded and 72 arrested. Fewer than 10 riot police and military personnel are injured.
• April 21, 1980: [Layarteb] The protestors at City Hall Park swell to nearly 800,000 people with over 5,000,000 protesting around the country. Approximately 12,000 protestors at City Hall Park are specifically tasked with self-defense and they stand along the edges of the protest. During the hours just after midnight, approximately 8,000 riot police and 1,000 soldiers make an assault on the protest in an attempt to clear it. The clash continues for approximately 8 hours and it seems heavy violence on both sides. Several vehicles are destroyed with Molotov cocktails and many are injured. The assault fails and it is seen throughout the world as overkill, specifically because of the level of violence used by authorities from the onset. The violence sees 300 protestors wounded, 62 killed, and 500 arrested. Military forces suffer 39 wounded, 2 killed, and 18 taken prisoner while the riot police see 26 wounded, 11 killed, and 40 taken prisoner. During the day, President Deveroe demands the release of the 95 prisoners being held by the protestors and calls them domestic terrorists. He calls upon people "loyal to Layarteb" to oppose the protest.
• April 22 - 26, 1980: [Layarteb] The crowds at City Hall Park grow and wane throughout the next five days. Protest leaders answer President Deveroe's call to release hostages by calling for the release of over 5,000 people arrested and for those riot police and military personnel who killed protestors to be put on trial. By the end of the fifth day however, a new bloc emerges led by the future Emperor of Layarteb and his Delta squad operators. While the future Emperor becomes a protest leader, his men work to sure up the defenses of the area.
• April 28 - May 11, 1980: [Layarteb] The protests endure a 2-week period of relatively peaceful activity marked by daily speeches and rallies. Throughout the Republic of Layarteb, the fervor of the protests ebbs slightly. At the City Hall Park protest, the numbers dwindle to 100,000 but hold firm, reinforcing their barricades with vehicles and scavenged materials. Riot police and military personnel hold their distance and continue to negotiate for the release of the 95 hostages. Protest leaders use the lull coordinate with one another and discuss their competing ideologies. Out of these meetings, the future Emperor emerges as the strongest and most cohesive of the leaders, chiefly because of his charismatic persona and his ideological beliefs, which are right-wing but not extremist at all. Polling throughout the Republic of Layarteb will eventually find that the future Emperor's ideological beliefs will align to over two-thirds of the country's populace.
• May 12 - 13, 1980: [Layarteb] Negotiations between the protestors and government representatives over the release of hostages makes headway when the government agrees to an even swap, starting first with five hostages and five protestors.
• May 14, 1980: [Layarteb] Two protest leaders and their lawyers travel to a nearby police station with five hostages as part of the hostage swap. The swap itself goes off without a hitch but the protest leaders, their lawyers, and the released protestors are assaulted and beaten severely behind the police station by riot police in civilian clothing. This sets off a major reaction amongst the protestors and news outlets get word of the beating and flock to the hospitals. Grim images of the nine men being wheeled out of an ambulance become headline images on every news outlet and newspaper throughout the nation and even many throughout the rest of the world.
• May 15 - 26, 1980: [Layarteb] The protest movements across the Republic of Layarteb largely stay as they have been. Throughout the country, the number of protestors changes back and forth, rarely going below 800,000 or exceeding 5,000,000 across the country. In Layarteb City, the number hovers between 100,000 and 200,000 protestors. Authorities do little to intervene and instead continue to wait out the situation. There are sporadic assaults against the City Hall Park protest but these are largely probing measures designed to determine where the weakest points of the protestors' barricades and fortifications are.
• May 26, 1980: [Layarteb] Without the Centrist or Federalist party members in the Layartebian Congress to offer any resistance, Liberal Party members unanimously pass a bill making it an act of sedition to criticize the government, thus further illegalizing the protests. President Deveroe signs the bill into law within hours of its passage. Protestors at City Hall Park prepare for another offensive by the authorities.
• May 27, 1980: [Layarteb] While riot police and military personnel prepare further encircle the City Hall Park protestors, a unit of approximately 50 men break ranks and switch sides. In doing so, they are able to inform the protestors of plans that authorities have for them. The day ends without any violence however.
• May 30 - June 7, 1980: [Layarteb] Tipped off to coming clashes, protestors are ready when authorities attack on May 30. With over 200,000 people in City Hall Park, the protestors still grossly outnumber the authorities by 20:1. To support protestors, city workers drive their busses and other vehicles to the area to help sure up the barricades. The political crisis is massive as President Deveroe is facing serious opposition from just about every corner of the world over his authoritarian actions. Within twenty-four hours, riots break out throughout Lower Manhattan as protestors and opportunists outside of the City Hall Park zone strike back at the government. They culminate in the nine most violent days of the revolution to date. Over the course of these nine days, there are 1,377 protestors wounded, 40 killed, and 691 arrested. Military personnel suffer 57 wounded, 3 killed, and 14 taken prisoner. Riot police suffer 163 wounded, 2 killed, and 1 captured. There are now 105 military and police prisoners but by now over 5,800 people have been arrested. This 9-day period is seen as the tipping point in the Layartebian Revolution as even diehard adherants to the Liberal Party begin speaking out against President Deveroe and their representatives and senators in Congress.
• June 3 - 7, 1980: [Layarteb] In a show of solidarity to the City Hall Park protestors seizing control of government buildings, protestors in seven major cities storm and occupy central buildings belonging to the government.
• June 8, 1980: [Layarteb] In a major show of solidarity, the leaders of the Liberal Party tender their resignations from both the party and from the Layartebian Congress. Vice President Keith Wade joins them and resigns as well. Within hours of their resignation, they attempt to flee the country but they are caught by authorities at the borders and put into internment. That day, protests around the Republic of Layarteb see over 10 million people taking to the streets.
• June 9, 1980: [Layarteb] The Layartebian Congress puts forth a resolution to end the State of Emergency; however, they are unable to reach a quorum, largely due to hardliners supportive of President Deveroe preventing the vote via intimidation and police tactics.
• June 10 - 11, 1980: [Layarteb] Fresh violence erupts throughout the country as authorities, emboldened to stop the protests make a major push against occupied buildings and protest camps throughout the country. The violent clashes see 2,592 protestors wounded, 114 killed, and over 8,000 arrested nationwide. Military forces suffer fewer than 100 wounded, only 7 killed, and none taken prisoner. Riot police fare a bit worse however with 369 wounded, 11 killed, and no prisoners. At this point in the crisis, 330 Layartebians have been killed and over 5,800 wounded on both sides of the protest. Nearly 14,000 Layartebians remain arrested and 105 military and riot police remain hostage in City Hall Park.
• June 12 - 13, 1980: [Layarteb] Peace falls over the protests but the numbers continue to exceed 10 million nationwide. The future Emperor of Layarteb gives a speech acknowledging that President Deveroe asked him and his squad to assassinate Senator William D. Ross. Without any further evidence presented, one-third of the Liberal Party members in Congress issue a proclamation that President Deveroe resign.
• June 14 - 28, 1980: [Layarteb] Over a 15-day period, protests across the Republic of Layarteb swell to over 20 million people. Entire cities are shut down and President Deveroe faces extreme pressure to resign. Fewer than one-quarter of the Liberal Party members in Congress still support him but those hardliners are successful in preventing any votes or other party members from reaching chamber floors to vote. Centrist, Federalist, and non-supportive Liberal Party representatives and senators attempt to pass a bill in a theater on June 17 only to be arrested en masse by riot police on Deveroe's orders. Over the course of these 15 days, 266 protestors are killed, 1,156 are injured, and 677 are arrested. Military personnel see 3 killed, 100 wounded, and 27 captured. Riot police see 10 killed, 172 wounded, and 40 captured.
• June 29 - July 3, 1980: [Layarteb] The Layartebian Revolution comes to a climax over a 5-day period. Protestors virtually shut down Layarteb City, Falcon City, Washington City, Baltimore, Miami, Chicago, and every other major city. Over 50 million people protest over the 5-day period with over 1 million in Layarteb City alone. Riot police and military personnel engage in nationwide assaults and clashes with protestors as the Deveroe government struggles to hold its power. By the end of the 5-day period, riot police and military personnel largely stand down and defy their orders to arrest, attack, and even kill protestors. By July 3, it is estimated that over 85% of all riot police and military personnel have either defected, refused to carry out their orders, or simply walked off the force. In these final 5 days, 92 protestors are killed, 2,369 are wounded, and a further 10,182 are arrested. Military personnel see 50 killed, over 200 wounded, and 32 captured. Riot police see 167 killed, 2,000 wounded, and 172 captured. The violence eclipses during this period.
• July 3 - 4, 1980: [Layarteb] In a daring move, the future Emperor of Layarteb, his Delta squad, and a number of defected military personnel storm the Fortress of Comhghall and put President Deveroe under arrest with zero bloodshed. During the raid, security personnel put down their weapons, refusing to defend President Deveroe in the midst of the bloodshed that he had ordered.
• July 4, 1980: [Layarteb] Shortly after dawn, news outlets get word of the overnight raid on the Fortress of Comhghall. Military personnel also round up hardliners in the Layartebian Congress and put them under arrest. Shortly after 12:00, the future Emperor of Layarteb gives a press conference on the front steps of the Fortress of Comhghall, announcing the successes of the night, announcing that the Layartebian Revolution is over, and announcing that the violence can come to an end.
• July 4 - 6, 1980: [Layarteb] Over the weekend, celebrations throughout the Republic of Layarteb coincide with mass police actions against government officials supportive of President Deveroe and who ordered violence against protestors. Over 1,000 government officials are arrested. Protest groups also seek to round up the most ardent of military personnel and riot police responsible for protestor deaths. Over the weekend, arrests are made of over 5,000 law enforcement and military personnel as well.
• July 7, 1980: [Layarteb] An interim government is hastily formed by the protest leaders and Federalist and Centrist party representatives to the Layartebian Congress. The executive is set up as a council system amongst the protest leaders and several senators and representatives.
• July 28, 1980: [Layarteb] A final accounting of the Layartebian Revolution shows that 640 protestors were killed, a further 8,415 were injured, and 24,767 were put under arrest. Military forces suffer 68 killed, 575 wounded, and 113 captured. Riot police suffer 210 killed, 2,865 injured, and 268 captured, making it one of the bloodiest chapters in modern, Layartebian history.
• August - October 1980: [Layarteb] The interim government of the Republic of Layarteb begins to lay the groundwork for a reformed system of government aimed at preventing the kinds of abuses that President Deveroe and the Layartebian Supreme Court enjoyed. Corruption amongst government officials is also a major sticking point for the framework of this draft government system.
• September 8, 1980: [Layarteb] The interim government of Layarteb declares that elections will be held Saturday, November 1 across the entirety of the country. Every position of government is considered open and a "reset" is declared. Candidates have until October 3 to file for candidacy for positions, all political parties are erased, and the campaigning period is set to begin October 13 and end on October 31, spanning a little less than 3 weeks. Finance limits are imposed on candidates, government salaries are to be reformed, and televised debates are to be had.
• October 3, 1980: [Layarteb] The deadline for candidacy in the upcoming elections comes. Any official under investigation by the justice system is barred from running and a majority of the protest leaders refrain from running for office, content instead to return to their normal lives.
• October 27, 1980: [Layarteb] The interim government publishes the draft framework for the new governing system of the Republic of Layarteb. It features a dual executive with the intention on a head of state and a head of government, with the former checking the power on the latter. The Layartebian Congress is to be moved to Washington City and be unicameral, elected by simple majority vote of each constituency. The head of government will be called the Chief Executive and the head of state the President. The head of state is a non-electable position, to be assumed by the future Emperor of Layarteb. Polling shows wariness but a willingness of Layartebians to accept the situation so long as the checks and balances are maintained.
• November 1, 1980: [Layarteb] Elections throughout the Republic of Layarteb occur with a voter turnout rate of 89.1%, which is one of the highest in modern, Layartebian history.
• January 5, 1981: [Layarteb] The interim government of Layarteb symbolically disbands at 23:59 though it is not official until the following morning.
• January 6, 1981: [Layarteb] At 10:00 local time, elected officials are sworn into office throughout the country, ending the interim government's responsibilities.
• January 9, 1981: [Layarteb] The Layartebian Congress overwhelmingly approves the draft framework of governance for the nation, transforming the entirety of the country into an authoritarian republic under the dual leadership of the President of Layarteb and Chief Executive Clay Dales, a former Federalist senator.
• February 2 - September 11, 1981: [Layarteb] Trials for arrested officials, military personnel, and law enforcement personnel occur throughout the Republic of Layarteb. The most high profile of these are the trials of the former President Deveroe, the former Vice President Keith Wade, and the former Supreme Court justices. All are found guilty of various crimes, the most serious of which fall to Thomas Deveroe, who is charged with personally ordering the murder of Senator William D. Ross, high treason against the Constitution of Layarteb, and hundreds of other charges. It takes a panel of five judges over two hours to read all of the charges. He is found guilty on every one of them, several of which call for the death penalty; however, he is instead sent into exile rather than be made into a symbol of martyrdom. Keith Wade and the other Supreme Court justices are sent into exile as well. Only a handful of the military personnel and police officers who intentionally killed protestors are sentenced to capital punishment. In most instances, evidence was purely based on witness testimonies and unable to be verified by additional parties. Overall, approximately one-third of those arrested are convicted of felonies with fewer than 5% convicted of capital crimes.
• August 15, 1981: [Layarteb] Thomas Deveroe arrives on South Georgia Island in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. The island is considered one of the most miserable territories of the Republic of Layarteb insofar as weather is concerned. This is to be his exiled home for the rest of his natural life. Other exiled leaders are sent to various islands in the North Atlantic Ocean or into foreign countries willing to take and monitor these individuals. No one who is sent into exile is given reprieve.

[Yugovia]

Like usual still alive just working like crazy.

I'm off Wednesday night to Saturday night though so hopefully I'll be able to get something together soon.

[-The United Federation of Nations-]

After discussions and some thought I would like to make a new claim, to run alongside (but set later) than my current slow-burning North American claim.

Therefore, I would like to claim the following:

Portugal
Spain
Morocco (Remainder)

Thread will be forthcoming if approved

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• A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal
  
  • Thread Owner(s): -The United Federation of Nations-
    
  • Location: Portugal, Spain, Morocco and Malta
    
  • Classification Tag(s): Claim
    
  • Synopsis: As the United Federation of Nations prepares to accept an unprecedented three new member-states, endring decades of conflict and tension in Iberia and North Africa, a nationalist conspiracy threatens to derail the entire process.
    
  • Miscellaneous Notes: All welcome, but please discuss any involvement with me on Discord first.