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43 years before the founding of the Pan-Asiatic States, in the aftermath of the Second World War, the once-proud Sultanate of Bruneian Malaya, dubbed "the Balkans of Asia" is in a state of emergency—its races and cultures are breaking the shackles of the monarchy, and new nations are emerging from the flames of revolution. The stage is set for the ultimate showdown between the Trotskyite Bolsheviks of New Nusantara, the Sultanate Loyalists of Australia, and the Fascist "Social Republicans" of the Philippine Islands. The dream that is a pan-Malayan empire will not go silently into the night.
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JANUARY 10, 1948
KOTAGURUN
MALAYAN AUSTRALIA (GURUN)
The flagship of the Bruneian Navy raises anchor. The signal for launch is given for the scout planes. An angry storm hovers above the contingent.
After three long years, the Bruneians shall finally see home. As the sky becomes cloudy with warplanes, warships sail from the northern tip of Gurun to the southern tip of Irian Jaya. On the 27th day of Safar 1367; the Kesultanan Besar Malaya Brunei declares war on Irian Jaya, the most vulnerable of the upstart Malayan nations, citing reconquest as their casus belli. Their nation stands unprepared for the invasion. Once Irian Jaya falls, it only becomes a matter of time before the rest of Malaya follows.
As Irian Jaya barely holds against the Bruneian tidal wave, New Nusantara and the Philippine Social Republic watch from the sidelines. They grow worried and concerned, as it is likely they would be next after Irian Jaya. Remembering the oppression and treachery of the Faridian regime, they each resolve to never again let themselves be forced to bow to the Kesultanan Besar. They begin to figuratively sharpen their spears and prepare for war. And as they do all this, another great storm begins to brew.
In each nation lies opposing interests and ideologies. Interests and ideologies that many foreign countries would either enthusiastically support or ravenously despise. As this new storm brews, many foreign powers begin to pick a side; bringing with them funds, military support, and humanitarian aid. Weary of war, these powers do so discreetly; as not to incite an inextinguishable fire. It is this format of proxy warfare that shall become the staple of the following half of the century.
As brother takes up arms against brother, nations east and west set their stakes on the victor. As it did not too long ago, Malaya will once more become a battlefield. Never to catch a break, the peoples of Malaya simply prepare for the inevitable storm.
This storm, is the Malayan Emergency.