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The Sevevillian invasion of September Island shattered any hopes for the the impoverished nation's swift recovery. Although the island had been faced by military intervention twice over the last year, Sevevill's wrath was entirely different from that of Oceania or Arcadia. In both those instances fighting was mostly between foreigners, and over relatively quickly. But the Kamooko Pact garrison was small and mostly dedicated to training the new September Island Defence Forces. The SIDF suffered horrific casualties in the drawn out campaign, harassed from point to point by indiscriminate Sevevillian air attack which destroyed almost all of the rebuilding work. Thousands were captured by Sevevillian marines who had no facilities to house them, and so instead the Imperial forces began marking those captured with hot brands. Once branded an Islander would either be released or taken into Sevevillian service. Any found to have taken up arms against Sevevill after being branded would be shot on sight. By the time the dust settled Sevevill was in full control of a shattered island, the only solace for the KP being that they had managed to evacuate the Islander government to Oceania (ironically with Amerian assistance) and destroyed or dispersed the war materiel Sevevill may have used. Those that survived mostly either surrendered or escaped into the foothills of the northeast, finding thick forest and mountain caves where the Sevevillians could not follow.
The date is Sept. 15, 2036. September Island has been under Sevevillian martial law for the better part of a year now. Initially promising negotiations to return the island to KP control have fallen through and Sevevill, not wanting to be saddled with a now useless piece of land after the UCSO war is over, has chosen to pursue a more expedient solution. Following a series of backroom bidding wars, September Island has been sold to the interregional Empire of Iumia. The Iumians have immediately declared the formation of an imperial mandate for the reconstruction of the island and promised relief for the starving people. The news was met by outrage from the KP, which immediately began marshalling ships for a “military exercise” suspiciously close to September Island as formerly diplomatic voices in Kamooko are overtaken by those demanding revenge. Iumia’s mission is to be further complicated by a sudden outbreak in violence on September Island itself, as angry locals take advantage of the Sevevillian drawdown to attack food convoys, loot abandoned bases, and settle scores with their neighbours. Some of these militias in the northeast have even started to organize under the banner of “Self Protection Forces,” expressing their direct opposition to this new Iumian mandate. Remnants of the SIDF and Kamooko Pact mission are believed to be with them, leading to fears of an all out war . . .
With a mounting humanitarian crisis and no clear direction, the future of September Island will no doubt be determined by the international community. Will the nations of the world come together to bring stability, aid, and human rights back to September Island? Or will individual national interests make this a ripe land for proxy conflict and further chaos? Only time will tell.
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Rules
1. I am the OP, your lord and saviour. I will do my best to settle disputes fairly, but decisions are final
2. Nobody expects you to write the Iliad, but try to avoid one liners
3. Join the discord for OOC discussion on before entering the RP, and keep OOC chatter on this forum to a minimum
4. Keep it PG-13 and within nationstates’ conduct guidelines
5. Always quote the post or portion of a post you are responding to. Keep the many storylines cohesive!
6. This will start out a proxy war, which means:
- Focus posts on politics or small military operations in support of one of the major factions, or try to create a new proxy faction to do your bidding
- Aid to some factions may have to be smuggled in or done in a way to make it plausibly deniable
More rules may be added as things come up.
Other Important Information
- Entering Markion’s Central Ocean from the west requires going through the Yyanwylthe Canal while coming from the east means going through the Urilas Straits. Arctic regions may take submarines under the NS Arctic to get here faster. Using aircraft will likely require finding a friendly Markion nation to land at.
- This RP takes place immediately after SALTEX. All the ships involved in that thread are still in Aels.
- The Arbiter, a KP battleship was fitted out only a week before this thread starts.