The Great Faringway War (1959-1964)

This war took 49 Million lives, and lasted 5 years, from 1959-1964. It spanned many different leaders.

Context
In 1936, Perneto Obliski was made leader Grand-Chancellor of Ariel. He spent years fixated on the idea of nukes, and began testing in 1948. On the 9th of Orestis 1948, whilst testing the prototype nuke in Barsons, Faringway, the nuke had far more drastic consequences than Obliski anticipated. It decimated a small town on the border of Faringway and Ariel. Faringway had multiple casualities. The leader of Faringway, Andrew Oldman, very foolishly felt that he was indebted land, so he attempted to march into Ariel unannounced and claim territory. Obliski obviously didn't agree to this, and he decided that he would punish Faringway for their lack of clarity, and excess of confidence. Obliski and 'The Tenet' created the extremely harsh 'Paige Punishment', where they had to give them 35% of the previous year's crop production worth of food, and that same amount for the next 5 years. Faringway had little to no allies due to 'The Garfunkel War', so was in no position to make demands. Oldman had to agree to reparations (1949). Oldman killed himself whilst in power (1950), he was soon replaced with Walter Walson, who strongly attempted to get Faringway an ally - any kind of powerful friends. So far, all they had done was signing a trade deal with Wordsmith.

LIGMA Party
The Paige Punishment also seriously annoyed a extreme nationalist political party known as the 'LIGMA Party' (Listian Inicdian Great Mojang Asdain Party), lead by Listian Inicdian and Mojang Asdain. They found the treaty demoralising, and Listian Inicdian came very close to winning the 1950 election, beaten by Walter Walson. Listian Inicdian died of dysentery in 1952, leaving Mojang Asdain to lead the party alone. In 1953, the LIGMA Party gained a couple of seats and a lot of publicity from the general public in Carice.

The Great Famine
After the Paige Punishment, Faringway found themselves in a great struggle to produce enough food for the citizens of Faringway - due to the 35% take away. By 1952, they were in a full famine, known as 'The Great Famine'. Walter Walson managed to pass a bill known as the 'Baker's Bill', which suggested raising taxes in order to focus government funds on farming. Josquin Alstreet created countless pieces of propaganda, encouraging people to become farmers. The aim of the Baker's Bill was to focus funding on farming, so they could produce 135% of their previous crop yield, therefore feeding their people and paying their debts to Ariel. The bill and propaganda was actually rather successful to begin with. They managed to get through 1953 with just enough food to last.

But in 1954 things changed. This bill was highly disputed by the LIGMA Party, who due to their great public interest, managed to make the bill quite unpopular. Mojang strongly endorsed the idea of war between Ariel and Faringway, even despite the serious military difference, and for that very same reason, Mojang was furious that Walson had withdrew funding from the military and instead invested in farming. Walson found the LIGMA Party insanely insufferable, and publicly called Mojang a number of profanities, ranging from 'Cretin' to heavier things.

LIGMA Army:
By the end of 1954, most people had withdrawn from agriculture, at the encouragement of the LIGMA Party. It was becomingly increasingly obvious that the Great Famine was only going to get worse, despite Walson's greatest efforts. In Heath 1954, Josquin Alstreet was assassinated by a member of the LIGMA party (although this has yet to be proven). The LIGMA Party burnt propaganda in the streets, had giant riots and played darts with images of Walson, Obliski & Oldma. The LIGMA Party had recruited many men, some younger than 14, and armed them with highly dangerous guns.

Whilst Mojang insisted that 'The LIGMA Army' (as they were now named) had no intention of overthrowing the government, Walson found this hard to believe. In 1956, when he ordered 3 attacks, only 1 of the 3 generals actually acted upon his order. The attack was a critical failure, as many of the soldiers refused to open fire, and those who did were most likely killed by their own soldiers.

It was obvious to Walter Walson that he essentially had no power anymore, and the famine was getting increasingly worse. He decided - with only 2 months left in office - to resign early and leave the issue to Mojang.

Mojang's Leadership
Once Walter Walson had resigned, an election was called, 2 months early. Mojang won the election with a landslide victory, considering he already had control of the country. Mojang instantly focused funding on the military - increasing taxes dramatically. He began talks with Alberat and managed to squeeze an alliance. Alberat loaned them $400,000 due to Mojang's promise of Ariel's downfall (Alberat planned to be the silent killer of Ariel, so at the 'inevitable' downfall of Ariel, they would come out on top).

Mojang spent the loan on more military funding. Despite Mojang promising war towards Faringway, he decided to hold off - instead focusing his military on how to tactically gain food supplies. Mojang figured that if he were feared or respected, when he stole from other countries, they would let it slide. If Faringway were superior, then if other nations tried to act against them, Faringway could do what Ariel did and demand an outrageous punishment. And they could not refuse, due the fact that Faringway is far more powerful This tactic was known as the 'Price-Trap' - first created by Obliski when he used it against Faringway in 1949).

In order to act upon Price-Trap, Mojang first had to put his citizens through hell - forcing many citizens to sell their homes, in order to pay tax. He also started taxing people for not having citizenship, forcing foriegners to pay for the right to live in Faringway, which created an large amount of racism and segregation between people. He also barred foriegners from leaving, unless they stated an intent to return. A majority of the Faringway people were torn between being extremely unhappy and poor; or joining the army, where they would be fed the bare minimum. This encouraged thousands more to enlist. By 1958, 84% of men between the ages of 18 and 60 were in the army. When people highlighted the fact that a majority of women were dying (due the fact they couldn't join the army or get sustainable jobs) - Mojang introduced the 'Mamma's Law'. It stated that the more children you had, the less taxes you would have to pay monthly. This caused the birth rate to skyrocket, resulting in more mouths to feed. Mojang introduced the 'Healthy-Amount Kit', a small amount of rations, said to be enough to get you through the day (although research later showed it wasn't enough). Mojang also introduced the 'Mamma's Law II', where the more children you had, the more rations you'd be gifted.

People were still highly optimistic about Mojang's plan, calling it the 'Struggle for the Steve', implying world domination. By 1955, Ariel had already ended the 'Paige Punishment'. Mojang had made his mark, and it wasn't going away. He forced Faringway into a far worse famine than the 'Paige Punishment' years. Many figured that if they had just repeated Walson's 'Baker's Bill' the next year they would've resolved the famine.

Mojang planned on stopping any international trade between Redding and Alberat, considering the route is visible from Faringway. Mojang had attempted to force Propaganda out, giving the impression that Faringway was extremely strong. He hoped Redding and Alberat would back-down pretty easily. On 3 seperate occasions, Faringway successfully stole a large amount of cargo en route to Alberat, from Redding. With that, plus their own supply, they were set for at least a season or two. This wasn't good enough for Mojang, so he did it once more. But then he was a warned that Insomnia Central - Alberat & Redding's ally - would get involved.

Mojang realised that war was good for Faringway. They had reason to be entirely impoverished, and they'd get to use the military that they'd spent all their money on. So Faringway, took their last assault very seriously - left nothing, stealing countless numbers of rations. They calculated that if they continued rationing the food they had collected, they could keep rationing for 3 years. There was no response after that assault, so Mojang shrugged it off and did it again. At that point Insomnia Central put its foot down and declared war...

War
In 1959, President Iain Turnbull called his senate to vote upon whether this assault was reason enough for war. By one vote, the senate concluded it was, and from the 21st of Heath 1959, Insomnia Central was at war with Faringway. Meanwhile, Mojang expected that Turnbull wouldn't declare war until provoked further, so Mojang planned a full sweep of Redding. He hoped to gain an advantage over Insomnia Central, with a surprise invasion of their ally. Mojang was still strategizing when he received the word that Turnbull had declared war on Faringway. Mojang took time to celebrate, then swiftly returned to his planning. Turnbull, whilst completely clueless of Mojang's plan, decided to place troops in Suffont (a small coastal state in Redding). This placement turned out to be highly strategic and would forever torment Mojang Asdian.

The Redding Invasion:
On 3rd of Arjun 1960, Mojang Asdian ordered thousands of men into Redding. Redding's resistance was futile, as they had never previously expected war - focusing on agriculture. Turnbull found this infiltration highly unexpected (bearing in mind the invasion started at 05:00). By 10:00, they had stormed the entirety of Turkinton and the majority of Dermal. Turnbull had far too few troops sent to the border between Hoof and Dermal. The battle ended quickly and was an astronomical failure for Turnbull. The President of Redding, Sebastian Blue was taken 'hostage' during the battle. Mojang advanced through Hoof over the course of the next 2 days, resisted by some IC Soldiers and a few rallying citizens of Hoof. Once Mojang had taken South Hoof, he was able to swoop through Lin with relative ease. Mojang was then able to push the Insomnia Central soldiers into Suffont. When Mojang tried to attack, it was vastly unsuccessful, due to the amount of IC soldiers who were previously stationed there (IC Soldiers in Suffont were ordered not to leave under any circumstances).

By the end of the battle, Faringway occupied 93% of Redding. In 3 days, they had stolen thousands of crops from the locals, giving them nearly enough food for a 10 year ration supply. The fact that Mojang didn't occupy Suffont was infurating for him. There became a large no-man's land between Suffont and Hoof (as well as the border between Redding and IC). But as Suffont was right next to IC, they could filter in thousands of troops, and they had a plan of one day advancing.

Alliances:
Whilst Faringway was rather short of alliances (due to fact that if they gained any they would 100% invade them), other countries were forming alliances fast.


 * Leader of Wordsmith Jak Alman proposes an alliance between Insomnia Central, Wordsmith & Alberat, known as the 'Partners Treaty' (1960). Alberat were desperate for this alliance to go ahead, so they could have protection from their uncomfortably close enemy, Faringway.
 * Dersat and Ariel made an agreement called the 'Father Trade', where Dersat is fully protected by Ariel, in return for Ariel essentially taking full control of Dersat's government (1960).

Suffont Beach:
Mojang tried many tactics to gain Suffont beach: he tried air strikes, but they were shot down easily; he tried spies, they couldn't do much; he tried full invasions, but the IC Soldiers had far too great defences. Mojang knew exactly why they had such great defences - because of their untouchable friend in the seas, Wordsmith. Wordsmith specialised in engineering and technology, and were shipping thousands of mortars and guns straight across to Suffont Beach. Mojang had wanted to eliminate Wordsmith for a while, but he had no idea how without sea access (granted he did have a strip of beach at the South of Faringway, but it would involve either crossing Ariel or IC seas, or going all the way round the South Pole, which Faringway was not ready for). The only strategic place Mojang could use to destroy Wordsmith was Suffont Beach.

Meanwhile, Iain Turnbull was replaced with Heath Ercilla-Poole, who had a distinct plan. His plan was to exhaust the Faringway military, and then at the strike of the new year (1962), he would march thousands of troops into Hoof pushing them back into Lin, where they would be attacked from both sides, since Alberat would join. Then, they would push into Dermal, and set up defences in Hoof to insure Faringway reclaim it. Ercilla-Poole called it the 'Jock Plan'.

The Dennis Push Battle:
By 1961, Mojang knew how to cut off supply lines to Suffont. If he break through South Deniseland, he could cut off their route to Suffont. Once Suffont was surrounded, he could finally take the annoying little state. The only problem was that the route between Suffont and Deniseland was extremely populated, so their assault would have to be brutal and quick. At the time, the capital city Georgia was in Deniseland, meaning his attack had to be planned on the capital.

On the night of Georgia 9th 1961, Mojang pushed thousands upon thousands of troops through no-man land, across into Deniseland. The attack of the front lines proved highly successful due to the nature of the battle; Faringway having the high ground and the element of surprise. But word soon travelled to Ercilla-Poole, who quickly responded by securing the routes to Suffont and Leviavon. Ercilla-Poole planned a response from soldiers in Leviavon, which proved unsuccesful and ended in retreat. The Faringway soldiers traveled to the Suffont route with high hopes - the possibility of IC's surrender, but they were misled into Deniseland. Ercilla-Poole used a tactical move known as the 'Border Block', where the enemy is lead into a clear dead-end, and then their exit is covered from both sides. Ercilla-Poole did exactly that - he lead them onto the Deniseland docks, then blocked their exit by flooding troops into Deniseland on the Song, Suffont and Leviavon front. The Faringway troops surrendered and Mojang was furious!

The Battle of Jock:
The Jock Plan had been in motion for about half a year at this point and the Dennis Push Battle's aftermath was a great time for IC to advance. The troops in Suffont left for the first time for 2 years, and on the night of 31st of William 1961 they stormed Hoof, taking Faringway by surprise. By about 06:00, 1st of Arjun 1962 they managed to regain Hoof. Then, they pushed the majority of Faringway soldiers into the 'Lin corridor' (the state of Lin). Faringway set up base in Lin, assuming IC was done. They did not expect to be assaulted from both sides. Alberat and Insomnia Central completely wiped out Faringway's presence in Lin. By this point, IC had sweeped 65% of Redding and many soldiers were expecting to enter Dermal and Turkington, but Ercilla-Poole decided to wait on the border of Dermal, preparing for company.

Mojang was positive that IC was going to invade Dermal, skip Turkington and enter Faringway. The Dermal border was extremely precious to Mojang, so he fortified it, going so far as to create 10ft thick concrete walls. He built tons of pill-boxes and devastated a town in Dermal, to use it to store his weaponry. With Mojang's iron border between Dermal and Hoof, Ercilla-Poole was certain he was going to invade and that it must be quick, but he knew it was highly risky.

After months of battling back and forth, Heath Ercilla-Poole was able to break through the barrier, and sent tens of thousands of men flooding through. After more struggle, they finally managed to take Dermal. Turkington was met with barely any resistance and was easily occupied on the 13th of Todd 1962. Mojang was furious, and fortified Faringway so heavily that the Dermal border seemed like a wooden fence.

Occupation of Dersat:
On 6th of Arjun 1963, Faringway invaded Dersat to test the waters with Ariel, considering Dersat was a puppet of Obliski (Ariel). They managed to take Dersat with little to no problem, other than verbal disagreement with Ariel. Obliski made a speech on 3rd of Dusty 1963 stating that he would pursue Faringway - whether this meant violence, he was unable to say. On 28th of Dusty 1963, Ariel marched men into Lithanite, Faringway. Mojang was highly unprepared for this. In panic, he moved his North Dersat troops to Lithanite to minimize the threat and destruction. Unfortunately, Ariel absolutely trashed and burnt the entire state into pieces.

On 11th of Harry 1963, Ariel invaded Dersat, as Mojang was still recovering from the loss of Lithanite. At the time it was under Ariel's occupation and Mojang was clearly planning to invade it. The invasion of Dersat once again took Mojang by surprise. Mojang practically gave up Dersat, and Ariel had full control again.

Mojang finally put an end to Ariel's occupation of Lithanite on 2nd of Samuel 1963, when he pushed out the Ariel soldiers. Mojang figured that the war was got going favourably for him. So, what Mojang proposed next was the meaning of the term "quit while you're ahead". He suggested Faringway should gain one more major victory over Insomnia Central, to make them fear Faringway again, so that when Faringway suggests a peace treaty, Insomnia Central will demand less.

The Upper Hand:
First, Mojang attempted to attack Redding, on 30th of Alice 1963. He failed miserably, but managed to set up a new line into Turkington. On 16th of Iain, he made his second attempt and managed to successfully occupy Turkington. He adopted a strategy called 'not destroying the city you occupy'. On the 10th of Heath 1963, they were pushed back into the border of Turkington. When finally, on 21st of William, they launched their most successful attack. Mojang managed to take back Turkington and regain about half of Dermal.

The Agreement/The End:
After this attack, Mojang felt as though he had somewhat of an upper hand, so he proposed the following agreement: Redding would be divided amongst the nations of Alberat, Ariel, Faringway and IC. They also promised to set up churches for the Church of Nicolas. Whilst many found this deal completely irrational and unfair, considering the damage Faringway had caused, Ercilla-Poole respected Faringway and found the fact that they were willing to set up a Church of Nicolas very honourable. He accepted the deal on the 3rd of Dusty 1964.

Relations

 * On 5th of Dusty 1960, Wordsmith suggested to Insomnia Central an alliance. Alberat, knowing that Wordsmith and Insomnia Central will be good weaponry trade partners, ask to join, supplying crops and other produce This was known as the 'Partner's Treaty'.
 * Ariel and Insomnia Central state a 'non-alliance' on 17th of Molly 1962.
 * When IC reoccupied Redding on the 13th of Todd 1963, they set up 'The Frozen Treaty'. This treaty sets up a permanent and almost indebted alliance with IC. IC also takes a large chunk of land from Redding, to use as they wish.
 * On 11th of Arjun 1963, Alberat stated a non-alliance with Faringway. Alberat agreeing to not attack Faringway was directly against 'the Partner's Treaty', so Insomnia Central redesigned 'the Partner's treaty' with just Wordsmith & Insomnia Central.

The End
The war lasted from 21st of Heath 1959 to 3rd of Dusty 1964. It took the lives of 49 Million people.