Tree Wars

The Tree Wars were a series of conflicts between the Farmer's Commune of Korosechev and the Republic of Helsia regarding the status of trees on Korosechev Island and the Helsian Peninsula. There were only two tree wars in total, with the Second war being larger in scale and containing more sides.
The First War occurred on the 29th of January, 2022 when Aaron4xb broke into the Korosechev capital of Orbiztan planting trees everywhere before bone mealing them. The Second War was started on December 8th of the same year when one of the ruling Consuls, Samuelemcn, issued a declaration of war after learning about the first war; wanting to finally settle the score after the very unconclusive results of the first war.
The Second War involved two additional minor sides: The Bambooists (a third party dedicated to planting bamboo and scaffolding on the battlefield), and The Lux Temple Constructors (a group of individuals dedicated to building small lux temples on the battlefield).
In both conflicts, Korosechev was the defender attempting to stop Helsia from planting trees, and Helsia was the attacker attempting to flood Korosechev with as many trees as possible. Both nations generally do not like outsiders getting involved, as the conflict is seen as very strictly being "beef between the two" that should be settled one on one.
== First war ==
=== Prelude ===
Following the collapse of the Confederation of Garxijos, the Farmers Commune of Korosechev and the Republic of Helsia became independent countries. The two nations showed hostility to eachother due to Helsia claiming Korosechev was supporting an anti-Helsian group called the SPG. Several Helsians entered the Korosechev discord server for both diplomatic and casual reasons; one of which being Aaronx4b as a diplomat. At one point a small gathering of people had gotten into a voice channel which Aaron eventually joined, creating tension as Aaron made threats of war to Korosechev. While in VC, a national announcement was put out requesting that trees in the Korosechev capital city of Orbiztan be cut down to make space for more farms; which Aaron saw and decided to actively work against, thereby beginning the First Tree War.
=== Timeline ===
==== Orbiztan skirmish ====
The only battle to take place in the First War was the skirmish of Orbiztan; in which Aaron busted into the Korosechev capital of Orbiztan to plant as many trees as possible. Aaron managed to enter largely unnoticed until being spotted by a Koro citizen while farming, whom quickly yelled in the VC that Aaron was there. Upon being noticed, Aaron quickly began to run around the east side of the island, planting and then growing trees as he ran to slow his adversaries as they stopped to cut them down. If someone managed to reach Aaron, they would quickly be attacked by him until they either ran away or died. 5 deaths were caused by this, with Aaron only being taken down one time.
Following Aarons death and subsequent return to Orbiztan, an offer was made that if Aaron was given a chest full of beer he would leave Korosechev alone. Aaron agreed, taking the alcohol and promptly leaving Korosechev feeling satisfied (However, he did remain in the voice channel.) The battle was Inconclusive at best. While Aaron did manage to outwit and outrun the Koro citizens attempting to stop him for several minutes before finally being caught, all the damage was cleared very quickly and the wood was useful for helping to build Korosechev's buildings which were largely made of wood logs. The battle was the only fight of the war, with Korosechev losing a majority of their beer stockpile to Aaron in order to shoo him away.
=== Conclusion ===
The First Tree War is firmly indecisive, with the ability to claim for both sides that they won depending on how you classify victory. A peace treaty was signed shortly after between the Koro and Helsian governments, formally ending the war and allowing for both to recover. The war made Korosechev very concerned with trees in the country, and lead to a growing anti-tree sentiment which would take around 3 months to wear off before the government decreed trees in Korosechev protected in order to stop the dwindling ecosystem.
== Second war ==
=== Prelude ===
Almost a year after the first tree war on the 8th of December, 2022 a small group was sitting in a voice chat when Aaronx4b joined to chat. By this point things had largely calmed down, but Aaron reminded of the tree war as a fun piece of history. Later on after Aaron had left, the tree war was being discussed between players crooser64 and ACasualWalnut when suddenly the Helsian Consul Samuelemcn enter the voice channel being curious as to what they were talking about. Samuel had only been with Helsia for roughly 3 months at the time, and thus had never heard of the First Tree War. crooser informed Samuel of what happened and he became so enthralled that he decided to privately ask if crooser would like to have a second tree war just for fun; to which crooser agreed.
=== Timeline ===
==== Initial battle ====
The first battle occurred on the 8th of December, 2022 when Helsian consul Samuelemcn arrived in Korosechev carrying saplings and bonemeal shortly after the announcement to go to war was posted, beginning to plant just outside the claimed area of the capital Orbiztan. crooser64 of Korosechev quickly ran over with an axe in order to prevent Samuel from continuing to plant trees. The two fought for around 20 minutes continually cutting, planting, attacking and running before a player by the name of Dragonmdk arrived on scene with bamboo and scaffolding, claiming to be from a third party called the bambooists that would associate with neither side. Both sides agreed to let the bambooists do their thing. The addition of scaffolding made tree-top battles and subsequent fall damage deaths more common.
Eventually Samuel managed to call in backup in the form of a few friends passing by to help plant the trees. This made cutting vastly harder and meant that the Korosechev forces were now outnumbered. Trees quickly piled up faster than they could be cut down as it quickly turned to a desperate defense to prevent the capital from being overrun by trees. In the midst of battle, Cognian citizen ACasualWalnut arrived on the scene to build a lux temple; recruiting the help of Dragonmdk in order to do so. The two managed to construct the temple just off to the side but still within fighting distance, completing it after about 10 minutes out of scraps like wood, scaffolding and bamboo. Both sides stopped to briefly admire the building before deciding to call the fight to an end.
After roughly an hour, the Helsian forces decided to leave after considering it a win. The players still in Korosechev cut down a few trees, but also left shortly after. The Lux Temple was left alone as Walnut joined Korosechev as a dual-citizen, meaning that his build was protected under laws relating to religion. After all Helsians had left, the battle was officially ended.
The battle was considered a decisive Helsian victory. Korosechev's capital Orbiztan was swamped with trees that took several people to fully remove. Korosechev would only put together an organized unit of people to help defend and counter-attack around a day later, meaning that the damage was not fully dealt with until later on. The wood used from cutting down the trees with donated to those who wanted it, and some equipment was broken in order to clear the whole thing.
==== Koro raiding ====
Following the first battle and subsequent removal of the remaining trees on the island, a group of Koro citizens banded together to form a militia dedicated to performing skirmishes and night raids against Helsia directly; marking the first time that the war had spread outside of Korosechev Island. This militia eventually expanded to include 7 people and it's own logistics network, organizing attacks in time zones where few Helsians would be online to prevent them from being stopped midway through a clearing.
=== Conclusion ===
Much like the first tree war, the Second Tree War is inconclusive. A peace treaty was never signed and thus the war technically continued infinitely, although fighting stopped entirely after late December and the war was largely forgotten about. Due to the Koro raids on Helsian soil, almost 80% of Helsia's naturally generated trees were cut down; permanently altering the Helsian landscape and visibly altering the appearance of the country on the Dynamap. The Lux statues built in Korosechev were never removed, and Lux ended up becoming an official minority religion with Korosechev
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