Libertalian Independence War

= Libertalian Independence War =
The Libertalian Independence War (also known as the Libertalian Border Revolt or the Jungle war,) was a conflict that lasted 5 days from the 16th to the 21st of October 2021 which involved the province of Libertalia breaking away from the 2nd Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa, which resulted in the total collapse of the archonate and the Independence of Libertalia.
== Causes ==
=== Tension ===
There has always been tension between the Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa and the province of Libertalia, which had extremely isolationist ideals, which caused it to have ideas that would often contradict Viodoxa's. It did not help that Bean Reccowan, This didn't silence him however, as he would still largely protest the Archonate's actions. 
"I refuse to turn my back on my people just because Viodoxa demands it, I will not send my people off to a war they know nothing of just to be more bodies for their conflict." - Bean Reccowan
== Battles ==
=== First Engagement ===
After a few days, it was found out that due to a lack of communication, a town within Silvay's borders was wrongly assigned to be Libertalian, despite Bean himself asking for reassurance. On the 16th of October, Regent Archon Danzig dem Spheniscidae and Synkletos Azara McSpiegel were tasked with sorting the situation out amongst themselves. Once they arrived in Salapet, both sides would try and ultimately fail to reach an agreement, and soon enough, the Imperial Army was called in by Danzig as a backup just in case. As soon as the soldiers arrived, there were disagreements with the townspeople. One way or another, someone somewhere shot first and thus began the first engagement.
=== Battle of Thebanii ===
After the first engagement, Bean himself rallied a Libertalian force of 9 men for a counteroffensive. A fierce battle raged on until eventually at around 12pm EST, the Viodoxan stronghold was overrun by the Thebanians and the order was given to retreat. Shortly after their victory, Libertalia would proclaim itself independent from Viodoxa. Multiple small scale skirmishes followed, but no actual land war. 
"Libertalia was always a time bomb silently waiting to detonate. It was never a matter of how, rather when." - Danzig Spheniscidae 
== Aftermath ==
=== Stalemate ===
After the skirmishes that followed, a ceasefire was agreed upon by Archon Yazov and Bean Reccowan which put all operations on hold for the time being.
=== Collapse of the Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa ===
After the ceasefire, it was realized that Viodoxa was not stable enough to continue on with her endavours, with the revolt itself taking a hard toll on the Archonate. With crippling stability issues and an expensive conflict ongoing within her own borders, Archon Blanc McSpiegel dissolved the 2nd Archonate of Viodoxa at 5pm EST, granting all former provinces sovereignty to rule over themselves, including the now fully independent State of Libertalia. The hermit kingdom would go on to join Floria and become intergrated as a fully fledged part of Astronomous' kingdom.
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