Nordic Independence Faction

The Nordic Independence Faction is a primarily Norwegian and Finnish secessionist movement aligned against the European Federation. They regard the EuF's control of the Scandinavian region, and more or less the entirety of Western Europe by extension, as unjust and illegal. They propose that Europe needs Scandinavia more than Scandinavia needs Europe, and suggest that the Nordic Council was either bought or threatened into joining the Federation. The group commonly compares the EuF to the USSR due to its economic policies and jingoistic international relations. They believe that the Scandinavian Federation has fallen victim to Anglo-German imperialism and reject the idea of Europe as a singular nation. They frequently accuse the EuF of hypocrisy and thievery due to Europe's recovery from the Human-Vannai War being expedited by Hanse Behörde's explicit military and economic support before they were abruptly evicted.
Combined with Trondheim's liberation at the hands of ACC in early 2019 (laid next to the EuF's liberation of Bergen and its establishment of Muspelheim in 2015), they can generally be considered to be in favor of the Armor Corps Coalition. While the Federation does not abide resistance movements, support of power armored hegemony is intolerable, and as a result the NIF faces stringent persecution by the Federalist government. These violent purges have seen the NIF become a hostile, militarized group in return, though with the current object of their ire being one of the most heavily fortified locations in all of Europe, their operations are typically small and convert, primarily aimed towards acts of sabotage rather than murder, and avoid civilian targets when possible. Nonetheless, they are considered domestic terrorists. They are primarily categorized as anarchists by the Federation, though the NIF contests this label, as they have no desire to see democracy abolished. They would be more accurately classified as Eco-militants, given that a large part of the reason for their formation as a group was the creation of the Muspelheim megafactory and exploitation of Norway's oil reserves. They may also be considered a nationalistic and ethnic movement, as many Norse have professed to hating the idea of their homeland being ruled and exploited by opulent Roman LARPers on a faraway island.
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