Kastovia

Kastovia (Cyrillic: Кастовия) is a fictional country featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Warzone, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, and Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0.
==Geography==
Formerly part of the Soviet Unionhttps://twitter.com/taylorkurosaki/status/1192805669570826240, Kastovia is a country located in the Caucasus Region, bordered by the Russian Federation to the north and to the west. The capital city is Verdansk. The country's main language is Russian.
==History==
During World War II, Kastovia was occupied by German forces which built a system of underground bunkers to stockpile ammunitions and weapons beneath its capital, Verdansk. As the Wehrmacht retreated, the bunkers were sealed and forgotten.
In 1984, Verdansk served as a hub of operations for the Soviet-based spy ring known as Perseus led by Vikhor "Stitch" Kuzmin. The city was almost completely destroyed when CIA operative, Russell Adler triggered the explosives planted in the abandoned German underground bunker system in order to thwart Stitch's operations. The republic declared independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and Verdansk was then rebuilt by the West and Russia.
On April 6th, 2019, members of the Inner Circle, a terrorist organization led by Vladimir Makarov while disguised as Kastovian Police, Paramedic, and Armed Responders, attacked the Acropolis National Arena. The terrorists destroyed many parts of the stadium alongside killing many civilians and injured countless, they also threatened to destroy the Verdansk International Airport. This prompted Bravo Team of the Special Air Service under the command of Captain John Price and Lieutenant General Herschel Shepherd to intervene in order to prevent further destruction. Makarov was captured by Bravo Team, however, another squad of Inner Circle managed to infiltrate the Verdansk International Aiport and partially destroyed it after detonating their own explosive as Bravo Team was leaving the area.
On October 24th, 2019, CIA Officer Alex Keller and several US Marine Raiders were deployed in Verdansk to confirm the presence of chlorine gas inside a depot and prevent the forces of Russian general Roman Barkov from sending the gas to Urzikstan. The gas, however, was stolen during the mission by a group of insurgents led by Hadir Karim.
On March 3rd, 2020, the terrorist organization Al-Qatala, under the leadership of Khaled Al-Asad, and heavily supplied by Victor Zakhaev, invaded Kastovia and launched a full-scale assault against Verdansk, attack the Kastovian military's land force, occupying the city and its surroundings. A new alliance, Armistice, was formed to stop Al-Qatala.
Sometime after Armistice was formed, a massive cloud of toxic gas was released within Verdansk. In the chaos that ensued, members of Armistice began fighting amongst themselves. Lt. Simon Riley of the SAS was stationed in Verdansk, and began an investigation of the situation, requesting fellow Task Force 141 member John Price to send fighters that he could trust to assist him. 
From February to April of 2021, Verdansk saw the arrival of the Vodianoy and an infestation of Zombies, leading to an attempt at evacuation and eventual nuking on April 21st, 2021.
==List of Maps Set in Kastovia==
===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare===
Aisle9 LoadingScreen MW.png|Aisle 9
ArklovPeak LoadingScreen MW.png|Arklov Peak
AtlasSuperstore LoadingScreen MW.png|Atlas Superstore
BarakettPromenade LoadingScreen MW.png|Barakett Promenade
Broadcast LoadingScreen MW.png|Broadcast
GulagShowers LoadingScreen MW.png|Gulag Showers
GunRunner Day LoadingScreen MW.png|Gun Runner
GraznaRaid LoadingScreen MW.png|Grazna Raid
HovecSawmill LoadingScreen MW.png|Hovec Sawmill
KarstRiverQuarry LoadingScreen MW.png|Karst River Quarry
KrovnikFarmland LoadingScreen MW.png|Krovnik Farmland
Livestock LoadingScreen MW.png|Livestock
MialstorTankFactory LoadingScreen MW.png|Mialstor Tank Factory
PortOfVerdansk LoadingScreen MW.png|Port of Verdansk
Scrapyard LoadingScreen MW.png|Scrapyard
Station LoadingScreen MW.png|Station
TavorskDistrict LoadingScreen MW.png|Tavorsk District
Vacant LoadingScreen MW.png|Vacant
VerdanskInternationalAirport LoadingScreen MW.png|Verdansk International Airport
VerdanskRiverside LoadingScreen MW.png|Verdansk Riverside
VerdanskStadium LoadingScreen MW.png|Verdansk Stadium
ZhokovBoneyard LoadingScreen MW.png|Zhokov Boneyard
===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II & Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III===
Farm18 LoadingScreen MWII.png|Farm 18
==Gallery==
AlQatala Invades Russia ModernWarfare 2019.jpeg|Al-Qatala invading Kastovia.
Verdansk Kastovia Satellite MW.jpeg|Verdansk and Kastovia.
Verdansk Map Operations SpecOps MW.jpeg|Map of Verdansk used for Armistice operations.
Verdansk Nuke Mushroom MW WZ.png|Verdansk is nuked.
==Trivia==
*In the alpha version of Modern Warfare, several multiplayer maps were originally set in Russia. Russia was replaced by Kastovia in the final game.
*Every Special Ops operations and most of the Ground War maps featured in Modern Warfare are set in Verdansk, Kastovia.
*Kastovian flags can be seen scattered throughout Rebirth Island.
==References==
Category:Countries
Category:Places
Category:Locations
Category:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) Locations
Category:Call of Duty: Warzone Locations
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Locations
Category:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Locations
Category:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Locations
Category:Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile Locations
Category:Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 Locations