May Soolian Crisis

The May Soolian Crisis, also known as the Koro-Soolian Conflict or the First Koro-Soolia War was a conflict between Korosechev and Soolia in which Soolia threatened war with Korosechev if they did not cede them the territory of Cognia. The crisis lasted for 3 days in which both sides fully prepared to go to war before an agreement was worked out that saw Soolia back down without receiving Cognia. 
It was the first time Korosechev was actually faced with the prospect of a war ticket, and they were relatively isolated at the time with a completely disarmed military. Despite this, Korosechev is widely seen to have come out on top; with some considering it to be one of the largest underdog victories in all of Eldham. 
It was initially unclear as to the reasons why Soolia was declaring war on Korosechev, and at the time it was largely assumed due to recent conflict that Charles (the Soolian High King) was an Azulan puppet declaring a revenge war against Korosechev. It was later revealed that Soolia wished to annex Cognia in order to sell the land off for money to buy themselves independence from the Ashtrokan-Wandenreich Empire (of which they were a vassal of at the time.) 
== Background ==
For More Information, See Korosechev#Uniting with Cognia & Soolia#The Battle of Far Harbor
=== Soolian vassalship ===
Following the ascension of Goober Godd-Fjell to the Soolian throne, a war broke out between Soolia and the Ashtrokan-Wandenreich Empire which saw Soolia initially win at the Battle of Far Harbor, however Goober would end up dying in his sleep and rendering Soolia without a leader; leading to a surrender signed by Dennis Godd-Fjell which forced Soolia into vassalship under the A.W.E before passing the crown to his son Charles Godd-Fjell and leaving him with the responsibility of recovering Soolia's former glory. In order end their vassalship under the A.W.E. a fee was required to be paid of a few million dollars, leading to Charles to search for a way to quickly make the money and theorizing that by conquering a piece of and selling it off he could acquire the funds required.
=== Koro acquisition of Cognia ===
In the North East, the Workers' Syndicate of North Valresh had been experiencing extreme political turmoil due to a variety of issues ranging from leadership struggles, internal division, and separatist movements. Internally a treaty was signed to divide up the nation between a few member states and dissolve the union, with the state of Cognia to be given to the Crystallium of Azula despite not having consulted with the Cognian population. At this point in time, there was a large nationalist movement occurring in Korosechev which spurred on leadership to reach out to the Cognians in order to offer merging with them to form the Confederation of Cognia-Korosechev (C.O.C.K), which Cognia agreed to; signing a treaty with the Koro government dictating they would join Korosechev and denouncing the treaty stating they would join Azula. This almost lead to a war between Korosechev and Azula, but the Lunari Empire sided with Azula and forced Korosechev to back down.
== Timeline ==
=== First contact ===
On April 15th, 2023 Charles joined the Korosechev discord server and applied for Diplomat status. The reason for picking Korosechev specifically was later found out to be a suggestion by Bogie95 saying that Korosechev could be an easy target due to its isolation and perceived weakness, although he would later state he regretted this decision as he had not actually ever interacted with Korosechev and after the war he himself would join the Korosechev discord and become extremely good friends with the nation; only revealing he was the one to suggest Korosechev to Charles almost a year after the initial war.
Charles would continue the scout for options for war before eventually settling on Korosechev with the goal to annex Cognia and sell off the land to escape vassalship. Initially Charles would act as a potential ally to Korosechev, opening a ticket and asking to sign a Non-Aggression Pact but not expecting to be provided one so quickly, leading to Charles acting like he was procrastinating on signing it while he attempted to garner more military support.
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