The Dual War

The Dual War is a civil conflict which involved most of the Sarnungian Republic's citizens, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Republic Military Alliance and the Immigrant Army. A third party in the war is the group Italo, a small-scale fascist organisation that supports the Immigrant Army but has a goal different from the other two parties. The war has involved the mobilisation of over five hundred thousand military personnel, making it the largest conflict in North African history. In a state of "total war," the major participants placed the majority of their naval and aerial assets at the service of the war effort.
The start of the war was generally held to be March 25, 2010 with the assassination of King Sargun by Italo and subsequent immigrant uprisings in Casablanca, Sarnunga, Tripoli, and Tobruk. Italo, a fascist organisation, was revealed to be a farce designed to throw intelligence agencies off of the real syndicate, the Desert Foxes.
==History==
The Sarnungian Republic reformed in North Africa on December 30, 2009.http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=77271 The predecessor state, Carthage, had formed in North Africa on August 30, 2009. http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=67774 The Sarnungian Republic has historically had a high population with low housing,http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=77335&view=findpost&p=2074114http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=77335&view=findpost&p=2074116http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=77335&view=findpost&p=2074117http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=77335&view=findpost&p=2074119a situation that has been worsened by the massive influx of Italian immigrants following the collapse of the Sicilian government.http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=77335&view=findpost&p=2231308 Immigrants had previously rioted and tensions were at an all-time high.http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=77335&view=findpost&p=2111798 The Sarnungian military had recently been recalled after the uneasy, unofficial peace with the Nation of Nod, and was thus unprepared for the riots that would soon follow. On March 25, 2010, King Sargun was reportedly killed when his plane was shot down by an Italo fighter.http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=83199
===Notes===