Byznesian Game

### Date

13 September 385 BSD (Battle of Beyuom) - 13 December 48 BSD (Cyorsian-Siralli War)

### Result

Siralli dominance over Byznesian Ocean
 Weakening of Cyorsian naval capabilities
 Strengthening of Siralli-Littari and Siralli-Gravelcoast alliance
 Creation of the Aligned Coalition
 End of Byznesian piracy

## Belligerents

### Belligerents

 Cyorsian Empire
 **Aligned Coalition:**
  Nelussia
  Tariolon State
 File:FallgolFlag.png Fallgol
 Comraot
 **Other:**
 Various pirate crews

## Belligerents -

### Belligerents-

 Siralli Kingdom
 **Ridge Alliance:**
 File:DuchyPolgaryFlag.png Duchy of Polgary
 File:BernlandDominionFlag.png Bernland Dominion
  Littari Admiralty
 **Other:**
 Various pirate crews
 Mercenaries

The **Byznesian Game** (Giantish: *Byznesë ölhun*) refers to a series of conflicts between the Cyorsian Empire and Siralli Kingdom in the Post Bellum age that took place in the Byznesian Ocean. The conflict revolved around the dominance of islands and the coastlines of the Byznesian Ocean, and also to expand their spheres of influence across the region as the new industrialization and trade age had begun, they would need more resources from these lands, especially the booming sugar, coffee, salt and coal industries.

Despite its over 300 year period, not much combat was seen outside of skirmishes, with only a few wars breaking out, with the majority of them being between the Cyorsians and the Littari-Gravelcoast-Polgary-Bernland coalition, and the Siralli Kingdom engaged in the sinking of military naval vessels in the Byznesian Ocean. Part of the war also continued overseas in their respective colonies. The series of battles began with the Battle of Beyuom on December 13th, 385 BSD, where Cyorsian ships sunk Siralli vessels encroaching on Cyorsian waters. It would be brought to an end with the Cyorsian-Siralli War, which led to the end of Cyorsian dominance over the Byznesian Ocean.

With the rise of new markets for exotic items flaring up in the early 400 BSD years, the Cyorsian Empire, with a large swath of its territory containing the regions where some of these resources were located, began to export them en masse, building a large trade fleet that would sail from ports on its southern coasts to the far north or to both coasts of Caleria, doing especially much trade with Adasthun and other nations on the peninsula. The Siralli Kingdom did not have the same share of resources on its home soil, and therefore put much effort and money into developing its colonies on Caleria, particularly in the south, as well as exploiting the Urik nations, who were also trading with Cyorsia. The Siralli government feared that the Cyorsians would become the dominant powerhouse of the new markets, and therefore began to counter them. The Cyorsians remained reluctant and did not do much to discourage the Siralli practices. In fact, they had both signed several trade agreements to iron out the markets, promoting cooperation.

Despite the attempts at cooperation, it flared over when four Cyorsian battleships sunk three Siralli naval vessels that had entered Cyorsian waters, who were en route to Magrabö. The reasoning, from the Cyorsian side, was that the vessels were not authorized to enter Cyorsian waters. The Siralli Kingdom issued a warning to the Cyorsians that if they do not pay the Siralli government 41,000,000 garvaj that they would retaliate and disallow any Cyorsian vessels from entering Siralli waters. The Cyorsians refused, and any Cyorsian vessels in Siralli waters were stopped, forcefully docked, and had their crew placed in temporary detainment facilities. The Cyorsian population at large protested the decision to not pay the Siralli the due amount, and the Cyorsian government quickly scrambled to find a solution to the issue. The event is referred to as the *June Crisis*.

Ultimately, the damage had been done and an all-out trade war and cold war had begun. The Siralli Kingdom invited Polgary, Bernland, the Gravelcoast Republic, the Littari Admiralty and the Kazjikian Empire to the so-called *Ridge Alliance*. In response, the Cyorsian Empire formed the *Aligned Coalition*, made up of Nelussia, the Tariolon State and Fallgol. While this alliance was weaker overall, it also gave much leveraging power to the Cyorsians, with the Tariolons being the main connection point between Caleria's east coast, and therefore a good route to the Adasthun Peninsula, and for their powerful standing army.

The Byznesian Game would ultimately come to a close with the Siralli victory after the Cyorsian-Siralli War in 48 BSD. The Siralli Kingdom and its allies had become the dominant power in Byznesia, a title that Cyorsia would never reclaim after their loss, which also resulted in the slow decline of the empire, which would all culminate in the Culmination War.

## Naming

The *Byznesian Game* was named so by the Daily Choir, a Siralli-based news publisher headquartered in New Siralli. The reason for its name is due to the large map boards inside of barracks, which often had small miniatures of ships, troops and cities on them. The *Daily Choir* compared it to a strategy board game. On the other hand, Cyorsian publishers often referred to it simple as *the trade war* (Giantish: *tädrojdru tojat*). It wasn't until after the war that it began to be referred to as the *Byznesian Game* in Cyorsia (Giantish: *Byznesë ölhun*).

## Following the June Crisis

With the release of all Cyorsian crewmen and their subsequent return to Cyorsia, a brief moment of respite overcame the Cyorsian public. It was believed at the time that it was going to be a small thing that would blow over almost immediately. This, however, was not reflective of the actuality. Both Cyorsian and Siralli diplomats were trying to figure out a way to make a new trade treaty that would ensure that another June Crisis could not come to be. The negotiations were tense and last almost a month until both sides agreed to scrap the agreement and instead add a new paragraph to the Treaty on Maritime Dialogue and Trade between the Cyorsian Empire and the Siralli Kingdom. While the paragraph would satisfy both sides, others sought better ways to put a rest to the brewing trade war. Örasj Divghon, member of the Imperial Tajn representing the People's Solidarity Party, criticized the decision to not create a new treaty while in the Imperial Tajn's public session. President Vokhan Maksuvu