The First Imperian Civil War

The First Imperian Civil War was a conflict that lasted for 4 months between the territories and The Capitol.

**The Cause of the War:**

After 50 years of Imperia's existence, a coup happened in the Capitol and Territory 2 which lead to Imperia from being a democracy into a dictatorship. This lead to the new government putting in stricter laws in place over the next 10 years. Travel between the territories was banned, The death penalty returned, peacekeepers would be on every street. There was no escape from The Capitol. When the Capitol began trying to change the education system (to brainwash the youth), the territories had enough and began to attack the Capitol from all sides.

**Each Territories Reaction:**

Territory 1 - They sided with the capitol until the first week when the whole government of T1 was captured and executed by the rebels, this lead to a rebel government taking control and declaring war on the Capitol.

Territory 2 - T2 was loyal to the capitol and they sent soldiers to invade and destroy rebel strongholds in T13, T9 and T10. They were also lead by a pro capitol regime.

Territory 3 - Territory 3 rebelled and was used as a centre for research and production in the new Rebel state throughout the war.

Territory 4 - Territory 4 was initially going to stay peaceful until capitol bombers attacked ports in T4 over rumours that rebel soldiers were using it as a base for a naval invasion of The Capitol. This brought T4 into the war on the rebel side.

Territory 5 - Territory 5 was the second territory to rebel and they turned off the dam that provided electricity to the Capitol. This gave the rebels more time to prepare for an invasion of T2 and the capitol.

Territory 6 - T6 was the third to rebel and they helped the rebels by cutting off transport in the Capitol and other pro capitol territories.

Territory 7 - T7 rebelled and it was a stronghold for the rebels because of the forests around it.

Territory 8 - Territory 8 was the first territory to rebel and they nearly took complete control of the capitol in 2 days before being heavily bombed by T2.

Territory 9 - T9 was going to stay neutral but was pressured into the war by T10, T3 and T11.

Territory 10 - T10 was the 4th to rebel and they sent troops in to combat The Capitols invasion into T1.

Territory 11 - T11 joined the war against the capitol in fear that the people would try the same thing that they did with T1.

Territory 12 - T12 joined in the later half of the war because of the Capitol marching troops through their land.

Territory 13 - T13 joined the war because of a deal struck by the rebels that T13 would be allowed to get independence from Imperia after the war.

**How the war ended:**

After 4 months of brutal fighting, the Capitol began to bomb all of T13 since they were the ones with the 'weapons of mass destruction'. This turned T13 into a wasteland, all of the other territories surrendered in fear of a similar thing happening to them. This lead to The Capitol and the rebels signing the Treaty of Treason and the Pyre Games were born.

**Casualties:**

The Capitol - 34,531 deaths

Territory 1 - 61,219 Deaths

Territory 2 - 47,312 Deaths

Territory 3 - 51,421 Deaths

Territory 4 - 61,910 Deaths

Territory 5 - 49,116 Deaths

Territory 6 - 71,063 Deaths

Territory 7 - 58,218 Deaths

Territory 8 - 91,232 Deaths

Territory 9 - 53,229 Deaths

Territory 10 - 87,331 Deaths

Territory 11 - 52,581 Deaths

Territory 12 - 24,626 Deaths

Territory 13 - 314,471 Deaths