Volaysian Unification War

The **Volaysian Unification War** was a conflict between multiple small states including Volaysia which resulted in the victory and consolidation of the modern Volaysian Republic.

## Timeline

### ***1910***

Pelaros, seeing Jazberk as a weak enemy that they could easily takeover, declares war. Jazberk's small, inexperienced and undersupplied army fares poorly against Pelarosi forces, and significant amounts of territory are seized from Jazberk.

This invasion angered the nation of Jabeyrack (then ruled by Fulcrum supporters and outspoken critics of the Polmarian Triumvirate, which Pelaros modelled itself after), leading to a declaration of war. Unfortunately for the Jabeyracki forces, Pelarosi resistance is tough, and combined with lava flows caused by the Cataclysm, this slowed the Jabeyracki advance to a crawl and results in a stalemate by the end of 1910.

*Main Article: Jabeyrack-Pelaros War.*

By 1910, Artos had begun efforts to unify with Telask, to form a large elf-dominated nation and form a "superpower" of sorts.

### ***1911***

After Telaski refusal to merge with Artos, the Artosi abandon diplomacy and launch an invasion into Telaski territory.

Telaski troops, though hard-pressed, were able to handle the Artosi advance. Unfortunately for them, a second front was opened when the elf despising nation of Cleovokia launched its own invasion into Telask, forcing them to split their forces and lose more territory.

Sometime into 1911, triumphant Pelarosi forces marched into the city of Szendrodvarke- capital of Jazberk. Jazberk surrendered soon after.

After seeing the brutal lightning war waged on Jazberk, Volaysia fears they will be Pelaros's next target as the stalemate with Jabeyrack doesn't seem like it'll break anytime soon, so they declare war and start fighting with Pelaros

### ***1912***

Artosi and Cleovokian forces both made large advances into Telaski territory. Cleovokia commited several atrocities against the elven population of Telask during its invasion.

Jabeyracki forces finally made a breakthrough into Pelarosi territory and seized a large amount of land. Following this however, another stalemate began soon after, and this one was not broken until the surrender of Pelaros in 1913.

Karoksan had not joined any conflicts at this point.

### ***1913***

Early in 1913, Telask finally fell to its invaders. Its territory was split between Artos and Cleovokia. The two nations, with their radically different beliefs, now found themselves bordering each other. War broke out near instantly.

Cleovokia's invasion of Artos was a humiliating faliure, and they were firmly kicked off the island. After this, Cleovokia and Artos would never engage each other in combat again- Cleovokia had invested in anti air defences to prevent an Artosi attack, and the beaches of Artos were too fortified for the Cleovokians to even consider attacking.

Pelaros surrendered to Jabeyrack due to the vast difference in the quality of the two nations' militaries. As a sign of goodwill, Jabeyrack gave much of Pelaros's territory to Volaysia.

Due to Karoskan's racist policies towards humans, Volaysia seized the opportunity to expand more and invaded Karoskan. Due to Karoskan's soldiers seeing it as glorious to die in battle, they fought to the bitter end and inflicted severe casualties on Volaysia's forces. Volaysia also lost a crucial naval skirmish at the Battle of Lohalyas Coast, losing one of their two heavy cruisers in the fight-the VNV Hognose.

Seeing the sorry state of Cleovokia, Volaysia requested that the two countries merge. Suprisingly for the Volaysians, the Cleovokians accepted, and Cleovokia was peacefully absorbed into Volaysia.

Sometime into 1913, Artos attempted to expand into O'Leary territory only to be brutally beaten back. After their humiliating defeat, Artos had to pay hefty reparations to O'Lear, but their territory was not annexed.

### ***1914***

After the eruption of a volcano formed in the cataclysm led to the destruction of several crucial Karoskani forts, Volaysia saw an opportunity and attacked, leading to the "Battle of Flaming Ruins". Volaysia managed to win this battle with relative ease and flanked the rest of the Karoskani line, inflicting severe casualties throughout. Volaysia advanced further into Karoksan, and with their defensive lines shattered, the rest of Karoskan started to fall.

### ***1915***

In 1915, Volaysian forces fully conquered Karoskan.

### ***1916***

Artos began an assault on Volaysian territory, due to it being the only state of similar size in the area. Volaysia, concerned about Artos's airships, had invested in a lot of anti-air technology, while Artos has nothing to counter Volaysia's formidable navy.

Volaysia conducted their first ever amphibious assault with their marines during 1916, landing on Soahbas Beach. The landings at Soahbas were succesful, and Volaysian troops advanced into the Artosi homeland.

### ***1917***

Volaysian soldiers pushed deep into Artos in 1917, placing a siege on the capital city of Dagda. Volaysia gave Artos some surrender terms after the siege began, which are far harsher than those given by O'Lear. This just reinforced Artosi morale.

Volaysia decides that Artosi morale must be damaged more in order to get them to surrender, so they launch a big assault on the besieged capital of Dagda, they are able to take it As Volaysians advance into former Telaski land, the former Telaski civilians cheer their arrival as liberators from Artos, this is due to Artos being pretty mean to former Telaski civilians.

### ***1918***

With the population sick of war, and with the military demoralised, the Artosi government had no choice but to surrender to Volaysia.

## Aftermath

### Anti war sentiment

The Volaysian Unification war was an especially brutal conflict due to the widespread use of trench warfare tactics. This led to the population of Volaysia having a strong anti war sentiment ever since the end of the war.

### Population

Due to Volaysia conquering multiple nations, most of which were populated by their own species, the Volaysian species demographics are more even than most nations.