990s to early 1000s

## Resurrection of Brikania

Brikania in ruins, Oreica shocked, the BSU dismembered. The World could not be in a worse state, but for the Brikanians, this was only a minor obstacle. Brikania was able to rebuild it's government and basic structure back into the New United Federation in 991. Shortly after this very quick resurrection, the NUF slowly began to restart it's industry and economy. Konig Elias miraculously climbed back into power through a massive military and pharmaceutical conglomerate called the Apollon Corporation, which was basically under his thumb by that point.

## Growth of the GAPR

Similarly, the northeastern nation of Arendeska was also rapidly expanding it's economy. With an iron relationship with Snezhgovia in the north, and the eventual union between the two countries to form the Greater Arendeskan People's Republic, Arendeska also begins to grow at a rapid pace. The first prime minister of Arendeska, Kirill Panov of the Arendeskan Labour Party announces that he will continue to grow and expand the nation. As a result of many of his policies, the nation's massive armed forces would be part of the reason of the union of Snezhgovia and Arendeska.

Further growth was mostly in the area of the Military. The GAPR's military force asserted itself as the largest in the world, boasting thousands of tanks, aircraft, and a standing army of 6,000,000.

## The Independent Republic of Valead

Once a colony of the Snezhgovian Empire, the IRV separated in the 60s to form it's own state. Ever since then the nation expanded through export of firearms, it's economy mainly built off of weapons production and export. The nation's victory in the Third World War had brought it's national pride to an absolute high, allowing it's leader, Jager Minorov to assume complete military and political control over Valead. The nation would remain a military powerhouse after it's neutralization in 1003.

## The UKSSR's Rise to Power

A westcoast nation, Kulachia furthered it's military goals in the form of a socialistic policy which dictated it's captured territories as free republics, in the end forming the UKSSR, the Union of Kulachian Soviet Socialist Republics. This nation would eventually collapse due to the the plagues of it's internal struggles.

## The Fourth "World" War

While not a large conflict, the Fourth World War was rather small skirmish, but a massive morale boost for both Valeadean and Brikanian people. Although resulted in massive losses of life, the conflict would show that the IRV was not to mess with.

The start of WW4 dates back to the New United Federation wanting to seize back the cities of Orlock, Grantry, Overton from the GAPR, which took them in the 3rd World War. The most notable out of the three, Grantry, a massive mining city, Orlock, the largest port, and Overton, an agricultural heaven. One could see why Brikania wanted them returned, but the GAPR held onto them tight. The fighting eventually resulted in the GAPR retreating and returning the three cities to the Concordian Empire (the transition state between the Brikanian Empire and the New United Federation, then finally to the Brikanian Holy Mandate).

Trying to enact revenge on the enemies of the Brikanian people, Brikania declared Lebensraum on the Independent Republic of Valead. The first hostile act of the war was the seizure of the Red Coast, a Valeadean Allied State on the Southern Westcoast. Shortly before the invasion, GAPR forces occupied the island nation, as an attempt to scare away the New United Federation. They were wrong, Brikania launched an all out invasion, with thousands of troops participating. The Valeadeans and Arendeskans fought to the death in defense of their homeland and ally respectively, their sacrifices were not in vain. Brikania was pushed from Valead, but not entirely defeated as in the previous world wars.

## Treaty of Overton

- Neither side will pay full war reparations

- GAPR will relinquish all claimed territory and re-establish borders back to 987 standard

- Kulachia will puppet Uzbroskian territory -Kouzian province will be re-annexed into Uzbroskia

- Arendeska will be allowed to set up a water monitoring station near Dhrim Castle

- Arendeska will pull all forces from Kingdom of Brickcliff, Brikanian Empire, and Free Makarskan Confederacy territories

- Hammer-Down Defensive line will be declared de-militarized zone

-Brikanian Empire, Brickcliff Kingdom, and Free Makarskan Confederacy will sign peace with GAPR

-Brikanian Empire, Brickcliff Kingdom, and Free Makarskan Confederacy will relinquish all support for Valead

## The Balkor Convention

After the war, the nations of the world were able to agree on one thing, a universal declaration banning the use of chemical and biological weapons in conflict. While this Convention was not fully supported, it was enough for the powerful world nations to realize that their weapons were inhumane and needed to be destroyed.

## Conian Naval Superiority

In a short few months after the end of WW4, Brikania, along with the Conian Democratic Republic form SOTO, the Southern Ocean Treaty Organization. A contributing factor in this legendary alliance was the large navy that Conia boasted at this time, one that could counter the powerful fleets of the GAPR. Conia and Brikania engaged in many military drills and forged a prospering economic relationship in 995. This is at the same time that the Brikanian United Federation transformed into the Brikanian Holy Mandate, a fanatical theocratic dictatorship with Konig Elias at it's center.

## War in Eskovia

With the 4th World War settled, the the collapsed remnants of the UKSSR were able to reform on the continent of Suthenica. Uniting the nations there into the Kulachian Socialist Union, KSU. This newly formed nation sought to build it's economy off of warfare, while taking money from it's socialist republics abroad. The target of this new Kulachia lay in front of them, the Easiean island nation of Eskovia.

The Arendeskan garrison in Eskovia consisted of 900,000 men, out of which 80,000 were killed and another 20,000 were captured. The final result was a victory for the KSU which eventually took control of the island in 998.

Sadly, the KSU collapsed in two years following that conflict, and Eskovia once again became an independent nation.

## Arendeskan Reformation

In 998, the GAPR undergoes massive changes. The failing internal political structure of the socialist powerhouse results in the nation's reformation into a democratic capitalistic state, which would later be known as the Greater Arendeskan Confederacy. The GAC would enact an steel grip on it's territories and oversea colonies, which included the newly colonized continent of Lugrinia, and the island nation of Eskovia. Promising democracy and freedom for these states, the GAC lasted for a good 6 years before it's unfortunate collapse, due to the Ardenski-Valeadean Split.

## The Ardenski-Valeadean Split

Wether it was for political reasons, economical, or purely ideological reasons, the GAC pulled all assets from Valead, and put it's fleet in blockade formation around the island nation. According to historical accounts, the reason for this split was due to Valead refusing to give up the Tartanan Confederacy, a small nation on the westcoast which the IRV had taken control of. A missile strike by Valead on the GAC prompted immediate retaliation, and so the two countries split apart.

However, it was not so simple. The GAC demanded payment for the lives taken by the Valeadean missile strike. Valead refused, and so, the GAC's 60 year old nuclear arsenal was brought to bear. Valead did not have any nuclear capabilities at the time, the GAC on the other hand, inherited a massive amount of nuclear missiles from the Belereskian Socialist Union. The command was given, and the missiles were launched. It is believed that the GAC Senate had been put to gunpoint to allow the Executive Council of the Confederacy to authorize a nuclear strike. The leader of the GAC at the time, blinded with power, ordered the strike.

The smarter people got out, the idiots gripped to their power, and went down with it. The conditions of the 20 ballistic missile sites in Arendeska were in awful condition, not being used for 60 years, and as a result, a majority of them erupted upon launch. In the end, only two missiles hit the capital city of Valead, Korovast, and dealt devastating damage, but the price for that attack, was the collapse of the GAC.