War of the Equator

Monestarian Soldiers Advancing in the Battle of Kos Hill, accompanied by Underarmed Collaborationist Militias

## Overview

### Result

- UMCR Annexation of Mainland USDR-Remaining Colonies of the USDR Annexed by the CFN or Tideania

## Involved Parties

### Party 2

United States of Democratic RepublicsUnion Government (January 28th - March 15th)

Provisional Government (March 15th - 30th)

(Part of The Closing)
The War of the Equator is a conflict that marked the first conflict in The Closing. It is a war between the Union of Monestarian Communist Republics (UMCR) and the Unified States of Democratic Republics (USDR) following a UMCR preempted invasion. The Conflict lasted for 2 months before the Capitulation of the Provisional Government.

## Tensions

With the fall of multiple superpowers like the Amogus Empire, Kingdom of Isedan, and Chungus Empire, The Union of Monestarian Communist Republics or the UMCR for short now notices the opportunity to spread their state ideology of Communism abroad. But due to their reputation before the fall of the Superpowers, or the National Reduction Stage in the Closing, they are unable to organize insurgencies within other smaller nations.

Although annexing some former territories of superpowers, the UMCR seeks to use military means to conquer more wealthy nations than formerly subjugated territories. Due to the Commonwealth of Free Nations still having links to Powers like the Union Republic and Marineania, their attention was turned onto the United States of democratic Republics on their east, short name USDR.

On January 1st, 2286, UMCR sent an Ultimatum to the USDR Union Government, demanding the dissolution of their Federation and all former states join the UMCR as Constituent Autonomous Republics. This Ultimatum was forwarded to the CFN by the USDR, who demanded condemnation and military assistance in the case of a possible invasion. The CFN ultimately condemned Monestaria but never took any serious measures to prop up USDR. Sensing this lack of support, the UMCR invaded with 200,000 troops on January 28th.

## Conflict

The Border is very lightly defended due to economic stagnation of the USDR that caused them to have little military funding, and in the first 6 hours the Monestarians advanced some 24 miles into the USDR. Serious resistance and partisan movements behind the lines have been easily crushed with brutality. A protest at the occupied city of Hasevo Port was gunned down by Occupying Troops, which further discouraged resistance by the USDR population contrary to what the Union Government had hoped that the brutality encourages more revolts.

An Occupational Government was set up at Hasevo Port as the Hasevorian People's Republic closely monitored by the Monestarian Forces while local politicians were selected to run the regime. The UMCR began to recruit using volunteers or forcibly conscript local USDR citizens in an attempt to demonstrate that the invasion was supported by the local population as a war of liberation. As of Feburuary 13th, the success of these tactics vary.

On February 15th, foreign observers estimated the USDR Casualty was about 15,000, while the UMCR lost less than 500.

## Foreign Reaction

Tideania and Samogium met at the Marineanian Parliament to decide what to further do on the situation of USDR. However, it was ultimately decided to not condemn the invasion at fears of increased hostilities.

The Union Republic and CFN followed the perspective, choosing not to react on the situation.

## Provisional Government

The Capital of Unionsee has fallen on March 15th. The Failure of the main leading officials of the Union Government to escape the Capital led to the capture of the majority. Due to these circumstances, the Minister of Internal Security Okavier Mourlan, the highest official that remains of the Union Government, declared the Provisional Government of the USDR to continue the legitimacy of the Federation.

However, the USDR Armed Forces at this point were mostly demoralized and mass desertions and surrenders began occurring, and less than 3,000 men remained in combating operations. At it's height, the Provisional Government only had 15% of real authority over the Unoccupied Territories, which total about at 40$ of the entire country.

## Conclusion

Virtually all resistance ceased on March 28th, but the Provisional Government only came out of their bunkers to surrender on the 30th. In total, the Monestarians lost about 1829 soldiers and 12 vehicles. While the USDR lost 20,998 Soldiers and all of their vehicles, including air and naval.

The Hasevorian People's Republic took over all of former USDR and became a constituent country in the UMCR, while any remaining colonies and overseas territories of the former USDR were annexed by Tideania and the CFN to prevent them from being used as UMCR outposts