The Averian War

**The Averian War**, also called the KNA-Averian War or the War of the Quintuple Alliance, was a short-lived war between the Federal Averian Regency, then known as the Free Averian Realm, and an alliance of five nations, consisting of the Kingdom of North America (KNA), the Ionian Empire, Haleus Kingdom, the Duketanate of Gelre, and the Kingdom of East Umbria. The Averian war, despite seeing just a couple of small skirmishes and lasting less than 48 hours, resulted in the total political reshaping of Averia and marked the start of the total decline of Averia.

The war was started on December 27, 2021, by Chipbar, one of the three rulers of Averia in what was known as the Triumvirate. Chipbar, puyi\_, and PhantomHeller all ruled over Averia essentially as co-rulers, which worked out well for a while until things started to fall apart. Chipbar had been planning an offensive war against a smaller nation for some time; while the original planned target was the Ionian Empire, Chipbar soon switched plans and demanded that the Kingdom of North America (KNA) become a colony or protectorate of Averia. This was quickly denied by CoyoteBoy and Pedro\_Grand, resulting in Chipbar, with the secret support of puyi\_, declaring war against the KNA on Averia's behalf.

This quickly initiated a semi-secret alliance web between four other nations; all four of these nations quickly joined the KNA's side and began building up arms and resources. Also, the town of Redstone\_Keep honored its own individual non-aggression pact with the Ionian Empire, and its mayor AgentPanda subsequently led an unsuccessful rebellion against Averia. Things got worse for Averia when PhantomHeller, the third member of the Triumvirate, seized "total dictatorial powers of the URA for real" and demanded on the 28th of December that puyi\_ step down from power and make PhantomHeller emperor.

Later that day, puyi\_ removed Chipbar from power and suspended PhantomHeller's power, seizing power for himself and immediately sending peace terms to the KNA and her allies to end the war. The allied nations were split on what terms to agree to, and some wanted to completely remove Chipbar from Averia and prevent him from holding a position of power ever again. The former Fermarian Monarchists, now the First Prussian Empire, threw their weight behind puyi\_'s Averia, threatening to intervene against the allied nations, resulting in a lightening of peace terms on Averia in the **Treaty of Minoa (2021).** The peace terms were as follows:

-Chip and Tulkiria-Minyang leave Averia, if they chose to stay chip is banned from any position of power in Averia;

-KNA and puyi\_ will sue chip (and maybe phantom) for breaking the Averian constitution;

-Phantom cant have a position in government for a month;

-free elections, after puyi\_ rebuilds the nation, he also gets to check the governments power; and

-The rest of FAR will remain untouched and in guaranteed non aggression with the allied nations.

The war's end saw the signing of the peace treaty in Minoa, which included the beheading of Chipbar by anvil guillotine, an event which is commemorated both in Glugel's HSMC museum and by the "Chip's Bar" in Minoa. The war was a victory for the allied nations, but it resulted in many of Averia's most active players not logging on as often, leading to Averia becoming inactive and losing continual power over the next month.

The consequences of The Averian War would eventually lead to many Averians, including Chipbar, working towards leaving Averia and joining another nation that was hopefully more active. Chipbar would, ironically, ask for the entire of Averia to be annexed by the Ionian Empire; however, opposition from puyi\_ and PhantomHeller instead led to the town of Tulkiria-Minyang joining the Ionian Empire as its third duchy, while what remained of Averia entered into personal union with the Ionian Empire after a referendum, crowning AdamTheAtom as its Grand Duke, although in practice it remained independent. PhantomHeller would leave Averia in protest and instead become a part of the First Prussian Empire, putting the final nail in the coffin for Averia's aspirations to be a world power.