Operation Immediate Liberation

EAN Soldiers holding the EAN flag over a destroyed Ulanian APC

Operation Immediate Liberation (OIL) was a war waged by the EAN led by the Primean Federation and the Croanic Republic in response to Greater Ulania's attempted invasion and annexation of Forseti. Also referred to as the Ulanian war, the conflict resulted in Greater Ulania being disbanded and the forming of several smaller states formed by the Independence Coalition.

### Beginning

In late 2004, the empire of Greater Ulania began increasing it's military presence along the Ulan-Forseti border drastically, mobilizing ground & aerial task forces to patrol the border. This created a hostile political atmosphere between the two almost immediately, with Forseti mobilizing it's forces along the border as well. In January of 2005, Greater Ulania launched an invasion on Forseti, seizing a quarter of it's territory in just a few days. Seeing this, the Primean federation & the EAN immediately launched a secret meeting between political officials and commanders about "Renewing interventionalist policies".

On the 20th of June 2005, 9 days before OIL officially begun, the Primean B-2 "Spirit of Libralis" stealth bomber was spotted by journalists in broad daylight off the coast of Greater Ulania. On the 29th of June 2005, several EAN aircraft carriers launched a full scale aerial attack on Greater Ulania. After several days of coordinated aerial raids on Ulanian military facilities, the Greater Ulanian military was practically crippled. Violent uprisings among civilians begang occurring in large numbers as the oppressive Ulanian government lost the ability to contain the protests. After about a month of infighting between revolutionary and insurgency groups within Greater Ulania, the Independence Coalition was founded as several revolutionary groups formed temporary alliances.

However, the first insurgency group to seize control over a large area was not the Independence Coalition, but was actually Jelanistan, the most northern region of Greater Ulania. The locals seized the area with help from Eksondo, making a pact to join the United Islands of Kanken once they had gained independence. They achieved their goal within the first month of OIL due to the Eksondo-founded JLF & EJAF, and Jelanistan became an independent nation on July 18th 2004, joining the UIK shortly afterward.

### Ulanian Disbandment

As the war continued, Greater Ulania lost more and more territory to the EAN. Many seperatist movements also began as well as revolutions caused by the Independence Coalition. The second nation to become independent from Greater Ulania was Elan, a previously annexed Greater Ulanian region to the east of Greater Ulania. Due to it's distance to Greater Ulania and several attacks by EAN aircraft carriers in the area, Elan became the first nation to be liberated by the EAN. On September 13th 2004, the Greater Ulanian military decided that they could not defend the Greater Ulanian mainland and defend the region simultaneously, and withdrew troops stationed at Elan. Elan declared itself independent 5 days later with the help of the EAN.

After about 5 months of constant aerial attacks from the PAF and EAN, the Greater Ulanian military was in shambles. About a third of the continent had been seized by the EAN and the Independence Coalition was sabotaging the military and taking control of various regions and towns in Greater Ulania. Eventually, the regional Aranikan government went rogue with several far-right militia groups and a large group of an already disorganized Greater Ulanian military, and seized control of the Aranika region with help from the Independence Coalition. In early december of 2004, the Aranikan Government declared the Aranikan Territories an independent entity and formed a ceasefire with the EAN to form an allegiance.