Salem

## Salem (Annexed)

Flag of Salem

Salem (Muffin Land) was the first country to be made, but only by a minute or two. Salem was well known for it's leader, Joe, and it's poverty. For most of it's history, it had been aggressive towards the A.A.P, especially towards Siacos, because of Riley's bad leadership of the U.E.P and his focus on military. The leadership is one of the most unstable and disputed parts of Salem.

## Leadership

The leadership history of Salem is often disputed between Landon and Joe. Landon often says he is "the rightful leader of Muffin Land" and tried to take back leadership in the Landon Coalition War during his co-leadership of Umidus, but failed when Turtle Nation and Umidus declared war on Landon himself. Landon's claims are unrecognized by every leader and the U.O.C, making Joe the official leader.

## Wars

Conquering of Turtle Nation: Fought between the Unnamed Alliance and Turtle Nation, the war was one of the shortest wars in history resulting in a victory for the Unnamed Alliance.

The first revolutionary war: Turtle Nation resisted but failed, resulting in a victory for the Unnamed Alliance.

The second revolutionary war: Turtle Nation resisted again, but failed, resulting in a victory for the Unnamed Alliance.

Salem war of Independence: Salem resisted the rule of Siacos, fighting against Siacos and William, but fighting with Turtle Nation. This resulted in a win for Salem, but Riley claims it was him that won, despite Salem getting independence.

Landon Coalition War: The Landon Coalition War was caused by Landon "Going Rogue" and declaring war on Salem despite Carrots saying not to. Turtle Nation and Umidus defended Salem, and Salem won.

Great War: Relations between Siacos and Salem were so bad that Salem declared war once Joe had gotten better armor than Riley. Turtle Nation stayed out of the war, and Umidus fought alongside Salem, and Siacos and Sindovia fought against Salem.

Annexation of Salem: The annexation of Salem by Siacos, holds the record for the shortest war in Season 1. Will entered the country and Joe immediately surrendered

## History

Landon decided to create a country, named Muffin Land, and the capital, named Salem. Soon, Turtle Nation and Siacos were created. Because Siacos showed interest in taking over Turtle Nation, Russell offered an alliance with Landon, but Carrots, the leader of Siacos, decided to offer Landon an alliance as well. Landon accepted Carrots' alliance, and took over Turtle Nation. Landon and Carrots, now the Unnamed Alliance, had to fight back against revolutions lead by Russell.

Sometime after the The first revolutionary war, Landon decided to visit the capital of Siacos, Lake City, and thought the capital looked better than his. So Landon asked Carrots if he wanted to unify Muffin Land and Siacos under Siacos' control, and Carrots accepted, which made the United East Provinces (U.E.P)

After The second revolutionary war, the people in the U.E.P revolted, and Joe took over leadership of the U.E.P. Landon and Carrots were put under House Arrest, and they had to dig away using a tunnel. Joe gave independence to Turtle Nation.

Once Riley came into leadership via election, things got more unstable. Riley gave Umidus official independence, which Joe did not like. Riley focused in military, which Joe did not like. Riley formed an alliance with Umidus, which Joe did not like, Riley declared war on Turtle Nation, which Joe did not like, and once Riley tested a bomb and everyone in Siacos heard, Joe revolted for the independence of Muffin Land, and won, despite the heavy casualties on his side. Once Salem got official independence, Joe formed the Southern Alliance with Russell. This was the start of the Cold War between the Southern Alliance. Tensions kept rising between them, but the A.A.P ended, which made it seem like the Cold War had ended. However, shortly after Sindovia and Siacos formed an alliance, Joe attacked, starting The Great War, but Russell did not back him in the war. The great war also gave Will power of Siacos.

Soon after, William, the new leader of Siacos declared war on Salem. Joe surrendered immediately, saying "I'm not going to try", which marked the end of Salem.

## Relations with Siacos

The relations between Siacos and Salem were a staple of Salem's reputation around the world.

During Riley's time as leader of the U.E.P, Joe did not like his way of running the country and his actions and relations to countries, and despised him as a leader. When Joe revolted, this made the relations between the countries horrible, and this would continue until The Great War, when Joe cut any ties he had with the puppet nation of Siacos. Riley's claim over Salem also made it worse.

### Dispute over Muffin Land

After the revolution, Riley claimed the entire country of Salem, saying that "it was a civil war" and that "it was part of his territory". This claim was recognized by no one, and this hurt the relations between the 2 countries.

### Sindovia - Siacos Alliance

The alliance Siacos made with Sindovia had hurt the relations even more, because of Landon being in the alliance, Joe's worst enemy. The alliance was a threat to Salem, because they were almost surrounding him, which meant that Salem could get invaded at any time. Furthermore, Landon claimed leadership over Salem, and Riley claimed ownership of Salem, which meant, in Joe's eyes, they wanted to reform the U.E.P.

#### Landon

Joe had kicked Landon out of leadership and put in house arrest after the election, and Landon had to flee the country. Because of this, Landon hated Joe. After Joe revolted, Landon continued to hate him, and their rivalry continued until the Annexation of Salem, when Joe left because his role as a placeholder leader was served.

## Relations with other countries:

### E.U.S

Joe generally disliked Umidus because Carrots lead the country. The relations only improved when Umidus supported them in the Great War, and never really ended.

### Turtle Nation

Joe had great diplomatic ties with Russell, giving him independence when he was leader of the U.E.P and forming the Southern Alliance with him after the revolution. But Joe disliked him after the lack of help in the Great War, so he unofficially left the alliance. When the Turtle Nation was under attack by Siacos and Umidus, Joe did not intervene.

### Table of relations

Table of relations between Salem and countries
between the countries
 Salem & E.U.S
 Salem & Sindovia
 Salem & Turtle Nation