CoG Civil War

SPG revolutionaries in the CoG Capitol building

The CoG Civil war, also known as the Coglapse, was an internal conflict within the Valresh nation called Confederation of Garxijos between the Socialist Provisional Government, which was fighting to overthrow the government and the confederation government. The conflict lasted 4 days and ultimately resulted in the dissolution of the CoG.

### Prelude

#### Helsia joining CoG and its partition

After its independence from RavenGuard, Helsia joined the Confederation of Garxijos. Shortly after this, a Helsian king sold most of Helsia's land to the Confederation without asking the people of Helsia about it, creating the state of Gyeoul// on the Helsian peninsula. Later on Nueva Trinidad, at the time RavenGuard territory, joined CoG and also purchased a large chunk of land from Helsia, creating the state of Caisteal. These partitions created a strong sense of resentment in the Helsian people and an ideology of Helsian revanchism became prevolent among the Helsian people.

#### The rise of Helsia

In December 2021, Helsia, at the time a mid-level state within CoG by terms of population, received a large influx of people when the city of Miklagard was founded in the northern part of the peninsula. This new city plus a new influx of recruitment led to Helsia becoming the largest state in CoG by population. Several members of this new city also became part of the Helsian government and they helped implement a new constitution for Helsia, turning the state more democratic. These new Helsians, some notable ones being Nomissimon10, Tigerben, Bsian and Aaronx4b decided that they wished to reclaim the land that they saw as stolen from Helsia. This process started when Helsia threatened the state of Caisteal with war in order to annex it. Despite protests from the central CoG government, Helsia continued, pointing out that war between CoG states was not explicitly forbidden in the CoG constitution, which guaranteed states "full autonomy". Finally, the CoG delegates, led by Buoyo, relented, drafting a treaty which enabled Helsia to annex Caisteal in exhange for a payment of around 60000 coins. After succeeding in forcefully retaking land, the Helsian government realised this strategy might be used again to great effect. Due to the aforementioned surge in population, Helsia managed to gain 3 ministry positions in the January elections, with Simon, bsian and Aaron being elected as minister of economy, minister of defense and vice president respectively. Due to Helsia's military culture and population, Helsians also became a majority in the active CoG military.

#### The January upheaval

When Uraka declared war on most nations in the Northeast, including CoG, Helsia was one of the primary states advocating for resistance against the invaders, while states such as Garxijos and Pancioni advocated for being peacefully annexed by Uraka. Helsia spent hundreds of thousands on war preparations and even threatened to seceede when it found out that the then president Buoyo planned to surrender. When Buoyo realised the CoG people didn't want to surrender without a fight and an attack on Garxeto was imminent, Buoyo chose to resign, making vice-president Aaronx4b the new president of CoG, becoming the first Helsian to hold the office. Uraka later backed down and the war never happened, but Helsia was left disgusted by the perceived cowardice of the other cog states.

### The conflict begins

#### Fort Nordlys

On the 14th of January 2022, A small force of Helsians, led by Nomissimon10, Bsian and Xenon, began building a large military fortress in Nueva Trinidad land, intending to use it as a base to reclaim the state for Helsia. After 4 days of construction, the fortress was complete and it was named Nordlys. Shortly after the completion of the fortress, it was noticed by Nueva Trinidad governor 8888k who swiflty called out the Helsians that had built the fortress. In response, Bsian, one of the Consuls of Helsia, published the following declaration, claiming Nueva Trinidad to be "Helsian land that had been illegally seized" and stating that Helsia had annexed the state.

Republic of Helsia announcement

*The Republic of Helsia has just finished a spectacular brand new fort to defend Helsia and COG against future invasions! The glorious build consists of over 70 000 blocks, and will be a landmark in Helsia for many generations to come! The autonomous government of the Helsian region called "Nueva Trinidad '' that was illegally seized from Helsia, has shown unable to protect the people of the Helsian Iles during a time of crisis. Lawlessness, corruption and starvation plagues the land. The Republic of Helsia no longer recognises "Nueva Trinidad '' as an autonomous region in Helsia and will be cutting diplomatic ties with it's so-called government, and encourage all other states to do the same. All citizens of the aforementioned region are now under the protection of Helsian democracy, law and order. We wish you all a warm welcome back and will supply you with whatever you may need. Helsia is working tirelessly to ensure the defence and prosperity of all citizens of the COG. We encourage all other states to do the same!*

This declaration was swiftly denounced by Nueva Trinidad, Gyeoul, Stultum, Farathdor and Garxijos, who all pledged support for Nueva Trinidad in case of a war. Meanwhile, inside the government, a number of ministers and government officials, led by Vice President SerfBort and Stultum Governor Leg ham, demanded that President Aaronx4b would get the military involved to stop Helsia's aggression. The President instead stated that command of the military was by law with the minister of defence (Bsian), and additionally stated that he would withdraw from mediating the conflict due to a conflict of interests, leaving the issue in the hands of Vice President Serf and Interior minister NubNub.

#### Helsia declares war

After Bsian refused to have the military intervene, stating that the military was not meant for state v state disputes, the governors of Nueva Trinidad and Gyeoul decided to merge their states to form the state of Valesca in order to provide a stronger response to the Helsian aggression. Due to this merge, Helsia declared war, citing the merge as an attempt to annex Helsian land.

The war declaration sent the entire Confederation into turmoil, with government members once again urging the President and the military to intervene. The president, Aaronx4b once again cited the fact that the president had no authority to order the military to do anything while the minister of defense bsian (who published the Helsian war declaration), once again stated that the military had no place interfering in state matters. Furthermore, they both pointed to the fact that wars on other states were in no way explicitly forbidden in the CoG constitution, although many argued that it was heavily implied. Due to the unwillingness of the President to interfere and due to rising suspicions of his involvement with Helsias war, a motion of impeachment was put forward and a vote to remove Aaronx4b as president was made public. However, the vote failed to reach the required 2/3 majority.

### The SPG coup

Before the voting was even finished, a number of government members and Governors in CoG, led by SerfBort and Leg Ham chose to act, sending a force of around 15 people to occupy Garxeto, claiming to have ousted Aaronx4b as president and declaring a socialist government in CoG, with Vice President and self appointed General Secretary of the SPG SerfBort making the following declaration:

*Over the past few weeks the Confederation of Garxijos has truly felt Tocqueville’s “Tyranny of the majority”. Though a democracy, the bullying of one state to another has led to a regrettable conclusion and radical reform is needed. Days ago, the state of Helsia decided to invade its fellow CoG member states and have refused to seek peace and reconciliation outside of unconditional surrender. This Imperialist ideology and the actions of a tyrannical state cannot go unanswered, that is why the states have taken action. The states of Nueva Trinidad, Gyeoul, Farathdor, Pancioni and Garxijos led by Grander Stultum who are in a state of revolt have decided to occupy Garxeto the capital of CoG to demand change, reform and further unity under the authority of an unaffiliated national head and not the hegemony of one state.*

This declaration was followed by more declarations of support from individual CoG states such as Stultum and Gyeoul, whose leader declared that the SPG's goal was to "cut Helsia down to size". Additionally, the Confederation of Anarchist Communes, an ally of CoG, also declared support for the SPG.

Shortly after, the revolutionaries launced a raid on Miklagard, the capital of Helsia, briefly occupying the city while Helsian military forces were unavailable. After re-establishing control of Miklagard, Aaronx4b denounced the coup as a mob of rebels and he and a number of Helsian soldiers led by Bsian launhed a counterattack, briefly reestablishing control of Garxeto before withdrawing after not finding any enemies.

At the same time the coup in CoG was happening a group of monarchists in the Aionios Republic led by Gizmo Blade and Johnny Joestar declared a coup in Aionios, claiming that a new triarchy had formed to govern the state. The triarchy also declared support for the SPG, leading the Republican government and its supporters to declare support for Helsia and the remaining CoG government.

After realising that Helsia was still going to attack Nueva Trinidad, which was supporting the SPG, despite the ongoing civil war in CoG, the Governor of Garxijos Buoyo declared support for the SPG and threatened Helsia with war with the following announcement:

THE STATE OF GARXIJOS IS INVADING HELSIA IN 24 HOURS UNLESS THEY BACK DOWN FROM WAR AND REVOKE CLAIMS

*I will be calling in the COG’s allies and hiring mercenaries. Let’s just be friends again and restore order, do events, and have fun. This situation has caused so many people to be stressed and upset. Helsia is clearly in the wrong here. The state of Garxijos is fully prepared to turn this into a world war and partition Helsia for good. Do the right thing. Apologize, revoke claims, resign, and pay reparations to the states affected*

Due to Buoyo's threats, Helsia reached out to its old friends in Barbossa and Irulan for aid, which led to Both nations sending a large amount of troops to Helsia to aid them in the war. Alongside this, Helsia and the Aionios Republic jointly declared the foundation of the United Front, a new CoG military to fight against the socialist uprising. At the same time SerfBort declared the foundation of the SPG revolutionary army with the goal of taking over control of CoG. After around 24 hours since the beginning of the conflict, the United Socialist States of Eldham declared that it would be neutral in the conflict, but at the same time also recognised the SPG as the "legitimate CoG government", stating that all moral citizens should fight for the SPG. This declaration would later be used as the justification for the Red War by Barbossa and Helsia.Cogmap.pngCogmap.png

The battle would never occur however as, Unbeknownst to all parties involved, SerfBort and Buoyo, without consulting the other members of the SPG, had reached out to Imperator Neo Aurelian of Uraka to have Uraka annex all of CoG, preferring it to perceived Helsian domination. After some negotiations, a treaty was drafted and Neo officially declared that CoG would be joining Uraka. Despite the objections of the CoG government that the treaty was illegitimate, Uraka chose to treat it as binding, but gave any states who wished to seceede 8 hours to do so. Instead, a vote was held in CoG and the confederation was dissolved, with Garxijos, Pancioni and Farathdor joining Uraka while the rest of the states became independent.

### Aftermath

After the CoG-Uraki merge was published, 8888k officially surrendered to Helsia, letting Helsia annex Nueva Trinidad in exchange for retaining control of the city of Nueva Trinidad as a mayor. At the same time, Uraka pressured Stultum and the Aionios republicans into joining peacefully, while the state of Korosechev rose up and took over the island where the state of Freves used to be. Helsia also sent an ultimatum to the now independent Gyeoul to join Helsia or there would be war, due to their involvement with the SPG and due to Helsia's territorial claims on the land. However, the Gyeoul government was swiftly couped by the residents of the city of Konjou who founded the state of Konkotsu, which joined the Lunari empire as a state. This led to a territorial dispute between Helsia and Lunaris which would continue for months.

In addition to annexing Garxijos, Farathdor, Pancioni, Stultum and most of Aionios, Uraka intended to invade Helsia to fully establish control over the entire region, but this move was blocked by Barbossan members of the Uraki government, who instead convinced Neo to sign an alliance with Helsia instead.