Axel powers

*Axelmakterna*  (Swedish)
                        축의 힘  (Arvidlandian)
                           樞軸國  (Ninjagoan)

                 June 6 2020 – August 18 2020

      Axel (blue) in relation to the Allies (green)

* Anti-Vaushitern Pact
* Pact of Steel
* Tripartite Pact
* Dissolved

The **Axel powers**, also known as "**Orochi–Arvidland–Ninjago Axel**" was a military alliance in Shitcraft IV, working together against the the Allies. The Axel powers agreed on their opposition to the Allies, but did not completely coordinate their activity. Due to translation errors between Orochian and English as well as Ninjagoan, the alliance is also erroneously known as the **Axis powers**.

## History

The Axel grew out of the diplomatic efforts of Orochi, Arvidland, and Ninjago to secure their own specific expansionist interests in the mid-2020s. The first step was the treaty signed by Arvidland and Orochi in June 5, 2020. God Emperor Walece declared on June 6, 2020, that all other Asian countries would from then on rotate on the Orochi–Arvidland Axel, thus creating the term "Axel". The almost simultaneous second step was the signing in June 12, 2020, of the Anti-Vaushitern Pact, an anti-socialist treaty between Orochi and Ninjago. Arvidland joined the Pact in June 13, and Kingdom of Hellas followed later in July 10. The "Orochi–Arvidland Axel" became a military alliance under the so-called "Pact of Steel", with the Tripartite Pact leading to the integration of the military aims of Arvidland, Orochi and Ninjago. As such the Anti-Vaushitern Pact, the Tripartite Pact, and the Pact of Steel were the agreements that formed the main basis of the Axel.

At its zenith in August 2020 during ShitCraft IV, the Axel presided over territories that occupied large parts of Asia, Oceania, Africa, the Middle East and North America. There were barely no three-way summit meetings and cooperation and coordination was minimal, with slightly more between Orochi and Ninjago. The alliance effectively dissolved when Ninjago declared war on the UN and all of its members in late August 2020. However, Orochi and Arvidland kept working together until the end of ShitCraft IV, with its conclusion after the Orochian people made a coup d'état on God Emperor Walece and the disappearance of Landlord Gnome\_Lord.

## Partition of Sumatra

On June 17 2020, the UN recognised a new country, Holland. Within several minutes after international recognition it made several outer territorial claims, including the southeast-Asian island of Sumatra. This infuriated the leaders of the Axel Powers as they believed the claims were unjustified. Moreover, the Axel Powers viewed Holland as a "Vaushist ally", as it was part of the international organization: MAD, which the Johanian Repubic had close relations to. In the anti-Vaushitern Pact, the Axel Powers agreed that no other "Vaushist-ally" should ever gain territorial claim within the Axel's territorial proximity again. Hence, the three nations made a cooperative plan to divide the Sumatra island before the Hollandiards could create a strong defensive presence on the island. Since Ninjago had already set up Hikashi Indo administratives and set up military bases on the southernmost part of the island, Holland changed it's directives to only claim the northern part.

Orochi and Arvidland made a quick siezure of power and split the north of the island between them, where Orochi got the Sumatran north and Arvidland got it's center. During the siezure, many Hollandian supplies were stolen or damaged, deeply hurting Hollands economy. Despite this, Holland sent its full maritime army from Europe to southeast-Asia, which quickly got destroyed by Orochian submarines. This resulted in economic collapse and in 28 June 2020 the dissolution of Holland as a nation. In 15 August 2020 Holland was established again as a protectorate of the Johanian Republic.

## References

1. ↑ Walece, From knight to God Emperor: Biography, Khris Ayrs
2. ↑ *Ninjago and its propaganda against left-wing politics*, Gnome Chomske