Kostaenea

The Federal Republic of Kostaenea, simply referred to as Kostaenea, is a nation of rich culture and large influence consisting of 12 provinces under 4 federal districts. The sovereignty relies on a string of Federal Districts as a political base, whom coordinate with the Head Legislature and Senate, among other organisations, in the separately distinguished city-district of Olynthida.

## Kostaenea

### Capital

Olynthida

The terrain of Kostaenea is a mixture of various elements, ranging from vast open plains to thick forests to impenetrable mountaintops. In fact, the consistency of one environment to another can often be considered "sporadic". Despite this, the temperature and climate in Kostaenea can be generally considered lightly warm during the spring and summer, and cool in fall. However, come winter, the landscape has the capability to quickly grow surprisingly hostile depending on the, again sporadic, intensity of that year's particular winter storms.

## Brief History

### Early Period

Kostaenea was founded on a rough basis as one of the pioneering cultural groups of advancements in the Classical Period, and remained steadfast through centuries. An established trading collective of city-states, the Koestanean Alliance fully consolidated into a single nation in 23 following the 1st Succession War.

### Kostaenea's "Black Days"

Around 875, the nation entered an economic downfall as a result of poor handling of monetary value that caused its abilities as a formal power to recede greatly as efforts were shifted to sustain a weakened populace. The military was majority disbanded, among other things, to provide further funding to civilian aid. Numerous nations around Kostaenea took notice of this, but the neighbouring power of Thesia made the only proper moves, eventually turning to incite war in 877.

### The Arypnii War

A string of back-and-forth feeler diplomatic operations in 876 led to disagreements between Thesia and Kostaenea, the former of which had intentions to exploit Kostaenean weakness in favour of territorial value. When manipulation and sweet talk failed, the Thesian Republic threatened war, and so, begrudgingly, it came. The Adrypnii War, sometimes colloquially known as the Kostaenean Border War, consisted of a seven-month period of light combat in which the dilapidated and tired Kostaenean army was promptly and soundly thrown back time and again. Peace was bought forth in the last month of 877, with Thesia gaining its yearned land reparations. Many trace this war as the principal reasons for both the eventual Kostaenean Reawakening, also known as the Re-enlightenment or Revival, and the entry of Kostaenea during the Silanian War in 934.

### Kostaenean Involvement in the Silanian War

Kostaenea's involvement in the war against Thesia began in mid-late 933 with private diplomatic talks with the Virskaian government, but proper military action came at the very beginning of 934 with the launching of the ironically-named Black Day Offensive, aimed at piercing through relatively weak Thesian defences in former Kostaenean territory. Within several weeks, land lost to Thesia almost 50 years ago was reclaimed in troves as the Thesian line made an attempt to counter advances.

They finally succeeded at Uria, a town-turned-fortress situated near the ruins of the old Fort Kii. The Battle of Uria, lasting six days, would become the largest pitched battle between Kostaenea and Thesia during the war, with over 50,000 men total committed to the urban fighting before the surviving Thesian forces surrendered.

The Vanatos Offensive followed shortly after the Battle of Uria and the overarching Black Day Offensive, aimed at aiding Virskaian forces in piercing the last major Thesian defences in the south after the reclamation of Kostaenean land was complete. Several large engagements occurred during the period, most ending in Kostaenean victory over the weary Thesian forces, many of them reserves and militia, in a starkly opposite manner to the Adrypnii War.

Some 11,300 Kostaenean soldiers were killed during the Silanian War, and another 19,700 wounded.

#### Erist Raid

Despite committing to several large-scale military maneuvers, it was the Erist Raid, sometimes known as the Erist Air War, that is most remembered of all Kostaenean involvement. In the largest air armada ever assembled during the war, Kostaenean bombers, escorts, and independent fighters formed en masse and headed towards the Thesian capital Erist in the dawn's light. Upon reaching Erist itself the formation was battered by anti-air fire and attacks from Thesian interceptors, but they failed to halt the grand majority of the advance from the skies. Tens of aircraft were downed in the dogfighting, but the Kostaenean bombers remained resilient to most fire. In a matter of moments, the city of Erist was reduced to rubble in the largest amount of ordnance ever dropped on a single location in history up until that point. The Virskaian land assault commenced shortly after, bringing the war to a close.