The Shipping War (1911-1936)

The Shipping War (1911-1936) was a conflict between Insomnia Central and an Ariel-Alberat alliance. It was less of a war for the purpose of gaining power, but instead fighting to uphold reputation. Little direct combat took place. It took the lives of 12,000 people and was mainly caused because of Insomniac President Samuel Bored-Bored's ignorance and the corruption of the IC senate.

## Sides

### Leaders Involved

Presidents of Insomnia Central* Orestis X Papoulis I (1911-12)
* Normandy Wilson (1912-18)
* Heath Harrison (1918-24)
* Samuel Bored-Bored (1924-36)
* Orestis X Papoulis II (1936)

Grand Chancellor of Ariel

* Karmor Obliski (1911-1936)

Presidents of Alberat

* Meishang Ming (1911-13)
* Cara Carega (1913-24)
* Gina McGarren (1924-36)

### Sides Involved

Insomnia Central
VS

Republic of Ariel and Federal Republic of Alberat

## Outcome

### Loser

Insomnia Central

In 1911, under the rule of President Normandy Wilson, Insomnia Central had a serious fault in communication which caused them to accidently 'infiltrate' an Arielian shipment of weapons heading to Alberat. Wilson's mistake was costly for Insomnia Central, as the Chancellor of Ariel, Karmor Obliski declared that the alliance between Insomnia Central and Ariel had been 'seriously fractured and injured'. At the time, it was believed that Insomnia Central was attempting to survey the Arielian weapons, which would still be a great cause for tension, however, IC had in fact tampered with the goods, and it was noticed by Alberat. Others suggest that Insomnia Central's 'survey' was discovered simply because Ariel actually had spies amongst the Insomnia Central troops doing said survey. The idea of spies scared Normandy Wilson greatly, so he became exceedingly paranoid about who he surrounded himself with.

#### Fixing relations:

The fact that Normandy Wilson lost Ariel's respect was the main reason that he lost the 1912 election to Heath Harrison, the 6th President of Insomnia Central. President Heath Harrison promised to restore the Ariel-Insomnia Central alliance to its previous state. He started by supplying Ariel with goods IC made in excess, such as pharmaceuticals. However, Chancellor K Obliski was heavily distrustful of the drugs that Harrison sent and ended up never distributing them. Harrison also arranged several meetings with Obliski in Ariel. Harrison went with minimal security to prove his trust in Obliski, even if it was entirely artificial. After a while the IC Senate raised concerns for the safety of its President. Heath Harrison's efforts were slightly effective against Ariel. However, the Senator of Boarium, Samuel Bored-Bored wanted to undo all of their efforts and invade Ariel for 'honour'.

## Samuel Bored-Bored

Bored-Bored was wildly disliked amongst the Senate (besides from Shivvers Patel and Tedd Levi), however outside of the Senate, he was quite popular. Bored-Bored knew he wasn't popular enough, so in order to properly enact his plan, he would have to adopt the strategies of Roger Acesmith, and rig the election in his favour. Bored-Bored rigged the 1924 election and then appointed Tedd Levi as his Vice-President. Unfortunately he still had to have a anti-war Senator on his council, Heath Harrison, as he was the Senator of Pillia and therefore automatically Pope.