Unified Clayistan Army

(See Supreme Commander of the Unified Clayistan Army)

The **Unified Clayistan Army** (abbreviated **UCA**) was the main military force for the Kingdom of Clayistan from M4-12 14 ASB to M10-23 96 ASB.

## History

### First Clayistria-Clayistan War

On M6-27 12 ASB the Kingdom of Clayistria launched an invasion of both the Duchy of Eastpike and the Duchy of Iron Lake. The war proved to be more complicated than the Kingdom of Clayistria had anticipated and by M2 of 13 ASB all of the independent duchies of Clayistan had joined against the Kingdom of Clayistria. By 14 ASB the advance of the Clayistan duchies had slowed down and in some areas been pushed back, this was due to the lack of unity between the various armies, a conference was held in Jarnvattan on M4-04 14 ASB to address the issue, the conference concluded on M4-12 14 ASB it resulted in the formation of the Unified Clayistan Army (UCA) which had Ebony Basil as its Supreme Commander and the various dukes as its field marshals.

A ceasefire was negotiated between the duchies and Clayistria on M1-22 16 ASB, the issue then came up on how to divide the land that was presently occupied by the UCA, the debate lasted over four months and ended on M5-28 16 ASB when the dukes came to an agreement. The UCA would be split in two with one half continuing to serve as the UCA and the other half being further split in seven, two sevenths would be given to the Duchy of Iron Lake and the remining five sevenths would be distributed to the other duchies save for the Duchy of Eastpike. Ebony Basil would resign as the supreme commander of the UCA in favour of Ethan Gilbert, Basil would then become one of the UCA's field marshals to replace Ethan Gilbert. All eight independent duchies would cease to be independent and would unify into the Kingdom of Clayistan with Ebony Basil serving as the first King of Clayistan, the duchies from that point on would be Clayistan's internal regions and with the UCA becoming Clayistan's military. The agreement took into effect the next day.

### Ebony War

On M8-01 93 ASB a trade deal between the Duchy of Vooncharia and the Duchy of Iron Lake went sour, King of Clayistan Ebony I threatened to send in the UCA to force the deal to go through which he did three days later and the day following that the Duchy of Frothfryke declared their support for the Duchy of Vooncharia beginning the Ebony War.

On M5-05 95 ASB the UCA suffered a massive wave of defections, Supreme Commander Juan Basil attempted to have the defectors captured and resulted in both the destruction of the main body of the UCA and the death of Juan Basil, Ebony I did not assighn a new Supreme Commander to replace him.

On M6-23 96 ASB the UCA forces in Jarnvattan surrendered, despite this Ebony I refused to surrender and remained locked in the Ebony Palace on M6-25 96 ASB the forces assembled in Jarnvattan began pelting the Ebony Palace with incendiary shells, when the forces entered the Ebony Palace on M6-30 96 ASB they discovered that Ebony I had been killed the coalition's de facto leader Duke Troy Henderson declared that a meeting of vassals be held in a nearby field. The forces that were present at the battle for Jarnvattan arrived at the designated field on M7-02 96 ASB. The last vassals arrived at the field on M9-07 96 ASB. At the meeting which came to be know as the Brinjal Conference it was decided that the Unified Clayistan Army was to be dissolved in favour of having larger vassal armies to protect the nation. The Brinjal Conference concluded on M10-23 96 ASB that day the UCA ceased to exist.

## Structure

The Unified Clayistan Army was led by a Supreme Commander who was appointed by the King of Clayistan. Below the Supreme Commander were the Field Marshals who were either chosen by the dukes of Clayistan or were the dukes of Clayistan.