International Coalition

The **International Coalition of Metils, Korsans, Orientals, and Nulus** (often simply called the **Coalition**) was one of the major factions in the Nine Years' War. It consisted of the nations of Bazia, Ebrua, Artegia, Krapati, the Pataga Republic, the Greater Palantine Republic, Libion, the Nulunian nations of West Nulunia, Nulu Republic, Fja City-State, and Krigeria, as well as the Metillic Empire.

## History

The International Coalition was officially formed on 7 October 1948 during the Korsus Accords in Ebrua to facilitate a mutual defensive alliance between the enemies of the Axis of Cooperation. The initial members were the Federation, the Alliance of the Orient (AotO), Ebrua, and the Metillic Empire. However, Bazia and the Nulu nations joined in 1949 and 1951, respectively.

The nations in the Coalition sent aid to the Metillic Empire during its war with Krecia as well as troops. However, the first time all-out war was declared was during the combined Rekklin-Susevan invasion of the Greater Palantine Republic on 18 April 1951. The nations of the Coalition each individually declared war on the Coaxis in the following ten days. The main regions of focus in the beginning were Krecia and Suseva/Rekklin. Silang'guba also joined the invasion of the AotO in July.

Meanwhile, the Technocracy aided Krecia in its full-scale invasion of the Metillic Empire. Libion also invaded Khavaria to the west and managed to hold its eastern territories for the duration of the war. The Nulu Republics joined the war in June of 1952. Meanwhile, Danellia became a Coaxis co-belligerent fighting against Bazia with the support of Carparia. Full-scale fighting occured throughout the Markaz Sea. In July of 1953, the Metillic Empire collapsed, guaranteeing the full and complete independence of Carparia. When the government of the empire landed in eastern Carparia, they were executed by the Carparian government for "treason".

In Ikuna, the forces of Ebrua had managed to take a sizeable portion of Suseva when Carparia sent reinforcement and sieged the capital Korsus, an event which lasted for two years in which all Ebruan military was sent to defend the capital. The Ebruans were able to protect their capital but were severely crippled through the remainder of the war. Around this time, Chayan joined the as a co-belligerent of the Coalition in a failed attempt to invade parts of Carparia, which resulted in a *coup d'etat* that swiftly removed the unstable nation from the war. In 1954, the Coalition asked for the permission of the island nation Dafabsid to be used as a base from which to deploy ships and troops. When the government refused, the Coalition assumed they had conspired with the Coaxis and declared war. This caused Dafabsid to actually join the Coaxis, though they were successfully invaded in 1956.

Meanwhile, Libion had pushed back in Khavaria and was sieging the capital of Maeyenir in 1953. An Armistice between Libion and Khavaria was signed in 1955 to end the siege, but the area remained a stalemate.

Nevertheless, despite successes in Drua, the Coalition was doing poorly in Ikuna. In 1958, with aid from Suseva and Rekklia, Silanguba managed to invade and occupy most of Pataga, pulling them from the war and creating the Hidaung Free State from Pataga's coast in the Treaty of Hidulu (Silang'guba also contributed territory, but it was signficantly worse for Pataga). Soon, Krapati and the GPR also signed peace in the Treaty of Chodra. Ebrua, Artegia, and Bazia fell soon after.

By 1959, the Coalition in Ikuna was severely crippled, and with a Carparian-Khavarian naval invasion, the Coaxis liberated Dafabsid. Khavaria would have been liberated soon after, but with the war having drawn on and Carparia being inable to continue, the Coaxis called out for peace, to which the Coalition agreed.

In the fallout, the Palantine Corridor was taken by Suseva, Pataga was forced to abandon the Mazan Sea, and the Artegian, Bazian, and Patagan territories north of the Mazan Sea were turned into the independent nation of Interakia. The only major Coalition gain was the establishment of Libion as the major hegemon in Drua, taking the eastern parts of Khavaria in exchange for increased Khavarian rights.