Arenan Civil War

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Arenan Civil War
Dates:

2194 to 2198

Location:

De la Arena

Outcome:

Southeastern victory

Combatants
  • Southeast De la Arena
  • Northwest De la Arena
Commanders and Leaders
  • Leader of the Southeast
  • Leader of the Northwest
Strength
  • Arenan Army
  • Independent Army
Casualties and Losses

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The Arenan Civil War began in 2194 as a result of increasing tensions between the northwest and southeast regions of the nation then known as De la Arena. The northwesterners had long been less powerful in politics and had lost significant ground in the 30 years leading up to the war, largely due to a low population stacked against the already high (and rising) population of the mild-climate southeast.

The final straw came when the southeast succeeded in passing a motion to move De la Arena into international trade (they'd been an entirely isolationist, self-sufficient nation until that point, but they had little money of their own). The miners (and a minority of corporation owners) of the northwest knew this would irreversibly alter their lives. Well aware of this plight, the officials of the northwest fought hard to keep the bill from going through. In the end, it was passed by a healthy margin.

The northwest officials and general population, wanting to remain entirely isolationist, decided to secede, largely in protest to have the bill shut down. The southeast issued an ultimatum to the northwest: Rejoin De la Arena or go to war. The northwest refused and accepted the southeast's declaration of war.

For four years, De la Arena was plunged into bloody civil war, the more advanced and industrialized southeast seeming to have a distinct advantage throughout much of the war. Despite losing more battles, the northwest (calling themselves "independents") managed to win most of the decisive battles of the war, despite their technological disadvantage and lack of training--they managed to grasp victory due to their guerilla tactics, where the southeast fought a more organized and traditional war.

Even with their strategic victories lasting them for three and a half years, the "independent" forces began to gradually lose their footing in central De la Arena, eventually forced back entirely into the northwest. It was the Battle of Petrarca Desert that was widely regarded to be the final nail in the coffin of the independent forces of the northwest; several isolated battles took place after, but the majority of the army was captured and detained until the remaining forces surrendered three months later.

The Alliance Treaty was signed at the Arenan capital city of Toledo, marking the end of the war and the reunification of the country, now named the "Arenan Alliance" to commemorate the end to the fighting.