The Braavos Globe

Excellent article!

Braavo Juls!

"Batavia".  Aescail was a prettier name.

So the people who are currently on Folland's super secret $censored$ list are also preparing to do exactly what Folland wants. Oh what conflicted relations we sow.

Awesome job on this, Juls.  I look forward to what Sinope will do.  Acadia will gladly sell any equipment needed to Sinope at a very discounted price.

By Agape Areleous

BRAAVOS - Abbasid, Batavia and Sinope are now working closely together to end the Civil War in Bergenstein. But is it really the case? What are really the interests of these countries in forming a Coalition to intervene in Bergenstein?

Batavia's interests are simple, it wants to end a major conflict that has been affecting their economy for the past months. However, it's quite another case for Sinope and Abbasid. The two regional powers seek to take as theirs what will be left of Bergenstein when the country will be obliterated by the Coalition. Imagine all the construction contracts and development needed when the war will be over, it's a massive amount of potential money. As a plus, Abbasid will try to remove all links between any nation with Esdaad. With the recent Esdaad sniper attack on an Abbasid official, the country is even more committed to anihilate these terrorists and potentially control their territory which contains important reserves of natural gas and oil.

Recently, Mervey, Étrusque and Insulo joined the Coalition. Insulo and Étrusque's respective economies have been affected by the war and the amount of refugees in Étrusque has been growing even more since the announcement of an intervention. As of Mervey, it seeks the Bergen territory of Dansmark which was always historically Mervegian. Bergenstein has imposed an ethnic cleansing on the population.

Doge Diogenes declared that the Coalition's involvements would be solely against mainland Bergenstein and any attack on its dependencies or territories by any country part of the Coalition wouldn't be considered as an act of the Coalition but by an individual initiative of the said nation and would be solely its responsibility.

Mostly armed by Brüllen and Acadian weapons purchased before the Civil War, the Traditionalists and Modernists will face the Coalition armed by Sinope, Relastova, Folland and Shayden, mostly. Dealing with poor leadership and a huge amount of refugees, Brüllen has decided not to join the Coalition, preferring to focus its forces on defending its border with Bergenstein. Although, the country agreed to assist the Coalition with refueling and would open its air bases to Coalition planes in case of potential emergencies during the planned no-fly zone enforcement.

Taking a leading role in international diplomacy and politics as well as proving itself as a major regional power in Althena, Sinope might just counterweight the Euphemian influence in international affairs. With a possible pro-Sinope government in Bergenstein following the intervention, it might just change the geopolitics of Western Althena.

This was a fantastic read and I enjoyed it though there are two errors in it, The first being that Bergenstein has never ethnic cleansed Danskmarkensweg at all. The people aren't really Mervian as they are a different culture but were Merveian as you said.
The second being that the weapons are mainly from outside berg. One of the key reasons the economy collapsed was due to the military overexpendature. Berg makes many weapons. However some are from outside due to the IFK and Abbasid formally supplying the mods with such guns. Though Berg ones are the most common.

I did not say ethnic cleansing but the disparity of Berg government itself......

The Braavos Globe holds the truth! It was an ethnic cleansing! Stop the denial you war criminals!

Dun, dun, dunnn?

Folland is starting to lose it's interest in caring about it's sphere of influence. We're gonna just become a fortress nation and build up big guns behind our walls.

By Agape Areleous

BRAAVOS - Operation Last Christmas began on Saturday, as part of a multi-phase militarily operation to enforce a no-fly zone over Bergenstein and to protect civilians from Traditionalist and Modernists' forces. In the first phase of the mission, both Traditionalist and Modernist air defense facilities will be destroyed, according to a Sinope government spokesperson, making way for the deployment of military aircrafts to enforce the no-fly zone.

The operation is being conducted by a coalition of Western Althenan nations as authorised under international law by the right of the Republic of Batavia to defend itself and request assistance. The aim of the Coaliton is to protect the lives of civilians in Bergenstein and end the Civil War in the region.

According to a Doge Palace's spokesperson, Sinope and Insulo have launched 122 Tomahawk missiles aimed at at least 30 air defense systems located on Bergenstein's coast.

Abbasidi and Etruscan fighter jets destroyed several tanks and military vehicles belonging to Traditionalists in air raids on the outskirts of the besieged Modernist stronghold of Liezen.

The initial coalition force consists of Sinope, Batavia, Abbasid, Insulo, Mervey and Étrusque. More nations are expected to join the operations later. Despite its former declarations, Brüllen has been interested in joining the Coalition.

The Sinopian 2nd Alcadean Fleet has been positioned in the Vaspasian Sea along with Insulonian ships to blockade Bergenstein's sea access. Almost no resistance occurred in the naval front, as air support destroyed several antique coastline fortress installations. Stationed GAW-era old Bergen aircraft carriers were already heavily damaged by the Civil War and unusable. Sinopian Hydra-class frigate was heavily damaged by Traditionalist submarines in Lorona. Insulonian Galerna class submarines destroyed the remaining Bergenstein resistance submarines. The Coalition Naval Blockade has been declared a success by an Insulonian government spokesperson.

One Sinopian Sukhoi Su-34 was shot down by Traditionalist Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannons in the Bergen Atlas Mountains. Etruscan and Batavian tanks and troops are currently heavily fighting along the Bergenstein-Batavian border. No casualties have been reported yet.

It doesn't say all the defenses were destroyed but instead, will be.  

Such fails

By Zenovia Argyris

Fraesia City - The Fraesian political party Mouvement Fraesien is preparing for the upcoming Fraesian election. As most would have figured already, the main point of debate in the campaign for most parties will be foreign affairs and defense with the recent short invasion of Fraesia by the Follandan regime. The MF leader, Pierre Bourgault, declared that Fraesia's sovereignty had been violated and plans on pursuing the lawsuit against Folland.

"We all know the attack was a violation of our sovereignty and a violation of international law and Fraesian laws. It is the Freasian government's duty to protects its territory and its people against foreign threats and to pursue the lawsuit. The current government has failed the Fraesian people and it would be time for Mr. President to resign." Bourgault declared to the Braavos Globe.

Asked about the current sanctions against Folland, Bourgault was more enthusiastic. "It's really well received in Fraesia and it had proven efficient. Although that Moen's resignation was just a show for Folland, it still proves the sanctions matter." At this moment, no nation currently imposing sanctions on the Follandan regime have lifted their sanctions. Sinope is the only nation in the lot to have cut all diplomatic relations with Folland. Acadia is suspected to be about to lift the sanctions, following the replacement of Chancellor Moen.

A Kuyrutian government official has declared that Kuyrut would lift the sanctions only if Folland was to hold democratic and fair election. Doge Diogenes of Sinope went along the same line, also showing his unconditional support for the lawsuit against Folland.
"It is time for this regime to face its unlawful actions and the consequences," declared the Doge.

Recent polls in Fraesia showed the MF in advance with 36% against its closest rival, the current party in power, the Liberal Party, which stands at 31%.

Hahah! I'm a regime...

With someone like you deciding Fraesia's fate, these next actions will turn Euphemia into a feature film of activity.

Haha, I was going to do a similar thing with Freasia and their independence

Shayden wasn't mentioned. Yey! .U.

I'll only allot the Euphemian Nations (and Juls if everyone agreed) over the control of Fraesia...

Why carl, to stop me from doing anything,

Leave it up to Jack, Mike and them. They have planned this way before (I mean like a full year before you entered USNW).

EDIT: You might not have known about the Dead War, the original intention of invading Fraesia (Jacques Varcame Anyone?), what happened in Acadia before it started, etc.

Yes I know, funny because I read up on this stuff isn't it. I was thinking that what is left of Bergenstein would try and gain support in Freasia against all the invaders and 'imperialists'. But you don't care carl so why bother

Yes you read the wiki (I can see you skimmed it and did not read it well), but you did not even talk to Jack or to anyone about this matter (You assume that it's because of "imperialists". Varcame was already in power for a more than a decade or so, had a military hand, and its imperialist intentions led to attacks in Acadia. That's what the reason Acadia invaded it. )

I would now actually bother because what you have done well since entering the USNW is to create instability (see Litheniant location, Abbasid TPF & Esdaad (which by the way, you and Dejon did not come up in consensus but you put it anyway)) of all the other places, which really piss people off.

Last year, a lot of framework has been settled with vigorous talks between Jack and I to understand what the situation is in Euphemia. That led to the creation of Jack's speech, seen on the wiki, to end the war and set up the organization now known as the bloc. Everyone was invited to the framework of the constitution and operate a somehow stable government and now you come waltzing along declaring that you'll be against "imperialism" when the purpose of the new state is to have a peaceful crossroad between Folland and Acadia (hence the dove of the Fraesian Flag). I do know that an intention of Folland's occupation is to bring stability and maybe even send a message to Acadians that they wanted to participate in the development of Fraesia, which people (including mine) have seen as an invasion. I think that was not well handled on. Well thanks for adding fuel to the fire.

I don't think there's no need to much explanation, but when people are talking about you behind your back at the USNW chatroom, that means, you need to stop what pattern you are doing right now, think about what you are doing and how it affects other people and then sort it out, agree on it, not impartially, completely and then post. Since your self-centric attitude is being served first, the frustrations of you by other members come behind your back because when they share their opinions of you, you answer it with great stubbornness.

Well said, Carl.

Carl, I love you.

That was beautiful, Carl.  <3 

Very interesting article, Juls. I am looking forward to more.

By Agape Areleous

BRAAVOS - "Operation Last Christmas has officially ended" declared Doge Diogenes, in a press conference this evening. This declaration comes in hand after the unexpected explosion of Bergenstein's capital by what appears to be the Bergen monarchy in a desperate attempt to end hostilities. Not only did it somehow work out, but the Coalition forces currently hold most of the country, despite a certain amount of remaining militias and low-level insurgency by Traditionalists and Modernists who continue to fight.

The intervention lasted 18 days and the number of dead, wounded and refugees is only increasing. The Trentannian NGO BergenWatch estimates the total amount of dead, since the beginning of the Civil War, at 100,000. No official number has been disclosed by concerned official authorities. It is most likely the most murderous military conflict in the Tigani Peninsula since the Great Adonian War.

Coalition leaders are to meet in neighbouring Bruellen, in the city of Waren in West Platz. They will discuss the aftermath of the Civil War and the establishment of an interim government, most likely under USNW supervision. Bergenstein's membership in the international organisation had previously been officially suspended earlier this week.

That Doge.