#this got long and unfocused but it tl;drs to - theres a neutral country that sought independence from the west

[isaacathom]

i still dunno for what reason AHC would have any interest in a country west of Thyssia. shit, historically, their relationship was probably exclusively with ‘east Thyssia’ so that when it was conquered and merged into what is now Thyssia, AHC was probably pissy about that. its probably what, in a delayed way, prompted the political marriage of Adelaide to Erick. to say ‘listen, us hating you because you were west thyssians and conquering our friends, thats behind us, we cool now ya?’ and they were probably also friends with countries to the east, like farther east than anything else in the story.

so what would they have with the west? specifically a small country between Thyssia and the west buckos. it could be a more idealogical alliance than a ‘we were buds’ thing, i suppose. like, more to do with globalization and the access to stories than anything. if the little country is one that recently sought independence from the westerners, perhaps, then maybe AHC decided to support this, since AHC is similarly proud of continuing to exist as its own entity as opposed to a part of a greater Thyssia. (which could happen in the far future, depending on how Thyssia and AHC react to Adelaide’s fucking chicanery)

so, that could work. at some point, a different ethnic group or different ideological views formed within the west, and in recent times (like, the last 50 years or so) theyve sought independence from the west. AHC, as a country proud of remaining its own entity, ruled only by itself, supports them in this drive, admittedly in a from afar, gentle back pat sorta way. platitudes, right. and perhaps the ‘current’ (20 odd years ago) independence was an easing method. like how russia became the soviet union ‘as it transitioned into a fully communist country’. that didnt happen, but its a similar idea.

so, sizeable group in the west demands independence from the west, AHC supports, and the West enters a state of compromise. the borders are determined and the new state is formed, but it functionally remains a subsidiary of the West. sorta like a colony, i guess? still under Western control, they run the place legally, like the big wigs, but the new country can elect its own officials and has its own government, except that government ultimately must answer to the Western one. its a taste of their freedom. this lil state is fucking stoked. they immediately begin on securing deals and trade with other countries independent of the West, since the West clearly has different friends. and one of their first ports of call would be AHC, since it was very open in its ideological support for the countries independence. it makes sense, yknow.

so, they become allies with AHC, with deals in place for trade and such. most of AHC’s items that it trades to NG (new guys, fuck it) would be items it recieved elsewhere, basically giving NG access to the world that it cant access just yet on its own. plans begin for an NG regional airport, allowing it to access countries that lil bit further off, likely via Thyssia or the West, since Thyssia likely has a pretty big regional airport. theres also the neutral country to the north west which could be a major regional hug (hence the negotiations being placed there later) and all that fun jazz. because, well, all that sort of global infrasctructure is located within the West’s borders, and while the citizens of NG technically hold a dual citizenship and can use these things from the west, they want that independence, gotta build their own.

but, theres clearly rules about it, and one of those rules is probably a No Military thing. the West doesnt want NG to have a military of their own. but its probably blanket too, like no military forces at all. from anyone. no armies. nada.

then the West gets antsy. they dont wanna let go of the land NG has, not really, its got access to the coast that the West always appreciates, and they probably start pushing strange restrictions to try and retain control. greater access to NG for the west, that sorta thing, stuff thats one sided and doesnt benefit the NG much at all. and NG starts prickling, and they call in AHC to help. and AHC is confident that this all be easy, send an ambassador, a few armed people to protect them, easy peasy, no worries. now, a few is a non definite number. 20 is a bit more than a few.

so the West gets really antsy. there are armed people in NG, ostensibly supporting NG against the West, this is war, they get real pissy about this. which is fair, because 20 is overmuch and AHC is clearly overstepping its boundaries substantially.

and thus, the war begins.

though, if this is what happens, and that the war began due to AHC overstepping its boundaries in an attempt to protect another countries independence, what happened to the lil country by the end? since, it was a 4 year war, with Thyssia stepping in and protecting AHC and NG with its faarrrr superior military force. then, after 4 years, a ceasefire was arranged, and King Erick made his naive decision to, i guess drive through NG to reach the neutral country in which negotiations were being held? idk. depends our far back inland NG reaches, if NG is a tiny thing snuggled on the coast then it was probably driving through the north western tip of Thyssia.

but then, because Erick was killed, and its determined that it was Western soldiers who did it, the war breaks out anew between the West and Thyssia, or, more pertinently, between Adelaide and The World. so what become of NG? well, if it was IN NG that Erick died, NG has gotta help out, theyre desperate to not seem shit, theyre incredibly helpful, but, well, are they still at war??? idk. esp if its not on their soil, if Erick died in Thyssia’s north west. do they independently reach for peace with the West while they battle Thyssia?

probably. the problem is, they were trying to reach peace with Thyssia’s help, and Thyssia cannot help them negotiate peace now because Thyssia is basically beyond negotiation for a fair while. so Thyssia probably brings in either AHC or another neutral country to support it, and they’d reach peace with the West. i think NG still exists. they won the war, essentially, though it was p much wholly due to Thyssia stepping in to help AHC help them, yknow.

so NG is still around. theyre probably still allied to both AHC and Thyssia. the west wont dare touch them now. they’ve been fully separated and made independent. thats cool.

it does sorta make the west into full on assholes, like indefinite dicks, but if i wanted i could make it be due to a leader and not the country? besides, the assassination of Erick was not government mandated. they cant explain how it happened, because they honestly dont know, but it was honestly just some rebellious assholes pissed that Thyssia stepped into a conflict that wasnt theres and started bossing everyone around, and they saw erick in his car and went ‘we;re in’ and blew him up. they were probably members of the Western military, but not acting under their orders, they basically went rogue.

yea. sure. so that mean the west are dicks. but if its just a particular leader, like one elected group that were subsequently removed, that could work. for instance, right, i feel a typical term of government is 3-5 years. so lets so its 5 years. that encompasses the entirety of the first 4 years of the war and the bits before, so it can include a build up of increased tension regarding the independence of NG. then, like a few months before the ceasefire, the West has an election and the party is like, tooootally removed, everyone just goes ‘are yall fucking stupid’ and votes them out. and the new party is desperate to right the wrongs, hence the subsequent ceasefire and attempt at peace that is thwarted by rogue soldiers, possibly the supporters of the previous government.

that government, the one that failed at peace because it couldnt ‘adequately explain how such an incident occurred), they probably stay in power at the next election, because any outrage over that incompetence has probably faded and been replaced with a frustration with Thyssia (or, Adelaide) refusing peace talks. so, theyre good.

on Thyssia’s end.... idk. their politicians probably remained the same in the lead up to and the first 4 years of the war. maybe even the beginning of the next 7 year portion, the Thyssia-West war. technically two separate wars. its at the elections during that war that Thyssia also makes a push for this stupid shit to end. Yes, Erick was killed, thats awful, but if this continues there wont BE a West. you tell someone youre Thyssian and they laugh. theyre the scorn of the world.

eventually it ends. but noones pushing for Adelaide’s deposition yet. but thats 90% because they dont want Jackson to be king yet. they want him to be king, of course, the speeches he’s been making in the recent years have connected well with the people and they think he’ll do well. its just that he’s still a teenager and he’s emotionally fragile, and everyones sympathetic about it. dont push him in yet.

then, of course, Jackson turns like 24 and everyones like ‘well.... he’s got his emotions in control.. he’s an adult.... the throne is his by right.... the fucks going on’

in hindsight, everyones pretty sure they shouldve pushed for Duke Andrew to take the throne. thats the big mistake, lmao