165 – Pulling the trigger on the world (2)
Federal Republic of America.
New Yorktown, Wilson Times Headquarters.
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[Uk ranian Civil War, Gongwang Faction Victory!]
[Orlando Ruth III changes the name of Uk ran to Kingdom of Uk ran]
[The birth of a new kingdom, the outright containment of an empire]
[In a dynamic era, what should the Commonwealth of Ameria do?]
Since the civil war broke out in Uk ran, the newspapers of the Federal Republic of America have spread news about Uk ran every day.
From the Quernen War to today’s civil war.
Now, while everyone is enjoying an era of peace, all sorts of things are happening in the small principality across the sea.
All of the citizens of the Federal Republic of America, who had been living boring days because they were not peaceful, were focused on the country called Uk ran.
And finally, the news that the civil war in question ended with the victory of the Prince faction within a period of four days was literally a big scoop to the media outlets in Ameria.
Of course, the first to spread the news among them was the ‘Wilson Times’, the only one among numerous media outlets to establish a press office in Uk ran.
“I knew it would be like this. Didn’t i tell you? If you go to that little country, there will be all sorts of scoops.”
A man with his hair neatly combed looked at his newspaper and smiled.
Douglas Wilson.
Director of the media company that bears his name and one of the most famous journalists in the Federal Republic of America.
“…… A real civil war at a time like this. I couldn’t believe it until Press Director Sarah Ronald posted a report on it.”
The man sitting across from Wilson answered in disbelief.
Deputy Director Jerryson.
He was a person who visited Uk ran after the Second Quernen War.
Of course, until he visited Uk ran at the time, Jerryson had no idea that Uk ran, which had just annexed the Azov Islands, would be engulfed in another war, and civil war at that time.
He was simply amazed at the current situation in Uk ran, making the term journalistic goofy.
“Jerrison, how long do you think the peace of our time will last?”
“Well…… In fact, it is said that conflicts between countries are gradually intensifying only on the continent, but isn’t it completely unrelated to us across the ocean?”
“Then let’s change the question. Do you think there will be a war that will engulf the entire continent in the next few years?”
Jerrison looked at his chin and was troubled.
“Honestly, I don’t know. If it had a war aspect, it would probably be a local war between the Kingdom of Adalya and the Free Democratic State of Prü. There is no reason for the entire continent to be engulfed in war.”
World War.
It wasn’t that he hadn’t heard of the name Jerryson.
Even at this time, people from all walks of life continued to open columns and journals about the possibility of war.
Because the opinions of each were so different that there was no universally accepted orthodoxy.
“No, I am sure that within a few years there will be a great war that will devour that continent. And that war will devour our Republic of America, across the sea.”
“How are you so sure?”
“Human beings are animals of war. From the time it first appeared on the continent until now, it has always lived through the history of struggle.”
An era of peace.
For over a hundred years after the fall of the Ruszar Empire, there has been no head-to-head confrontation between nations.
It was because each country had not been able to stabilize.
The United Kingdom of Britain was completely preoccupied with merging with the Kingdom of Scott, which was against the united political system until the end.
The Kingdom of Adalya was intent on securing trade routes with the Eastern Empire and growing into a nation wielding powerful real power in the Imperial Alliance.
The Free Democrats of Fru have been very skeptical about meddling in the affairs of other countries due to the Fru Revolution and the ensuing political turmoil.
But now the story is different.
Not only was the power of the great powers clearly divided between the free association and the imperial alliance.
The Imperial Alliance was revealing its ambition to conquer the world based on its strong national power united under one monarch.
The Freedom Alliance is also dominated by ideological ideology, and the antipathy towards the Imperial Alliance is growing day by day from the national leadership to a single citizen.
It’s not just Director Douglas Wilson who thinks this way.
Because all the people who were rooted in the political and business world of the Federal Republic of America were preparing for war.
But at the same time, there were quite a few people who, like Deputy Director Jerryson in front of them, believed that all of this was simply a mirage that did not exist.
“How despicable were these great powers. I try to see the gain, but I never try to see the loss.”
“Yes. No one wants their country to be ruined.”
“Exactly.”
Wilson snapped his fingers.
He got up from his seat and slowly approached the world map hanging on one side of the director’s office.
“Freedom Association, Imperial Alliance. The power of all the Great Powers has reached its critical point. We judge each other to be worthy enough to face each other.”
In the Soviet Empire and the Reinhalt Empire, which can be seen as the main pillars of the Imperial Alliance, nationalistic tendencies have been prominent recently.
Reinhalt was aware that the nationalist and racial supremacist ideology emerging as ‘Reichism’ was spreading in the ruling class.
In the case of the Soviet Empire, the people of the empire were firmly attached to the claim that, having destroyed the Rus Char Empire, they were obliged to restore the territory of the old Char who once ruled the continent.
“However, no one would want their land blown up. As in the old wars, it is the neighboring countries called the buffer zone that eventually become the trigger.”
Tak.
Wilson’s finger pointed to Uk ran.
“Isn’t this an exquisite place for a war to break out? It is a perfect buffer zone between the Imperial Alliance and the Free Alliance, but it claims to be a neutral country externally.”
“…… It sure is.”
Douglas Wilson turned and looked at his window.
A skyscraper built in New Yorktown, the center of the world economy.
At the end of that line of sight is the wide open sea.
“What will happen in the future beyond. I’m really curious to death.”
Of course.
The place he referred to may not be Uk ran, though.
***
The news that the Principality of Uk ran gave up its status as a vassal during the Rus Char Empire and was re-established as the Kingdom of Uk ran was enough to shake the entire continent.
It’s the Federal Republic of America across the sea, just one more scoop.
All kinds of political and economic chaos that would result from it were problems of continental countries facing actual borders.
The ones who reacted the most violently were the Empire of Sobie.
Because the main reason they put forward whenever they interfered in Uk ran’s internal affairs was the absurd logic that ‘Uk ran is a vassal state of the Rus Tsar Empire’.
In reality, it was a completely different empire that rose after the collapse of the empire through a revolution.
The Soviet Empire sincerely thought that they were qualified to once again run a huge empire like the Rus Char Empire.
[Soviet Emperor Pyotr Constantine, “It is a direct challenge to the Empire”]
[Uk ran is an idiot who denies its legitimacy and history]
However, the problem was not only the empire’s response to consumption.
Originally, the eastern part of Uk ran, like the northern part, was not even blocked by the border with the empire by the Kalpas Mountains.
Thus, naturally, the residents living in eastern Uk ran had a close relationship with the Soviet Empire.
As a coup d’état took place in the capital, the pro-imperialist forces hiding inside also raised their heads together.
Of course, due to the activities of Enoch Levandel, the Eastern Corps commander, who was the main pillar of the coup, was arrested and executed, and the chief of staff who led the Eastern Corps and other leading actors were blocked by the Special Response Brigade and the Northern Corps and ended their lives by suicide, The people of the location were completely isolated.
To surrender or to surrender, execution would have been unavoidable as they had directly participated in the coup rather than forcedly following orders.
If we resisted, the only future left was destruction.
In the end, what they chose to live for.
It was to make direct contact with the empire by colluding with pro-Soviet forces in the eastern region.
[Eastern Uk ran declares independence against the proclamation of the kingdom!]
They gathered the remaining units and divisions to form a defensive line in eastern Uk ran, condemning King Orlando Rus III for abandoning the status of a feudal state, and claiming to be the feudal state.
Duke of Lunetsk.
Of course, from the standpoint of the Uk ranians, their independence cannot be acknowledged.
However, at the time when the chaos in the capital was just suppressed, there was no time to project a direct influence on the east.
In the meantime, the Soviet Empire quickly recognized the Principality of Lunetsk as a vassal of the Rus Char Empire.
The coup in the capital was suppressed.
The civil war was sinking into a more complicated pit.
In addition, it was the Republic of Polania, which had a direct border with eastern Uk ran, that strongly opposed this independence issue.
[Jusef Faust, Prime Minister of the Republic of Polania, “The Empire will soon stop supporting the rebels”]
Through the Lunetsk Principality, no one was ignorant of the dark truth that the Soviet Empire would project direct influence on Uk ranian territory.
From the standpoint of the Republic of Polania, which was geographically isolated surrounded by the Soviet Empire and the Reinhardt Empire, it could never be left unattended that the passage leading to Uk ran, the last remaining neighboring country and preliminary ally, was passed over to the rebel forces. Because it happened
At the same time, the Free Democratic State of Prüt, which had some sort of cooperation with the Republic of Polania, was also bound to directly condemn the Soviet Empire.
As an imperial alliance, the Kingdom of Adaliya, which was in constant confrontation with the Free Democratic State of Prü, was not to be outdone by this, and even recognized the Principality of Lunetsk as a feudal state of the Rus Char Empire.
[Tensions rising across the continent.]
[The number of voluntary enlisted people in the Free Democratic Republic of Prü has skyrocketed by 180% compared to the previous year. “Young people gathered for world peace, justice and freedom”]
[The Reinhardt Imperial Parliament unanimously approved the enactment of the National Land Defense Act.]
Now, no one could contain the word ‘war’ as a joke.
Because black gunpowder, which could explode at the slightest spark, was scattered all over the continent.
