A: The Suraji, angered by Xanto-inspired unrest among natives, and eager to teach them and their supporters a lesson, invade Xanto lands with the help of some loyal native volunteers. The Suraji have superior weapons but not an overwhelming advantage. The Xanto have some aircraft and armoured vehicles supplied from Furotocan countries, and other weapons from Tezan. A large regional war develops.
B: Aarut forces move in to stamp out the 'free states' founded by European and north-african immigrants. The Aarut are actually aiding the natives in some cases, as they mainly want to restore order in the region. Things are fairly small scale but very vicious. The Free Stateists are determined to escape Aarut authority and have aquired some aircraft and vehicles of their own.
C: Small scale independence revolts in the 'middle colonies' put down by Aarut troops, with promises of new referendums and more autonomy to come.
D: Aarut and their allies fight to establish new states in the region, either allied or not overtly hostile to the Aarut. Scattered, sporadic guerrilla warfare. Natives fight on both sides.
E: Aarut forces are slowly withdrawing from inland occupied territories in the face of guerrilla warfare and large-scale unrest among the natives. Aarut immigrant settlements appeal against being abandoned, and threaten to go it alone with their own stockpiles of weapons.
-> The Aarut parliament are seeking a 'new solution' to the North American problem, favouring the idea of creating several independent but closely allied states.
F: The expansion of Matac forces and their allies into the Amazon creates a messy jungle war. The Matac have superior weapons and their steamboats prowl the Amazon waterways. The old Anukarac states and the native tribes fight back however they can. Suraji 'adventurers' help the natives contain Matac expansion. The fighting spreads to the Zamarc kingdom, which threatens to collapse. Hygura and the Aarut coastal colonies get involved with their own militias as they try to expand inland.
G: A small scale, but long-lived border war. Suraji and Zanac, with some help from Tezan, fight against Aarut and Amasa forces.
H: Nemarthian civil war comes to an end. Furotocan countries sent help, but the resulting government is still more militaristic/nationalist than they would have liked. Nemarthia now has ambiguous relations with its neighbours.
I: Argine civil war ends with the rise of a hardline militaristic/nationalist/socialist (but not quite fascist) government. It successfully regains influence in northern [Spain] due to local support there. But the Amarisle territory stays close to the more centrist powers of the Aarut sphere.
J: The Rosk Empire faces mass civil unrest at home and in the occupied Amestiran territories. It is forced to grant various referendums which promise to create new Olan-Amestrian states within Rosk-Aarut umbrella, but ends in chaos and disagreement. Some of the western territories discuss union with Thessen [Germany]. Peace movements and spiritualist movements help to calm things down. But things inevitably turn violent in the east and some major fighting takes place there, threatening to drag in expeditions from Rosk and Aarut, as well as neighbouring Poneb and Sarvonia.
-> Due to pragmatic reforms and shared social problems on both sides, the threat of an ideological struggle between north and south Europe seems to have largely disappeared. It now seems like the Argine and east Amersitran regimes are the main threat to both sides.
K: Major colonial war between Tezan and Manzuru, involving vehicles and aircraft on both sides. Tezan begins to make large gains despite Varakan aid to Manzuru army.
L: As building of a 'Yansalan Canal' gets underway, Varakans mass troops on the border and demand a presence on the canal zone and/or a share of the shipping tolls.
M: Varakan expedition to 'contain' the 'rogue' Manzuru forces invading Saikaran-held lands in Africa, and push back Timuru tribal armies in the process.
-> The Varakans and Saikarans sign a pact to cooperate against mutual problems and threats in Africa, India, East Asia and the south Pacific. They also collaborate to build the most powerful aircraft and ships yet known.
N: The Saikarans begin to consider withdrawing from Hom, in the face of constant nationalist uprisings and guerrilla movements.
O: Yeshegi unrest and sporadic violence, in the pursuit of greater autonomy. The Varakans cautiously give support to those across the border in the Thereska Sarvonia while granting some more freedom to the Tetche and Civetis Katans.
P: Serious rebellion by those disillusioned with the Furotocanist government of Sarvonia, and/or still loyal to Poneb, and/or wishing a more authoritarian and less 'corrupt' government. Problems made worse by Sarvonia's peaceful annexation of most of former Zevon land [Romania].
Q: Krashenists and anti-Saikaran uprisings in Zhul lands of southern India. Varakan and Saikaran troops intervene.
R: Major offensives and expeditions against Krashenist strongholds by Varakans, including first use of airborne troops, clumsily parachuting from lumbering four-engined heavy monoplane bombers.
S: Tiandishi army conducts 'anti-terrorist' campaigns which end up taking another bite of the Holy Shyin Empire, including the ancient ceremonial capitol. These actions only seem to increase the activities of Shyin extremists and guerrillas.
-> Shyin leaders make some appeals to Varakans for assistance. The Varakans gradually increase their support from diplomatic gestures to trainloads of weapons arriving from the west.
T: Unrest and independence movements amongst the Varakan far east territories are crushed with force. The Varakans fear growing Huiyan-Yanshi influence in the region. A short and inconclusive border war is fought, with tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks and airplanes employed by both sides at its peak.
U: Despite great efforts to keep the Sezyvr covenant in one piece, there is rarely an effective government for more than a few months at a time, and still regional fighting between rival factions.
V: Tiandishi-Huitan-Yanshi Triple Alliance (open to suggestions for the name
) is formalised, and they begin to openly support rebellion unrest in Saikaran colonies. They also successfully intervene to aid the Mingdebuist fanatics of Dai Gedeba and the surrounding islands. The Saikarans and Suraji feel increasingly threatened and isolated. In turn, they threaten to take the war to mainland asia with squadrons of cutting-edge long-range bombers, and break the 'gentleman's agreement' of keeping the fighting confined to the southern colonies.
W: Yanshi military ports and airbases on [Guam] (I think!) are attacked by Saikaran aircraft launched from aircraft carriers. The Yanshi are outraged, but he Saikarans maintain that this is justified retaliation for the actions of the Triple Alliance.
X: Marzhung militarist factions gain power after helping the government to crush various other sources of unrest. Marzhung-based companies attempt to break the domination of the Varakan industrialists, and often succeed with the backing of the pro-nationalist government. The country may be drifting from Varakan control. Still, the Varakans have a large oil industry of their own, based mainly in [Iran] and [Mesopotamia].
Y: The Keyzad of Sariv threatens to break apart into Sarvonian, Amestiran and mixed Poneb loyalist camps. There is no real violence so far, but this could become another link in the chain of conflicts around eastern Europe.
Z: Some of the Saikaran territories are much more loyal than others. Efforts by the Triple Alliance to incite a rebellion on the island of [Taiwan] fall on deaf ears. The Saikarans are outraged, however (partly leading to incident W).
-> Thankfully the list ends here before I start getting into strange symbols like Œ.
. Unless someone really wants to be the instigator of a world war, this is the last mini-update before the 'proper' update, which I will now start putting together. Thankyou, again, for all the input so far.
