The Great Revolution:
With the unfortunate death of General Walter Kurtz a new general was needed to lead the Vietnamese war effort. General Jack D. Ripper was promoted to the position of Dictator. His first action was to dispel the pretence of that the three Vietnamese puppets were even semi-independent as
the GM couldnt be assed to manage four different NPCs when they were really the same entity it added an extra layer of bureaucratic difficulty. All of Vietnamese-held Asia was part of the K.C.U.F Alliance under Ripper, the one ruler. He also made a large shift in military strategy. He decided that it would be neigh impossible to try and stop the hordes of foreign invaders and that he should direct his remaining soldiers to crush the resistance movements, figuring if that the rebellion was crushed that they could negotiate a settlement with the Coalition forces. He also invested a large amount of money into WMD development, to discourage further poisoning of water supplies to target Vietnamese vital bodily essences.
His plans were met with difficulty, as Abbottsfordian spy rings encouraged mass defections in the military to the rebel armies. Even those of American descent were getting sick of war at this point, even a chance at peace was worth it. This was most problematic in East China where a group of soliders attempted a coup which turned into a large firefight. They were assisted by Nova Terran nuclear artillery, which eliminated the F.E.A.R deployment. This was made possible thanks to General Orlocks large scale computerized simulations based on data collected from when the Cybermen made a similar manoeuvre, which allowed Orlock to predict the location that F.E.A.R assemble their armies at and allow him destroy them in all one foul swoop. This allowed Nova Terra to seize the territory held by F.E.A.R with minimal casualties, however there are many pro-K.C.U.F partisans remaining in the territory.
Although these setbacks were major, they were still only setbacks for General Ripper. His planned invasion of China still was able to proceed and it was a resounding success. The Chinese were outnumbered almost three-to-one, they had no chance at defending their territory against the numerically superior foe as the Vietnamese were using their tactics from the end of the Vietnam War of 21st Century, no amount of guerrilla warfare could hope to withstand that sort of strategy. Even with the help of defecting soldiers and Abbotsfords CATS, the Chinese were pushed back to Xingjiang and suffered extremely heavy losses.
Even with the retaking of China, the Rebellion is still going strong. Even with the recent losses, the war is still very popular in both Abbottsford and Nova Terra, thanks to Abbotts charming personality and the massive gains that Nova Terra had made this year with minimal casualties respectively. The Chinese are still quite optimistic as well. Their leader, the mysterious Red Lotus, has made multiple media appearances assuring that even though they were driven back to the accursed Xingjiang province once again she is confident that the war is very winnable. The Glorious Asian Union and the various other rebels unified under Rin Tohaska Junior are growing stronger every day thanks to the capture of the former Vietnamese heartland of Vietnam and the mass troop defections. Even still, the rebellion relies heavily on foreign support and would probably falter if the Vietnamese could convince the Pacific Coalition that continuing was not worth it. It is still very much anyones game at this point, the next year will be decisive in determining who is the victor and who is the loser.
Casualties:
-K.C.U.F: 27 MIL
-People's Republic of China: 9 MIL
-Abbotsford: 6 MIL
-China was seized by K.C.U.F
-5 ECO was lost in China in the chaos
Large Peasant Revolt Throws Neko Imperium into Chaos
With the sudden development of superpowers in a large proportion of the Nekoese citizenry, the people suddenly realised that they had a lot of power. They started demanding a more democratic society that was sort-of half-promised by the Empress but never saw the light of day. These demands quickly turned violent when they were not met and, thanks to the widespread of superpowers used by both sides, the country has descended into anarchy. This has removed them almost completely from the world stage as they have had to focus all their energies on internal affiars. Even their puppets in Siberia have abandoned them, agreeing to be annexed by Russia after they made them an offer they couldnt refuse, securing the region for the Highwaymen. It is unlikely that the Imperium will be able to react to the outside world affairs much at all in the next while.
[chaos intensifies]
(OOC: Im not representing this mechanically; its just done to explain why the Imperium does literally nothing this turn. You can interfere if you want, but Ill handle things in a different way than I usually do when it comes to civil wars considering we are so late in the piece).
Will Bold Moves by the Church of Goomy Secure Victory?
The year started off with the Church of Goomy formally and publically condemning the Neko Imperium for not maintaining control over their citizens, which was quite ironic considering the current peasant revolt. Although this proclamation was rather meaningless in the grand scheme of things, it was enough for the Goomish Africans who continued to support the Goomish war effort with supplies and soldiers even though the local military is practically controlled by the Goomish Africans.
Back in Europe things are much less rosy. The Church was forced to withdraw from Eastern and Central Europe due to partisans making it extremely difficult to continue operations there. And things on the Burgundy/Savoy front came to a complete standstill, both sides were unable to breach the others defences. Use of Poison type Pokemon sabotaged conventional military advances on the part of the Napoleonic Alliance as there was simply no uncontaminated food or water available east of Savoy for the Alliance. The continued use of Wobbuffet to nullify the Ponies magics and the use of weather controlling Pokemon to counter weather controlling shenanigans prevented the Ponies from using their trump cards. However, the Church of Goomy could not press the advantage as widespread use of Pony bio-weaponry in the form of the infamous parasites destroyed any of the supplies needed for their forces to advance. This turned the front into a stalemate, with the Church forced back to a couple dozen kilometres outside of city limits.
It remained this way for quite a while until a group of Pokemon trainers in Savoy, still loyal to the Church, staged a revolt against the occupying forces. This prompted local Goomish and Danish commanders to take the initiative and push the Napoleonic Alliance back. Although this victory provided a large morale boost to the Goomish forces as they had finally driven Romania from their borders, the city of Savoy was in ruins and only provided a marginal tactical and economic bonus. The situation soon returned to the status quo of being a complete stalemate, the two sides were unable to make any further gains in region.
In an attempt to break the stalemate in Europe, the Church of Goomy decided to adopt a bold, perhaps desperate, new strategy. Using psychic teleportation, they planned to teleport from Europe all the way to Jersualem, Romanias former capital and largest city, to seize the region and use it in a bargaining chip to force a peace settlement without alerting the greater Romanian armed forces. Unfortunately, expert psychic Pokemon trainers soon found that this was unfeasible, not even the highest level Pokemon could teleport that far in one jump. They found a compromise, they found that they could teleport via Mediterranean islands (specifically Corsica, Sardinia, Malta, Crete and Cyprus). This way they would be able to get to Jerusalem in a few hours while (hopefully) drawing only minimal Romanian attention. Unfortunately for the Church, their mass use of psychic powers was detected by Romanian magic users. Due to most forces being tied up on the Savoy front and money being diverted away from the navy due to it being primarily a land-based war, the Romanians could only organize a small fleet on such short notice which was easily routed by Danish longboat auxiliaries.
The Jerusalem Prefecture Guard were mostly composed of those who were not fit for the Romanian Military and the children of the wealthy and/or influential. Along with the facts that they were heavily outnumbered and only had a few hours to prepare, it was no wonder that their defence of the city was so lacklustre. The usual combination of Wobbuffets and weather controlling Pokemon were used to nullify magic and weather controlling abilities, while ghost type Pokemon were sent to spook the conventional forces to death. Rotoms were also heavily used, they sabotaged Romanian military equipment and manipulate the citys electronics to their advantage. Within an hour the whole city was overrun, the rest of the Imperial Prefecture (minus Constantinople) was occupied shortly afterwards.
The Imperial Senate, shocked at this development, called for a special Senate meeting. The Senate almost unanimously declared a state of national emergency, delaying the elections and increasing each senators term by two years as they decided it was unfeasible to conduct elections when such a populous province was overrun. The only dissenting party was the Separatist Coalition, who said that their need for a referendum was vital and that if they were denied it then there would be consequences. And consequences there were, mere days after the proclamation the Balkans succeeded from the Empire. Anatolia attempted to as well, but the presence of a strong police force and loyalist humans prevented the revolt from breaking out. After hearing this news, all Separatist Coalition members were arrested and their senate privileges revoked. The remaining senators then decided that enough was enough and, with a slim majority, passed a resolution demanding the Empress to make peace with the Church of Goomy so they could focus on internal affairs. This greatly pleased the Italians, who were the foremost in pushing the legislation.
Although it is likely that the Napoleonic Alliance will try and force less-than-favourable peace terms onto the Church of Goomy, this is undeniably a major victory for them and may be the first step on the path to peace and stability.
Casualties:
-Church of Goomy: 5 MIL
-Denmark: 2 MIL
-Romania: 9 MIL
-Eastern and Central Europe were seized by Team Napoleon
-Savoy and Jerusalem were seized by the Church of Goomy
-Jerusalem lost 4 ECO due to the fighting
Aslaug's Invasion of Scandinavia
Sick and tired of the Neko Imperiums refusal to do anything about the Mystery Countrys occupation of her homeland, Aslaug Khanjstavir raised a host of Vikings and tried to take Scandinavia back with her husband. Their attack was quickly repelled by the superior occupation force, Aslaug is no military genius and she was not able to overcome their forces. Aslaug has called for a parley and has offered to formally relinquish her claim to the Scandinavian throne for seemingly reasonable conditions. While signing this deal will bring peace to the region, will Grunkle Stan be so forgiving?
-Mystery Country lost 4 MIL and 5 ECO in the fighting
NPC diplomacy will be posted momentarily.