Cowboy Crisis

The Cowboy Crisis, also known as the Asteria-Tierrador War and/or the Winnecomac War, was an armed conflict which lasted from December 7, 1979 to October 4, 1983, between Tierrador and Asteria. The majority of fighting took place in the Tulangia and Ulunkheria regions. Asteria's initial objective in the Cowboy Crisis was to conquer as much Tierradorian land as they could. This included the provinces of Tawakee, Auxaca, and Sapaqo, with the penultimate goal of leveraging these gains to negotiate the integration of Ulunkheria and Tulangia into Asteria.

Disputes over Winnecomac
While there were many factors that caused and escalated the Cowboy Crisis, many agree that the continued disputes between Asteria and Tierrador was one of the root causes of the conflict. Winnecomac had been founded by Fanerian settlers in 1811, to serve as a midpoint between their colonies in Asteria and the rogue Western Republic. After the independence of Asteria in 1836, and the fall of the Western Republic in the 1870s, tensions between Tierrador and the newly-founded Asterian state grew exponentially as the city of Winnecomac became an extremely important economic and political location. Several small skirmishes took place in the city during the late 1800s and the early 1900s.

Illicit trade to and from Asteria
Drug trade and shi

Naval operations
Knock yourself out burg