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The '''War of the Northern Confederation''' was a military conflict in [[Cusinaut]] between the Apostolic Kingdom of [[Urcea]] and its native allies and members of the Northern Confederation. Initially started as a blood feud between Mixcala and Tepetlcali, two members of the Confederation, Urcean intervention lead to full scale escalation of the conflict. The Confederation government, which had lost legitimacy in the eyes of Mixcala and other tribes and cities, collapsed following a string of Urcean allied military victories in 2008 and 2009, including the destruction of Tepetlcali, once a leading city of the Confederation.


The '''Kingdom of Talionia''' is a kingdom in [[Urlazio]] under a {{wp|real union}} with [[Urcea]]. A densely populated country, Talionia has often been described as a cultural crossroads between [[Levantia]] and [[Sarpedon]]. Talionia's history as a semi-independent entity began in 1782 following the conclusion of the [[Veltorine Independence War]] with Caphiria, when it was seized by Urcea as compensation for its participation on the side of [[Veltorina]]. Since that period, the Kingdom has seen intermittent waves of migration, including Levantine settlers but also various outcasts and refugees from Caphiria, especially Levantine Catholics fleeing Caphiria due to the schism and formation of [[Caphiric Catholicism]] approximately a century earlier. Following the destruction of [[Veltorina]] during the [[Second Great War]], Talionia became a major destination of Veltorine migration, and many political prisoners from Caphiria were deported to Talionia in the 20th century. Talionia housed the [[Veltorine government-in-exile]] from 1953 to 2014 and was home to a large community of Veltorine emigres.
Following the conflict, several regional tribes and cities were reorganized into a new confederation, the Kingdom of [[New Harren]], in union with the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]]. The remainder of the Confederation's territories were absorbed into [[Algoquona]], who refused to join New Harren and rapidly annexed the remainder of the Confederation's former territory. The conflict inaugurated [[The Deluge]], a period of increased [[Occidental]] involvement in Western Crona.
 
During the [[Occidental Cold War]] and large-scale presence of the Urcean military, Talionia developed a thriving service economy surrounding the bases and urban centers of the Kingdom. Since the end of the Cold War, the economy has been undergoing rapid changes and partial decline as part of the gradual ending of hostilities between Urcea and Caphiria. As Talionia has been partly demilitarized as of the [[Assumption Accords]], the economy has shifted more towards global trade by the merit of Talionia's geographic position. As part of the Accords, free trade with the Urlazian provinces of Caphiria has begun which has strengthened the changing economy.
 
== Etymology ==
 
== History ==
 
=== Early History ===
Much of what consists of modern day Talionia was densely populated coastal cities which existed as part of [[Adonerum|Adonerii League]] with peripheral agricultural lands inhabited by communities of native Urlazic speakers and a few major Istroyan established in Antiquity. Consequently, most of the local Urlazic tribes fell under Latinic influence and began to speak the Latinic language. As with much of the island, Talionia as a whole was conquered by Marius Tempestas Natus in approximately 570 BC, ending the Adonerii league and beginning a lengthy period of united Urlazian governance. Earlier dynasties were replaced by the Kingdom of the Odonerones, a more stable and centrally controlled entity, around 110 AD. The Odonerones briefly contended with [[Great Levantia]] over dominance of the [[Sea of Canete]] beginning in the 350s and then entered a period of rapid decline. By approximately 400 AD it existed as a client state of [[Caphiria]], and was integrated in XXX. During the integration period, many of the previously large cities and autonomous city-states of Talionia were largely depopulated due to the threats of [[Gothic people|Gothic]] raids, which began to plague the island in the 5th century.
 
During the initial period of Caphirian control most local customs were respected and the area operated with considerable autonomy. Within the context of Caphirian control, the Latin-speaking city of Larianum began to exert a major influence over the local cities in the 5th century and became a major center of trade for the next several centuries, and as a consequence the city spawned a major cultural exchange that resulted in a divergent and unique culture growing in Talionia, mixing Levantine, Gothic, Sarpedonian, Istroyan, and Adonerii influences into a unique Latinic subculture.
 
The first period of Caphirian rule came to an end with the arrival of the Oduniyyad Caliphate in the 7th Century. While the Caliphate did not directly threaten Caphiria in the north, groups of adventurers from Oduniyyad-controlled southern Sarpedon came north and conquered the largely autonomous region of eastern Urlazio in 690 AD. In the process, Larianum was sacked and largely destroyed as trade into the area ground to a halt. Caphirian forces finally overcame the invaders in 763 AD and reestablished control, albeit more directly as was the case elsewhere during Caphiria's Principate period. In the reorganized province of ''Talionum'', the Caphirians rebuilt Larianum not far from the ruins of the old city, and trade resumed into the region, bringing goods from Audonia and Levantia into Sarpedon. Far overshadowed by the power of Venceia, Larianum and the surrounding eastern Urlazian provinces nonetheless managed to prosper during this period, and many traders going to Venceia would make a stop at Larianum.
 
=== Early Modern and Industrial Era ===
Centuries of trade and migration had reduced the former homeland of the [[Adonerum]] to a relatively culturally divergent area embracing its historic [[Latinic people|Latinic]] roots with a more [[Odoneru Ocean|Odoneru]]-centric outlook and traditions. Though a culturally divergent part of Caphiria, remained firmly in Venceia's hold until the middle of the 18th century, when it was invaded by [[Urcea]] as part of its intervention during the [[Veltorine War of Independence]]. Larianum was sacked by Caphirian forces in 1781 after being taken by the Urceans in 1780 and the province was largely pacified, but continued advanced of the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] in 1782 overcame Caphirian defenders in Talionum. As trade and aid filtered through Talionum's ports to the rebelling forces in [[Veltorina]], control of the island ultimately proved essential to aiding the Veltorines secure their independence. Talionum was ceded to Urcea as compensation for their intervention. Controversially, it was not joined to the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], but rather kept as a separate Kingdom in personal union with the Urcean Crown, a move which alienated the [[Collegial Electorate]]. Acquisition of the renamed-Talionia was a key part of Urcea's strategy to secure overall control of the [[Sea of Canete]], and the so-called Canetian Cessions started the phenomenon of [[Levantine Creep]] among Caphirian intellectuals.
 
Talionia was governed and assumed to be, at its inception, another normal [[Government_of_Urcea#Crownland|crownland]] of [[Urcea]], similar to the [[Kingdom of Crotona]]. This status implied normal governance of the country by the apparatus of the [[Government of Urcea]] with the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] nominally at its head as its King. However, several cultural and administrative changes implemented during the reign of [[Aedanicus VIII]] separated Talionia from the other crownlands. This included the actual creation of a [[Julian_Throne_and_Crown_Jewels_of_Urcea#Talionia|physical crown]] of Talionia in [[1852]]. Acts of the [[Concilium Daoni]] would confirm the status of Talionia as a separate entity from the rest of the Kingdom as part of an overall effort to prevent popular resistance to Urcean rule. This was also requested by the King, as the decision made the Kingdom of Talionia effectively under direct and total control of the Apostolic King, a move that Aedanicus argued was a military necessity in order to keep the area properly protected against [[Caphiria]].
 
Talionia initially operated with some autonomous function. Local Veltorine nobility and several military commands of the Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea comprised the government of the Kingdom, though communal and county-based governance was viewed as the norm. As the 19th century continued, reforms to the Urcean government brought its periphery vassals into a tighter orbit of Urceopolis. In order to placate local concerns with the tightening grip, Aedanicus VIII issued a Constitution for Talionia in 1870, which remains in force. During the Regency, Talionia did not recognize the Regency of [[Gréagóir FitzRex]] and intended to remain neutral. Several local groups attempted to agitate for independence from Urcea, but with the beginning of the [[Red Interregnum]], the Government declared its loyalty to the Legitimist faction. During the conflict and in part due to their perceived disloyalty, FitzRex promised to cede Talionia to [[Caphiria]] in exchange for its support during the Interregnum, bringing [[Urcea]] into the [[First Great War]]. Consequently, local groups decided remaining with [[House de Weluta]] was the better option to remain separate from Caphiria. The unfulfilled promise of a cession of Talionia to Caphiria was a major {{wp|casus belli}} for the later [[Second Great War]].


=== Second Great War and Today ===
== Background ==
During the [[Second Great War]], Talionia was a primary battleground between the [[Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association]] (LOTA) and [[Caphiria]] and its acquisition was the primary war goal of [[Caphiria]]. The early war period was largely inconclusive, but following the allied naval victory at the [[Battle of the Adonáire Strait]] Caphiria's ability to resupply [[Urlazio]] became significantly limited. The [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] made significant gains against Caphiria, occupying most of the island along with [[Cartadania]]n offensives from the west. Talionia was the site of the first {{wp|nuclear weapon}} detonation in history, as [[Caphiria]] dropped a weapon at the end of the [[Second Great War]] on major military depot and transportation hub - the city of Malavia - that was occupied by Urcean forces but still within Caphirian nominal territory. The nuclear detonation precipiated peace talks which ended the war. Large parts of Urlazio were returned, but a major piece of territory was ceded to Talionia at the end of the war, including the destroyed city of Malavia and its environs. These ad-hoc military bases dotting Talioinia were later rebuilt for permanent LOTA use during the Occidental Cold War, as the military and military families from Levantia and Cartadania became an important part of life in Talionia, and a cornerstone of the economy. As bases began to dot the countryside, agricultural developments gave way to a service-based economy aimed at accommodating the millions of soldiers stationed in Talionia throughout the Cold War.
{{Main|Northern Confederation}}
The Northern Confederation existed as a binding union of many dozen small tribes and Cronan cities since the 17th century, but the leading tribes of the Confederation were the Honeoye, the Mixcala, the Cheektowaga, the Tepetlcali, the Algosh, and up until 1910, the Schoharie. The Confederation, which provided mutual defense and ensured fair trade agreements between its members, played a critical role in discouraging Occidental expansion into northwestern [[Crona]] until the 21st Century. Urcea's efforts to break the Northern Confederation and expand [[New Harren|its colony in Crona]] were half-hearted at best and had been repulsed several times in the 19th and 20th centuries.


Upon the signing of the [[Assumption Accords]] in 2014, cession of the Ecinis peninsula and demilitarization of the southern half of Talionia and eastern portions of Caphirian Urlazio meant an end to the more than eighty years of military presence in Talionia, leading to dramatic changes in the economy. Despite this, many investors have expressed interest in the potential of the rapidly changing economy. Caphirian investors and visitors have become commonplace in Talionia since the time the Accords were signed, and analysts have speculated that Talionia may once again become a primary port of entry into Sarpedon and crossroads of the Occident. As part of the Accords, a free-trade area was created between Talionia and the Caphirian provinces of Urlazio.
Beginning in the mid 20th Century, internal disputes and Occidental encroachment lead to a general weakening and loss of face of the Confederation. The commercial domination of the Confederation by the [[Honeoye]] in the 20th century lead to resentment and suspicion among the members of the geographic center of the Confederation. Increasing border skirmishes between the Algosh, Canandaigua, Gowandis, and others gradually destabilized the outward facing political cohesion once enjoyed by the Confederation, leading to members separately pursuing foreign allies. In 2004, a short skirmish between Tonawandis and Cheektowaga lead to the capture of Cheektowaga's Chief Axigalantu, and the Confederation government was unable to resolve the dispute. Subsequently, following years of disagreement between Mixcala and Tepetlcali, a large Tepetlcali force sacked Mixcala in early 2008. A blood feud ensued, which completely destabilized the Northern Confederation, and the Algosh took advantage of the chaos and began to subjugate other members of the Confederation under the leadership of its Hierarchs, who served as war chiefs. The Apostolic Kingdom of [[Urcea]] intervened on behalf of Mixcala, forming an alliance. The [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] deployed eight divisions to the [[New Harren]] colony and organized them as the ''Army of St. Thomas'' under the purview of the Far Western Command commanded by Lecáti [[Martin St. Clair]], while Urcean diplomat Martin de Daphan worked to establish ties with prospective Urcean allies.


== Demographics ==
==Formation of Algoquona==
 
=== Linguistic Demographics ===
 
=== Religious Demographics ===
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== Politics ==
== Campaign ==


=== Government ===
=== Tonawandis ===
The Kingdom of Talionia is a constitutional monarchy employing an organic democratic Constitution similar to, but not the same as, the Government of Urcea. Talionia is bound to Urcea by its King, who is also the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]]. The executive authority within the Kingdom is wielded by the Governor-General of the Kingdom of Talionia, an official appointed by the Apostolic King of Urcea with the advice and consent of the [[Concilium Daoni]] of Urcea. This official is directly nominated by the King rather than by the binding advice of any officials in Urcea; by this method, Talionia's government retains a degree of independence from Urcea and is answerable - to an extent - to the King of Talionia alone. The Governor-General is typically a Talionian who has had political and administrative experience within the Government of Urcea, especially diplomatic experience. The Governor-Generals serve five year terms and by precedent are not reappointed by the King except during times of war. The Governor-General has the authority to, subject to the legislature, organize the government of the Kingdom, direct its ministers, veto legislation, and organize the Kingdom's armies. The Governor-General serves as Commander-in-Chief (rather than the Urcean title of ''Magister Militum'') of the Kingdom's armed forces, though in practice the armed forces are typically used for local defense and emergency response due to the protection the nation receives from the Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea. The Governor-General is considered the head of government of the Kingdom, and he nominates ministers to be approved by the National Landsmeet; due to his non-partisan nature, he is bound by precedent to nominate members of the majority party in the legislature, although not always the members selected by the Majority Leader.
In the beginning of March 2008, following the agreement between Mixcala and Urcea, the Urcean Royal Navy launched a preemptive strike on Tonawandis, the Confederation member closest to the New Harren colony which controlled the coastline near Cao. The attack on Tonawandis consisted of a two-day and night naval bombardment followed by an amphibious attack by the Royal Marine Corps. Tonawandis, which had no defenses save concrete machine gun emplacements and a mid-20th Century frigate re-purposed as an artillery barge, which was quickly destroyed by the Royal Navy. Use of armed air-cushioned landing craft to spearhead the assault resulted in a mostly uncontested Urcean landing. Urcean forces then proceeded inland to try and capture major settlements in Tonawandis territory as part of a pseudo-blitzkrieg strategy to decapitate the Tonawandisi tribal government. Advancing, Royal Fusiliers fought the Battle of Cattaraugus on March 6th, losing 77 fusiliers against more than 250 native losses. The capture of Cattaraugus was significant as it was where the Tonawandisi were holding Axigalantu, former Chief of the Cheektowaga. Axigalantu on his part pledged alliance, conversion to Catholicism, and loyalty to Urcea if restored in his land, which Urcean negotiators agreed to.


Legislative authority in Talionia is invested in the National Landsmeet, a 155-member legislature based on 150 equal population districts elected nationwide, referred to as the ''Electors Temporal'' and the designees of 5 Catholic bishops, referred to as the ''Electors Spiritual''. Electors serve five year terms on the same schedule as elections for Urcea's Concilium Daoni, and its reapportionment system is extremely similar. The legislature is partisan, and the leader of the majority party of the National Landsmeet holds the title of "Elector-President of the Kingdom of Talionia". The Elector-President is exclusively a legislative and partisan leader, serving as Majority Leader, and does not have significant authority over the ministry or its members. The Elector-President chooses which legislation comes to the floor of the Landsmeet and is responsible for choosing committee chairs within the Landsmeet.
The remainder of the Tonawandis campaign saw little organized resistance as the Army of St. Thomas continued its inland march, finally pacifying the last Tonawandis settlement on August 19th, 2008. Despite its status as a conquered tribe rather than an allied one, the Urcean Government promised Tonawandis would be fully represented in the new, Urcean-led confederation to come. Despite this promise, about half of the Tonawandisi army did not lay down their arms continued to fight on for the remaining two years of fighting.


From the time of the implementation of the Constitution in 1870 to the Great War, the primary political divides in the Kingdom were between pro-de Weluta Crown Liberal parties ("Unionist") and pro-independence liberal and socialist political parties ("Nationalist"). The independence movement within the Kingdom was divided between those who viewed Talionia as a standalone country and those who sought union with Veltorina. These divides were sufficient to allow the Unionists to maintain power. Since the Great War, nationalism has significantly been on the decline due to solidarity with the Urcean people and the annexation of Veltorina by Caphiria. Since the Assumption Accords, there has been a significant interest in renewed ties with Caphiria and other nations in Sarpedon without a national independence component, a political point of view that has been increasingly embraced with the adoption of free trade and easy travel with the Caphirian province of Thessia.
=== Tepetlcali ===
Simultaneous to the Tonawandis campaign, Urcean special forces and aerial infantry began a campaign against the city-state of Tepetlcali. Following a few skirmishes, the Royal Air Force inserted a brigade's worth of Air Grenadiers within the city's boundaries on March 15th, 2008. Following a night of dense street fighting, Urcean forces disabled the city's power grid and communications network, after which time several thousand Mixcalan soldiers entered the city and sacked Tepetlcali, which was soon after depopulated. With the destruction of its main city and capture of its High War Chiefs, the Tepetlcali city-state imploded, though some resistance continued until the territory was cleared by July 2009.


=== Foreign relations ===
=== Cheektowaga ===
Talionia's foreign relations are largely the same as [[Urcea]]'s, and Talionia's presence abroad mostly takes the form of {{wp|consulates}} in nations which have a specific Talionian interest. Much of the Kingdom's relationship with [[Caphiria]] is advised and overseen by the Urcean [[Ministry_of_State_(Urcea)#Department_for_Historic_Continental_Concerns|Department for Historic Continental Concerns]], which ensures Urcea and its dependencies do not give offense to [[Caphiria]] within the context of [[Imperial Diplomacy (Sarpedon)|Imperial Diplomacy]].
With Chief Axigalantu in hand, the Urcean Royal Navy began to bombard Cheektowaga in August of 2009 and a general amphibious advance of 15,000 Urcean and Mixcalan troops dislodged most of the initial defenders, allowing Axigalantu to land and establish a rival court, and many Cheektowagans rose to support him. A quick campaign in September and October overcame the whole of Cheektowaga as Urcean, Mixcalan, and Cheektowagan troops fought off loyalists. The incumbent chief, Axigalantu's nephew Amagonzes, fled to Quetzenkel at the end of October but was handed over to the Royal and Imperial Army as a token of good faith by the Quetzenkeli. The Royal and Imperial Army turned Amagonzes over to the Cheektowagans, who executed him following his refusal to swear allegiance.
====Imperial Diplomacy====
{{Main|Imperial Diplomacy (Sarpedon)}}


=== Military ===
=== Algoquona and Free Cities ===
With the lower tribes pacified by the fall of 2009, the Royal and Imperial Army advised the Concilium Purpaidá that the war aims of Urcea were achieved and that a viable confederation could be created out of the newly controlled lands. Still, a small alliance of twenty seven cities and villages pledged resistance to the Urceans and alliance with Algoquona. Algoquona, on its part, was unwilling to come to an accommodation and, on November 14th, 2009, more than 40,000 Algoquonan warriors and several hundred vehicles invaded northern Cheektowaga and overwhelmed the outnumbered Urcean and Cheektowagan forces there, forcing them back to the southern coast of Cheektowaga. A four month Urcean bombing campaign ensued in an effort to dislodge them. In April 2010, the Army of St. Thomas advanced north with 30,000 men and pushed the Algoquona out by July, when the Algoquona were willing to come to terms. The free cities submitted to Urcea the same month.


== Culture ==
== Aftermath ==
As a consequence of the war, the Northern Confederation completely disintegrated by 2010, and many of its tribes outside of the area of fighting decided to accept Algoquona overlordship rather than exist as an independent polity. Strengthened by its new wards, the Algoquona conquered the remaining northwestern portions of the Northern Confederation by early 2011, establishing it as the major native power in Northwestern Crona. Though Urcea and Algoquona agreed to a ceasefire in July of 2010, the war did not formally end until the [[Treaty of Narasseta]] came into force in November 2012.


== Economy ==
In 2010, Urcea and its native allies, in addition to Tonawandis which it had conquered in 2008, formed the Kingdom of [[New Harren]], a confederation of Levantine colonies, tribes, city-states, and other native polities. Nominally independent but in personal union with the Apostolic King of Urcea, the Kingdom of New Harren has largely supplanted the Northern Confederation as the preeminent "native league" in Northwestern Crona. Mixcalans have taken an extremely influential role in the affairs of the Kingdom and are second only to Urceans in terms of positions of power and distributed homesteads within conquered portions of the Kingdom.


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Revision as of 12:49, 3 February 2023

War of the Northern Confederation
Part of The Deluge

The House of the High Chiefs burning during the Sack of Tepetlcali
Date5 March 2008 – 1 July 2010
Location
Crona
Result

Decisive Urcean victory

Belligerents
Urcea
Mixcala
Cheektowaga (from 2009)
Northern Confederation
Commanders and leaders
Martin St. Clair
Chief Akosala
Chief Axigalantu
 War Chiefs of the Northern Confederation
Strength
~60,000 4,000+ 2,500+ Unclear, more than 80,000 warriors

The War of the Northern Confederation was a military conflict in Cusinaut between the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea and its native allies and members of the Northern Confederation. Initially started as a blood feud between Mixcala and Tepetlcali, two members of the Confederation, Urcean intervention lead to full scale escalation of the conflict. The Confederation government, which had lost legitimacy in the eyes of Mixcala and other tribes and cities, collapsed following a string of Urcean allied military victories in 2008 and 2009, including the destruction of Tepetlcali, once a leading city of the Confederation.

Following the conflict, several regional tribes and cities were reorganized into a new confederation, the Kingdom of New Harren, in union with the Apostolic King of Urcea. The remainder of the Confederation's territories were absorbed into Algoquona, who refused to join New Harren and rapidly annexed the remainder of the Confederation's former territory. The conflict inaugurated The Deluge, a period of increased Occidental involvement in Western Crona.

Background

Main article: Northern Confederation

The Northern Confederation existed as a binding union of many dozen small tribes and Cronan cities since the 17th century, but the leading tribes of the Confederation were the Honeoye, the Mixcala, the Cheektowaga, the Tepetlcali, the Algosh, and up until 1910, the Schoharie. The Confederation, which provided mutual defense and ensured fair trade agreements between its members, played a critical role in discouraging Occidental expansion into northwestern Crona until the 21st Century. Urcea's efforts to break the Northern Confederation and expand its colony in Crona were half-hearted at best and had been repulsed several times in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Beginning in the mid 20th Century, internal disputes and Occidental encroachment lead to a general weakening and loss of face of the Confederation. The commercial domination of the Confederation by the Honeoye in the 20th century lead to resentment and suspicion among the members of the geographic center of the Confederation. Increasing border skirmishes between the Algosh, Canandaigua, Gowandis, and others gradually destabilized the outward facing political cohesion once enjoyed by the Confederation, leading to members separately pursuing foreign allies. In 2004, a short skirmish between Tonawandis and Cheektowaga lead to the capture of Cheektowaga's Chief Axigalantu, and the Confederation government was unable to resolve the dispute. Subsequently, following years of disagreement between Mixcala and Tepetlcali, a large Tepetlcali force sacked Mixcala in early 2008. A blood feud ensued, which completely destabilized the Northern Confederation, and the Algosh took advantage of the chaos and began to subjugate other members of the Confederation under the leadership of its Hierarchs, who served as war chiefs. The Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea intervened on behalf of Mixcala, forming an alliance. The Royal and Imperial Army deployed eight divisions to the New Harren colony and organized them as the Army of St. Thomas under the purview of the Far Western Command commanded by Lecáti Martin St. Clair, while Urcean diplomat Martin de Daphan worked to establish ties with prospective Urcean allies.

Formation of Algoquona

Campaign

Tonawandis

In the beginning of March 2008, following the agreement between Mixcala and Urcea, the Urcean Royal Navy launched a preemptive strike on Tonawandis, the Confederation member closest to the New Harren colony which controlled the coastline near Cao. The attack on Tonawandis consisted of a two-day and night naval bombardment followed by an amphibious attack by the Royal Marine Corps. Tonawandis, which had no defenses save concrete machine gun emplacements and a mid-20th Century frigate re-purposed as an artillery barge, which was quickly destroyed by the Royal Navy. Use of armed air-cushioned landing craft to spearhead the assault resulted in a mostly uncontested Urcean landing. Urcean forces then proceeded inland to try and capture major settlements in Tonawandis territory as part of a pseudo-blitzkrieg strategy to decapitate the Tonawandisi tribal government. Advancing, Royal Fusiliers fought the Battle of Cattaraugus on March 6th, losing 77 fusiliers against more than 250 native losses. The capture of Cattaraugus was significant as it was where the Tonawandisi were holding Axigalantu, former Chief of the Cheektowaga. Axigalantu on his part pledged alliance, conversion to Catholicism, and loyalty to Urcea if restored in his land, which Urcean negotiators agreed to.

The remainder of the Tonawandis campaign saw little organized resistance as the Army of St. Thomas continued its inland march, finally pacifying the last Tonawandis settlement on August 19th, 2008. Despite its status as a conquered tribe rather than an allied one, the Urcean Government promised Tonawandis would be fully represented in the new, Urcean-led confederation to come. Despite this promise, about half of the Tonawandisi army did not lay down their arms continued to fight on for the remaining two years of fighting.

Tepetlcali

Simultaneous to the Tonawandis campaign, Urcean special forces and aerial infantry began a campaign against the city-state of Tepetlcali. Following a few skirmishes, the Royal Air Force inserted a brigade's worth of Air Grenadiers within the city's boundaries on March 15th, 2008. Following a night of dense street fighting, Urcean forces disabled the city's power grid and communications network, after which time several thousand Mixcalan soldiers entered the city and sacked Tepetlcali, which was soon after depopulated. With the destruction of its main city and capture of its High War Chiefs, the Tepetlcali city-state imploded, though some resistance continued until the territory was cleared by July 2009.

Cheektowaga

With Chief Axigalantu in hand, the Urcean Royal Navy began to bombard Cheektowaga in August of 2009 and a general amphibious advance of 15,000 Urcean and Mixcalan troops dislodged most of the initial defenders, allowing Axigalantu to land and establish a rival court, and many Cheektowagans rose to support him. A quick campaign in September and October overcame the whole of Cheektowaga as Urcean, Mixcalan, and Cheektowagan troops fought off loyalists. The incumbent chief, Axigalantu's nephew Amagonzes, fled to Quetzenkel at the end of October but was handed over to the Royal and Imperial Army as a token of good faith by the Quetzenkeli. The Royal and Imperial Army turned Amagonzes over to the Cheektowagans, who executed him following his refusal to swear allegiance.

Algoquona and Free Cities

With the lower tribes pacified by the fall of 2009, the Royal and Imperial Army advised the Concilium Purpaidá that the war aims of Urcea were achieved and that a viable confederation could be created out of the newly controlled lands. Still, a small alliance of twenty seven cities and villages pledged resistance to the Urceans and alliance with Algoquona. Algoquona, on its part, was unwilling to come to an accommodation and, on November 14th, 2009, more than 40,000 Algoquonan warriors and several hundred vehicles invaded northern Cheektowaga and overwhelmed the outnumbered Urcean and Cheektowagan forces there, forcing them back to the southern coast of Cheektowaga. A four month Urcean bombing campaign ensued in an effort to dislodge them. In April 2010, the Army of St. Thomas advanced north with 30,000 men and pushed the Algoquona out by July, when the Algoquona were willing to come to terms. The free cities submitted to Urcea the same month.

Aftermath

As a consequence of the war, the Northern Confederation completely disintegrated by 2010, and many of its tribes outside of the area of fighting decided to accept Algoquona overlordship rather than exist as an independent polity. Strengthened by its new wards, the Algoquona conquered the remaining northwestern portions of the Northern Confederation by early 2011, establishing it as the major native power in Northwestern Crona. Though Urcea and Algoquona agreed to a ceasefire in July of 2010, the war did not formally end until the Treaty of Narasseta came into force in November 2012.

In 2010, Urcea and its native allies, in addition to Tonawandis which it had conquered in 2008, formed the Kingdom of New Harren, a confederation of Levantine colonies, tribes, city-states, and other native polities. Nominally independent but in personal union with the Apostolic King of Urcea, the Kingdom of New Harren has largely supplanted the Northern Confederation as the preeminent "native league" in Northwestern Crona. Mixcalans have taken an extremely influential role in the affairs of the Kingdom and are second only to Urceans in terms of positions of power and distributed homesteads within conquered portions of the Kingdom.

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