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'''The Deluge''' describes a series of conflicts and geopolitical tumult that occurred in northern and central [[Crona]] from [[2008]] through [[2024]]. As a series of related incidents, it began with the [[War of the Northern Confederation]] in [[2008]] and ended with the [[Treaty of Electorsbourg (2024)|Treaty of Electorsbourg]] in [[2024]]. The Deluge saw the significant [[Occident]]alization of central and northern [[Crona]] as [[Urcea]] and [[Alstin]] in particular greatly expanded their spheres over [[Cusinaut]] and the Orixtal region respectively, while [[Corumm]] and [[Kiravia]] also made major inroads in the eastern [[Nysdra Sea]] region, sometimes in collaboration with Urcea. Most importantly, the ancient Cronan great power of [[Varshan]], which had dominated the continent geopolitically for a millennia, was destroyed by an international coalition that included most Deluge participants as well as the first direct military intervention by the [[League of Nations]].

At the dawn of the 21st century, many of the global powers that would come to be engaged in [[Crona]] had relatively limited influence and presence in the region. Beginning in the east, [[Kiravia]]'s [[Mid-Atrassic Crona]] territories were limited in scope to the island of [[Atrassica]] itself and some small coastal ports adjacent to it in nominal [[Alpachnee]] territory. On the [[Nysdra Sea]], [[Corumm]] possessed [[Cao]] and a relatively small amount of land in what would become [[Xisheng]]. In [[Cusinaut]], [[Urcea]] possessed the small [[Constituent_states_of_New_Harren#New_Harren|Rectory of New Harren]] and also exercised limited control over the [[League of Nations]] mandate of [[Venua'tino]] on the northern coast of the Nysdra. New Harren was bordered by [[Porfíria]] to the west. To the south, [[Alstin]] had existed as a full-fledged Occidental colonial nation since the 16th century, but exercised a relatively limited buffer zone on the Cronan mainland. All of these possessions were relatively obscure or remote parts of their respective countries. Crona had long been anchored in stability with the [[Northern Confederation]] dominating [[Cusinaut]] and [[Varshan]] exercising control of some variety practically over the entire continent. The coming decline and fall of the Northern Confederation would have a dramatic effect on Cronan geopolitics that would, in time, drag most of the Occidental world into major military conflict in Crona and inaugurate the bloodiest armed conflict since the [[Second Great War]].

The Deluge had the effect of completely reorienting most of [[Crona]] geopolitically. Prior to the conflict, [[Varshan]] was the great power in the region; most happenings on the continent had either Varshan's direct influence or at least tacit approval. The final destruction of Varshan as it was and the continued influence of the [[Occident]] and [[Corumm]] everywhere brought about a political, cultural, social, and religious revolution in the region. The area, which had never been under direct Occidental colonization, was integrated into the Occident's global economic, political, and cultural footprint over the span of two decades.