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===20th century===

Following the Crown Regency and Red Interregnum, the newly crowned Patrick III sought to restore Urcea's reputation abroad and to test Urcea's rebuilt military might. New Harren had again reached its comfortable population limit, and the King intended to prove that it was not merely his father's "pet project" but instead a viable, long-term enterprise. To that end, he deployed several of Urcea's rebuilt Royal Navy ships to shell the [[List of peoples of Cusinaut#Q-T|Schoharie]] coast before a formal declaration of war came In August of 1908; this action caused the resignation and retirement of Servilio Walsh, who privately denounced the war and thought peaceful relations with the Confederation essential. Following the declaration, the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal Army]] expeditionary force came to occupy Schoharie by the end of September, though they found it mostly depopulated. This time, the very well-armed Urcean expeditionary force defeated the Confederation in several major battles, advancing as far inland as the city of Tepetlcali in November of 1909 before malaria and supply issues forced the Urceans to turn back. The Confederate troops - armed mostly with muzzle loading rifles purchased from [[Audonia|Audonian]] nations in the late 1860s - were overwhelmed by Urcean fire, but the sheer number of troops made a total victory over the Confederation difficult and it was determined that an advance past Schoharie would be impossible given the resolve of the Confederation. The [[Treaty of Electorsbourg]] ended the war in 1910; Urcea annexed Schoharie but agreed to recognize the Confederation's extant borders, and the Confederation agreed to open fair trade relations with Urcea. The 1890 ten year truce signed between the Confederation and Rector Servioilio Walsh was retroactively extended into a 99-year peace treaty, inaugurating a century of peaceful cooperation between the Confederation and New Harren. The Schoharie War was the last formal conflict fought between Urceans and the people of Cusinaut in the 20th century, and Urcea formed strong trade relations with its Confederation neighbor, the tribe of the Mixcala. Though there was peace, numerous Urcean and other Levantine settlers filibustering into Confederate lands; these efforts were all defeated, sometimes with Urcean assistance. Increasingly, the Rector of New Harren would not only be called upon to help defend the neutrality of the Northern Confederation but would also be asked on occasion to serve as an impartial arbitrator between competing elements within the Confederation, beginning a precedent of Urcean involvement within the Confederation's internal affairs.