First Landopian War

First Landopian War
Date 27 January - 29 January 2024 Location Landopia and Italy Result Landopian victory (de facto)
Belligerents
Landopia	Italy
Commanders and leaders
Carlo I of Landopia Gabriele Scorzato	No one
Strength
6 units: 4 units of infantry 1 warship 1 fighter	0

The First Landopian War (Italian: Prima Guerra Landopiana) was a war fought between the Kingdom of Landopia and the Italian Republic. The war began on 27 January 2024, when the Landopian government, in a joint document between the Royal House, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of War in particular, declared war on Italy under the pretext of territorial expansion, and ended on 29 January, when the government's objectives were met.

Several hours after the declaration of war, the King proclaimed a curfew from 10 pm o'clock until 5 am o'clock of the next day. A commission for war propaganda was also established, without however compromising the freedom of citizens to dissent from the war, which did not happen. The war was popularly referred to as blitzkrieg, due to the speed with which the troops conquered the territories (only in two days).

Background

Announcement to the Landopian people of the state of war.

On 25 January, the King, Carlo I, proposed to the Prime Minister Scorzato to start a campaign of conquest to expand the Landopian territories. With extreme joy, the Prime Minister shared the Kingdom's territorial expansion plan. The next day, the Landopian troops were called from the training camps in order to be notified of the imminent military operation: The land troops (composed of 3 cats and a human being), sea troops (a paper boat made from an A4 sheet of paper), and air (an airplane made again from an A4 sheet of paper) would have been deployed at the borders in less than 3 hours.

On 27 January, at 10:00, the King invites the Senators to participate in an extraordinary session in the Senate, with the subject of discussion being the declaration of war and the explanation of the invasion plan. The Senate, after an hour and a quarter, concluded with a majority (5 yay, 1 nay), the formalization of the war process.

At 11:30, without notifying the Italian embassy, a state of war was officially declared. The Landopian people, having heard the news, noticed the objective absurdity of the war. This was due to the fact that the enemy belligerents were absent from the national borders, as well as the very composition of the army itself. However, on the radio, the King reassured the minds and hearts of his countrymen by predicting the end of the conflicts within the week.

The conflict was totally peaceful: the ground troops, starting the operation from the western front, walked around and planted a national flag as a sign of conquest in the nearby woods. The next day, 28 January, the troops confirmed to the central command that the second phase of the operation, the eastern conquest, had been successful. On 29 January, at 19:00, the troops returned to the central command, preconizing the end of the conflicts and the completion of the territorial expansion plan. The King announced the news to the people on the radio.

Consequences

The whole affair ended peacefully without resorting to any type of violence, also remaining faithful to article 4 of the Landopian Constitution. The commission on the redrawing of the borders had the task of creating the new regions where 4 were born:

• Trania;
• Marca Orientale;
• Marca Occidentale;
• Fosprinia.