Great Kolniaric War Scandal
| Great Kolniaric War | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Micronational War on Terror and the Year of Distress | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Catanese Republic | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Aaron I, Emperor of Sprinske
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President Matteo Catania | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Royal Army of Alba Nuadh | |||||||
The Great Kolniaric Scandal was a major scandal in the Kolniari Sector that nearly caused the sector to go into all-out war. The scandal is currently being investigated by the Sprinske Empire and Catanese Republic, two of the nations who were briefly at war.
Timeline
Prior to the Battle of Yeltsingrad, Matteo Catania became Prime Minister of the Sprinske Empire, narrowly beating the Militarist Faction, but when the Second Micronational War on Terror was declared, despite being Prime Minister, he secretly joined the Bomb and Destruction Association to sabotage the nation’s government, some of which also joined the organisation. The Sprinske Intelligence Agency found out about his plan and informed the Emperor, who declared an ‘emergency dictatorship’ to take back control of the country, also removing the Prime Minister from his job and temporarily dissolving the government. A new Prime Minister was appointed by the Emperor on 28 August 2022, a first in Sprinske history as the Prime Minister is usually democratically elected, but the Emperor cancelled the elections as part of his war powers.
Two days after the new Prime Minister was appointed, the Battle of Yeltsingrad destabilised the BDA, and many of its members rejoined the Sprinske Empire as the war had turned against them. This included the Former Prime Minister, Matteo Catania, who requested some territory to create his own micronation, a request granted by Emperor Aaron I. He then set up the Mafia Republic, a semi-simulationist micronation in the Kolniari Sector, next to the city of Gorbachevgrad. The Mafia Republic adopted the Sprinske Delta as its official currency, and was initially allied with the Sprinske Empire and People's Democratic Republic of Sprinske, signatory to the Common Currency Act of the Kolniaric Union.
On 21 September 2022, Emperor Aaron I began an economic experiment to determine the value of the Sprinske Delta by offering an item worth £2, and seeing how much the citizens were willing to pay in Delta. He then discovered that Δ1 = £4 and that the Delta was much stronger than he previously believed, but then he gave the Mafia Republic some money to help set up the country. About an hour later, he was informed by a member of the Sprinske Intelligence Agency that the Mafia Republic planned to make counterfeit versions of the Sprinske Delta and cause an economic crash, however it was later discovered that these claims were false. With the currency of the Kolniaric Union at stake, the Sprinske Empire informed its allies, the first of which was the Ìmpireachd ùr na h-Alba, also known as Alba Nuadh.
Declaration of War and Alliance Reactions
Just after Alba Nuadh was informed about the impending economic disaster, they declared war on the Mafia Republic, soon followed by the Sprinske Empire minutes later. The BalCasMed Alliance, which the Sprinske Empire is a member of, held an emergency meeting when the war was announced to make a decision on the war. As the Sprinske Empire was one of the aggressors, it did not come under the sixth term of the Treaty of the Sea, and therefore the alliance did not get involved in the war. The Republic of Dostykstan issued a statement on the war:
The Republic of Dostykstan has condemned the Mafia Republic for attempting to weaken the Sprinske Delta. President DG has stated “Although the Sprinske Empire is technically siding with the aggressors, they have had much evidence that the Mafia Republic was attempting to cause the Sprinske Empire to have an economical collapse!”
Minutes later, the Empire of the Kingdom of the Shark also issued a statement regarding the war:
The Sprinske Empire have recently declared war on the Mafia Republic.
Despite this seeming like an act of aggression, we support them. This is because the Mafia Republic were trying to hyper-inflate their currency, the Sprinske Delta. Other nations also rely on the Sprinske Delta so this could cause a severe economic crisis. Because the Sprinske Empire sided with the aggressors, we are not bound by signature to join them, so we won't. However, an economic collapse is serious, so we in the Kingdom of the Shark condemn the Mafia Republic for attempting an economic attack on the Sprinske
Empire, and I wish Emperor Aaron good luck in his war.
— HM King Alfredo I, The Sharkish Times
Aweland also issued an official statement:
The Republic of Aweland condemns the actions of The Maña Republic, which later resulted in The
Sprinske Empire being forced to enter an official state of war. The Aweland Central Government greatly condemns The Mafia Republic in it's plans to cause detrimental economic harm to The Sprinske Empire. As a BasCalMed Alliance member state, The Sprinske Empire is an ally of the Republic of Aweland. We welcome a peaceful resolution to this conflict, and warn that further deterioration or action from
The Mafia Republic will result in an escalation by the Republic of Aweland
— TRH Willow Cizdeizd I
Later, the Kaetanian Post released a news report on the behalf of the Union of the Northern Alliance, another alliance of which the Sprinske Empire is a member of. The alliance debated whether to assist Sprinske or stay out of it, and their original verdict was to stay out of it as Sprinske and Alba Nuadh were the aggressors, but they eventually decided to assist as the Mafia Republic had tried to crash the Delta, a currency of which multiple nations rely on. Kaetania announced that they would support Sprinske to the best of their ability despite still being in recovery from the previous battle with Slivuna. Kaetania also due to negotiate with Slivuna to prevent them from allying with the Mafia Republic. The Great Empire of Gamerland, as the most stable member of the Northern Alliance, declared that they would send a larger amount of aid than the rest of the alliance, and Arazania announced that in their current state, they wouldn’t be able to send aid as they are already in a bad economic situation, but said that they would send aid when their economy stabilised.
On 22 September 2022, the Sprinske Empire informed the Mafia Republic of the war, and immediately held talks with their President to discuss what went wrong. It was then discovered that a member of the Sprinske Intelligence Agency had lied about counterfeiting based on a personal dislike of the President of the Mafia Republic, wanting to cause as much trouble in the country as possible. The two nations then agreed that they had to end the war, but the Mafia Republic declared that the only way that they would sign a treaty to end the war was if the Sprinske Empire’s armed forces commander was replaced, Emperor Aaron I accepted this offer, and the war officially ended. About an hour later, Alba Nuadh also withdrew from the war. The scandal is currently being investigated by the Sprinske Empire and Mafia Republic as both nations begin to improve relations.