The Veneto Basin Affair
| The Veneto Basin Affair | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Ongoing | ||||||||||||||||
| Place | Empiricalis, No Endorse | ||||||||||||||||
| Result | Stalemate | ||||||||||||||||
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The Veneto Basin Affair (known in Empirici as "The Great War") is the international name for a massive war fought between the Federation of Empiricalis and the Glorious Military Junta of No Endorse.
Background
The Veneto Basin is a geographical area comprising the border between the Empiricalian state of Tigris and the nation of No Endorse. Historically, this area has been home to numerous ethnic groups namely the Nempirans, the original inhabitants of the area. Additionally, there are small but politically significant populations of racial No Endorsians and Tigrii scattered throughout the area.
In the past, this area was a sovereign nation, but over the years, it was slowly whittled away by the dueling powers on either side. Eventually, some ninety one years before the Affair, the Empirical state of Tigris annexed the last of the Nempiran state, prompting significant objections from No Endorse. The area was then contested fairly continuously for the next ninety nine years, becoming one of the most militarized borders in Haven.
Prelude
During the annual State of the Motherland festival, Atal Amner, for the first time in his life, broke tradition, announcing intentions to invade the Empiricalis state of Tigris to liberate the Nemperans. It is generally agreed that this move was to test out the new military he had amassed in addition to motivating the nation to continue its prewar economic boom. Amner's political capital in the Parliament was high on the heels of several clever executive orders. Such is almost totally irrelevant to any sort of decision that might be made in No Endorse politics of course, but it is believed that this move was due to the fact that Parliamentary approval looks much better than unilateral executive action.
