Atlantic Independence Wars

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The Atlantic Independence War was brought on directly by the Democratic-Republican War as people grew bloodthirsty with the thrill of war and eventually began pointing out flaws in their rights in order to fight the Government. The group of provinces that believed political parties should be reinstated were mostly focused in the Atlantic Ocean resulting in major uproar from that area when they were banned.

Prelude to War

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Years before the split of the Democratic-Republic Party there was much talk of an imminent Civil War due to the party's frequent meets of some followers to discuss current anti-political events and debate the formation of a second nation situated in the Atlantic Ocean. The waves of that desire echoed through the 20th Century into the Atlantic Independence War.

Separation of the Democratic-Republican Party
Separatists who believed in leaving and changing completely how things are joined as members of the Republican Party, holding heavy leftist beliefs. Nationalists who believed in staying with the Provincial Union condemned the separatists and held heavy rightist beliefs. Due to this, the parties were split by ocean and many of the Separatists fled to the Atlantic Oceanic States to start a civil war.

Democratic-Republican War
After the Democratic-Republican War in 1971 the Provinces in the Atlantic were considerably more Republican while the Provinces of the Pacific were considerably more Democratic, this led to heavy division between the Pacific and Atlantic which led to discontent that grew slowly until secession.

Outbreak of the War

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Invasion of Parliament
The Atlantic Oceanic States officially declared war following the unauthorised stepping-in of Atlantic Authorities during a National Parliamentary Session, many Atlantic Legislators were arrested following the event, and the next day a Declaration of War from the newly found Atlantic Oceanic States arrived at the Grand Palace. This event occurred on the 11th of November, 1996.

Atlantic Oceanic States Secession
On 6 November 1996, 37 Atlantic provinces had begun a "Boycott of Legislature" resulting in the National Government threatening to force them to restore their Congressional Commitments.

War

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Attack on Panama
In 1997 the Atlantic was met with complications in trying to reach the Pacific as the Panama canal was closed to their navy, however the Pacifican Navy was granted free access through the Canal. This led to outrage from the Atlantic Oceanic States who then decided to invade the Canal via land invasion to take control of it and utilise it for their own gain. When preparing the force, news reached the Provincial Union of the plan and fearing American intervention the Provincial Union destroyed the hosting Provinces of the invasion, committing what was considered possible war crimes as they indiscriminately targeted military and civilians alike.

The move prevented the invasion of Panama by the Atlantic Oceanic States and therefore prevented the United States from getting involved.

Seige of Jukeles Atoll
The Jukeles Atoll was a Province in the mid-Atlantic which was completely loyal to the Provincial Union, despite being surrounded by the Atlantic Oceanic States. The National Government of the Provincial Union assured the Atoll that it would not be used as a tool for war or a basing point for any invasion, the Atlantic Oceanic States refused to acknowledge the neutrality of the province and decided to invade it against the request of the National Government, the leaders and planners of the invasion were prosecuted for Crimes against Peace.

Battle of New Europa
In 2000 the Provincial Union launched the first offensive of the war by pushing into the Region of New Europa, after only three days, the Provincial Union was able to force a surrender in all of the Provinces within the Region. The 'Battle' is considered a major advance and turning point in the war as the war had been mainly defensive up until that point. When the Provincial Union took the region the Atlantic Oceanic States was greatly damaged as New Europa houses the headquarters for 7 of the 12 major companies in the Independent Atlantic.

Battle of Marcines
With the invasion of Marcines in early-to-mid 2001, the Provincial Union saw a major victory as the Atlantic used Marcines as a major staging area for training and deploying its Armed Forces. And with its conquest the Atlantic Oceanic States was unable to continue advancing and improving its Armed Forces as with the Province falling also went the last of the loyal defence contracting agencies that were loyal to the Atlantic.

Destruction of the World Spire
On the 5th of July, 2000, an aircraft from the Atlantic Oceanic States was hijacked by members of a terrorist community and crashed into the World Spire, a large Needle shaped tower that was owned by an independent city still loyal to the Provincial Union. The Atlantic Oceanic States tried to frame the attack on being members of a Pacifican Loyalist Group and later claimed it was the well known terror cell Al Qaeda but it is currently unknown to what group the attackers were from.

September 11th and the United States
On the 11th Day of September, 2001, the United States of America was attacked by terrorism. Four aircraft were hijacked and struck the United States in New York City, Washington, D.C., and a small town in Pennsylvania. After the attack the Atlantic Oceanic States quickly alienated the provinces nearest to the United States and the Government mistakenly stated the United States to be a Nation of 'constant strife and violence' and called the attack inevitable. The statement led to the United States supporting the Provincial Union more than the Atlantic Oceanic States when it had formerly been mostly neutral with some humanitarian support to the Atlantic Oceanic States.

Fall of the Atlantic Capital
In late October of 2002 the Provincial Union landed in the Capital of the Atlantic Oceanic States and was successful in taking the main city from opposition forces. When the city fell the Provincial Union announced the War to be over and legislation was delayed, but passed, on the 6th year of the War's start.

Surrender at Farm Creek
Farm Creek was the last stronghold of Atlantic leadership in the Atlantic Capital after the Official Surrender of the Atlantic Oceanic States, the Provincial Union had managed to corner the last of the separatists at a small area in the Capital called Farm Creek where the Atlantic Leadership promptly surrendered.

Second War for Independence

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Secessionists Resurge
With obvious discontent still present in the Government of the Atlantic Oceanic States, a second, but much smaller, War was started.

War of Attrition
President Freeman had stated on the day after the War began that he would refuse to mobilise the Armed Forces to attack the citizens of the Provincial Union and he stated that he would instead allow the Atlantic Oceanic States to 'starve' without the support of the Provincial Union, but still would come to aid them if they were attacked by a foreign power.

Storming of the Atlantic Parliament
In early December of 2005 the Atlantic Oceanic States found themselves in a famine as the Provincial Union continued to refuse aid to the Atlantic Government, only delivering humanitarian aid to civilian populaces throughout the country. Due to the increasing number of hunger strikes throughout the Atlantic there was an increased lockdown of citizen rights which led to citizen dissatisfaction. A large mob then proceeded to storm the Parliament of the Atlantic Oceanic States and proceeded to demand the end of the War, the members of the Atlantic Parliament who refused then proceeded to be thrown off of the Parliamentary Hill, many received any manner of fall injuries ranging from concussions to paralysis and three, elderly, members died.

The War was promptly ended by the remaining members of the Atlantic Parliament and after being assimilated back into the Provincial Union, the King requested the Atlantic Government be restructured into a more elective style as the Government before was not totally democratic and relied on few elections. The new form of Government in the Atlantic Oceanic States led to a more people-ran style which led to more content among the population.