The Griffonian Liberation - A Socialist Republic of Skynavia EAW AAR

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Part 7: Aid to the Vedina Communists
20th September 1009 - 14th December 1009

A update on the Griffonian Empire. After the death of Grover V, Duchess Eagleclaw a cousin of the late Grover V and high ranking member of the nobility has became regent. As Grover VI is too young to take the throne. Due to the choice in regent the southern vassals of the Griffonian Empire have declared independence in protest. The Griffonian Empire is likely to soon centralise it self by absorbing it's remaining vassals by peaceful annexation or war if the vassal refuses.

After the last election and having a good amount of PP I now decided it's time to take many communalist decisions.

I also hire a electronics company

16th October 1009. I just research knight battalions. I can now take the decision to instate the Crusader Knights of Socialism.

22nd October 1009. After such a long time the first civilian factory is nearly complete. After this I will focus on military factories.

I take another communalist decision for the 3 off map civilian factories I get for 120 days.

30th October 1009. We start sending support to the communists in Vedina. Eventually they will be able to rise up against the Vedina Monarchy.

The next focus I take. The event will reduce the mass illiteracy national spirit penalties.

4th November 1009. The many communalist decisions and focus I just took have greatly reduced communalist support. As a result anti communalist protests have caused 3 communalist delegates to be replaced by internationalist and the electoral support has been reset. Just a note, when doing a focus with a effect that relies on which faction has the majority I found if there is a even number of communalists and internationalist delegates then the communalist option is done.

14th November 1009. Progress in Vedina, our comrades are spreading the news.

29th November 1009. More happening in Vedina. Tensions are increasing between us and the Kingdom fo Vedina.

5th December. The Crusader-Knights of Socialism have been formed and are deployed to the frontline against Vedina.

14th December 1009. The Vedina Knights have undertaken mass arrests in Turhamn. They must have found out we were supporting the Vedina communist as they declared war on us shortly after.

Like before we must survive until the socialist revolution in Vedina can be organised.

 

[Crimson Lionheart]

Long live the revolution. The north shall be set free

 

[stnylan]

I am trying to entice a friend to play HoI4, and given my friend is an avid MLP fan I must confess to using this AAR and mod as bait

 

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Part 8: The Vedinian Revolution
14th December 1009 - 26th May 1010
With the addition of the Crusader Knights of Socialism and forces from the Free North. We have a slight advantage in total army size against the Kingdom of Vedina.

Most of the army is set on the frontlines against Vedina. Vedina has a navy while Skynavia does not so I left the remainder to guard the ports of Skynavia.

Seeing our need for equipment in the fight for Socialism. In the next few days several communist nations in the world would start sending us much needed equipment. The most significant of these is Stalliongrad, a pony nation across the sea which is sending us a significant amount of firearms.

25th December 1009. The ancient city of Griffonstone has fallen to the bandits of Blackhollow. The Kingdom of Griffonstone surrendered to the bandits the next day.

We eventually also get volunteer forces being sent to aid us.

28th December 1009. The Vedinian started a attack in the western parts of the frontline. The outcomes were uncertain at first but after sending divisions to reinforce the areas that were attacked we were able to hold the line.

30th December 1009. The increased use of radios has numerous benefits.

The internationalist argue for a policy of heavy industrialisation while the communalist argue for a highly-restrained industrialisation, wanting strict limits for environmental pollution. Wanting to get the communalist back in the majority I go with the internationalists. After this focus both the internationalist and communalist have will 40 delegates.

22nd January 1010. The 5th Triannual Election took place. The electoral support was equal for both sides so there was no change.

30th January 1010. The policy of heavy industrialisation by the internationalist have been accepted.

Next the revolutionary front must decided on what a permanent revolution means. When both sides have 40 delegates the communalist option occurs when the focus is done. This is good as the communalist event will increase my science base.

Shortly afterwards I hire a infantry expert as one of my command.

12th March 1010. A event for the communalist understanding of what a Permanent Revolution means and a increase in my science base.

The next focus. Making sure electricity is available to all in Skynavia.

Wanting to shift electoral support in favour of the communalist after the Permanent Revolution focus was done. I do these 2 decisions in the following days

21st March 1010. The Griffonian Empire starts to centralise itself. Most of the vassals accepted with only Greifenheim resisting.

9th April 1010. Meanwhile during the war with the Kingdom of Vedina. My forces have struck deep in the center.

13th April 1010. The peasants have revolted against the Kingdom of Vedina and have proclaimed the Vedinan Socialist Republic. The Vedinan Socialist Republic occupies much of western Vedina and several military units have defected to the socialist cause. The balance of power has shifted with the royalist forces being outnumbered. As with the Free North, the Vedinan Socialist Republic has allowed us to take the lead in their internal affairs.

25th May 1010. The situation. The remaining royalist forces are swiftly overwhelmed.

26th May 1010. The remaining royalist forces have surrendered and the Vedinian Revolution has succeeded.

Now that is done we can focus on our next revolution to liberate our former allies.

 

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Part 9: Freeing Cloudbury
26th May 1010 - 11th January 1011
26th May 1010. The 6th Triannual Election took place. The communalist won. Now the general congress has 42 communalist and 38 internationalist delegates.

The Vedinian Socialists managed to capture a portion of the Vedina fleet during their revolution consisting of 4 destroyers.

20th July 1010. It is time to help those under the military government of the Griffonian Republic to liberate themselves.

The next focus will be to open a university for the research slot.

7th August 1010. We need more griffon power so we are increasing the conscription law to service by requirement.

14th August 1010. Justice has been dealt.

29th August 1010. Our preparations to free the population under the Griffonian Republic are well underway.

13th September 1010. Our preparations have been discovered and the Griffonian Republic has declared war on us.

Like before we must hold out and give our comrades time to organise their revolution.

Our military forces combined with those I taken from the Free North and the Vedinian Socialist Republic are still outnumbered by the military of the Griffonian Republic. The good thing is the frontline is along a small border so I should be able to easily hold the republicans off.

I changed my 2 knights to this template. Right now I only have 2 military factories which I am using to produce basic infantry and support equipment. I have no artillery but I am hoping the fellow communist nations of the world will see my need and send me equipment.

They do and a few days after the war with the Griffonian Republic started I got equipment sent to me. My regular infantry template has 7 infantry battalions. Once I get more artillery I will slowly add 2 artillery battalions to them.

The volunteer forces also come like last time.

27th September 1010. The 7th Triannual Election took place. The internationalist won. Now the general congress has 40 communalist and 40 internationalist delegates.

8th October 1010. The People's University of New Skynavia has been opened. Along with the research slot I get a increase in my science base. Now my science base is at the highest level. My research abilities have been greatly improved.

The next focus will open schools and make education assessable to all.

15th November 1010. In the south Wingbardy grows in power.

9th December 1010. The results of opening new schools. Illiteracy national spirit has finally been fully removed

The next focus.

So far the Griffonian Republic has made a few attacks on the frontline but my divisions hold on. The volunteer divisions by fellow communist nations do attack. The situation on the 7th January 1011

11th January 1011. The socialist revolt has arrived. All over the Griffonian Republic entire military units are defecting and parts of the nation are in control of the socialist.

With the Republican military in chaos. The Socialist forces crash into their frontlines.

 

[Crimson Lionheart]

It's easy to smile when you are armed to the teeth.

 

[stnylan]

The politics remain very finely balanced .

 

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Part 10: The Northern Star
11th January 1011 - 29th March 1011
The 8th Triannual Election took place. There was no change. The general congress stays at 40 communalist and 40 internationalist delegates. We are pretty familiar with the election events at this point I will just be mentioning the results from now.

31st January 1011. New Mareland joins the River Coalition. The River Coalition is very distant from New Mareland but the River Coalition were likely one of the few allies they could find.

7th February 1011. The next focus will allow independent worker councils

17th February 1011. The griffon colony in Equus (the name of the other continent) has managed a transition to a communist government. Seeing our need for equipment they have sent the request.

25th February 1011. The Griffonian Free Territory has started its own war of liberation on the County of Adelart. Their volunteer forces are returning to fight their own war. We wish them luck.

6th March 1011. The Socialists continue to push against the Republicans.

13th March 1011. The socialists have overwhelmed the Republicans. A sizeable amount of Republicans have been surrounded and Cloudbury is in the hands of the Socialists

19th March 1011. The Griffonian Republic has been defeated and the Socialist Republic of Cloudbury now stands in its place.

29th March 1011. The liberation of our neighbours has made us known as the Northern Star of Socialism. With the communists in neighbouring Whitetail managing to overthrown their governments and declaring the Whitetail Socialist Republic, Northern Griffonia is now free. We can now look to the south in the Griffonian Heartlands where the Griffonian Empire lives. The Griffonian Empire is powerful and we must now take time now to build up and reorganise.

 

[best75]

The politics remain very finely balanced .

Indeed well balanced. As all things should be.

 

[stnylan]

The Truth is spreading

 

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Part 11: Integrating Vedina and Cloudbury
29th March 1011 - 19th August 1011

Now is a good time to look at the status of us and our allies. In terms of griffonpower we are still in desperate need of it.

I have taken Superior Firepower as my land doctrine

Our industry is still extremely weak with only 4 civilian and 3 military factories.

If we look at our fellow allies (subjects/puppets). They all have greater industries.

From the Free North and then the Socialist Republic of Vedina information

The Socialist Republic of Cloudbury information

Down south the Griffonian Empire far outmatches us even without conquering its former southern vassals. Taking on the Empire while we are not fully united would be quite the challenge.

However the liberation of our neighbors has made some new decisions appeared and unlocked others. The most useful would be the integration of our fellow socialist allies. Once accepted we would annex them, their military, and gain cores on their territory. By combing our strength we stand a much better chance of surviving. Right now I only have them for Vedina and Cloudbury. The decision to integrate the Free North is only available when I do a few focuses to help them.

Another set of decisions that I have unlocked. Depending on what happens to certain nations I can unlock decisions to invite communist exiles from various nations.

Right now one of my major goals is to take this decision to create the Socialist International. The most difficult part will be getting 50 internationalist delegates. I will have to watch the electoral support to slowly get 50 internationalist delegates.

Anyway there is no time to waste so I take the decision to integrate Vedina. This is a internationalist decision and costed the internationalists a lot of support.

To reverse I take these 2 communalist decisions which cause the electoral support to be even again.

13th April 1011. Taking the decision to integrate Cloudbury. I had to take these 2 communalist to reverse it and after doing them internationalist support is slightly higher.

18th April 1011. I pick the League of Skynavia Workers' Councils as one of my "political advisors".

The next focus. We need to prepare ourselves for the conflict with the Griffonian Empire by constructing communal armouries and gunsmiths to arm our people.

19th April 1011. Lake City declared war on Hellquill. It would also declare war on Longsword a few days later. Most of the River Coalition can be hesitant to joins wars but they are more likely to join the longer the war goes on.

24th April 1011. In the south Wingbardy continues its expansion by destroying Sicameon.

1st May 1011. Vedina accept and we annex them. A few days later Cloudbury also accepts the integration offer. Our griffonpower situation is now much better with the additional cores and production has vastly improved.

I am neighbors with the Whitetail Socialist Republic so this decision has appeared which lets them become my puppet. It will cost a lot of internationalist support so I am holding off from doing it for now.

4th May 1011. Our fellow allies in the Griffonian Free Territory continues it wars of liberation by attacking Pomovarra

2nd June 1011. The 9th Triannual Election took place. Internationalist won. The general congress is at 38 communalist and 42 internationalist delegates.

At the start of June 1011. The Kingdom of Aquileia started to declare war on the nations north of it to reclaim its old territories. The situation there on the 7th June 1011.

27th June 1011. We are promoting the idea of public shared responsibility to maintain and make use of land in communities.

11th August 101. The Griffonian Empire starts to reclaim its former southern vassals who have joined together in the Holy League faction.

19th August 1011. The Kingdom of Aquileia has finished reclaiming its old territories. We are no friends to the Kingdom of Aquileia but the Griffonian Empire is the bigger threat and Aquileia have been fierce rivals to the Empire. We may very well find ourselves fighting with the Aquileians against the Griffonian Empire.

Should Aquileia declare war on the Empire we must quickly join the battle against the Empire as well.

 

[best75]

The Truth is spreading

If things go well then we can spread south

 

[best75]

Part 12: The War is Coming
19th August 1011 - 28th February 1012
After considering the benefits of a union with the Whitetail Socialist Republic I take the decision to propose a union with them. 50 days later when the event comes they accept and become my puppet. They don't have much but their 12 divisions will be welcome help in the upcoming fight. I also now have the decision to request integration of them but I won't take it now.

Of course this greatly reduces internationalist support for the next election.

In the Southern Imperial Heartlands the Romau Commune stands as a bastion of socialism. The city of Romau has long been ruled by a Council and as a Imperial Free City under the Griffonian Empire. However anti-council movements gradually grew.

When Romau and the other southern vassals of the Griffonian Empire declared independence from the Empire at the end of 1007. The city of Romau was plunged into economic and political chaos. Large riots took place and what became known as the Battle of Romau took place. Republicans, communists, the City Council, and religious forces all fought for control over the city.

Romau Focus Tree
In the end the communists were able to breach the Senate gates and hoist the red flag above the city. Now the Romau Commune along with the rest of its allies in the Holy League faction faces the might of the Griffonian Empire.

5th September 1011. We are improving our efforts to bring education to the people by creating networks of communal schools, an organisation of traveling specialists, and a new school curriculum. Most importantly I got my 5th research slot here, greatly improving my research ability.

5th October 1011. The 10th Trinnual Lelction took place and the communalist won. Both factions have 40 delegates.

11th October 1011. In Equus the Great War has started with the Changelings declaring war on Equestria.

19th October 1011. As the Griffonian Empire shatters the Holy League, only the Romau Commune is able to withstand their attack. Dealing the most causalities to the Empire.

However as their faction leader, the Barony of Angriver surrendered on the 24th October the rest of the faction was forced into surrender.

However things are not over for the socialist forces in Romau. Members of the Romau People's Legion survives and we offer them safe refuge in Skynavia. They arrive 30 days later to join in the fight for revolution. These fighters are veterans from the war against the Empire and are highly experienced.

Inviting the Romau People's Legion was a internationalist decision so to push support back in favour of the internationalist I take the communalist decision to change the name of the nation back to the Socialist Republic of Skynavia.

14th November 1011. Both sides agree to welcome foreign fighters in our new Internationalist Brigades. The first of these brigades will be the Lions of Skynavia.

23rd January 1012. The Lions of Skynavia are created. These fighters are hardened veterans from fighting socialist insurrections abroad and will serve us well.

The next focus will be to recruit revolutionaries from the different races. These fighters will then be put into specialist divisions with members of their fellow race to allow us to make the best use of their abilities.

4th February 1012. In the south Wingbardy declares war on New Mareland.

5th February 1012. The 11th Triannual Election took place and the internationalist won. The internationalist have 42 and the communalist have 38 delegates.

17th February 1012. In the east the River Coalition has finally defeated Longsword and Hellquill.

On the same day Sunset, the capital of New Mareland also falls to Wingbardy. It seems due to the large distance, the River Coalition was unable to aid New Mareland.

21st Fedbuary 1012. Taking this decision to make the internationalist win the next election

28th February 1012. We are keeping a eye on Aquileia and we have received intelligence Aquileia has started preparations for a war with the Griffonian Empire. Massive troops are being concentrated along the Aquileia-Griffonian Empire border and tensions are rising. With this in mind we must be prepare to quickly enter the conflict when the time comes.

Aquileia Focus Tree

 

[Crimson Lionheart]

A titanic struggle is about to commence in Griffonia that will decide the fate of the continent. There will be blood.

 

[stnylan]

As I recall in your previous game the Changelings ended up getting defeat after making initial progress. I wonder what will happen this time.

 

[best75]

Part 13: The Return of the Exiles
28th February 1012 - 23rd June 1012

With the amount of troops being placed on the frontline I can see supply will soon become a issue so I am focusing on building infrastructure to improve the flow of supply.

2nd March 1012. Fighter production has only recently started. To improve the designs of future fighters I have hired Gearheart Aeronautics as my aircraft designer

25th March 1012. With the focus done we can now create divisions consisting of the different races.

We immediately create the Proletarian Red Warhounds, Winged Vanguard, and the Free Changeling Brigade.

The Proletarian Red Warhounds will be made up of diamond dogs, a species of dog like creatures that mainly live underground. They are most dominant in the County of Bronzehill, a imperial vassal which has been annexed by the Griffonian Empire and Diamond Mountain, one of the River Coalition nations. Diamond Mountain is a harsh slave nation and it seems even more slaves are being pressed into service there right now.

Emma Goldgriff, Mikhail Beakunin, and Pierre Ponehon were 3 prominent revolutionaries that left Skynavia a long time ago due to our lack of action to liberate our neighbours. Now that we have liberated our neighbours we can invite them back into out services.

1st April 1012. The River Coalition strikes south as Lake City declares war on the Kingdom of Lushi.

24th April 1012. The great war we been waiting for has started as Aquileia has declared war on the Empire. It seems the Empire will start with the advantage with their superior troop numbers but we will be joining soon.

30th April 1012. More of the south is being targeted by the River Coalition as Lake City declares war on the Zaphzian National Republic

2nd May 1012. On the other continent we received unsettling news of the transformation of Equestria into the Solar Empire. As the Changelings advance and even made a landing in south western Equestria. For months now we have received reports Equestria has taken increasingly harsh measures in its war against the Changelings. Freedom of press has been removed, anti-war materials are banned, large scale crack downs on pacifists, and the civilian administration has been completely replaced by military personal.

As for what this means to us. It means there isn't any "good" side in the Great War anymore. No matter who wins we will be left with a imperialistic nation that will likely threaten the rest of the world. One that we will likely come into conflict with.

25th May 1012. The first of our exiles has returned.

The next focus will assist the development of the Skynavian Peoples Army.

5 days later on the 30th May the 2nd of our exiles has returned.

3rd June 1012. Several of the emigre divisions have been created, all united in the socialist cause. All these units have special battalions so they are generally better then regular infantry and I am still limited on the number of thee divisions I can have.
The Proletarian Red Warhounds are made up of the ironpaw battalions, These guys are have a large combat advantage when fighting in mountains, hills, and have high defence.

Then comes the Free Changeling Brigade with its jager battalions. These guys move quickly and have increased breakthrough. They have combat bonuses when fighting in cities, forests and jungles

The Winged Vanguard has pegsai battalions. The main advantage of these battalions are they can be used like paratroopers and their higher speed then normal infantry.

While I don't have the racial technology tree of the other races I can still use these decisions I have just unlocked to improve the technology level of these special battalions.

4th June 1012. The 3rd of the prominent exiles has returned.

Now all 3 prominent exiles are back as generals, just in time for the war against the Griffonian Empire and if I wish to I can recruit them to higher positions.

9th June 1012. The 12th Triannual Election took place and the internationalist won. The internationalist have 44 and the communalist have 36 delegates.

16th June 1012. As the war with the Griffonian Empire draws near I take a army offence specialist as my chief of army.

23rd June 1012. The war goal justification has finished and I declare war on the Griffonian Empire. Thousands have already died from the war and with the Griffonian Empire split between 2 fronts and outnumbered a victory for us is fairly certain. However defeating the Griffonian Empire is not our only task, Griffenheim the capital of the Griffonian Empire is a valuable war prize and we must seek to capture it before the aquileians do.

Across the sea the Changelings continue their brutal advance against the now Solar Empire and their main force has connected with the landing in south western Equestria.

 

[best75]

A titanic struggle is about to commence in Griffonia that will decide the fate of the continent. There will be blood.

There will be lots of blood but the hope is it shall be the blood of my enemies.

 

[best75]

Part 14: Shattering the Empire
23rd June 1012 - 3rd August 1012
Before the war lets take a look at the state of our military.

My griffonpower (manpower) situation is good. The integration of Vedina and Cloudbury has certainly givens us the means to fight the Griffonian Empire

I been neglecting my navy so far. The navy is only 2 light cruisers and 4 destroyers. Most of it was inherited by us when we integrated Vedina. After regrouping the navy I will just set them to training.

The airforce is just 96 early fighters. In the sky we will be outnumbered as our intelligence reports the Griffonian Empire has between 436-736 aircraft and Aquileia has only 181-250 aircrafts.

My commanders are ready for the war.

The core of my army consists of divisions with 7 infantry and 2 artillery battalions.

I do have several knights divisions as well. These divisions have a similar template with 7 knights and 2 artillery battalions. I have no armoured tank divisions but I hope to develop them soon.

While not all our divisions are fully prepared, most of them are and I have no wish to delay any further. Many of the more veteran members are eager to fight, long ago they were exiled from their home and now they have the chance to return. Besides the mountains in the east part of the frontline we launch attacks all across the border. Immediately the thinly held imperial lines buckles under our pressure.

26 June 1012. Currently we are lacking the infantry equipment needed to train new divisions. Seeing need for infantry equipment, the socialist nations across the sea send us shiploads of infantry equipment.

3rd July 1012. In Equus, Las Pegasus has fallen to the Changelings. With the fall of this major city , the western coasts of Equestria is now lost to the Changelings.

21st July 1012. Our advance continues and we are close to meeting the aquileians along the frontlines.

26th July 1012. As our fronts meet with Aquileia we start to crush the imperial divisions with nowhere to go.

I take this decision again to push support in favour of the internationalist for the next election and for the production and research bonuses.

1st August 1012. Our forces clean up the surrounded and out of supply imperial divisions.

3rd August 1012. The pervious focus finished and I unlock these military training decisions.

I take light infantry training. This gives my infantry a small increase in attack and movement in forests and cities.

Note I am playing a older version of the mod to not cause any problems with the save. The current version shows the bonus given.

Imperial forces remaining in the west are surrendering by the thousands.

For the next focus I am split between a choice between autonomous people's militia and proletarian revolutionary guard. For the benefit of reaching 50 internationalist delegates for the decision to create my own faction I take autonomous people's militia.

With imperial forces in the west crushed. We can now gather our forces and drive on Griffenheim to reach it before the aquileians.

 

[Crimson Lionheart]

Time for a shocking homecoming

 

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Part 15: The Race to Griffenheim
3rd August 1012 - 16th November 1012
With the Griffonian Empire's death inevitable, the final stages of the war against the Griffonian Empire became a race between the Kingdom of Aquileia and the Socialist Republic of Skynavia to capture Griffenheim. The city of Greiffenheim has huge symbolic importance. If the Kingdom of Aquileia were to capture it they would proclaim themselves to be the successors of the Griffonian Empire and gather support from the remaining nobles in the Heartlands. Such a result would be highly unfortunate.

As both the socialist and aquileians fought their way to Greiffenheim, we knew we had to get there first. A advance force was sent to strike directly at the capital.

27th August 1012. The River Coalition has destroyed the Kingdom of Lushi and the Zaphzian National Republic. The River Coalition and Karthinian Pact have been in a state of war for several months now. Only the Bandit Queendom separates them. However it is no secret the Kingdom of Wingbardy has eye on Griffonstone which is currently held by the bandits. Soon enough they will come into conflict.

Our advance force has fought their way past the imperial defences and are now attacking Griffenheim. While the socialist outnumber the imperial forces several times, the the river crossing gave the imperials a easily defendable position. Adding to that the difficulty of supplying our advance force and the determination of the defenders to hold on. The outnumbered and outgunned imperial forces were able to hold on for several days.

Still the continued attacks eventually worn down the imperial forces and despite heavy casualties. On the 1st September 1012 the imperial capital was in the hands of the socialists. This marked a huge success for the socialist forces as Aquileian forces were still fighting their way south and they would not hold the capital in the end.

When the news reached Skynavia it was met with a flurry of cheers and tears of joy. The many exiles have longed to return to their homelands and the younger generation who were born into exile have only heard stories of their home but never visited.

In Griffenheim the Skynavia army began rounding up prominent imperial officials and the Skynavia flag was hung above the Imperial Palace. The arrive of the Skynavia army was meet with silence from the population, no doubt the result of years of imperial propaganda. It will take awhile but eventually the population should be able to accept the new government.

The fighting would continue for nearly a month as the aquileians and socialists wrap up the remaining imperial forces. On the 28th September 1012 the Griffonian Empire surrendered and the post-war situation was settled.

Several of the Empire's provinces would be directly annexed by the Kingdom of Aquileia while the remaining would be put under a provisional government under the supervision of the Socialist Republic of Skynavia. The provisional government would help efforts to integrate the provinces into the Socialist Republic of Skynavia. Once the time is right we will request their integration.

The Imperial Navy was mostly untouched during the war. With 21 ships it would make a decent addition to our own once we integrate them.

As with the Barony of Rumare. The Barony had choosen to ally with the Griffonian Empire. However with the Empire's defeat we were able to use our influence to convince them to pledge their allegiance to Socialist Republic of Skynavia and reorganise their government into the Rumare Commune.

Rumare Focus Tree
While we worked together to defeat the Griffonian Empire, the cooperation was always temporary and tensions between us are rising. We must liberate the populace of Aquileia.

11th October 1012. The 13th Triannual Election took place and the internationalist won. The internationalist have 46 and the communalist have 34 delegates.

12th October 1012. The autonomous people's militia focus finished, giving us our Autonomous Peoples Brigades and swapped 2 communalist delegates for 2 internationalist delegates. At an earlier time these Autonomous Peoples Brigades consisting of 2 infantry battalions and a recon company would have been useful but at this stage these divisions are of little use and I will likely disband or change them later. Most importantly however the change of delegates means I have 48 internationalist delegates now. The internationalist victory in the next election will finally let me take the decision to create my own faction. I take the settle exiled socialist decision to ensure the internationalist victory in the next election.

For the next focus. To remind the world of our cause we will give a declaration.

29th October 1012. While the Solar Empire continues to fight eh Changelings, the Buffalo Chiefdom has declared war on the Solar Empire. The Buffalo Chiefdom is a enclave within Equestria and a nation of well buffalos. While there were some efforts to integrate the territory into Equestria, these efforts have not progressed far enough. Now with the now Solar Empire fighting the Changelings, it seems the buffalos are using this opportunity to get some land by attacking.

31st October 1012. Our socialist comrades across the sea have started their liberation efforts by attacking the Polar Bear Communities. The force advantage of the Western Griffonian Union over there polar bears means their victory is fairly certain.

I am sending 12 volunteer divisions led by Mikhail Beakunin including my knights divisions.

16th November 1012. The volunteer divisions arrive in Weter to join the oncoming fight. However one look at the supply situation shows it is quite dire, supplying in these areas is difficult and I will have to be careful on what I send into those areas.

Meanwhile the Solar Empire continues to get ravage by the Changelings.