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| | name = The Mackenzie War | | | name = The Tooele Crisis |
| | image = [[File:BattleYatsburgh.webp|270px]] | | | image = [[File:SLCSkeleBuilding.webp|270px]] |
| | caption = Cascadian forces assemble before the Battle of Yatsburgh; November 3, 2024 | | | caption = Governor House, Salt Lake City; Circa 2/23/2026 |
| | date = October 31 - December 3, 2024 <br> (1 month, 3 days) | | | date = May 12 - May 14, 2024 <br> (2 days) |
| | location = [[Great North]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] | | | location = [[Owyhee County]], [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] |
| | result = Cascadian Victory
| | | beligerent1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]''' |
| | changes = - Status quo ante bellum <br>
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| - Led to the dissolution of NWT
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| | beligerent1 = [[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] '''NWT''' | |
| '''Supported by:''' <br> | | '''Supported by:''' <br> |
| [[File:CaliforniaFlag.png|25px]] California <small>(until 11/8)</small> | | [[File:USA.png|25px]] [[NAU]] <br> |
| | beligerent2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Cascadia]]''' | | | beligerent2 = [[File:UtahFlag.webp|25px]] '''Utah''' |
| | leaders1 = [[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] '''xHydre''' | | | leaders1 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[SergioTheCrafter]]''' |
| *[[File:NWT flag.png|25px]] xStoicx | | *[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Milgorn123]] |
| | leaders2 = [[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] '''[[Dracnoian]]'''
| | [[File:USA.png|25px]] '''[[Kounter]]''' |
| *[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] Atlanta0 | | *[[File:USA.png|25px]] [[Ghostyuu]] |
| *[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[FieryMatter]] | | *[[File:USA.png|25px]] Prongs |
| *[[File:Flag of Cascadia.png|25px]] [[Raptormm4]]
| | | leaders2 = [[File:UtahFlag.webp|25px]] '''SwetMC''' |
| }}The '''Mackenzie War''', also sometimes known as the '''Cascadia-NWT War''' or the '''Mackenzie Rebellion''', was an armed conflict between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and the nation of NWT (later renamed to Mackenzie) which lasted from October 31, 2024 to December 3, 2024. This followed a secession from Cascadia, primarily by members of the [[Cascadian Communist Party]], who left dissatisfied with the nation. Eventually, a territorial dispute in the [[Great North]] was escalated to war by NWT. After a month of fighting, and two coups within NWT, Cascadia's defense apparatus defeated the much smaller nation, leading to a Cascadian victory. Afterward, NWT was annexed into [[Aurora:Alaska|Alaska]], and eventually reformed as Alaska declined in 2025.
| | |result=- Utah purchased by NAU}}The '''Tooele Crisis''' was a diplomatic crisis between the [[Cascadia|Republic of Cascadia]] and [[Utah]] which lasted from May 12 to 14, 2024. The crisis was focused on the ownership of a large building, Governor House, in northern Salt Lake City, which was disputed between Utah and the neighboring Cascadian town of Tooele. While preparations were made for the use of force to retake the land, the crisis was eventually resolved peacefully through the efforts of Cascadia and [[Aurora:North American Union|North American Union]] (NAU) diplomats. |
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| == Background == | | == Background == |
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| === Cascadian Political Divisions === | | === Utah Historically === |
| [[File:CascadianCommunistParty.webp|left|thumb|154x154px|Logo of the Cascadian Communist Party (2024)]] | | The iteration of Utah as would become relevant during the Tooele Crisis has its origins with [[Aurora:Jefferson|Jefferson]] and the work of then-former-Cascadian [[Moxie|Moxiecodone]]. After fleeing Cascadia during the [[Battle of Oceanside]], Moxie and a number of other mostly trans-women established the Basin Union, commonly known simply as "Basin", in Salt Lake City. The nation was primarily focused on being a place for Moxie and her friends to build, and had little activity in foreign affairs. On July 29, 2023, Basin and Jefferson formed the Western Democratic Union meganation, and on August 10, they become further united through the Sequoia Union meganation. |
| On September 21, 2024, Home Secretary [[Setrus]] created the "parties forum" discord channel in Cascadia, with the intention of using it to introduce political parties to Cascadia. At the start, these were intended to be treated very seriously. Soon theerafter though, two very serious and well-organized political parties were formed. The first was the [[National Bison Party]], headed by [[Akeboun]], SergioTheCrafter, and a number of other individuals from the Cascadian [[The Frontier|frontier region]]. The other was the second iteration of the Cascadian Communist Party, headed by xStoicx, a longtime Great North mayor. The NBP was the larger of these two organizations, and focused on issues of regional autonomy, regulating discord moderators, and anti-globalism. The CCP, meanwhile, mostly focused on roleplaying Leninism and pushing anti-democratic and stalinist propaganda. The two groups very quickly developed a rivalry entering the [[September 2024 General Election]], which became increasingly toxic.
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| One of the notable Great North members of the NBP was xHydre, the mayor of Castle John. On October 1, in internal NBP channels, xHydre had attempted to flex the fact that he was majoring in political science in university. Akeboun and [[Paradox1080]] then preceded to make fun of this fact, stating that a polisci degree was effectively useless. At first this was mostly friendly banter, until xHydre took it incredibly personally and got argumentative. Soon after, he left the NBP and joined the CCP. At this point the toxicity between the two sides, and between Akeboun and xHydre, escalated considerably.
| | After Moxie temporarily quit the server in August 2023, Basin would be sold and transferred between a number of owners. On October 21, 2023, it was sold to Ewisawesome and renamed to Utah. On December 11, it was sold to CodeData and became a part of the NAU. 2 days later, it left the NAU and joined the [[USA (Olsar)]]. On January 29, 2024, it again switched between the USA and NAU. On March 27, Gramassis bought Utah, left all previous alliances, and joined the ETRA. It is possible that other transfers existed in between this changes that were reported on as well, but at the bare minimum Utah traded hands at least 4 times before being bought by SwetMC in May 2024. |
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| === NWT Secession === | | === Cascadian Foreign Policy === |
| On October 2, 2024, xStoicx, xHydre, and a handful of other mayors, exclusively members of the Cascadian Communist Party, seceded peacefully from Cascadia to form the nation of NWT. Since neither xHydre nor xStoicx had paid their [[CascAID]] debts to the government upon secession, many advisors in the Cascadian cabinet suggested that the Cascadian National Guard be placed on alert. This wasn't a universal opinion though, with Setrus and [[President of Cascadia|President]] [[Dracnoian]] believing that there wasn't an immediate cause for concern or hostility. The pair would pay off their debts the next day, and would be joined by a small collection of other mayors looking for a new experience in the long-ignored Great North, including longtime Cascadian RuffWoof. xStoicx would draft the constitution of the new "communist" NWT, placing the powers of government in a legislature that would elect a Prime Minister to serve as head of government. However, xStoicx and xHydre would serve as "founders" of the nation, a title that granted them veto powers and enormous soft influence over the government, serving as co-heads of state. RuffWoof was elected as the nation's first Prime Minister, and on October 8, he signed a non-aggression pact with Cascadia. Though the secession was peaceful, and both nations upheld a veneer of cooperation, the secession was not without scorn, and relations between NWT and Cascadia were privately quite tenuous.
| | During the Spring of 2024, Cascadia had developed a new foreign policy that met the demands of the [[Transatlantic Cold War]] and the fall in relevance of their previous international adversaries. At the time, this policy was coined as "The Raptor Doctrine", since it was spearheaded by Secretary of Defense [[Raptormm4]]. The policy focused on adopting a [[wikipedia:Big_stick_ideology|"speak softly, and carry a big stick"]] mentality to increase Cascadia's influence across North America. The policy was also concerned with rising colonial influences from European powers across the Western Hemisphere, especially the [[Aurora:North Sea Republic|North Sea Republic]], which contained the nations of Illinois and Norcallia (San Fransisco). |
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| == Prelude to War == | | === Settlement of Tooele === |
| | The town of Tooele was originally settled by Skeletonous during in early 2024 while CodeData was the ruler of Utah. In addition to the construction of several buildings in the small suburban settlement, Skeletonous also built a number of buildings in Salt Lake City, including a medieval building that he owned not far from the town limits. During the ownership of Gramassis, this building became known as Governor House. However, after Salt Lake City traded hands again, new owners were less interested in positive relations with Skeletonous, removing his trust and access to his buildings. This, combined with other complications, led to Skeletonous taking a break from EMC, returning shortly before Utah was purchased by another new owner in May 2024. According to Skeletonous, one of his friends had attempted to purchase Utah around this time, but was scammed and the nation instead went to SwetMC. |
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| === Settling of Ythan Adevir === | | == The Crisis == |
| On October 28, 2024, the town of Ythan Adevir (in present-day [[Mackenzie County]]) was founded by Aduwastaken. It was located only about 300 blocks east of Castle John. She attempted to make contact with NWT to join them, however xHydre was offline at the time. She decided to join Cascadia instead. This was much to the anger of NWT, as her town was placed alongside Highway 94, which had been constructed by the [[Cascadia Department of Interior|Cascadian Department of Interior]] years earlier. The road was a critical connection between Castle John and Hay River, the nation's capital. A little over a day later, xHydre reached out to Adu asking them to join NWT. When they declined, xHydre threatened to claimblock the town.
| | The crisis began on May 12, 2024, when Utah was transferred for at least the fifth time, this time to SwetMC. Amongst the first actions SwetMC took was to leave all previous meganations and become a colony of his home nation of [[Edesse]], in the Middle East. He also explicitly left the [[Wagner War|Wagner Group]] alliance, which Utah joined as part of the USA in December 2023. He stated in a press release that this was because he learned that Wagner was an anti-Cascadia alliance, and he was hoping to avoid making unnecessary enemies. |
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| In the afternoon of October 30, Cascadian diplomats, led by Secretary of State [[Capitanfra]], reached out to NWT leadership requesting an explanation for the threats. xStoicx replied that "of course there’s going to be consequences for your governments actions..." and that NWT viewed the settlement of the town as an act of aggression. Despite NWT's claims, there had been no previous contact between Adu and the Cascadian government. xStoicx then revoked the NAP between the 2 nations, and gave Cascadia 24 hours to remove the town from their claimed territory, or else action would be taken. This ultimatum was notably not approved by the Prime Minister RuffWoof, who attempted to calm tensions between the sides. At the same time, Adu had placed signs at the border of her town stating that it was her land and she would remain "...until the second coming of Jesus Christ. In other words, fuck off." xHydre responded to this promise stating that "it [Ythan Adevir] will perish by my hands then. You're fucking with the wrong player." Cascadian officials maintained throughout the beginning of the crisis that the town was not within NWT territory, and repeatedly stated that they had never even received a claim map from NWT to begin with. NWT would never produce such a map.
| | The same day that SwetMC arrived in Utah, Skeletonous reached out to Cascadian Secretary of State [[Milgorn123]], requesting that Utah be enemied so he could [[overclaim]] Salt Lake City, who overclaim shield at just run out. The previous evening, Skeletonous, [[President of Cascadia|President]] [[SergioTheCrafter]], and Treasurer [[RAWRyoutube]] had developed a plan to receive funding from Cascadia for the operation, focused on the return of Governor House. Coincidentally, around this same time, SwetMC also opened diplomatic channels with Cascadia and requested a Non-Aggression Pact. Under the direction of Milgorn and Sergio, Cascadia refused to accept any deal unless Skeletonous was returned his property. More interested in a peace agreement than the building, SwetMC offered to sell the land for 128g. As would be pointed out by Skeletonous, this was roughly half the gold which would be required for Tooele to claim the land overclaim or not (240g). Skeletonous declined this offer, since it was going to cost him the same amount of gold to claim the land anyways and he was interested in revenge against Utah. |
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| === Skirmishes in the Great North ===
| | With Skeletonous opposed to the trade offer, Cascadia instead began to weight the options of a conflict. Most of the Cascadian government supported Skeletonous, since he had been scammed out of Utah and Governor House. Cascadian leadership also felt that the crisis was an opportune moment to flex their diplomatic muscle. In case of a military conflict, the Department of Defense began to construct small defended positions along the mountain ranges between Salt Lake City and [[Cascadia National Parks Service|Yellowstone]]. |
| From the night of October 30 into the next morning, PvP skirmishes began to take place between Cascadian citizens and NWT forces. It began with xHydre and others hunting the land around Ythan Adevir, where they entered into combat with Adu. This was met with general outrage from the Cascadian populous, and put paramilitary forces from across Cascadia on alert. By the afternoon of October 31, active PvP skirmishes were happening across the Great North. At the same time, the Cascadian government was occupied responding to military threats in California and supporting their allies in Texas.
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| In the afternoon of October 31, RuffWoof was removed as Prime Minister in a coup. xHydre and xStoicx had threatened impeachment against him for his refusal to support their calls to action, telling him that "defiance is treason". He fled the nation after his removal and was named an associate in the Cascadian Department of Defense, promoted to the rank of sergeant in the Cascadian National Guard shortly thereafter.
| | Unbeknownst to Cascadian officials, SwetMC had also been in contact with diplomats from the NAU who were attempting to return Utah to their meganation. On May 13, SwetMC agreed to join the NAU as a member state, after being kicked from Edesse for his diplomatic problems with his American neighbors. The NAU then learned that Utah was on the verge of a war with Cascadia, something that Ghostyuu and other NAU leaders had very little interest in dealing with. SwetMC was told to find a solution and end the crisis. When a solution was not found by the evening of May 13, [[Kounterowo|Kounter]] offered to buy Utah out and deal with the problem themselves. SwetMC agreed, and on May 14, Prongs became leader of Utah. |
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| At 6:00 PM PT, municipal officials in [[Aurora:Astoria|Astoria]] raided the NWT consulate in Astoria. At 6:24 PM PT, Home Secretary Setrus alerted the cabinet that NWT had begun to poach isolated Cascadian towns in the Great North. By 7:00 PM PT, there was widespread violence occurring between Cascadian paramilitaries and NWT forces.
| | After the transaction was made, [[Ghostyuu]] informed Cascadia that they would be interested in seeking a deal to give Tooele the land they were after free of charge. Since Skeletonous happy with the proposal, and Cascadia had little interest pushing for a conflict with the NAU, Cascadian leadership considered the issue closed. However, no deal was ever reached, and Tooele was never returned the land. |
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| At 8:32 PM PT, xHydre announced that NWT had declared war on Cascadia. He cited the PvP skirmishes that had broken out over the previous 12 hours, as well as Cascadia's siding with Adu and the town of Ythan Adevir. He stated that Cascadia was "...not a nation of democracy, peace, or even tolerance. Rather, Cascadians are colonizers, blood-thirsty, and feel strong in numbers." He proclaimed that NWT would not stop until Cascadia was "eradicated".
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| [[File:NWTWarDec.webp|none|thumb|605x605px|Transcript of NWT's Declaration of War against Cascadia]]
| | A rivalry would persist between Tooele and Salt Lake City up until both towns fell into inactivity in late-2024. In early July 2024, Skeletonous would sell Tooele to Prongs for 1300g after a campaign of resident sniping and hunting. At the time, Cascadia was in the midst of the [[Great American War]], and thus the fresh fighting in Utah wasn't considered a relevant concern. Skeletonous would later take Tooele back in August 2024, after Prongs fell into inactivity and his holder in Tooele 42ed. After Prongs retired from EMC and left Utah to successive residents, the rivalry continued, ultimately culminating in more fighting over the ownership of Tooele until 2 high-ranking Utah leaders were banned, with Utah's leader quitting the server soon thereafter. |
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| [[File:BattlePechroskCrater.webp|thumb|406x406px|Combat during the Battle of Pechrosk Crater]]
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| In the morning hours of November 1, NWT forces began to place siege towns near important Cascadian towns in the Great North. Notably, [[Vancouver]] was targeted. These towns forced the Cascadian government to bring in emergency funds to Vancouver's overclaim shield, preventing a disastrous overclaim of the city. PvP battles, now being organized by the Cascadian National Guard, continued to take places across the Great North with NWT forces. On November 3, a NWT siege town named Yatsburgh was placed on the outskirts of Astoria. Around 9:00 PM PT, Cascadian forces entered into the Battle of Yatsburgh, ultimately leaving the battle with a partial victory (having taken less losses in PvP).
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| While sporadic fighting between the two armies continued for several weeks, the war quickly devolved into an attrition war while both sides waited for overclaim opportunities or boredom to strike down the other. Dracnoian took the approach that NWT was to be treated less like a near-peer-foe and more like a pest. Meanwhile, xHydre was leading NWT's efforts to poach Cascadian towns to little effect. During this lull in the fighting, Cascadian operations focused on covert actions that mostly remain classified to this day. What is known however is that one of them involved the NWT mayor of Pechorsk Colter, Haines, who was providing intel to the Cascadian [[Cascadia Office of Intelligence|Office of Intelligence]]. The information they provided was used to great effect by Cascadian leadership, who were able to predict NWT warplans and monitor their internal affairs. On November 12, Haines was outed as a spy and kicked from the nation, causing Cascadian forces to rush to their defense. This began the Battle of Pechorsk Crater, which saw Cascadian forces successfully defend the town from NWT attacks. This would be the last major battle of the Johnstone Strait Offensive.
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| === NWT Relationship with the PSA ===
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| On November 1, after declaring war on Cascadia, the NWT began to cooperate with the [[Pacific States of America]], led by [[OIsar]]. The PSA (primarily it's lead nation, [[Aurora:California|California]]), had already been fighting Cascadia for some time. Cascadian officials began to suspect that the two were cooperating as soon as NWT siege towns in Vancouver began to pop up similar to how California siege towns had. Later that afternoon, California hunters began to try and convince RuffWoof to rejoin NWT. At 5:00 PM PT, NWT announced that they had joined the PSA as an observer, confirming suspicions that the two were cooperating. At the same time, it was announced that the nation of BC (British Columbia) had been kicked from the PSA due to tensions between them and NWT.
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| 15 minutes later, NWT declared war on BC. The exact reasonings for this war are unclear, however it's believed that NWT had been the target of isolated hunting from BC citizens. There was a light level of confirmed PvP between the two sides on through November 1 to November 2. On November 2, the PSA announced that it had brokered a peace agreement between BC and NWT. The two sides would agree to a white peace, not engage with each other, and BC would rejoin the PSA as a protectorate of California. BC citizens, notably Snowic and [[PicoTheCat|Pico]], would assist the NWT war effort against Cascadia for the remainder of the conflict.
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| The scope of cooperation between the PSA and NWT and not entirely clear to this day. It's known that they cooperated to some level in coordinating military operations, and they likely attempted to form a cohesive diplomatic policy, but very little communications between the two entities have ever been released to the public. On November 8, NWT left the PSA and joined the [[Arctic Pact]]. The exact reasoning for this is unknown, however it is known that there was some argument between xHydre and OIsar when they made the decision to leave. This argument would escalate on November 21, when OIsar began to snipe a small number of southernly NWT towns to make a point towards xHydre. Although hostile action was briefly taken between the two sides, it never escalated to the point of a full conflict.
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| The NWT's internal politics during this time are best described as a young nation trying to find its footing through war. Support for the war was high amongst the general public, pushed by a lack of contact with Cascadians and a propaganda effort from xHydre and xStoicx. After the removal of RuffWoof from the premiership, a new politician was elected to the position, he held very little sway over the nation's actually foreign policy. Only 2 legislatures would ever be elected in NWT, with the second being elected shortly after the war began. The primary focus of those in the legislature was supporting the war effort, connecting towns through infrastructure, and attempting to organize community events. Very few of these goals would ever actually be accomplished, and activity in the nation dropped significantly over the course of November. Although the Legislature still held de jure authority over the government, at this point the majority of the nation's affairs were being operated by xHydre and xStoicx personally. This continued until the collapse of NWT's democracy in a second coup on November 30, 2024.
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| === Cascadian Counterattack ===
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| [[File:BattleHayRiver.webp|thumb|436x436px|Cascadian forces celebrating victory at the Second Battle of Hay River]]
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| The second stage of the war was dominated by attempts of negotiation between NWT and Cascadia. A few minutes after NWT joined the Arctic Pact, the Pact's leader, [[8set]], reached out to Cascadian officials asking to mediate a treaty. The next day, NWT leadership informed the Arctic Pact that they were not interested in peace, and the Arctic Pact declared neutrality in the entire affair. On November 14, RuffWoof, whose town was positioned directly south of Hay River, overclaimed the fishing area in the western part of Hay River. This overclaim would be undone a few days later after moderators deemed it a claim arm. On November 16, NWT was warned under EMC Rule 2.1, since there was already a nation named "N.W.T". The nation was then renamed to Mackenzie, after the Mackenzie River (this is also where the name of the war, and present-day Cascadian county, get their name).
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| [[File:NWTCascBorderTreaty.png|left|thumb|428x428px|The Cascadian demands for a border agreement at the end of the war]]
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| Going into the second half of November, Cascadian leaders began to devise a plan to counterattack the NWT and force them to negotiate a surrender. The plan hinged mostly on waiting for Castle John and Hay River to go under their overclaim limits, allowing siege towns to take the offensive. On November 26, xStoicx, at the suggestion of Snowic, requested new negotiations with Cascadia. They presented a draft for the Treaty of Yatsburgh, which would have set a border between the two nations near the 52nd parallel (Z=-11039 line), allowed Ythan Adevir to remain in Cascadia (though not expand), and enforce peaceful relations between the two nations. They also demanded that several other Cascadian towns located north of the proposed border be kicked. Cascadian officials completely rejected the notion of kicking Cascadian towns, and while not completely opposed to a claim map, they did also want to discuss war reparations from NWT. xStoicx refused to negotiate further on the matter, and instead decided to personally attack Cascadians during the negotiations.
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| In response, on November 27, at 8:10 PM PT, Cascadian forces led by Vice President [[FieryMatter]] commenced the Battle of Hay River, overclaiming nearly half the town in a matter of minutes, and mocking NWT leadership while they watched the attack unfold. The next day, Capitanfra offered a 7-day ceasefire, and submitted Cascadia's demands for NWT's surrender. NWT would be allowed to expand within a neutral zone, however there would be little-to-no exclusive claims of their sovereignty. The Cascadian position was that the land had always been Cascadian, and they had tolerated NWT expansion there, and would continue to tolerate their presence if the NWT tolerated theirs. Despite Snowic's attempts to negotiate, xStoicx continued to refuse any offer that did not include guaranteed NWT territory.
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| On November 30, 2024, with activity in the nation dwindling, xStoicx announced that the legislature had been dissolved, and he has assumed the position of king. This would be the second and final coup in NWT's history, and was followed immediately by the announcement that NWT would be withdrawing from all wars. In the eyes of Cascadia, this meant surrender. Four days later, on December 3, 2024, Dracnoian declared victory in the conflict, stating that "our defense is complete". He also thanked those who had assisted in the war effort, including Aduwastaken and RuffWoof.
| | Eventually, Skeletonous would move to his own nation, [[Newfoundland (Aurora)|Newfoundland]], where he stayed for the remainder of Terra Aurora. Tooele continued to be held by Skeletonous-aligned holders until collapsing entirely in May 2025. The latest version of Tooele was founded by Cascadian Melvinm04 on May 7, 2025, and remained in Cascadia until the end of Terra Aurora. It is now the county seat of [[Owyhee County]]. Utah would continue to trade hands until eventually being bought by [[Sometexan]] around June 9, 2025. It was ultimately annexed into the [[Texas|Republic of Texas]] on July 31, 2025, where it remains today. Governor House continues to stand as a significant structure in the northern part of the city. |
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| The second coup would be the last major event of NWT as a nation. That same day, Snowic returned fully to BC, and on December 5, xHydre and other mayors began to leave for Alaska. Almost all of them would become inactive after the war. xStoicx would continue to rule as king until December 19, when he quit EMC and sold the nation to [[Fruitloopins]], who led Alaska. The next day, Fruitloopins deleted Mackenzie, ending the nation just 2 months after its founding. Since July 2025, a reincarnated NWT, with xStoicx again as its king, has ruled over a small area near Hay River. There has been neither diplomatic talks, nor military action, between the NWT and Cascadia since the war came to a close.
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| The Mackenzie War served as a prelude to the coming [[cold war]] which Cascadia would become involved in with Alaska and the Arctic Pact during the months after the war. Cascadia had firmly entrenched itself in its interest in the Great North, and because of this the region's security would remain a political issue in the nation for many months to come. The town of Ythan Adevir, once the center of the conflict, would continue to thrive in Cascadia for some time, and upon the creation of the counties system it became the seat of the new Mackenzie County. Adu would 42-day and the town was deleted sometime in late 2025.{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}} | | The crisis remains an excellent historical example of Cascadian foreign policy during the Transatlantic Cold War, as well as the practicality of the Raptor Doctrine, as Cascadia successfully used diplomatic soft power and the threat of using force to achieve its goals. It is also a prime example used in criticisms of the Raptor Doctrine, as even Milgorn said at the time "I feel kinda bad I’m basically manipulating this kid that owns Utah." Ultimately, the Tooele Crisis was a relatively brief but quintessential diplomatic incident for the period.{{Republic of Cascadia (Aurora)}} |
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