Great American War

Great American War {Image} {Caption} Date June 24 - September 16, 2024 (2 months, 23 days) Location North America Result OFN Victory Status Territorial changes Texan withdrawal from California & Mexico; First complete North American borders treaty agreed to (Treaty of Vancouver) Belligerents Texas Organization of Free Nations: Cascadia Vermont Havaiki Pilbara Laurentia (until 7/17) Wollaston Midwestern Union Mexican Empire Rossiya Commanders and leaders North_Paso Bill 'Rocky' Moor JoeJoe77 Samisol † Bonzzil † LivingHumanBeing Karn4 TheAmazingMoe † Sometexan Raptormm4 Lovelyfurball (until 7/23) Setrus Paradox_1080 (until 8/30) Paper1emur FieryMatter (after 7/2) Dracnoian (after 7/11) Akeboun RAWRyoutube SergioTheCrafter (until 7/5) Purplepunch Mikesworldus Princeling Xeocas Zqben FoxClient Ahea Kobikraft Panth_r TylenolEC CMW Strength Casualties and losses

The Great American War, also known as the Great North American War, or as the Texas War in Cascadia, was a large intercontinental conflict between the Republic of Cascadia and its OFN allies, and the Kingdom of Texas. It was one of the largest wars in the history of Terra Aurora, and is considered by many to be the most significant conflict in North America's history.

Background

Cascadia-Texas Tensions

In November 2023, a nation-hopper named HersheyJr arrived in Texas, having previously spending time in Cascadia and contributing to the end of the RMF Wars. While in Texas, Hershey obtained perms to the Texan capital of Houston, and severely damaged the Texan capitol in a terrorist attack. Houston lost considerable materials in the looting of this attack. In response to this attack, on December 18, 2023, Texas declared war on Cascadia, claiming that Cascadia was involved in planning and backing the attack. The speech of the Texan King, North_Paso, during this war declaration would become infamous amongst his critics, and would earn the nickname "The deadly sins speech", due to the way he compared several notable Cascadians to the deadly sins. This would mark Texas' entry into the Wagner War, with Texas and other anti-Cascadia allies planning on using the server's then-new overclaim functionality to overclaim Cascadian towns and force them to submit to the rule of the Reformed Republic of Cascadia. Ultimately, this war became inactive after Wagner failed to overclaim any more than a single chunk of Cascadian territory, and ended in March 2024 after the San Francisco Offensive of 2024, although no official peace treaty was ever signed.

During the spring of 2024, the Cascadian government typically treated Texas with ambivalence, and generally nothing more than a distant threat. Due to Texas being the closest remaining Wagner-aligned nation to Cascadia, it was still treated with particular concern by the Cascadian Department of Defense, and the newly formed National Security Agency. On May 23, 2024, the NSA received an offer from former Cascadian and Michoacán leader CMW to have him spy on Texas in exchange for Cascadian support of a revived Michoacán/Mexico. At the time, Texas controlled a significant area of Northern Texas and the Yucatan. The NSA accepted the offer, and CMW would provide intelligence from the Texan legislature and cabinet until his Cascadia-backed secession on June 16.

On May 28, Cascadian officials were alerted to the beginnings of a chain of Texan towns moving in the direction of California. At the same time, prominent mayors in California alerted defense officials that Ewhy, who now owned the town of Sacramento in Northern California, was attempting to get them to secede with him and join Texas. It was at that point that the Department of Defense began to put together war plans in preparation for a Texan invasion. The initial concerns of Cascadian defense officials was the possibility of Texas using it's increasing nation bonus to bring about defections in California, and the possibility that Texas could place siege towns across Cascadia to launch another attempt at overclaiming notable towns.

OFN Crises

In the Organization of Free Nations, a couple of crises were ongoing amongst the member states. In Cascadia, officials were attempting to negotiate an NAP and border treaty with the NSR, who owned San Francisco. Tensions between the NSR and Cascadia had been high since the NSR annexed San Francisco after the Wagner War, to the point that the rivalry between the two has been labelled the Cascadia-NSR Cold War. Although Cascadian and NSR officials had been somewhat opposed to negotiations for some time, in late May 2024, Vermont began to mediate negotiations in an attempt to end the tensions between their two allies. An NAP was quickly agreed to, though negotiations nearly fell apart as the two sides debated a border agreement. The NSR, pushed by NFISH, desired an agreement where the NSR would be allowed to claim almost any territory in North America outside the Cascadian Metro. Cascadia, in response, pushed for an agreement where the NSR would only be tolerated to claim territory in California and Nevada. During this debate, Cascadian President Raptormm4 would remark that the NSR (whose capital was in Ireland) was a government "From fucking Ireland." This became known as the "Fucking Ireland" incident. Negotiations between the two continued for over a month, held together by both sides wishing to please Vermont and not be the first side to break off negotiations. The negotiations would not end until the Treaty of Los Angeles, with NSR settlement limited to the areas south of Nevada's northern border. The final agreement was agreed to by Cascadian officials mostly in order to end the threat from the NSR while dealing with Texas.

In Havaiki, the Zealandia Civil War was brewing. The war began on May 29, 2024, when a mayor named Bacon seceded from Havaiki after Havaiki refused to adopt certain amendments to its constitution. Bacon, who was mayor of the north New Zealand town of Port Jason, and a small number of other mayors, declared independence as the nation of Zealandia, and came into open conflict with Havaiki. While Havaiki received strong support from most of its OFN allies, especially Cascadia and Pilbara, Vermont attempted to blame Havaiki for the conflict. Princeling, who at this time was still a major figure in Vermont, would refuse to condemn Zealandia, and would ultimately be one of many voices calling for peace in the region. The war ultimately came to an end with a recognition of Zealandian independence and a ceasefire line on June 15.

In the Caucasian Republic, the OFN came into a crises between one of their member states and the powerful nation of Turkey. The Caucasian Republic joined the OFN on May 11, 2024, having transitioned into a democratic republic in April. However, in late May, the Caucasian Republic's leadership came into a disagreement over their borders with neighboring Turkey. On June 4, Turkey overclaimed the Caucasian Republic's capital of Don Host. The Caucasian Republic's leader and founder, PastaMaster, resigned five days later due to the crisis. In the process, he declared Don Host surrendered to Turkey.

Internal Texan Crises

During June 2024, Texas entered into a series of internal crises. This began on May 29, when Paso was banned for conspiring to fake evidence in a ticket that led to the banning of former Cascadian EstiQT. Paso attempted to calm worried citizens in the aftermath of his ban, saying that "I want to reassure people that despite this, I will be unbanned. This is nothing to worry about. If worse comes to worse, LivingHumanBeing will take over." 8 days later, on June 6, the Texan President, Saddam, resigned in the wake of Paso's ban. Following Saddam's resignation, a power struggle arose in the Texan senate, with Texan Senator Luke declaring that as Saddam's "#2" he should immediately become president. At the same time, Bon Kranch began pushing for the abolition of the presidential system and for him to become dictator under Paso. In an attempt to gain legitimacy and popular support, CMW, alongside Texas Senator Sometexan, proposed that an immediate nationwide election be held to choose a new President. All 3 of these factions put respective votes before the Texas Senate, with the choice of an election winning with near-unilateral support. Elections would begin later that night, with notable candidates including Sometexan and Bill 'Rocky' Moor, who choose CMW as his Vice President. Rocky was declared the winner on June 9, the same day that Paso (and EstiQT) would be unbanned from EMC. Out of fear of leaks to anti-government factions, the Texan cabinet was kept particularly secure, with only 5 members initially having access to it: Bon Kranch, CMW, Rocky, K S, and Sometexan.

On June 8, a number of West Texas towns, upset by Paso's reign as king and seeing his ban as an opportunity for revolution, seceded to form the Texan Union. The revolutionary nation was based in the large town of Dallas, and took around 3 other towns with it. The revolutionaries demanded that Texas become a democratic republic and do away with the monarchy in the process. Before they officially seceded, the revolution's leaders, Morflux and Violent_Vision, attempted to reach out to the OFN for support. While some OFN members attempted to support the Texan Union, usually through strategic advice, OFN and Cascadian support for the rebellion quickly dwindled as its leaders would discuss their war plans in local chat, quickly leaking it to Texan reconnaissance. Due to the scale of the infighting in the Texas, Cascadian intelligence would remain interested for some time in the prospect of fermenting a larger revolt against Paso, proposing tactics such as spreading propaganda books about Paso's past to Texan mayors and sending propaganda DMs to Texans on Discord. Ultimately, none of these plans would be put into action. The Dallas Uprising would continue until Morflux's resignation in late June, with the Texan Union's second President, Violent_Vision, surrendering to Texas on June 21.

Prelude to war

Events in Mexico

Beginning in 2023 with the slow decline of the First Mexican Empire, Texas had gradually increased its own influence over Mexico. This was especially evident in northeast Texas, near the Rio Grande, and in the Yucatan. In an attempt to avoid a conflict, the NAU/Mexico agreed that these areas could be under Texan sovereignty, though they were prepared to oppose Texas if they ever decided to threaten the few remaining major towns, notably Hermosillo. It is generally agreed that Paso's goal in the settlement of Mexico was to conquer most of the country in order to form an empire similar to that of Nova's Rio Grande Empire. Paso was, however, hesitant to move too quickly in Mexico, fearing retaliation from the veteran leadership of the NAU. In late May 2024, Paso began to encourage industrial specialization and development in the several districts of Texas, including an upgraded casino at the Texan capitol and new farms in the rapidly developing Yucatan.

By June 9, 2024, CMW had begun to work towards reviving Michoacán in southwestern Mexico, while remaining in Texas. This would briefly cause some tensions with Saph and the remnants of the Mexican Empire, as Michoacán was outside the area Texas had officially claimed up to that point. In order to avoid a conflict, Paso ordered CMW to join Mexico while remaining in the Texas government, since he believed that "Saph only cares about the color on a map." This decision was also apparently made to avoid more problems on top of the internal crises that Texas was facing at the time. Paso's plan was to have CMW secretly recruit Mexican towns while in Mexico to eventually rejoin Texas as the State of Michoacán. While CMW would begin speaking to other Mexican mayors, Paso was not aware that it was to bring them into a stronger, independent Mexican nation, not Texas. Unfortunately for Cascadian intelligence, this plan would greatly speed up the time they had with CMW in Texas, as CMW would now need to declare independence as a set time rather than waiting for Texas to collapse in on itself.

Around June 11, Texas was struggling from even more internal struggles and further difficulties in Mexico. Saph had forced Texas to kick 2 towns in Baja, and the continued game of cat and mouse between Texas and Mexico kept the foreign affairs of the Texan government quite occupied. It should be noted that the events from June 10-14 took place while EMC was down for maintenance. Internally, Texas was also facing yet more division. On June 11, CMW described the situation to Cascadian intelligence with 5 different factions: The Michoacán, led by CMW and Thinkfast in Mexico, the lower senate, consisting of non-government senators growing gradually more opposed to the Rocky Administration, the Rocky Administration, which was backed by Paso, the Rocky opposition, led by Sometexan and possibly backed by LivingHumanBeing, and the Dallas Rebels, who were in the process of being destroyed. By this time, CMW had been replaced as Vice President due to his attempts to side with Sometexan's opposition faction. On June 12, Rocky passed the Diplomatic Regulations Bill, which made it illegal to conduct negotiations without government permission or to discuss Texas foreign policy with foreigners. This was in response to Saph getting a hold of a Texan claim map which violated Mexican sovereignty, though to this date it remains unknown who provided it to her. During this incident, Sometexan was interrogated as a possible suspect, in the process revealing the opposition and its membership, effectively destroying it. This led almost immediately to secession amongst the various opposition members, with Sometexan fleeing to Nebraska where he would shortly thereafter become a Texas state.

On June 15, Michoacán declared independence from Texas, declaring itself completely free of Texan rule and criticizing the policies of both Paso and the Rocky Administration. The secession was backed by Cascadian funding that had been secretly transferred to Michoacán earlier that day. On June 18, Paso proposed a new claim map in Mexico, which had almost all of Mexico within Texas territory. This map was completely rebuked by Mexican officials, though by that point there was little they could do. Critically, the map included the territory of Michoacán as Texan.

Communist Oklahoma

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Invasion of California

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Course of the war

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Aftermath

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