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By June 2024, Ewhy was the owner of the town of Sacramento, holding the California nation name. The town and nation had long been a problem in northern California for Jefferson and later Jeffcadia. On June 7, 2024, Ewhy began trying to poach Jeffcadian mayors in California, includiong Moxie. He messaged Moxie "Moxie why don't you guys just join Texas? If you don't like Cascadia government. Texas is good." These early attempts at poaching were not successful, but did make it clear to Cascadian officials the intention of Texas to begin making their way into California, especially with a line of Texas towns quickly expanding west. On June 18, Sacramento officially joined the Texas nation, marking the first time that Texas had undisputedly invaded Cascadian territory. Almost immediately following this, the Cascadian government began to make final preparations for war to begin, and issued warnings to the OFN that the security situation in California was rapidly devolving, and for other OFN members to make preparations. Havaiki, Cascadia's closest ally at this point in time, was specifically informed that a war with Texas was imminent, and to take proper preparations.

On June 22, Raptor ordered Secretary of State [[Milgorn123]] to issue to Texas a diplomatic complaint regarding their actions in California and demand a conversation with them. This would be the last attempt at a peaceful resolution to the conflict. On June 23, Milgorn issued the complaint, and shortly thereafter a GC was created for negotiations between Raptor, Milgorn, Paso, and Rocky. Cascadian officials directly informed Rocky of the attempts at poaching Cascadian mayors and the direct violations of the Cascadian claim map. The demand was made that Texas respect Cascadia's territorial sovereignty. The ultimatum was given a deadline of 9:00 AM PT (11:00 AM CT). The next morning, at 9:24 AM PT, Rocky refused to "cede Texan towns against the will of said towns without just compensation." Raptor would request an authorization of military force against Texas from the House of Representatives 6 minutes later. The resolution passed at 8:07 PM PT, June 24, 2024, officially marking the beginning of the war. Before news reached of the Cascadian declaration, Texas unilaterally declared war on Cascadia on their own accord, at 9:16 PM PT (11:16 PM CT). Technically, Texas never considered themselves at peace with Cascadia after the de facto end of the Wagner War, but made an announcement nonetheless. The OFN was informed shortly after the AUMF was issued that Cascadia had activated Article 5 of the OFN Charter, declaring that they were being invaded by Texas and activating the mutual defense clause of the OFN. Havaiki, Vermont, Pilbara, and Laurentia would thus declare war on Texas shortly thereafter.

On June 22, Raptor ordered Secretary of State [[Milgorn123]] to issue to Texas a diplomatic complaint regarding their actions in California and demand a conversation with them. This would be the last attempt at a peaceful resolution to the conflict. On June 23, Milgorn issued the complaint, and shortly thereafter a GC was created for negotiations between Raptor, Milgorn, Paso, and Rocky. Cascadian officials directly informed Rocky of the attempts at poaching Cascadian mayors and the direct violations of the Cascadian claim map. The demand was made that Texas respect Cascadia's territorial sovereignty. The ultimatum was given a deadline of 9:00 AM PT (11:00 AM CT). The next morning, at 9:24 AM PT, Rocky refused to "cede Texan towns against the will of said towns without just compensation." Raptor would request an authorization of military force against Texas from the House of Representatives 6 minutes later. The resolution passed at 8:07 PM PT, June 24, 2024, officially marking the beginning of the war. Before news reached of the Cascadian declaration, Texas unilaterally declared war on Cascadia on their own accord, at 9:16 PM PT (11:16 PM CT). Technically, Texas never considered themselves at peace with Cascadia after the de facto end of the Wagner War, but made an announcement nonetheless. The OFN was informed shortly after the AUMF was issued that Cascadia had activated Article 5 of the OFN Charter, declaring that they were being invaded by Texas and activating the mutual defense clause of the OFN. Havaiki, Vermont, Pilbara, and Laurentia would thus declare war on Texas shortly thereafter. Vermont, notably, declared war through an executive order issued by President [[SergioTheCrafter]], as there was no set war powers in their constitution at the time.

Before news reached of the Cascadian declaration, Texas unilaterally declared war on Cascadia on their own accord, at 9:16 PM PT (11:16 PM CT). Technically, Texas never considered themselves at peace with Cascadia after the de facto end of the Wagner War, but made an announcement nonetheless. Rocky would raise the argument in his war speech that they had been contacted by towns in California seeking to escape the "tyranny and injustice that lays within Cascadian Walls" and join a "True Republic." Texas would continue to maintain that Cascadia were the aggressors in the conflict until the end of the war.

== Course of the war ==

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=== The Texas Western Offensive ===

At the onset of the war Texas would launch two major offensives, both focuses on poaching and overclaiming enemy towns. In the west, this effort was focused on Cascadia, especially in California and the Cascadian Metro. On all fronts, most of these efforts were commanded by Samisol, the mayor of Rio Grande. Samisol was noted for his ability to sway and control others, especially younger and more easily convinced players. He was also noted on the Eastern Front for his PvP abilities and using them to extort mayors into joining Texas. Across the Western Front, Texas saw very little success poaching Cascadian towns, with Cascadian mayors long adjusted and prepared for the threats of poachers. In California, Texas instead succeeded in poaching towns which were already hostile to Cascadia. Sometime after July 17, 2024, the Norcallian towns of Silicon Valley, San Diego, and California (town) joined Texas. Eventually, a break-up in the friend group of [[Ghostyuu]] and Bonzzil would lead to the towns formerly beloning to the New California Republic in Nevada would also join Texas at Bonzzil's suggestion.

At the onset of the war Texas would launch two major offensives, both focuses on poaching and overclaiming enemy towns. In the west, this effort was focused on Cascadia, especially in California and the Cascadian Metro. On all fronts, most of these efforts were commanded by [[Samisol]], the mayor of Rio Grande. Samisol was noted for his ability to sway and control others, especially younger and more easily convinced players. He was also noted on the Eastern Front for his PvP abilities and using them to extort mayors into joining Texas. Across the Western Front, Texas saw very little success poaching Cascadian towns, with Cascadian mayors long adjusted and prepared for the threats of poachers. In California, Texas instead succeeded in poaching towns which were already hostile to Cascadia. Sometime after July 17, 2024, the Norcallian towns of Silicon Valley, San Diego, and California (town) joined Texas. Eventually, a break-up in the friend group of [[Ghostyuu]] and Bonzzil would lead to the towns formerly beloning to the New California Republic in Nevada would also join Texas at Bonzzil's suggestion. On July 18, the town of South Lost Coast was poached by Samisol, who then used it to overclaim and hold at ransom the historic district of Lost Coast proper. In an attempt to get back his items and historic buildings, [[Rocksthunder]] and many other [[Jeffcadians]] would join Texas.

Further north, Samisol raised town holders to place claimblock towns across the Cascadian Metro. This included OBLOCKFENTGANG, which claimblocked [[Oceanside]] (now Astoria) on June 25. The former RMF towns of Catalina, Bakhmut, I_WANT_GOLD, and Astoria (Bon_Kraunch) also joined Texas shortly thereafter. Texas' Western Offensive reached its furthest point on June 30, when Mackenzie_CFOB was founded just north of [[Corgo's Pass]]. The towns of SodaGang and TK_ville would also be founded near the northern border of Vancouver on July 13 and 15.

Although the Western Offensive was successful in penetrating the Cascadian homeland, it ultimately failed to significantly dent Cascadia's morale or ability to respond. The most significant incidents from the Western Offensive were the successful claimblockings of Oceanside (which continues to the present), Corgo's Pass, and Vancouver. In Corgo's Pass, a large lesbian pride flag was built to overshadow Mackenzie_CFOB. The Western Front during this phase of the war also saw the beginnings of the invasion of Texas proper, with Cascadia successfully reaching the gates of Houston on July 6. A chain of towns which had begun to be set up shortly before the war would culminate in the establishment of Texas (town), and the Pilbaran siege town of Weezer2 outside Houston and Port Lavaca. These towns were originally designed to be the beginning of the larger Operation Alamo counteroffensive, but would instead be the only OFN towns in Texas proper until the Cascadian Summer Offensive.

Although the Western Offensive was successful in penetrating the Cascadian homeland, it ultimately failed to significantly dent Cascadia's morale or ability to respond. The most significant incidents from the Western Offensive were the successful claimblockings of Oceanside (which continues to the present), Corgo's Pass, and Vancouver. In Corgo's Pass, a large lesbian pride flag was built to overshadow Mackenzie_CFOB. The Western Front during this phase of the war also saw the beginnings of the invasion of Texas proper, with Cascadia successfully reaching the gates of Houston on July 6. A chain of towns which had begun to be set up shortly before the war would culminate in the establishment of Texas (town), and the Pilbaran siege town of Weezer2 outside Houston and Port Lavaca. These towns were originally designed to be the beginning of the larger Operation Alamo counteroffensive, but would instead be the only OFN towns in Texas proper until the Cascadian Summer Offensive. Until then, Cascadian efforts on the Western Front would be focused on securing unclaimed areas in Cascadian territory through homestead grants.

=== The Texas Eastern Offensive ===

~~WIP~~

On the Eastern Front, Samisol saw much greater success with poaching, hunting, and placing towns. The initial Cascadian plan for the Eastern Front was for Vermont to provide general assistance, mostly through funds and gear, to the war effort, before eventually mobilizing their large population to lead their own invasion of the Texas homeland from the east. Cascadian officials were not aware at that time that Vermont was relatively poor, and their citizens unprepared for any kind of conflict. Texas launched the Eastern Offensive around the beginning of July, creating a chain of towns approaching the Vermont Metro. Alongside this, Texas had already begun a large-spread campaign of hunting and threatening Vermont mayors (especially those in the American South). By July 3, Vermont Assemblyman LyoshaFury pushed the government into the first of many rounds of negotiations with Texas leadership. The threat of hunting and overclaim was already considered too much by many Vermonters, and anti-war sentiments had begun to worsen across the nation. These sentiments were only worsened by the opinions of Vermont's pacifist founder Princeling. During the first round of negotiations, Texas demanded Vermont's unconditional surrender, aiming to take them out of the war quickly and focus on Cascadia. Vermont refused this offer, insisting on a negotiated peace that returned towns Texas had poached from them in the American South. The first round of negotiations went no further. Princeling insisted that the Vermont government should assist Cascadia without actually being at war itself, viewing the compromise as a way to both support its allies while also keeping Vermont out of harm's way from a war many felt wasn't their's to fight. Others, notably Vice President PurplePunch, wanted to accept Texas' offers for peace and become allies. President SergioTheCrafter, themselves a former Cascadian president, continued their support for the war. In the evening of July 3, the Vermont General Assembly voted to overturn the president's declaration of war. Texas declined to accept this withdraw, saying their war with Vermont would not conclude until a treaty was agreed to.

On July 4, Samisol used a loophole in the rules and Vermont's nation spawnpoint to have their name removed under Rule 2.1 (Nation named after inappropriate location). Evidently, the Vermont nation spawn was not in the U.S. state of Vermont, despite most of the capital town being in Vermont. With Vermont's name removed, Samisol created the nation of Vermont himself, declaring it to be the true Vermont, and joining Texas as a state. Shortly after this move, Texas proposed a treaty with Vermont which would have all of southern Vermont annexed into Texas, with Vermont itself contained into New England and Canada. Texas also demanded 1.2k in gold from Vermont to make up for Texas' expenditures in their Eastern Offensive. Both Sergio and Prince rejected this deal, despite LyoshaFury's increasingly desperate cries for peace. LyoshaFury would also claim in OFN channels that Vermont had no part in the war, and that Cascadia had "done nothing." This was quickly rebutted by Cascadian leadership, who stated they had already begun placing towns in Texas and were actively trying to help Vermont get its nation name back. When asked what they could do to help Vermont more, Princeling requested gold, and on July 9 the Cascadian Legislature issued a loan of 750g to be given to Vermont so long as they remained in the war. Vermont never accepted the gold due to their ongoing peace negotiations. On July 5, with anti-war sentiments mounting, the General Assembly voted to impeach Sergio, making PurplePunch president. With Sergio gone, Vermont entered into a 3rd round of peace negotiations. Texas demanded good relations with Vermont, that Vermont explicitly say they had surrendered, and the border agreement and gold payment from the previous round of negotiations. These terms were seemingly agreed to at first by President PurplePunch, though less supported by Princeling and others. Samisol then added that they could not "let Cascadia fuck this up" and that "The town of Weezer2 needs to be kicked from the nation tonight or the price of surrender goes up." Weezer2 was still in Cascadia at this time. On July 6, Vermont's nation name was returned to them by EMC mods and PurplePunch proposed a bill to surrender to Texas and agree to terms. The bill failed, likely due to lobbying from Princeling and others.

Outside peace negotiations, Texas continued its offensive into Vermont territory by capturing more towns, notably the anti-war town of Philadelphia. By July 17, nearly all of the American South was predominantly under Texan control, with Vermont pushed back to New England. On July 14, Princeling (who by this time was considered by many to be the de-facto leader of Vermont) published an OP-ED regarding the war to [[TBI]], which he used to justify Vermont's actions in the war thus far, including the anti-war sentiments in Vermont, his feelings regarding Texan aggression, and his thoughts on Vermont's new alliances with the NSR. Notably, the OP-ED criticized Cascadia and directly referred to them as a bad ally, going so far as to suggest that the war was entirely Cascadia's fault and that Vermont was beholden to their treaty agreements with Cascadia. On July 22, Vermont agreed to a ceasefire with Texas, with both sides promising not to place more siege towns, many towns poached from Vermont being given permanently to Texas, and Vermont paying 200g. Neither of these developments were taken lightly by Cascadia and other OFN allies, notably Laurentia and Havaiki (the latter of which still recalled Vermont's actions during the Zealandia Civil War). Vermont's actions leading up to this point even led Laurentian founder and former Cascadian President [[TylenolEC]] to post a vote to expel Vermont from the OFN on July 14. According to Tylenol and [[MasterEWild]], Vermont had not only been attempting to escape OFN obligations, but also their treaty obligations with their former nation of Laurentia. The vote would fail as most OFN members agreed it was better to keep working with Vermont even as they tried to leave the war. After the July 22 ceasefire, activity on the Eastern Front would mostly slow to a halt by late July, though sporadic Texan hunting against Vermonters would continue to keep Vermont engaged until the end of the war.

=== The 7/23 Nuking (WIP) ===

On July 21, 2024, Raptor's term as President of Cascadia came to a close, and Lovelyfurball succeeded him. Furball had been Raptor's preferred choice, due to his involvement in the war up to that point, his recruiting skills, and his experience fighting wars in the Middle East as King of [[Aurora:Israel|Israel]]. Around 10:05 PM PT (12:05 AM CT; 1:05 AM EST) on July 22, Furball was attempting to add the "cesspool" role to Samisol shortly before going to bed. By accident, he instead gave Samisol the "admin" role, giving Samisol complete access to the Cascadian discord. Samisol then alerted a GC of high-ranking Texans and allied leaders. A plan of action was quickly formulated in-call: first, channels deemed 'noteworthy' would be downloaded via Samisol's modified discord client and packaged into a .rar file for later review. Samisol himself, alongside a younger Texan named jp.f, would complete the nuking. Nearly 300 Cascadians were banned or kicked, almost all roles were deleted, and all but 2 channels were deleted. To the amazement of Cascadian officials, these were the passed-laws and passed-resolution channels, the only channels needed to keep the institutions of the nation intact. The total 'active time' in the nuke was around 30min, and Cascadian response was delayed due to it being extremely early in the morning. Among the final changes was the name and icon of the server changed to "Total Texan Victory". As Cascadian leadership scrambled to figure out what had happened, Furball was removed from many government channels for fear of him being a Texan spy, and the government began to discuss how to reassure confidence amongst Cascadians after the nuking of the Discord. [[Arcadian]] and experienced Discord admin [[Dracnoian]] was given admin powers in the immediate aftermath of this incident, in order to help rebuild the discord from scratch. By morning on July 23, most channels and roles had been restored.

The personal security threat of the Texan nuking was also deemed extreme by many. Texas at this time was still harboring a number of known doxxers, most notably Bonzzil. Cascadian leaders were advised to change passwords on their accounts and check their personal internet footprints for leaks. The fact that Furball, who up to this point was still a major suspect in the nuking, had access to the casual GC with personal information of Cascadian leadership was also concerning. Rocksthunder, in an attempt to protect his personal information from being doxxed, would leave the GC and swear further fealty to Texas. At 11:03 PM PT, July 22, the cabinet declared Furball (who was asleep by that time) inable to exercise his powers as president, making Vice President Setrus Acting President. Furball, embarrassed by the incident and recognizing it would be difficult to recover from, officially resigned from the presidency at 10:41 AM PT on July 23. Texas would declare victory over Cascadia at 11:15 PM PT (1:15 AM CT; 2:15 AM EST), July 22, citing the nuking of the Cascadian discord and the capture of most of California. Cascadia immediately rejected the declaration of victory that same day, with Milgorn stating that "Cascadia firmly rejects the declaration of victory by Texas. The Texan bastards will pay for their action. We will never surrender, even if it is us against the world." An additional Cascadian response would be issued on July 26, making note of recent Texan bans (including some for doxxing), and promising the continue the war.

The nuking drew widespread reactions from across the international community. Nunavik, who effectively succeeded Laurentia around July 17, condemned Texas and demanded that they return the download of the Cascadian discord to Cascadia. Pilbara, whose involvement was limited to the placement of Weezer2, effectively withdrew their active involvement from the conflict due to Vermont's ceasefire and the nuking. In the aftermath of the 7/23 Nuking, the war would enter into a period of relative inactivity. Many in Texas believed that the war was effectively over, and that they had won it. Samisol's activity would begin to dwindle after the nuking, until he eventually quit and never returned in early August. The wartime presidencies of Rocky and Lukedcool (the latter of whom presided over the nuking) would fade into the activity and economic-focused presidency of JoeJoe77. For Cascadia, the 7/23 Nuking was a major milestone in both the war and the nation's history. It is considered by many to have been the most significant attack against Cascadia in the nation's history. It wouldn't be until several weeks later that Cascadia began to operate normally again, and counteroffensives returned as an option. Despite the loss of nearly 2 years of national history in the nuking, the event would eventually become a symbol of Cascadian resilience, often compared to the [[Battle of Oceanside]]. The 7/23 Nuking is also considered to have been the turning point of the war. As Raptor would say of the attack, quoting Winston Churchil, "The darkest hour is just before dawn."

In the early morning of July 23, Samisol alerted a GC of high-ranking Texans and allied leaders about acquiring admin-level access to the Cascadian discord server due to an error by Lovelyfurball, who had accidentally given him admin perms instead of a 'cesspool' role. A plan of action was quickly formulated in-call: first, channels deemed 'noteworthy' would be downloaded via Samisol's modified discord client and packaged into a .rar file for later review. Afterwards, the group disagreed on who would actually do the nuking- Samisol didn't want to do anything out of fear of getting his discord account terminated, so instead a another member of the group used their account named "jp.f" to do the brunt of the deletion and banning. The total 'active time' in the nuke was around 30min, and Cascadian response was delayed due to it being extremely early in the morning. Among the final changes was the name and icon of the server changed to "Total Texan Victory" (<-- 8set's note; I forget what it was actually changed to, if you can find this out and make it accurate it would be appreciated).

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 By June 2024, Ewhy was the owner of the town of Sacramento, holding the California nation name. The town and nation had long been a problem in northern California for Jefferson and later Jeffcadia. On June 7, 2024, Ewhy began trying to poach Jeffcadian mayors in California, includiong Moxie. He messaged Moxie "Moxie why don't you guys just join Texas? If you don't like Cascadia government. Texas is good." These early attempts at poaching were not successful, but did make it clear to Cascadian officials the intention of Texas to begin making their way into California, especially with a line of Texas towns quickly expanding west. On June 18, Sacramento officially joined the Texas nation, marking the first time that Texas had undisputedly invaded Cascadian territory. Almost immediately following this, the Cascadian government began to make final preparations for war to begin, and issued warnings to the OFN that the security situation in California was rapidly devolving, and for other OFN members to make preparations. Havaiki, Cascadia's closest ally at this point in time, was specifically informed that a war with Texas was imminent, and to take proper preparations.
-On June 22, Raptor ordered Secretary of State [[Milgorn123]] to issue to Texas a diplomatic complaint regarding their actions in California and demand a conversation with them. This would be the last attempt at a peaceful resolution to the conflict. On June 23, Milgorn issued the complaint, and shortly thereafter a GC was created for negotiations between Raptor, Milgorn, Paso, and Rocky. Cascadian officials directly informed Rocky of the attempts at poaching Cascadian mayors and the direct violations of the Cascadian claim map. The demand was made that Texas respect Cascadia's territorial sovereignty. The ultimatum was given a deadline of 9:00 AM PT (11:00 AM CT). The next morning, at 9:24 AM PT, Rocky refused to "cede Texan towns against the will of said towns without just compensation." Raptor would request an authorization of military force against Texas from the House of Representatives 6 minutes later. The resolution passed at 8:07 PM PT, June 24, 2024, officially marking the beginning of the war. Before news reached of the Cascadian declaration, Texas unilaterally declared war on Cascadia on their own accord, at 9:16 PM PT (11:16 PM CT). Technically, Texas never considered themselves at peace with Cascadia after the de facto end of the Wagner War, but made an announcement nonetheless. The OFN was informed shortly after the AUMF was issued that Cascadia had activated Article 5 of the OFN Charter, declaring that they were being invaded by Texas and activating the mutual defense clause of the OFN. Havaiki, Vermont, Pilbara, and Laurentia would thus declare war on Texas shortly thereafter.
+On June 22, Raptor ordered Secretary of State [[Milgorn123]] to issue to Texas a diplomatic complaint regarding their actions in California and demand a conversation with them. This would be the last attempt at a peaceful resolution to the conflict. On June 23, Milgorn issued the complaint, and shortly thereafter a GC was created for negotiations between Raptor, Milgorn, Paso, and Rocky. Cascadian officials directly informed Rocky of the attempts at poaching Cascadian mayors and the direct violations of the Cascadian claim map. The demand was made that Texas respect Cascadia's territorial sovereignty. The ultimatum was given a deadline of 9:00 AM PT (11:00 AM CT). The next morning, at 9:24 AM PT, Rocky refused to "cede Texan towns against the will of said towns without just compensation." Raptor would request an authorization of military force against Texas from the House of Representatives 6 minutes later. The resolution passed at 8:07 PM PT, June 24, 2024, officially marking the beginning of the war. Before news reached of the Cascadian declaration, Texas unilaterally declared war on Cascadia on their own accord, at 9:16 PM PT (11:16 PM CT). Technically, Texas never considered themselves at peace with Cascadia after the de facto end of the Wagner War, but made an announcement nonetheless. The OFN was informed shortly after the AUMF was issued that Cascadia had activated Article 5 of the OFN Charter, declaring that they were being invaded by Texas and activating the mutual defense clause of the OFN. Havaiki, Vermont, Pilbara, and Laurentia would thus declare war on Texas shortly thereafter. Vermont, notably, declared war through an executive order issued by President [[SergioTheCrafter]], as there was no set war powers in their constitution at the time.
+Before news reached of the Cascadian declaration, Texas unilaterally declared war on Cascadia on their own accord, at 9:16 PM PT (11:16 PM CT). Technically, Texas never considered themselves at peace with Cascadia after the de facto end of the Wagner War, but made an announcement nonetheless. Rocky would raise the argument in his war speech that they had been contacted by towns in California seeking to escape the "tyranny and injustice that lays within Cascadian Walls" and join a "True Republic." Texas would continue to maintain that Cascadia were the aggressors in the conflict until the end of the war.
 == Course of the war ==
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 === The Texas Western Offensive ===
-At the onset of the war Texas would launch two major offensives, both focuses on poaching and overclaiming enemy towns. In the west, this effort was focused on Cascadia, especially in California and the Cascadian Metro. On all fronts, most of these efforts were commanded by Samisol, the mayor of Rio Grande. Samisol was noted for his ability to sway and control others, especially younger and more easily convinced players. He was also noted on the Eastern Front for his PvP abilities and using them to extort mayors into joining Texas. Across the Western Front, Texas saw very little success poaching Cascadian towns, with Cascadian mayors long adjusted and prepared for the threats of poachers. In California, Texas instead succeeded in poaching towns which were already hostile to Cascadia. Sometime after July 17, 2024, the Norcallian towns of Silicon Valley, San Diego, and California (town) joined Texas. Eventually, a break-up in the friend group of [[Ghostyuu]] and Bonzzil would lead to the towns formerly beloning to the New California Republic in Nevada would also join Texas at Bonzzil's suggestion.
+At the onset of the war Texas would launch two major offensives, both focuses on poaching and overclaiming enemy towns. In the west, this effort was focused on Cascadia, especially in California and the Cascadian Metro. On all fronts, most of these efforts were commanded by [[Samisol]], the mayor of Rio Grande. Samisol was noted for his ability to sway and control others, especially younger and more easily convinced players. He was also noted on the Eastern Front for his PvP abilities and using them to extort mayors into joining Texas. Across the Western Front, Texas saw very little success poaching Cascadian towns, with Cascadian mayors long adjusted and prepared for the threats of poachers. In California, Texas instead succeeded in poaching towns which were already hostile to Cascadia. Sometime after July 17, 2024, the Norcallian towns of Silicon Valley, San Diego, and California (town) joined Texas. Eventually, a break-up in the friend group of [[Ghostyuu]] and Bonzzil would lead to the towns formerly beloning to the New California Republic in Nevada would also join Texas at Bonzzil's suggestion. On July 18, the town of South Lost Coast was poached by Samisol, who then used it to overclaim and hold at ransom the historic district of Lost Coast proper. In an attempt to get back his items and historic buildings, [[Rocksthunder]] and many other [[Jeffcadians]] would join Texas.
 Further north, Samisol raised town holders to place claimblock towns across the Cascadian Metro. This included OBLOCKFENTGANG, which claimblocked [[Oceanside]] (now Astoria) on June 25. The former RMF towns of Catalina, Bakhmut, I_WANT_GOLD, and Astoria (Bon_Kraunch) also joined Texas shortly thereafter. Texas' Western Offensive reached its furthest point on June 30, when Mackenzie_CFOB was founded just north of [[Corgo's Pass]]. The towns of SodaGang and TK_ville would also be founded near the northern border of Vancouver on July 13 and 15.
-Although the Western Offensive was successful in penetrating the Cascadian homeland, it ultimately failed to significantly dent Cascadia's morale or ability to respond. The most significant incidents from the Western Offensive were the successful claimblockings of Oceanside (which continues to the present), Corgo's Pass, and Vancouver. In Corgo's Pass, a large lesbian pride flag was built to overshadow Mackenzie_CFOB. The Western Front during this phase of the war also saw the beginnings of the invasion of Texas proper, with Cascadia successfully reaching the gates of Houston on July 6. A chain of towns which had begun to be set up shortly before the war would culminate in the establishment of Texas (town), and the Pilbaran siege town of Weezer2 outside Houston and Port Lavaca. These towns were originally designed to be the beginning of the larger Operation Alamo counteroffensive, but would instead be the only OFN towns in Texas proper until the Cascadian Summer Offensive.
+Although the Western Offensive was successful in penetrating the Cascadian homeland, it ultimately failed to significantly dent Cascadia's morale or ability to respond. The most significant incidents from the Western Offensive were the successful claimblockings of Oceanside (which continues to the present), Corgo's Pass, and Vancouver. In Corgo's Pass, a large lesbian pride flag was built to overshadow Mackenzie_CFOB. The Western Front during this phase of the war also saw the beginnings of the invasion of Texas proper, with Cascadia successfully reaching the gates of Houston on July 6. A chain of towns which had begun to be set up shortly before the war would culminate in the establishment of Texas (town), and the Pilbaran siege town of Weezer2 outside Houston and Port Lavaca. These towns were originally designed to be the beginning of the larger Operation Alamo counteroffensive, but would instead be the only OFN towns in Texas proper until the Cascadian Summer Offensive. Until then, Cascadian efforts on the Western Front would be focused on securing unclaimed areas in Cascadian territory through homestead grants.
 === The Texas Eastern Offensive ===
-WIP
+On the Eastern Front, Samisol saw much greater success with poaching, hunting, and placing towns. The initial Cascadian plan for the Eastern Front was for Vermont to provide general assistance, mostly through funds and gear, to the war effort, before eventually mobilizing their large population to lead their own invasion of the Texas homeland from the east. Cascadian officials were not aware at that time that Vermont was relatively poor, and their citizens unprepared for any kind of conflict. Texas launched the Eastern Offensive around the beginning of July, creating a chain of towns approaching the Vermont Metro. Alongside this, Texas had already begun a large-spread campaign of hunting and threatening Vermont mayors (especially those in the American South). By July 3, Vermont Assemblyman LyoshaFury pushed the government into the first of many rounds of negotiations with Texas leadership. The threat of hunting and overclaim was already considered too much by many Vermonters, and anti-war sentiments had begun to worsen across the nation. These sentiments were only worsened by the opinions of Vermont's pacifist founder Princeling. During the first round of negotiations, Texas demanded Vermont's unconditional surrender, aiming to take them out of the war quickly and focus on Cascadia. Vermont refused this offer, insisting on a negotiated peace that returned towns Texas had poached from them in the American South. The first round of negotiations went no further. Princeling insisted that the Vermont government should assist Cascadia without actually being at war itself, viewing the compromise as a way to both support its allies while also keeping Vermont out of harm's way from a war many felt wasn't their's to fight. Others, notably Vice President PurplePunch, wanted to accept Texas' offers for peace and become allies. President SergioTheCrafter, themselves a former Cascadian president, continued their support for the war. In the evening of July 3, the Vermont General Assembly voted to overturn the president's declaration of war. Texas declined to accept this withdraw, saying their war with Vermont would not conclude until a treaty was agreed to.
+On July 4, Samisol used a loophole in the rules and Vermont's nation spawnpoint to have their name removed under Rule 2.1 (Nation named after inappropriate location). Evidently, the Vermont nation spawn was not in the U.S. state of Vermont, despite most of the capital town being in Vermont. With Vermont's name removed, Samisol created the nation of Vermont himself, declaring it to be the true Vermont, and joining Texas as a state. Shortly after this move, Texas proposed a treaty with Vermont which would have all of southern Vermont annexed into Texas, with Vermont itself contained into New England and Canada. Texas also demanded 1.2k in gold from Vermont to make up for Texas' expenditures in their Eastern Offensive. Both Sergio and Prince rejected this deal, despite LyoshaFury's increasingly desperate cries for peace. LyoshaFury would also claim in OFN channels that Vermont had no part in the war, and that Cascadia had "done nothing." This was quickly rebutted by Cascadian leadership, who stated they had already begun placing towns in Texas and were actively trying to help Vermont get its nation name back. When asked what they could do to help Vermont more, Princeling requested gold, and on July 9 the Cascadian Legislature issued a loan of 750g to be given to Vermont so long as they remained in the war. Vermont never accepted the gold due to their ongoing peace negotiations. On July 5, with anti-war sentiments mounting, the General Assembly voted to impeach Sergio, making PurplePunch president. With Sergio gone, Vermont entered into a 3rd round of peace negotiations. Texas demanded good relations with Vermont, that Vermont explicitly say they had surrendered, and the border agreement and gold payment from the previous round of negotiations. These terms were seemingly agreed to at first by President PurplePunch, though less supported by Princeling and others. Samisol then added that they could not "let Cascadia fuck this up" and that "The town of Weezer2 needs to be kicked from the nation tonight or the price of surrender goes up." Weezer2 was still in Cascadia at this time. On July 6, Vermont's nation name was returned to them by EMC mods and PurplePunch proposed a bill to surrender to Texas and agree to terms. The bill failed, likely due to lobbying from Princeling and others.
+Outside peace negotiations, Texas continued its offensive into Vermont territory by capturing more towns, notably the anti-war town of Philadelphia. By July 17, nearly all of the American South was predominantly under Texan control, with Vermont pushed back to New England. On July 14, Princeling (who by this time was considered by many to be the de-facto leader of Vermont) published an OP-ED regarding the war to [[TBI]], which he used to justify Vermont's actions in the war thus far, including the anti-war sentiments in Vermont, his feelings regarding Texan aggression, and his thoughts on Vermont's new alliances with the NSR. Notably, the OP-ED criticized Cascadia and directly referred to them as a bad ally, going so far as to suggest that the war was entirely Cascadia's fault and that Vermont was beholden to their treaty agreements with Cascadia. On July 22, Vermont agreed to a ceasefire with Texas, with both sides promising not to place more siege towns, many towns poached from Vermont being given permanently to Texas, and Vermont paying 200g. Neither of these developments were taken lightly by Cascadia and other OFN allies, notably Laurentia and Havaiki (the latter of which still recalled Vermont's actions during the Zealandia Civil War). Vermont's actions leading up to this point even led Laurentian founder and former Cascadian President [[TylenolEC]] to post a vote to expel Vermont from the OFN on July 14. According to Tylenol and [[MasterEWild]], Vermont had not only been attempting to escape OFN obligations, but also their treaty obligations with their former nation of Laurentia. The vote would fail as most OFN members agreed it was better to keep working with Vermont even as they tried to leave the war. After the July 22 ceasefire, activity on the Eastern Front would mostly slow to a halt by late July, though sporadic Texan hunting against Vermonters would continue to keep Vermont engaged until the end of the war.
 === The 7/23 Nuking (WIP) ===
+On July 21, 2024, Raptor's term as President of Cascadia came to a close, and Lovelyfurball succeeded him. Furball had been Raptor's preferred choice, due to his involvement in the war up to that point, his recruiting skills, and his experience fighting wars in the Middle East as King of [[Aurora:Israel|Israel]]. Around 10:05 PM PT (12:05 AM CT; 1:05 AM EST) on July 22, Furball was attempting to add the "cesspool" role to Samisol shortly before going to bed. By accident, he instead gave Samisol the "admin" role, giving Samisol complete access to the Cascadian discord. Samisol then alerted a GC of high-ranking Texans and allied leaders. A plan of action was quickly formulated in-call: first, channels deemed 'noteworthy' would be downloaded via Samisol's modified discord client and packaged into a .rar file for later review. Samisol himself, alongside a younger Texan named jp.f, would complete the nuking. Nearly 300 Cascadians were banned or kicked, almost all roles were deleted, and all but 2 channels were deleted. To the amazement of Cascadian officials, these were the passed-laws and passed-resolution channels, the only channels needed to keep the institutions of the nation intact. The total 'active time' in the nuke was around 30min, and Cascadian response was delayed due to it being extremely early in the morning. Among the final changes was the name and icon of the server changed to "Total Texan Victory". As Cascadian leadership scrambled to figure out what had happened, Furball was removed from many government channels for fear of him being a Texan spy, and the government began to discuss how to reassure confidence amongst Cascadians after the nuking of the Discord. [[Arcadian]] and experienced Discord admin [[Dracnoian]] was given admin powers in the immediate aftermath of this incident, in order to help rebuild the discord from scratch. By morning on July 23, most channels and roles had been restored.
+The personal security threat of the Texan nuking was also deemed extreme by many. Texas at this time was still harboring a number of known doxxers, most notably Bonzzil. Cascadian leaders were advised to change passwords on their accounts and check their personal internet footprints for leaks. The fact that Furball, who up to this point was still a major suspect in the nuking, had access to the casual GC with personal information of Cascadian leadership was also concerning. Rocksthunder, in an attempt to protect his personal information from being doxxed, would leave the GC and swear further fealty to Texas. At 11:03 PM PT, July 22, the cabinet declared Furball (who was asleep by that time) inable to exercise his powers as president, making Vice President Setrus Acting President. Furball, embarrassed by the incident and recognizing it would be difficult to recover from, officially resigned from the presidency at 10:41 AM PT on July 23. Texas would declare victory over Cascadia at 11:15 PM PT (1:15 AM CT; 2:15 AM EST), July 22, citing the nuking of the Cascadian discord and the capture of most of California. Cascadia immediately rejected the declaration of victory that same day, with Milgorn stating that "Cascadia firmly rejects the declaration of victory by Texas. The Texan bastards will pay for their action. We will never surrender, even if it is us against the world." An additional Cascadian response would be issued on July 26, making note of recent Texan bans (including some for doxxing), and promising the continue the war.
+The nuking drew widespread reactions from across the international community. Nunavik, who effectively succeeded Laurentia around July 17, condemned Texas and demanded that they return the download of the Cascadian discord to Cascadia. Pilbara, whose involvement was limited to the placement of Weezer2, effectively withdrew their active involvement from the conflict due to Vermont's ceasefire and the nuking. In the aftermath of the 7/23 Nuking, the war would enter into a period of relative inactivity. Many in Texas believed that the war was effectively over, and that they had won it. Samisol's activity would begin to dwindle after the nuking, until he eventually quit and never returned in early August. The wartime presidencies of Rocky and Lukedcool (the latter of whom presided over the nuking) would fade into the activity and economic-focused presidency of JoeJoe77. For Cascadia, the 7/23 Nuking was a major milestone in both the war and the nation's history. It is considered by many to have been the most significant attack against Cascadia in the nation's history. It wouldn't be until several weeks later that Cascadia began to operate normally again, and counteroffensives returned as an option. Despite the loss of nearly 2 years of national history in the nuking, the event would eventually become a symbol of Cascadian resilience, often compared to the [[Battle of Oceanside]]. The 7/23 Nuking is also considered to have been the turning point of the war. As Raptor would say of the attack, quoting Winston Churchil, "The darkest hour is just before dawn."
 In the early morning of July 23, Samisol alerted a GC of high-ranking Texans and allied leaders about acquiring admin-level access to the Cascadian discord server due to an error by Lovelyfurball, who had accidentally given him admin perms instead of a 'cesspool' role. A plan of action was quickly formulated in-call: first, channels deemed 'noteworthy' would be downloaded via Samisol's modified discord client and packaged into a .rar file for later review. Afterwards, the group disagreed on who would actually do the nuking- Samisol didn't want to do anything out of fear of getting his discord account terminated, so instead a another member of the group used their account named "jp.f" to do the brunt of the deletion and banning. The total 'active time' in the nuke was around 30min, and Cascadian response was delayed due to it being extremely early in the morning. Among the final changes was the name and icon of the server changed to "Total Texan Victory" (<-- 8set's note; I forget what it was actually changed to, if you can find this out and make it accurate it would be appreciated).

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