Kalvatăsz Crisis

The Kalvatăsz Crisis (Vojanak: Kalvatăsz Kiruz) (Galvian: Kalvatošas Krīze) was a Galvian military operation and seizure of the Vojanak commune of Kalvatăsz and a portion of Tjăhăz̧is-Kurr on October 2, 2011. The incident brought the two countries to the brink of nuclear war, causing international and diplomatic panic in late 2011.

Kalvatăsz is a town and municipality located in northeastern Vojandzeka, and was formerly the northernmost point of the nation. The municipality has a strategic location in a valley connecting Vojandzeka and Galvia, and was the only point between the two nations which shared a major road. Tjăhăz̧is-Kurr is the bordering municipality to Kalvatăsz, and is much more mountainous. Just south of the two municipalities is the city of Burja, which is the largest in the region and was home to 20,450 residents at the time of the invasion. Also nearby is the Brěn-Njuspě Airfield, which quickly became the leading base of operations for the crisis.

Whether or not Vojandzeka had de jure or de facto control over the two municipalities was one of controversy prior to the invasion, and was the leading cause of the Galvian military operation. Due to mapping errors in the Zabregashian Union and Galvia prior to Vojandzeka's independence, the power who controlled the two areas differed from map to map, leading some to question who owned the municipality in the first place. In the aftermath of the war, Kalvatăsz and Tjăhăz̧is-Kurr was widely regarded as Vojanak territory, and was shown as such by official World Forum maps of the region, though Galvia still retained the belief that the town had always been Galvian. Furthermore, the municipality held a majority Zemaki population, which cemented Galvia's claim further.

The invasion would begin on the morning of October 2, timed so that Vojanak president Petyr Gojle would be away from office during a summit in Ushteyghoo, Lathadu. The operation took place over a span of 14 hours (07:23 - 21:00), though sporadic skirmishes would take place over the next 48 hours as tensions rose. The invasion would come to completion after the Armed Forces of Galvia successfully occupied their intended goals and a ceasefire was signed; however pressure on the two belligerents would skyrocket as international powers became involved and troops would continue to build up on both sides. Some feared that total war between the two states would soon follow, with Vojandzeka having won its independence war eight years prior and Galvia once again preying on country.

With tensions surmounting, on October 31 Galvia announced that it would use its on Vojandzeka and its allies if the country were to attempt to retake any portion of the occupied land. Furthermore, the 13 Vojanak s captured during the initial stages of the conflict were tortured in Galvian captivity, which included one Watanese soldier—moreover, Galvia is holds a strict "no exchanges" policy with its prisoners, and is known to almost always put prisoners to death after trial. Because of this, the 9 Galvian soldiers captured by Vojandzeka also remain in captivity. As of 2022, the 13 soldiers have not been put to trial, and are held in Galvia's north. Vojandzeka has pledged to get the prisoners back unscathed.

The territory captured by Galvia remains under de facto Galvian rule in present day, and the border is now among the most heavily patrolled border regions in the world.