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25 Years War

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Sátha Ústi intervention

The Sátha Ústi intervention was a conflict between Sátha Ústi and Renesia caused by the Sátha Ústi Republic elections of 1951 when President Kunibert Sorg, ethnically Renesian but raised in Sátha Ústi, was ousted as he was being sworn in to "Safeguard the republic from the traitor to Sátha Ústi's ideals" and being replaced by a provisional government made out of the previous President and his Ministers. The election was very controversial, where Kunibert Sorg received only 38% of the votes but won because Efstathios Dimitriou, with 51% votes, died in a car accident, and the people were denied re-voting. Many suspect frauds, blackmail and subterfuge, were involved in the elections and assumed Renesia destroyed all evidence relating to it after the occupation.

Background
After the Second World War, one of the few nations that were not affected by any great wars was the Sátha Ústi Republic which had a huge gold reserve, a lot of foreign direct investments and gave out loans, including from and to Renesia and Kleolaion. Sátha Ústi, backed by Kleolaion, froze all Renesian accounts, investments and assets across the country to force Renesia into agreeing to a higher rate loan in 1947. Since the incident, the Renesian relationship with Sátha Ústi and Kleolaion has deteriorated and saw Renesian assets and investments slowly being pulled out of Sátha Ústi. Renesia supported Kunibert Sorg, who was a Renesian born and raised in Sátha Ústi, to being a Presidential candidate. Kleolaion, in response, warned Renesia from interfering with the domestic politics of other nations, which Renesia ignored; this led Kleolaion to deny all oil and gas exports to Renesia into pressuring it to stop, which ultimately failed.

Causes
There were many controversies relating to Kunibert Sorg leading up to the elections; many reports suggested the use of blackmail and bribery to secure his position. However, it was not by Kunibert Sorg but, in fact, by the Renesian government in an effort to put a more friendly president in Sátha Ústi.

Sátha Ústi and Kleolaion enjoyed a friendly relationship with each other, and many believe that Kleolaion was the mastermind behind freezing all Renesian accounts in Sátha Ústi. As such, Kleolaion had a vested interest in continuing the relationship and denying a Renesian candidate from winning by supporting their own candidate, Efstathios Dimitriou. However, Efstathios Dimitriou died in a car accident after the announcement of the election results. Although the Election Committee and Government Accountability Committee agreed on accepting Kunibert Sorg as the new president, the preceding president, [Name], did not find it ethical and used his presidential executive powers to stop the inauguration and declare a state of emergency with his current government. Renesia sent an ultimatum to Sátha Ústi to either inaugurate Kunibert Sorg or face the consequences. Kleolaion quickly announced its support for the Sátha Ústi Republic, however in 1st February 1951, Renesia had already deployed its navy near the Sátha Ústian coast.

1951

 * Renesian Naval forces opened fire on all Sátha Ústi naval vessels on the 8th of February and started a full blockade.
 * Renesian Navy started bombardment of Sátha Ústi city on the 12th of February, however, no other city was bombarded.
 * Renesian Naval invasions started in early May, landing in northern Sátha Ústi.
 * Renesia manages to capture Sátha Ústi city on 16th November. Sátha Ústi government fled to Kleolaion. Renesia occupied around 36% of Sátha Ústi, which was mostly coastal areas.
 * On 27th November Sátha Ústi government in exile inaugurated Kunibert Sorg as President and began peace talks with Renesia and a cease-fire was established until peace talks conclude.

1952

 * Hostilities started again on 3rd January as peace talks failed. President Kunibert Sorg found Renesian terms too humiliating.
 * Kleolaion deployed its army to help Sátha Ústi army reconquer Sátha Ústi back from Renesia.
 * Renesia fortified its positions, Kleolaion and Sátha Ústi combined army weren't able to get any breakthroughs.
 * Renesia aerial superiority managed to turn the tide of war, which was composed of Renesian and Galvian airforces.

1953

 * Renesian forces started the offensive and managed to push back the combined forces back.
 * By the end of the year, Renesia virtually occupied all of Sátha Ústi. However Sátha Ústi locals still work to undermine Renesian rule.
 * Galvia was forced to pull back its support for Renesia in October.

1954

 * Kleolaion attempted to liberate Sátha Ústi in the March offensive, however, it failed due to sabotaged supplies and logistics.
 * Renesia made a counter-offensive against Kleolaion, however, they failed to gain any ground.
 * Peace talks resumed.
 * On 4th August a peace treaty was signed, Sátha Ústi will become a province under Renesia, however, Renesia will pay war reparations for Kleolaion.

Aftermath
The dissatisfaction with the peace treaty gave rise to Sátha Ústi Indepednat Army