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Metrati Anar was an active theater of combat in the [[Great War]]. The so-called Anarís Incident, in which ships of the [[Great Morstaybishlia#Morstopackia and the Great War (1897-1917)|Morstopackian]] Navy circled through Tavari waters to take a fleet of [[Asendavia|Asendavian]] ships by surprise, led Asendavia to consider then-neutral Tavaris a combatant and declare war on Tavaris in 1908. Metrati Anar's strategic position between Novaris and Gondwana, as well as its oilfields, made it an attractive target. The [[Federation of Bana|Union of Bana]] launched a naval invasion of the islands in 1908, shortly after the Asendavian declaration of war. While Bana declared itself on the side of Asendavia in the war and was nominally opposed to the entire Morstopackian coalition, the nationalist Banian government was almost entirely focused on making territorial gains against Tavaris. Unprepared for an assault on the islands from Bana, Tavaris lost control of the islands within days of fighting.
Bana would control Metrati Anar for eleven years, during which time it considered the chain a nominal "nation" on equal footing with [[Federation of Bana#Okunbana|Okunbana]] and [[Federation of Bana#Mikubana|Mikubana]]. (In reality, it was effectively a military government under the direct control of the Union government in Lanu.) Banian occupation of the islands was never popular with the inhabitants, who numbered approximately 500,000 at the time. In 1911, a general strike by the Akronist inhabitants of the island brought the economy—and oil production—to a halt, leading Bana to have to bring in more military forces to conduct oil drilling and pumping themselves. The expense of maintaining the islands meant that Bana essentially could not deploy its forces anywhere else in the war, though a token force of one thousand soldiers was dispatched to [[Vaklori]] to be placed under Asendavian command.
Bana's primary victory in holding the islands was in effectively ending Tavari political influence over the adjacent Kingdom of [[Ekvatora|Mulnika-Nykunia]], a predecessor state of what is today Ekvatora. Since the establishment of Mulnika-Nykunia, Tavaris had exerted significant influence over the kingdom as a virtual vassal state. During this era, Akronism was also brought to Mulnika-Nykunia, encouraged by Tavari officials as a way of cementing Tavari influence. Bana, however, had no interest in maintaining influence over Mulnika-Nykunia; in fact, they saw a severance of the relationship as a positive move toward lessening Tavari influence in the region. With significant assistance from Bana, the Kingdom of Mulnika-Nykunia was overthrown and replaced with the anti-Tavaris aligned Kingdom of Ekvatora in 1913. While Tavaris retook Metrati Anar in 1919, Tavari influence over Ekvatora was never restored.
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