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The third major faction within the war is '''Upper Suvania''' and their allies, who launched an invasion into Lower Suvania on February 5th, 2021. Working alongside the Neo-Progressist Army of Progress ('''AoP'''), they aim to reunite Suvania through force, forming a coalition of Communists, Socialists and Secularists to oppose both the '''ESS''' and '''NKS'''. For their part, the AoP launched military operations in and around the province of Tsaizal. capturing large amounts of territory under the declaration of the '''Progressive State of Tsaizal''', claiming themselves as an Independent Nation allied to Upper Suvania. They have received mixed support from other Communist and Secular states, with [[Katyunon]] and [[Ekvatora]] being the only states currently giving open support to the SSR, a fact which has been extremely controversial amongst the Southern SRs of Ekvatora, who each have a considerable [[Akronism|Akronist]] population. This controversy resulted in the 3/3 protests in the Arlinthian Socialist Republic, when Akronist students and workers clashed with police and Ekvatori Militia over the munition donations made to the SSR.

 

 

=== Fall of the Suvan Empire ===

While believed to have existed before, amongst a network secret societies within Universities, the AoP were not deemed a major or even really minor threat to those outside Lower Suvania until the late 2010s. This was due to a rapid growth suspected to have come from the success of [[Meagharia]], to which the AoP owe many of their more violent ideas to. This can also be attested to what the AoP has occasionally referred to as the 'Silent Revolution', an event which saw the group reach their more radical position by a non-violent coup of their leadership led by now-head of Tsaizal, Abel Menstrat, son of a Suvan Teacher and Provost. Menstrat has not taken many public appearances, but has generally been seen as a charismatic leader for the organization, embodying some of it's more unsavoury elements in a way that makes them appear more palatable to more moderate members of the group.

 

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The formation of the AoP was preceded by the creation of the Progressist Resistance in 1956. The group was formed by former '''Progressist Political Association''' (PUTK) leader Bharat Iyera, as well as Activist and Teacher Aletta Mestrat. The two made clear that in the current scenario it was 'not feasible' for the revolution of the intelligentsia that was advocated by some of their more radical peers, rather finding it a more effective solution to continue their movement in secret, founding the first chapter in the University of Khamyeta, where they began supporting voices amongst the left who called for separation of Church and State, the taxation of Church property and the 'Right to Unbiased Education' proposed in the 1954 PUTK manifesto. Due to their avid support for empowering intellectuals and the intelligentsia, the Resistance gained support across universities throughout Suvania and beyond, forming chapters of the secret society, administered by the Headquarters in the city of Tsaizal, having moved from Khamyeta during the Second Suvani War. With Tsaizal set up as their main operating base, the Resistance soon gained much influence within the University, with Mestrat becoming Provost of Tsaizal University and Progressist funding contributing a majority of funds to the educational institution.

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[[File:Malul abrupt al Nistrului Naslavcea-Verejeni Ocnita (11).jpg|right|thumb|180px|Countryside near the town of Wilenveld aan den Hëtzer, located due east of the Hëtz Enclave]]

Sometimes referred to in an exaggeratory way as the 'Battle of Hëtz', the Hëtz Incident took place on the 20th of September 2020, the 36th Anniversary of the 1984 Treaty of Adelia that ended the Second Suvani War. It began with a Suvan assault on SSR forces in the enclave of Hëtz in Adelisia, seen as the symbolic gesture which began the chain of events leading to the Second Suvani War. The 'Battle' lasted only a few hours, leaving two dozen of the attackers dead or wounded and 4 of the SSR troops dead, with an additional 9 wounded. The Khulan Administration stated the attack on the enclave was a "Necessary Response to Communist Agitation", though such a claim was not granted much legitimacy due to the rhetoric espoused by the United Suvania Party at the time, which called for all-out war against their neighbours in retribution for the division of Suvania in the 20th Century. Provincian Politician and Socialist Bart Hoffman referred to this as 'An illiterate's attempt to read from the Rodenian School of Foreign Policy." While a generally small conflict, Hëtz was both a humiliation for Lower Suvania as well as a catalyst for rising political turmoil in the region, especially in Adelisia, where the frequency and severity of incidents on the borders of occupation zones drastically increased following the incident. This includes areas occupied by the Western Provinces, heightening fears and concerns from Provincian leaders which led to the Autsburg Conference on the 25th of the month, as well as the Edalavia-Grenstroom Border Protection Act, which enabled further recruitment and arming of Border Security for the more volatile areas on the eastern border of the Province of Grenstroom, as well as the parts of Adelisia under Provincian governance.

On the 24th of September, a terrorist bombing occurred at the Ayalist Church on 13th Symodd Road, Ariundun. It was enacted by the Army of Progress, with AoP members planting around 20 sticks of dynamite at the foundations of the building, detonating it during a sermon at 05:24pm, killing 9 and injuring between 15 and 20 others. The Church was an obvious target for the group, with it being the largest in the City, as well as one in which members of the National Ayalist Front were known to gather. Before the AoP claimed responsibility on the 30th of that month, the State-Controlled Suvania National Broadcasting Service of Lower Suvania laid out accusations against both Upper Suvania and [[Vistaraland]], with the former denying any involvement while the latter made no response. This assault was part of a coordinated string of attacks by the Army of Progress across Urth, striking Varghallen, [[Helslandr]] on the 28th, Lantaz, [[Rodoka]] on the 29th and Leostad, Vistari North Gondwana on the 30th of that month. This generally caught the ire on the International Community, especially those who had fallen victim to the attacks, however attempts to counter the AoP were often less than successful. In Lower Suvania, a spike in outbreaks of violence was seen all across the major cities, leading to harsh reprisals by the Suvan Police Force. Many in the United Suvania Party called for the use of the Army against those sowing dissent, however the Khan stated his opposition to such a reprisal, a belief shared by many top military officials, with General Jenkshi Khoga remarking:

{{quote|It is the job of the Military to serve Khan and People. To fire upon the latter against the wishes of the former would be to subvert our purpose and betray our morals.}}Khoga would later be demoted from his position by Khulan for this comment, before it was reinstated by the Khan a few days after the war began.

 

The decision also came to a fault in the fact the the Lower Suvanian delegation was infiltrated by the Army of Progress, who had used the line between Lower Suvania and the ACC as a way to leak combinations between the two to Upper Suvania, a reality which had not been discovered until it was used to coordinate the troops moving into Adelisia soon after the beginning of the [[2020 Adelisian border conflict|October Conflict]].

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The '''October Conflict''', also known as the '''2020 Adelisian Border Conflict''', was a conflict between Upper and Lower Suvania over the line of occupation in the Adelisia region, it occurred after a minor skirmish between the Suvani People's Army and the Imperial Suvan Army was escalated into a swift invasion of the region by Upper Suvania. The conflict began on October 9th, when a Upper Suvani soldier reported to have been shot at by Lower Suvan forces, This claim has been given considerable criticism by a majority of independent sources, with the build-up of Upper Suvani military forces in the region, as well as the ACC Infiltration used to gain a military advantage in this conflict indicating a premeditated assault. As part of agreements made with the ACC, [[Rodenia|Rodenian]] troops supported the Lower Suvan defence considerably, however the ACC failed to fully bear the arms available as [[Vistaraland]], who had offered military support to Lower Suvania within the realms of the ACC, left the table after the offer was refused despite [[Rodenia|Rodenian]] pressure. This was due, in part, to the 1984 Adelia Agreement which defined the occupation borders that were currently being fought over. The Agreement stipulated that any Vistari military movement into Eastern Adelisia would result in war, and Khulan refused to renegotiate such, much to the annoyance of the other members of the ACC.[[File:Adelisia.jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|Rodenian forces in South-Eastern Adelisia]]While Rodenia had a slight upper hand on the general proficiency of their troops in comparison to Upper Suvania, the decisive Communist victory came down to three factors. The first, and arguably most major, was the control of the skies, with the absolute destruction of the long neglected and generally outdated Suvan Imperial Air Force gave the People's Suvani Air Force incontestable air control of Eastern Adelisia, allowing them to provide close air support to fuel the momentum of their concentrated assaults in the first few days of the conflict. The second played much more of a role towards the end of the conflict, but it remained key due to its value in halting any [[Rodenia|Rodenian]] counterattack. The factor was more geographic than tactical, with the Upper Suvani forces much better suited and knowledgeable to relation to the local terrain of Adelisia, with the early capture of easily defendable positions in the Adelia ridge and along the Hëtzer river, making it almost impossible to dislodge without the sufficient force that the Suvan-Rodenian Forces couldn't muster. The last factor was a general disparity between the forces of Upper and Lower Suvania, with the latter comprising mostly of demoralized men from the East, with the few Adelisian troops the Imperial Army could muster prone to desertion and defection, a fact which had led to why the Lower Suvan forces did not comprise many locals. These men, fighting in lands that felt almost foreign to them and under a leadership they had generally grown progressively more resentful towards, were prone to scattering and disorganization against the superior Upper Suvani forces. Despite [[Kirk Santon|Santon]] himself taking head of the Rodenian forces, it was not enough to steady the defences of General Oiodv's forces, the Lower Suvan troops making piecemeal assaults at little gain. On the 15th of October, after nearly a week of fighting, Ukhnaagiin Khulan deemed it necessary to cut his losses as the two nations laid on the brink of a war Lower Suvania was not prepared for. Jasrai and Khulan met in the eastern sector of the City of Adelia (known to both as Adelkhota), forcing Khulan to reluctantly agree to a ceasefire on the new line of contact, renouncing his claim to North-Eastern Adelisia.

 

 

==== Defection of the Cascadyjski ====