Third Suvani War
The Third Suvani War (Suvan: Suvany Guravdugaar Dain), formerly referred to as the Lower Suvan Civil War during the short period before the war was escalated by Upper Suvania, is an ongoing multi-sided war in Western Yasteria surrounding the continual conflicts between the successor states of the Suvani Empire. Fighting began following the execution of the Prime Minister of Lower Suvania, Ukhnaagiin Khulan, after he made an attempt on the Suvan Khan's life in the Tugrikhota Palace. Groups such as the Army of Progress and the Suvani Socialist Republic escalated the severity of fighting when both began to work together, gaining footholds within Lower Suvania with the goal of taking advantage of the instability to seize territories for themselves. As the war escalated, foreign powers and volunteer troops began to take interest in the regional conflict, most notably South Hills and Asendavia, who have pledged support for the Khan, with the former sending a considerable amount of troops to the region. Another notable foreign presence is that of the Pact of Rosaheim, with forces from Vistaraland, Norgsveldet and the Western Provinces stationing themselves in the Northern and Western regions of Adelisia (Vistarian: Edalavia) in order to discourage spill over and reinforce Vistari-Provinican territorial claims. The war is currently dominated by three main factions.
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  Top: New Khanate Forces defending the City of Ariundun, April 2021 Bottom: Military situation in August 2021: Legend of Combatants
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Douglasa Accords:
 Durdanini |
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 Gansukh Khulan Tsakhiagiin Ganzorig Tsakhia Mönkhbat Lakva Oiodv † Tayang Sanchir Olai Anda  Bayan Erke Oleg Balzhinimayev  Hedda Madsen Tuva Berg Theodor Lervik  Þysa'zho So'fulf |
 Marium I  Milan Fisher  Olav  Adelbert, Count of Edelavia Kara Saidova |
  Abel Mestrat Harshad Marten Kel Astraat Anna Komari | ||||||
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62,848 (Not in Active Combat) |
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8,370-9,720 killed 35,402 wounded |
11,890-18,360 killed 19,186 wounded |
4,107-7,242 killed 16,029 wounded | ||||||
This includes the Elven State of Suvania (ESS) led by the son of Prime Minister Khulan and the majority of what was the civilian government of Lower Suvania before the War, who are supported by the Dagagchid (Codexian: 'Followers'), a newly formed militant group of Radical Ayalists on both the Theocratic Socialist Left, as well as the Conservative Fundamentalist Right. Dagagchid garnered some limited support for Alva as the only other majority Ayalist state, with Alvan Volunteers comprising a not insignificant amount of forces . The ESS has gathered support among other nationalistic and identarian states, such as Nystatiszna and Kæra'zna, with additional support given by Durdanini following the February 14th AoP attack on the People's Synod. On September 20th,2021, the ESS asserted these ties by officially joining the Douglasa Accords, with DA members providing troops and mercenary forces.
Their main internal opposition is the New Khanate of Suvania (NKS), a broad coalition of Royalists, Conservatives, Liberals and Communist-Opposed Socialists brought together under Royalistic Populism, Species Equality and promises from the Khan for a true Representitive Democracy to be created following the civil war. The Khan has stated his support for using the Norgsveltian system, however this idea has been controversial within the already uneasy Coalition, with the more Leftist and Populist supporters of the NKS forming the Liberty-Labour Coalition under nominal support from South Hills, while the pro-Khan mainstream - known as the Noble Opposition - is progressively rising in animosity towards the splinter group, keeping peace by necessity. As well as Asendavia, the NKS have been nominally assisted by some members of the Pact of Rosaheim, with Vistari Volunteers assisting in the war effort, as well as alleged non-combat support from the Western Provinces. This has also allowed cooperation between the NKS and the forces sent to assure security on the borders, with an informal agreement that no border forces will fire upon NKS troops so long as the border is respected. The NKS also has de jure dominion over the Crown Mandates, though due to their inability to assist in governance in the territory the City's Civil Administration has taken over a considerable amount of economic policy, assisted by monetary support from Ellesborg in order to maintain the status quo in the region. On September 20th, 2021, Tavaris declared war on Upper Suvania in response to their alliance with the AoP, who killed 38 Tavari citizens in the bombing of the East Parish Temple of the Church of Akrona in Lantaž, Rodoka in September of 2020. In joining the war, Tavaris backed the claims of the NKS, in particular the Noble Opposition, but have stated their primary strategic aim in the war will be eliminating the AoP.
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 Ekvatora being the only one currently giving open support to the SSR, a fact which has been extremely controversial amongst the Southern SRs, who each have a considerable Akronist population. This controversy resulted in the 3/3 protests, when Akronist students and workers clashed with police and Ekvatori Militia over the munition donations made to the SSR.
Background
Fall of the Suvan Empire
With the Suvan Economic Crisis of the early 20th Century leaving the nation spiralling into periods of decline and recession interspersed by pods of uneasy stagnation, revolution became almost inevitable. The appointed Khan's Council, who were charged with dealing with the crisis, were seen as corrupt and self-serving by the general populous. Many rallied behind ideologies such as Liberalism and Socialism, as well as what became known as Progressism, a left-wing ideology which romanticized the Directorate of National Defence, an administration of unelected Technocrats and Military Leaders which oversaw civil administration between 1785 and 1822, before being dissolved by Oghul Khan in a resolve to rule alone, a heavily unpopular decision at the time. After many failed attempts at revolt and demands for reform, a revolt in the capital of Ogedeikhota (Now Ajikhota) saw the declaration of the Suvan Republic in January 1952, leading to the First Suvani War(Also between the Royalists, whose support base was centred within the rural and unurbanized South, and urban-centred Republicans. The war lasted until 1956 after Vistari involvement in support of Ademarist rebels made it clear the war was untenable to continue. The Treaty of Khamyeta, signed 12 October 1956, split the nation in three. The Suvan Republic was placed in control of the lands east of the Krommetrum Channel, as well as the City and surrounding lands of Khamyeta, while the Royalists maintained control of a majority of Suvan Krommetrum, besides the aforementioned Republican exclave and the Vistari-Supported Ademarist Republic of Autern, whose Independence was reluctantly recognized by the two Suvanias, who would from then on be informally known as Upper and Lower Suvania.
Second Suvani War
While the Suvan Republic had reached their goal of independence from the oversight of the Khanate, many who had fought in the First Suvani War came back unsatisfied with Upper Suvania and it's administration. While Upper Suvania was a much more progressive and free nation than the Absolute Monarchy of Lower Suvania, many found themselves without the reforms they had fought for, causing them to rally behind the Communist SKN and Socialist SKAB. This led to the ruling Social Liberal Forum issuing a blanket ban on all 'anti-democratic' parties, leading to multiple arrests and executions of Progressist, Communist and Trade Unionist leaders. While this was envisioned to reinforce stability in the new democracy, it saw the SKAB to leave government and begin obstructing SLF policies, accelerating the dissolution of the working class population, who soon turned to the SKN, who began openly calling for revolution, reaching a breaking point in the 1969 Burgundy Revolution, toppling the Suvan Republic. The Revolutionaries began referring to themselves using the old Suvani demonym, one which had fallen out of use as the Khans of Suvania began to glorify their Alvan legacy, establishing the Suvani Socialist Republic. This led to a pre-emptive strike on Khamyeta, leading to the Second Suvani War. The War saw a string of victories for the SSR under Tabur Arslan, who was made Chairman-for-life of the SSR. Lower Suvania saw great losses of territory throughout the 15 years of war, with the north of the country being divided between the SSR and Autern, which joined with Grenstad and Nieuwhaven to form the Western Provinces, causing further economic devastation in Lower Suvania and the modern day division of the region of Adelisia/Edalavia.
Khulan Administration
Following the Second Suvani War, Lower Suvania implemented a unicameral legislated parliamentary system which soon became led by right wing populist and anti-communist nationalists, leading to no effort made to cool tensions with Upper Suvania and the Western Provinces. As the Parliamentary Council continued to be dominated by the Far Right NSN (United Suvania Party) and the Centrist (LENN) Liberal Unity Party, the NSN began to slowly increase the limitation of freedoms against non-elven and leftist movements until reaching a point in which the United Suvania Party, Khan's Opposition Party and the National Ayalist Front became the only legal parties of Lower Suvania. This was the climate in which the Ultranationalist Ukhnaagiin Khulan, who ran the country under a pseudo-dictatorship under the NSN. This also saw the raising of tensions with Upper Suvania to a breaking point, leading to the 2020 Adelisian border conflict, After the humiliating defeat of Lower Suvania and the ACC in that conflict, the Khan's Opposition Party began petitioning the Khan to reform the electoral system and dissolve the current NSN government, leading to the Lower Suvan Civil War.