Nationalist Republic of Kalestania
Nationalist Republic of Kalestania | |
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 Map of Kalestanian Territory and Semi-Autonomous Republics | |
| Status | Active |
| Capital | Valen Sandbox |
| Membership | 6 |
| Government | Semi-Democratic Stratocracy |
• | September 3rd, 2018 |
| Currency | Kalestanian Valerya |
Summary
The Nationalist Republic of Kalestania, abbreviated as NRK, is a faction that was formed in September 2018 in response to the first disbanding of AEF. The nation of Kalestania, in universe, is based on 2010s and modern day Ukraine, using a slightly modified version of the Ukrainian language and making use of a Ukrainian aesthetic for roleplay purposes. Kalestania was originally an oligarchy with the ranks "Presidential Commander" and "General of the Army" acting as joint leaders. The "Presidential Commander of Kalestania" has not changed since it's founding, to this day the position is still held by Jarck. The position "General of the Army" was first held by Junebug482 but, over the years it has been held by further individuals. These individuals, in order from oldest to most recent are: Junebug482, Baccio, and Kiwi. The position is currently held by Paloma. Kalestania has been home to many people over the years, having a member count over thirty at its height. Today, Kalestania is a minor power with the ability to effectively project influence across the meta.
Early Days Era (First Republic Period)
The founders of Kalestania, Jarck and Junebug482, were originally a part of the Assault Expeditionary Force, recruited in a campaign to secure more manpower for an assault on Dirtbox. Technically, Kalestania was founded by three people, the third being an individual by the name of OfficerPenguin. However, OfficerPenguin had renounced his leadership position early into the group's founding. Though the official founding of Kalestania is considered to be September 3, 2018, the group technically existed for 2–3 months prior, remaining silent until Jarck and Junebug482 could produce sufficient ACF technology. With ACF development hitting a brick wall due to the lack of sufficient external resources on how it functioned, Kalestania began to look for advice from outside forces. This salvation was found in the True Chaos Insurgency (TCI), with the inhabitants of the now defunct Pootland Sandbox providing Kalestania with the knowledge of how to build ACF turrets. Kalestania's presence on Pootland eventually, contact was made with the Republic of Sovinia (SOVN), considered to be Kalestania's first ally. This led to the foundation of Kalestania's first military alliance, the "Gresten Alliance". This pact was very short lived, only deploying once in defensive maneuvers against The Authority on SSPH in early October 2018. Seeing the potential in Kalestania, with its decent amount of members and knowledge of ACF, Sovinia invited Kalestania to join the war against the Server Defense Force, and FOXCBM, leading Kalestania to become an official member of the first incarnation of the Garry's Mod Alliance Pact (GMAP). Kalestanian archivists generally place this event at the end of the Early Days era.
GMAP Era (First Republic Period)
The GMAP era lasted from October 2018 to mid-December 2018 and was Kalestania's first introduction the broader international community. GMAP was in the midst of their war with the Server Defense Force (SDF) their proxies united under the Eagle Initiative (EI) and Kalestania was eager to prove itself on the field of battle. This battle would eventually come in the form of a short tank battle on Ilya's Slavetown Sandbox. The battle was unorganized and chaotic at first, with EI forces aimlessly wandering around being picked off by GMAP defenses manned by forces from Kalestania, Sovinia, New Germania, Izakia and many others. After the initial chaos, the battle was organized into 2v2 tank battles which notably, required an Izakian tank to fight on the side of the EI tank due to lack of willingness from EI troops to fight. After this battle, Kalestania kept pushing to further their membership in GMAP, asking for a seat in the GMAP Security Council which at the time included C.G.I, RSMF, SOVIN, RFAS, GKR and SSRB. After the Coalition War ended and SDF surrendered, GMAP for the most part went into hibernation. By this point, Kalestania was inching into the Izakian sphere. Contact with them was made due to their siding with GMAP in the Coalition War. This closeness eventually led to Kalestania joining the first iteration of the Petrograd Pact in December of 2018.
New Year"s War / Offensive Plan: Firestorm Era (First Republic Period)
One of Kalestania's most defining historical periods is what is widely referred to as the "New Years War" but, is internally referred to as "Offensive Plan: Firestorm". This was a plan to assemble an alliance of multiple groups to fight a war against the Assault Expeditionary Force (AEF). AEF was declared defunct in late August of 2018 but prepared to return on New Year's Eve of that year. Kalestania went into this conflict with the belief that they would be reinforced by a collection of groups that agreed to fight alongside them but, almost all of these groups withdrew their support once the war began with the exception of IZK in a minor supporting role. Even facing overwhelming odds, Kalestania refused to back down and continued forward with the plan to attack AEF. On New Year's Eve of 2018, Kalestanian forces engaged the AEF garrison stationed on Trump's Hair. Kalestanian forces were outnumbered 10 to 1, with only 3 members joining to fight the over 12-man strong AEF garrison. Kalestania's biggest oversight in the lead up to the war was lack of intelligence, with the Kalestanian High Command being fed a constant stream of false information by double agents planted within the group. Due to this, the Kalestanian High Command had absolutely no prior indication on the strength of AEF forces and their technological superiority.