Fryslân
Fryslân is a country.
History
Fryslân was announced on the same day that Mexico collapsed, and has been seen as its successor state ever since. The reason for the relocation southwards is to access South Sea naval traffic. While this surge in naval trade has not entirely taken place - Fryslân has only one port and one ship - the state has still proved somewhat of an innovator in naval matters, creating the world's first ever submarine.
Frisian Civil War
Since its birth, Fryslân had operated under the principles of anarcho-capitalism. All of its territory was officially the property of the corporation Fryslân Inc. with the CEO acting as ruler. This status quo was met with unrest for much of the small state's early history - workers went on strike to demand their rights, looking to the Water Tribe for inspiration; liberal abolitionists were inspired by the balanced powers of the state seen in the nearby AAPC; and a small group looked towards the Earth Kingdom's monarchical structure as a model to emulate.
On the 11th of July 2021, the Frisian civil war began as a group of communists seized control of the Snitser Terp, a strategic location in the centre of the country, and refused access to all Fryslân Inc. employees. Seeing this, abolitionists on the small island of Nij-Starum in the Nij-Fryslân colonies followed by taking control of the island's administration. The Communists released a manifesto, calling for a minimum wage and the end of corporate rule.
The Frisian Communist Manifesto
The conflict soon escalated in the region. The Quadruple Alliance (consisting of the Air Nation, Fire Nation, Water Tribe, and Cassland) issued a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire, anxious about the conflict spilling into Water Tribe territory. The Ratzorean government offered its support to the communists following a reconnaissance mission, setting a precedent for support to far-left groups in foreign conflicts, soon followed by the Free Territory. The Earth Kingdom navy was deployed to protect the Western Canal where construction began on shore fortifications and gates. Atlas, a relatively new and far nation at this time, stated moral support for the revolutionaries and said they would accept all refugees. Notably, neither the anarcho-capitalists nor the abolitionists received foreign support.
People of Fryslan, rise up against your oppressors! Strike now, while the iron is hot, and liberate yourself from the chains of capital! We in the Free Territory already enjoy the freedom and liberty of a classless, stateless society. We invite you to join us in our paradise, without status nor class nor poverty to mar our beautiful world.
Press release cosigned by the People's Association for Foreign Affairs and the Comrade-General of the Free Territory, published in the Mercenary Monthly on the 12th of July 2021
Communist offensives continued, with the expansion of territory on the mainland and landings in Skylge and West-Fryslân. Abolitionists gained a toehold on the provincial capital of Nij-Ljouwert. While the communist forces saw a fair deal of early success on the mainland, their overseas adventures failed as the West-Frisian offensive starved in the deserts and the Skylge offensive petered out shortly after it started. Abolitionists employed a reverse strategy, securing increasingly larger islands at corporate expense until they reached the mainland. As the communist ability to secure the mainland began to peter out under increasingly militaristic corporate resistance (earlier doctrines held sway that violence was inherently antithetical to capitalism, so the corporation did not resist), the monarchists brewed on Nij-Ljouwert. They rose up to partition the island with the local abolitionists, thereby ousting corporate rule from Nij-Fryslân entirely after abolitionists seized the remaining islands. They picked Vidcom, a merchant who frequented the port, as their king. Vidcom did not accept this request and had moved his company's ships to the AAPC before this uprising began.
While the abolitionists gradually seized control of the remnants of Skylge, West-Fryslân, and Nij-Fryslân, the communists found themselves increasingly pushed back by vengeful corporate militias. Attempting to expand westwards to link up with an untouched communist pocket, they were caught off-balance by a sudden offensive to their north, bringing their capital of Snits into jeopardy. Mass defections began as the communists in Snits, or "Eastern Communists", began to feel the war was hopeless. In the western pocket, an offensive would soon begin as the party split between the two cliques. Abolitionists soon severely hampered the progress of this corporate offensive in Snits as they managed to seize control of the capital, Ljouwert, around the same time that monarchists began landings on the mainland.
While the corporate capital languished as Ljouwert Tower was put to siege and CEO Steef forced to flee to an underground bunker, independent corporate militia were able to land at Nij-Ljouwert and seize control of the docks while remaining militia in Snits continued their offensive against the communists. Shortly before this happened, two significant events happened: the signing of the Treaty of Borealis, and the outbreak of the Mexican War. The Treaty was an effort by the Quadruple Alliance and Earth Kingdom to bring about a peaceful end to the conflict, which guaranteed a free assembly with each of the four Frisian regions guaranteed a representative. The communists signed this deal while the others did not. This diplomatic effort soon lost interest as events in New Mexico took greater priority for the great powers.
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