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* {{flag|Hallow}}

* {{flag|Holy Jaded Empire}}

* {{flag|Polska}}

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*{{flagicon|Hallow}} [[HanTzu]]

*{{flagicon|Laconia}} [[BuckyHD]]

 

*{{flagicon|Latvian Soccer Dogs}} [[ashnwill]]

*{{flagicon|Latvian Soccer Dogs}} [[Pirater]]

 

* Liberation of SPQR territory by Coalition forces.

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The '''NATO-Mir War''', often known as the '''Infinity War''', was a war fought by the nation of [[Mir]] against the [[NATO]] alliance. A rapid expansion of hostilities occurred during the [[War of The Coalition|Ransakistan War]], when the [[Entente]] and [[UDF]] alliances, along with several other previously neutral nations, formed a coalition with Mir. After the fall of [[Ransakistan]], this coalition went on to oppose the NATO alliance, along with the nations of [[Corvus]] who were discovered to be aiding the Ransaki terrorists, and [[Laconia]], who were attacked after their disastrous defeat at the Battle of Hotel California.

 

Notable for lasting over 1.5 years, it remains the longest war in the history of the Civ Genre, dubbed the '''Infinity War''' for its apparent endlessness.

 

The war largely started due to tensions in the city of [[Mt. Augusta]]. These tensions date back to the existence of the [[FRIENDS]] alliance, which frequently had heated disputes with Mir. The FRIENDS alliance would disintegrate on January 4th, when Hallow left. The NATO alliance quickly rose to take its place in the geopolitical sphere, being composed of many of the nations that were in [[FRIENDS]]. Notably, Rhodesia and Laconia did not join this new alliance.

 

Mir then made a post on the subreddit, named "Let the Hammer Fall", declaring war on the NATO alliance. With this post, 30 January 2019 became the official start date of the war.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/alixa4/let_the_hammer_fall/</ref> The NATO alliance at the time consisted of Hallow, the Holy Jaded Empire, Polska, [[Tel Aviv]], [[Annwyn]], [[Valyria]], [[Columbia]], and unofficially [[Rhodesia]]. Over a year later, the war would broaden to include many more combatant nations.

 

 

{{See also|Pinkertown Conflict}}

 

Mir launched a large scale ground attack against the Holy Jaded Empire-owned [[Pinkerton]] vault near Mt. Augusta, and captured it on 2 February. At this time, Pinkerton was a large hole with a diminutive bunker at the center.

 

 

In late February, NATO alleged that Mir had established a bunker in [[SPQR (CivClassic)|SPQR]] territory, intended to be used as attack infrastructure against Hallow. NATO leader [[HanTzu]] approached the leadership of the [[UNC]] alliance, of whom SPQR was a member, and inquired about whether or not they were helping Mir.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/awn39e/united_northern_congress_reaffirmation_of/ehnp1te/</ref> The situation was initially resolved, with the UNC providing an official statement that they would blockade any fighters from either Mir or the NATO alliance. <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/aydgwu/unc_restores_peace_to_spqr/</ref>

NATO responded to this action with anger, renewing their accusations against the UNC of aiding Mir, and launching a full-scale invasion of the SPQR. The SPQR was quickly occupied with little to no resistance, and their leadership was mostly pearled. This caused the SPQR to be undefended during the [[Ransakistan]] conflict, during which it was extensively carpet-bombed with reinforced obsidian.

 

{{See also|First Siege of Sempiternal|Second Siege of Sempiternal}}

 

The Empire of Columbia's vault, Sempiternal, was besieged repeatedly by Mirian forces, until it finally fell on 23 February 2019.

 

{{Main|The Sacking of Hallow}}

 

The city of Hallow was attacked repeatedly from 24 February, until 17 March 2019, when it was finally sacked by Mirian forces. The city's defensive infrastructure was disabled, but the nearby Hallow vault remained operational.

 

 

Rhodesia fell at some point in the early stages of the war. The displaced Rhodesians would later join Columbia, eventually sparking the [[Columbian Bush War]].

 

 

After the sacking of Hallow, Mir considered the majority of their goals achieved. Mir had taken Pinkerton, broken a NATO vault, sacked many of their cities, and pearled 16 NATO members without taking any losses of their own. While Mir made significant progress on the Hallow vault during their attacks, they did not have high enough numbers nor available free time to break it, though a few NATO members and one NATO leader were pearled attempting to defend it. Mir would withdraw from their attacks and return to their own lands, where they worked on building their city, Charon. The following months were a fairly minor time during the war where both sides continued to be constantly vigilant and ready to react to any situation that arose. In Mir's absence, NATO would recapture Pinkerton and Columbia, extending their influence back over those regions. Skirmishes occurred across the map, from Polska to Mir, where NATO had been setting up tunnels and bunkers to attack Mir proper. There were also various PR campaigns throughout this time. Many discussions with neutral nations were had by both sides. The UNC had proposed to join NATO and Mir at different points, but did not.{{Citation needed}}

 

 

Beginning in May 2019, several NATO nations such as [[Valyria]],<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/b1kiqu/to_whom_it_may_concern_nato_news/</ref> [[Annwyn]],<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/c404wh/call_me_french_official_annwyn_surrender/</ref> and [[Columbia]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/d8y1ms/peaceful_intentions/</ref> reached agreements with Mir to peacefully exit the war.

 

 

{{Main|Entente-Laconia War}}

 

Around this time, the leadership of NATO, Corvus, and Laconia began speaking about military cooperation, due to suspicions on NATO's part that the Entente were already helping Mir.

 

{{Main|War of The Coalition}}During December 2019, a group called Ransackistan formed and bombed multiple cities across the map, uniting multiple nations to join together against them. The Ransackistan vault was built partly from NATO materials

 

and also was comprised of various NATO members on alts, which would contribute to the broadening of the war. Though Ransackistan had a large vault and many fighters, it only lasted a week before being broken by the coalition of SATO, Entente, UDF, and Mir. This led Mir to again request other Nations to join the Mir-NATO war, especially after NATO's involvement was discovered.[[File:Parker looks at grief.png|thumb|[[Parker]], a leader of Ransakistan, stands on a glass platform overlooking Okato, [[Okashima]] after obsidian bombing it.]]

 

 

[[File:Post-Mount Doom.png|thumb|Laconian megafortress Mt. Doom, neutralized after a 4 month siege.]]

After over a year of world police forces ignoring Laconia's attempts to negotiate, BlueSylvaer opened negotiations between Laconia and Hjaltland. Following weeks of negotiations with Hjaltland, Laconian and Hjaltland leadership finally agreed on terms for the release of Laconian pearls, but as a result of the loss of Mt. Doom to Hjaltland and reperations to Yoahtl for not upholding their deal with bgbba.

 

 

[[File:Pinkerton_vault.png|thumb|The Pinkerton vault, before falling for the second time.]]

Some time after the fall of Pinkerton to Mirian forces near the start of the war, it was recaptured by the Holy Jaded Empire, who built a new megavault there. This megavault fell for the second time, to Coalition forces, some time after the fall of Mt. Doom.

 

{{Main|The Fall of Corvus}}

 

{{Main|The Battle of The Crucible}}

 

{{Main|Siege of Columbia}}

 

 

 

On 27 June 2020, Coalition forces broke into the Hallow vault, following a massive siege, with ~60 attackers, lasting over 24 hours. The pearl of FlashMigma was freed, and the pearls of attackers ComradeRick and hockey328 were lost in the process. Kicky, a NATO fighter, was pearled by Mir. Hallow remains the largest vault to be successfully attacked in the history of the genre.

 

 

[[File:Best Western.png|thumb|The Holy Jaded Empire's megavault, Best Western, before its fall to Coalition forces.]]

On 18 July 2020, Coalition forces broke the Holy Jaded Empire's vault, Best Western, following another massive 24 hour siege. During the fight, various pearls that had been secured throughout the war were released, including those belonging to Lodish, bgbba, ComradeRick, among others. ObtainableSplat [https://youtu.be/2-oBTerG_Io?t=90 was pearled] after falling off of the skybridge, but was later freed when Vault 76 was broken on the same day. The remaining pearls that were unreleased from Best Western by Pirater were carried by Crackerjack to the vault known as the Litterbox. This vault was constructed by the [[Zoomers]], a group of players that joined NATO's side in the Infinity War after migrating from the Geographica server.

 

 

On 19 July 2020, Coalition forces broke the last remaining NATO vault, the Litterbox, located near SPQR, which held the last remaining pearls acquired by NATO during the war. This marked the end of NATO as a functioning military force and the conclusion of the war.

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{{POV}}

The Infinity War had a massive influence on server population and desire to play. Critics of the war claim that its world wide nature, lack of nuance, and effective [[Jargon#Permapearled|permapearling]] of individuals resulted in a drop-off of player activity. Others claim that nobody was ever effectively permapearled during the duration of the war, and argue that most captured pearls were simply on POW status, awaiting sentencing and or release for time served until after the conflict ended. This has been the case for most, but some were held for significantly longer without proper sentencing.

There is some evidence that server population is recovering though in the immediate aftermath of the conflict. Imperial Truidence, Icenia, and SPQR have all shown signs of a boost in activity and it remains to be seen if this will continue into the future.

 

 

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