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Dating back to the first day of 2.0, the city of [[Istanbul]] had previously been the centre of pre-Grundeswegian culture, largely involving the same people as Grundeswald before twice moving and ending up in their final location in what they dubbed "voortreks." Since the first voortrek at the end of summer 2013, Istanbul (located on Mt. Augusta's northern border) laid dormant, occupied only by temporary newfriend residents or Augustan citizens who deemed the land theirs but still remained legally claimed by Grundeswald. On August 17, 2014, a former non-Grundeswegian citizen of Istanbul, GTAIVIsBest, announced his intentions to reclaim and revive Istanbul as an independent political entity once again.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/2dtz0y/reclaiming_the_city_of_istanbul/</ref>GTA cited the fact that most of his signs and infrastructure he built while a citizen and minister of the former Istanbulite government were still there, whereas actual Grundeswegian presence in the area was minimal. GTA garnered the support of most of the server's nations, including New Danzilona<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/2dtz0y/reclaiming_the_city_of_istanbul/cjt3lca/?context=3</ref> who saw their independence as an opportunity to undermine Grundeswegian authority in general. NDZ foreign reps built an embassy in Istanbul just a few hours after their declaration of independence, becoming the first nation to officially establish diplomatic ties with them.<ref><nowiki>https://i.imgur.com/zgEKLib.png</nowiki></ref>Over the following 24 hours, Grundeswegian leadership largely collapsed as an official consensus on their response to Istanbul's independence could not be formed.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/2dy9rd/official_grundeswegian_statement_on_istanbul/</ref>Some Grundeswegian and [[Prussia|Prussian]] players reportedly placed pro-Grundeswald signs on the outskirts of Istanbul, but were prevented from entering the city. by the presence of foreign delegates. Istanbul had secured its independence as a Danzilonan ally in an area where border tensions remained high.
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On August 22, 2014, under the guise of a hostile takeover that was actually entirely orchestrated by both sides, Prussia and Grundeswald united to form the Holy Krautchan Empire.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/2eb74z/annexation_of_grundeswald_by_prussia/</ref>Partly modelled on and named after the real life [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire Holy Roman Empire], Grundeswald and Prussia largely remained sovereign as the union was more of a cultural one than a political one; however, the two nations were now electors in the wider HKE, and they each voted on who would be their emperor (which was a figurehead position that for much of the time was occupied by a chicken). Some Danzilonans were worried that Prussia would now be as hostile to them as Grundeswald had been, while others hoped that it would actually help repair ties with Grundeswald as NDZ and Prussia were friendly in the past.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/2eb74z/comment/cjxt524/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref>Driven by their newfound fervor, on August 23rd, a slew of Prussians came to NDZ and jokingly announced that NDZ was also being annexed by Prussia and renamed to "Neu Danzig." A lighthearted situation turned hostile, however, when the Prussians began placing dozens of reinforced pro-HKE signs around the city and changing the names of street signs. Danzilonans spammed and berated the Prussians in proximity chat, to which a Prussian made a public post mocking the Danzilonans for doing so.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/2egt84/a_picture_of_ndz_acting_mature/</ref>A number of Danzilonans travelled to Prussia to attempt to do the same thing but were subsequently banned and driven out.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/2efajc/prussian_grief_cleaned_finally/</ref>Though the grief was cleared the next day, NDZ and Prussia were now also on each other's bad sides for the time being.
On September 1st, the treaty of annexation between Gensokyo and Grundeswald expired, leading Gensokyo to declare independence and ascending to be its own elector within the HKE. Now with the ability to craft and drive their own foreign policy, the Gensoukyoujin leadership decided to get more aggressive toward Riverford and again request more land from them. Riverford's leadership again stonewalled them, citing their agreement to stick to a deadline of January 1, 2015. Unsatisifed, Gensokyo and their HKE allies pushed into Riverford's claims and built a settlement they named Yurtstead. The settlement was populated completely by empty yurts that donned the names of the various HKE residents who built them. Hoping to force Riverford's hand, their plan backfired when the Danzilonan Security Force was called in to defend the DZF town's claims. An ultimatum was given for the HKE to tear down Yurtstead and leave Riverford's claims. The war, which was the very first direct military confrontation between Danzilonans and Grundeswegians, had now begun.
==== Course of the War ====
On September 6, 2014, the ultimatum given by the DSF was shortened to 1 minute, and the HKE residents refused to comply.<ref><nowiki>https://imgur.com/YlOzNLn</nowiki></ref> Completely outnumbered and unprepared militarily, however, the HKE forces fell back when the DSF and their allies invaded and reclaimed Yurtstead, though no HKE citizens were pearled. Later on, however, volunteers from [[Carson (Civcraft)|Carson]] came to the assistance of the HKE and was able to push the DSF back to Riverford proper, resulting in a ceasefire agreement brokered by Mt. Augusta.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/2foa3d/riverford_ceasefire_agreement_by_all_parties/
</ref>Although it was intended to last 24 hours, the ceasefire ended almost immediately when the DSF accused the HKE of breaking it by building within the disputed area and attacked.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/2foa3d/riverford_ceasefire_agreement_by_all_parties/</ref>The HKE did not deny it continued building in Yurtstead but did insist that doing so was within the terms of the ceasefire. Nevertheless, fighting resumed and the HKE was once again driven from Yurtstead.<ref><nowiki>https://imgur.com/UpOA9rQ</nowiki></ref>When a further Carsonite counteroffensive was routed, a stalemate ensued. Behind the scenes, the DZF government had voted to denounce the actions of the DSF and negotiated a peace with Gensokyo, which was declared on September 7th and involved ceding much of the land Gensokyo requested from Riverford.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/2frafg/peace_declared_the_federal_government_negotiates/ckc0b9s/</ref>
==== Aftermath ====
The Danzilonan populace was devastated by the division brought about during the war. Most of the DSF and some of NDZ's original founders planned to leave NDZ and found their own town outside the DZF, but anti-war DZF government officials caught onto their plan and themselves announced their self-exile from NDZ, leading to a total collapse of the federal government.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/2ge3t7/a_farewell/</ref>This division, combined with a natural decline brought about by the end of the summer, essentially halved the population of NDZ. A temporary all-powerful council was declared to fill the power vacuum in the city and to help deal with the ongoing [[Aeginan independence movement]] that was bolstered by NDZ's devastation.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/2glizr/proposal_emergency_governance/</ref>
In the HKE, Grundeswald refocused their attention to Istanbulite independence and attempted to get them to join the HKE, but to no avail.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Grundeswald/comments/2gkyzg/at_the_request_of_kovio_an_official_release_from/</ref>Fatigued by foreign conflict, they instead looked inward and began working on building projects and nationbuilding.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Grundeswald/comments/2hzemd/the_circle_discussion/
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In Gensokyo, its autocrat still remained unhappy with the post-war peace deal and once again attempted to take over Riverford, citing their original January 1st deal. However, this time they did so alone and so were easily pearled by the DSF. They were released after another agreement was reached where no more hostile takeovers of DZF land would be attempted again.<ref><nowiki>https://imgur.com/a/D5Ts0</nowiki></ref>
The Yurtstead War mostly spelled the end of any official relations between NDZ and Grundeswald, with both states focusing attention inward to rebuild themselves after their various crises. However, tensions continued to flare up in various, largely isolated incidents.
=== December 7th Screenname Statue Incident ===
== References ==
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