The Federal Kingdom of Vau'sena

[Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Kuwhara, Rangat- 17 November 2053

Annalies Willems, Cosonan News Network]

     The war in the Kuata Strait opened quickly- the robust Korlanic Navy wasted no time surrounding, besieging, and bombarding the islands of Hokoihoko and Hokotae off of the coast of Ramisola, Vau’sena’s largest island and home to over 74 million people in the constituencies of Kuwhara and Volios. After capturing Hokoihoko in only four days of conflict, Korlanic forces looked to make quick work of the Kuwharan province of Hokotae to complete its conquest of the Korlanic Isles before advancing into the heart of Kuwharan society on Ramisola. 

     Uniting the various ethnically Korlanic populations of Ailou has been a long-standing goal of Korlanic Rangatira Ikaroa Storinka, with Kuwhara’s status as a democratic and patriotic constituency of the Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena resting as a particular thorn in Storinka’s side. From its broad ethnic and linguistic diversity to its democratic leadership centered in the Ripieran constituency of Cosona, the very existence of the Vau’senaan state flies in the face of Storinka’s Ilfiatist ideology of control and uniformity. The ideological struggle simmering across the Kuata Strait came to a boil in late June, culminating in the ongoing battle on the Island of Hokotae.

      The Battle of Hokotae, however, has proved to be far from the decisive victory that Korlan experienced on the island of Hokoihoko. Zones of control remain static as the battle drags into its 134th day, a fact held as a point of pride by Vau’senaan defenders initially caught encircled flat-footed by the sudden blockade. The beginning of the Korlanic attack employed brutal tactics to bring the island to its knees- a campaign of etymological warfare that employed swarms of locusts to destroy crops and block out targeting systems on the island, the deployment of chemical weapons into population centers, and the assassination of leading logistics directors which sent the island into famine and allowed Korlanic landing parties to make footholds on the south of the island. 

     The Korlanic blockade was first broken on the 21st day of the battle, however, through the use of new implosion-type precision ordinances by the Royal Vau’senaan Air Force. While the specifics of this new Vau’senaan weapon have remained highly classified, observers have described the missile’s implosive force as sufficient to rip a third of a battleship away in under 30 seconds, blasting away surrounding seawater and slowly falling into the air pocket left behind until losing power about 45 seconds after impact, leaving the battered ship to be crushed by the force of returning seawater. Each of the three times the new weapon has been deployed in significant numbers onto the battlefield it has seen crushing success, breaking blockades on the 21st, 77th, and 115th days of the battle, each time allowing between 6 and 18 days for Vau’senaan forces to bring in supplies, transport casualties and civilians to Ramisola, and even permitting the damaged aircraft carrier CMV Kiti Firine'a to be evacuated to Cosona for repairs. The Vau’senaan access to Hokotae, however punctuated by returning Korlanic ships, has proved crucial in repelling the Korlanic Army from the regional capital and largest city Hēre, which has come near to being encircled on numerous occasions.

     The Battle of Hokotae has come at a heavy cost to attacking Korlanic forces. According to a statement given by the Dive’ira’Ministerie Vau’senaan (Vau’senaan Ministry of Defense), Defense Minister Liyet Ts’iyniyn estimates Korlanic casualties on the island to have reached 125,000 since the beginning of the invasion, putting Korlanic casualties suffered on the ground at a higher figure than those sustained in the 28 July nuclear strike which wiped out an estimated 100,000 embarked forces in deep water in the middle of the Kuata Strait. The Vau’senaan defense of Ponder has seen its own successes, succeeding in deterring an invasion at all from being launched from the Korlanic-occupied Hegiite province. However, the unfolding Korlanic invasion of Pylerick threatens to expose the Vau’senaan mainland to danger from Korlanic weaponry.

[Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Volios, Mokaia- 28 June 2053

Annalies Willems, Cosonan News Network]

     On the morning of the 18th, the New Republic of Korlan launched a coordinated attack on Vau’sena, propelling Vau’sena and the Southern Alliance into war with Korlan and the Allied Effective. The opening of the war has seen fighting erupt through Korlanic naval assaults on the Volian city of Drapeta and the Kuwharan islands of Hokoihoko and Hokotae, as well as skirmishes against the Korlanic Army and an unmarked vessel on Sonder and in the Led Eteijer Sea, respectively.

Republic of Volios, Óplo County (Volios Dimokratía, Komiteía Óplo), Drapeta

     The first shots of the war were fired against the City of Drapeta in Volios at 7:15 AM by the Korlanic Navy. The 3 hour-long assault heavily damaged the city’s port, which serves as a major port of entry for shipments to Ramisola from Western Ailou, Rheasilvia, and Eastern Zapita. Damages to the port and the danger presented by the Korlanic assault are expected to cost Volios upwards of VSP 70 billion in damages and lost trade this year, compounding Vau’senaan economic constraints felt though its loss of an economically-viable neighbor in the former Great Hegi and the existing restrictions to trade with Ailou due to the fracture of the South Samudric League over tensions between Vau’senaan and Korlanic-aligned nations.

     Despite these constraints to the regional economy however, Volios has seen a massive wave of pro-Vau’senaan sentiment in the last week which has led nearly 90,000 people in the province to volunteer for military service, causing lines in some recruitment offices to stretch for nearly a kilometer in major cities as former conscripts rally to the nation’s defense. Volunteer organizations have been seen passing out food and water to those in line, much of which has been generously donated by local restaurants and food banks. Volian news networks have been closely following the developing tensions between Vau’sena and Korlan over Korlan’s recent claims to the Vau’senaan State of Kuwhara, which falls in line with the Ilfiatist policies of Korlanic Rangatira Ikaroa Storinka.

The Korlanic assault on the coastal city was quickly repelled by the arrival of Vau’senaan naval forces from Patrasini, which suceeded in driving Korlanic forces from Drapteta south where they met up with additional Korlanic forces surrounding the Kuwharan island province of Hokotae.

State of Kuwhara, Hokotae Province (Te Kawanatanga o Kuwhara, Rohe o Hokotae)

     Just as the assault on the Volian city of Drapeta was commencing, Korlanic naval forces rushed to encircle the Kuwharan island province of Hokotae. Vau’senaan coastal defenses on Hokotae and on the Volian province of Toronae were quick to open fire on Korlanic forces, with over 43,000 losses being recorded on both sides in the opening hour of what is now being called the Battle of Hokotae. The Korlanic offensive has been stalled however as the Vau’senaan defense has launched a tactical nuclear strike onto amassed Korlanic forces in the Kuata Strait, with over 100,000 estimated Korlanic casualties amassed in the first wartime nuclear strike in Ulina’s history. 

     Aside from Hokotae’s nuclear team, the island’s defense has been spearheaded by the Naval and Air Forces stationed at Hērē Naval and Air Force base, which is home to Carrier Strike Group 4 led by the supercarrier CMV Kiti Firine'a. Military authorities have initiated an emergency draft of all eligible persons across Kuwhara to augment the joint volunteer and conscript forces currently in place, and a similar draft is expected to be enacted in the rest of the country in the coming weeks. The Korlanic blockade of Hokotae serves to severely limit how long the island can hold off against a protracted Korlanic assault, with food and ammunition reserves suddenly being placed under strict rations.

State of Kuwhara, Kumara Province (Te Kawanatanga o Kumara, Rohe o Kumara), Hokoihoko Pā

     The small island of Hokoihoko, home to just over 50,000 people in the lone city of Hokoihoko Pā, has been the first Vau’senaan territory to fall victim to Korlanic invasion. The Naval and Air Force detachment garrisoned in the city endured 4 days of bombardment until Korlanic forces made landfall just after noon on the 22nd, taking the city center just before 11 PM. The occupation saw dozens of summary executions into the next two days, including both surviving defenders and local historians and biologists who warned occupying forces against opening the city’s “beetle wall” to occupy the rest of the island.

     The island of Hokoihoko is home to the Maina Whenua Beetle, a type of beetle native only to the island which, when stepped on with over 35 kg (~80lbs) of force explodes with the force of a small hand grenade. The beetle saw extensive use by Kuwharans defending against Notogiite invasion in the 1300s as beetles would be placed under stairs in towers as landmines and in crossbow bolt tips made of soft lead, which would deform and detonate the bugs upon striking a solid surface. The city itself, which traditionally made its money through trade of the bugs, kept them out of the town by building a smooth wall which they would pour pepper oil over, as the beetles cannot climb greased surfaces and are repelled by the capsaicin which gives peppers their spice. Since occupying the town, the Korlanic forces have reportedly blasted open a section of the wall in order to occupy the island’s interior for a larger air base than exists within the walled town and for the construction of new coastal defenses. The island’s only hospital has come under severe strain as Korlanic soldiers coming into contact with the beetles pushes them to capacity, leaving some to speculate that the Vakasavuliga biocide compound may be used in the near future by occupying forces to clear out the dangerous wildlife.

Republic of Ponder, South Sonder Province (Repubblicam di Ponder, Provincae Ponder di Sudam), Pantofolaio

     Gunfire rung out across the Sonder-Ponder border on the 19th as the Korlanic Army stationed in Sonder began shooting down anyone who came close to the border, civilian and military alike and leaving 46 dead. Very little supporting equipment has been observed with the attacking forces that is capable of supporting a true invasion, leaving military officials to speculate that the forces in Ponder are using the violence as a scare tactic to discourage an incursion by Vau’senaan forces into the North. Vau’senaan troops have advanced to monitor the situation, and several shootouts initiated by both sides have brought in another 22 fatalities and nearly 90 injuries as a result.

     Vau’senaan rocket artillery stationed in Pantofolaio have begun a bombardment campaign against the Korlanic naval base established near the town of St. Frederick in Sonder. Despite Sonder’s official status as a territory of the Hegiite Unitary Republic, the central government’s absence during the Hegiite Civil War has given Warden Bean Jadanovic of Kundock Prison complete control over the island’s affairs. Under Jadanovic’s administration Sonder has aligned itself closely with Ikaroa Storinka and the New Republic of Korlan, culminating in the establishment of a Korlanic naval base near the Sonder-Ponder border at St. Frederick and the occupation of the entire territory by the Korlanic Army.

     The outbreak of hostilities between Korlan and Vau’sena resulted in amassed Vau’senaan forces in Ponder being unable to deploy to the Southern Alliance member states of Etola, Mudkippia, Abantu, and Uraj Ah along with their attached firepower, which is being redirected at repelling Korlanic forces surrounding the strategic location of Ponder. Ponder also possesses a nuclear team similar to the one stationed in Hokotae, making any attempt at invasion by Korlan extremely risky.

Led Eteijer Sea

     During a routine patrol of the Led Eteijer Sea between the Kuwharan province of Hamatangi and the Dhrallic island of Pylerick, a Vau’senaan naval detachment came under attack by an unflagged vessel at about 7:20 PM on the 24th. The Vau’senaan naval report painted a grim picture of the encounter, with the vessel appearing out of nowhere and quickly dissecting the Vau’senaan defenders before disappearing in the same way that it came. Specific details concerning the attack remain classified, but the name of the ship has been revealed to be the S.S. Abaddon.

[Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Kuwhara, Tupuaki- 1 May 2052

Annalies Willems, Cosonan News Network]

     Blood fills the streets across the Korlanic archipelago this past week as new evidence uncovered by an anonymous source in Taone Nui reveals the latest and most severe of the Korlanic government’s crackdowns on dissent under the Ilfiatist regime.

     The footage, which was collected from secondary sources throughout the country, shows scenes of near-unimaginable violence. Midnight exterminations of entire families in their homes, protestors gunned down in the middle of the day with automatic weapons, missiles fired into boats of deserting soldiers, chemical weapons launched into buildings full of people and an entire city in Mellmore burned to the ground are just a few of the truly horrific scenes that have become ubiquitous with Korlanic Rangatira Ikaroa Storinka’s extreme ideology of fear. 

     According to a now-deceased operative who was reportedly executed in public in the city of Seredina on Tuesday of last week, the new wave of terror sweeping across Korlan is part of a new project called Operation Tahuna, targeting all perceived opponents of the Storinka administration and their families. This campaign of extermination has manifested under the command of Rangatira Ikaroa Storinka and Rangamarsolo Iseleli Faletau, the leading figure within the Korlanic military. Estimates of the number killed so far during Operation Tahuna range from 22,000 to as many as 50,000, a number which is only expected to rise in coming weeks.

[Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Cosona, Asdas- 20 April 2052

Annalies Willems, Cosonan News Network]

     Today, two weeks after the government’s ultimatum towards the Holy Resurrection of Dhraul (more commonly referred to by their alias, the Blackbirds) was met by a direct attack against President Ataahua Parata and 25 days after the brutal terrorist attacks committed by the interim government which left over 2,100 dead across Vau’sena, the Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena has finally made its course of action clear: A surprise invasion of Blackbird-controlled Southern Criopt which has already begun.      The Vau’senaan invasion of Blackbird Southern Criopt commenced just after 2:50 AM local time with simultaneous landings on the small island of Pylerick in the Led Eteijer Sea and on the main island of Criopt near the city of Soucanard. In preparation for today’s attack, Vau’senaan landing parties have been outfitted with high-mobility climbing gear and fall protection, night-vision equipment, and magic protection consisting of gasoline spray for extinguishing Dhrallic fire and Valtanach copper armor inserts, which reduces damage taken by magical attacks by converting between 30-35% of magic which strikes it into ice. Today’s landing parties additionally have two Dhrallic guides each assigned to them to assist with navigating Dhraul’s notoriously difficult terrain, which is dotted with gravity-defying vertically-aligned magical cities and towns. The first landing parties have started their landings by offering food, medicine, and clean water on Vau’senaan-flagged landing drones going in front of them as a sign of good will, which has reportedly been met with varying levels of success by commanders on the ground.

     Today’s landing has been prefaced by months of trouble between Vau’sena and the Fletaute-based breakaway Blackbird government in southern Criopt. A marketplace bombing in Valtinn, Turifeth in February leaving 11 dead along with the now-infamous 26 March attacks have left the Vau’senaan populace reeling and desperate for answers from the government on a possible response, which has drawn much criticism for its tight-lipped approach following initial announcements at the time of the attack. The death toll of the 26 March attacks has climbed to 2,140 as the cause of death begins to shift from direct injuries received at the sites of the attacks to those caused by longer-term issues such as respiratory disease from toxic smoke inhalation. 

     The nation was also shocked by an ambitious magical attack delivered by the Blackbird leader Zuriel Nash against President Ataahua Parata on the 6th, in which a magical letter addressed to be from the Dhrallic Hoor government leader Logh McCarish exploded into magical flame, blinding President Parata and bearing reminiscence to Nash’s paralyzing attak against Cosonaan President Samuel Titus in 2026. President Parata stood beside Queen Lucerne I as the Queen delivered the announcement in a press conference at the Royal Palace this morning. President Parata and Cosonaan Representative Arcisio Batzi revealed during the press conference that the Stadta’asembli’enn Vau’senaan voted in secret in 81% favor of the invasion on the 10th of this month. 

     Queen Lucerne I currently rests in a difficult position as she works to combat both Blackbird aggression to the north and to contain a provocative Ilfiatist Korlan under Ikaroa Storinka to the south with the help of the Southern Alliance. Vau’sena has yesterday afternoon offered an exchange of 20 nonviolent Korlua prisoners who are serving time on charges from corporate espionage to money laundering in exchange for the safe return of Vau’senaan citizens trapped in Korlan. The two governments are expected to meet later today to discuss staff rotations in the Vau’senaan embassy and its associated consulates in Korlan, which have been delayed for three weeks as a result of Korlanic restrictions on the freedom of movement and diplomatic immunity of Vau’senaan diplomatic staff.

[Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Kuwhara, Hēre- 30 March 2052

Annalies Willems, Cosonan News Network]

     Vau’senaan patrols in the Kuata strait have been greatly increased in frequency following an announcement by the New Republic of Korlan announcing plans to test a large Vakasavuliga-type chemical weapon there.

     The Kuata Strait, a wide strait between the Vau’senaan State of Kuwhara and the Korlanic State of Arepa, serves both as a natural barrier between Korlan and Vau’sena as well as a valuable fishing zone for Kuwharan fishing crews. The robust Kuwharan fishing industry is dominated by the provinces of Hokotae, Kumara, and Hamatangi, with the island province of Hokotae bringing in over 1 billion Spencs worth of revenue from the industry, primarily from the waters of the Kuata Strait. 

     The Vakasavuliga bomb designed by the Korlanic military under Ikaroa Storinka is a catch-all biocide, capable of rapidly killing all organic life caught within th blast zone. The Storinka has previously tested one of such weapons in the Strait on the small island of Manene, an island in Arepa province which supported an ethnically-Kuwharan population of 530 before its extinguishment by the Storinka administration. Since the first detonation, the Kuwharan Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has mandated that all fish caught off of Kuwhara’s southern coast be tested for unusual contaminants, which have been detected in fishery catches worth around 220,000 Spencs since last year. It is usually obvious when a school of fish has been affected by chemicals released in a Vakasavuliga blast as soon as a catch is landed, as affected fish often suffer from damaged or missing eyes and fins and a distinct sulfiric smell.

     The upcoming Vakasavuliga test is only the latest in a series of tit-for-tat reactions between the Vau’senaan and Korlanic governments as relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate at an alarming pace. As the Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena prepares to re-open its airspace to domestic and international flights for the first time since the devastating 26 April attacks perpetrated by the Blackbirds in the former Great Hegi, Vau’senaan Minister of Transportation Almar Liytens has announced that Vau’senaan airspace will remain closed to the New Republic of Korlan indefinitely, including all aircraft flagged to and coming from Korlan. This declaration comes in response to the decision by the Korlanic government on the 26th to arbitrarily execute all passengers arriving by plane in Korlan from Vau’sena.

[Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Kuwhara, Rangat- 27 March 2052

Annalies Willems, Cosonan News Network]

     The dust settles on a country in mourning. Reports from the rescue sites have been disappointing thus far- for every person found alive on the ground at the Tsentri’enn’bank Vau’senaan around ten more victims are recovered dead, and queues for these bodies to be identified are in the dozens for each technician. What few ambulance crews can be spared have been working round-the-clock to transport victims from Tiffany General Hospital to facilities in other cities to make room for victims of yesterday’s attack. The military has established on-site hospital units in Asdas, Tiffany, and Bradàn, which have been indispensable to medical staff on the ground. Scenes from other disaster zones are no better- In Feliway, a 5 year old boy was the youngest of seven additional passengers from Orizonte Flight 230 who died in the hospital overnight. The City of Bradàn has confirmed the death of Valtanach Governor Simidh Mac a'Mhiadhaich along with one other senator who was brought into ICU last night, while two other senators have been downgraded to the High Dependency Unit and are expected to recover further. No more wreckage has been located from Cholevaera Flight 1200 in the Led Eteijer Sea, to the dismay of family members waiting at disaster information centers in Volios, Stavrokis and Cosona, Asdas. 

     In a press conference given by Queen Lucerne I today, the government’s response has been clear- the Blackbird administration in the south of Dhraul must turn over Zuriel Nash to Vau’senaan custody along with all other officials involved with the planning and execution of the attacks- or face war.

     Zuriel Nash- leader of “The Holy Resurrection of Dhraul” terrorist organization, also called the Blackbirds- has been identified by a captured member of the Blackbirds in Feliway as the primary mastermind behind the attacks carried out yesterday across Vau’sena. The Blackbird government has additionally been the perpetrators of an ongoing genocide against the ethnically Rutherish inhabitants of Mainland Dhraul since late 2050 which has claimed thousands more lives and sent tens of thousands fleeing into Vau’sena for refuge. Zuriel Nash has been a wanted figure in Cosona since her 2026 shooting of then-President Samuel Titus in Ponder, Berravene during the Pollution Crisis. 

[Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Kuwhara, Rangat-  26/27 March 2053 Midnight Issue

Annalies Willems, Cosonan News Network]

     Today the nation held its breath as a string of devastating terrorist attacks were unleashed across Vau’sena this morning. As the smoke clears from a day of terror and anguish, it becomes hauntingly apparent that suffered the largest coordinated terrorist attack in history. All flights in Vau’senaan airspace were immedately grounded and the military and police deployed to airports, train stations, and public spaces as the government scrambled to construct a response.

      Kingdom of Cosona (Coronaie au Cosona), Spencia, Tiffany      At 10h50, the first and most devastating of today’s attacks was carried out as CosonAir Flight 43 en route from Cosona, Tiffany to Catican, Catican City was flown into its target at the headquarters of the Tsentri’enn’bank Vau’senaan (Central Bank of Vau’sena) shortly after takeoff with 193 on board, including 7 flight crew and the 5 hijackers reported in calls to emergency services. It is estimated that over one thousand of the bank’s 11,000 employees were killed as the building collapsed just 45 minutes later at 11:35. Tiffany’s hospital system has quickly become overwhelmed with thousands of injuries, making matters worse.

     Union of Castaña (Unión de Castaña), Feliway, Feliway      At 11h08, the second of today’s attacks was carried out prematurely on the runway of Castaña International Airport (AIC), killing 60 including 4 of the aircraft’s 5 flight crew along with 2 attackers and injuring 90 more. Orizonte Flight 230, scheduled en route from Castaña, Feliway to Katastrofia, Monikisca and running 30 minutes late, had been lined up and waiting for permission to begin the takeoff roll when AIC Tower received news of the attack in Tiffany and decided to order OZ-230 back to the gate along with all other departing aircraft.

      In response from the announcement from the captain that the flight had been unexpectedly cancelled, the two hijackers in first class rushed the cockpit in attempt to continue their attack. The hijackers failed to wrestle control of the plane from the flight crew however, and one detonated the bomb strapped to his chest to avoid being captured. While the force of the explosion tore through the first 10 rows of the aircraft, it was not enough to kill the third hijacker in the back of the plane, who was immediately pinned down by the last surviving flight attendant and two passengers before he had a chance to kill himself. The surviving hijacker has been identified as Stuart MacPin, who proudly confessed the attacks to be organized by the Dhrallic Blackbird leader Zuriel Nash after hearing of the devastation of today’s other attacks.

      State of Valtinn ( Stáite na Valtinn), Seilcheann, Bradàn      At 11h15, CosonAir Flight 99 en route from Cosona, Sielva to Valtinn,  Bradàn was flown into the Valtanach State Capitol building with 150 on board, including 6 flight crew and 5 attackers. The force of the explosion tore apart the Senate Chamber, which was in session at the time. Of the 46 Senators present at the time of the attack, only 9 are confirmed to have survived- 4 of which remain in ICU, and it is unknown whether they will pull through. The current death toll is confirmed to stand at over 200, with over a hundred people including Governor  Simidh Mac a'Mhiadhaich still missing and nearly 900 additional injuries.

     Kingdom of Cosona (Coronaie au Cosona), Asdas, Asdas      At 11h41, Cholevaera Flight 860 en route from Volios, Nikaiens to Cosona, Asdas flew into the headquarters of the Royal Armed Forces of Vau’sena, also known as the Sexagon, with 98 on board, including 4 flight crew and 3 attackers. At least 120 servicepeople and 30 civilian contractors primarily concentrated in the Royal Army and Royal Air Force divisions of the building are confirmed to be dead, with over two dozen still missing. Current estimates place the number dead at just over 300, with almost 700 more additional injuries. High Commander Miyeke Aa’skant of the Royal Vau’senaan Army was confirmed dead this afternoon- the highest-ranked fatality of the Armed Forces.

     In spite of the chaos unfolding just 2 kilometers away and a warning to evacuate given by city officials, the Stadta’asembli’enn Vau’senaan led by Cosonaan Representative Arcisio Batzi and Kuwharan Representative Manaaki Hohaia defiantly continued to discuss the proposed ban on political donations coming from the bloc of nations known as the “Allied Effective” led by Korlanic President Ikaroa Storinka. The resolution was voted upon at 13h20, passing with an overwhelming 96% of the vote. Of the 4% who did not vote for the bill, half of those were abstentions from the few senators who were either not present or evacuated the chamber.

    Led Eteijer Sea      At 12h26, Cholevaera Flight 1200 en route from Cosona, Asdas to Volios, Stavrokis went down in the Led Eteijer Sea with 169 people on board, including 6 flight crew and 4 attackers. Calls made to authorities from the aircraft using the on-board wifi indicated that the four attackers waited until the aircraft was far enough from shore that they believed military aircraft would be unable to respond in time. Because news of the previous attacks had made their way to the passengers over the internet however, they knew already that they would certainly die if they did not fight back against the attackers. A group of passengers wrestled down the two attackers who stayed in the main cabin and began trying to break down the door of the flight deck before the aircraft pitched down into a roll, losing radar contact seconds later. While the exact sequence of events is unclear, it is believed at this point that one of the hijackers in the flight deck activated their suicide vest in response to passengers entering the cockpit and grabbing the control stick. A fighter squadron sent from Volios to intercept the aircraft never saw it when they arrived CA-1200′s last reported location at 12h29, and search boats have been unsuccessful in recovering anything more than a few seat cushions.

     In response to the attacks, Queen Lucerne I has been flown back in from her meeting with Ruling Figure and Guardian Riven of Rheasilvia in the Principality of Etola, Moreno, arriving in Tiffany late this evening. President Ataahua Parata was also flown into Tiffany from her native Kuwhara, Rangat after delivering a public speech in favor of Vau’senaan unity against the influence of Korlanic Ilfiatism, which was enthusiastically met by those in attendance. Queen Lucerne I and President Parata gave a short joint speech calling for unity and strength across the country before joining Governor Adelvin Spijkers of Cosona and Mayor Elise Senha of Tiffany in encouraging first responders and helping to distribute supplies and move rubble at the site of the Tsentri’enn’bank Vau’senaan. All other surviving governors and the Ponder Administrative Council also gave similar speeches of their own throughout the day, and Vice Governor Bhaltair Puidreach of Valtinn is expected to do the same at his midnight inauguration into the office of Governor.

     The Royal Vau’senaan Armed Forces are expected to meet with Queen Lucerne I and President Parata tomorrow morning at an undisclosed location to discuss the official response to today’s attacks. Following the confession of Blackbird hijacker Stuart MacPin, all eyes are on the Blackbird’s leader Zuriel Nash, who has been one of the most wanted people in the Cosona for decades for her 2026 attack on then-President Samuel Titus of Cosona which left him permantly paralyzed.

[Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Kuwhara, Rangat- 25 March 2052

Annalies Willems, Cosonan News Network]

     Korlanic President Ikaroa Storinka’s latest remarks concerning the Vau’senaan State of Kuwhara have caused a considerable uproar in the region otherwise remarked for its people’s soft-spokenness. Across the constituency Korlanic flags have been bought up or stolen from stores to use as doormats or simply burned in public, and even immigrants from the militant Ilfiatist state have begun retiring their flags in protest against Storinka’s belligerent, authoritarian, and bloodthirsty policies. Similar protests have also occured in Ponder, Volios, and Cosona, but have been unrivaled in the fierty of those occuring within Kuwhara as the constitiency comes next on Storinka’s shopping list.

     Ikaroa Storinka’s domestic and foreign policy since taking control of Vau’sena’s archipelago southern neighbor has been guided by the ideology of Ilfiatism, which promotes rule by fear as the only effective way to guarantee peace and considers imperialism to be a necessary evil to achieve peace on a global scale. Within Vau’sena, Ilfiatism has begun to appear as a central tenet of a handful of small, right-wing extremist regional parties across the country and in fact primarily focused in Kuwhara, where the similarity in languages spoken across the Kuata Strait has allowed the idea to permeate through supporters of Storinka in online communities. In recent weeks however there has been a notable uptick in violent encounters between these extremists and anti-Korlan demonstrators nationwide, and these tensions have reached a flash point following Korlan’s surprise recognition of Kuwhara’s independence which sparked today’s protests. Over a dozen such brawls have been reported, resulting in 20 injuries and one death. The demonstrations have also taken more of a light-hearted tone, with popular Kuwharan satire news site Te Whokaate Ngawha (The Broken Mirror) recognizing in turn the Korlanic capital city of Akolotu as an independent state (and putting a Farlandic sheep by the name of Pupuhi in charge of the rest of the country.)

     The government response to Storinka’s latest stunt only confirms the Vau’senaan cold shoulder towards Korlan’s Ilfiatist outreach. Official donations pending from the Storinka administration to the Ilfiatist Party of Kuwhara have been blocked by the regional administration in Rangat, and the Stadta’asembli’enn Vau’senaan is meeting tommorow to discuss and vote on a proposed bill authored by Representative Manaaki Hohaia of Kuwhara which would entirely prohibit donations to Vau’senaan political parties and politicians coming in from Korlan, the Tokai Federation, Tuxhul, Galindia, Oscana, Nordgis, Kladiow, Pulunadu, and the former Hegiite nation of Sonder. In accordance with current policy, political donations entering Vau’sena from abroad requires permission to be granted by both the receiving party and the constituent government, both of whom must report the details of the donation publicly and directly to the national government. More striking however is the decision by the Vau’senaan government to expel all Korlanic diplomats from the country, who have until 30 April to close the embassy and leave Vau’sena. Korlanic citizens residing in Vau’sena have been advised to either return home or apply for asylum here if doing so would put them at risk of persecution under Storinka’s government, but Korlanic citizens are not strictly required to leave the country until the expiration date stated on their visa. In addition, new tourist visas will not be issued towards Korlanic citizens.

[Principality of Etola, Moreno- 22 March 2053

Jett Lagg, Cosonan News Network]

     As the rhetoric presented by Korlan’s Ilfiatist President Ikaroa Storinka continues to become increasingly violent and anti-Vau’senaan, the normally quiet Vau’senaan military has now been exceptionally active.      The newest of Vau’sena’s 6 carrier groups, lead by the Veimus-Class carier Asdas XVII, arrived today off the coast of Etola as part of the Southern Alliance’s coordinated response to Korlanic threats. Additionally, an undisclosed number of long-dormant nuclear missile silos in southern Volios, Kuwhara, and Ponder have been reactivated to provide a deterrent defense to southern Vau’sena in tandem with the active defensive roles of the Royal Vau’senaan Navy’s South Samudric Fleet, the Royal Vau’senaan Air Force’s 2nd Air Division, and the Royal Vau’senaan Space Force’s Southern Hemisphere Force. The Vau’senaan military is currently in its second-highest level of alertness, which calls for the entire force to be ready to deploy and engage in less than six hours. Since Etola’s exit from the South Samudric League alongside Vau’sena, the two countries have quickly become close strategic partners.

     Additionally today, Rheasilvia has joined the Southern Alliance as a Member State. Following a joint security meeting on the 18th between Queen Lucerne I of Vau’sena and the Ruling Figure and Guardian Riven of Rheasilvia, the Rheasilvian leader and the Rheasilvian Representative of Foreign Affairs  Mauna Val signed the Charter today on the deck of the Asdas XVII. Rheasilvia and the other Member States of the Southern Alliance will continue to collaborate on defensive measures in the near future, including a joint Vau’senaan-Rheasilvian Naval and Air Force exercise between Rheasilvia and Ponder planned to commence early next month.

[Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Volios, Nikaiens- 18 March 2053

Annalies Willems, Cosonan News Network]      A Korlanic citizen has ben arrested today following a failed assassination attempt against Apala Rewera IV, the last heir to the throne of Āina in Korlan. One bystander sustained minor injuries and remains in Nikaiens General Hospital.      The attempted assassin, Seletute Fainga'a of Korlan, is a member of the  Rapu'utae terrorist group, whose members are intentionally blinded in order to impartially impart “justice.” This is the second time than the Rapu'utae terrorist group has orchestrated an attack on Vau’senaan soil, the first being a shooting against anti-war protesters in Kuwhara, Ta Kuiti during the Korlanic Civil War. This is also the second attack by the group which is believed to be conected to the Storinka administration, the first being the bombings in Taone Nui during a ceasefire.

Before being interrupted by sniper fire,  Apala Rewera IV made the following speech:      “Hey, hi.. is this thing on? Yes? Okay. Hello, this is Apala Rewera IV, but you may know me as Alani Rewera. I am the last surviving descendant of the monarchy of Āina and I am here to talk to you about the horrors of the Storinka regime in Korlan. Firstly, upon coming to power, Ikaroa Storinka almost immediately disregarded the treaty he signed with the Āinae people guaranteeing us independence. He has also continued to suppress our voices and the voices of others. He is a horrible man whom I am disgusted to know personally. I am calling on DIRECT intervention from governments opposed to the Storinka regime. The people of Korlan cannot rise up against him, they have tried, they have failed. We need to intervene and topple this government and free the peoples of Ailou once more. He claims to want to end the cycle of war in Ailou, but is now directly the cause of more conflict."

[Principality of Etola, Moreno- 19 February 2053 Jett Lagg, Cosonan News Network]

     In conjunction with the Principality of Etola, Uraj Ah, and Krusslico, the Federal Kingdom of Vau'sena has established a new economic and defensive alliance- The Southern Alliance. The purpose of the new Alliance is to offer nations in the Southern Hemisphere an alternative to the South Samudric League, which has recently come under considerable scrutiny as a result of the New Republic of Korlan's de facto leadership role within the organization.

     The Charter for the Southern Alliance was signed in the organization's headquarters in the Principality of Etola, City of Moreno on 15 February 2053. The signatures for the Federal Kingdom of Vau'sena were given by Mànus MacRìgh, Minister of International Affairs of the Federal Kingdom of Vau'sena, and by Her Majesty Queen Lucerne I of Vau'sena.

     The first Chairperson of the Alliance, serving until the end of this year, is Efrosyno Papachristou of Vau'sena. Papachristou previously served as Representative of the Federal Kingdom of Vau'sena to the South Samudric League, authoring the 'Proposal to Eject Korlan, Galindia, Tuxhul, and the Tokai Federation from the South Samudric League' and the 'Charter for the Southern Alliance.' The first Vice Chairperson of the Alliance, serving for the same term, is Eric Van Heuson of Krusslico, brother of Krusslico's President Marcus Van Heuson. Vice Chairperson Van Heuson helped Krusslico peacefully achieve its independence from the Tokai Federation.

     The Chairperson and Vice Chairpersons of the Alliance for the 2054 year have also been elected- Jero Careto of Etola has been elected Chairperson and Nura Yasin of Uraj Ah has been elected Vice Chairperson. Careto previously served as Governor of Etola's Rocano province and currently serves as a judge. Yasin  is a respected member of Uraj Ah's elite and is one of the country's wealthiest women.

[Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Cosona, Asdas- 9 February 2053

Annalies Willems, Cosonan News Network]

     Following the rejection of the Vau’senaan proposal to eject Korlan, Galindia, Tuxhul, and the Tokai Federation from the South Samudric League without a vote, the Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena has today formally withdrawn its position as a Partial Member of the South Samudric League. 

     The Vau’senaan proposal and subsequent withdrawal from the League come in response to heightening tensions between Vau’sena and the New Republic of Korlan as a result of Korlanic President Ikaroa Storinka’s brutal Ilifiatist policies which have included the murder of political dissidents, conducting weapons tests on civilians, and orchestrating a string of coups across Kanita in conjunction with the governments of Galindia, Tuxhul, and the Tokai Federation.

[Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Cosona, Asdas- 8 February 2053

Annalies Willems, Cosonan News Network] Vau’sena has just proposed its first- and perhaps its last- piece of legislation to the South Samudric League. The text, co-authored by the Principality of Etola, proposes the ejection of Korlan, Galindia, Tuxhul, and the Tokai Federation from the SSL. The full text of the proposal handed in by Etola is as follows:  "In response to the recent human rights violations committed by Korlan and the recent wave of coups in Kanita brought about by Korlan, Galindia, Tuxhul, and the Tokai Federation: [The Principality of Etola,] In conjunction with the Federal Kingdom of Vau'sena, a partial member of the South Samudric League, and with Willsbourg and Donat, both Trading Partners, we call for the immediate expulsion of Korlan, Galindia, Tuxhul, and the Tokai Federation from the South Samudric League.”

Signatures-

Representative of the Federal Kingdom of Vau'sena to the South Samudric League-

Efrosyni Papachristou

Minister of International Affairs of the Federal Kingdom of Vau'sena-

Mànus MacRìgh

Queen Lucerne I of Vau'sena” The motion has also been officially supported by the nations of Hrozava, Donat, and Willsbourg. 

[Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Cosona, Asdas and Kuwhara, Tupuaki - 9 September 2052

Jett Lagg, Cosonan News Network]  

As negotiations wrapped up between Vau’senaan and Korlanic officials, former president Kauri Ngata of North Korlan publicly announced his intent to return to Korlan and face justice on his own terms. “It would be unjust of me as a leader to allow the government I led to be put to death while I live a comfortable life in another country. In this respect, I have been shortsighted and selfish. I have no choice but to return, whatever fate that may bring.” Ngata set off at 5 in the afternoon from Kuwhara, Kumara Province, Port of Tupuaki in a ship marked with the flag of the New Republic of Korlan, reportedly denying an offer made by the Vau’senaan government to be escorted upon a Vau’senaan diplomatic vessel. The Government of Vau’sena has expressed its gratefulness to Ikaroa’s government in Akolotu for its ready willingness to find a diplomatic solution to the Ngata issue. Kauri Ngata’s vessel was watched from Vau’senaan shores for a short time as it ventured towards Korlan, and was last seen making a slight eastward turn before disappearing from view an estimated 15 kilometers from Korlanic waters.

[Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Kuwhara, Taupiti- 6 September 2052

Annalies Willems, Cosonan News Network]

The former President of North Korlan, Kauri Ngata, has been located in Cosona.

The disgraced ex-head of state confirmed his identity yesterday after pictures of him surfaced online supposedly working as a mechanic-in-training at RailCosona’s Monikisca Traction Maintenance Depot, the company’s largest manufacturing and maintenance center and the largest manufactory of its type in the world. Ngata has been in the country since June on a refugee visa, which allows him to work and live permanently in the country.

“Storinka has already made it clear he knows where I am, so it would be in my best interest at this point to make myself known;” Ngata stated in an interview. “If there’s any chance I get sent back to Korlan now, I would rather it be under the watchful eye of the Government of Vau’sena than slung unconscious into the boat of a kidnapper sent by Storikna’s New Republic. The Vau’senaans would help me negotiate terms.”

The President of the Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Ataahua Parata, has since publicly stated that Vau’sena is unable to deport Ngata to the New Republic of Korlan as a result of the ruling in Akolotu.

“It would be in violation of existing Vau’senaan penal and diplomatic law to deport any person in Vau’sena to a country in which they would be expected to receive the death penalty, regardless of social status or position in the public eye. If the New Republic of Korlan wants to prosecute Kauri Ngata, a current Vasu’senaan resident, under their own law, it is necessary either that they renegotiate the sentence to exclude the death penalty to allow for a lawful deportation of Ngata or that he to be allowed to serve such a modified sentence here in Vau’sena. We are dedicated to maintaining peaceful and beneficial relations between the Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena and the New Republic of Korlan, and invite Korlan’s government to negotiate both with themselves and with us to pursue a diplomatic solution that would be beneficial to all involved parties.”

[Federal Kingdom of Vau’sena, Kuwhara, Taupiti- 20 August 2052 Annalies Willems, Cosonan News Network] Following the end of the North Korlan Trials in the New Republic of Korlan, Akolotu last week which resulted in an order of execution for all former North Korlanic officials, over two dozen Vau’senaan witnesses to the trials in Akolotu were forcibly deported for speaking out over the perceived cruel excess of the ruling. Senator Luciano Manenti of Katastrofia, who was a witness to the trials and subsequently deported, had this to say: “I want to be clear on my position here, I do not support- in any capacity- the government of the former North Korlan. The crimes they committed against their own people, both through gross negligence and deliberate excess of authority, were clearly seen both before and during the course of the trials. The response of the government of the New Republic, however, fall far outside the scope of just governance. 

There is an important distinction to be made between a military commander who has ordered the deaths of unarmed prisoners and those officials who sanctioned such atrocities, and the few members of parliament who voted unsuccessfully to import food from overseas to feed the citizens they represented. By forgoing these individual cases in favor of a blanket order of execution, the New Republic risks setting a dangerous legal precedent which may pose a serious threat for the continued progression of democratic norms in their country.”

This comes during the middle of a manhunt within the New Republic of Korlan for the former President of North Korlan, Kauri Ngata. He has been listed as a person of interest by the Asland'Ministerie Vau’senaan (Foreign Ministry of Vau’sena), and despite some swirling rumors that he could have entered the country, there has been no definitive proof to back that claim.