Solis Federation

Solis Federation is a country in the center of Ex Arca, directly south of New Carthage and above Praenuntium

Note: Any random notes, footnotes or intrusions asking for stuff to be clarified are Tolkienfan's fault, not Out-Box's. They'll be removed within 48 hours.

Government
The Solis Government is a bureaucracy with a senate- it is the current government system of the Federation. Between June 2 1654 and December 24 1670, the government (or lack there of) was known as the Solis Union: it was a collection of colonist fleets that formed an alliance that coordinated together as colonies. During the final week of the Kuun Ma/Solis war, Commander Dalax took control the entire Union army and seized and centralized power. He crowned himself king and formed the Solis kingdom, ruling with a iron fist. The reign of the Solis kingdom, which was ruled by the first and last King Dalax the Brave, was between December 25 1670 and October 6 1673. Dalax the Brave was assassinated by his council, which later formed the Federation on October 9 1673. This Federation is the current power that rules Ex Arca continent.

Economic Model / Resources
The Federation is a regulated capitalist economy with welfare programs though it can also be described as mercantilist with it´s policies towards it´s colonies though this is heatedly debated.

Natural Resources
The Homeland Federation produces coal, gold bauxite, timber, nitroglycerin, granite, and rubber.

Colonial Imports
The Federation Imports the following resources: potatoes, lead, copper, Oil, Iron, fish, and nitrogen.

Players
@Out-Box created the Solis Federation in 1893/94 (CCRP ll years) Sept 30 2021 (IRL project creation)

The landing of Solis : June 2, c1654
Around June 2 1654, Solisian colonists came and settled on the long the coast of what would eventually become the NW and EC regions. The colonists quickly built homes. Between June 2 1654 and May 23 1655, about 100 thousand colonists came- most of them armed. On May 20 1658 the Solisians invaded Argus Island and began a bloody war against the Pakato (known as the Pakato/Solis war). It dragged on for two years. On Feb 1 1660 the Solisians won. The natives of what would become the Solis Federation were not happy to see colonists come to their land, as they were invaders. On August 12 1663 the native warring kingdoms formed a coalition known as Kuun ma, and declared war on the Solisians. This war is known as the Kuun Ma/Solis war.

Note: Pakato is pre-Okhostia; also the map for pre-Kuun Ma/Solis war will be provided later. And during June 2 c1654 - December 24 1670, it was known as the Solis Union.

The Kuun ma /Solis war: August 12 c1663 - Dec 21 c1670
Note: this will be a brief summary for this war. For more info visit Kuun Ma/Solis war.

(Second note from editor Tolkienfan: If you like I could just replace the above note with 'Main article: Kuun Ma/Solis war', as per standard Wikipedia practice, but your note does explain why there's a second article better than mine would.) The Kuun Ma/Solis war started on August 12 c1663, when Coalition member Haklas Order attacked New Bax port (Tuxen city) during the night. This sparked the battle for New Bax port. It was a 3-day-long siege. The Haklas Order army Destrac, which had a force of 1 thousand men, formed barricades against important strategic points of the coastal town. New Bax forces suffered 300 deaths (200 during the night, and 100 during the retaking of New Bax port) while Destrac suffered 400 deaths. The following months were mostly small skirmishes, until the battle for Ratin Town (April 1st 1664 - April 6th 1664). It was a complete loss for the Union; the entire town was set ablaze by Yalin forces. Despite the early victories for the coalition the following years would be brutal and bloody as the Union start slowly capturing uninhabited land until reaching the mountains. This started at the battle of Baur Vans Fort (Sept 22 1665 - Oct 3rd 1665). The fort was controlled by Yalin forces. They were under siege until the fort was destroyed by heavy cannon and musket fire, which allowed the Union access into the Yalin kingdom. Union deaths: 300, Yalin deaths: 1000. The following year was mostly small skirmishes and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare#:~:text=Guerrilla%20warfare%20is%20a%20form,and%20less%2Dmobile%20traditional%20military. Guerilla warfare] conducted by both sides. On March 5 1666, the Union simultaneously attacked Haklas Order and Yalin Kingdom. The Union attacked Haklas Order's mountain fort, Yau - starting the battle of Rapid Vapins, lasting from March 5 to August 20 1666 - with a force of twenty thousand men (5 thousand Aus men, 15 thousand Solisians) and 150 cannons. Fort Yau had thirty thousand Destrac men, but the cannon fire killed about twenty thousand, decimating the Destrac army and allowing the Union to capture the Grand Central Region mountains. The Yalin kingdom Ne region (known as the battle of Solis Begu Und, March 5 - November 30 1666) was attacked by ten thousand Union men (ten thousand Aus people). They raced into nearby villages and forced the villagers to leave; they then set up defensive barricades to fend off the Yalin attackers. Around twenty thousand Yalins died, while only three thousand Union died during the entirety of this battle.

During the final year of the Kuun Ma/Solis war, the coalition suffered instability as many of its members suffered heavy blows and did not want to continue the conflict. On July 28 1670, a major purge happened within the Haklas Order, leading to political instability and forcing the Order to leave the conflict on Oct 26 1670 and November 16. The final battle of the war, known as the battle of Sol Und (Dec 1 - Dec 21 1670), was a final desperate effort of the Yalins to force the Unions back into the mountains around. A force of five thousand Yalins attacked the Union Ne territory. The attempt failed, and lead to three thousand Yalin deaths on December 21 1670. The Yalin kingdom surrendered to the Union. Soon the remaining coalition members surrendered, leading to the dissolve of Kuun Ma coalition.

The Pakato/Solis war : May 20 c1658 - Feb 1 c1660
Note: I will ask Okhostia for help on this one.

Solis Conquest of Ex Arca mainland: April 18 c1700 - July 5 c1743
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The Solis Conquest was a series of invasions conducted from the Federation; it annexed the Yalin kingdom, Haklas Order and several other warring kingdoms.

Paragraph A: Conquest of Dea and Yalin remnant

Solis began by invading what remained of Yalin, which had been significantly weakened by the Kuun ma/Solis war. On January 21 1718, Solis troops crossed the southwest border and began a march through the country unimpeded. The Yalin government was unable to do much about it, as they had not expected an attack through this quarter. By the time their own troops had been deployed, Solis had sent gunboats around to Solis' port and taken over almost every major city. Although by January 25 1718 Yalin was unquestionably Solis' in all but name, Yalin forces insisted on fighting to the last to defend their country from the invasion. This was later known as the Street Battle, due to taking place in Yalin's capital. One hundred and fifty Yalin soldiers died in the defence of their country. Solis soldiers, having penetrated the last defence, broke into the palace and demanded that Yalin surrender, drawing the ruler's* attention particularly to the impressive fleet of gunboats in the harbour. Not being stupid, the ruler agreed to surrender and give the country over to Solis.

*I need to check said ruler's name, if he has one.

Meanwhile forces had been heading for the tiny country Dea. Solis was encouraged by its success in taking Yalin by surprise, and was determined to use a similar tactic on Dea. In their overconfidence, Solis general [name] also commanded for an offensive to be launched on Haklas Order at the same time. This turned out to be an error. Both nations had heard the news that Yalin had been conquered and were expecting Solis on their own doorsteps next; Solis forces found that the borders of both countries had been heavily defended. They found a weakness in Haklas defenses in the northwest.

Paragraph C: Conquest of Pavan Rij la Union and Hainza By January 26 1643, only the Byu Theocracy lay between Solis and near-absolute control of Ex Arca. This was not a problem, because due to the country's strict adherence to the Zakinism religion. One significant part of the religion was a law that stated that warfare, as an unnecessary and brutal way of ending lives and shedding blood, was an Abomination and thus all its followers were forbidden to fight in wars. Solis promptly took advantage of this, and immediately declared war on Byu. Byu begged for a temporary halt in the war to make a desperate search through religious texts, trying to find if the law against warfare law made an exception for self-defence. After the wait had lasted for over a year Solis became fed up with waiting for a response. On July 5 1743 it resumed invading the country and claimed considerable ground, so Byu were forced to end the search and surrender before too many more lives were lost. Byu Theocracy became part of Solis on September 20, 1843. The defeat of Byu marked the end of the Ex Arca conquest. Although New Carthage remained annoyingly in place to the north of the nation, the small size of the occupied land combined with various new favourable trade agreements were enough to placate Solis and allow Carthage to stay independent.



Solis Civil War: Sept 20 c1843 - July 10 c1849
After political struggle between the TB monopoly (Timber and Boom! company founded on Sept 20 1830) and the Federation, the TB monopoly had massive political influence on the North state and Argus Island. After multiple attempts the Federation tried to break up this monopoly. The TB monopoly used the North state and Argus Island to secede from the Federation and formed the Solis Secessionist States on Sept 20 1843. After a few hours the Federation immediately declared war on the SSS.