Praenuntium

Settling of Praenuntium:
Praenuntium is a Constitutional Socialist Democracy founded by ---Spy1--- in October of 2021, on the southernmost portion of Ex Arca. Originally founded in January of 1890, Praenuntium was a continuation of the much older Natives of Ex. Arca that existed on the southern half of Ex. Arca. The modern Empire was founded when colonial expeditions from both the Solis Federation and Inutilia discovered the southern half of the subcontinent, which had been in a state of isolation for centuries. While Inutilian settlers were not the first to come across the native peoples, they were the only ones to peacefully do so. Adopting a rapid modernization policy, the native tribes rapidly developed with the technologies brought by the settles and became somewhat advanced thanks to foreign gifts from nations like Fictia and Haluria. The vast majority of the people of Praenuntium are Inutilian settlers, natives of Ex Arca, and Amurrhinian refugees... Of these peoples, Inutillian immigrants comprise 30% of Praenuntium's population, being the largest people group.

Rapid Development:
After participating in many diplomatic transactions with Fictia, Solis, and Okhostia, Praenuntium began to rapidly strengthen in both population and military strength. These transactions include the purchasing of 8 destroyers and 3 armored cruisers, one of which survives to this day in a Praenuntian museum. As of Janurary, 1899 (december, 2021 irl), ---Spy1--- contacted the joint owners of Inutillia - Ptraci and Teppic - about taking ownership of their country. The reason for this was because they were very inactive on the RP, and the new user that was supposed to inherit their land also didn't want it as they had changed their minds about joining. Once this merge occurred, Praenuntium's population was more than doubled from 6m to 14m, and they gained 1.5m soldier to add to their army. At this time Praenuntium also came across a 10% ownership of the Universal Market, which later proved to be quite the turning point in the nations history.

The Scourge:
Praenuntium was on a fast track to become a local power, and then the Scourge came around. Because of the fact that Praenuntium was on the same continent that the scourge originated from, they quickly adopted measures to prevent the spread of the scourge to their population. These measures included the complete shutting down of international trade, and multiple lines of fortification along the northern border. (they ended up being reused during WW1) The new province of Inutilia was almost completely overrun, but Praenuntian authorities had already evacuated the population to the port cities and were holding steady there. Because of the country's strong leadership and quick reaction to the flood, they were able to significantly catch up to many world powers at the time, as they lost a lot of influence during the scourge epidemic, establishing their position in the world order.

Events Leading to WWI:
Praenuntium's expansion made it a world power with well developed territories on two continents. And because of their newfound influence, they were able to sway the outcome of many global events including the numerous rebellions that were being funded everywhere across the known world by a new world power, COSS. Praenuntium's interactions with the COSS encompass a wide spectrum, and include the suppression of rebellions that they have funded, and also offering support to them in certain areas. One instance of this is where Praenuntium completely put down the Okhostian Rebellion. The country sent 100k soldiers to the capitol, and sent cruisers to occupy the canal in the capitol. Because of this extra support, the local Okhostian authorities were able to put down the rebellion with minimal loss of life.

Events of WWI:
The catalyst for WWI was when the Valan Colony (under Solis Federation) attacked one of COSS' northern colonies, and their forces were completely routed by the defensive submarine fleet. After this COSS was able to put the Solisian government into upheaval, despite efforts from Praenuntium to escort their leadership out of the warzone. After these events the sides were formed, and the Praenuntian leader at the time saw an opportunity. Solis only left 3 fleets to defend its capitol, and there were only 2m defensive forces. This was a major error on their part, as they forgot about the fairly quiet nation to their south who were steadily growing in power. Praenuntium sent their fleet of 1k airships to the Solisian capitol, and the Ex. Arcan campaign began...

- Ex. Arcan Campaign of WWI:

 * 1) The campaign began by Praenuntium sending troops to their border, occupying the forts that were built there to withstand the scourge.
 * 2) Once the troops were ready and the airships were fueled, Praenuntium declared war and launched 400 Bombers, 400 Airship Destroyers and 200 Carriers to threaten Solisian Cities.
 * 3) Soon after, Solis launched two of their fleets to bombard the Praenuntian Capitol.
 * 4) Praenuntium then stalled Solis by talking about both calling off assaults, while reinforcements came from their shipyards, Universia, Okhostia, and Eleutheria.
 * 5) Solis then retreated once they saw the massive fleet assembled by Praenuntium, and surrendered the subcontinent of Ex. Arca. (but not before sabotaging all of its industry)
 * 6) Praenuntium captured 1.2m Solisian soldiers, and thus secured the first victory for the Socii countries.

After the battle of Solis, Praenuntium was given operational control of the combined fleets, and most of the major naval engagements for the rest of the war involved the Praenuntian Admiralty.

- Battle of Argus Island:

 * 1) The combined fleets then moved to Argus Island (a nearby Solisian military base) under Praenuntian control and ordered the troops there to surrender (Solis was outnumbered 36:1).
 * 2) The Solisian troops did, but once the Praenuntian fleet entered firing range they opened fire with every gun they had.
 * 3) This sank two Praenutian cruisers. (the only Praenuntian naval loss during the entire war) As soon as the Praenuntian Admiral saw the fire he ordered his ships to bombard anything on the island that shot at them.

After the events of the two months Praenuntium decided to spend a large amount of money to completely fortify Inutilia. These fortifications include forts along all borders except the Northern one, and trenches along the PRA, RCM, and Valanian borders.

There is also an extensive defensive system hidden in Inutilia, but that system has not been revealed at the time of this wiki update.

- Battle of Inutilia:

 * 1) After numerous attempts of baiting the PRA into the deathtrap that was Inutilia at the time, PRA finally attempts an invastion
 * 2) The PRA marches 2 Million Riflemen, 805 Howitzers and 400 Mortars to attack Praenuntian Inutillia.
 * 3) This area had been reinforced and fortified by forces from multiple Socii countries, not to mention the military defenses on the interior of the territory.
 * 4) PRA reached the frontlines, heard of the fortifications on the other side, and immediately turned around back towards their capitol. (so that they stay out of Praenuntian Airship range)

- Okhostian Invasion:

 * 1) Okhostia planed to send a large invasion force to take RCM and the Valanian Colony, but lack the military infrastructure to do it.
 * 2) Praenuntium sent their military fleet, the coalition navy, and 5m soldiers to aid Okhostia. (2m were from Eleutheria, but were under the coalition fleets operational command)
 * 3) They manage to secure a small area on the mountains, and then flanked RCM troops via west coast.

The Okhostian Invasion all but ended WWI, and New Tuoleese was the only country that decided to hold our for longer. (COSS went into hiding at this time, and are still fairly influential as a terrorist group)

Results of WWI:
As a result of WWI, Praenuntium received production cities in Solis. The government at the time was not happy about not receiving anything, but couldn't do anything against the larger, older nations. Later the Praenuntian legislature convinced the Universal Market to give them 1/10th of one captured territory, and this made up for some hurt feelings.