Alainia

The Republic of Alainia, commonly known as Alainia, is a Republic located in southeastern Auchoi. The country is based around the Alainian archipelago, and the primary island of Alainia, which is the largest island in Atlas (TENTATIVE).

Etymology
The first Odentian explorers to discover eastern Alainia named the island in honour of the then Odentian king, Alain III. The name Terra Meridianis was also used extensively prior to the Acronian coloniesation of Alainia. In the late 1890s the name was officially made Alainia.

Acronian Unification
Following the First Great War and subsequent unification of the Kingdom of Acronia and South Acronia, the predominantly Cambro-Acronian Alainia found itself as an overseas territory of the new United Kingdoms of Acronia. After the contributions of Alainian soldiers during the First Great War, civil discontent began to stir seeing the outcome of the war as a betrayal of Alainia by the Cambro-Acronians, who had seen Alainia's disenfranchised and relegated to little better than a colony.

First Alainian War
The first Alainian War began as unrest regarding the colonial exploitation of Alainia by Acronia began to swell. The war lasted 4 years, and the Acronian forces, who had already been crippled by the first great war, met a compromise. Alainia was allowed nominal independence including an independent democratic system and limited military and diplomatic autonomy.

Second Alainian War
The Second Alainian war is believed to have had many causes. Underlying resentment from Republican elements of the First Alainian War was still present by the outbreak of the second war, also exacerbated by a lashback following the Alainian involvement in the Yetpan War and what was perceived as undue Acronian manipulation in the Alainian government. The dismissal of Alainian Prime Minister James Dampier in 1969 proved the breaking point, as Alainian troops in Yetpa, who had already seen occasional strikes and protests against their attached Acronian officers, began to see widespread mutinies and in certain occasions fighting between Acronian and Alainian soldiers would result in firefights.

The Alainian Colonial Army in 1969 orchestrated a coup in Alainia to reinstate Prime Minister Dampier and organise a total withdrawal of Alainian forces from Yetpa. In response to this, Acronian forces launched a full-scale invasion of the island of Alainia to restore order and reinstate the government which had been installed following the dismissal of Dampier. The first shots were fired as Acronian troop ships docked in Newport, expecting to encounter little resistance, the Alainian troops opened fire on Acronian forces and the field marshal of the Alainian Republican Army (the re-named Colonial Army) declared Alainia's full independence from Acronia.

Foreign Relations
Alainia is an observer state of the Vastava Pact, but does not have any mutual defence agreements with any of its members.