The West Sparwood Crisis

The West Sparwood War was a war between the United Kingdoms of Western Sparwood against coalition forces from various nations across the continent. War was initially declared on June 4, 2021.

Pre-War
Tensions across the nation of Sparwood had already existed for some time prior to the conflict. The most notable recent event was a border dispute between the UBSR, Fjellheim, and Arxella. While this dispute eventually ended in peace after negotiations, it could not be denied that the mood that settled across the continent was very tense.

Weeks afterwards, this ever-building tension would come to a head. Tortuga announced that a coalition had formed against the UK, stating that they had seen evidence indicating that an enemy invasion of both them and Cyrumar City was imminent. Cyrumar, which had peacefully gained independence from Tortuga, was on good terms with the Free States. Upon hearing of this evidence and viewing it as a threat to their sovereignty, they joined in the coalition force. The UBSR would also join the coalition. Burgamere gave two reasons for doing so - firstly, they stated that the UK had initiated border conflicts along the Avarian border, and secondly, they claimed to have discovered a UK plan to invade and occupy Serafini, a neighboring country aligned with the UBSR.

Following the proclamations from these three nations, the United Kingdoms began to rapidly fragmentate. Greentstem, one of the four main kingdoms that made up the LGAE, declared their independence, taking about a third of the entire country's land with them. Arcturus, an island of the southeastern coast, followed suit quickly after. Thirdly, Friholm also declared their independence and broke away. All three of these new states publicly declared neutrality in the upcoming conflict. The main governing body of the UK did not initially oppose or dispute these independence movements.

A representative of the United Kingdoms came forward and officially responded that the aggressive actions of the UBSR were being conducted by lower-class citizens, and were not the fault of the nobility or the government. A statement from Avaria, one of the remaining three kingdoms, took an even more aggressive stance. According to Avaria, the UBSR was in fact the aggressor, spreading lies about UK aggression that did not exist. The statement entirely placed blame on the Duragrad government, stating that it was their fault for turning multiple nations against the UK. The statement concluded by saying that, as far as the Kingdom of Avaria knew, the UK had no intention on trying to unite Western Sparwood through war and violence at all.