Azad Collapse

The Collapse of Azad was a brief war, never actually declared, between Azad and Aristios over the disputed land of Baumstadt. After Azad demolished the ancient city of Baumstadt which was a disputed territory between the two nations. This led to Aristios demanding reparations from Azad which they refused leading to war.

Prelude
Azad and Aristios had had a rocky relationship as Azad, formerly known as the Aristii province of Astrya, declared independence during the civil war but never re-joined the Republic. During this time however the Western Peninsula of Azad was technically Aristios territory as the acting leader of Baumstadt did decide to join Aristios but no mapping guilds were ever notified.

Tensions
After a long period of time Baumstadt went inactive and the claim was lost. Seeing this Azad demolished the town for future projects but then Sirlad found out. The Aristii Government demanded 3 reparations the clauses being: Reparations for the damage to the city, Azad's withdrawal from the western Peninsula and for those who destroyed the city to go through Aristios's justice system. To this Azad said no. In preparation for the coming battle Aristios set up and manned the Fortress of Astrya Novum in preparation for potential conflict.

The Battle of Astrya
Azad saw the Fortress as a sign of war and promptly sent a small force to attack it. War had not even been declared yet and the fortress was not finished.This force wouldn't meant anything beyond killing Aristii troops in the unfinished fort. 5 soldiers showed up and 1 left in an embarrassing defeat for the nation.

Resolution
After thus defeat the Azadi government fled leaving Aristios to reclaim the land and reform the Province of Astrya. Aristios sold the capitol of Azad, Isothonikos to Abbadon for $100,000 as a place for Azadi refugees to go who did not want to join the Republic of Artistios.