War of Twilight

War of Twilight
The Battle off Montecara (1756)
Date 12 January 1749 – 3 June 1757 (8 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 1 day) Location Across Conitia and northern Nautasia Result Aininian-Champenian victory Treaty of Resnaille Decline of the Stado Ultramarìn Aininian banking crisis of 1764 and weakening of the Kingdom of Ainin Territorial changes Various changes Montecara cedes X to Ainin and Y to Champenia Ainin and Champenia extend commercial rights in the Nerean Sea
Belligerents
File:Flag of the Kingdom of Ainin.png Ainin Mespalia Ultramer Champenia	Montecara Stado Ultramarìn Desenan Republic (1749–1754) Template:Country data Republic of Terona Template:Country data Republic of Livezi

The War of Twilight (French: Guerre de la crépuscule, Montecaran: Guèra di crepuscùl), also known as the War of the Three Nations (French: Guerre des Trois Nations, Montecaran: Guèra da tre naxòni) was a Conitian conflict in the mid-18th century triggered by trade disputes between Ainin, and its ally Champenia, and Montecara over access to Nerean Sea and control of the Conitian maritime trade. The conflict pitted Montecara and its possessions, collectively known as the Stado Ultramarìn, against an Aininian-Champenian alliance established by the 1737 Treaty of Le Rocher and their respective colonies and territories.

The war was primarily fought at sea between the fleets of the three belligerents, with major naval engagements in X (17XX), Y (17XX) and Z (17XX). Land engagements were limited but involved notable amphibious assaults on Montecaran possessions across the Stado Ultramarìn and several Montecaran raids into Champenia and Mespalia. Widespread commerce raiding and privateering by all sides also ensured that the war was economically disruptive and costly in terms of money and material. Although the war began with an Aininian defeat at the Battle of the Vaneli Islands, later victories at sea by the Aininian-Champenian alliance proved decisive and significantly eroded the capacity of the Montecaran Navy to reinforce and communicate with its distant territories. This development led Montecara to eventually sue for peace, resulting in the Treaty of Resnaille that conceded many colonial holdings to the allies and opened trade access to the Nerean Sea.

The outcome of the war was a major blow to the Montecaran trade empire, which would never recover from the losses inflicted by the treaty and entered a protracted decline. However, it also did not spare the victors, who had to assume large debts in light of the immense attrition they suffered during the conflict. The high debt, combined with a credit crunch in 1763, led to the Aininian banking crisis of 1764 that destabilized the Kingdom of Ainin and hobbled the government's ability to administer its expansive empire and allowed the already autonomous Caconziche Karazawi to distance itself even further from Huimont. Further civil strife in the 1770s and 1780s, and a famine in 1794, eventually led to the Aininian Revolution that extinguished millennia of monarchical government in the Aininian Isles. Colonial taxes imposed by Champenia in response to the financial situation also led to unrest in Kaguia and contributed directly to its 1812 independence and the fall of the Champenian empire. Within thirty years of the war, the empires of all three belligerents had entered their twilight years, making the War of Twilight a major realignment of the Conitian balance of power.