Orinoccovian Civil War

Orinoccovian Civil War
Date 27 December 2024 – 4 April 2025 (3 months, 1 week and 1 day) Location Orinoccov Result Vermeer government victory: Nieuwehoop peace treaty signed Vermeer government remains in power Pepe Vermeer assassinated Elections held
Belligerents
Orinoccov Government United Federation of Telrova (After January 8th) Liberto-Ancapistan Suryadweep Oktadonia Native Orinoccovian Council (After date) Supported by: Locotima	True Orinoccovian Kingdom Supported by: Daraln
Commanders and leaders
Pepe Vermeer Oswald Prince	Michael van Rjin Max Anke
Strength
Orinoccov Government 230,000 Soldiers 120 Artillery 340 Tanks 270 Other Heavy Weapons 21 Aircraft Liberto-Ancapistan 8,000 Soldiers 28 Artillery 68 Tanks 180 Other Heavy Weapons 47 Aircraft Suryadweep 4,500 Soldiers 18 Artillery 12 Tanks 40 Other Heavy Weapons 16 Aircraft Oktadonia 2,000 Aoldiers 9 Artillery 4 Tanks 21 Other Heavy Weapons 16 Aircraft Native Orinoccovian Council 5,000 soldiers 1 artillery 2 Tanks 70 Other Heavy Weapons	True Orinoccovian Kingdom 450,000 Soldiers 260 Artillery 645 Tanks 580 Other Heavy Weapons 110 Aircraft
Casualties and losses
75,000 Soldiers 57 Artillery 194 Tanks 218 Other Heavy Weapons 23 Aircraft	180,000 Soldiers 102 Artillery 271 Tanks 320 Other Heavy Weapons 58 Aircraft
Total civilians killed/wounded: 1,500,000 (est.)

The Orinoccovian Civil War was a war fought in Orinoccov over the succession of Grand Duke Milan van Rijn.

Background

On December 21st 2024, Grand Duke Milan van Rijn died of natural causes in his house. He was well loved by and a figurehead for the Orinoccovian people. His unexpected death left a power vacuum causing unease, and even unrest among certain groups of the public. The Grand Duke had proclaimed Pepe Vermeer, his adopted son his heir. However the Van Rjin political group was uncertain about proposing someone who was not of Van Rjin blood. Some began proposing that the successor should instead be Michael van Rjin, who was actually of Van Rjin blood. Unable to come to an agreement, the Van Rjin political group, which previously held de-facto political hegemony over Orinoccov, fractured itself into two opposing groups. The Van Rjin monarchy group backed Michael van Rjin's claim to Grand Duke, while Democratic Vermeer-Rjin group backed Pepe Vermeer. Both groups had large amount of political clout, for Pepe Vermeer was previously ambassador and representative of Orinoccov to the United Federation of Telrova, while Michael van Rjin was a merchant who was establishing an increasing amount of control over the trade off Orinoccov's coast. Political debates devolved with both candidates loudly publicly arguing about who is the rightful successor to Milan van Rijn. On election day Pepe Vermeer was elected with 53% of the vote. Two days latter Milan van Rijn would launch 20 000 man strong rebellion against the Vermeer government, claiming his rule is illegitimate due to his lack of van Rijn blood.

Timeline

Uprising and First TOK Offensive

Micheal began his offensive in the north and was able to take the town of Alzee in the first day. The next day the Orinoccovian Modern Mercenary Company swore allegiance to Micheal, providing the rebellion with experienced trained troops and an abundance of heavy weaponry. Spurred by confidence the rebels entered Asmeer, engaging in urban combat against government forces. Attempts at evacuating civilians were made but were largely unsuccessful. By the end of the second day, rebel forces had captured and established themselves in both the Asmeer and Havenjuweel military bases. The rebels officially branded themselves under the name of True Orinoccovian Kingdom or TOK, establishing a provisional government with Hollandorf as their capital, and Michael van Rjin as leader. Over the next 3 days, TOK would pushed through the underprepared government forces in a campaign which would become known as The Northern Blitz. Within 5 days TOK had asserted their control over almost the entire northern half of the country.

The Stable Front

Continued Combat

Government forces would continue to suffer humiliating defeats, including a particularity painful loss at the battle of Fort Rjin. That same day, Pepe Vermeer delivered an impassioned speech, calling on the people of Orinoccov to rise up and fight for sovereignty and democracy. TOK progress was significantly slowed due to government bombing raids on TOK positions. TOK also found themselves unable to counter the government fleet, and saw several ships lost in aggressive naval battles. In response to the slowing, TOK changed it's tactics, and began relying heavily on artillery fire. The city of Vertland found itself destroyed by heavy barrages. Pepe Vermeer used emergency powers to take direct command of the government army. He also appointed Andrew Bruegel as a new state general.

Locotimian Aid

On January 3rd, ally of Orinoccov, Locotima announced it would transfer RAF Fighter Jets and Battle Ships to the government. As the government began to find itself more and more beaten back and overwhelmed by TOK forces who now outnumbered them, the government hopped aircraft and ships would allow them to maintain control of the fronts where they still had power, the sea and the sky.

Situation in TOK controlled territory

Around this time, civilians fleeing TOK began arriving in the south and giving the world a better image of the situation in TOK controlled territory. A full lockdown was being imposed upon civilians as the TOK began to attempt to indoctrinate civilians via propaganda.

Opperation Sea Kraken

On the 6th of January, TOK began a campaign known as "Sea Kraken" in which massive bombing raids were carried out on southern ports. The ports were majorly incapacitated by the campaign, with both military and civilian traffic being required to be redirected to smaller secondary ports, but it largely failed to cause significant damage to the government fleet, as very few ships were sunk by the raids. By the end of Sea Kraken, it was reported that most of the navy was still ready for combat, though they were repositioned to places where they would be harder to hit as a precaution.

Foreign Interventions

UFT Intervention

On January 8th, Oswald Prince announced the United Federation of Telrova had agreed to approve an intervention in Orinoccov in order to support the government in stopping the illegal insurgency. 3 UFT nations, Liberto-Ancapîstan, Suryadweep and Oktadonia contributed personnel and equipment to the intervention force. With the support of UFT forces the government began a total blocked of the north in an attempt to drain TOK through a war of attrition. TOK attempted to continue areal bombings but found began to find themselves routinely shot down but anti-air and UFT fighters. Government forces also began counter attacks against the north, advancing, conducting scorched earth, and then retreating.

Daralnian Involvement

It was discovered that Daralnian general Max Anke had been sent by Daraln to TOK, and was now leading TOK forces, using his expertise. This involvement would prove to be controversial.