Refusal War

Refusal War
Wardens during the Battle of Tren Krom Break
Date 15 December 1983 - 4 October 1987 Location Syara Result Warden Victory
Belligerents
Wardens	Monarchists
Commanders and leaders
Saša Mlinarić Marin Josipović Keghart Pashian Taniel Kasajian	Sivo Hadjiev Zlatko Bogdanov Veton Spegelj Naso Dinev Dusko Trcpevski
Strength
3.5 million (peak)	1.9 million (peak)
Casualties and losses
822,491 killed 1,849,121 wounded	695,601 killed 1,713,459 wounded

The Refusal War is the name given to the civil war that took place in Syara between 1983 to 1987. The war was fought between two rival factions; the Wardens and the monarchies of Galania and Makedon. Primarily the result of a philosophical and political divide between the nationalist Wardens and the conservative Monarchs over the role of the Monarchies and religion in Syara, war broke out in December 1983 when the royal families of Makedon and Galania were stripped of their rights and privileges by the pro-Warden Senate, which led both Realms to renounce their allegiance to the central government. The resignation of the centrist President Troyan Valchev allowed the Senate to officially enact a state of emergency and call for the arrest of the royal families.

Syara’s four realms were officially split between the two sides, with Makedon and Galania forming the Monarchists while Scitaria and the Clans were Warden. Both sides raised volunteer and conscript armies, while much of the Syaran military’s higher leadership were loyal to the Monarchists, the Wardens enjoyed greater popularity with the common people. Both sides were supported by foreign powers in the form of supplies, munitions and armaments, and in some cases direct support by deployed military forces. Fighting raged on for several years with intense combat that killed more than 2.5 million Syarans.

The war ended with the surrender of the Monarchist armies at Zildejov. The surviving members of the Makedonian and Galanian royal families fled the country shortly thereafter. The Republic of Syara was officially abolished and replaced with the Commonality in 1987. The philosophy of the Warden Way became Syara’s de facto ideology as the national religion of Zobethos came to wield greater influence in Syaran politics and society. The Warden philosophy continued to dominate Syara until it’s defeat in the Zemplen War.

Background

Syaran history had been strongly influenced by the royal families of Makedon and Galania dating back as far as the Makedonian Empire. Although it had endured numerous trials and problems, the Kineasan Dynasty still held the throne in the Makedonian Realm, and had forged strong ties with it's Galanian counterparts the Baulisus Dyansty. Together the two Monarchist factions had played significant roles in Syaran history after the fall of the Arkoennite Empire, leading two separate wars against Ruvelka. The Monarchists generally approved of the Conference of Pella in 1875 which officially created the Republic of Syara, under the auspice that their influence in Syaran politics would remain constant. As Syara modernized and industrialized in the late 19th and early 20th Century the royal families maintained a singificant degree of influence within Syaran politics, and were strong supporters of Syaran nationalism. The outbreak of the Divide War, and the Desopya Campaign itself which occurred entirely on Makedonian soil, was a major component in the nationalist imagery portrayed by the Monarchists. Syara's unexpected victory in the conflict led to a surge of Syaran national prestige, and propped up by a rapidly growing economy Syara's armed forces rapidly expanded. By 1933 Syara boated the largest army in Tyran, and the third largest navy by number of ships (4th by total tonnage).

Although officially a representative democracy the royal families prominent role in Syaran politics led to their common identificaiton with Syara, and their imagery and likeness was often used to represent Syara in art and commentary. Encouraged in part by King Antonij of Makedon and King Kaloyan of Galania, Syara began gathering support for the newly founded Inner Sphere, intended to be a pan-Siduri alliance against external imperialist powers (namely Cacerta. Most other states however identified the effort as principally a way for Syara to expand it's influence at the expense of others, and in the end only Fascist Allamunnika ultimately joined.