Birat Civil War
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The Birat Civil War is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Birat, fought between the government forces of President Alan Meidan and the rebel forces of the People's Democratic Army of Birat (PDA).
History
The history of tensions that soon led to the beginning of the war began in 1980. Birat at the time had gone through major political and economic reforms after recovering from economic collapse, and had legalized several paramilitary forces to bolster its military and defend itself from exterior threats. One of these groups, the Socialist-Unionist Army (SUA) was directly opposed to the democratic government of President Valeran Odos, and repeatedly attempted to use its political brance, the Socialist Party of Birat, to bar legislation and further reform. In 2001, the leader of the SPB, Alan Meidan, began to plot a coup, and enlisted the aid of the Nationalist Unionist Party and formed the Nationalist-Socialist Union, the NSU, and attached the SUA to it. Several years of preparation followed including the purchase of heavy equipment and recruitment of army officers, and in 2016, Meidan executed his coup de tat, quickly securing the capital and executing the cabinet of President Odos, before executing him publicly. Meidan proceeded to purge the government of all opposing politicians and outspoken governors, and absorbed the paramilitaries of birat into the Armed Forces. The People's Democratic Army, Kabulh United Front, and the Socialist-Democratic National Militia all refused to be absorbed, and merged together to create a direct opposition in the PDA. Shortly following these developments, riots and protests against the new oppressive government began in the city of Alicent, and after several police buildings were taken over by protestors, Meidan's federal soldiers entered the city and began to siege the rioters at the Administrative Hall in Alicent. They opened fire on any stragglers in the city, with an estimated forty deaths. The PDA marched on the city to intervene and save the civilians in the area, and when they got wind of it federal forces fired into the administrative building, killing all inside, over two hundred people including women and children, before fleeing from the city. They were caught by the PDA in the city limits, and after a skirmish took place, they were driven out of the region. The PDA was then declared an insurgent force by Meidan, and the civil war hence began.