Rice and Oil War

Rice and Oil War
Chiang Madao in ruins during the eponymous siege, Nov. 1993
Date 12 July 1991 – 18 August 1994 (3 years, 1 month and 4 days) Location Southern Borderlands in Quenmin and Tamau Chiradet Province Kukrit Province Chanthasanulok Province Quenmin Thanh Kieu Province Ðăng An Province Result Treaty of Chumlasin: Tamauite-Quenminese military victory, along with a political defeat; Political reputation of POLMANATS dwindles in the Quenminese government; Attar II abdicates the throne in light of criticism against him; Kamalanan Jatusripitar is installed as Archduke
Belligerents
Quenmin Tamau Medical Support Aichi	FKPXT ARPAGHARCON
Commanders and leaders
Lành Chinh Nguyễn-Thạch Sĩ Chiến Lê Đức Phong Hùng Attar II Kot Chaiyachue Chuanchen Chamroon	Nuananong Suksabaijai Kwanchai Sutasanachinda † Ruang Rit Chanpakdee Sunanda Sripituksakul Brandon Duong † Tang Cong Dac Kien Hau Xuan Quoc

The Rice and Oil War (Quenminese: Chiến tranh Gạo và Dầu; Tamauese: สงครามข้าวและน้ำมัน: S̄ngkhrām k̄ĥāw læa n̂ảmạn) was a conflict in Southeast Asianna that raged from 12 July 1991 to 18 August 1994. It was fought between Quenmin and Tamau against the Opposition Movement for the Permanent Independence of Tamau and ARPAGHARCON.

The conflict's primary causes were of the laws on increased military spending, lowering minimum wages, and suppression of labor unions implemented by the stratocratic government of Prime Minister Nguyễn-Thạch Sĩ Chiến, and the Pagayabas Accords that enabled major Quenminese corporations to establish in Tamau contributing facilities to help augment Tamau's economy after the Commodities Crisis of 1989, but was actually used as a means of directly controlling over half of Tamau's economic resources; particularly, rice and petroleum.

Background

Pagayabas Accords for Economic Cooperation and Subsequent Protests

Main article: Pagayabas Accords for Economic Cooperation

• Prime Minister Nguyễn-Thạch Sĩ Chiến condemned Phung Toan Dac Kien for not doing enough
• Set out by the stratocratic government
• Ducal Government was hesitant to sign it, but eventually did so

Ducal Government's Attempted Talks to Revoke the Agreement

• Even though the Accords were producing contributions, it got increasingly unpopular after its true intentions were revealed visually and physically
• Government tries to convince the stratocracy to repeal it, but some cabinet members prevented them from carrying out the talks

Consolidated Cooperation Between ARPAGHARCON and the FKPXT

• Divided opinion in ARPAGHARCON and the FKPXT alike

Martial Law Implemented in Both Countries

• After the Hue Tinh-Yen Tau Incident

Aftermath

• POLMANATS loses its political power