Komashi War of Succession

Komashi War of Succession
Clockwise from top left: Royal Azanami Air Force Aichi SB-1 taking off from Kako Air Base Royal Yukino Navy Aizawa-class destroyer maneuvering off Nara Royal Azanami Army Type 2 tanks fire on Conservative positions in Mirai Royal Aizawa Army troops marching to the Youmu Frontier
Date 20 April 2020 (2020-04-20) – present Location Komashi Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Yukino Coalition Friently	Conservative Coalition
Commanders and leaders
Yukino Coalition leaders: Ryan Shirakami Chiyomaru Yukino Miki Azanami Nikki Hanabi Akasaka Zaychik Friently: Bryan von Friently-Hannover VII Yusuf Sarim	Ibuki Sana Albrecht von Vozlisch III Hamiya Kaslana
Strength
Yukino Coalition: 1,806,000 troops Friently: 100,000 troops	1 million (estimates)
Casualties and losses
Yukino Coalition: 25,500 injured 2,100 killed	115,120 injured 32,106 killed
2.5 million civilians displaced, 750,000 killed, with over 1 million injured.

The Komashi War of Succession (KS: こましの継承戦争, Komashi no keishō sensō) is an ongoing civil war in Komashi, fought between the Yukino Coalition, led by Ryan Shirakami and Duchess Chiyomaru Yukino, against the Conservative Coalition that is primarily led by Grand Duchess Ibuki Sana of Azura-Nishi, along with foreign support from the Grand Friently Empire.

After the Confederal Kingdom's king Tougo Azanami had signed the Five Points Treaty to end the Northern Usonea War, the country was forced to pay debts that was too far for the country's economy to handle, and the fact that the country lost to foreign powers had implanted discontent among the populace of the 18-nation confederation. With growing discontent, Azanami abdicated, and his prime minister, Hideyoshi Kaslana, was assassinated during the arrest of the monarchy. Invoking the Constitution of Komashi, the 18 monarchies initially decided to elect a new leader.

Things changed on 5 April, the day that had been set for the election, when Ryan Shirakami stepped up to be the succeeding king. Seven nations of the Confederation then seceded, forming the Conservative Coalition, after their initial votes were for Ibuki Sana. Aware of these actions, the remaining 11 nations in the Confederation formed the Yukino Coalition, at the behest of Duchess Chiyomaru. With the Komashi nation torn in two, discontent and general unrest between the two coalitions grew, with open hostilities starting on 20 April when Vozlisch pre-emptively attacked Kisume Fortress in Azanami, and Azura-Nishi attacking Wakamiya and Youmu in Hanabi and Aizawa, respectively.

Aizawa, Azanami, and Hanabi repulsed all the pre-emptive offensives. On the same day, the Duchy of Yukino launched the pre-emptive invasion of Maikaze, a Conservative-aligned state. Yukino troops overran the surprised Maikaze forces across the east bank of the Yukino River and quickly besieged Nara, the state's capital and largest city. The city was nearly all but destroyed, with its destruction being showed across the entire Komashi nation.