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The Belfro-Mutulese war of 1928, also known as the Kayamucan War, Second Belfro-Mutulese War, or the King Mackerel War, was the second major conflict between the Belfrasian Federation and the Divine Kingdom. It started over both countries attempts to control maritime affairs in the Kayamuca Sea beyond the territorial limits traditionaly recognized. It notably saw fightings over the exact location of the Kayamuca International Waterway and fishing sectors.
The war started after an incident where a Belfrasian fishing vessel was intercepted by a fishing vessel, claimed to have been a Belfrasian spying unit by the Mutuleses, was sank. The four year long conflict saw not only the participation of the two major Kayamucan powers, but also of other countries such as Ayeli. It ended with the signature of the Uyatlaudali Treaty, which created "Reserved Areas" for economic purposes, while the Kayamuca International Waterway was slightly redifned to accomodate these new Maritime Borders. It's not until the creation of the Forum of Nations that the Reserved Areas would be replaced by the modern EEZ.
Prelude
Long before the war, and since at least the Arm Race of the 1890s and 1900s, both Belfras and the Mutul pursued aggressive policies when it came to the Kayamuca Sea and the NorOxi Strait. But it's only in 1917, a year after the First Belfro-Mutulese War, that each made unilateral declaration doubling the size of their national water. In 1920, both once again made parallel plans of establishing large "Controlled Waters" areas far removed from any emmerged territory they held. International pressure stopped in its track an attempt by both government to divide equally the NorOxi Strait, but the two countries nonetheless made their claims known : most of the northern Kayamuca Sea in the case of Belfras, the Southern Kayamuca Sea up to the an eastern line made of Tikal, Ayeli and TBD national waters.
While neither recognized the other's claim, an unwritten rule was established were neither did any move to contest the other's control as these "new" demarcations followed more-or-less the areas were they were already de-facto economically dominant.
Nonetheless, tensions rose up dramatically when the migrating pattern of the King Mackerel changed abruptly during the year 1926. Unknown in origin, this change had the unfortunate consequence of putting both Belfrasians and Mutuleses fishermen in competition, and violent skirmishes between vessels that were after the same body of fishes became more and more common. Because of the damages and injuries provoked by these altercations, the Federation and the Divine Kingdom started deploying military patrols to escrot the fishing fleets, further increasing the tensions. It's at this point that the Imperial State of Ayeli published a new denonciation of Belfras and the Mutul's unilateral claims on international waters.
The powderkeg exploded when, in 1928, the Mutuleses attempted to stop and search a Belfrasian vessel. In unclear circumstances, neither countries having disclosed their files on the incidents, the ship ended up being sunk and its crew killed. Mutuleses claimed it was a Belfrasian spying vessel that opened fire on the patrol, while the Belfrasian denounced the murder of nine fishermen. On the 12th of May 1928, the Belfrasian Federation declared war to the Mutul.