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Drometian War
Date 21 March 1968 - 11 November 1975 (7 years, 7 months and 3 weeks) Location Drometia Result Overthrow of Drometian monarchy West Drometia established as successor state and claims East Drometia as a breakaway province East Drometia proclaimed as an independent state Creation of inner Drometian border Territorial changes Division of Drometia
Belligerents
Kingdom of Drometia	West Drometia	East Drometia
n/a	Supported by Maroudia	Supported by Afthonia
Commanders and leaders
TBD	Lorent Episcu	TBD
Strength
TBD	TBD	TBD
Casualties and losses
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The Drometian War was a major armed conflict and civil war between the Kingdom of Drometia, West Drometia and East Drometia which was fought from 1968 until 1975. Prior to the start of the war multiple factors such as historical ethnic tensions between Afthonian-Drometians and Maroudian-Drometians, a period of economic recession alongside the 1964 Drometian earthquake and the humanitarian crisis that followed and the 1968 Maroudian revolution are considered as significant contributing factors to the conflict. Modern day historians consider 21 March 1968 as the official start of the conflict when anti-monarchist elements within both the civilian population and military of Drometia attempted to overthrow the Drometian monarchy and proclaimed the creation of <INSERT WEST DROMETIA FORMAL NAME> commonly referred to as West Drometia with major battles reported almost immediately in the region near Drometia's capital city. Two days later the Afthonian-Drometian community proclaimed the establishment of the East Drometia, commonly referred to as East Drometia, on the island's eastern region as a separate entity from West Drometia. In response the revolutionary government of West Drometia proclaimed the territories controlled by East Drometia as a breakaway province. This resulted in a three-way conflict between the three major factions. West Drometia was supported by Maroudia whereas East Drometia was supported by Afthonia. The island of Drometia has historically been inhabited by both Afthonians and Maroudians who had sailed from the Veledan mainland and settled on the island. In ancient times until the middle ages, the Kastorian Empire controlled the island and established the first permanent settlements on the island and served as an important port city. After its collapse various Afthonian and Maroudian polities vied for control over Drometia and the island frequently changed hands. This constant exchange of control resulted in a mix of Afthonian and Maroudian populations who are referred to as Afthonian-Drometians and Maroudian-Drometians with the latter forming the majority of the island's historical population. In spite of its smaller population size the Afthonian-Drometians have been generally more economically stronger compared to the Maroudian-Drometians which has led to ethnic tensions between the two ethnicities. In the modern era Drometia has become an independent state as the Kingdom of Drometia, a semi-constitutional monarchy.

Prior to the outbreak of war the Drometian economy had performed poorly with the government proved unable to quell what was island nation's worst hyperinflation crisis. By 1960 Drometia's currency the <INSERT NAME HERE>, has lost more than XX% of its value which was caused by a number of factors primarily though most modern day historians agree that a lack of safeguards to curtail the monarch's power which has allowed the reigning monarch to directly interfere with the nation's central bank decisions which ultimately led to the hyperinflation crisis. A catastrophic earthquake in 1964 resulted widespread damage and high deathtoll which further compounded the government's problems. Already in poor financial condition, the Drometian government was unable to effectively respond to the humanitarian crisis the country faced prompting its direct neighbors of Afthonia and Maroudia alongside other nations to provide humanitarian assistance to Drometia. However the Drometian monarch insisted that any foreign aid must be distributed by the Drometian government themselves and resulted in a centralized system of aid distribution. However as the Drometian government lacked the logistical infrastructure and manpower to properly distribute aid has resulted in the uneven distribution of aid to the Drometian population. This was mostly felt by the Afthonian-Drometians who mostly reside on the eastern portion of the island whereas foreign aid had largely been centered in the western region. This has led to calls by both the local Afthonian-Drometians and Afthonian government to call upon the Drometian government to properly support all segments of its population. Afthonian-Drometians distrust of the reigning monarch continued to sour from what they perceived as blatant favoritism for the Maroudian-Drometians. On the other hand the Maroudian-Drometians believed the reigning monarch to be incompetent and unable to properly govern the nation. In 1966 major riots broke out as the local population demanded reforms, which quickly spread across the entirety of the island. Both Afthonian-Drometians and Maroudian-Drometians took the opportunity to persecute one another throughout the riots. This has prompted the Drometian government to finally call upon the aid of Afthonia and Maroudia who deployed peacekeeping forces on the east and west portions of the island respectively which helped stabilize the situation for a time. However the 1968 Maroudian Revolution inspired dissident elements among the ethnic Maroudian-Drometians to instigate a sister revolution. Combined with support with elements from Maroudia's peacekeeping detachments who were aligned with the Red Army Movement (MER) a sister revolution was initiated on 21 March 1968 in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy and establish a left-wing Drometian state. While fighting was initialy between monarchist and revolutionary forces only, two days after the start of the revolution the eastern region of Drometia declared its sesccession and independence, establishing the Republic of Drometia comprised primarily of ethnic Afthonian-Drometians.