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Oceanyka, still sometimes known post-independence as Australia, is a confederation of tribes, villages, towns and city-states located in the continent of Oceania. It is an anarchic land filled with treasure, danger, cruelty and death. Outside of the palisades of villages, the stone walls of towns, the sniper towers of cities and the bunkers of colonial outposts anarchy reigns, and he with the biggest gun wins. Oceanyka autonomously developed two different civilisations which had been at war with each other for millennia before the arrival of foreign settlers; the Aboriginals and the Ferozen. In their last great war, they destroyed each other, leaving the continent ripe for British colonisation. This state of affairs lasted for almost a century, greatly enriching the Empire, but Oceanyka reached independence through bloody revolution in the late 19th century, as a confederation between all peoples within it. Originally aligned with the West, a left-wing revolution in the capital has brought it closer to the Moscow Pact, under the leadership of President Alan Redfort.

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Since 1965, a number of Japanese universities influenced by Trotskyist intellectuals had begun protesting and revolting against the government for a variety of social issues. The Japanese Kempeitai estimated that a tipping point would come in 1968. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato believed that activating emergency powers would be necessary to maintain order if the government's fears became true. However, to do so in the face of largely peaceful protests would be a damning act of authoritarianism upon the eyes of the international community, a reminder of Japan's previous administration, the totalitarian Taisei Yokusankai, whose influence the United States had promised, was completely eradicated. His predecessor, Hayato Ikeda, had seen GDP growth figures of up to 14% annually. One of the greatest slumps for the Sato cabinet, however, was the status of Oceanyka's pirates. While the Pacific could be easily crossed, trade with Europe required passing through the Malacca Strait, which was relatively unsafe. Over the past twenty years numerous Japanese vessels had been captured, sometimes with their sailors impressed into service. While Ikeda's administration did not suffer from significant problems with the pirates, owing to the partial collapse of Farenday's pirate state following a massed German aeronaval strike on their home port, by 1967 they had reconstructed much of their fleet using Soviet weapons and funds derived from an extensive criminal and black market network spanning the whole globe. To redirect the public's attention, it was decided later that year to initiate a military operation. The bait would be an unprotected Japanese container ship carrying brand-new Toyota Briska pickup trucks, a predecessor to the famous Hilux model. It was known by the Japanese government that Oceanyka's demand for Japanese pickup trucks was extremely high, and they were very sought after. Kempeitai agents infiltrated within the Federation purposefully fed this information to Farenday through an anonymous link, and the bait was taken; on January 29th, the cargo ship "Akirakanawana" was seized off the coast of Java. The Japanese government declared their intent to initiate a maritime peacekeeping operation in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Despite negotiation attempts by the Oceanykan Council, the Japanese Navy sailed off on February 12th, thus beginning the Kaizoku War (or Pirate War).

Numerous skirmishes took place over the next two months and a half, in which Japanese warships usually resulted victorious, owing to their better training and higher technology. However, the Oceanykans were truly masters at even maritime guerilla tactics; fishing boats ladden with explosives, "German" cargo ships revealing an enormous cannon battery to white-faced Japanese sailors, night-time boarding teams setting off on-board torpedoes, and a number of mischevous operations aimed at exhausting Japanese willpower. As expected, student protests began to escalate in 1968, so PM Sato activated emergency powers (due to being in an "armed conflict with southern bandits"), and neither the international community nor the national press made much of a fuss about it. However, in March 29th the Okinawa Raid ocurred, in which Oceanykan pirates attacked the important port city of Naha, taking an enormous amount of loot and hundreds of hostages. Thrown into a crisis, the Sato cabinet was forced to sign a "favourable" peace treaty on May 8th. The protests continued escalating.

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The M2 4.2-inch Mortar is an American 107mm heavy mortar. Originally designed solely for chemical warfare and white phosphorus shells, at the outbreak of WW2 the Americans scrambled to make high-explosive rounds for this weapon, which had a good range of 4km and greater firepower than contemporary 81mm tubes. The M30 model replaced it during the 1950s, so many surplus M2s have reached conflict zones throughout the world, alongside its fearsome chemical shells.

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Following the coup which ousted Mao Zedong in 1965, Sino-Soviet relations strengthened and even flourished under the administration of Deng Xiaoping. However, the strategic situation of the communist nations was dire; NATO still had a decisive industrial, economic and military superiority over China and the Soviet Union, even if allied Oceanyka was included in the calculations. In 1967 Deng and Khrushchev signed the Canton Treaty of Cooperation and Mutual Defence, which included complete industrial, technological and military cooperation. Access to bleeding edge Soviet technology, alongside Deng's reforms, have allowed China to modernise with enormous speed; its GDP growth is the highest in the world. The Canton Protocol as an organisation is the framework of this Sino-Soviet alliance, its institutions comparable to those of NATO.
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In late 1914, the Entente armies were completely beaten back to the Seine and forced to defend Paris. The Russian Army had been mauled at the Battle of Tannenberg and practically had to rebuild itself. However, the triple alliance still held a decisive advantage in terms of manpower, industry and raw materials. The Russian Army could be reinforced and rearmed by sea, but the Ottoman Empire was a loyal German ally, and had declared war on the Entente. In order to resupply Russia and bring Germany's attention away from the western front, it was decided that the Royal Navy would blast open the Dardanelles. 32 capital ships (28 battleships, 3 battlecruisers and one super-dreadnought) from all across the triple alliance went in guns blazing. Unfortunately, the minesweepers that had been brought to clear the strait of naval mines were staffed by civilians, who turned away when they began to receive accurate Ottoman artillery fire. Furthermore, minelayers were operating in secret during the night.

It was one of these secret mine rows that hit the French battleship Bouvet on the 18th of March, when the most intense naval battle took place. Bouvet and two more battleships were sunk, many other ships damaged. The naval operation to force the Dardanelles open was suspended. The Royal Navy was informed that ground troops were necessary for a decisive strike against the Ottomans. For this operation a number of French, British, Oceanykan and New Zealander troops were assembled; the latter was organised into the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps or ANZAC.



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Fishermen who are able to face the deadly Oceanykan Giant Squid in the open seas and come out victorious will sell its carcass at a high price, since stir-fried spice squid is a world-renowned Oceanykan delicacy. This dish is mostly found in developed coastal cities such as Melbourne and Farenday, catering primarily to foreign tourists and high-profile diners. Sauces made from Solar Spice are particularly prevalent and give these dishes their unforgettable taste.

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Australasian ravens aren't very physically unusual for virtue of being part of a globe-spanning bird family. They are noticeably larger than their Old World cousins, and their brain-to-body ratio is also higher. Where they do differ significantly is in psychology and behaviour. Australian ravens possess intelligence comparable to a small child and can be trained for menial tasks like carrier pigeons can. They're excellent problem solvers, even being capable of disarming and rearming a simple pistol in exchange for food. While regular ravens already have complex social behaviours, Australian ravens take it a step further. They've been observed engaging in individual relationships like sexual pairing, friendship, rivalry and vassalage. The bigger and smarter ravens usually lead their murder (of ravens!), with the rest paying a "food tax" every once in a while. Alpha ravens also pair with the biggest, most intelligent females producing superior heirs. These are respected by the murder and, when the alpha dies, usually take their place. Australasian ravens have been observed using tools like sticks and stones for a very wide array of tasks; spearing, dive bombing with rocks, baiting insects, constructing roofed nests, grooming, etc.

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