America’s Fictional Enemies

by on October 21, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Jarie is another Gorgas province with delusions of self-governance. They were a large border province between Gorgas and Kalaria in Decisive Action Training Environment 2.2, which probably made Kalarian agents an interesting flavor in exercises. They removed Kalaria entirely and shrunk Jarie to a third its previous size in DATE 3.0, greatly changing the balance of power around Jarie. Jarie has always been ethnically different from Gorgas and wants to be independent. They do not have an organized military though, and so a few informal cells randomly bomb industrial and infrastructure targets, such as the bridges between Jarie and the rest of Gorgas. There is no major fighting between the people and the Gorgas government, making it a rather interesting fictional low-intensity training environment for American soldiers.

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America’s Fictional Enemies

by on October 20, 2021 at 12:01 am
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South Ostremek has no cultural ties with the Gorgas people, and they don’t want any. They instead want to be reunited with their cousins in North Ostremek, one of the Donovian Republics. They took steps to do that nineteen years ago after the Gorgas/Donovian War weakened Gorgas. Gorgas attempted to reconquer them immediately, but the Donovians came to their long-lost cousins’ aid and helped them fight the conquers off. Gorgas came for them again three years ago, and the Donovians helped them once more. Their determined resistance weakened Gorgas enough that Zabzimek was able to push out the pro-Gorgas militias from their territory. Donovian peacekeepers now monitor the enforced cease fire between Ostremek and Gorgas, but there is still a great deal of chaos and crime in the area. That makes it another very interesting fictional place for American troops to train in.

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America’s Fictional Enemies

by on October 19, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Zabzimek is a Gorgas province that broke away after the Gorgas/Donovian War 19 years ago. Gorgas tried to take the province back, but Donovia sent in forces to back Zabzimek and sunk one quarter of the Gorgas fleet. They have defended the breakaway province ever since. The province is home to many pro-Gorgas and pro-Zabzimek militias and other irregular forces that operate freely inside Zabzimek and neighboring Gorgas territory. This culminated in a six-day war between Zabzimek and Gorgas after pro-Gorgas forces took over parts of Zabzimek three years ago. Zabzimek won. There is also a history of massacres and ethnic cleansing aimed at the Gorgas citizens. To put it simply, Zabzimek is a perfect fictional place for American troops to train in all kinds of interesting, and sometimes gruesome, scenarios.

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America’s Fictional Enemies

by on October 18, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Kalaria, or Kemalia as it was originally known, was a third major power in the Decisive Action Training Environment. They were perhaps a too-accurate fiction of Turkey to remain in the training system given recent relations with the real nation. They were a major trading partner of Gorgas and Atropia, and had official embargos against Limaria. Early versions included a genocide against Limaria, though later treatments changed that to the massacre of a Limarian scientific expedition to Mount Ararat. That resulted in the conquering of that territory in the 1940s, a sin Limaria never forgave them for. Their other main focus was as the terminus of the Atropian oil pipeline that went through Gorgas. They were a key to riches in the zone. They also had some territorial ambitions that made Ariana distrust them. They were entirely removed in more recent treatments.

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America’s Fictional Enemies

by on October 17, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The Islamic Republic of Ariana is the other main Big Bad in the Decisive Action Training Environment. They are an obvious stand in for Iran, right down to their commitment to export their “Council of Guardians Revolution” to other countries all over the planet. They consider themselves the truest application of Islamic faith, and are happy to bring it to others via the sword. They use a sham representative government to appease or distract easily-confused Western powers, but are in reality controlled by a rigid clerical elite who have solidified their control of the military, and who deploy various terrorist organizations against their international foes. They also work hard to break around UN and US sanctions to procure nuclear weapons. They wish to become a major world power, and their interests can be found in any nation or scenario that may be trained for.

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