Jack of Harts

A new administration in Pineland saw the victories in Attica and Kalaria as mandates to bring the entire region into the modern age. They looked at the neighboring Ellisia’s despotic regime as a proof of concept for a new and better way to reform backwards nations. They supported local resistance movements with weapons, intelligence, and air support, and watched as they toppled the government, captured the fleeing dictator, and beat him to death on camera. It was heralded as a great victory for Pineland and the modern world. Unfortunately for Ellisia, tribal divisions caused the rebels to fragment as they fought over who would rule the nation after their great victory. Chaos and firefights ensued all over the country, culminating in the storming of a Pinelandian consulate and the death of the ambassador and his protectors. It was a dark day for Pineland.

When the People’s Republic of Pineland attacked Attica, they called on their allies to help them. Help came from such diverse places as Cortina, Mojave, Atropia, and Gorgas, just to name a few. They helped destroy the Islamic Emirate of Attica and their terrorist allies entirely. The allies then spent the next decade rebuilding Attica into a modern democratic nation where women could walk down the street alone without getting stoned to death, and minorities were not thrown off buildings. They trained a new national police and armed forces, and brought in a new era of governmental representation. All of those reforms culminated in the first democratic election for president in the nation’s history, despite the Islamic Congress of Attica’s attempts to disrupt it with terror attacks. It was the beginning a new age for Attica and the world.