Jack of Harts

The Independent Republic of Lower Janga is another very interesting fictional battleground American troops train in. Older versions of the Decisive Action Training Environment included in the background a Limarian Genocide at the hands of the neighboring Kalarians. This is removed in more recent DATEs probably due to real life international politics and how closely that dovetailed into the real life history of Armenia and Turkey. But that gives valuable background on why Christian Limaria attacked Muslim Atropia over the persecution of Limarians in the mutual border region of Lower Janga. Or Artzak in earlier versions. It was a three year war, twenty years ago, that created over a million refugees, wrested control of an entire province from Atropia, and has defined relations between Limaria, Atropia, and anyone who deals with either of them. It is an important region and event.

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.

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.