Second Araga-Starym War

The Second Araga-Starym War, otherwise known as World War III, was a large scale war that happened in late Earth World Mark VI. It is widely considered to be one of the most destructive wars in Mappercraft history, due to most major cities being griefed in some way and the cost on resources and morale on both sides. The war begun when the Aragan Imperial Republic declared war on the Empire of Starymglia after not accepting their territorial demands, causing long lasting tensions between the two nations to boil over, and ended with the two day limit on wars being reached and the Treaty of La Roachelle. Several other nations were also involved in the war besides Araga and Starym: on Araga's side was the Kingdom of Columbia (and technically by extension the rest of the Auburn League) and Arabia; solely on Starym's side was the Kingdom of Maple, who were loyal allies with Starym.

Background
Araga and Starymglia had had a rivalry amongst each other since Earth World Mark V, stemming from the First Araga-Starym War. The terms of the Treaty of Helsinki that ended the war upset Aragans, due to the fact that it included that Araga had to cede their share of the British Isles — except Edinburgh — and Czechia to Starym and that Araga had to pay reparations in the form of 10 stacks of diamonds, 7 stacks of TNT, and a mending book. Despite no conflicts for the rest of the world, tensions continued to exist between the two nations.

Antagonism between Araga and Starym persisted throughout Earth World Mark VI, with it growing evermore through quasi-proxy conflicts that had occurred, such as the Libyan War and the War in France. While Araga and the Pan American Union (the Kingdom of Columbia after the Pan American Civil War) continued to improve their relations and grow closer diplomatically, Starym was for the most part only allies with the Kingdom of Maple, who might as well have been a puppet state of theirs.

Prelude
During the afternoon of September 4th, 2017 several players — mostly Aragans — including Tomad, Skali, bonito_pibb, Cambrian_, and Mich, who had been fed up with Starym at this time, went to the city of Cataan in Keem cohort to loot and generally mess around. Emperor of Starym FedexMC was called to dispose of them and they all eventually went away.

Later, these same players (and most likely more) went to Lyvonis and starting messing around there as well. They notably started placing down doors everywhere in the downtown, annoying many Starymglians but ultimately not fully engaging with them just yet. Tomad (or another Aragan leader) then started demanding for the pre-Helsinki Treaty borders to be put back into place, which would give them back Scotland, Ireland, and Czechia. Starym refused this demand, considering they did not want to be taken advantage of by other nations and players and the fact that they were still frustrated with the Arabian War that occurred three days prior. In retaliation, Fedex then started to taunt Araga by affirming their refusal of the demand and mocking them for it.

Beginning (Sep. 4th)
Fedex's continued refusal of the territorial demands sent a signal to the Aragans that the only way they can reclaim their former pride is to declare war on Starym. While in a Skype call, Cambrian_ ordered Tomad to declare war and Tomad complied, sending an official declaration of war on Starym and the Kingdom of Maple in the Minecraft chat. Imperia, due to their status within Starym as a vassal or autonomous subdivision, promptly affirmed their neutrality and thus little went on there during the war. Soon after, Arabia declared war on Starym and therefore issued their support for the Aragans in the war. On top of that, the Kingdom of Columbia got involved when after seeing Maple distracted defending themselves and attacking Araga and Arabia, they declared war on them as well. Technically all of the Auburn League members were at war against the Kingdom of Maple as part of the alliance's collective defense policy; nevertheless, claims were made by nations such as Delthea claiming and affirming their neutrality.

Immediately after the declaration of war by the Aragans, the battle and griefing of Lyvonis began. Tomad built three withers in the downtown of Starym as a show of strength and, along with other Aragans, sweeped the city out of the Starymglians that were there and started blowing up structures and massively cobblemonstering the city. They also did considerable damage to the cities of London and Cataan. Meanwhile, Fedex and his friends (presumably Czin, jere_x, and franmox) were on their way griefing Aragan cities in Germania, most notably Vasque City and Berlin.

After the PAU declared war on Maple, its King Freezepond turned to them and started attacked and griefing a few cities there, with moderate success. In order to honor their alliance with Maple and to support their efforts, Starym — unilaterally by Fedex — declared war on Columbia, too. At this point, the entire world was effectively at war with each other, with only minor powers avoiding the conflict.

By the end of the day, a great amount of major cities throughout Europe and North America were at least moderately griefed, with some such as Lyvonis bearing the worst of it. No side seemed to be on the top, although it is arguable that Starym and Maple were behind Araga, Arabia, and Columbia in strength and infrastructure by this point. Due to the next day, September 5th, being a school/work day, Araga offered a truce to Starym until both sides could be sufficiently active at the same time; however, Starym refused this and even remained online until they had to go to sleep. This begun a pattern of one side of the war (typically Starym and/or Maple) staying online, effectively preventing the other side from logging in until they could properly mobilize.