YuktobaniaGeographyThe Union of Yuktobanian Republics (Сою́з Юктобаний Респу́блик/СЮР), alternatively Yuktobania (Юктобани́я), [1] occupies the northern half of the Verusa continent and is the largest country in the world by landmass. [2] Stretching from the equator to the Fuscum Sea and with great variety in elevation, many climate zones are present in Yuktobania. They include jungles, rainforests, deserts, and temperate zones.
HistoryYuktobania was the Osean Federation's primary geopolitical rival throughout the 20th Century's Cold War. Though this conflict never came to blows, both nations regarded each other as "potential enemies," and their allies often fought with one another in proxy wars. [3] Belka's aggression against its former territories in 1995 prompted collaboration between the superpowers, with Yuktobania supplying intelligence assets and airpower to the Allied Forces. Both nations continued to pursue detente after the war, with Osea and Yuktobania pledging to work together on arms control measures, space exploration, and other transnational political agreements. [4] However, ideological and geostrategic tensions persisted. Their allies continued to fight proxy wars, and Yuktobania even provided aid to extremist factions in Erusea following the regime's defeat in 2005. [5] Despite the official warming of relations, Yuktobania continued development of strategic weapon systems, such as the Scinfaxi class submarine, which was incomplete at the end of the Belkan War.
The administration of Prime Minister Seryozha V. Nikanor, a proponent of closer ties with Osea, was detested by regime hardliners, leading to a 2010 palace coup aided by the covert support of Belkan operatives, which placed de facto control of the nation in the hands of the military. Throughout September they probed Osean defenses with border incursions before officially declaring war on September 27th. The declaration of war was immediately accompanied by a surprise attack on Osean naval base at Saint Hewlett, followed up by air raids culminating in the ambush of Osean aircraft carriers in the Eaglin Straits, sinking two of the carriers assigned to the Third Fleet. [6,7] Yuktobania maintained its offensive inertia until an amphibious assault on Sand Island was warded off by the Arkbird on October 4th, also resulting in the loss of a Scinfaxi class submarine. [8] The war deescalated for the next several weeks due to the strategic balance brought by the Arkbird, until Osea's President was secretly imprisoned by the Belkan conspirators and the Arkbird was sabotaged. [9] The Vice President authorized an expeditionary invasion of Yuktobania beginning on October 30th. [10] The invasion progressed smoothly for Osea, and Cinigrad was besieged in early December. Yuktobania retaliated against alleged Osean war crimes with several terrorist attacks on civilians in early November [11] and an unsuccessful decapitation strike against the Vice President on November 29th. [12] Ultimately Yuktobania held off the Oseans in Cinigrad, bogging them down in urban combat until their recently-liberated heads of state revealed Belkan complicity and announced a ceasefire on December 30th. Although some units continued fighting due to doubts about the broadcast's authenticity or explicitly stayed loyal to the junta, [13] Belka overtly attacked Osea on the 31st by attempting to drop a military satellite on Oured. [14] The ceasefire officially ended the war and Osea withdrew its invasion forces. Prime Minister Nikanor and President Harling strove for further deescalation in the wake of the conflict. [15] PoliticsThrough the 1990s, Yuktobania was led by a sprawling bureaucracy with a militaristic and all-encompassing central party. [16]
Throughout the Cold War and into the 2000s, Yuktobania based its foreign policy on realpolitik rather than pure ideology; Erusea's fascist government was one of its satellite states [17] and Yuktobania provided arms to the Free Erusea movement after the Continental War. [18] The ruling party also denounced ethnic independence movements in Belka, supporting Belka's fascist putsch as a bulwark against Osea. [19] However, Yuktobania later turned on Belka as its destabilizing nature became evident. The collectivized economies and single-party rule of Yuktobania and its allies stood in ideological opposition to the prevailing democratic capitalist world order championed by Osea throughout the 20th Century. [20] During the detente following the Belkan War, Yuktobania appears to have abandoned some of its economic policies and authoritarianism to better integrate with the international community. It affirmed its commitment to implementing a market economy and democratic reforms at the Arkbird Conference in 2008. [21] In 2010, however, Prime Minister Nikanor, who favored better relations with Osea, was taken captive in a palace coup while the country was ruled by an anti-Osean junta. MilitaryDuring the Cold War, Yuktobania placed a greater emphasis on offensive strategic assets than its adversaries. It responded to Osea's SDI anti-nuclear defenses with the arsenal ship concept that was later realized in the Scinfaxi class submarine. In the late 2000s Yuktobania's military strength was remarkable even compared to other superpowers. [22] It retained a robust army, navy, and air force capable of conducting operations across the Ceres Ocean.
Yuktobania dealt significant blows to Osea in the opening days of the Circum-Pacific War, sinking half of the Third Fleet's carriers and striking Air Defense Force bases. However, Osea advanced rapidly through the Yuktobanian mainland after landing on November 1st, 2010. After breaking through Cruik Fortress on December 6th, Osean forces reached the capital city of Cinigrad and became bogged down in urban combat before the end of the war. Throughout the war Yuktobania made extensive use of its special operations forces for asymmetrical warfare, most notably deploying nerve gas in Bana City on November 4th and indiscriminately killing civilians at Apito International Airport on the same day. [23] LocationsCinigrad: Yuktobania's capital city, and the location of fierce urban fighting in December 2010.
Okchabursk: A major naval port in north-east Yuktobania, where the first Scinfaxi class ballistic missile submarine was constructed. Documents declassified in 2020 revealed that it was the intended target of a thwarted Belkan nuclear attack in December 2010. Karaska/Dresdene: A mountainous region in central Yuktobania, home to a historic engineering college that was attacked during the Circum-Pacific War. [24] Bastok Peninsula: A tropical landmass jutting out into the Ceres Ocean near the equator. As Yuktobania's closest territory to Osea, it is lined with defensive fortifications. These fortresses were ultimately unsuccessful in warding off Osean invaders during the Circum-Pacific War. Jilachi Desert: An arid desert that was transformed into fertile lands through massive irrigation projects during Yuktobania's communist period. [25] Yuktobania also extracts large amounts of oil from the region. Glubina: A forested tundra in central Yuktobania. Its subarctic conditions, despite its proximity to the equator and warm bodies of water, are a result of its mountainous terrain. The Yuktobanian Army operated an internment camp in the region that housed captured OADF pilots during the Circum-Pacific War. Duga: A dense jungle in southern Yuktobania with prominent mesas towering over the river that carved them. Subterranean tunnels under the mesas are used as arms depots for the Yuktobanian military. Sonza: An arid region in southeast Yuktobania, it contained a strategically vital weapons manufacturing complex that was defended by a robust radar defense net until both were destroyed in the Circum-Pacific War. Citations[1] Ace Combat 5 Mission 25, C-1 Trader markings
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