Mayhem Incident
The song Mayhem by Regime of Power on their debut EP, details the event known as the Mayhem Incident.
The Mayhem Incident was a serious of diplomatic and military blunders precipitated by West Forgotten Isles against the East Forgotten Isles. It culminated in the counter attack codenamed Devastation and the creation of Autarchia.
It began with a series of Treaty Violations, Natural Disasters and some very ugly diplomatic incidents between the two nations during tense negotiations. Instead of sending aid during the aftermath of the East Atlantic Tsunami, the West Forgotten Isles instead sank relief ships launched from the southern dock to provide medical assistance to the victims. The West Forgotten Isles began preparations to launch a full scale invasion of the East Forgotten Isles, publicly flaunting this during the negotiations. The West Forgotten Isles President would announce he was "taking the East from you scumbag exiles, and your precious science won't save you from the Mastadon's main guns!" The operation, code named Bull Run was discovered shortly after by the Dictator's intelligence assets.
The two nations already had a treaty to provide assistance during natural disasters, and the West Forgotten Isles were completely unaffected by the Tsunami as it came from an magnitude 8.6 earthquake northeast of the East Forgotten Isles. This is in direct contrast to 7 years prior, when the "Great Southern Atlantic Quake" triggered a Tsunami that caused devastating flooding for much of East Forgotten Isles population centers. East Forgotten Isles engineers and emergency teams were able to repair much of the damaged infrastructure, got power operational for the millions of flooded West Forgotten Isle citizenry and provided food to feed the starving population since the Tsunami took out most of their crops. So for West Forgotten Isles to sink the relief ships just because they came upon the invasion staging area (the East Forgotten Isles Navy was not much beyond a green-water navy).
The situation looked grim to most, as the West Forgotten Isles Operation Bull Run is in full swing, loading supplies and troops as the invasion plans proceed full steam ahead. During the post-flyby debriefing, the Dictator begins informing the General of the situation. It isn't long before the Dictator flies into a rage, screaming they would pay for their betrayal! He then proceeds to outline a radical new attack on the Island's volcano with his secret weapon, codenamed the eye, opening a fissure deep in the ground, causing the lava below the island to erupt suddenly, violently and in an unexpected direction as this new hole was opened into the chambers below in a very specific angle. Instead of flowing to the north, as would have been expected, lava instead flowed toward the capitol on the Eastern Plains, destroying the seat of government and much of the islands existing industry and cities. The lava flows flowed further and further, until the sea itself glowed between the two islands, creating a land bridge between the two and destroying the small port that was the East Forgotten Isles main port for commerce to Africa, though the Dictator still had the secret military port on the other side of the island, so traffic just rerouted there for the evacuations, new roads and bridges were erected and moving forward this was the center for commerce for the Americas and Europe..
The East Forgotten Isles rescued the fleeing populace of West Forgotten Isles, relocating them directly into family homes of the East Forgotten Isles citizenry. East Forgotten Isles annexed the West Forgotten Isles, and officially became the Kingdom of Autarchia. In a speech shortly after, the Dictator would detail the reasons for the new name, but the primary reason was to acknowledge the changes that had occurred in government, in geography, in the new regional order, and in a new found respect for his nation in the international order. The new nation's resources would be stretched very thin during this time, until his legions could extract the newly acquired natural resources. The burden of the East Forgotten Isles population would prove to be a test for the new dictatorship, but quick thinking and good luck made these new resources available quicker than anticipated.
The new nation was almost invaded by a coalition of states, in order to rid the world of the new threat. To counter this, the Dictator used the attack to his advantage, instilling fear and promoting the military doctrine known as Devastation through all diplomatic and social channels. After deliberation at the The Autarchia Question Summit of 2024, most nations would not risk facing the ire of the Dictator, knowing even allying with the others would not save their people from his wrath should they not destroy him quickly enough. None knew exactly why the volcano erupted as it did, but the Dictator claimed he bombed the volcano for Autarchia's safety, stating he would do it again in a heartbeat, and could do so again at any time should the need arise. When asked about post-war security, he responded "My eyes are always watching.", When asked what would be his response if the proposed coalition chose to declare war against Autarchia, he replied with one word "Devastation".
Nobody could understand why that happened, and thusly why the East Forgotten Isles were the victor in that quick war. Many suspected a new type of weapon was involved as the Dictator alluded to it as much, but solid intelligence on what that might be was nonexistent in even the greatest of nations. It was assumed that the bigger West Forgotten Isles army and navy would overrun the East Forgotten Isles, but the swift and devastating counterattack left many questions. What happened to the government of West Forgotten Isles? What hit the volcano? The East Forgotten Isles military was hit by the West that morning, sinking most of its active ships, so what just happened?
