Osorra-Tilenno War

The Osorra-Tilenno War, sometimes called the War of Tears (Tilennan: Daenàrouna Zjiló) was a military conflict in Northern Avalonia between the communist state of Osorra and the Federal Empire of Tilenno. Later on members of the North-South Concordant entered the war at various times as well, with Cipertine fighting a large portion of the war on the eastern front. The conflict began on 11 May 1984 with the Invasion of Àsaupaso, and lasted until 6 August 1987, with the official surrender of Osorra and the signing of the Treaty of Ytriva.

Tilennan Mineworker revolt
In the early 70's a major social insurgence occurred in Tilenno known as the Mineworkers Revolt. Fed up with the systematic exploitation and indigent working conditions, Tilennan miners all across the Federation refused to work and went on a collective strike. This soon spread to other low income workers and destabalised the economy. Strikes and protest popped up everywhere, demanding better pay and working conditions as well as better social services and more protection by the state. Politicians under the pressure from the richer upper class, were unwilling to give in and struck down these protest with force. Many scholars point at the link with the Osorran radio station Radio Cuzka, which at the time spread jazz and socialist ideas all acroos North-Avalonia. It was also broadcatsed in Tilenno and even translated into and Tilennan. The mineworkers that started the uprising, were most likely inspired by the messages this station divulged.

To distract the public from these issues, the Tilennan government started focussing its attention on Osorra and used them as a representation of Artemian influence in Avalonia and depicted them the root of all their problems. By doing this they could slowly shift the attention away from the revolt and onto Osorra. This worked, but caused Tilennan politics to radicalize very quickly. In 1982 Xàreisae Couraede was elected as Prime-Minister at only 24 years old, promising that Osorra would pay for what they caused and Avalonia would finally be liberated. So the likelyhood of war inched ever closer. Military spending Tilenno soon went up and so did the weapon industry. This war was also seen as a way to boost the slumping economy and at this point seemed inevitable.

Liria Message
Tilenno knew that waging a war against Osorra would likely result in a defeat and so it tried to get other Avalonian nations to join in, masked under the premise of liberating Avalonia. A message was sent by foreign affair minister Liria Rido to Chezzetcook asking for support in the war, but this message was intercepted by Osorran intelligence forces. When Osorra discovered war was coming, it decided it couldn't wait for Tilenno to strike and realised they were better of by making the first move themselves, while Tilenno was still not fully prepared.