Planning:Santa Magdalena War

This page is for planning the Santa Magdalena War.

Background

 * Santa Magdalena has experienced on-and-off native unrest since it gained independence from Agrana y Griegro in 1832. A White minority government was maintained post-independence and AyG was known for being a brutal colonizer.
 * The current uprising began slow in the early 2000s, but picked up steam until by ~2006 the government no longer exercised much control outside of urban areas.
 * Tiperyn started sending small special forces parties to advise and train Santa Magdalenan government troops in 2006.
 * As it became clear the Santa Magdalenian government was in trouble and large regional powers were getting involved on behalf of the rebels, Tiperyn deployed larger conventional forces in 2014 to protect core areas of the country.

Current situation

 * Santa Magdalena is in a state of civil war. The sides are:
 * The post-colonial, authoritarian democracy, White minority government of Santa Magdalena supported by key North-South Concordant allies (mainly Tiperyn)
 * Native Avalonian rebel groups.
 * There are multiple rebel factions who at different times ally out of necessity, but aren't all friendly. The main native factions are a left-wing bloc (in the northeast and north) and an ethnonationalist bloc (in the southeast). There is a limited liberal wave in urban areas that generally aligns itself with the left-wing bloc.
 * The NSC is there mainly to prevent the fall of another Avalonian state to communism, as happened in Arbenz and almost happened in SiWallqanqa. NSC military action is limited to patrolling government-controlled areas and limited special forces action into enemy territory. The Santa Magdalenian government is responsible for most offensive anti-rebel action.

Dispositions

 * The Santa Magdalenian government control is centered on the capital of Ciudadela, most of the coastline, Lake Candon, and souther portions of the Silvio River. These areas are primarily White Agranans with a minority of native Avalonians who are second class citizens, mainly there as a means of cheap labor.
 * The native rebels are dominant in rural lands that have a lower concentration of White Agranans. Rebel control is centralized east of the San Luis River and in the mountainous northern regions. The Santa Magdalenian government exercises almost no control of northern and eastern border crossings from the ground, but occassionally (inconsistently) recons and strikes them from the air.

Tiperyn
Tiperyn leads the NSC's military contribution and is responsible for refereeing multinational forces in the country. It mainly wants to maintain the pre-uprising status quo and prevent the fall of the Santa Magdalenan government. Is also there to reign in other NSC states and Santa Magdalena itself from openly attacking foreign powers outside of its own borders so as to not drastically expand the conflict. Also policing Santa Magdalenian forces (preventing war crimes) to as to not give other powers a huge cassus belli. This referee function was likely something Kaya pushed Tiperyn to do in order to get concessions from Kaya in other areas and allow it to abstain from the Santa Magdalena issue.

Tiperyn's military contribution is the largest at about enlarged brigade size plus aircraft.