NationStates Jolt Archive

This was it. The war was no longer civil. There was no longer a Richtosanditenlandt. They were divided: Richtenbourg in the North and Sanditenlandt in the South. Communist and Capitalist nations; no longer the capitalist paradise that it once was. No official currency now existed in Richtenbourg, only the Communa; the economy had been deliberately imploded by the oppressive Supreme Commissar Ivan Michaelovitch and his government.
Sir Harold Rudder PhD, democratically elected Prime Minister of Sanditenbourg read the military reports from his advisors. He consulted the cabinet. A clear border; the Frontline. These would be the boundaries. Presidential assent was granted, albeit reluctantly, to halve the nation. He was persuaded that Richtenbourg was now a real country.
The issue was one of heavy debate, but the result was almost unanimous in the House of the Publicly Approved and the House of Unelected Professionals alike. Dinner was served, but that is entirely beside the point.
War was declared against all who followed the Communist Manifesto in the divided Richtosanditenlandt, and Sanditenbourg was now at was with Richtenbourg. Now officially declared.
Richtenbourg and Sanditenbourg alike desperately called for allies.