The Great GUSAC War (S1)

The Great GUSAC War (also known as "The Great War against GUSAC" or "GUSAC war") was an armed conflict which took place On June 10th 2020, in Nations Season 1. Many consider it to be the most important and memorable war in all of Nations history.

Pre-war events
GUSAC, a country in north-eastern Europe bordering Arstotzka, was accused by the UN for inflating prices of several items in the global market. Mass selling of goods such as leather and gold to the Geneva Shop damaged the economy of several countries. This resulted in uproar from the international community, as the GUSAC denied the request to stop.

Tensions were high, and an invasion was planned for several days by Arstotzka and the European Trade Union. It was supposed to be the first step to a large-scale coup backed by both ETU and Arstotzka, which would replace GUSAC's leader (Depotatut) with a new leader, Sapanette.

However, the incident that sparked the conflict happened on June 10th, after GUSAC member Supp assassinated UK's leader, A_RandomSeal, in the middle of London. This was considered the "final straw" by the ETU, and war was declared.

Course of the war
At 18:37 CET, the United Kingdom, Serbia and Lithuania all collectively declared war on GUSAC. Seven minutes later, the Arstotzkan Union declared war too, joining the war on UK's side. This was a move that surprised people around the world, given the fact GUSAC and Arstotzka were good allies until that point. Norway, with its neutrality policy, chose to stay out of the conflict, but deployed a helicopter to the scene for news coverage.

After several minutes of planning, the ETU and Arstotzkan troops started their journey to Leningrad. All available GUSAC troops immediately took defensive positions. Secretly an ETU spy, Sapanette - one of the leaders of GUSAC - helped the Allied forces by feeding them valuable information.

At around 19:00 CET the ETU forces landed on GUSAC soil and began their invasion. They were backed by rapid bombardment from the Lithuanian air force. The outnumbered and heavily unprepared GUSAC soldiers bitterly fought for a few minutes, but were quickly defeated. The city was breached in just over ten minutes. Sapanette helped speed up the campaign by turning against his fellow GUSAC troops. Not knowing what's going on, the defenders were completely overwhelmed. The Arstotzkan Union arrived shortly afterwards, and together with ETU troops they wiped out the remaining GUSAC soldiers.

At 19:15 the allied troops stormed the GUSAC government palace, and declared victory. The peace discussions already began in the UN by this point.

The battle of France
While the Arstotzkan and ETU soldiers celebrated their victory in Leningrad, the remaining GUSAC soldiers took their last stand by launching a surprise attack on the UK from Switzerland. All allied leaders were immediately notified of the impending attack, and many troops were deployed to western Europe so they could defend London.

Heavy fighting broke out in France, and after around 12 minutes all GUSAC attackers were killed. War was officially declared over at around 19:43 CET, and all GUSAC resistance stopped.

Aftermath
One day after losing the war, GUSAC was disbanded. The former GUSAC leader Depotatut asked for all remaining GUSAC wealth to be transferred to the Arstotzkan Union. What he didn't know, however, was that Sapanette moved all the government money from Leningrad shortly before the war began. Over $40,000 worth of goods were stolen, and they now belonged to Sapanette. The GUSAC public were outraged by the news of the betrayal. GUSAC launched small raids against Lithuania the following night, but they were all easily taken down by the larger allied defenses. Many GUSAC refugees fled to Arstotzka.

Sapanette achieved his goal at the end, and got to lead his own country. However, instead of taking over the war-torn Leningrad, he left GUSAC entirely and instead formed Belgium. Due to the massive accumulated wealth, Belgium became the biggest global economy overnight.

GUSAC was occupied for 13 days. On June 23rd however, the Arstotzkan Union started the annexation of Leningrad and Lithuania, and put Depotatut back in power. GUSAC was re-established, and the country was renamed to the People's Soviet Union (PSU).