Military Anarchy

The Military Anarchy, also known as the Second Estrian Civil War and the Federal Crisis, is a term used to refer to the sum of conflicts, genocides and geopolitical chaos following the nuclear exchange of 1984, ultimately culminating in the collapse of Estria's civilian government. The conflict primarily spans the Federal Army's Northern Command and its efforts to quell and stabilize the nation.

While initially the Federation of Estria attempted to retain cohesion in the aftermath of the first nuclear exchange and the detonation of the Scornstone Caldera, the Army of the Lord quickly took advantage of the situation, violently overthrowing the state governments of various Republics within the southern Federation. The establishment of the de-facto Constitutional Republic of Eridania culminated in violent racial, ideological and political conflict in the south, quickly escalating into a chaotic humanitarian crisis that the Federal Army was, in its present state, ill-equipped to handle. The assassination of president Michael Holder along with vice president Richard Earl Blackwater by The Messengers, followed by a general inability of the Estrian government to nominate a proper successor, culminated in a cascading effect of military insubordination, warlordism and lawlessness.

In its current state, the remnants of the Estrian government are largely under the control of the Federal Armed Forces, with the provisions of the Constitution indefinitely suspended, along with habeas corpus. The rules of engagement and the UCMJ are the only policies to which the Estrian military is bound, and as many able-bodied persons are being pulled from the droves of aimless, war-weary refugees to bolster the ranks of the Federal Army in its desperate attempt to crush the various terrorist organizations, secessionists and warlords now plaguing much of the country.