[center][h2][b][color=007236]The Osladian Empire[/color][/b][/h2]
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[center][b]The Fire of '21[/b][/center]

In the early hours of February 3rd screams and smoke filled the air as the first block succumb to the torrent of flames that spilled from two separate lower class housing complexes in Cherevny. The fire originated in a wayward home for migrants from former Osladian states and War survivors; specifically a fireplace spark lighting a pile of straw on fire. Initially the fire went unnoticed by the residence until smoke had wafted upward to the higher floors, and by that time the entirety of the first floor main room had been set aflame. Quickly those inside who could evacuate did so, however four would subsequently perish in the flames of the first building. Within the hour the flames had spread and even with attempts to control the blaze from civilians and city authorities the block soon was ablaze.

The fire, now known as the Fire of '21, burned for a total of thirty two hours before finally being stamped out by a collective effort of military, civilian, and city personnel. However, by the time the fire had been stopped over 9,500 homes and a square kilometer of infrastructure had been ravished by flames; over twenty thousand citizens of the city were now without homes, some only owning the clothes on their backs. In Oslograd the Patriarchs of the Vorvok Church held massive charity funds to aid the Empire's second largest city, and over a million Osladian lev was donated in the grand effort.

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[i]Cherevny, second largest city in Oslad, ablaze. Circa 1921.[/i][/center]

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[center][b]The Undeclared War[/b][/center]

Military observers to the Ferro-Korenian War flooded High Command and the Imperial Cabinet with reports from the front. Due to mediocre weather Osladian armor sat stagnant in the snow, and the Korenian forces were not at the advantage despite their armored superiority. However, despite these unexpected poor reports the Imperial Cabinet and the Tsar passed immediate legislature, overriding any statements made in the State Duma, to accept the Korenian request for debt and further economic and military measures would be assured in aiding the Korenian Republic. Osladian production lines were given military goods orders continuing well into the summer and soon trains began to fill their cargo lists with rifles, artillery, and equipment destined for Korenia in the coming months. The Empire was, at least unofficially, preparing for war in the east.

The Iron Hundred, ever praising of Korenian Prime Minister Brandel as the 'Father of Modern Centra', began a campaign in early February for the formation of an Osladian volunteer brigade to travel and fight for the Korenian Republic against the 'Ferro Menace'. The call to arms was to all true Osladians to join the 'Hundred Volunteers' and 'bring the fight to the Soroyan dog', and to the bitter and resentful Osladian populace this call was all too pleasing. By March the regiment, known as 'The Iron Fighters', had gained a few thousand Terrible War veterans and Iron Hundred banner-men prepared for their call to arms. Some within the military urged the Tsar to endorse the volunteer regiment and give them Imperial authority to deploy and fight for the Korenians, however the Tsar remained cautious of giving in to the wishes of the fanatical band of nationalists. 

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[i]Iron Hundred Recruitment Poster depicting an Osladian rifleman watching over the snow-covered front between Korenia and Ferreraia. The text reads, "We're in the trench once again, WHERE ARE YOU?"[/i][/center]

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[center][b]Tsar Anton's Southern Ambition[/b][/center]

With revitalized interests in Mille-Sessau and being former comrades in arms with the Grand Empire of Survaek, Tsar Anton called upon a meeting of Emperors. The young Tsar wished to meet personally with Emperor Yvor and Empress Alexandra and ponder upon future diplomatic interests the nations all shared with one another. 

[i]"During the reign of my father, Tsar Lubomir II; may he rest in the arms of Saint Vorvok, the Osladian Empire fought tooth and nail alongside the Grand Empire of Survaek in a misguided and tragic conflict that caused both of our empires a generation lost to war and a stain forever to harm our reputations as peaceful and just realms. However, under my reign I shall not see the empire of my forefathers to fall to isolationism and internal infighting. We must forever be looking outward to the rest of the world for insight and inspiration, thus is the beauty of our civilized society. 

Being a veteran of the Terrible War, and having fought alongside the ferocious and noble Survaekom during those years, I call upon my former brothers in arms to come to the table once again and speak with the intention to create a better future for the generation now in birth within our nations. In addition I call for the revived Empire of Mille-Sessau, already in solidarity with Survaek, to join us in a meeting of royalty. With our mutual influence within western and southern Centra we, as comrades, can forge a peace to last a thousand years in our piece of the world. While the warlords fight in Faresia and the Chiefdoms duke it out for supremacy in the deserts of Serrathia, let us be the model of the new post-war era.

- Tsar Anton I, King of Oslad and Emperor of all Osladians by right of Saint Vorvok."[/i]

At home some viewed the Tsar's request as intrusive to a region the Empire had no land or influence in. Iron Hundred spokesman Stannislaus Petrovic decrying the 'Letter to Three Rulers' as improperly titled, calling it the 'Letter of a Child at the Dinner Table'.