Isiro (1983: Doomsday)

Background
The Greater Republic of Isiro is a small country in what in OTL is the Democratic Republic of Congo, near the Sudanese border. Founded from the city of Isiro, it gradually conquered the nearby cities an founded it's socalled empire of Congo, despite only controlling part of it. It's leader, Yannick Kony, was a warlord who took over Isiro in 1987, after the utter collapse of all surrounding government. His army, consisting of conscripts from nearby farms, took over the city and installed him as Emperor, and devised a new religion worshipping him. The surrounding cities were completely chaotic at this point, and Kony's rule could be said to have brought a measure of peace. The city of Dungu, Isiro's second largest, already had a government that was established by a few soldiers who went rogue and installed themselves as a dictatorial committee.

The War of Dungu
Kony's son, Serge, lead the attack personally. Using machine-guns mounted on pick up trucks pulled along by elephants (fuel was too scarce) they launched a surprise attack on the north of the city while most of the soldiers were fighting a group of untrained conscripts towards the east. By the time the conscripts were fought off, the more highly trained soldirs in the pick-up trucks had gotten a firm foothold, and boats headed there via the Uele river captured the west. Many of the Dungu soldiers defected at this point, and captured the committee. All senior officers above the rank of Lt. Col. were executed, as were 1/3 of all soldiers below them. The committee were tortured first.