Slovenia (1983: Doomsday)

Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Republika Slovenija), is a country in Central Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Venice to the west, Croatia to the south and east, the wasteland of Hungary to the northeast, and the Alpine Confederation to the north. The capital and largest city of Slovenia is Ljubljana.

Post-Doomsday
In the wake of Doomsday it became all too clear that the Yugoslavian government was incapable to deal with the pressure. The nation was begining to fall apart as the Yugoslavian government's already weak control began to slip. On October 6th, 1985 the Slovenian leadership declared the independance of Slovenia from Yugoslavia. They were the first country to do so. The second was Croatia, two days after Slovenia had declared its independence.

The collapse of Yugoslavia came after it proved incapable of dealing with nationalistic sentiment in both Slovenia and Croatia, which would later lead to an all out war with the Serbian-led JNA forces.

Eight Day War
The Eight-Day War (Slovene: Desetdnevna vojna) or the Slovenian Independence War (Slovene: Slovenska osamosvojitvena vojna) was a brief military conflict between the Slovenian Territorial Defence (Slovene: Teritorialna obramba Republike Slovenije) and the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) in 1985 following Slovenia's declaration of independence. It was brief, as JNA forces decided to end the conflict, due to its inability to wage war so far into hostile territory.

For Slovenia, this was the beginning of their full independence, with Croatia acting as a buffer, it succeded in becoming the most prosperous of all the former Yugoslav republics.

Post- Eight Day War
After the war, Slovenia opted to remain neutral in the further war that followed in Croatia, as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina. This marked a period of liberalization for Slovenia, also marked by close ties with the Alpine Confederation. Hostile sentiment towards the country had not fully disappeared with the end of Yugoslavia, however, as irridentist movements in Venice demanded that Slovenian and Croatian Istria be annexed into the city states controlled territory. Although the country appealed to the Alpine Confederation for help, they declined, stating that Venice had historic presedence in the area, as they favored a strong Venice to act as a buffer in any possible future hostilities with Sicily.

The Slovenians once again refused, only to be met by an armed force commanded by Venice and the Alpine Confederation in 1994. As its army was mostly situated on the former Hungarian border to stop the flow of refugees, the country was unable to mount a significant response to the assault, which effectively cut off the Slovenians from the Adriatic Sea. The governement was forced to sign a peace deal in Koper on August 21st, 1994, relinquishing all control and claims to the region. Soon after, Croatia, exhausted by war, was also unable to hold on to its territories and eventually willingly gave control to Venice.

Today
In the period following the incursions into sovereign Slovenian territory, Slovenia and Croatia had bonded closer together due to their joint loss of territory. Slovenia now awaits its ascension into the League of Nations where it will, together with Croatia, give an official complaint regarding the loss of their coastline and demand a revision of the 1994 land grab.