Anti-Article 13 alliance

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The Anti-Article 13 alliance is a major alliance in the Alternate Future of Europe: Article 13 series by Star Islandian Mapping. Its main purpose is to fight Article 13, an European law that bans most of the internet. It accepts any members, as long as they are willing to fight against countries that try the enforce Article 13. The alliance is enemies with the European Union, most notably France.

Background
In January 2019, the EU voted in favor of Article 13, and forced all of its members to have the Article by the end of February. As Sweden refused, the rest of the EU invaded Sweden, weakening the country over the next few months. During this time, Norway sent spies into other countries so that when the timing was right, they could purchase billboards and make them have Anti-Article 13 propaganda.

In May, Sweden was ready to surrender to the EU. Norway stopped this, and together the two countries formed the Anti-Article 13 alliance.

Rise and fall of the Nordics
After the founding of the alliance, Sweden managed to reclaim some of its land. Norway's billboards managed to successfully turn Finland and Denmark on their side. As the rest of the Nordic countries were in the Anti-Article 13 alliance, Iceland decided to join as well. This, however, angered France, who declared that all Anti-Article 13 billboards should be destroyed.

After losing Denmark and Iceland to the EU, Norway convinced Estonia to become a secret member of the Anti-Article 13 alliance by promising Estonia a spot on the Nordic Council as soon as the war was over. Estonia managed to slow down the troops advancing through Estonia for a while, but the effect kept weakening.

Eventually, Finland was lost to the EU as well, and both Norway and Sweden were about to be taken over. The two had lost hope of winning and were ready to surrender.

Brexit
On August 21, 2019, the United Kingdom finally left the EU after years of planning to do so. After leaving, the country joined the Anti-Article 13 alliance, meaning the war of Article 13 continued. The United Kingdom proceeded to invade Ireland, who then joined the Anti-Article 13 alliance.

However, not after Ireland joining, the alliance started weakening again, and the EU was about to win the war yet again.

American help
With no other options, Norway decided to ask the United States to join the Anti-Article 13 alliance. At first, the United States refused, but accepted the offer after promised half of Norway's oil.

The United States started by invading Malta. The battle was short and resulted in Malta joining the Anti-Article 13 alliance. During this time, Estonia also became an official member of the alliance. The alliance then focused on getting Finland, Denmark and Iceland back, which was a success.

The alliance then started to plan which country to invade and make part of their alliance next. Estonia wanted Latvia, Sweden wanted Poland (the original second biggest opposer of Article 13), Malta wanted Italy (nearby country) and the United Kingdom wanted France (the biggest supporter of Article 13, if taken over, could turn the rest of the EU against Article 13 as well). They were, however, interrupted before they could make a decision.

Betrayal of the USA
On October 24, 2019, the United States (following France's advice) looked for suspicious activity around the country. The USA found a lot of activity, and suspected Norwegian spies were behind it. The USA confronted Norway about this, listing the suspicious activities, to which Norway replied that the people were most likely Americans.

The USA still wasn't sure whether to trust Norway, so the USA threatened to invade Norway unless half of Norway's oil was given. Norway agreed to this, giving USA the oil. The United States left the alliance after that, seeing as he already had the oil.

New Zealand
After joining the EU, Australia invaded New Zealand in order to spread Article 13 there as well. Notificing this, Norway asked New Zealand to join the Anti-Article 13 alliance, which New Zealand accepted. This happened before the USA betrayed the alliance.

After USA left, the remaining Anti-Article 13 alliance came to defend New Zealand. They started to invade Australia, who called the EU for help. However, none of the EU members, not even France (who had territory right next to Australia) responded. Australia surrendered and would remain neutral for the rest of the war. New Zealand remained in the Anti-Article 13 alliance.

The Netherlands
During the invasion of New Zealand, Norway had come to the conclusion that the Netherlands would be the perfect country to invade, as the country was not too big, not too small, near Belgium and easy to get to through the sea. Norway decided that the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Nordic countries would invade the Netherlands, while the remaining three countries had a different task. Estonia questioned this number, as there were only two non-Nordic countries besides the UK and Ireland. Norway pointed out that Estonia was not truly a Nordic country despite being on the Nordic Council. Estonia, Malta and New Zealand were given the new group name, Meme Force, and the task to make a video with anti-Article 13 propaganda.

The invasion of the Netherlands started in November and lasted until early December. The invasion went well, and they managed to get the Netherlands into the alliance with no trouble. After the invasion, on December 6, Norway asked Estonia about the video, and Estonia said that it was otherwise ready but missed the perfect meme music remix.

Meme video
The Netherlands suggested using an anti-Article 13 song instead of a meme music for the video. The song had vocals provided by the UK, while the Netherlands took care of mixing the song.

The video was sent to all EU countries in the form of a QR code. This video turned out to be a successful way of spreading anti-Article 13 propaganda, as rebellions started in every EU country.

Estonia becomes Nordic
Shortly after the start of the rebellions, Norway decided to make the UK and the Netherlands members of the Meme Force. The UK rejected the offer, making the Netherlands the only new member.

Norway also decided that it Estonia deserved to become an official Nordic country. Sweden was immediately against the idea. Norway decided to let the current Nordic countries vote. Norway and Finland voted for Estonia becoming a Nordic country, while Sweden and Denmark voted against. Iceland was initially unsure, but decided to vote for. This meant Estonia became an official Nordic country.

Successful rebellions
The Anti-Article 13 alliance decided to help the rebels in EU countries. While some rebellions turned out to be unsuccessful, such as the ones in Belgium and Luxembourg, many were successful. In the months of January and February 2020, the Anti-Article 13 alliance managed to take over a total of seven countries, starting with Romania.