Talk:The Future: Eve of War/@comment-25588282-20160410212845

Confederation of the Indian Ocean(CIO): Republic of Australia

Government : Continues to Work with the AFA in space and starts mining Mercury, which continues to bring in a large swath of income. The materials are used to build military technology and sold on the global market for money. The Indian and Australian governments merge even further and the people are being more united. Indonesia is welcomed into the confederation. Security is tightened at home to stop more terrorist attacks.

Military: The Railgun V has been developed, and it is used in the war. By chance, the daughter of Australian Commander of Armed forces, Ethan Chong, is injured in the terrorist attacks. Some other famous people that were injured/killed include the famous Communist Greek philosopher Zukas Ratavarius, who was killed because he was on the plane, and Frederick Sassan, a minister of the Latin Union, was injured at the opera house.

The Sumatran Front:
This front sees the most action throughout the year. The coalition launches an invasion from India towards the north side of Sumatra early in the year. Like the Malay front, forces in Sumatra fight a war of attrition across the island. Because of the invasion on the other side of the island, the IS troops are being slowly cornered across the center of the island. Forces in the south take Jambi Province, while forces in the north land in Meulaboh, Aceh, and Lhokseumawe, taking all of Aceh Province. In August, forces in the north make a breakthrough, invading North Sumatra province. Southern forces advance their way through West Sumatra and Riau provinces. At year's end, the final IS soldiers in Sumatra are limited to the inland border areas between Riau, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra.

The Bornean Front:
IS resistance in Borneo is only limited to small pockets of resistance at the start of the year. By May, Australia announces that the coalition had defeated all IS forces in Borneo.

Southern Malay Front
After taking Singapore and consolidating their holdings, coalition forces start advancing towards Malacca. Fighting a war of attrition, by the end of February have occupied Johor Province. On February 19, forces march into Malacca. Although the advances are successful, the IS defenders begin putting up lines again against the advancing coalition forces, slowing their march to Kuala Lumpur. Seremban is taken in April while fighting in Kuala Lumpur continues throughout June. The rest of the year on this front is filled with breaking IS defensive lines and moving on to the next line. Ipoh is taken in September and George Town in October. On December 31, the Coalition wins Kangar, which officially knocks the IS out of Malaysia altogether.

Northern Thai Front:
An army lead personally by Ethan Chong, commander of Australian Armed Forces, marches into Thailand from Burma in India to stop the IS advance there in Late August. After a quick stop to defeat an IS uprising in Dawei on August 30, Chong sends his army to defend Bangkok. After hearing news of his daughter's injury, Chong, being infuriated about his daughter and how the Thai government isn't able to do shit in the war without the CIO's help against IS, realizes it's time to act against the Thais. In a swift move between September 24 and October 5, the CIO coups Thailand, puppetizing the country. The country becomes a puppet of the Indian part of the CIO because India is a lot closer than Australia. The people of Thailand are somewhat upset at this coup, but they realize that it will help them in the long run, as the CIO will help them against the IS. The Coalition forces begin pushing the IS back down the peninsula, capturing Mergui and Prachuap Khiri Khan by the end of the year. Diplomacy: Australia and the Indians retain a very close bond since they have united. Australia annexes the rest of Paupa new Guniea. Australia does not focus much on diplomacy since of how much they are focusing on the war. The coalition includes the Confederation of the Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Aen's country that I can't spell, Gran Columbia, and the LU.

Economy: Goes up due to the fact of the unification with India last year, but crashes because of the terrorist attacks. The economy starts up again though, and work is being started on making a new, more futuristic Sydney opera house double the size. The economy is still heavily military based and people are encouraged to buy war bonds and to grow their own food. Yet, people are pretty optimistic about the war ending sometime soon.