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:As the 62nd has shown - there is no time or place to parley with the unreasonable. No better to have boneheads on your doorstep. It's all or nothing.

;The imperials are not trying to take over the island. <big>They are trying to survive... even if it means at the cost of their neighbors.</big>

;The imperials are not trying to take over the island, per se. <big>They are trying to survive... even if it means at the cost of their neighbors.</big>

:Controlled pressure is the name of the game! A singular war front results in a stalemate... this much is known.

:Top down. Bottom up. Sustained. Sporadic. Expected and unexpected. Flag-bearing and freelancing. Anything goes!

:The river valley is the key real estate and the bread basket of the island. In order to capture the necessary resources the following factors can be identified as affecting the Holy Nation's interior lines...

:#Flotsam infiltration and dissidence. Known pressure from the northwest.

:#Cannibal prodding at the northern military front.

:#Quagmire of manpower and military resources into the northeast. The empire allocates as necessary here to exhaust Okranites in the traditional manner, attrition.

:#Hordes of starving and desperate wander the eastern badlands. Lightly "controlled", a superficial sphere of influence.

:#Banditry dominates the southeastern wing. No Okranite finds refuge from the hostile world if they stray from the known paths.

:#The south is a continuance of the southeastern mess. With the added trauma of Shek ghosts adding to any sentinel's caution.

:#The southwest is a wasteland of ambivalence. They know what's out there and want no part of it.

:#The west is a different kind of wasteland, arguably scarier and as a result fortified in an expectantly thorough fashion. Not good.

:#Northwest is where the light leaves us entirely. Beyond the mountains is nothing to be found for the faithful. Desolation.

:#The core holds steady though the cracks can be seen if one scrutinizes ever so slightly. The Okranite strength is in their centralizing nature.

=====[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1OYg0GSjo8 Third Empire]=====

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 :As the 62nd has shown - there is no time or place to parley with the unreasonable. No better to have boneheads on your doorstep. It's all or nothing.
-;The imperials are not trying to take over the island. <big>They are trying to survive... even if it means at the cost of their neighbors.</big>
+;The imperials are not trying to take over the island, per se. <big>They are trying to survive... even if it means at the cost of their neighbors.</big>
+:Controlled pressure is the name of the game! A singular war front results in a stalemate... this much is known.
+:Top down. Bottom up. Sustained. Sporadic. Expected and unexpected. Flag-bearing and freelancing. Anything goes!
+:The river valley is the key real estate and the bread basket of the island. In order to capture the necessary resources the following factors can be identified as affecting the Holy Nation's interior lines...
+:#Flotsam infiltration and dissidence. Known pressure from the northwest.
+:#Cannibal prodding at the northern military front.
+:#Quagmire of manpower and military resources into the northeast. The empire allocates as necessary here to exhaust Okranites in the traditional manner, attrition.
+:#Hordes of starving and desperate wander the eastern badlands. Lightly "controlled", a superficial sphere of influence.
+:#Banditry dominates the southeastern wing. No Okranite finds refuge from the hostile world if they stray from the known paths.
+:#The south is a continuance of the southeastern mess. With the added trauma of Shek ghosts adding to any sentinel's caution.
+:#The southwest is a wasteland of ambivalence. They know what's out there and want no part of it.
+:#The west is a different kind of wasteland, arguably scarier and as a result fortified in an expectantly thorough fashion. Not good.
+:#Northwest is where the light leaves us entirely. Beyond the mountains is nothing to be found for the faithful. Desolation.
+:#The core holds steady though the cracks can be seen if one scrutinizes ever so slightly. The Okranite strength is in their centralizing nature.
 =====[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1OYg0GSjo8 Third Empire]=====