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| - The start of the Fourth Global War goes back centuries through multiple alliances and wars fought between states allied to the Byzantine Empire and states like Russia, Italy and Austria, which have always defied its power. The Byzantium Pact was now a worldwide organization, consisting of the United States and Aztec Empire in North America, Brazil in South America, the Byzantine Empire, Britain, Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania in Europe, and Japan in Asia. Their enemy organization was the Central Pact, consisting of the Inca Empire, Russia, Finland, Poland, Austria-Hungary, China, and Persia. But the members of those alliances and their enemies go back for years, even if their organization doesn't.
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| - The start of the Fourth Global War goes back centuries through multiple alliances and wars fought between states allied to the Byzantine Empire and states like Russia, Italy and Austria, which have always defied its power. The Byzantium Pact was now a worldwide organization, consisting of the United States and Aztec Empire in North America, Brazil in South America, the Byzantine Empire, Britain, Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania in Europe, and Japan in Asia. Their enemy organization was the Central Pact, consisting of the Inca Empire, Russia, Finland, Poland, Austria-Hungary, China, and Persia. But the members of those alliances and their enemies go back for years, even if their organization doesn't. The Incas and Aztecs had been enemies since the First Global War in the early 17th century, and had become powerful military and economic rivals as they entered the modern age. They had built massive armies on land, and powerful navies at sea, and had went through constant change as their populations recovered from the plagues caused by European contact. The enemies grew farther apart when the Spanish colonies revolted after the Spanish loss in the Second Global War, as the Aztecs wanted to support them, while the Incans wanted to conquer them. Eventually, the revolutionaries won, and the states of Venezuela, Argentina, among many other states in the area. Meanwhile, what became known as the Chilean movement and the Colombian movement grew strong in the Inca Empire as Spanish-speakers in the north and south pushed for independence. Though their calls have mostly been ignored, they do have a strong political presence in the north and south of the Empire. In Asia, the growing Japanese Empire had come into deep conflict with China as the disintegrating Chinese Empire began to collapse under pressure from the huge Japanese military and economy that developed around them as theirs folded into pieces. Many Chinese immigrants began leaving areas like Hainan and Manchuria to live in more economically developed areas in Japan and in Korea and Annam. China and its emperor weakened the government began to become extremely corrupt and revolutionary movements pushed for the abdication of the Emperor and the end of the Empire. Some of the more leftist groups have even begun anti-government revolts in the countryside of the Empire and in its deep mountainous regions, but have failed to spread to the major areas of settlement in the east. In Europe, tensions grew as the defeated states of Italy and Austri-Hungary built up their militaries and economies in reaction to the growth of the Byzantine's. Russia had proved the only state with a viable military force and had to help train its allied militaries. The Emperor, Nicholas II was relatively popular with his people, but still had to resist pressures by some leftist groups within his country. Under his rule, Russia controlled 1/6 of the world's landmass, stretching from Eastern Europe in the west, to Alaska in the east. The Russian Army stood at a massive 12,000,000 soldiers, and a navy of 12 dreadnoughts, 14 battlecruisers, 100 cruisers, 120 destroyers, and 24 battleships. They owned an air force consisting of 200 fighters and 34 bombers, mostly balloons, a technology pioneered by Austrian scientist. They had become increasingly antagonistic to the Byzantines and had grown to form a deep hatred of them. By 1914, the Byzantines economy was booming, the stock market in Constantinople was rich, and the streets of the city were marked with tall buildings and large mansions. But as the Russian military grew, so did the Byzantine's feel compelled to as well. The Byzantine Army i n 1914 stood at 4,000,000 men in peacetime, but military analysts believed their maximum capacity stood at 14,000,000. The Byzantines were also the only country in the world with a working tank force, standing at 300 Mark III Byzantine tanks. The Byzantine Navy was the largest in the world, standing at 18 dreadnoughts, 150 cruisers, 200 destroyers, 45 submarines, and 29 battleships. Their air force, the Polemikí Aeroporía (Military Aviation), had 324 fighters and 120 bombers, none of them balloons. Meanwhile, in America, the economy was booming, they possessed a sizable military force themselves, but did not concern themselves with the conflicts of Europe, even though the were a member of the Byzantium Pact. The Americans had outlawed slavery in 1864 after the American Civil War, and African-Americans, among many other ethnic and religious minorities enjoyed life with equal rights to those of whites and Christians. America saw a large influx of immigrants coming from all over Europe, Asia, and the Americas, and the population in the country boomed. The Democrats had won the presidency with Woodrow Wilson in 1913, and progressive and social movements enjoyed a huge period of growth and support by the government and local peoples. As far as America was concerned, war was a distant memore not known for generations. But on June 28, Archduke Franz Ferdinand I of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by Serbian nationalists in Sarajevo, Bosnia after Bosnian-Serb student, Gavrilo Princip, threw a bomb into the Archduke's car. As the smoke settled, Princip was arrested, but the Serbian government demanded he be returned to his country. The resulting July Crisis brought the two main alliances in Europe to the brink of war as Russia backed up Austria-Hungary, and the Byzantine Empire backed up Serbia. On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and by the end of the week, the entire Byzantium Pact was at war with the Central Pact.
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