Operation Cutlass was a military conflict which occurred in July 298 between the fascist dictatorship of the State of Rio under president Berens and the socialist republic of Armatirion. After small border skirmishes in Nuarmia between Rian troops and militias from the colony of New Armatirion escalated into diplomatic tensions, psychotic Berens, in a bout of sheer genocidal spite, launched dozens of nuclear missiles against major cities and industrial centres in mainland Armatirion.