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Erusea, officially the Kingdom of Erusea (エルジア王国),[2] is a large nation located on the westernmost part of the Usean continent. It has a population of around 80 million. Erusea shares its border with San Salvacion and at least one other nation. Its capital, Farbanti, is located on the coast of Usea's westernmost peninsula near the Spring Sea.

Formerly the Federal Republic of Erusea[3] or Erusean Republic (エルジア共和国),[4][5] the nation was known for its industrialism, militarism, and advancements in engineering and aeronautic technologies. It was severely affected by the impact of Ulysses 1994XF04 in 1999. By mid-2003, tensions between Erusea and the other Usean nations escalated into open war, in which Erusea was soundly defeated.

By 2011, Erusea was restored into a kingdom.[6] The construction of the International Space Elevator at Selatapura[7] and increasing IUN presence on Usea caused tensions to rise with the Osean Federation.[2] This culminated in the Lighthouse War, which Erusea ultimately lost.[8]

Erusea was the antagonist country in Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies, and made a brief appearance in Arcade Mode in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War. It once again acted as an antagonist in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.

History[]

Pre-Ulysses (–1997)[]

Erusea was initially a kingdom ruled by relatives of the D'Elise family. The country has a history of expansionism and frequently annexed several of its smaller neighbors, one of them being the Grand Duchy of Shilage. Despite its annexation, Erusea allowed the Shilage royalty to rule. Eventually, the Erusean royal family was overthrown, and became a federal republic.[9]

Despite the regime change, Erusea did not allow its annexed territories to regain independence and maintained its expansionist policy, later annexing the Republic of Voslage.[10] Sometime in the early 1990s, the military was deployed along the Amber-Ugellas border, which prompted the Federation of Central Usea (FCU) and the IUN to deploy their own forces to the border in response.[11] The standoff continued for a long time until April 29, 1996, when the FCU formally announced the existence of the Ulysses 1994XF04 asteroid, simultaneously pulling out its forces from the Amber-Ugellas border.[11]

Usean coup d'état (1997-1998)[]

Despite maintaining hostile relations with its Usean neighbors, Erusea became a member of the Usean Allied Forces,[12] a military alliance aimed to deter Osean and Yuktobanian expansionism from the continent. However, in 1997, a group of southern Usean nations announced their intention to join the Osean Federation. Many northern nations, including Erusea, protested the act. Osea extended its support and prepared to sign the Spring Sea Treaty with the southern nations. On May 30, the day the treaty was to be signed, conservative extremists—including some members of Erusea's military, such as the Albireo Squadron[13]launched a coup d'état and overwhelmed the Usean Allied Forces across the continent.[12]

Within a year, the rebels had pushed the Allied Forces to the west and controlled most of Erusea's territory, as well as that of every other country.[12] The rebels performed numerous operations within Erusean territory,[14] including taking over The Keep and converting it into a frontline supply base.[15] In March 1998, the Usean Allied Forces hired Scarface Squadron to combat the rebels.[16] Over the next three months, Scarface pushed the frontlines to the center of the Usean continent,[17] eventually restoring Erusea's sovereignty.

Post-Ulysses (1998–2003)[]

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Ulysses meteorites began to impact the planet on July 8, 1999, and continued to do so for the next two weeks, killing over 500,000 Useans and crippling the continent's infrastructure.[18] Despite Stonehenge's attempts to defend the continent, at least ten meteorites made impact within Erusea's borders.[19] Two of them made particularly significant craters: Goldberg Crater in the Whiskey Corridor and Ryker Crater in Farbanti, the latter of which flooded the city's western municipal district. Despite the damage, Erusea refused to move its government headquarters or change Farbanti's status as the country's capital.[20]

In the aftermath of the Ulysses disaster, millions of civilians were displaced from their residences and became refugees. Many Usean countries expected Erusea, a large country, to admit the most refugees.[19] In April 2000, after accepting over 200,000 refugees, Erusea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it would impose restrictions on visa applications, preventing more refugees from entering the country. Despite Erusea's insistence that they could not support any more refugees, other Usean countries publicly condemned the move, boycotting Erusea's products. Many refugees suffered disease and crime at mismanaged refugee camps along Erusea's borders.[19]

The rising tensions from the refugee crisis culminated in Erusea's sudden invasion of San Salvacion and capture of Stonehenge in the summer of 2003.[21] The pilots and security personnel assigned to defend Stonehenge went missing, but Erusea claimed that Stonehenge's management staff was under their protection. The member nations in the Central Usea Treaty Organization heavily condemned Erusea's act, and FCU President Robert Sinclair created the Independent State Allied Forces in the event of war. President Sinclair deployed FCU troops to the outskirts of San Salvacion and ordered Erusea to withdraw within a month.[19]

Continental War (2003–2005)[]

On September 14, 2003, the deadline that FCU President Sinclair gave Erusea to withdraw, the ISAF attempted to destroy Stonehenge. However, Erusea utilized Stonehenge to great effect in destroying ISAF's aircraft, forcing ISAF to retreat to Los Canas.[21] The ISAF attempted another strike operation to destroy Stonehenge, but Erusea deployed the elite Yellow Squadron, which shot down the entire ISAF strike team.[22] Erusea continued to win numerous victories over ISAF forces, pushing them off the continent onto North Point.[21] Around this time, Erusea was involved in trade deals with Yuktobania and the Republic of Anea, contributing to Erusea's military power.[23]

In the autumn of 2004, ISAF forces began to win multiple small victories over Erusean forces. Erusea initiated preparations to deploy the Aegir Fleet to North Point to end the war, but ISAF forces immobilized and destroyed the fleet in November 2004, providing an opening for ISAF to launch counteroffensive operations.[24]

Erusea began utilizing Stonehenge and Yellow Squadron against the ISAF forces as they penetrated the mainland and liberated Los Canas. In April 2004, the ISAF's Mobius 1 destroyed Stonehenge, eliminating Erusea's air superiority over the Usean continent.[25] Over the next few months, the ISAF launched a massive counteroffensive and pushed the Erusean forces back to its own territory.

Following the liberation of San Salvacion, ISAF chased Erusea's retreating forces, defeating them in the Whiskey Corridor and making a push for Farbanti. On September 19, Mobius 1 assisted ISAF's ground forces in capturing Erusea's GHQ, and shot down the entire Yellow Squadron. Erusea's Supreme Commander was killed in the battle, and Erusea surrendered to ISAF that day.[26] A rebellious group of Erusean officers captured and activated the Megalith superweapon facility in retaliation, but Mobius 1 and other ISAF forces destroyed the facility.[27] Similar remnant Erusean forces continued fighting for at least a month.[28]

Interwar period (2005–2019)[]

Following their defeat, Erusea's military was reorganized so that it would only support the minimum capabilities required for self-defense. To compensate, Erusea acquired Belkan[29] UCAVs from North Osea Gründer Industries[30] and, by 2006, was involved in arms trading with at least one member nation of the proposed Republic of Anea Initiative.[31] Throughout the postwar period, Erusea continued to cede territory to other countries. Among these were the Gunther region, which became an IUN trust territory[32] and the Erusean city of Selatapura, which became an independent nation.[33]

In 2006, while the ISAF attempted to implement a new autonomous government within Erusea, a rebellious group calling itself Free Erusea captured ISAF facilities and began terrorist operations across the Usean continent, as far east as Newfield Island. On September 24, 2006, Mobius 1 was deployed to quell the rebellion.[23] In less than three months, Mobius 1 defeated Free Erusea, allowing the ISAF to continue setting up Erusea's provisional government.[34]

Arkbird G7 Summit

On August 21, 2008, the G7 Summit took place aboard the Arkbird. Erusea's provisional government was in attendance on Osea's invitation, in hopes to solve the outstanding issues regarding Erusea's military and the Usean refugees.[35]

Erusea's interim government eventually restored the previously deposed monarchy to power by 2011.[6] In the same year, the Osean Federation's Harling administration made the decision to build the International Space Elevator in the nearby city-state of Selatapura, a decision that was protested by the Erusean government due to the chosen location being former Erusean territory.[7]

After two Erusean kings passed away,[6] by blood relation, Rosa Cossette D'Elise became the new Princess of Erusea when her father became the new King of Erusea.[36] Following an audience with the King and other heads of state, Princess Cossette gave a speech to a crowd of 100,000 Erusean citizens.[37] She became an outspoken representative for Erusea in her new role.[2]

On April 4, 2012, the military magazine FRONT LINE released a publication on the Yuktobanian submersible aircraft cruiser Alicorn, speculating that Erusea, Leasath and Estovakia were the candidates most likely to purchase the vessel.[38] Despite its reorganisation, Erusea continued to rebuild its military further, ultimately purchasing the Alicorn from Yuktobania via GR Trading to bolster the Erusean Royal Navy.[39]

In January 2013, the first ISEV cable transportation rocket was launched from Comona[7] as Osea continued to reassign more Defense Force units to Usea as IUN peacekeeping units.[32] As construction continued throughout the following years, Erusea and its allies became increasingly frustrated with the environmental damage caused by the space elevator's construction and the aggressive actions of the IUN peacekeeping forces. Clashes between protestors and peacekeeping forces occurred as mass demonstrations erupted within Erusea, calling for ties with Osea to be severed.[32] Within the military, a group of young nationalistic officers called for war and the expanded use of Belkan technology, and convinced the Erusean royal family that Osea's intent was to control the continent, especially through the space elevator.[29]

Lighthouse War (2019)[]

Initial successes (May-July)[]

On May 15, 2019, with the radicals' hold on power confirmed, Erusea launched successful surprise attacks on numerous Osean Maritime Defense Force bases deep in Osean territory using MQ-99 UCAVs hidden in Gründer shipping containers, including in the capital of Oured; Erusea declared war on Osea and quickly conquered large swathes of the continent, including Selatapura, and along with it, the space elevator and the Arsenal Birds protecting it.[40] The ability of the Erusean forces to cripple Osean naval power in precision strikes on densely populated urban areas without creating any civilian casualties turned global opinion in Erusea's favor, which was exacerbated by the OFS Kestrel II's botched attack on Farbanti, by contrast, damaging residential areas.[41] Erusean manned bombers also proved their worth in attacks in IUN-PKF bases across the continent, though an attack on Fort Grays Island was successfully repelled by Osean Air Defense Force pilot Trigger, based on the island.[40]

Before and during the war, Mihaly A. Shilage, ace pilot and Shilage royalty prior to his country's annexation by Erusea prior to the war, took the opportunity to keep doing what he loved[42] by flying combat missions and contributing his flight data to the Erusean Air and Space Administration's drone program, allowing improvements the UCAVs' performance in battle.[43]

By this time, Erusea was now appropriating the Arsenal Birds for forward roles, using them to help build a highly effective air defense network with, at its core, an auto-intercept system designed to ensure drones responded to incursions almost immediately. The network was successful at defeating an Osean counterattack, with one Arsenal Bird driving away OADF forces over the Chopinburg Rainforest while Erusean forces defending Farbanti repelled the Kestrel II's aircraft a second time, sinking the carrier.[44] Besides UCAVs on an en masse basis, Erusea also exploited another, far more secretive piece of Belkan technology: IFF spoofing, which enabled Erusean forces to kill now-former president Harling during his abortive extraction from the space elevator and avenge his perceived mistreatment of Erusea.[45]

Reversal of fortunes (July-September)[]

However, OADF penal units such as Spare Squadron were being sent to probe the air defense network for vulnerabilities, and the confusion in the OADF sowed by IFF spoofing failed to prevent them from identifying and creating weak spots.[46] The Osean Long Range Strategic Strike Group successfully exploited one such vulnerability to clear a path across northern Usea for a third offensive on Farbanti, destroying the ERN's Njord Fleet along with the Arsenal Bird Liberty and decimating Erusean power projection.[47] However, the LRSSG was sidetracked by the hunt for the ERN submarine Alicorn in September; Erusea disavowed Captain Matias Torres after he defected and attempted to pursue an independent nuclear attack on Oured, though he was prevented doing so and killed after Trigger sunk the Alicorn.[48] The submarine and her crew, after being raised from the ocean floor in 2018[49] 698 days after running aground underwater, had been recommissioned to compensate for the loss of the Njord Fleet.[39]

Civil war (September-November)[]

While the third attack on Farbanti succeeded in capturing the city and killing the King, it did not end the war as projected, as concurrent mutual destruction of Osean and Erusean satellite networks by one another led to the collapse of both combatants' IFF systems and the disintegration of both sides' command structure.[50] With radicals now in control of the remnants of the government,[29] anti-Belkan and pro-truce conservative factions rebelled and briefly fought radical loyalists alongside Osean forces; during his extraction from Anchorhead, defecting conservative lieutenant general Édouard Labarthe revealed the full extent of the radicals' technological machinations to the LRSSG, and Erusean UCAVs began acting autonomously, out of the control of developer and EASA scientist Dr. Schroeder.

However, Labarthe's death at the hands of Osean forces acting on false intelligence planted by the radicals[29] led the conservatives to turn on Osea while still fighting the radicals, rendering the war tripartite. By now, both Erusean factions were attempting to kill Princess Cossette; conservative troops shot down her plane over Tyler Island and attempted to kill her when she survived the resulting crash, in retaliation for her apparent support of the radicals,[51] and three days later, during the three-way battle for the island, she was nearly a casualty in a radical massacre of local civilians that was only averted when she successfully signaled for air support from Trigger, now a captain in the LRSSG.[52]

By now, Erusea's hold on territory annexed even prior to the outbreak of the war was collapsing, as evidenced by Voslage and Shilage regaining their independence. Upon being shot down by Trigger, Mihaly blamed himself for the war and expressed regret for "unleashing pure chaos" on the continent in the form of his contributions to the drone program just so that he could have an excuse to continue flying.[53] A group of refugees from Tyler Island and former Spare Squadron personnel led by Cossette and Spare mechanic Avril Mead, proceeding to the space elevator's support facility-turned-drone factory, shut down production locally with the help of a repentant Schroeder and set out to attempt the destruction of the space elevator to stop it from powering other drone factories, though two final, advanced UCAVs were already slated for production. A mural led Cossette to finally realize that Harling had been genuine in his intention to better the lives of the Usean people, though she did not immediately voice this realization.[54]

Erusea's defeat was finalized when a coalition of Osean forces, Erusean conservatives, and separatists defeated radical EAF aircraft around the space elevator and brought down the remaining Arsenal Bird, Justice, allowing the space elevator to be retaken from its radical occupants. However, the last two drones were deployed to Selatapura and drove the coalition off.[55] Before they could execute the radicals' final scheme – the perpetuation of the war by using the space elevator to transmit Mihaly's, and potentially Trigger's, advanced flight data to drone factories worldwide – Trigger succeeded in destroying both of them,[8] allowing for a conclusive end to the war and the establishment of a provisional Erusean government, led by Cossette, at the space elevator's base to restore order; in the end, the space elevator was never destroyed, preserving Harling's legacy.[56]

Postwar period (2019-)[]

Erusea formally concluded peace with Osea when it signed a mutual nonaggression treaty in North Point in January the following year.[57] On June 30, it participated in an airshow commemorating the 25th anniversary of the end of the Belkan War.[58]

Geography[]

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Outside of wartime holdings, Erusea possesses a large majority of Usea's northwestern territory. Most of Erusea's north and central areas are covered by the Lambert and Amber Mountains, respectively. Situated between the two mountain ranges is the Whiskey Corridor, a strip of desert land that used to have the Irsali River flowing through it. Goldberg Crater, the largest of the Ulysses craters, is located next to the dried-up river.[20]

Erusea's capital city, Farbanti, is partially constructed by man-made landfills.[26] Its westernmost district was flooded by the Ulysses meteorite that created Ryker Crater.[20] Erusea's territory also includes Cape Rainy to the north, the strategic port city Anchorhead to the south, and the Twinkle Islands south of Farbanti.

The Gunther region belonged to Erusea but had to be relinquished as a trust territory to the IUN after the Continental War.[59]

Politics[]

Government[]

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Erusea was first structured as a kingdom. The monarchy was later overthrown and became a federal republic by the 1990s.[9] The republic was led by a military Supreme Commander,[26] who held the most sway in government proceedings, but Erusea still maintained a parliament for legislative duties.[60] The republic's political environment was described as fascistic by the Side Story Narrator and ISAF forces.[61] These statements are supported by Erusea's expansionism[9] and use of secret police forces in the countries it occupied during the Continental War, such as San Salvacion.[61]

By the 2010s, Erusea reformed back into a kingdom during its period of reconstruction. Princess Rosa Cossette D'Elise and her family, despite being viewed as commoners, ascended to the throne by blood relation to the former monarchy.[36]

Military[]

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Erusea boasted a powerful military in the 1990s and early 2000s, described as equivalent to the military power of all of ISAF's member states combined.[19] Military service is mandatory for its citizens.[9] Its air force played host to many ace pilots, including Edgar Grint[13] and Yellow 13.[62] The Erusean navy was best represented by the Aegir Fleet, repeatedly described as the "invincible fleet" prior to its sinking.[24] Erusea continued to maintain some naval power afterward,[26] but its strength post-2005 is unknown. The Erusean military also appears to have a tactical espionage branch, whose operatives were responsible for disabling ISAF's early warning radar network during the Continental War and the elimination of an Osean survey team during the Lighthouse War.

The height of Erusea's military power came with its capture of Stonehenge in 2003. While in control of the facility, Erusea shot down innumerable ISAF aircraft, preventing the ISAF from providing air support to its ground troops.[63] Stonehenge's destruction proved to be a crippling blow to the Erusean military.[25]

Erusea's Air and Space Administration (EASA) is recognized as a major scientific element of Erusea's military. The EASA attempted to manufacture the X-02 Wyvern before the conclusion of the Continental War, but political disagreements and wartime supply exhaustion prevented its completion before the war's close.[60] In later years, the EASA would continue to be a major part of Erusean military development, performing research into UAV technology.

During the 2019 conflict with Osea, Erusea captured the International Space Elevator, the Arsenal Birds and their MQ-101 UAVs, giving Erusea power across a large portion of the Usean continent. However, despite early gains in the war, Osean counterattacks would result in the loss of northern portions of the nation. Eventually, Osean forces would capture Farbanti, but the anti-satellite attacks conducted by both Osea and Erusea would cut off all communications between their forces. Without any support and blaming each other for the fall of Farbanti, the government collapsed, with pro-peace conservatives and pro-war radicals and various independence movements vying for control. Eventually, Osea retook the Space Elevator, but allowed Princess Cossette to form a provisional government based at the Elevator to help Usean refugees fleeing the continuing civil war.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Erusea going from a Kingdom to a Republic and then back to a Kingdom in a relatively short time is likely inspired by France between 1791 and 1870, which went through ten similar regime changes in that time period.
  • Relationship between the monarchy and the radicals is somewhat similar to that of fascist Italy.
  • Their military equipment is primarily of Soviet/Russian origin.

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