The War of the Masses

The War of the Masses was a great war caused by a land dispute between Zykar and Amastad. Zykar claimed a large mass of land in the Endless Dunes, while Amastad claimed that the land was theirs.

Differences in Warfare
Normally, each country would pick a single person to go to war for them so losses were minimall. However in this war, Zykar gatherd a large number of troops to invade Amastad in a land grab. This was the first major loss of lives caused by war in written history.

Effects of the War
Due to the large amount of lives lost in the war, Amastad, Gondor, and the new country of Mykar insisted on a large amount of reparations from Zykar. They demanded the following: On top of the demands placed on Zykar at the end of the war, Mykar forced Zykar to recognize its independence and its status as a free state. Mykar now has its own independence and is free to engage in trade as it sees fit.
 * 1) The breaking up of Zykar into a number of small states, ruled from a central power.
 * 2) Zykar is not allowed to raise troops again and all battles must be in the form of a single combatant against another single combatant. However, each territory is allowed to field their own combatent, and combat between different states is allowed.
 * 3) Zykar must give one tenth of its revenue each year to a fund to rebuild defenses that were destroyed during the invasion. This fund is to be split evenly between the four states so that state gets an even cut. This plan will continue until the formations have been rebuilt.

The exact changes in political boundries on the continent can be found at Geography of Rembulan