[Superpower 2 AAR] Ni Mataka
At the beginning of the year 2000, with the heralding of the new millennium, the entire world rejoiced and celebrated such a momentous occasion. However, the festivities were precluded in some nations. One such example, the Pacific island nation of Fiji. Hardline Fijian nationalists, with the support and firepower of the armed forces, launched a putsch and deposed the government they viewed as counterproductive towards their and the community's interests. The coup was not all cut and dry, however. The government was long gone, granted, but the militants themselves became balkanized, secluding themselves to certain parts of the island nation and waging perpetual war against one another. To make matters worse, Fiji's neighbors were piqued by the island nation's downfall and attempted to intervene. Tonga, an even smaller nation with an even humbler military, deployed troops to Suva, the capital of Fiji, and established control over the streets of the capital. With internal quarrels, no sign of decisive authority, and meddling and Machiavellian neighbors, Fiji was ruined and showed no sign of recovery.
Dorsami Naidu was a Fijian politician. Before the dissolution of the political system, he was the president of the National Federation Party (NFP), a political party serving Fiji's large Indo-Fijian minority of almost 40%. He initially supported the putsch, for the future of Fiji, but quickly became disillusioned and broke off from the others. He had support from some elements in the military, and partook in the seemingly never-ending fight for control over the dilapidated nation. After his attempts to subdue other warlords failed miserably, he drew up plans for one last campaign, a risky yet possibly decisive move that could decide the future of the nation. One foggy morning, he personally led his troops into combat as they struck the Tongan lines at Suva, Fiji's capital. After a week of fighting, Naidu and his fighters marched in to the city center, the Fijian flag raised once again. After the capital was in his hands, he finally had the power to finish the civil war once and for all. The other coup leaders perished one by one. By the end of the year, Naidu had assumed control over all of Fiji.
But with an economy in shambles, a lackluster army (if it could be called such) and de facto anarchy, Naidu had to get his country back on the right track...or else.
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Originally Posted by Maximinus Thrax
