It is with steady resolve, and with the full backing of the Republic, that the Republic of South Africa hereby declares a state of war with https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f67
This is not a war fought for territory.
It is not a war fought for revenge.
https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac87d is not, and has never been, a stranger to the Republic of South Africa.
Long before this Republic was the nation it is today — before our first baby boom, before the names that fill our chats now were ever typed for the first time — Australia stood beside us.
They defended our cores when we were small.
They protected our borders when we could not yet defend them ourselves.
When the time came, we returned the favour. The Republic stood in the defence of New Zealand during the Austro-Chilean War — not because it was strategically convenient, but because Australia asked, and Australia is family.
Today, Australia — our oldest ally, our brother in green and gold — is not free.
The occupier is Papua New Guinea: a proxy state in service to foreign interests, holding land it has no historical, moral, or political claim to.
Australia did not invite them.
Australia, having stood as the deterrent against larger nations for years, now finds itself the target of one.
This is not a war Australia chose. It is a war that was brought to her door — and behind that door stands not a sovereign people, but the remnants of an Asian Federation that should have crumbled long ago, propped up by a proxy too weak to fight its own battles and too compromised to leave Australia alone.
The Republic of South Africa refuses to watch this in silence. The Republic of South Africa refuses to watch a friend remain in chains.
Citizens of South Africa — rise.
Rise from your shops, your eco builds, your quiet routines. Rise from the comfort of a Republic that has been kind to you, and remember that comfort is paid for in blood at the borders.
Today, those borders are not ours alone.
You have trained for this. You have fought for less.
The Republic is calling — and the Republic does not call lightly.
Allies of the Republic — march.
Every flag that has stood beside ours, every nation that has shared our trenches, every player who has ever called this coalition home:
This is your fight too. We did not stand alone in our wars. We will not stand alone in this one. Bring your soldiers. Bring your damage. Bring your wrath.
Australia stood for us when we were small. Now we stand for her — together, in numbers, in fury, in green and in gold.
To every soldier reading this: report.
To every general reading this: lead.
To every nation reading this: choose.
By the authority vested in this office, and on behalf of the Republic of South Africa, the Ministry confirms what every citizen of this nation already understands:
A state of war now exists between the Republic of South Africa and Papua New Guinea.
The Republic will not stop until the occupier is gone.
The Republic will not stop until the green and gold flies free over every inch of Australian soil.
The Republic will not stop until our friend is, once again, at liberty.
"From the bush to the outback — we are brothers and sisters sealed in green and gold." — Shekal, former Vice President of Australia