From Occupied to Fighting 300M+ Battles

A month ago we were celebrating simply because Pakistan existed on the map again. That sounds slightly pathetic now, but anyone who was here knows how bad things looked. Punjab and AJK came back first, then the campaign kept moving east. Pakistan wasn't doing this alone either. India suddenly had Pakistan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Bangladesh opening fronts around the same time, with the rest of our allies keeping pressure on wherever they could. A few days later India was completely off the map. That turnaround happened ridiculously fast.

Then came the part everyone knew was coming. India wasn't going to stay dead forever. Their first serious attempts around Kashmir didn't accomplish much, and for a while it looked like we might just keep swatting revolts away. Then Uttar Pradesh happened. That one was different. It became a fight for the Indian capital and both sides went past 330M damage. We threw basically everything we had into it and still lost. No point pretending otherwise. India earned that round. It was also probably the first time in this whole war where you could look at the numbers and realize this rivalry had gone from regional nuisance to completely stupid levels of damage.

A few thank yous are overdue. 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇹🇭 Thailand, 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, 🇧🇩 Bangladesh and everyone else who opened fronts, sent money, travelled halfway across the map or simply showed up when the order dropped. The July campaign doesn't happen without that pressure. And Bangladesh deserves a separate mention after the latest Northeastern India fight. They just won a 421.11M battle by 51:49. Pakistan put 22.43M and 1,000 BTC into their side, which is exactly how this relationship should work. They helped when we needed it, we help when they need it.

Pakistan's own players deserve some credit too. A month ago we were recruiting people just to get our provinces back. Now we're capable of putting hundreds of millions into a capital battle against a much larger Indian player base. We lost UP, India has started recovering territory in the east, and there will probably be another ugly fight once they reach our side of the map. Good. Winning everything would get boring anyway.

So this isn't a victory article and it definitely isn't a funeral either. We got occupied, came back, took our land, helped wipe India, watched them come back, then fought one of the biggest battles this rivalry has seen. Thanks to everyone who made any part of that possible.

India got the capital round. They didn't get the last word.