War is OverNation celebrates peacePeace monument in Mort IskendraOctober 3880 - The Cildanian Civil War was brought to an end exactly ten years after it first began. Starting as a rebellion against the Selucian apartheid regime of Quintus Sibilla, the war saw the defeat of the Imperial government at the hands of a wide and divergent coalition of religious militias, Communist paramilitaries, and monarchists, with considerable foreign support. After a brief break in violence with the fall of Sibilla, war was renewed after the Ahmadi State's penetration into Cildania and the break of relations between the former allies in the Interim Government. Now that the Ahmadi state has been defeated and the remaining two sides were brought into a stalemate, they had no choice but compromise and reach a peace agreement. The
Qart Yam Agreement, signed in the Indralan-occupied city of Qart Yam, formalizes the ceasefire declared between the People's Free State and the Independent State of Aheblun. The borders between the two sides remain the same as at the time of the ceasefire, and are now demilitarized and patrolled by an international peacekeeping mission. Additionally, although the text of the Agreement was worded in such a way as to not imply, directly or indirectly, sovereignty for the Independent State of Aheblun, the Hebilean separatist entity has gained practical independence from Qart Qildar, as the latter will not be able to maintain armed forces on Hebilean territory, nor will Cildanian laws be implemented in Aheblun.
While it is clear that this is not a permanent resolution of the conflict, the fact remains that Cildania finally has some respite from the religious, ethnic, and political war that raged for a decade. The end of the war was joyfully celebrated throughout the island and on both sides of the demilitarized border. In Aheblun a monument was constructed commemorating the end of fighting, after the symbolic burning of a few thousand weapons in front of the Saint Alexandra Cathedral of Mort Iskendra. In Qart Qildar peace was symbolically celebrated by religious leaders of all denominations jointly marching through the streets of the city.