Kola (EMG-2)

The Sámi People's Republic on the Kolan Peninsula, also the Republic of Kola or simply Kola, is a nation in EMG-2. Prior to Turn 1, it was controlled by Russia, but Sámi politician Anthenon Kalugin led a revolt against Russia, and to peacefully resolve this, Vladimir Putin gave the Kolan Peninsula to the revolutionaries.

Kola was the leading member of the coalition opposing the Dutch takeover of Flanders in the Dutch-Flemish War, despite fighting against Basque, another member of the Historical Nations Alliance. Following the conflict, Kola turned its wartime alliance into a permanent one, called the International Coalition Alliance, and founded the Four Northern Seas Alliance. Additionally, Vake attempted to frame it for an attempted assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven.

Kolan Civil War
In turn 6, Kola began negotiating deals with Norway and Finland under which their northern territory would become Kolan, but while this was happening, Anthenon Kalugin died. During this time, a group called the Kolan Nationalists, concerned with their country potentially losing its Sámi national identity, began a civil war. To counter them, Gustu Hárri was made Emergency President. The Kolan Government has received support from Vake and Spain. Despite this, Kolan Nationalists quickly took over the southern and eastern parts of the peninsula. However, an unidentified loud noise from Ostrovonoy killed an entire legion of Kolan Nationalist troops. When Nils Anteer of Vake listened to the recording, he fell into a coma and died shortly after, though it was later revealed he had meningitis from Coxsackie B virus, as the probable cause of death.

At the beginning of Turn 7, the Kolan Nationalists lost the conflict and were forced to surrender, but Russia declared war on Kola.

Second Emergency President
In turn 9, Gustu Hárri's plane was landing on Östersund's airport when one of the plane's wheels fell of due to a pothole that was on the ground. The plane crash killed parliament member Gáhte Leammu and put President Gustu Hárri on life support. Gustu Hárri was temporarily replaced by Čuvje-Juđet Ráffokirst, leader of The Sami Unification party. Hárri then died, and Ráffokirst was officially sworn in as President. An election will be held for President in turn 10. After the war finished, Kola declared neutrality in all international affairs.

Vake's Zelfvernietiging Plan
Kola was the target of a top-secret plan known as the Zelfvernietiging Plan (Self-destruct Plan). The plan was formulated by the end of turn 11 and enacted in turn 12. Murmansk, Kola's capital, was bombed by a Kolan plane, which took the lives of 350 and injured thousands more. A mass scare and an investigation soon followed. It was revealed that a plane stationed at the Narvik airbase had gone missing prior to the attack, although no Kolan soldiers had gone missing in that period. A photo of the missing plane was later taken, with it's location being further south of the Kolan border. Due to this, Vake was immediately implicated by Kola, which led to denial from the Vaken government. A wave of hate against Vake surged in Kola with this (at the time) accusation. The missing plane was identified and had it's location history tracked. Kola requested that Vake show records from their air force, to which Vake agreed (documents were secretly falsified).

The President, Áles Gáhppá attended a rally to raise money for the red cross to help the bombing.

After analysis, Kola determined the numbers seen on the plane in the bombing did not use actual Kolan identification numbers, leading to more suspicion of Vake's involvement. A Vaken whistleblower named Aaron van Jepsted then contacts the Kolan government, confirming that the planes involved in the Murmansk bombing were indeed Vaken. In response to this revelation, Kola blocked all travel with Vake and declared war on the "Vaken aggressors". Vake denied all of this and arrested Aaron van Jepsted for treason. Aloys Theron would then accuse Kola of staging the bombing in a statement.

One of the pilots involved in the bombing was taken in by the Kolan Intelligence Agency after admitting to the bombing. A Vaken spy was also arrested in his Kolan apartment, in which a document entitled "Zelfvernietiging Plan" was found, which further confirmed that Vake had been behind the bombing. The spy later gave testimony confirming that the document was legitimate.