Editing Gladysynthia Crisis (section)

==Background==

===The Northern Isle===
The [[Northern Isle]] is a section of land on the southern side of the Zamastanian border with Gladysynthia, which had seen a refugee crisis of nearly 20,000 residents of [[Danaska]], a city not far from the border. The 'Isle' is situated at the divergence of the Yost and Percilius Rivers, and is actually connected to the rest of Gladysynthia by a narrow strip of land less than three miles wide. This particular landmass, however, had not been attached to Gladysynthia until 2003, when a change in the flow of the river allowed the natural land bridge to form. For 15 years, the two nations contested the sovereignty of the territory, but after oil deposits were discovered in 2011, Gladysynthia made it known through an annexation - deemed illegal by Zamastanian courts under international law - that the land was officially theirs. The area has been known for historical conflict between [[Åethnoa|native peoples of Gladysynthia and Zamastan]], as well as the 20th century conflicts in the form of the [[1945 Danaska Conflict]] and [[The Tariel War]] and smaller, less note-worthy skirmishes. 

===The [[Gladys Popular Freedom Fighters]]===

In June of 2012, the residents of the lower Danaska area declared secession from Gladysynthia. The separation was not enforced by the government of Gladysynthia, and the revolution became violent. Protests soured southern regions of the nation, and for the next six months several bombings in Danaska, a city of 400,000 people, resulted in the deaths of 23 people and the maiming of hundreds more. Martial law was put in effect in December, and the military began a campaign to root out rebel forces. The G.P.F.F., as the revolutionaries named themselves, retreated into the wilderness of northern Zamastan and the Northern Isle territory, seeking help from the Zamastan military. President [[Cassious Castovia]] even met with leaders of the rebel movement and declined any support, rather saying that any aggression deemed threatening to Zamastanian citizens would be met with force. In early 2013, [[Zamastan]] placed tariffs on [[Gladysynthia]]n exports and blocked the importation of many of its' own goods following violent protests across the nation regarding the G.P.F.F.'s occupation of the Northern Isle border. 

The rejection of the Zamastanian government's caused a rift in the G.P.F.F., and in addition to the continuing Gladysynthian military buildup according to declassified documents, was the fore-fronting reason for the eventual hijacking of the GMS Lockwood which led to the crisis beginning.