First Acadia Crisis

The First Acadia Crisis was confrontation that took place in early April to late May 2017 between Acadia and the United States of Antarctica. During the duration of the crisis it was feared that the next major war would break out between the United States of Antarctica, backed by the Free Republic Union, and the Western Union, which backed Acadia. However, the two countries ended up conducting negotiations mediated by the Western Union that ended the crisis, although relations between Acadia and the United States of Antarctica are still poor to this day.

The crisis is believed to have started with Antarctican Vice President Happyface's speech to the South Pole Council which Acadia saw as a threat. Over the next few weeks, thousands of Antarctican soldiers were moved to various positions around Acadia, while the Acadians began to mobilize for what seemed like an inevitable war. The crisis occurred at the same time as the Marxit Crisis between Acadia and Margate, which temporarily damaged Acadia's relations with the Western Union and convinced Acadia that the Western Union had abandoned them.

Background
In early 2015, Acadia and Snowiny launched a joint invasion of Macradonia on the grounds that terrorists had taken over the country. Despite initial resistance, the two countries were able to establish control over the country within two days, and divided the country into two separate zones of occupation. This triggered a response from the international community, especially the Free Republic Union, which saw Acadia and Snowiny as attacking a member state of theirs. However, for a few months, the Free Republic Union took no action to remove Acadia and Snowiny from Macradonia.

However, in May 2015, Dorkugese forces and their allies, supported by the United States of Antarctica, Free Republic Union, and United Antarctic Nations, launched an invasion of Macradonia that forced Acadia and Snowiny to surrender, and Macradonia became a Dorkugese territory again. Acadia was forced to pay reparations to Dorkugal and issue an apology, which seriously hurt Acadian national pride and seriously damaged Acadia-Dorkugal relations. Economic sanctions were placed on Dorkugal in the weeks after the end of the war by the Acadian Parliament as well.

In June 2015, anti-Dorkugal protests broke out in Delphi, the Acadian capital, with the protesters burning Dorkugese flags and accusing Dorkugal of supporting terrorism. A large crowd gathered around the Dorkugese embassy and set fire to a section of the building, before storming the building itself, causing the Dorkugese diplomats inside to seek shelter. Acadian riot police, who were stationed five minutes away at the time, arrived ten minutes after the incident broke out and dispersed the protesters, which caused many to believe the Acadian police tried to stay away on purpose.

This event sparked a major diplomatic incident between Acadia and Dorkugal, with Dorkugal accusing Acadia of being directly responsible for the attack on their embassy. A few weeks later, as relations continued to deteriorate between the countries, Dorkugal announced that they would close their embassy in Acadia. This worsened relations between Acadia and Dorkugal, and a few weeks later the Acadian Parliament voted to place economic sanctions on Dorkugal. In a drastic turn, Acadia also began seizing Dorkugese assets in Acadia and starting deporting Dorkugese expatriates.

Around the same time, Acadia began threatening East Pengolia, another Free Republic Union member, as they were a communist state. Acadia also expelled the East Pengolian ambassador, began placing economic sanctions on East Pengolia, seizing East Pengolian assets, and deporting East Pengolian expatriates. The East Pengolian military was put on high alert after Acadia moved a fleet consisting of ten warships just outside of East Pengolian waters and threatened to invade the country for their "aggression" towards Acadia, a comment that was criticized by international media.

The road to crisis moved further as the Acadian Parliament voted to leave the Free Republic Union in November 2016, shortly after the presidential elections in the United States of Antarctica, which elected Megg and Happyface141 as President and Vice President, respectively. Acadia saw the anti-Acadian Happyface as a threat to their sovereignty and believed that the two would only work to destroy Acadia if they continued to stay in the Free Republic Union. However, the decision to leave was criticized by many across Antarctica, including Acadia's allies.