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Ri

Flag of the State of Rio.

Rio

Rio and surroundings at the time of its dissolution.

Rio, or the State of Rio, was proclaimed in 297 following a coup which dissolved the government of Ordland. The country was a fascist dictatorship under president Berens, with its capital at the city of Port Rio - currently the capital of Kiltanland.

On the 28th of June 298, the top leadership of Terramarc, including dictator Tom Koh, escaping the new Burovian administration in their country, were granted sanctuary in Rio at the invitation of Berens himself.

Rio was involved in a war against Armatirion in July 298, known as Operation Cutlass. Border skirmishes in Nuarmia between Rian troops and militias from the colony of New Armatirion escalated into diplomatic tensions. After that, psychotic Berens, out of spite, launched a salvo of nuclear missiles towards mainland Armatirion. The ICBMs were intercepted by Cruisana's Electra Mundi anti-missile system and, subsequently, Rio suffered an invasion by Armatirion and Ferrata. The Rio regime then colapsed under the pressure from several resistance movements.

On the 17th of July, Kiltanland declared its independence, followed by the restoration of Ordland on the next day. Following Operation Cutlass, President Berens was captured, tried for war crimes and executed, while Tom Koh's whereabouts are unknown.