Civil War (Sweetserland)

The Sweetserland Civil War was an internal conflict between the country of Sweetserland and a rebel force that called themselves Micromonkey, a small island on the outskirts of Topia City. The rebellion was let by Blake Carrigan, who declared independence from Sweetserland. The Sweetserland congress ruled it to be unconstiutional to seceed and declared war agianst the rebel forces.

Micromonkey Advances
Thanks to a loophole in the financial system, where exchange rates were updated only every 15 mintues, the new central bank of Micromonkey printed money faster than the exchange rate was updated, allowing them to purchase armies for the price of inflation. Over 2 million dollars were printed, leading to the purchase of over 40 armies, and giving the Micromonkey forces a numerical advantage over the newly formed Army of Sweetserland and the military leader, General Ashley Witherell. Micromonkey was able to capture the city of Foodtopia, and Topia City quickly after battles began.

Changing the Rules of the Game
Sweetserland Congress was able to quickly close the financial loopholes, preventing Micromonkey from creating their own wealth through quantitative easing and the lag in the exchange market.

During this time, Micromonkey continued thier advance on the nation of Sweetserland, capturing Neon City and The Shire.

A War of Attrition
After cutting off the loophole money supply of armies for Micro Monkey, General Witherell invested in 30+ armies before recapturing Topia City, Neon City, The Shire, and Foodtopia. Eventually, no more investors would help the Micromonkey rebels in the war, and General Witherell captured the capital city of Micromonkey and forced surrender of the rebel forces.

The Cost of the War
The Army of Sweetserland invested approximately $3500 in their victory.

The rebel forces began with a $50 investment, eventually investing at total of $640 (or the equivalent amount to), but created over $2,000,000 using quantitative easing and the loophole in the financial system.