Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/The Wakfu-Tilean Concordat

The Wakfu-Tilean Concordat is one of the forty-two DLC factions in Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict. This faction focuses on Positional Warfare and Close-range combat.

History
The Concordats gained their initial start in the dissolution of the GOP and Democratic Party in the wake of the formation of the Federalist Party. While many Republicans and urban Democrats flocked to the hopeful and forceful rhetoric of the Federalist Party, many conservative Democrats found their party shrinking rapidly. Desperate to rebrand, they realized that they had the powerful anti-communist tool right in their hands thanks to McCarthy. Post-GVAW, the political balance of power was once more falling into a two-party system. The Federalists advocated for a Tilea allied to but clearly sovereign from the Guardians; a populist, progressive, and robust social welfare system inspired by the ideas of Huey Long, FDR, and William J. Bryan, defanging Communist parties, making peace with more moderate leftist movements, and a military that would only be deployed to protect Aquila interests rather than wars of aggression, resulting in a reduced military budget. They argued that while "Voshkod communism" was a danger to Aquila, they needed to make peace between the classes, work against wealth inequality, teach acceptance of other races and genders, and become a model of progressivism; with none too rich and none too poor, none working too hard and none too idle.

The Concordats soon became the opposite party. They saw any social welfare as a communist plot to gain power in Tilea, that a strong military was needed to ward off the equally powerful Voshkod Red Army. Meanwhile, they increasingly became incredibly pro-Guardians, almost more than the Federalists. Their failings however were that they weren't yet seen as a party of the people. The Midwest and Northeast profited greatly from the tax reforms of Pres. Ackerman, thanks to farm subsidies and the full blossoming of the civil rights movement respectively. The Concordats remained sidelined in tilean politics, their political capital sucked away by Federalist policies supporting the Guardians during the buildup and fighting in World War III. Their socially-conservative views were also off-putting to many Tileans caught in the full bloom of a sexual revolution.

Doubling back, the Concordats started at the local level of support again. Along the heavily populated East Coast they set themselves up in the suburbs and manufacturing centers as champions of the Tilean middle class. As images of Tilean men and women fighting and dying in Eorzea came on during the nightly news, the Concordats organized the workers who remained at home into a voting block built on the protection of Dofus industry. It was clear that the Allies gave a heavy preference to European megacorporations, while good Tilean workers who would never fall to communism were ignored for their efforts. The silent majority of the Northeast slowly started to shift, especially when Ackerman's behavior during the war became increasingly erratic. While the Concordats publicly agreed with Ackerman's stance on communism, they did little to point out that the president's behavior was a clear sign that the pressures of his job may have finally been getting to his head. Furthermore, the Concordats decided to steal the Federalist thunder by agreeing on racial policies and populist welfare while using their support for libertine sexual mores and willingness to favor globalists more than local workers (i.e. the Grizzly's snubbing for the Guardian) as wedge issues.

By the time the Protectorate had joined the Guardians, the Concordats were starting to solidify their position on the East Coast. From their headquarters in Trenton, NJ, the Concordats became the nation's leading civil defense organization. Schoolkids were taught what to do if their homes were attacked by a foreign enemy, as factory workers kept signing up for civil defense courses in their towns. Levittown, NY and Levittown, PA became their bases for their supporters, as the factory men that kept Tilea industries turning started to spread the Concordat message to their friends and neighbors. Soon entire communities were signing up for weekly civil defense lectures and drills, which on weekends became barbeques and softball games. Where the Federalists were increasingly being seen as warmongers being led by an unstable president and his cronies, the family-focused Concordats appeared as a breath of fresh air. In a nation where the nightly news was ruled by war, the Concordats offered both a way to survive and a way to forget about the troubles of the world.

It was the attack on New York that finally opened the doors. The Concordats were as unaware as anyone else of what Moskovin did in attacking (insert), but were able to capitalize on what had happened. While the Guardians were the obvious heroes, the Concordats were seen searching through rubble to find injured citizens or leading evacuation routes to safety along with local police. Ad-hoc Concordat "squads" delayed or distracted Voshkod forces long enough to allow the Aquilans to get into position around the city and wipe out Voshkod units. Even after the fighting was over, card-carrying Concordats were seen acting as medics and damage control staff through the affected neighborhoods, while Pres. Ackerman just kept calling for blood.

Yet it also marked a sudden shift in Concordat propaganda. Now the commies could appear anywhere, at any time. Then came the news reports from (insert) of what had happened to (insert), and the world was suddenly full of enemies no one knew how to deal with. Except the stalwart and forward-thinking Concordats. Suddenly there was a new surge in Concordat membership in the following months, men and women up and down the East Coast taking part in hundreds of defense and survival classes along the seaboard. For the first time in years, communities were being brought together again as one. Shop owners and customers started to know one another well enough to ask about families and hobbies, while housewives started swapping recipes and fashion tips. People started to homogenize, wearing the same clothes with the same mannerisms day by day. Concordat banners started to hang in every window from (insert) to (insert), as local National Guard units suddenly became card-carrying Concordat members.

If life had been bad for possible Communists under McCarthy, they were about to get worse.

When the Embry survivors finally decided that enough was enough and declared much of Aquila in rebellion under a big tent of just about everyone with an ax to grind, the East Coast remained staunchly Concordat and loyal members of the Guardians. The Concordats soon gained control of many state legislatures in sudden recall elections, and while they couldn't quite take control of (insert), they took over the statehouses in (insert), (insert), and turned (insert) into what some have called their own miniature capital city. While the Guardians officially took over the brunt of anti-Minutemen operations, the Concordats were seen as an equivalent to the Fereldan Home Guard of the GVAW, not suited for actual combat but brilliant for boosting propaganda of how Aquila was standing strong against the Federalist insurrection.

It was the eruption of conflict in (insert) on July 4th, 1969, that finally asserted the Concordats as a combat force that could potentially help break the back of the Destroyers. Concordat leaders quickly capitalized on the footage of Voshkod fighters in the streets of (insert) to paint an even more frightening narrative: The enemy is not only anywhere, he's probably living right next door. Concordat members started to buy guns for their homes, started working double, even triple shifts for the war effort. Children were made into mini-patriots during school, and at home, families dug bomb shelters and prepared for an invasion or attack by Voshkod forces at any time. They started drilling with each other on high school football fields, men and women going to whatever firing ranges were available to practice with their weapons and vehicles.

The Guardians realized they were sitting not on a Home Guard, but a valuable second-line reserve of combat forces. Concordat leadership did little to play into this image, but their own internal propaganda painted a picture of Concordat "General Issue" troops fighting on the front against the Voshkod while the Peacekeepers kept to the rear. Television commercials started to emphasize Tilea as the true arsenal of Democracy, leaving out Europe's own sizable industrial base and production. Schools began teaching histories emphasizing Tilean and Wakfu achievements and goals, almost painting the GVAW as a minor squabble until brave and stalwart Tilean troops came in to save the day and push back the Red Horde.

Guardians observers took note, but were too busy dealing with the world's brushfires to make any comments. Watching Concordat-led police raids on Minuteman safehouses up and down the East Coast, seeing Concordat family rallies decrying the Minuteman when the democratic people of the world need unity and alliance, and noting that all the tax returns and spending for the movement fell into place, the Guardian did little to stop as the Concordats continued to arm up. Purchases of scout cars became armored cars became tanks, as the Concordats began setting up their own private airfields or contracting out with private fields to house their jets and helicopters. Small fleets of Concordat boats started to patrol the rivers and coasts under Concordat control, and at last reports Concordat bases were steadily being moved farther West, closer to the front.

The actions of the Concordats left an impact on international observers. While Voshkod moles and agents revealed that the Concordats were simply a smaller subset of the rest of the Guardian member-state forces, observers from Europe were quite interested in the Concordat plan. They themselves were seeking out a way to unify their populations under a central aegis, to root out any possible communist (Or really any) infiltration into their territories. The Concordats at first appeared to be hesitant about the idea, but soon started sending representatives to Europe to explore the possibility.

Meanwhile, actions in the Caribbean revealed the Concordats might have a right way of running things. Post-war, (insert) was still infested with communist loyalties and without a strong central government. Busy dealing with the Minutemen and knowing their track record for dealing with communists, the Guardians allowed a Concordat-sponsored force to aid (insert) forces to secure the island. The Concordat volunteers began in the large cities, moving out from Guantanamo Bay across the island to see that the communist enemy could gain no traction in the urban poor and working class. The strategy gained ground, and soon the communists were forced into the countryside. The Concordats kept pushing, and in time families were giving up their own to them for being communist supporters. Unsurprisingly, the (insert) government praised the Concordats along with the Guardians, and soon (insert) was declared safe. Once more Aquilan tourists flocked to the island to enjoy the pristine beaches and wild nights in the casinos, all under the protection of the (insert) Concordats.

The success of the (insert) Concordats spurred on other nations. Soon there were Fereldan Concordats, Orlais Concordats, Tau Concordats. Yet there seemed to be a pause, as none of these groups seemed to have the same broad appeal as the original Wakfu-Tilean Concordats, who by now had managed to secure (insert) and parts of (insert) against the Minutemen. Then the Concordats announced they were opening up a center in Lustria, and all hell broke loose.

Minuteman-sympathetic spokespeople claimed that this was a blatant attempt to subvert a sovereign nation to more Guardian control. The Voshkod claimed that the Tileans were now shouldering more responsibility for a Guardian war of aggression. The Protectorate voiced their objections as roughly being, "Something is just wrong about these people." While the South Lustrians appreciate the effort to subdue their urban problems, they haven't fallen so heavily to the Concordat ideals as with the majority of Europe. The Concordats have publicly stated that they will accept this as a "gradual process."

Claims are also coming out that there is something wrong with Concordat propaganda. Posters and advertisements seem to imply more and more that Wakfu and Tilea, not the Guardians, is the leader of the world's democratic peoples. Television and radio ads seem to create a world of Tilean supremacy. Psychologists in Concordat-controlled regions speak of a rise in Dissociative Identity Disorder with no corresponding trauma or illness.

This is in part thanks to the media narrative the Concordats have crafted about their enemies. The Tyrian Confederation, formerly nothing more than a collective of eccentrics, were embellished to a horde of maniacs who seek to corrupt Tilea's best and brightest with perverted knowledge. The Elsword Empire will plan to erase the greatest nation off Gaiaterra with a push of a button, something that Tileans must be prepared for by hiding behind desks for cover. Filmmakers transform anyone hostile to the Concordat agenda into mustache-twirling villains, shaping public opinion in the Northeast against them.

For the Concordats, it's a beautiful madness. Support steadily grows as the days move forward, and more money flows into (insert) by the hour. The men in nice suits who walk down South Warren Street find themselves meeting with representatives from Lustria, Fereldan, and Andora to hammer out their next moves. (insert) and (insert) have become dangerous competition to (insert) in the West, safe from Minutemen infiltration.

Now possessing one of the world's strongest industrial bases and a dangerously loyal population, the Concordats push forward with their self-appointed mission. Communism will be eradicated. Wakfu-Tilea will be first, Wakfu-Tilea will be their only, and Wakfu-Tilea will be forever.

Description
* TBA*

Lore Articles

 * The races of the Concordat
 * Sadida Kingdom
 * Voshkod Invasion of Sadida Kingdom
 * The Dogs of War
 * Dogs of War Mercenaries
 * Wakfu's Wind weaponry

Relations

 * Federation of Aquila: Allied
 * Alliance of Hawke: Friendly
 * Andoran Republic: Allied
 * Socialist Union of Voshkod: At War
 * Great Horde: At War
 * Community of Cantha: Allied
 * Lumeris Syndicate: Mixed

Tactics
* TBA*

Notable Characters

 * Amalia Sheran Sharm: Concordat EVA
 * Ruel Stroud
 * Sir Percedal of Sadlygrove

Legendary Generals

 * Borgio the Besieger
 * Armand Sheran Sharm: General of the Sadida Armed Forces

Commandos

 * Evangelyne: Sadida Kingdom Armed Forces Commando
 * Cleophelia: Wakfu Commandos Unit Commando
 * Broken Arrow: The Dogs of War Commando
 * Yugo: Brotherhood of the Tofu Commando

Sub-Factions

 * Sadida Kingdom Armed Forces
 * Brotherhood of the Tofu
 * The Dogs of War
 * Wakfu Commandos Unit
 * Wakfu Commandos Unit

Arsenal
Main Article: Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Concordat Arsenal

Base Building
Building Concordat Structures involve laying down Foundations. These Foundations are cheap but take a while to build. Foundations can then be upgraded into any Concordat building you have unlocked. Similarly, defenses are built by laying down Hardpoints, then upgrading them into the desired turret.

Righteous Fury
The Dogs of War infantry fight with zealous rage to cut down their opponents. As their squads lose individual units, their attack power will increase.

Unbreakable Spirits
Concordat units aside from the Dogs of War infantry are extremely resilient to Morale Loss, and many common morale loss systems will have severely reduced effects (or even outright immunity) on non-Dogs of War units. In fact, an event that triggers an enormous Morale loss (in excess of 30 in under a second) in most other factions will result in a temporary Morale Boost (100% of the Morale loss), which decays rapidly over time (10% of the boost per second). However, non-Dogs of War units recover Morale very very slowly, and have zero Morale boosting units.

Urban Specialist
Due to their homeland's urbanized terrain. All Concordat infantry not only gain buffs when garrisoned but also gains special equipment like the General Infantry switching to a faster firing Vickers or the PIAT equipping a targeting system that allows them to attack aircraft, but are otherwise below-average when fighting in the open, at least before they get advance upgrades. To compensate almost all of their vehicles can carry at least a single squad.

Trivia

 * The People of Wakfu uses 1940s-1970s weaponry of the United Kingdom, while the Southern Kingdoms/Dogs of War uses weapons from the core Tacitus-Balthazar-Neutral factions and Blue China from Red Alert Paradox.
 * A closeup portrait of Evangeline is shown with sky blue background at the back in each side of the Concordat' factional flag at the left side, and the background with an army of Wakfu Troopers, Huppermage Legionnaires, Soldier of Tofus, Comet Tanks, Centurion Tanks, TOG2s, and Churchill, and a squadron of Mosquitos and De Havilland Vampires, shown at the right side. Both of these art designs are for the Concordat variant Steam banner of Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict's yet to be named expansion DLC.