Santalla

History
A South American country, Santalla was gripped by civil war for several months until Baron Ironblood and his Red Shadows joined the rebel leader General Mazanna. The combined forces rapidly smashed the government forces until they captured the capital Santalla City. Mazanna subsequently stole the country's gold and money from a vault beneath the Presidential Palace and sabotaged military equipment left for the Baron. Ironblood abandoned the country. Santalla was left in chaos. Much of the government and military had been destroyed in the civil war and so the country descended into anarchy with armed militias battling for control of territory like heavily armed street gangs.

When the chaos spread across the border into Chile to the south and Peru to the north, both nations invaded Santalla in order to push back the militias. They also petitioned the UN for assistance.

A resolution was passed and a stabilisation and assistance force was formed and deployed to Santalla.

A battalion of US Marines staged a naval assault on the port city of Puerto de Rocas, taking control of its harbour to enable aid to be shipped in.

At the same time, the British 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment performed an airborne assault on the Enrique Salazar International Airport near Santalla City. The city became the headquarters of the UN operation and the UNHCR’s operations in Santalla.

With these two access points under UN control, more troops were brought in. Indian forces took over security at the airport, whilst Indonesian troops secured the harbour at Puerto de Rocas.

Canadian troops were deployed to the city of Santa Raquel, whilst a joint force of Brazilian, Uruguayan, Paraguayan and Bolivian troops formed a mobile task-group, which deployed around the countryside to quell bandits and militias operating outside the towns and cities. The city of Rio de Oro came under the control of an Egyptian force, whilst a Polish unit took control of San Jorge.

British troops pushed into Santalla City, whilst the Americans moved into the city of Puerto de Rocas.

Once the country was pacified, a governing Transitional Authority was formed to organise a new parliament, elections and the formation of a new military. By 1992, the country had stabilised, an election had been held and UN troops were withdrawn.