Taikavian and Kosakovian tensions rise as Taikavian hostility to its allies increases. This photo depicting a few Kosakovian men in their new more efficient uniforms better for combat. Mikhaili Popov addressed the nation saying this, "Citizens of Kosakovia, Taikavia stirs chaos. Their distrust of our allies is not the misstep of fools—it is the deliberate aggression of a nation lost in its own arrogance. Let them hear this and understand: Kosakovia tolerates much, but it does not forgive treachery. We are disciplined. We are resolute. We stand where others falter, not swayed by weak ideologies of the modern West, which once held strength but now rots in decadence. Kosakovia remembers what they have forgotten. Our sons now wear the uniform of warriors—not of diplomats, not of showmen, but of fighters ready for the battle that may come. This is not an empty gesture. It is the embodiment of our preparedness, the proof that Kosakovia does not wait to be caught sleeping. Let Taikavia and its lapdogs take heed: patience is not submission, restraint is not fear. Should they mistake our silence for weakness, they will learn—violently—the truth. Kosakovia does not bend. Kosakovia does not retreat. Kosakovia endures."
