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Recently, the El Paso Territories has been embroiled in a devastating civil war, caused by the presence of invasive Savinecrossed Umbreons in the nation. To fully understand how this civil war began, we must first learn how they got to the El Paso Territories.

The first encounter between Pasenos and the Umbreons came in the Eshian military's first peacekeeping operation in Netraucora, a region where Umbreons roam freely. The Paseno unit which was deployed there found themselves enamored with them, and some of the soldiers wound up taking Umbreons home with them as pets.

Later on, talks between the governments of the Eshialand-Galdanulia Union and Grandia Sebastia continued and the two became great allies, culminating in another peacekeeping operation led by the EGU in Netraucora about a month later. This time, the Paseno unit elected to stick around for a while to root out any more insurgents that may have popped up.

While the Pasenos may not have stayed for a very long time during either operation, the Umbreons which they found along the way became ingrained into the Paseno military's ethos, and that trickled down to the civilians as well. Hence, many Pasenos wanted their own Umbreons, and that opened the door to illicit trade and shady pet shops. Of course, this in turn led to more feral Umbreons being released into the wild.

Now, Umbreons can't just breed to get baby Umbreons. Instead, their babies will all be Eevees, and they need a Moon Stone to evolve into Umbreons. However, there are artificial Moon Stones in the Paseno desert.

The reason why is a bit strange. Back in the 1990's, when that part of the El Paso Territories was in the U.S. state of Texas, there were plans for a supercollider in Waxahatchie, just south of Dallas. When the project fell through, the radioactive materials that were going to be used in the supercollider were tossed away into the desert, giving certain rocks there the properties of Moon Stones.

While many, if not most, Pasenos loved the Umbreons, some weren't so accepting, and started shooting Umbreons in the streets. The government, in a bid to protect the Umbreons, declared them the new national animal, which only made the situation worse, with anti-Umbreon protests dotting the country.

At one point, the issue even went all the way to the High Council of the Eshialand-Galdanulia Union, who sided with the government: King William I of Eshialand because he didn't want to sacrifice their good relations with Grandia Sebastia by killing one of their most revered animals, and President Niško Lenije of Galdanulia because he believed in national sovereignty and didn't want to interfere in Paseno affairs.

At this point, the anti-Umbreon protesters organized into an alt-right militant group named "the Panther Coalition" (named for the pre-Umbreon national animal), which declared itself the legitimate Paseno government and began to kill anyone who showed any affection for an Umbreon, sparking the Umbreon Civil War.

At this point, the Panther Coalition controls various cities and towns in the north-east of the country, most notably Dallas-Fort Worth.