The Mango Wars

For weeks, the two nations-Pacific Trails and Carmel Valley-had been at war. As the tension between the two superpowers slowly increased, a Carmel Valley trade empire began to blossom, eventually supplying over ten sextillions worth of mangoes every day. The CEO of this monopoly was the legendary Yaj Jhajhria. Yaj was well known and widely hated in Pacific Trails' society, as he was a symbol of Carmel Valley patriotism in the popular Science Olympiad Games. These games only came around once every year; the competition served as a constant source of bickering between these two nations. For the past four hundred years, Carmel Valley had beaten Pacific Trails, and usually by a large margin. However, in the year of 2020, a combination of horrible events led to Pacific Trails outperforming Carmel Valley. CVMS. Beaten by Pacific Trails. PTMS. The team that didn't go to the most important invitational in the nation out of fear of leaving a place with 0.0000197183% of people with coronavirus to a place with 0.00003135% of people with coronavirus. Pacific Trails' blood-curdling shriek of exhilaration upon learning of their victory could be heard from MACS0647-JD. Carmel Valley, defeated, could only droop their heads in shame.

Finally, the breaking point came.

Pacific Trails, still basking in their glory, decided that they would humiliate CVMS yet again. They executed an embargo on Yaj's Mango Warehouse, blocking his supply routes to CCA, which made up 99.9% of Yaj's profits. And as Yaj's Mango Warehouse was 99.99% of the Carmel Valley economy, the CVMS population suffered in turn. A government shutdown was ordered and citizens all across Carmel Valley called for action against Pacific Trails. CVMS was tired of being looked down upon and with the grand wedding of Schuyler and Chloe upon them, these humiliating insults against them could only bear one response. Thus began the Mango Wars.