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The spark of the third stellar war is lit when the Socialist People's Republic square off against the Islamic Nations. Other nations one by one fall in behind one of the two sides for a variety of philosophical and political considerations. However, as opposed to the second stellar war, this war is primarily philosophical rather than economic, and it burns hot. Though many historians set the end-point of the war at the formation of the Mandate, the war ends with a whimper rather than a bang, and some combat action continue after that date in various parts of the Terran sphere.
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