North Valand

"The people of North Valand have made their loyalty to the Union of Earth States clear, because their neighbours to the south have seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy the people of North Valand have made the decision to secede from the Republic of Valand, and join the Union."

- Henry Irton, the first and only President of North Valand, announcing the secession of North Valand from Valand

North Valand was a small, short-lived nation on the planet Earth. North Valand began as a county of the Republic of Valand, in 21 BBY the Republic of Valand became the 57th nation to secede from the Union of Earth States and join the Confederate States of Earth, however many people in North Valand felt loyalty to the Union, and thus decided to secede their county from the rest of Valand and join the Union.

Despite this many of the people from the southern part of North Valand felt closer affinity to the rest of Valand, and to the Confederacy, and sought to see North Valand either rejoin the Republic of Valand or join the Confederate States of Earth, some pro-Confederate North Valandans fought against their fellow North Valandans on behalf of the Confederacy, such as the 191st (North Valand) Infantry Corps and the North Valand Irregulars, a band of guerrillas who did everything in their power to make things difficult for the Union forces stationed in North Valand.

In 20 BBY, when North Valand was not even a year old, Confederate forces invaded North Valand from the neighbouring Republic of Valand and swiftly overran the small nation, North Valand's final defeat came at the Battle of Fort Irton, in which Confederate forces succeeded in occupy the capital city of North Valand and forcing the North Valandan government to surrender. Not long after the Confederacy won the Earth Civil War against the Union, and North Valand was absorbed back into the Republic of Valand, with Unionist Valandans fleeing the northern border into Union territory.