Valand, Great Land of the East

Valand, Great Land of the East}} was a song written anonymously in the Confederate States of Earth as a call for the Republic of Valand to seceded from the Union of Earth States in the immediate aftermath of the Valand Campaign, in which the forces of Valand engaged the Union's unprovoked invasion of their land simply due to the fact that Valand refused to take up arms against her seceded sister nations. Within days of the Valand Campaign Valand seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy as the 57th Confederate member nation.

The song appeared in a songbook titled Patriotic Songs and Anthems of Confederate Earth

Lyrics
''Oh, Valand! Oh, Valand! Oh, great land of the East!''

Where the hard working folks are welcomed the best,

Who gave to the farmer reward for his toil,

Expended in turning and breaking the soil,

Awake to the notes of the bugle and drum,

Awake from your slumber, a great tyrant has come!

And swear your chains shall be riven, your shall break your bars,

And add your bright star onto our great flag of stars.

They have forced upon you their destructive, unholy fight,

With fire and with sword, with power and with might,

'Gainst father, and brother, and loved ones so near,

'Gainst women, and children, and all you hold dear;

They've overrun soil, insulted your press,

They've murdered your citizens - shown no redress

And swear your chains shall be riven, your shall break your bars,

And add your bright star onto our great flag of stars.

''Oh, Valand! Oh, Valand! What of your proud fame!''

Free land of the east, your once cherished name,

Now burnt in great fires by a despot's command,

Proclaiming his own tyrant law o'er your land;

Brave men of free Valand, strike without fear,

Jane Zarkan, Sir Zarkan, and Norman are all near.

And swear your chains shall be riven, your shall break your bars,

And add your bright star onto our great flag of stars.