Years 1996-2005: Rebuilding
On May 17, Menagerie declared independence as a republic per an agreement between the Allied Powers. The next 2 years would be spent by rebuilding the ruined island nation and turning the former ghetto into a faunus homeland state, as well as drafting a constitution granting all residents of the island, faunus or human, full and equal rights under the law.
On June 18, a new Collectivist government was born in Azimuth. Started by the surviving leaders of the old government before Vacuo invaded and annexed the country, it began to do economic reforms, transforming into a mixed economy while retaining single-party rule.
Hachure, its royal family extinct from the devastation, also became a Collectivist state, turning into the Hachurian People's Democratic Republic. Like Azimuth, it had a mixed economy and single-party rule.
On August 1, land transfers occurred between Vacuo, Vale, and Azimuth, as well as Hachure, Stadia, and North Dragonica. Vacuo and Hachure lost territory as per the final surrender agreement.
The pre-war governments of the other invaded countries quickly returned from exile to pick up the pieces. The Princess of Volos, Malene, instituted an Atlas-backed recovery plan that transformed the impoverished nation into an oil-producing giant.
On September 3, legal proceedings began in the International Military Tribunal for Vacuouan and Hachurian War Criminals, or IMT-VHWC. 33 of the 40 individuals with arrest warrants were brought to trial. 7 of them had died before then. All 33 pled not guilty to the charges laid out against them:
1. Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of a crime against peace
2. Planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace
3. War crimes
4. Crimes against humanity (humanity referring to humans and faunus)
On March 19, 1997, guilty verdicts were delivered to 30 of the 33 defendants. 3 were acquitted due to ill health. Of these, 16 were sentenced to death, including Gris Manchette, Henri Lagune, Bo Jintao, and Joseph LaFleur. Robin Chauveau and Jou Peng had died by then.
On July 18, the 16 that were sentenced to death were led to the gallows. On live television, Gris Manchette walked up first. By now a very frail man, his last words were a request not to be hooded, which was accepted. A rope was secured around his neck, and the trapdoor opened below him. 10 minutes later, he was declared head from hanging. As he dropped through and got his neck broken, the over 300 witnesses started clapping and cheering.
By 1998, the Vacuouan government had effectively turned the clock back to 1968, before Gris Manchette was elected. Now the task at hand would be to rebuild the economy.
In 1999, the Allies developed the Delwyn plan, named after its creator, King Delwyn III of Vale. It led to over 250 billion Lien (175 billion USD) in aid to the war-torn countries of Remnant. In just 10 short years, Vacuo turned from a war-torn state to the 4th largest economy in Remnant.
The White Fang was founded in 1996 to foster human and faunus relations after the war. However, despite legal victories, individual prejudices remained in many countries, especially Vale. As time went on, some members began to press for more confrontational methods of action, and later, more violent ones. In 2009, a coup in the group occurred, and its former leaders were forced to leave. The new leaders were violent and transformed the group into a terrorist organisation. As a result, the National Association for the Advancement of Faunus cut ties with the White Fang and accepted many of its peaceful members who had either left on their own accord or had been forced out.
In the years after the war, Vale grew. Formerly the 4th biggest economy, by 2005, it had become the 3rd. By 2010, it had become the 2nd. In 2019, it finally eclipsed Atlas and became the most powerful economy in Remnant. Another effect of the war on Vale was that it led to many reforms in mental health services due to a high rate of PTSD amongst Faunus War veterans.
To conclude, the Faunus War changed Remnant forever. It led to the deaths of over 70 million people, including 12 million in the Menagerie Genocide. These 12 million include 10 million faunus as well as homosexuals, the mentally and physically retarded, prisoners of war, political opponents, religious minorities, and anyone else who did not fit Gris Manchette's twisted idea of a Vacuouan. Its effects will be felt for centuries, and it will be remembered as the both the darkest and the finest hour of Remnant.
THE END