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North Korea's General Cheeseburger declares war with Pop-Up Pirate

Tensions in the Korean peninsula of Toyland have reached breaking point with General, Supreme Leader, President, Messiah, and Baby's First Dictator; Cheeseburger citing recent flying swords near the border with South Toyland as a declaration of war against the Pop- Up Pirates of America (PUPA).

General Cheeseburger's Toy Soldiers stand underneath the shadow of the newly-constructed Nerf Missiles

In a statement given last night; Cheeseburger directly accused PUPA of "chucking their toys out of the pram", and that recent allegations of "toy rights abuses" in the state were "merely fiction created by their owner, Billy, aged 5". As a result, Pirate Pump offered a rebuke that if North Toyland were to attack the Pirate state, he would reciprocate with nuclear Nerf shots the world had never seen since PUPA nuked Super Nintendo in the last great RISK war.

Despite escalating tensions, the Communist regimes of Russian Roulette and Mahjong (infamously Communist because they stropped when losing a game of Monopoly to the Pop- Up Pirates), have been quick to calm down the trigger happy games. Vladimir Potato-head claimed that the Pop- Up Pirates should "stop treating this as a game" whilst Xi JinPong affirmed that if North Toyland were attacked; "the whole board may be put at 'risk'".

Whilst a nuclear Nerf attack has previously been threatened, the likelihood of such an event would likely depend on the Pop- Up Pirates' reaction to a supposed "declaration of war". For example, despite the undoubted advances of the North's capabilities to develop a Nerf missile for themselves, previous attempts with Lawn Darts and Javelins have been dramatically unsuccessful.

Thus, any attack from the regime may run a risk of total obliteration from PUPA, with the Pirate's complete collection of swords available to propel themselves at the sight of a stroppy child.
With the current political uncertainty surrounding the board, it is very much PUPA's move.