<Snipped quote by Jig>If you used to be belligerent during the Great War then there must be a good reason why we can maintain good relations or supply arms to you.
Take West Germany, for example.
As remnants of the Nazi Empire they were at first prohibited to own any kind of military, not even a border patrol.
Then the Korean War and generally the rivalry with the Soviet Block gave the NATO enough reason to not only back up West Germany but even promote its military expansion.
If there's a new common enemy then I can see Hungary supporting you.

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When exactly was the Great War (in terms of X years ago)? I'll work something out because my history is still in flux, but I'd definitely like to get involved in it - just need to know when it is.

One or two decades works super-duper well. I'd've accommodated for longer ago, but, actually, if we can say for certain that it's one or two decades, that's absolutely ideal.

How belligerent would the Western territories of the Hungarian Federation have been: would they themselves have been aggressive, or been the victims of any aggression of mine?

@MonkeypantsBTW, you said that you have problems with when somebody's profile mentions they are "leaders in X". Presumably you have similar issues with wording like "best in X" or "among the best in X".
I say that you're a bit too sensitive here.
You need to take these with a grain of salt. Given the malleable nature of RPs there's no such thing as absolute best. So anyone who claims that only means that they're "very very good in X". It pretty much implies a kind of specialization or strength of the said faction. Nothing more.
I wanted to say this to you before but I got caught up in other things. Now I did.
Hopefully this could help you in the future.

It has been a millennium since mankind fell upon the fires of judgment, and precious little remains of the world that was. We know it as The Great Cataclysm, an enigmatic disaster that tore continents asunder and erased all we had accomplished. Many tell interpretations of the event, and precious few clues have been gleaned from the scattered remnants of the old world, but in the face of time it seems the knowledge of what led to the terrible reckoning of our past is all but lost.

Quote from op.

More than a couple decades have passed...

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Absolutely doesn't help. I've heard it all before and its just frustrating.

It is the year 1520 of the Restoration Calendar, and the leaders of today will set the stage for countless generations to come.

Willy, the date is 1520 RC.

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No, that was what Sigma set before I touched the OP.

And there is nothing objectively better with any date, it's just numbers. Beyond that, I'm beginning to tire of your continual need for things to be just the way you prefer them. Sigma said no WMD's on the OOC, you then you barge in and instead of just accepting it demand all sorts of nonsense explanations that are scarcely better than leaving it unsaid, and in my opinion are simply ridiculous. A magic kill sat that just sees all nukes all the time? What? Then when I or Monkey question you we're obviously being unreasonable and antagonistic for not accepting your every whim.

I'm not the GM, I don't have the authority to tell you to do anything, but I've decided to just say it here anyway.

<Snipped quote by Monkeypants>So?
Civilization was made way before 0CE/AD. Doesn't mean we start from there.
195X date exist just for our convenience. It's better than making up some fancy number. Makes things much easier to track.

<Snipped quote by Monkeypants>Then you must learn self-control. If your only reason to respond like this to spread negativity, then don't.
Simple as that.

I'm gonna suggest that the above line of discussion is getting personal, which isn't helpful. I feel that maybe @Sigma should step in, set an absolute date (although there already is one in the OP so I have no idea why it's even in question) and declare absolutely yay or nay about WMD's (although I think he already did - nay). For what it's worth, 'maybe they could's and 'maybe they couldn't's surely play second fiddle to telling the stories we want to tell? This is fiction; we can make even science up if we want to.

Anyhoo, apart from working out plot-stuff with individuals, I'm gonna not wade any further into this, because it's looking dangerously close to playground squabbling and, the way this is going, I can't see this de-escalating, so I'd recommend you all step back and wait for Sigma too. GM is god and I'm sure we all agree that he gets the final say.