Kastovia (Cyrillic: Кастовия) is a fictional country featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Warzone, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, and Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0.
Geography[]
Formerly part of the Soviet Union[1], Kastovia is a country located in the Caucasus Region, bordered by the Russian Federation to the north and Georgia to the west. The capital city is Verdansk. The country's main language is Russian.
History[]
During World War II, Kastovia was occupied by German forces which built a system of underground bunkers to stockpile ammunitions and weapons beneath its capital, Verdansk. As the Wehrmacht retreated, the bunkers were sealed and forgotten.
In 1984, Verdansk served as a hub of operations for the Soviet-based spy ring known as Perseus led by Vikhor "Stitch" Kuzmin. The city was almost completely destroyed when CIA operative, Russell Adler triggered the explosives planted in the abandoned German underground bunker system in order to thwart Stitch's operations. The republic declared independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and Verdansk was then rebuilt by the West and Russia.
On April 6th, 2019, members of the Inner Circle, a terrorist organization led by Vladimir Makarov while disguised as Kastovian Police, Paramedic, and Armed Responders, attacked the Acropolis National Arena. The terrorists destroyed many parts of the stadium alongside killing many civilians and injured countless, they also threatened to destroy the Verdansk International Airport. This prompted Bravo Team of the Special Air Service under the command of Captain John Price and Lieutenant General Herschel Shepherd to intervene in order to prevent further destruction. Makarov was captured by Bravo Team, however, another squad of Inner Circle managed to infiltrate the Verdansk International Aiport and partially destroyed it after detonating their own explosive as Bravo Team was leaving the area.
On October 24th, 2019, CIA Officer Alex Keller and several US Marine Raiders were deployed in Verdansk to confirm the presence of chlorine gas inside a depot and prevent the forces of Russian general Roman Barkov from sending the gas to Urzikstan. The gas, however, was stolen during the mission by a group of insurgents led by Hadir Karim.
On March 3rd, 2020, the terrorist organization Al-Qatala, under the leadership of Khaled Al-Asad, and heavily supplied by Victor Zakhaev, invaded Kastovia and launched a full-scale assault against Verdansk, attack the Kastovian military's land force, occupying the city and its surroundings. A new alliance, Armistice, was formed to stop Al-Qatala.
Sometime after Armistice was formed, a massive cloud of toxic gas was released within Verdansk. In the chaos that ensued, members of Armistice began fighting amongst themselves. Lt. Simon Riley of the SAS was stationed in Verdansk, and began an investigation of the situation, requesting fellow Task Force 141 member John Price to send fighters that he could trust to assist him.
From February to April of 2021, Verdansk saw the arrival of the Vodianoy and an infestation of Zombies, leading to an attempt at evacuation and eventual nuking on April 21st, 2021.[Canonical?]
List of Maps Set in Kastovia[]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare[]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II & Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the alpha version of Modern Warfare, several multiplayer maps were originally set in Russia. Russia was replaced by Kastovia in the final game.
- Every Special Ops operations and most of the Ground War maps featured in Modern Warfare are set in Verdansk, Kastovia.
- Kastovian flags can be seen scattered throughout Rebirth Island.