Spira’s initial sorrow and the cause of its all pain was the “Machina War”. It was initiated by the imperialistic nation of Bevelle, who sought to forcefully extend their authority by territorial conquest to establish economical and political domination over the nation of Zanarkand; and that was to establish a resource to fund their own scientific research & technological advancement.<O</O
Although the Zanarkandians have a moral abhorrence towards war, they have a readiness to accept the fact that war may be sometimes necessary (especially when their country is under the threat of turning into an economically exploited colony by the imperialistic political rule of Bevelle). <O</O
Beside their moral concern of when it is right to resort to armed force, they have another concern of what is acceptable in using that force. (They believe in using practical non heavy weapons & performing the art of summoning, whereas their enemies –the Bevelleians- have a pride in using robotic fighting Machina and a secret weapon by the name of “Vigna Gun”).<O</O
To the Zanarkandians demise, they--along side with their city were completely annihilated by the brute force of the Bevelleians Machina…and the rest is history~ ~<O</O
(Yevon has taken drastic measures to revive his doomed nation and restore their lost city even if it was in a dream like world--& out of his sorrow he has commenced an Ultra War--a punishment a.k.a “Yu Yevon” or “The Curse Of Yevon” that Ultra war—that curse has lasted for 1000 years over the rest of Spira, that curse happened by the summoning of Sin in the spiral of death method -which is orchestrated by Yevon’s daughter: Lady yunalesca- and all these measures has been structured in order to subjugate the Bevelleians & their allies to the dogma of forbidding Machina weapons and praising the high summoners who should succeed their pilgrimage to Yevon’s city of Zanarkand and should fight Yevon’s Sin on the Calm Land…the same land in which the Machina war between Zanarkand and Bevelle took place 1000 years ago) <O</O
I believe that Yevon wanted his enemies to feel the same sorrow he felt when he lost his beloved people & beloved land during the unjust war of Machina; he was determined on putting Bevelle & its allies in the same hopeless situation that he and his people was in; thus -in Yevon’s mined- what could be better than disarming Bevelle of their precious weapons & manipulating its people into reliving the Machina War and reinventing its outcome? Where the Bevelleinas and their allies –though they are the high summoners who converted the religion of Yevon- would perish before a “Sin” their ancestors have created a thousand years ago and the irony of their cruel fate would be their death on the same battlefield that the Machina War has occurred. <O</O
The fact that Yevon’s enemies are following his teachings of condemning the engineering of Machina weapons, praising the performers of summoning art, sending their own people on a pilgrimage to set their eyes on Zanarkand Ruins, sacrificing their own lives to obtain the Final Aeon and finally dieing on the same battlefield location where Bevelle defeated Zanarkand would give Yevon some calmness and peace that’s until he arise anew.<O</O
The fact that all of the repeated spiral courses of violence--the spiral of death--and the figurative incarnation of Machina War (Bevelle vs. Zanarkand theme) the fact that all of that were severed by a Bevelleian girl & a dream of Zanarkand is fascinating. </O

Q~There are other issues in Spira along side of war and riligion what are they?
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