Post by KyferLegs (Diria) on Apr 26, 2022 22:08:10 GMT -5
The Book of Diria
A Calamitous Birth
1800-1913
"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime."
1800-1913
"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime."
1800-1860:
The rapid discovery of massive natural resource reserves caused an influx of industry brought by Verak. Native Dirians and Verakis, both by animosity, clash against each other as the Dirian landscape and the culture of Diria change with the introduction of the Industrial Revolution. With this expansion of heavy mining industries and the furthering discovery of resources, Verak's large-scale development and resource output continued at the expense of the native population. Concepts of rights, work, and independent labor began to fade for the many Dirian indentured servants and second-class citizens forced to partake or created from Veraki expansion.
Furthermore, Western "Diria," ruled by varying nomadic factions and the Sahawit Sultanate, is on the verge of collapse. The Sahawit Sultanate's northern and eastern territories fall into multiple squabbling warlord factions, with the largest, the Sahawit Republic, taking up de-facto control of the region, and the border with Veraki-controlled Eastern Diria becomes unenforceable. Illegal trading and immigration through the new Sahawit Republic and other warlords begins to become commonplace. The developing situation caused increased exchanges from Western to Eastern Diria, like news, democratic manifestos, and nations' rebellion against tyranny, inspired a growing movement against Veraki control. Furthermore, the smuggling of intellectuals to the West and beyond who spread stories of the horrors in Veraki-occupied cities led to the incremental growth of awareness of the situation of Eastern Diria—creating the possibilities of ideological influence from countries such as Amali or a developing proxy in favor of the UKUG or rival nations.
1860-1890:
The Sahawit Sultanate's central Government shifts towards isolation and theocracy, focusing on its still controlled territory and closing its ports to most of the outside world. Nonetheless, the Sahawit northern and eastern territories remain turmoiled. Still, the Sahawit Republic, the Nardrac Republic, and Darasae Confederacy became the largest contending factions out of the region. The West slowly strengthened over the decades, and border conflicts started sporadically between the Nardrac Republic and Darasae Confederacy in 1890. Both fledging countries, and the Sahawit Republic serve as geopolitical chess pieces to help Eastern Diria's underground capacity and fight for ideological symbolism from contending powers. Eventually, political terms like Federalism and Multiculturalism became underground parties' dominant and most popular tropes.
1890-1899:
By the 1890s, hatred and contempt towards Verak were at an all-time high and had reached a breaking point. The political climate of Diria also was marked by a series of increasing "terror attacks" on the Verakis who had migrated or held positions of power. In favor of the Veraki populace, the local Veraki administration implemented harsh policies against the local Dirian ethnicities, including public executions, hangings, and reports of genocide by scarcer means. With atrocities escalating, the situation grew tenser as racial violence contributed by the Veraki response and the growing hatred between Verakis and Eastern Dirians. Soon the divided and local attacks spread from isolated incidents to more significant acts of coordinated resistance in which thousands of Eastern Dirians partook.
Despite popular local support, the first years of the looming conflict saw little open action. Nonetheless, the developing situation led to a Veraki "Martial Law" and the restrictions of Dirian ethnicities in the higher powers of local administration. In the opening months of the rebellion, Veraki's control of the region remained semi-stable to outside appearances as the Veraki government removed or arrested local pro-Dirian people of power. However, the rebellion's intensity increased underground as separate factions and networks formed in cities, establishing links and ties and large webs of coordination using smuggled foreign aid provided in the West. As movements grew and others unified, the latter half of the 1890s saw increased guerilla ambushes, raids, and open attacks sponsored by covert activities from Western states such as Oban, Egris, Miriyad, and Burisava. However, Veraki responded quickly with retaliation and harsher crackdowns, banning Dirian ethnicities from government work and temporarily restricting rights further. The rest of the decade saw Veraki desperately attempting to crush the rebellion, further acting upon genocidal actions such as burning villages, executing potential combats in the hundreds, and concentration or labor camps for claimed dissenters. With the situation rapidly escalating and Eastern Dirians feeling their already limited rights were now forfeit and the local populace unable to partake in Government, more Eastern Dirians openly defied Veraki's control.
1900-1901:
By 1900, Verak's rule over Eastern Diria faced total collapse, as attacks on Veraki's local Government became daily. Furthermore, with increasing unity, international awareness, and foreign aid, the rebellion began its stage into open conflict. Dirian underground parties pressured into an alliance of convenience formed a congress led by representatives of numerous East Dirian rebellious factions and former Dirians in positions of power. On November 17th, 1900, Congress jointly wrote and signed the "Dirian Severance." Furthermore, Congress formed the Dirian Provisional Government, a Provisional or Transitional Government that would create a popular independent Dirian state once hostilities ended and announced it would fight for its independence. The weeks after the declaration saw utter chaos in Diria and Western Verak. Immediately, the varying factions accompanying the Proviosnal Government initiated their plans of attacks or "Day Zeros." After the announcement, the local Veraki government faced various bombings, with some attacks even occurring in the Veraki homeland. Government offices, military garrisons, businesses, factories, and cities erupted into sporadic fighting. In the months after, irregular units backed by either the Provisional Government or unincorporated movements were in open combat against the Veraki forces, which resulted in brutal house-to-house fighting uncommon for the time. The following month saw significant cities and new states, such as Shrand, Fasai, Oban, and Burin, open disconnected theaters against Verak, proving overwhelming for all sides as roads, railways, troops, and essential communication became utterly separate.
The initial victories of The Great Dirian Revolt, or Dirian-Veraki War, were surprising as most present-day Diria and even certain lands in Verak were in chaos but independent from Veraki's control. However, only momentarily as Verak's surprise ended and hastily reinforced local Veraki garrisons and counterattacked the Provisional Government and other fledging movements. Quickly, the newly raised Dirian forces proved outmatched, especially with little industry or experience to solidify their backing against an organized Verak. By the half of the second year, Verak had already pushed back the Provisional armies past the lakes and engaged in sieges of the numerous sprawling Dirian cities. Despite the losses and casualties of chaotic retreats, the tenacity and sheer determination of fledging Provisional Government inspired works, literature, music, poems of last stands, and fights against tyranny—furthermore, the rapid revival of once-forbidden symbolism and tradition.
1902-1903:
Despite the odds, Provisional Government Dirian cities along the lakes began to stall Veraki offensives. Much of the stalling was due to the chaotic sprawl of Dirian towns, perfect for ambushes and defense-in-depth tactics that continuously harassed Veraki's advancements or spearheads, skyrocketing the loss of life and equipment, which lost equipment used by Provisional Dirian fighters. However, despite the semi-stabilization of the Northern and Central fronts, the Southern states of Egris and Fasai remained locked fiercely in back-and-forth battles over critical infrastructure hubs and cities. Initially, the strategic area and port favored Veraki's victory, as the lowlands proved difficult for Provisional Dirian ambush tactics. However, the tide begins to change with the arrival of foreign supplies and aid. UKUG, Amali, and various Foreign Legions provide a competent defense and assistance advising local divisions. This sudden crutch allows a stubborn defense in The Provisional Government's south and the later Miracle of Azirada, a hasty route of Veraki forces by UKUG Legions and commanding Walton O'Malley, a foreign fighter colloquially known as The Razorback of Diria, which the route allows the capture of major coastal ports on the Baia Del Suo Eterno Regola as Veraki forces recovered.
1904-1905:
The conflicts fronts remain mostly static as Dirian Provisional Government forces slowly push Veraki forces east. The respite allows the Provisional Government to structure and centralizes itself, forming a semi-stable confederation between states except for Burin, who achieved temporary semi-autonomy. Militarily the Provisional Government bides its time as foreign materials, men, and advisors flood the nation from the West. Furthermore, due to the colloquially called Western lifeline sensitivity, talks started with the growing Sahawit Republic and the Nardrac Republic in early 1904 for an alliance against Verak and possible unification, which proved semi-successful. The Nardrac Republic agreed to unify after the hostilities, and their ongoing border conflict with the Darasae Confederacy ended with Dirian military and Foreign material aid. Furthermore, the Sahawit Republic agreed to unification with autonomy and the agreement to reincorporate the Sahawit Sultuante and other warlords into their territories with Dirian and material assistance once the time was right.
After the agreement, the Nardrac Republic and Dirian Provisional Government hastily requested the Darasae Confederacy submit under unconditional surrender. However, the Darasae Confederacy refused and promptly initiated a surprise attack on the Nardrac Republic border, which failed, and a subsequent invasion by Nardrac followed. The Nardrac quickly acquires the upper hand, and with Dirian Provisional support, the Darasae Confederacy finds itself in a heavily unfavored war. By the end of 1905, the Darasae Confederacy was fighting with a handful of tattered divisions, and Nardrac and some Dirian troops south mainly occupied the county.
1906:
Strengthed due to supplies and restructured into a viable fighting force allowing the Provisional Government to achieve massive victories in early 1906, which caused Verak to retreat in the south and north. Due to the overwhelming losses and strained supply lines due to general battlefield losses and saboteur activities in occupied Veraki territories, Dirian Provisional forces pressed to and past the Emsgan basis by mid-1906 and into present-day western Verak. Despite the Provisional Government's successful counterattack and new gains, losses on both sides remain staggering, especially in river crossing battles. Entire villages and hubs were left burned or destroyed in Veraki retreats, and Dirians did not hold regard to international law when capturing Veraki remnants. By late-1906, Dirian Provisional forces in the south stalled as supply lines stretched and the war shifted into Verak's home territory. While in the north, Dirian Provision forces found themselves sweeping over Veraki's northern deserts with little resistance, then having to stop due to overextended lines.
Furthermore, the Sahawit Republic initiates a surprise invasion of the Sahawit Sultunate and other warlords, to the dismay of the Dirian Provisional Government. Due to the timing of the Sahawit Sultanate, neither nation could achieve its end in the bargain. Nonetheless, the Sahawit Sultanate managed limited success, forcing the remaining warlords into capitulation. Eventually, it stalled against Sultanate defenses due to incompetent military strategy and a lack of support that Diria couldn't provide when the eastern fronts began to stalemate.
1907-1908:
With the start of international developments such as the Hawaii War and the global focus shifting, Dirian Provisional Forces found their supplies from foreign nations restricted. The situation was bleak for both countries. The war had exhausted each nation's industries, militaries, and civilian populations, as they chaffed under total war. Nonetheless, in late 1907 Verak began another counterattack, and Dirian Provisional Forces found themselves retreating. By mid-1908, the retreating Dirians had established their fronts in defense along the rivers connecting the lakes between both nations. The fronts remained static as Diria held onto increasingly militarized river positions. From the Emsgan Basin and Sanguine Pond, lakes and rivers are held with hastily made bunkers, trenches, barbwire, and early versions of makeshift landmines.
Meanwhile, the Nardrac Republic and the handful of Dirian forces in the area achieved near-total victory. The remaining Darasae forces waged a guerilla war in Nardras Divide, had lost most of their strength, and were no longer an active threat. However, the Sahawit front remains static as both sides cannot engage in worthwhile counteroffensives.
1909-1910:
The battle lines remain unchanged, besides occasional shelling with artillery on both sides of the rivers. Occasionally both sides attempt small but desperate counterattacks with no success. However, with hostilities slowing, the bulk of the UKUG Legions depart, and the Dirian Provisional Government begins to focus inwards and to its West. By the end of 1909, the Dirian Provisional Government began to establish plans for a Constitutional Convention in the next decade, with referendums on the status of statehood and types of governance planned and held immediately when hostilities ended with Verak. The Provisional Government attempted to request an Armistice with Verak on January 1st, 1910, but Verak issued no reply. However, later in the year, the Nardrac-Darasae war officially ended, the Darasae Confederacy incorporated into the Nardrac Republic, and the Darasae started to migrate or forcefully move into the central Great Nardras Southern Desert.
1911-1912:
By 1911, the fronts between Diria and Verak are tense but primarily silent. Occasionally fire is exchanged between the rivers, but no significant attacks occur on each side. Diria, with respite, slowly focuses west to the stalled Sahawit front as experienced provisional forces relieve the local Sahawit Republican forces, and the Sahawit Sultanate front buckles under sudden counterattacks by better-prepared Provisional Forces. Nonetheless, by the start of 1912, the Sahawit Sultanate held a stiff defense of its capital, which the Provisional Government and Republican forces surrounded. However, Verak, with Dirian Provisional Forces focused on the West, attempted one last desperate counterattack as a hot summer caused the river's water level to lower. Suddenly, for a few months, the eastern front erupts into bloodshed around the Emsgan Basin, Loch Rel, and Cartmeuse Lagoon. The lower Emsgan Basin holds, but the rivers attached to the Loch Rel and Cartmeuse rivers begin to buckle as Verak throws the last of its weight against Dirian fortifications. However, with a few critical defensive battles, such as the Battle of Poncello Creek, Veraki forces were repelled by the Marrlander Jillville Sluggers Foreign Legion and Dirian forces.
Once again, as the frontlines go silent again, the Dirian Provisional Government attempts to sue for peace, and this time on August 1st, 1912, a request for an Armistice is requested. However, third-party neutral nations would try to settle peace, such as Lusatia and Neverra. Nonetheless, both sides refuse to try any negotiation. Diria insists on reparations, land concessions, and a tribunal. At the same time, Verak insists that Diria isn't an actual state and requests a tribunal for Dirian terrorists. However, as negotiation attempts to go on, The Dirian Provisional Government settles on a ceasefire, if guaranteed by an equivalent foreign power for ten years, in this case, Amali. Nonetheless, Verak refuses any terms but remains pressured to stop aggressive action due to Amali agreeing to the terms of a Dirian-Amali-backed Unilateral Ceasefire, which Neverra, Lusatia, Amali, and the Dirian Provisional Government ambassadors officially signed on September 27th, 1912, and formally ends the Dirian-Veraki War or The Great Dirian Revolt.
1913:
With a semi-official peace, once again, The Dirian Provisional Government was able to focus on its West. Eventually, the war against the Sahawit Sulunate was victorious as Sahawit Republican and Dirian Provisional Troops entered the capital city and forced peace at the hands of the Sahawit Sulunate's leaders, which caused Sahawit Sulunate the annexation into the Sahawit Republic, and allowed pardons of noticeable individuals and guarantees of status-quo in annex lands on February 2nd, 1913.
For the first time in independent Dirian history, the nation was no longer at war, at least unofficially. Two weeks after the cessation of hostilities throughout the alliance, the Nardrac Republic held a controversial referendum in its capital for unification with the Dirian Provisional Government, of which 63% voted in favor. After the results, both governments agreed on a two-year transitionary period for total incorporation. In contrast, the New Sahawit Republic held its referendum for unification, excluding the former Sahawait Sultanate territories by December 1st, 1913, where it announced its votes the night before the New Year, 52% in favor of joining the Dirian Provisional Government. However, in negotiation, the former Sahawit Republic would have near total autonomy until a summit a decade later in 1924.
The rapid discovery of massive natural resource reserves caused an influx of industry brought by Verak. Native Dirians and Verakis, both by animosity, clash against each other as the Dirian landscape and the culture of Diria change with the introduction of the Industrial Revolution. With this expansion of heavy mining industries and the furthering discovery of resources, Verak's large-scale development and resource output continued at the expense of the native population. Concepts of rights, work, and independent labor began to fade for the many Dirian indentured servants and second-class citizens forced to partake or created from Veraki expansion.
Furthermore, Western "Diria," ruled by varying nomadic factions and the Sahawit Sultanate, is on the verge of collapse. The Sahawit Sultanate's northern and eastern territories fall into multiple squabbling warlord factions, with the largest, the Sahawit Republic, taking up de-facto control of the region, and the border with Veraki-controlled Eastern Diria becomes unenforceable. Illegal trading and immigration through the new Sahawit Republic and other warlords begins to become commonplace. The developing situation caused increased exchanges from Western to Eastern Diria, like news, democratic manifestos, and nations' rebellion against tyranny, inspired a growing movement against Veraki control. Furthermore, the smuggling of intellectuals to the West and beyond who spread stories of the horrors in Veraki-occupied cities led to the incremental growth of awareness of the situation of Eastern Diria—creating the possibilities of ideological influence from countries such as Amali or a developing proxy in favor of the UKUG or rival nations.
1860-1890:
The Sahawit Sultanate's central Government shifts towards isolation and theocracy, focusing on its still controlled territory and closing its ports to most of the outside world. Nonetheless, the Sahawit northern and eastern territories remain turmoiled. Still, the Sahawit Republic, the Nardrac Republic, and Darasae Confederacy became the largest contending factions out of the region. The West slowly strengthened over the decades, and border conflicts started sporadically between the Nardrac Republic and Darasae Confederacy in 1890. Both fledging countries, and the Sahawit Republic serve as geopolitical chess pieces to help Eastern Diria's underground capacity and fight for ideological symbolism from contending powers. Eventually, political terms like Federalism and Multiculturalism became underground parties' dominant and most popular tropes.
1890-1899:
By the 1890s, hatred and contempt towards Verak were at an all-time high and had reached a breaking point. The political climate of Diria also was marked by a series of increasing "terror attacks" on the Verakis who had migrated or held positions of power. In favor of the Veraki populace, the local Veraki administration implemented harsh policies against the local Dirian ethnicities, including public executions, hangings, and reports of genocide by scarcer means. With atrocities escalating, the situation grew tenser as racial violence contributed by the Veraki response and the growing hatred between Verakis and Eastern Dirians. Soon the divided and local attacks spread from isolated incidents to more significant acts of coordinated resistance in which thousands of Eastern Dirians partook.
Despite popular local support, the first years of the looming conflict saw little open action. Nonetheless, the developing situation led to a Veraki "Martial Law" and the restrictions of Dirian ethnicities in the higher powers of local administration. In the opening months of the rebellion, Veraki's control of the region remained semi-stable to outside appearances as the Veraki government removed or arrested local pro-Dirian people of power. However, the rebellion's intensity increased underground as separate factions and networks formed in cities, establishing links and ties and large webs of coordination using smuggled foreign aid provided in the West. As movements grew and others unified, the latter half of the 1890s saw increased guerilla ambushes, raids, and open attacks sponsored by covert activities from Western states such as Oban, Egris, Miriyad, and Burisava. However, Veraki responded quickly with retaliation and harsher crackdowns, banning Dirian ethnicities from government work and temporarily restricting rights further. The rest of the decade saw Veraki desperately attempting to crush the rebellion, further acting upon genocidal actions such as burning villages, executing potential combats in the hundreds, and concentration or labor camps for claimed dissenters. With the situation rapidly escalating and Eastern Dirians feeling their already limited rights were now forfeit and the local populace unable to partake in Government, more Eastern Dirians openly defied Veraki's control.
1900-1901:
By 1900, Verak's rule over Eastern Diria faced total collapse, as attacks on Veraki's local Government became daily. Furthermore, with increasing unity, international awareness, and foreign aid, the rebellion began its stage into open conflict. Dirian underground parties pressured into an alliance of convenience formed a congress led by representatives of numerous East Dirian rebellious factions and former Dirians in positions of power. On November 17th, 1900, Congress jointly wrote and signed the "Dirian Severance." Furthermore, Congress formed the Dirian Provisional Government, a Provisional or Transitional Government that would create a popular independent Dirian state once hostilities ended and announced it would fight for its independence. The weeks after the declaration saw utter chaos in Diria and Western Verak. Immediately, the varying factions accompanying the Proviosnal Government initiated their plans of attacks or "Day Zeros." After the announcement, the local Veraki government faced various bombings, with some attacks even occurring in the Veraki homeland. Government offices, military garrisons, businesses, factories, and cities erupted into sporadic fighting. In the months after, irregular units backed by either the Provisional Government or unincorporated movements were in open combat against the Veraki forces, which resulted in brutal house-to-house fighting uncommon for the time. The following month saw significant cities and new states, such as Shrand, Fasai, Oban, and Burin, open disconnected theaters against Verak, proving overwhelming for all sides as roads, railways, troops, and essential communication became utterly separate.
The initial victories of The Great Dirian Revolt, or Dirian-Veraki War, were surprising as most present-day Diria and even certain lands in Verak were in chaos but independent from Veraki's control. However, only momentarily as Verak's surprise ended and hastily reinforced local Veraki garrisons and counterattacked the Provisional Government and other fledging movements. Quickly, the newly raised Dirian forces proved outmatched, especially with little industry or experience to solidify their backing against an organized Verak. By the half of the second year, Verak had already pushed back the Provisional armies past the lakes and engaged in sieges of the numerous sprawling Dirian cities. Despite the losses and casualties of chaotic retreats, the tenacity and sheer determination of fledging Provisional Government inspired works, literature, music, poems of last stands, and fights against tyranny—furthermore, the rapid revival of once-forbidden symbolism and tradition.
1902-1903:
Despite the odds, Provisional Government Dirian cities along the lakes began to stall Veraki offensives. Much of the stalling was due to the chaotic sprawl of Dirian towns, perfect for ambushes and defense-in-depth tactics that continuously harassed Veraki's advancements or spearheads, skyrocketing the loss of life and equipment, which lost equipment used by Provisional Dirian fighters. However, despite the semi-stabilization of the Northern and Central fronts, the Southern states of Egris and Fasai remained locked fiercely in back-and-forth battles over critical infrastructure hubs and cities. Initially, the strategic area and port favored Veraki's victory, as the lowlands proved difficult for Provisional Dirian ambush tactics. However, the tide begins to change with the arrival of foreign supplies and aid. UKUG, Amali, and various Foreign Legions provide a competent defense and assistance advising local divisions. This sudden crutch allows a stubborn defense in The Provisional Government's south and the later Miracle of Azirada, a hasty route of Veraki forces by UKUG Legions and commanding Walton O'Malley, a foreign fighter colloquially known as The Razorback of Diria, which the route allows the capture of major coastal ports on the Baia Del Suo Eterno Regola as Veraki forces recovered.
1904-1905:
The conflicts fronts remain mostly static as Dirian Provisional Government forces slowly push Veraki forces east. The respite allows the Provisional Government to structure and centralizes itself, forming a semi-stable confederation between states except for Burin, who achieved temporary semi-autonomy. Militarily the Provisional Government bides its time as foreign materials, men, and advisors flood the nation from the West. Furthermore, due to the colloquially called Western lifeline sensitivity, talks started with the growing Sahawit Republic and the Nardrac Republic in early 1904 for an alliance against Verak and possible unification, which proved semi-successful. The Nardrac Republic agreed to unify after the hostilities, and their ongoing border conflict with the Darasae Confederacy ended with Dirian military and Foreign material aid. Furthermore, the Sahawit Republic agreed to unification with autonomy and the agreement to reincorporate the Sahawit Sultuante and other warlords into their territories with Dirian and material assistance once the time was right.
After the agreement, the Nardrac Republic and Dirian Provisional Government hastily requested the Darasae Confederacy submit under unconditional surrender. However, the Darasae Confederacy refused and promptly initiated a surprise attack on the Nardrac Republic border, which failed, and a subsequent invasion by Nardrac followed. The Nardrac quickly acquires the upper hand, and with Dirian Provisional support, the Darasae Confederacy finds itself in a heavily unfavored war. By the end of 1905, the Darasae Confederacy was fighting with a handful of tattered divisions, and Nardrac and some Dirian troops south mainly occupied the county.
1906:
Strengthed due to supplies and restructured into a viable fighting force allowing the Provisional Government to achieve massive victories in early 1906, which caused Verak to retreat in the south and north. Due to the overwhelming losses and strained supply lines due to general battlefield losses and saboteur activities in occupied Veraki territories, Dirian Provisional forces pressed to and past the Emsgan basis by mid-1906 and into present-day western Verak. Despite the Provisional Government's successful counterattack and new gains, losses on both sides remain staggering, especially in river crossing battles. Entire villages and hubs were left burned or destroyed in Veraki retreats, and Dirians did not hold regard to international law when capturing Veraki remnants. By late-1906, Dirian Provisional forces in the south stalled as supply lines stretched and the war shifted into Verak's home territory. While in the north, Dirian Provision forces found themselves sweeping over Veraki's northern deserts with little resistance, then having to stop due to overextended lines.
Furthermore, the Sahawit Republic initiates a surprise invasion of the Sahawit Sultunate and other warlords, to the dismay of the Dirian Provisional Government. Due to the timing of the Sahawit Sultanate, neither nation could achieve its end in the bargain. Nonetheless, the Sahawit Sultanate managed limited success, forcing the remaining warlords into capitulation. Eventually, it stalled against Sultanate defenses due to incompetent military strategy and a lack of support that Diria couldn't provide when the eastern fronts began to stalemate.
1907-1908:
With the start of international developments such as the Hawaii War and the global focus shifting, Dirian Provisional Forces found their supplies from foreign nations restricted. The situation was bleak for both countries. The war had exhausted each nation's industries, militaries, and civilian populations, as they chaffed under total war. Nonetheless, in late 1907 Verak began another counterattack, and Dirian Provisional Forces found themselves retreating. By mid-1908, the retreating Dirians had established their fronts in defense along the rivers connecting the lakes between both nations. The fronts remained static as Diria held onto increasingly militarized river positions. From the Emsgan Basin and Sanguine Pond, lakes and rivers are held with hastily made bunkers, trenches, barbwire, and early versions of makeshift landmines.
Meanwhile, the Nardrac Republic and the handful of Dirian forces in the area achieved near-total victory. The remaining Darasae forces waged a guerilla war in Nardras Divide, had lost most of their strength, and were no longer an active threat. However, the Sahawit front remains static as both sides cannot engage in worthwhile counteroffensives.
1909-1910:
The battle lines remain unchanged, besides occasional shelling with artillery on both sides of the rivers. Occasionally both sides attempt small but desperate counterattacks with no success. However, with hostilities slowing, the bulk of the UKUG Legions depart, and the Dirian Provisional Government begins to focus inwards and to its West. By the end of 1909, the Dirian Provisional Government began to establish plans for a Constitutional Convention in the next decade, with referendums on the status of statehood and types of governance planned and held immediately when hostilities ended with Verak. The Provisional Government attempted to request an Armistice with Verak on January 1st, 1910, but Verak issued no reply. However, later in the year, the Nardrac-Darasae war officially ended, the Darasae Confederacy incorporated into the Nardrac Republic, and the Darasae started to migrate or forcefully move into the central Great Nardras Southern Desert.
1911-1912:
By 1911, the fronts between Diria and Verak are tense but primarily silent. Occasionally fire is exchanged between the rivers, but no significant attacks occur on each side. Diria, with respite, slowly focuses west to the stalled Sahawit front as experienced provisional forces relieve the local Sahawit Republican forces, and the Sahawit Sultanate front buckles under sudden counterattacks by better-prepared Provisional Forces. Nonetheless, by the start of 1912, the Sahawit Sultanate held a stiff defense of its capital, which the Provisional Government and Republican forces surrounded. However, Verak, with Dirian Provisional Forces focused on the West, attempted one last desperate counterattack as a hot summer caused the river's water level to lower. Suddenly, for a few months, the eastern front erupts into bloodshed around the Emsgan Basin, Loch Rel, and Cartmeuse Lagoon. The lower Emsgan Basin holds, but the rivers attached to the Loch Rel and Cartmeuse rivers begin to buckle as Verak throws the last of its weight against Dirian fortifications. However, with a few critical defensive battles, such as the Battle of Poncello Creek, Veraki forces were repelled by the Marrlander Jillville Sluggers Foreign Legion and Dirian forces.
Once again, as the frontlines go silent again, the Dirian Provisional Government attempts to sue for peace, and this time on August 1st, 1912, a request for an Armistice is requested. However, third-party neutral nations would try to settle peace, such as Lusatia and Neverra. Nonetheless, both sides refuse to try any negotiation. Diria insists on reparations, land concessions, and a tribunal. At the same time, Verak insists that Diria isn't an actual state and requests a tribunal for Dirian terrorists. However, as negotiation attempts to go on, The Dirian Provisional Government settles on a ceasefire, if guaranteed by an equivalent foreign power for ten years, in this case, Amali. Nonetheless, Verak refuses any terms but remains pressured to stop aggressive action due to Amali agreeing to the terms of a Dirian-Amali-backed Unilateral Ceasefire, which Neverra, Lusatia, Amali, and the Dirian Provisional Government ambassadors officially signed on September 27th, 1912, and formally ends the Dirian-Veraki War or The Great Dirian Revolt.
1913:
With a semi-official peace, once again, The Dirian Provisional Government was able to focus on its West. Eventually, the war against the Sahawit Sulunate was victorious as Sahawit Republican and Dirian Provisional Troops entered the capital city and forced peace at the hands of the Sahawit Sulunate's leaders, which caused Sahawit Sulunate the annexation into the Sahawit Republic, and allowed pardons of noticeable individuals and guarantees of status-quo in annex lands on February 2nd, 1913.
For the first time in independent Dirian history, the nation was no longer at war, at least unofficially. Two weeks after the cessation of hostilities throughout the alliance, the Nardrac Republic held a controversial referendum in its capital for unification with the Dirian Provisional Government, of which 63% voted in favor. After the results, both governments agreed on a two-year transitionary period for total incorporation. In contrast, the New Sahawit Republic held its referendum for unification, excluding the former Sahawait Sultanate territories by December 1st, 1913, where it announced its votes the night before the New Year, 52% in favor of joining the Dirian Provisional Government. However, in negotiation, the former Sahawit Republic would have near total autonomy until a summit a decade later in 1924.
The Turbulent Aftermath
1914-1924
"In a giant, empty, decaying building which had once housed thousands, a single gramophone hawked its wares to an uninhabited room."
1914-1924
"In a giant, empty, decaying building which had once housed thousands, a single gramophone hawked its wares to an uninhabited room."
1914-1915:
Four hundred seventy-two thousand five hundred casualties and more unreported. In some reports, hundreds of thousands, to close to a million civilian deaths. The number in the timeframe was devastating to the fledging republic. Nonetheless, the Dirian Provision Government had won, and for the first time, a united and independent nation stood where there was a history of tyranny and misery. However, despite the overwhelming embarrassment of Verak, and the new chapter for Diria, it was evident which country had seen the better half of the war. To the present day, the Great Dirian Revolt, as it's locally known, has left deep scars that nearly tore the nation apart before it found its ground. In 1914, a sizeable portion of the population lived in devastated cities and homes. The little arable land had been shelled and burned, the loss of life greatly impacted the nation's industrial capacity, and the combatants who had fought for the now independent country were slowly demobilized and found no work and cratered homes or broken families.
Yet, with what it had continued, the Provisional Government attempted to keep its promises. By early-1915, the nation held some of its first referendums and elections, albeit restrictive and unable to be accessed by most. Nonetheless, by the end of the year, The Dirian Provisional Government would make the basis of a new constitution, one full of compromise, loopholes, and controversies that were to hinder the nation. Finally, on May 1st, 1915, the Provisional Government stepped down, and in replacement was the Dirian Confederacy. A loose organization of autonomous states, some more centralized and others, such as Burin, Nardras, Nardrac, and Sahawit, being fully sovereign over their regions. However, as the new Dirian Confederacy made its first steps as a new nation, it immediately buckled under internal strife and division, escalated by restrictive democratic processes, ineffective governance, and rebuilding programs that proved fruitless.
1916-1919:
By late-1916, the Dirian Confederacy government, now away from the uncomplicated and immediate governance of the Provisional Government, demonstrated ineffective at combating the post-war economic crisis. Bills intended to help would be denied or revised, developed into ineffective policies that helped only the most fortunate, or states and parties would sink any bill due to disagreeing agendas. Furthermore, any attempts for the local population to change the system or its policies became futile as elections by late 1917 were dominated by influential or corrupt individuals using the impractical electoral process abused for its loopholes, gerrymandering, and backdoor corruption. Nonetheless, Diria managed a semi-steady recovery, using a mix of foreign aid, remnants of Veraks eastern industrial plans, and a uniquely comprehensive strategy that halved demobilization and used military personnel as construction and humanitarian workers in exchange for food, real estate, and later promised pay brokered in mid-1918. Yet, with the slow progression into recovery, economic inequality began to degrade the nation's unity as government and foreign investments embezzled into the nation's new elite or the prior developed South East, such as Shrand, Etaroh, Egris, and Fasai seeing the bulk of assistance. Unlike the Western and Northern states like Sahawit, Nardrac, Nardras, and Burin, in some cases, economies remained stagnant and received little investment by 1919.
1920-1923:
By the 1920s, every political spectrum of the Dirian Confederacy raised their concerns: inequality, ineffective governance, and undemocratic actions plagued the nation. Unhelped by the already negligent Government proving itself incompetent with temporary solutions, half-measures, debt, and unfulfilled promises. Furthermore, despite no apparent intentions of a Verak attack anytime soon, the Dirian Confederacy's budgeting leaned heavily toward the military it trusted in its defense and posturing of former promises the military received, thus sacrificing still-needed aid programs and investment opportunities, further causing separatist and anti-confederation parties to grow popular as the Government proved increasingly undesirable with economic depravity growing and disfranchised masses facing the consequences of increasing debt by relying on foreign aid, materials, and out-of-touch policies strengthened by an out of touch leadership.
Nonetheless, the Dirian Confederation continued to deny criticism, and the ill-fated Veraki retaliatory invasion never arrived, even with Amali Guarantees ending in 1922. Yet, the Dirian Armed Forces insisted on growing concessions which the Confederation Congress begrudgingly granted. In retaliation, separatist-aligned states demanded more budgeting for state investments, which, as expected, were discussed and then declined with no compromise made for a month. Using the action as justification, by 1923, the State of Sahawit Government made its intentions clear, calling the Dirian Confederacy a "Confederacy of No-Convience," and pushing their desire for severance in upcoming negotiations in 1924, established by its unification with the former Dirian Provisional Government. Immediately after, states like Nardrac, Nardras, and Burin quickly joined in, requesting to be a part of looming negotiations that now caused panic in the Dirian Confederacy's pro-confederacy eastern regions and Armed Forces of the now looming Constitutional Crisis.
1924:
In 1924, the negotiations immediately began to stall and fail. Sahawit and Nardrac sought total independence, Burin requested total autonomy and investments, and Nardras requested total autonomy, investments, and territories from the State of Nardrac. As the Confederacy President attempted negotiations, all attempts proved in vain and worsened the situation, with all states eventually walking from negotiations and declaring referendums on severance. After the negotiations, the Confederation Congress reluctantly legally allowed the referendums, with the President approving the motion, hoping to avoid a possible conflict and believing the ordinary people would choose to stay. However, the looming catastrophe, and the controversial choice by the Congress and President, led the Dirian Armed Forces to refuse to cooperate on the Government's behalf unless the President declared the referendums illegal, giving the President a week to act accordingly. Afterward, the Dirian Army and Dirian Navy clarified they would seek to keep the Confederacy unified, no matter the cost, and shortly after, the Dirian Armed Forces Inspector General forced the Federal Minister of Defence to resign. Nonetheless, the President refuses to recognize the Federal Minister of Defense's resignation and continues with the state's planned referendum and, a week later, is forcefully removed from office and accused of treason by the Dirian Armed Forces. The Dirian Armed Forces hastily swore the Inspector General into the Presidency as an Interm President and later declared a National Emergency, ordering the Congress Speaker to call a recess and enforcing Martial Law in the seceding states, temporarily ceasing all referendums and elections. After the sudden coup, the military marched on the State Governments of Sahawit, Burin, Nardras, and Nardrac. The Sahawit, Burin, and Nardras governments dissolved forcefully, and the army accordingly arrested the governors, state speakers, and noticeable individuals. However, being tipped off, the Nardrac State Government seeks to defend itself, hastily raising a local militia and loyal guardsmen, leading to a brief clash as the military fought into the Nardrac State Capitol, leading to the eventual dissolving of the Nardrac State Government and the public execution of the Nardrac Governor and Nardrac State Speaker.
With the according states now under military control, the Interm President, with the help of the Dirian Armed Forces, and at the dismay of the Confederation Congress, forces a law through "executive order" that declares succession is illegal, and multiple pro-separatist parties are shortly forced to disband, with leaders arrested for treason. Nonetheless, despite state governments now under the direct control of the military, the ordinary people resisted, causing brief rebellions and violent protests as the army retaliated, with cities throughout Diria erupting into infighting. The Interm President indefinitely extended the National Emergency as the military began further crackdowns and enforcing curfews in the angered states and towns. At the same time, fearing the nation's stability, the acting President dissolved the agitated Confederation Congress, further arresting dissenters and suspending the Constitution, declaring a new Provisional Government. By the end of the year, the Interim President and Dirian Armed Forces had established their control over the nation, promising the reintroduction of democracy, centralization, better governance, and fair elections once the country was ready.
Four hundred seventy-two thousand five hundred casualties and more unreported. In some reports, hundreds of thousands, to close to a million civilian deaths. The number in the timeframe was devastating to the fledging republic. Nonetheless, the Dirian Provision Government had won, and for the first time, a united and independent nation stood where there was a history of tyranny and misery. However, despite the overwhelming embarrassment of Verak, and the new chapter for Diria, it was evident which country had seen the better half of the war. To the present day, the Great Dirian Revolt, as it's locally known, has left deep scars that nearly tore the nation apart before it found its ground. In 1914, a sizeable portion of the population lived in devastated cities and homes. The little arable land had been shelled and burned, the loss of life greatly impacted the nation's industrial capacity, and the combatants who had fought for the now independent country were slowly demobilized and found no work and cratered homes or broken families.
Yet, with what it had continued, the Provisional Government attempted to keep its promises. By early-1915, the nation held some of its first referendums and elections, albeit restrictive and unable to be accessed by most. Nonetheless, by the end of the year, The Dirian Provisional Government would make the basis of a new constitution, one full of compromise, loopholes, and controversies that were to hinder the nation. Finally, on May 1st, 1915, the Provisional Government stepped down, and in replacement was the Dirian Confederacy. A loose organization of autonomous states, some more centralized and others, such as Burin, Nardras, Nardrac, and Sahawit, being fully sovereign over their regions. However, as the new Dirian Confederacy made its first steps as a new nation, it immediately buckled under internal strife and division, escalated by restrictive democratic processes, ineffective governance, and rebuilding programs that proved fruitless.
1916-1919:
By late-1916, the Dirian Confederacy government, now away from the uncomplicated and immediate governance of the Provisional Government, demonstrated ineffective at combating the post-war economic crisis. Bills intended to help would be denied or revised, developed into ineffective policies that helped only the most fortunate, or states and parties would sink any bill due to disagreeing agendas. Furthermore, any attempts for the local population to change the system or its policies became futile as elections by late 1917 were dominated by influential or corrupt individuals using the impractical electoral process abused for its loopholes, gerrymandering, and backdoor corruption. Nonetheless, Diria managed a semi-steady recovery, using a mix of foreign aid, remnants of Veraks eastern industrial plans, and a uniquely comprehensive strategy that halved demobilization and used military personnel as construction and humanitarian workers in exchange for food, real estate, and later promised pay brokered in mid-1918. Yet, with the slow progression into recovery, economic inequality began to degrade the nation's unity as government and foreign investments embezzled into the nation's new elite or the prior developed South East, such as Shrand, Etaroh, Egris, and Fasai seeing the bulk of assistance. Unlike the Western and Northern states like Sahawit, Nardrac, Nardras, and Burin, in some cases, economies remained stagnant and received little investment by 1919.
1920-1923:
By the 1920s, every political spectrum of the Dirian Confederacy raised their concerns: inequality, ineffective governance, and undemocratic actions plagued the nation. Unhelped by the already negligent Government proving itself incompetent with temporary solutions, half-measures, debt, and unfulfilled promises. Furthermore, despite no apparent intentions of a Verak attack anytime soon, the Dirian Confederacy's budgeting leaned heavily toward the military it trusted in its defense and posturing of former promises the military received, thus sacrificing still-needed aid programs and investment opportunities, further causing separatist and anti-confederation parties to grow popular as the Government proved increasingly undesirable with economic depravity growing and disfranchised masses facing the consequences of increasing debt by relying on foreign aid, materials, and out-of-touch policies strengthened by an out of touch leadership.
Nonetheless, the Dirian Confederation continued to deny criticism, and the ill-fated Veraki retaliatory invasion never arrived, even with Amali Guarantees ending in 1922. Yet, the Dirian Armed Forces insisted on growing concessions which the Confederation Congress begrudgingly granted. In retaliation, separatist-aligned states demanded more budgeting for state investments, which, as expected, were discussed and then declined with no compromise made for a month. Using the action as justification, by 1923, the State of Sahawit Government made its intentions clear, calling the Dirian Confederacy a "Confederacy of No-Convience," and pushing their desire for severance in upcoming negotiations in 1924, established by its unification with the former Dirian Provisional Government. Immediately after, states like Nardrac, Nardras, and Burin quickly joined in, requesting to be a part of looming negotiations that now caused panic in the Dirian Confederacy's pro-confederacy eastern regions and Armed Forces of the now looming Constitutional Crisis.
1924:
In 1924, the negotiations immediately began to stall and fail. Sahawit and Nardrac sought total independence, Burin requested total autonomy and investments, and Nardras requested total autonomy, investments, and territories from the State of Nardrac. As the Confederacy President attempted negotiations, all attempts proved in vain and worsened the situation, with all states eventually walking from negotiations and declaring referendums on severance. After the negotiations, the Confederation Congress reluctantly legally allowed the referendums, with the President approving the motion, hoping to avoid a possible conflict and believing the ordinary people would choose to stay. However, the looming catastrophe, and the controversial choice by the Congress and President, led the Dirian Armed Forces to refuse to cooperate on the Government's behalf unless the President declared the referendums illegal, giving the President a week to act accordingly. Afterward, the Dirian Army and Dirian Navy clarified they would seek to keep the Confederacy unified, no matter the cost, and shortly after, the Dirian Armed Forces Inspector General forced the Federal Minister of Defence to resign. Nonetheless, the President refuses to recognize the Federal Minister of Defense's resignation and continues with the state's planned referendum and, a week later, is forcefully removed from office and accused of treason by the Dirian Armed Forces. The Dirian Armed Forces hastily swore the Inspector General into the Presidency as an Interm President and later declared a National Emergency, ordering the Congress Speaker to call a recess and enforcing Martial Law in the seceding states, temporarily ceasing all referendums and elections. After the sudden coup, the military marched on the State Governments of Sahawit, Burin, Nardras, and Nardrac. The Sahawit, Burin, and Nardras governments dissolved forcefully, and the army accordingly arrested the governors, state speakers, and noticeable individuals. However, being tipped off, the Nardrac State Government seeks to defend itself, hastily raising a local militia and loyal guardsmen, leading to a brief clash as the military fought into the Nardrac State Capitol, leading to the eventual dissolving of the Nardrac State Government and the public execution of the Nardrac Governor and Nardrac State Speaker.
With the according states now under military control, the Interm President, with the help of the Dirian Armed Forces, and at the dismay of the Confederation Congress, forces a law through "executive order" that declares succession is illegal, and multiple pro-separatist parties are shortly forced to disband, with leaders arrested for treason. Nonetheless, despite state governments now under the direct control of the military, the ordinary people resisted, causing brief rebellions and violent protests as the army retaliated, with cities throughout Diria erupting into infighting. The Interm President indefinitely extended the National Emergency as the military began further crackdowns and enforcing curfews in the angered states and towns. At the same time, fearing the nation's stability, the acting President dissolved the agitated Confederation Congress, further arresting dissenters and suspending the Constitution, declaring a new Provisional Government. By the end of the year, the Interim President and Dirian Armed Forces had established their control over the nation, promising the reintroduction of democracy, centralization, better governance, and fair elections once the country was ready.
A Miracle Not Yet Lost
1924-Present
1924-Present
"The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf."
1924-1925:
As soon as the Confederation began, it ended spectacularly. The new government, still under the formal name of the Dirian Confederation, was now a de-facto military dictatorship. Nonetheless, the gutted government faced noticeable changes as the nation stabilized and the constitutional and secession crises ended; the Interm President forced the merger of all still-acting parties into a new one, called the National Unity Party of Diria, or NUPD, placing trustworthy politicians or military officials in charge of the positions of the officially dissolved Confederation Congress- which allowed the Interm President with absolute control of the legislative and executive authority. After the democratic process had ceased and the military secured any instability, the Interm President began to turn back toward the secessionist states.
First, Nardras and its resource potential left unexploited by local protective restrictions were immediately repealed and abused by the Provisional Government. Furthermore, the Provisional Government ceded resource rights in neighboring Sahwait and Nardrac to Nardras. With the groundwork of resources established, the Provisional Government passed a series of laws permitting direct-Federal ownership of the dozens of existing wells, mines, and factories in the region, reforging into the Provisional Government's liking and economic interests. Yet, as censuses came through and statistics of profits and development, the Provisional Government began to discover a growing issue, employment. Therefore, to fill in the gaps of employment left low by the State's historically low population, volunteers and military workers were transferred into critical areas with promises of food, water, wages, and homes to incentive new sign-ups.
Second, Nardrac, the most combative during the Constitutional Crisis, faced arguably the most severe punishment. Over a few months, the State lost its statehood and became a territory. With direct Provisional Government control, a series of brutal ethnic repressions occurred where the military began to evict and relocate the Darasae, Shawistani, and Galrans living away from the immediate border of Galra. Many of the Darasae either are abandoned Nardras or are conveniently rounded up for the Provisional Government and end up in Volunteer-Programs for Nardras developing resource extraction. Furthermore, the Shawistani and Galrans evictees transfer to Shawistan, Nardras, and more influential individuals in Sandalun in de-facto exile, where they face intrusive government supervision. While the Provisional Government implements relocation programs, the minority Sohili population is encouraged into the limited reopened state-government processes, and a de-facto ethnic constraint is placed on the reforming state government.
Third, Sahawit, the initial domino to start the Constitutional Crisis, remains a controversial piece into the reforming nation, despite the now de-facto military dictatorship established across the Provisional Government and the direct action feasible. However, a sudden solution emerged as debates continued behind the barred capitol entrances. Having lost power in 1913, the Sahawit Sultanate seemed the best intermediate of favored local control. Therefore, many humiliated Sultants and Nobles found themselves in power as leaders, yet beneath term limits once the Provisional Government restored democracy. Yet the northern half of Sahawit remained sizably separatist, a topic that the Provisional Government, unable to risk more internal friction, created further negotiations. After the discussion between local leaders and the Provisional Government's National Unity Party of Diria initiated the first stages of Diria's present system: Federalism. Despite not retaining its sovereignty, the Provisional Government procured a draft of a new constitution permitting self-governing states with representation in a higher federal parliament but with sizeable federal oversight. Nonetheless, both sides remained dissatisfied with the NUPD seeking a unitary system and Sahawit leaders seeking more autonomy.
Finally, Burin, with its incredibly local diversity of the Sabir people, forced the Provisional Government into another uncomfortable situation, such as Sahawit. Nonetheless, with Burin contributing to the Constitutional Crisis, and after an already contentious negotiation, the Interm President and appointed Ministers discussed a resolution. Similar to the border changes of Nardras and pursuing a viable ethnic solution alongside economic interests, the Provisional Government drew new borders. Splitting Burin into two new states, the new State of Burisava incorporated most of the former State's pro-separatist populace. Furthermore, former state leaders who had begun cooperating with the Provisional Government were allowed certain positions of power in the new Burisava State Government. At the same time, the Burin state government slowly began to reopen, permitting Provisional Government-aligned elements into the State's administration.
1926:
By 1926, Diria, despite its awkward political situation of considering itself a democracy when in fact, it was a dictatorship, left a concern on the world stage. Nonetheless, as Diria's relations further deteriorated, the nations' internal affairs remained nominal, with the NUPD coining the term "Nothing about us, without us," a wordplay on Diria's history of being controlled by external powers and its prior Confederation status excluding the people due to its corruption. Thus, the NUPD twisted this truth to blame foreign nations and international diplomacy. Considering their aid and assistance as a weakness, an overreliance plaguing Diria, despite previous aid helping, the Dirian government, in regards to the new government, desperately needed self-sufficiency, or "Autarchia." Consequently, the NUPD, at the behest of the now over-term Interm President, turned Dirian inward, cutting former projects or treaties with nations like Amali, and Koi, isolating itself from the outside world. Yet, it kept imports needed as internal spending increased, focusing on civilian industry and expansion and, further, using the resources of its deserts, the military workforce, volunteers, and an increasing amount of hard laborers from Nardras and Sohil's Relocation Programs for new projects.
At the same time, and the request of numerous parties inside and outside the Provisional Government, a time bomb began to tick on the necessity to restore democracy. Nonetheless, the acting Interm President remained convinced the nation wasn't ready, a belief that caused strain between the more formal NUPD party, who had total control over the still-defunct Confederation Congress. Yet, still considering himself the nation's ruler, the Interm President, in an attempt to ease his party disagreements, engaged and participated with the Congress to further draft a new Constitution and help form a complicated process of constant checks and balances of three federal branches, the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary. Furthermore, Congress glimpsed changes to the introductory process of bills and streamlined negotiation methods. Subsequently, the new Provisional Government also saw the immediate incorporation and addition of numerous ministries and sub-ministries and the soon-to-be incorporation of a Challenclor alongside the Presidency once the Provisional Government applied the Constitution. Finally, a balance was found between the Federal Government and States, incorporating a process of self-governing states and their representatives who took part in a higher legislative parliament—despite the Interim President's arguments against many of the non-Unitary characters. Still, the developing Second Constitutional Convention proved a stunning success.
1927:
By 1927, Diria, despite onlookers and odds, began another resurgence of its economy. Yet, behind closed doors, the system became reliant on trust, a workforce propped up by military personnel, and forced labor due to the Constitutional Crisis consequences. Despite the morality, the process appeared to cause the Dirian economy to grow, with cities expanding and modernizing. However, as the situation seemed to improve, the issues of the previous government carried on, especially its debt. Thus, in a confusing move, the Provisional Government abandoned its prolonged use of the gold standard from Verak and transferred to a fiat system, combating subsequent inflation with a series of tax and interest hikes and seizures of still-functioning Veraki industries and abandoned Koian railways left from the former staol trade, selling them for high prices or high-interest bonds to Government-Alligned corporations. Furthermore, the Provisional Government sold gold and gemstones mined in the growing mining projects to alleviate foreign debt and the lost trust due to the sudden change of Diria's gold standard.
At the same time, the Provisional Government encountered increasing pressure to transition back into a democracy, with the NUPD and its composition of numerous former parties arguing for and against the current Nation-Emergency and the Provisional Government's necessity. Therefore, by the end of 1927, the NUPD's coalition split, and the acting Interm President, who tried to restore the fractioned party, was forced into non-action, attempting to avoid further political duress his self-appointed role was causing. The new party, the Union of the Democratic Centre or the UDC, raised a new motion, the implementation of the new Constitution, which the NUPD debated. Thus, the Confederation Congress found itself in a debate over the executive branch's power, namely the President, and other small details like chancellor nominations and elective procedures. Therefore after a few changes or compromises regarding term limits, roles, and legislative and judicial seats, the now-in-favor Confederation Congress raised the new Constitution to the Presidency, which the Interm President reluctantly signed on December 21st, 1927.
1928:
As 1927 became 1928, the 21-day period was soon to arrive as the Interm President concluded the long-standing National Emergency and returned some of the local power to the states at the behest of the UDC and partial NUPD requests. Furthermore, once the 21 days passed and the new Constitution became law, the Interm President, understanding the new role and power of the Chancellorship and uninclined to give up his position, overreached and endorsed a Chancellor-nominee to be backed by the NUPD to the newly named Federal Diet. However, to the disappointment of the Interm President, the Federal Diet, despite grudgingly agreeing to vote for the nominee, still closely denied their choice of Chancellory, with the UDC and some members of the NUPD claiming it was merely a puppet for the Interm President to possess. Thus, under the guidance of the liberal parts of the UDC and NUPD, the next best alternative was chosen as a favored Colonel, a seated member within the NUPD. The Colonel, once presented, was voted in favor of the Chancellor by the Federal Diet and, after being elected and appointed his ministers, formed the first official Chancellery of Diria. Soon after, the new government finalized itself, pushing individuals into positions of power. Furthermore, to the dismay of the Interm-President, the government began to press for more changes to liberalize the government further. After some initial debate, the first sweeping reform bills began to appear in the Federal Diet. One of these bills was over the status of the country name, formally being the Dirian Confederacy. Therefore, after initial discussions, the legislative chose a new name: The Dirian Federation. Nevertheless, the government returned to everyday functions, and the first Federal elections would occur in four years, with the President in five.
1929:
As the Second Constitution Congress ended and more changes grew in popularity, State Governments resumed their normal functionings, implementing their legislative bodies mirroring the Federal Government, establishing subsequent elections, and passing and implementing other laws and actions. Furthermore, as policies, censuses, and budget results were deciphers, the now-acting Chancellor and Ministers revealed an unaccounted issue, the population. Therefore, the Federal Ministers of the Interior and Community shortly raised a bill to change the dynamics of the number of seats in the Diet and Council and how'd they grow or shrink based on population and election results. The UDC, after the initial round of discussion, voted in favor. Still, the NUPD remained primarily divided, eventually splitting the party again, forming The Conservationist Party of Diria or the CPD. Who voted mainly in favor of the Minister's proposal, thus securing the vote in the Diet and, soon after that, in the council unanimously. However, as the act reached its next step, the President instead vetoed it. As the act returned to the Diet, it received few changes and once again was approved by both parliaments and then vetoed once again.
Quickly, frustration grew as the primarily ceremonial Interm-President, or now just President, refused to cooperate or negotiate and abused his authority, insisting that adding additional seats would reduce too much of the already diminishing federal power. In retaliation, the UDC Vice President raised a motion to impeach the President, which the CPD Vice President backed. Furthermore, after consideration, the Head of Opposition further endorsed the motion, and thus grungily, the NUPD-aligned Diet President permitted the motion. Once the impeachment vote occurred, the UDC and CPD voted primarily in favor, with the NUPD further dividing itself. Nonetheless, the vote barely goes through and ends with the first Dirian Federation presidential impeachment. Finally, as the Federal Diet removed the President from the halls of power, the government, now having its first impeachment, was now to have its first internal presidential election. After a month, the Federal Government had chosen a new President via a Federal President Election Convention. Thus, the act that caused the sudden political turmoil was again introduced, passed, and now successfully signed, increasing seats by 300, establishing a precedent for a fluid seating chart of the Diet, and growing the State's representations within the Federal Council. Furthermore, the political upset caused the still profoundly divided NUPD to fracture again, where the now-called extreme elements broke, forming the Nation Unity and People's Union, or NUPU.
1930-Present:
Weathering the storm, the Chancellor in early 1930, with the backing of the UDC and CPD, raised a motion to impeach the Chancellor, ultimately succeeding, and cleaned the last visages of the former coup on the Federal Government. As the 1930s progressed, Diria's economy grew, spending decreased, debt stabilized, and foreign nations, despite Diria's isolationism, found the once-niche commodity of oil alluring. Thus Diria entered the 1930s as a rising power, and to most who had paid attention to its history, birth, and rebirth, it seemed a miracle. Emerging from a cataclysmic conflict lasting 12 years, Diria was left devastated, burned, and ruined. Despite its scars, Diria continued after a decade of messy missteps that eventually led to the former Confederation government collapsing under a military putsch. However, once again, Dirian continued, and despite what experts judged, democracy was restored, alongside Diria's economy and pride. Nevertheless, at the cost of some of its ideals, the country, despite its craftiness and recovery, had developed or assisted its miracle from the backs of political dissidents and the suppression of legal referendums, forced labor, relocation programs, and, more recently that stain demonstrated by the Kasili Disaster, an ecological and humanitarian disaster killing 97 and oil fires which burned for months, and included a scandal causing the retiring of certain Ministers.
Nonetheless, Diria persists as the world grows smaller and uneasier. The fledging republic inner-workings evolving and growing into an increasingly complex contraption that the populace underneath grow weary of the historic and new menaces gazing at their homes. Whom evils believe Diria either as their former territory or as a specimen jeopardizing their way of life. Despite recent events, with southern sultanates playing their hand or internal incidents spurred on by external fears, the Dirian citizens still focus on a greater evil they utter with disdain: the wolves in Verak. Along the border, soldiers stare from forts and posts in preparation for the day that a conclusive conflict seems inevitable. The Dirian Fox and its lands flourish as oil becomes more sought after, the natural resources further maintaining the miracle, and the bounty of the fledging republic becoming irresistible to the increasingly resurgent Verak. Yet, regardless of Verak's, or the wolf's desires, one truth remains constant. Diria is persevering, and the new existence Dirians have cultivated is worth fighting for, compared to surrendering to the eastern jaws of peril. Thus, as the wolf schemes and lurks, so does the fox in its dunes in preparation to demonstrate its might and tenacity to defend itself, a miracle not yet lost.
As soon as the Confederation began, it ended spectacularly. The new government, still under the formal name of the Dirian Confederation, was now a de-facto military dictatorship. Nonetheless, the gutted government faced noticeable changes as the nation stabilized and the constitutional and secession crises ended; the Interm President forced the merger of all still-acting parties into a new one, called the National Unity Party of Diria, or NUPD, placing trustworthy politicians or military officials in charge of the positions of the officially dissolved Confederation Congress- which allowed the Interm President with absolute control of the legislative and executive authority. After the democratic process had ceased and the military secured any instability, the Interm President began to turn back toward the secessionist states.
First, Nardras and its resource potential left unexploited by local protective restrictions were immediately repealed and abused by the Provisional Government. Furthermore, the Provisional Government ceded resource rights in neighboring Sahwait and Nardrac to Nardras. With the groundwork of resources established, the Provisional Government passed a series of laws permitting direct-Federal ownership of the dozens of existing wells, mines, and factories in the region, reforging into the Provisional Government's liking and economic interests. Yet, as censuses came through and statistics of profits and development, the Provisional Government began to discover a growing issue, employment. Therefore, to fill in the gaps of employment left low by the State's historically low population, volunteers and military workers were transferred into critical areas with promises of food, water, wages, and homes to incentive new sign-ups.
Second, Nardrac, the most combative during the Constitutional Crisis, faced arguably the most severe punishment. Over a few months, the State lost its statehood and became a territory. With direct Provisional Government control, a series of brutal ethnic repressions occurred where the military began to evict and relocate the Darasae, Shawistani, and Galrans living away from the immediate border of Galra. Many of the Darasae either are abandoned Nardras or are conveniently rounded up for the Provisional Government and end up in Volunteer-Programs for Nardras developing resource extraction. Furthermore, the Shawistani and Galrans evictees transfer to Shawistan, Nardras, and more influential individuals in Sandalun in de-facto exile, where they face intrusive government supervision. While the Provisional Government implements relocation programs, the minority Sohili population is encouraged into the limited reopened state-government processes, and a de-facto ethnic constraint is placed on the reforming state government.
Third, Sahawit, the initial domino to start the Constitutional Crisis, remains a controversial piece into the reforming nation, despite the now de-facto military dictatorship established across the Provisional Government and the direct action feasible. However, a sudden solution emerged as debates continued behind the barred capitol entrances. Having lost power in 1913, the Sahawit Sultanate seemed the best intermediate of favored local control. Therefore, many humiliated Sultants and Nobles found themselves in power as leaders, yet beneath term limits once the Provisional Government restored democracy. Yet the northern half of Sahawit remained sizably separatist, a topic that the Provisional Government, unable to risk more internal friction, created further negotiations. After the discussion between local leaders and the Provisional Government's National Unity Party of Diria initiated the first stages of Diria's present system: Federalism. Despite not retaining its sovereignty, the Provisional Government procured a draft of a new constitution permitting self-governing states with representation in a higher federal parliament but with sizeable federal oversight. Nonetheless, both sides remained dissatisfied with the NUPD seeking a unitary system and Sahawit leaders seeking more autonomy.
Finally, Burin, with its incredibly local diversity of the Sabir people, forced the Provisional Government into another uncomfortable situation, such as Sahawit. Nonetheless, with Burin contributing to the Constitutional Crisis, and after an already contentious negotiation, the Interm President and appointed Ministers discussed a resolution. Similar to the border changes of Nardras and pursuing a viable ethnic solution alongside economic interests, the Provisional Government drew new borders. Splitting Burin into two new states, the new State of Burisava incorporated most of the former State's pro-separatist populace. Furthermore, former state leaders who had begun cooperating with the Provisional Government were allowed certain positions of power in the new Burisava State Government. At the same time, the Burin state government slowly began to reopen, permitting Provisional Government-aligned elements into the State's administration.
1926:
By 1926, Diria, despite its awkward political situation of considering itself a democracy when in fact, it was a dictatorship, left a concern on the world stage. Nonetheless, as Diria's relations further deteriorated, the nations' internal affairs remained nominal, with the NUPD coining the term "Nothing about us, without us," a wordplay on Diria's history of being controlled by external powers and its prior Confederation status excluding the people due to its corruption. Thus, the NUPD twisted this truth to blame foreign nations and international diplomacy. Considering their aid and assistance as a weakness, an overreliance plaguing Diria, despite previous aid helping, the Dirian government, in regards to the new government, desperately needed self-sufficiency, or "Autarchia." Consequently, the NUPD, at the behest of the now over-term Interm President, turned Dirian inward, cutting former projects or treaties with nations like Amali, and Koi, isolating itself from the outside world. Yet, it kept imports needed as internal spending increased, focusing on civilian industry and expansion and, further, using the resources of its deserts, the military workforce, volunteers, and an increasing amount of hard laborers from Nardras and Sohil's Relocation Programs for new projects.
At the same time, and the request of numerous parties inside and outside the Provisional Government, a time bomb began to tick on the necessity to restore democracy. Nonetheless, the acting Interm President remained convinced the nation wasn't ready, a belief that caused strain between the more formal NUPD party, who had total control over the still-defunct Confederation Congress. Yet, still considering himself the nation's ruler, the Interm President, in an attempt to ease his party disagreements, engaged and participated with the Congress to further draft a new Constitution and help form a complicated process of constant checks and balances of three federal branches, the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary. Furthermore, Congress glimpsed changes to the introductory process of bills and streamlined negotiation methods. Subsequently, the new Provisional Government also saw the immediate incorporation and addition of numerous ministries and sub-ministries and the soon-to-be incorporation of a Challenclor alongside the Presidency once the Provisional Government applied the Constitution. Finally, a balance was found between the Federal Government and States, incorporating a process of self-governing states and their representatives who took part in a higher legislative parliament—despite the Interim President's arguments against many of the non-Unitary characters. Still, the developing Second Constitutional Convention proved a stunning success.
1927:
By 1927, Diria, despite onlookers and odds, began another resurgence of its economy. Yet, behind closed doors, the system became reliant on trust, a workforce propped up by military personnel, and forced labor due to the Constitutional Crisis consequences. Despite the morality, the process appeared to cause the Dirian economy to grow, with cities expanding and modernizing. However, as the situation seemed to improve, the issues of the previous government carried on, especially its debt. Thus, in a confusing move, the Provisional Government abandoned its prolonged use of the gold standard from Verak and transferred to a fiat system, combating subsequent inflation with a series of tax and interest hikes and seizures of still-functioning Veraki industries and abandoned Koian railways left from the former staol trade, selling them for high prices or high-interest bonds to Government-Alligned corporations. Furthermore, the Provisional Government sold gold and gemstones mined in the growing mining projects to alleviate foreign debt and the lost trust due to the sudden change of Diria's gold standard.
At the same time, the Provisional Government encountered increasing pressure to transition back into a democracy, with the NUPD and its composition of numerous former parties arguing for and against the current Nation-Emergency and the Provisional Government's necessity. Therefore, by the end of 1927, the NUPD's coalition split, and the acting Interm President, who tried to restore the fractioned party, was forced into non-action, attempting to avoid further political duress his self-appointed role was causing. The new party, the Union of the Democratic Centre or the UDC, raised a new motion, the implementation of the new Constitution, which the NUPD debated. Thus, the Confederation Congress found itself in a debate over the executive branch's power, namely the President, and other small details like chancellor nominations and elective procedures. Therefore after a few changes or compromises regarding term limits, roles, and legislative and judicial seats, the now-in-favor Confederation Congress raised the new Constitution to the Presidency, which the Interm President reluctantly signed on December 21st, 1927.
1928:
As 1927 became 1928, the 21-day period was soon to arrive as the Interm President concluded the long-standing National Emergency and returned some of the local power to the states at the behest of the UDC and partial NUPD requests. Furthermore, once the 21 days passed and the new Constitution became law, the Interm President, understanding the new role and power of the Chancellorship and uninclined to give up his position, overreached and endorsed a Chancellor-nominee to be backed by the NUPD to the newly named Federal Diet. However, to the disappointment of the Interm President, the Federal Diet, despite grudgingly agreeing to vote for the nominee, still closely denied their choice of Chancellory, with the UDC and some members of the NUPD claiming it was merely a puppet for the Interm President to possess. Thus, under the guidance of the liberal parts of the UDC and NUPD, the next best alternative was chosen as a favored Colonel, a seated member within the NUPD. The Colonel, once presented, was voted in favor of the Chancellor by the Federal Diet and, after being elected and appointed his ministers, formed the first official Chancellery of Diria. Soon after, the new government finalized itself, pushing individuals into positions of power. Furthermore, to the dismay of the Interm-President, the government began to press for more changes to liberalize the government further. After some initial debate, the first sweeping reform bills began to appear in the Federal Diet. One of these bills was over the status of the country name, formally being the Dirian Confederacy. Therefore, after initial discussions, the legislative chose a new name: The Dirian Federation. Nevertheless, the government returned to everyday functions, and the first Federal elections would occur in four years, with the President in five.
1929:
As the Second Constitution Congress ended and more changes grew in popularity, State Governments resumed their normal functionings, implementing their legislative bodies mirroring the Federal Government, establishing subsequent elections, and passing and implementing other laws and actions. Furthermore, as policies, censuses, and budget results were deciphers, the now-acting Chancellor and Ministers revealed an unaccounted issue, the population. Therefore, the Federal Ministers of the Interior and Community shortly raised a bill to change the dynamics of the number of seats in the Diet and Council and how'd they grow or shrink based on population and election results. The UDC, after the initial round of discussion, voted in favor. Still, the NUPD remained primarily divided, eventually splitting the party again, forming The Conservationist Party of Diria or the CPD. Who voted mainly in favor of the Minister's proposal, thus securing the vote in the Diet and, soon after that, in the council unanimously. However, as the act reached its next step, the President instead vetoed it. As the act returned to the Diet, it received few changes and once again was approved by both parliaments and then vetoed once again.
Quickly, frustration grew as the primarily ceremonial Interm-President, or now just President, refused to cooperate or negotiate and abused his authority, insisting that adding additional seats would reduce too much of the already diminishing federal power. In retaliation, the UDC Vice President raised a motion to impeach the President, which the CPD Vice President backed. Furthermore, after consideration, the Head of Opposition further endorsed the motion, and thus grungily, the NUPD-aligned Diet President permitted the motion. Once the impeachment vote occurred, the UDC and CPD voted primarily in favor, with the NUPD further dividing itself. Nonetheless, the vote barely goes through and ends with the first Dirian Federation presidential impeachment. Finally, as the Federal Diet removed the President from the halls of power, the government, now having its first impeachment, was now to have its first internal presidential election. After a month, the Federal Government had chosen a new President via a Federal President Election Convention. Thus, the act that caused the sudden political turmoil was again introduced, passed, and now successfully signed, increasing seats by 300, establishing a precedent for a fluid seating chart of the Diet, and growing the State's representations within the Federal Council. Furthermore, the political upset caused the still profoundly divided NUPD to fracture again, where the now-called extreme elements broke, forming the Nation Unity and People's Union, or NUPU.
1930-Present:
Weathering the storm, the Chancellor in early 1930, with the backing of the UDC and CPD, raised a motion to impeach the Chancellor, ultimately succeeding, and cleaned the last visages of the former coup on the Federal Government. As the 1930s progressed, Diria's economy grew, spending decreased, debt stabilized, and foreign nations, despite Diria's isolationism, found the once-niche commodity of oil alluring. Thus Diria entered the 1930s as a rising power, and to most who had paid attention to its history, birth, and rebirth, it seemed a miracle. Emerging from a cataclysmic conflict lasting 12 years, Diria was left devastated, burned, and ruined. Despite its scars, Diria continued after a decade of messy missteps that eventually led to the former Confederation government collapsing under a military putsch. However, once again, Dirian continued, and despite what experts judged, democracy was restored, alongside Diria's economy and pride. Nevertheless, at the cost of some of its ideals, the country, despite its craftiness and recovery, had developed or assisted its miracle from the backs of political dissidents and the suppression of legal referendums, forced labor, relocation programs, and, more recently that stain demonstrated by the Kasili Disaster, an ecological and humanitarian disaster killing 97 and oil fires which burned for months, and included a scandal causing the retiring of certain Ministers.
Nonetheless, Diria persists as the world grows smaller and uneasier. The fledging republic inner-workings evolving and growing into an increasingly complex contraption that the populace underneath grow weary of the historic and new menaces gazing at their homes. Whom evils believe Diria either as their former territory or as a specimen jeopardizing their way of life. Despite recent events, with southern sultanates playing their hand or internal incidents spurred on by external fears, the Dirian citizens still focus on a greater evil they utter with disdain: the wolves in Verak. Along the border, soldiers stare from forts and posts in preparation for the day that a conclusive conflict seems inevitable. The Dirian Fox and its lands flourish as oil becomes more sought after, the natural resources further maintaining the miracle, and the bounty of the fledging republic becoming irresistible to the increasingly resurgent Verak. Yet, regardless of Verak's, or the wolf's desires, one truth remains constant. Diria is persevering, and the new existence Dirians have cultivated is worth fighting for, compared to surrendering to the eastern jaws of peril. Thus, as the wolf schemes and lurks, so does the fox in its dunes in preparation to demonstrate its might and tenacity to defend itself, a miracle not yet lost.