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{{Main|Second Great War}} | {{Main|Second Great War}} | ||
===War in Levantia=== | ===War in Levantia=== | ||
====Domestic reforms==== | |||
Early in the year, the King decided to reform the Royal Air Fleet into the [[Royal Air Force (Urcea)|Royal Air Force]] given the growing importance in heavier-than-air airplanes in emergent modern warfare. The Royal Air Force was comprised of air corps units from the Royal and Imperial Army as well as other independent agencies within the [[Government of Urcea]] devoted to airplane research and development. | |||
====The war goes global==== | ====The war goes global==== | ||
===Mid-war political changes=== | ===Mid-war political changes=== | ||
In [[1935]], the government nationalized most major industries in order to centralize wartime production. | |||
In addition to the developments in the [[Second Great War]], 1938 was also a momentous year for the [[Constitution of Urcea]]. Public opinion had changed considerably during the war years as popular input was growing increasingly valued given the contributions of the Urcean people to the war effort. No major democratic movements formed, but across the political spectrum there had existed both ideological and practical concerns with the 83-member Procuratorial College system to elect the [[Procurator]]. While there was democratic input in the system, many believed that a more direct election system - namely, a nation-wide popular vote - would be the best way to select a Procurator. This impulse was not only based on a desire to increase popular input, but also due to complaints from the members of the College themselves that selecting a [[Procurator]] was a major distraction from their primary responsibilities as Governor or member of the [[Concilium Daoni]]. Consequently, on 7 May 1938, King Brian IV gave his assent to a measure abolishing the Procuratorial College and replacing it with a nation-wide vote for [[Procurator]] beginning with the [[1945 Urcean elections|1945 Election]]. This system would retain some provincial input as the [[Urcean procuratorial primary|party primary process]] for Procuratorial candidates was still to proceed on a province-by-province basis. This change was the most recent major change to the [[Constitution of Urcea]] and governs how the [[Government of Urcea]] presently functions. It marked the final step on the transformation of the [[Procurator]] from a Royal functionary to a true chief executive, and also elevated the mandate of the Procurator above that of the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]]. | |||
===War with Caphiria=== | ===War with Caphiria=== | ||
==Immediate post-war period== | ==Immediate post-war period== | ||
===Diplomatic revolution=== | ===Diplomatic revolution=== | ||