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The '''Algosh coup''' refers to an event that took place on 8 September 2009 during the [[War of the Northern Confederation]], when military forces loyal to the Algosh people seized control of or otherwise laid claim to the remaining portions of the [[Northern Confederation]], destroying that institution and bringing many of its periphery members under Algosh control. The coup was the primary event in the formation of [[Algoquona]] as an independent state. In most sectors of the Confederation, the coup was bloodless, but areas and peoples who resisted the initial coup were brutally repressed in September and October of 2009, leading to more than 20,000 civilian casualties.

==Background==

The Algosh, who had been a member of the Confederation, made up a disproportionate share of the Confederation's military. A people with a strong martial tradition, their influence within the Confederation's armed forces led to the Algosh [[Algoquona#Rising_influence|accruing rising influence in the Confederation]] against a backdrop of [[War_of_the_Northern_Confederation#Background|significant internal discord]] within the Confederation. As of late summer 2009, a relatively late point in the War of the Northern Confederation, the Algosh remained the only major Confederation member still fighting, leading a coalition of minor Confederation members and free cities. Algosh society's increasing martial culture had taken on significant nationalist elements, and beginning in the early 1990s some Algosh began to agitate for an ethnic Algosh nation-state. As the Confederation unfurled at the beginning of the war and was then easily defeated in the field by [[Urcea]], domestic opinion had decidedly shifted in favor of a move towards "Algosh independence". By mid-summer 2009, this view became commonplace in the Algosh sectors of the Confederated Army. This movement included a number of Algosh hierarchs, the political and social leaders of the Algosh. The Hierarchs began to consider the matter by the end of July 2009, but sought unianimity among the hierarchs in order to prevent a civil war. Following a month of contentious closed-door debate, the Algosh hierarchs unanimously agreed to seize control of the remainder of the confederation on 30 August 2009.

The Algosh, who had been a member of the Confederation, made up a disproportionate share of the Confederation's military. A people with a strong martial tradition, their influence within the Confederation's armed forces led to the Algosh [[Algoquona#Rising_influence|accruing rising influence in the Confederation]] against a backdrop of [[War_of_the_Northern_Confederation#Background|significant internal discord]] within the Confederation. As of late summer 2009, a relatively late point in the War of the Northern Confederation, the Algosh remained the only major Confederation member still fighting, leading a coalition of minor Confederation members and free cities. Algosh society's increasing martial culture had taken on significant nationalist elements, and beginning in the early 1990s some Algosh began to agitate for an ethnic Algosh nation-state. As the Confederation unfurled at the beginning of the war and was then easily defeated in the field by [[Urcea]], domestic opinion had decidedly shifted in favor of a move towards "Algosh independence". By mid-summer 2009, this view became commonplace in the Algosh sectors of the Confederated Army; the collapsing state of the Northern Confederation shifted the views of the movement's leaders away from a unilateral declaration of independence and towards an internal military move against the remnants of the Confederation. This movement included a number of Algosh hierarchs, the political and social leaders of the Algosh. The Hierarchs began to consider the matter by the end of July 2009, but sought unianimity among the hierarchs in order to prevent a civil war. Following a month of contentious closed-door debate, the Algosh hierarchs unanimously agreed to seize control of the remainder of the confederation on 30 August 2009.

==Overview==

Many of the parts of the Northern Confederation that had not been occupied by or aligned with [[Urcea]] had been garrisoned by or were otherwise close to the position of Algosh forces. Accordingly, on the morning of 8 September 2009, Algosh garrisons throughout the Confederation seized control of government buildings, key infrastructure, media offices, and other strategic positions. The seizures occurred on the orders of Pa-Akanti, the highest ranking Algosh officer in the Confederated Army, who had been organizing Algosh-loyal units over the previous week. Most of the Confederation's remaining members were caught off-guard and had no opportunity to resist, such as [[Pachaug]], and in most places the transition of power occurred smoothly, with limited civilian violence. Efforts to resist the coup occurred elsewhere with limited success, and the Algosh consolidated territory into chiefdoms and reformed their government by early November. As the military seizures occurred, the [[Algoquona#Government|Algosh Hierarchs]] proclaimed a new Hierarchy of [[Algoquona]], a state controlled by the Algosh people with other peoples and polities serving a subservient, dominated role relative to the Algosh. The new state claimed to be the legal successor of the Northern Confederation, and carried on the war against [[Urcea]].

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 The '''Algosh coup''' refers to an event that took place on 8 September 2009 during the [[War of the Northern Confederation]], when military forces loyal to the Algosh people seized control of or otherwise laid claim to the remaining portions of the [[Northern Confederation]], destroying that institution and bringing many of its periphery members under Algosh control. The coup was the primary event in the formation of [[Algoquona]] as an independent state. In most sectors of the Confederation, the coup was bloodless, but areas and peoples who resisted the initial coup were brutally repressed in September and October of 2009, leading to more than 20,000 civilian casualties.
 ==Background==
-The Algosh, who had been a member of the Confederation, made up a disproportionate share of the Confederation's military. A people with a strong martial tradition, their influence within the Confederation's armed forces led to the Algosh [[Algoquona#Rising_influence|accruing rising influence in the Confederation]] against a backdrop of [[War_of_the_Northern_Confederation#Background|significant internal discord]] within the Confederation. As of late summer 2009, a relatively late point in the War of the Northern Confederation, the Algosh remained the only major Confederation member still fighting, leading a coalition of minor Confederation members and free cities. Algosh society's increasing martial culture had taken on significant nationalist elements, and beginning in the early 1990s some Algosh began to agitate for an ethnic Algosh nation-state. As the Confederation unfurled at the beginning of the war and was then easily defeated in the field by [[Urcea]], domestic opinion had decidedly shifted in favor of a move towards "Algosh independence". By mid-summer 2009, this view became commonplace in the Algosh sectors of the Confederated Army. This movement included a number of Algosh hierarchs, the political and social leaders of the Algosh. The Hierarchs began to consider the matter by the end of July 2009, but sought unianimity among the hierarchs in order to prevent a civil war. Following a month of contentious closed-door debate, the Algosh hierarchs unanimously agreed to seize control of the remainder of the confederation on 30 August 2009.
+The Algosh, who had been a member of the Confederation, made up a disproportionate share of the Confederation's military. A people with a strong martial tradition, their influence within the Confederation's armed forces led to the Algosh [[Algoquona#Rising_influence|accruing rising influence in the Confederation]] against a backdrop of [[War_of_the_Northern_Confederation#Background|significant internal discord]] within the Confederation. As of late summer 2009, a relatively late point in the War of the Northern Confederation, the Algosh remained the only major Confederation member still fighting, leading a coalition of minor Confederation members and free cities. Algosh society's increasing martial culture had taken on significant nationalist elements, and beginning in the early 1990s some Algosh began to agitate for an ethnic Algosh nation-state. As the Confederation unfurled at the beginning of the war and was then easily defeated in the field by [[Urcea]], domestic opinion had decidedly shifted in favor of a move towards "Algosh independence". By mid-summer 2009, this view became commonplace in the Algosh sectors of the Confederated Army; the collapsing state of the Northern Confederation shifted the views of the movement's leaders away from a unilateral declaration of independence and towards an internal military move against the remnants of the Confederation. This movement included a number of Algosh hierarchs, the political and social leaders of the Algosh. The Hierarchs began to consider the matter by the end of July 2009, but sought unianimity among the hierarchs in order to prevent a civil war. Following a month of contentious closed-door debate, the Algosh hierarchs unanimously agreed to seize control of the remainder of the confederation on 30 August 2009.
 ==Overview==
 Many of the parts of the Northern Confederation that had not been occupied by or aligned with [[Urcea]] had been garrisoned by or were otherwise close to the position of Algosh forces. Accordingly, on the morning of 8 September 2009, Algosh garrisons throughout the Confederation seized control of government buildings, key infrastructure, media offices, and other strategic positions. The seizures occurred on the orders of Pa-Akanti, the highest ranking Algosh officer in the Confederated Army, who had been organizing Algosh-loyal units over the previous week. Most of the Confederation's remaining members were caught off-guard and had no opportunity to resist, such as [[Pachaug]], and in most places the transition of power occurred smoothly, with limited civilian violence. Efforts to resist the coup occurred elsewhere with limited success, and the Algosh consolidated territory into chiefdoms and reformed their government by early November. As the military seizures occurred, the [[Algoquona#Government|Algosh Hierarchs]] proclaimed a new Hierarchy of [[Algoquona]], a state controlled by the Algosh people with other peoples and polities serving a subservient, dominated role relative to the Algosh. The new state claimed to be the legal successor of the Northern Confederation, and carried on the war against [[Urcea]].

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