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===Modern period===

[[File:Brendan_Corish_1949.png|thumb|right|190px|[[Rowan Breen]], Chairman of the Board of Labor and Syndicalist Party leader from 1960 until 1995.]]

The early years of the nascent cooperative republic were marked by initial wariness from the countries of mainland Levantia; the violent overthrow of the monarch and the subsequent executions of practically the entirety of the House of Rose had left a bad taste for many of the established monarchies on the mainland. The only country that had initially recognized the new Ardmori government was Calinthia, though recognition was rescinded when the Calinthian monarchy was restored in 1938. Other than Calinthia's brief moment of recognition, the first country to have recognized the syndicalist republic in Ardmore was the [[Kiravian Union]] in 1934. Having had taken over the Kiravian government through what can be described as a civilian self-coup, the nascent socialist state was more than happy to find friends in fellow socialist-aligned nations such as Ardmore. Nonetheless, one of the first measures that Ardmore took after the end of the Civil War was to build up its armed forces in preparation for a possible attack from the republican government to its west; there were fears that the Prince-Regent may try to retake the defunct Ardmori throne for himself and invade Ardmore to reestablish the kingdom.

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Under the 1927 Constitution, Ardmore had no head of state but rather a collegiate executive known as the Board of Labor which doubled as the nation's legislative upper house. Because of its position according to the constitution, that also meant that the Chairman of the Board of Labor, who was almost always the head of the Syndicalist Party, often acted as the Ardmori head of state and chief executive. The first Chairman of the Board of Labor was Ardghar Mac Shuibhne, who won a surprise electoral victory against his former ally Ros Mac Daibhéid; modern historians have attributed Mac Daibhéid's loss to his fiery temper which, while it was helpful during the Civil War and the months leading up to it, simply did not translate well into peacetime politics unlike Mac Shuibhne's more congenial mannerisms. Under Mac Shuibhne, Ardmore was put through a widespread series of reforms that were designed to reopen factories that were shuttered during the Civil War, allow women to participate in not only the workforce but also in political and social affairs for the first time in Ardmori history, and to fundamentally restructure Ardmori society to prepare for the establishment of the cooperatives as promised in the constitution.

With the advent of the [[Occidental Cold War]] in the 1950s, Ardmore played a strictly neutral role as it saw the period of geopolitical tension as nothing more than a series of needless contests between two imperialistic powers. For the most part, Ardmore's biggest concern was the nearby republic to its west as well as internal matters with only Kiravia and later [[Vithinja]] maintaining any kind of formal diplomatic relations. After Mac Shuibhne's retirement in 1960, his successor was Rowan Breen whose leadership was responsible for designating [[Ænglish language|Ænglish]] as a recognized regional language, citing that the language is still used by the descendants of the Ænglish Protestants who have stayed in Ardmore instead of migrating to Crona. It was also at this time when further attempts at adapting Ardmori society into the syndicalist ideology, most notably the creation of a so-called "workers' sport"; [[cumasball]] incorporates elements of {{wp|volleyball}}, and {{wp|association football}} and the new sport was primarily intended to replace {{wp|baseball}} as Ardmore's most popular sport, seeing as an "imperialist sport" from the mainland.

With the advent of the [[Occidental Cold War]] in the 1950s, Ardmore played a strictly neutral role as it saw the period of geopolitical tension as nothing more than a series of needless contests between two imperialistic powers. For the most part, Ardmore's biggest concern was the nearby republic to its west as well as internal matters with only Kiravia and later [[Vithinja]] maintaining any kind of formal diplomatic relations. After Mac Shuibhne's retirement in 1960, his successor was [[Rowan Breen]] whose leadership was responsible for designating [[Ænglish language|Ænglish]] as a recognized regional language, citing that the language is still used by the descendants of the Ænglish Protestants who have stayed in Ardmore instead of migrating to Crona. It was also at this time when further attempts at adapting Ardmori society into the syndicalist ideology, most notably the creation of a so-called "workers' sport"; [[cumasball]] incorporates elements of {{wp|volleyball}}, and {{wp|association football}} and the new sport was primarily intended to replace {{wp|baseball}} as Ardmore's most popular sport, seeing as an "imperialist sport" from the mainland.

Breen retired in 1995 and was succeeded by Nevan Foley. Unlike his predecessors, who were committed syndicalists who feared that any deviation from what the constitution has laid out would just lead to the collapse of the syndicalist republic, Foley felt that reforms were necessary. With the Prince-Regent having long since passed away and his half of Ardmore becoming a protectorate of [[Kiravia]], which had already abandoned socialism in the 1980s, there was no longer an existential threat to Ardmore and thus it was time to reform the government. Foley had proposed a series of sweeping reforms that would decentralize the executive between a chief executive and a head of government, establish a ceremonial presidency, and even drop the enforcement of one-party rule. These reforms, known as the [[Ardmori Millennium Reforms|Millennium Reforms]] and were partly inspired by [[Rumahoki]]'s [[Velvetine Socialism]], made up the framework for the current Ardmori constitution which was put into effect on New Year's Day of the year 2000.

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 ===Modern period===
+[[File:Brendan_Corish_1949.png|thumb|right|190px|[[Rowan Breen]], Chairman of the Board of Labor and Syndicalist Party leader from 1960 until 1995.]]
 The early years of the nascent cooperative republic were marked by initial wariness from the countries of mainland Levantia; the violent overthrow of the monarch and the subsequent executions of practically the entirety of the House of Rose had left a bad taste for many of the established monarchies on the mainland. The only country that had initially recognized the new Ardmori government was Calinthia, though recognition was rescinded when the Calinthian monarchy was restored in 1938. Other than Calinthia's brief moment of recognition, the first country to have recognized the syndicalist republic in Ardmore was the [[Kiravian Union]] in 1934. Having had taken over the Kiravian government through what can be described as a civilian self-coup, the nascent socialist state was more than happy to find friends in fellow socialist-aligned nations such as Ardmore. Nonetheless, one of the first measures that Ardmore took after the end of the Civil War was to build up its armed forces in preparation for a possible attack from the republican government to its west; there were fears that the Prince-Regent may try to retake the defunct Ardmori throne for himself and invade Ardmore to reestablish the kingdom.
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 Under the 1927 Constitution, Ardmore had no head of state but rather a collegiate executive known as the Board of Labor which doubled as the nation's legislative upper house. Because of its position according to the constitution, that also meant that the Chairman of the Board of Labor, who was almost always the head of the Syndicalist Party, often acted as the Ardmori head of state and chief executive. The first Chairman of the Board of Labor was Ardghar Mac Shuibhne, who won a surprise electoral victory against his former ally Ros Mac Daibhéid; modern historians have attributed Mac Daibhéid's loss to his fiery temper which, while it was helpful during the Civil War and the months leading up to it, simply did not translate well into peacetime politics unlike Mac Shuibhne's more congenial mannerisms. Under Mac Shuibhne, Ardmore was put through a widespread series of reforms that were designed to reopen factories that were shuttered during the Civil War, allow women to participate in not only the workforce but also in political and social affairs for the first time in Ardmori history, and to fundamentally restructure Ardmori society to prepare for the establishment of the cooperatives as promised in the constitution.
-With the advent of the [[Occidental Cold War]] in the 1950s, Ardmore played a strictly neutral role as it saw the period of geopolitical tension as nothing more than a series of needless contests between two imperialistic powers. For the most part, Ardmore's biggest concern was the nearby republic to its west as well as internal matters with only Kiravia and later [[Vithinja]] maintaining any kind of formal diplomatic relations. After Mac Shuibhne's retirement in 1960, his successor was Rowan Breen whose leadership was responsible for designating [[Ænglish language|Ænglish]] as a recognized regional language, citing that the language is still used by the descendants of the Ænglish Protestants who have stayed in Ardmore instead of migrating to Crona. It was also at this time when further attempts at adapting Ardmori society into the syndicalist ideology, most notably the creation of a so-called "workers' sport"; [[cumasball]] incorporates elements of {{wp|volleyball}}, and {{wp|association football}} and the new sport was primarily intended to replace {{wp|baseball}} as Ardmore's most popular sport, seeing as an "imperialist sport" from the mainland.
+With the advent of the [[Occidental Cold War]] in the 1950s, Ardmore played a strictly neutral role as it saw the period of geopolitical tension as nothing more than a series of needless contests between two imperialistic powers. For the most part, Ardmore's biggest concern was the nearby republic to its west as well as internal matters with only Kiravia and later [[Vithinja]] maintaining any kind of formal diplomatic relations. After Mac Shuibhne's retirement in 1960, his successor was [[Rowan Breen]] whose leadership was responsible for designating [[Ænglish language|Ænglish]] as a recognized regional language, citing that the language is still used by the descendants of the Ænglish Protestants who have stayed in Ardmore instead of migrating to Crona. It was also at this time when further attempts at adapting Ardmori society into the syndicalist ideology, most notably the creation of a so-called "workers' sport"; [[cumasball]] incorporates elements of {{wp|volleyball}}, and {{wp|association football}} and the new sport was primarily intended to replace {{wp|baseball}} as Ardmore's most popular sport, seeing as an "imperialist sport" from the mainland.
 Breen retired in 1995 and was succeeded by Nevan Foley. Unlike his predecessors, who were committed syndicalists who feared that any deviation from what the constitution has laid out would just lead to the collapse of the syndicalist republic, Foley felt that reforms were necessary. With the Prince-Regent having long since passed away and his half of Ardmore becoming a protectorate of [[Kiravia]], which had already abandoned socialism in the 1980s, there was no longer an existential threat to Ardmore and thus it was time to reform the government. Foley had proposed a series of sweeping reforms that would decentralize the executive between a chief executive and a head of government, establish a ceremonial presidency, and even drop the enforcement of one-party rule. These reforms, known as the [[Ardmori Millennium Reforms|Millennium Reforms]] and were partly inspired by [[Rumahoki]]'s [[Velvetine Socialism]], made up the framework for the current Ardmori constitution which was put into effect on New Year's Day of the year 2000.

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