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== History ==
== History ==
===20th century===
====Establishment of the Republic====
The area of present day Hollona and Diorisia was of major strategic advantage during the early phases of the [[Second Great War]], as it was a major potential corridor of resupply of [[Fiannria]] from [[Urcea]] and [[Burgundie]]. The area also controlled the [[Carolina-Grand Canal]], making it an important checkpoint of [[Vandarch]] access.
Early uprisings in the Derian revolutionary period of the war lead the Elector of Diorisia to abandon the principality on May 18th, 1934. Following his flight, the territory was reorganized as the Vandarch Autonomous Area of the [[Derian Republic]], though in practice it became the domain of a loosely allied band of Derian nationalist warlords. Until the entry of [[Faneria]] into the war, the Vandarch Autonomous Area was largely an ignored theater of the war in [[Dericania]], but with the entry of Faneria and sudden need to resupply Fiannria with Levantine goods, the area became a top priority. On April 17th, 1935, [[Urcea]] and [[Fiannria]] launched a joint campaign which culminated with the occupation of the country on April 29th, 1935. Rather than restoring the Elector, however, the allied powers reached a negotiated settlement with sympathetic local nationalist groups and established the Provisional Republic of Hollona and Diorisia, reorganizing the former separate duchies (and other Prince-Bishoprics in the area) into a single, united Republic on May 11th, 1935. Though derided by the [[Derian Republic]] as a collaborationist state, the Republic maintained its [[The Two Derics|separate ethnic identity]] from the [[Derian People]]. The Republic subsequently claimed neutrality in the conflict but allowed allied forces and supplies to flow through the country. Upon the Republic's proclamation, it entered an intentionally ambiguous state with relationship to the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], withdrawing from its institutional structure but not making any firm determination about its sovereign status with respect to the Republic; the proclamation stated that this ambiguity would continue "until such time when the Republic has fully considered and upon such time of a general peace". The Republic was accordingly removed entirely from its legal obligations to the Empire with the [[Treaty of Corcra]].
===21st century===
===21st century===