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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 position 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 that would create a "greater Algosh" state. 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 [[Northern Confederation]] had been established in the 17th century to, in part, resist [[Occidental]] incursions within [[Cusinaut]]. The Confederation had been largely successful in this effort, and by the dawn of the new millennium it still included many of its most prominent members, including the Algosh, the Honeoye, and Tepetlcali, among many others. The Algosh, who had been a member of the Confederation, made up a disproportionate share of the Confederation's military by the end of the 20th century. 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. The rising influence of the Algosh and Honeoye, as well as Occidental encroachment and other factors, led to a sharp decline in the cohesion of the Confederation beginning in around [[1985]]. This lack of cohesion enabled blood feuds and other domestic wars to take place between the Confederation's members, and the inability of Confederate authorities to stop the conflicts further weakened internal cohesion. By [[2008]], a renewed blood feud between the Mixcala and Tepetlcali saw [[Urcea]] intervene on behalf of the Mixcala, beginning the [[War of the Northern Confederation]] as Confederate members fought alongside the other Confederation members as well as the Urceo-Mixcalan coalition. The Urcean [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] had overrun several of the Confederation's southernmost members by the summer of 2009, including Tepetlcali. The fall of the other rotating capital of the Confederation enabled the Algosh to assume a leading role in the remnant of 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 position 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 that would create a "greater Algosh" state. 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==

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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 position 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 that would create a "greater Algosh" state. 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 [[Northern Confederation]] had been established in the 17th century to, in part, resist [[Occidental]] incursions within [[Cusinaut]]. The Confederation had been largely successful in this effort, and by the dawn of the new millennium it still included many of its most prominent members, including the Algosh, the Honeoye, and Tepetlcali, among many others. The Algosh, who had been a member of the Confederation, made up a disproportionate share of the Confederation's military by the end of the 20th century. 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. The rising influence of the Algosh and Honeoye, as well as Occidental encroachment and other factors, led to a sharp decline in the cohesion of the Confederation beginning in around [[1985]]. This lack of cohesion enabled blood feuds and other domestic wars to take place between the Confederation's members, and the inability of Confederate authorities to stop the conflicts further weakened internal cohesion. By [[2008]], a renewed blood feud between the Mixcala and Tepetlcali saw [[Urcea]] intervene on behalf of the Mixcala, beginning the [[War of the Northern Confederation]] as Confederate members fought alongside the other Confederation members as well as the Urceo-Mixcalan coalition. The Urcean [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] had overrun several of the Confederation's southernmost members by the summer of 2009, including Tepetlcali. The fall of the other rotating capital of the Confederation enabled the Algosh to assume a leading role in the remnant of 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 position 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 that would create a "greater Algosh" state. 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==

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