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Several attempts by Toulonium and Urceopolis-based officials to abolish the Great Court were eventually abandoned by the time of the [[Caroline Wars]], and the crown granted a major concession to the local authorities in [[1745]] when the appointment of Subrector was made subject to Great Court ratification. As it took on additional authority, however, it became increasingly subject to scrutiny. The [[Constitutional_history_of_Urcea#Concession_of_1747|Concession of 1747]] had transformed the Urcean [[Concilium Daoni]] into a fully-fledged elective legislative body. By [[1790]], the Great Court lagged behind significantly, still employing a primarily-[[Social class in Urcea|class]] based model that also saw significant membership by hereditary nobility, similar to the [[Constitutional_history_of_Urcea#Reforming_the_Daoni|Leonine Daoni]]. This caused significant calls for reform in both Urceopolis and on the island. The [[1800]] election in Urcea caused a massive riot in [[Koureiros]] due to the lack of a fully representative system; the city itself, though the largest on the island, had no elected members of the Great Court. Urcea's military failures in the [[Second Caroline War]] made it appear that a possible rebellion was likely, but the issue was deescalated in [[1806]] when the Concilium Daoni sent a five-member commission to examine the traditional constitution of the island and possible changes to be recommended to the Daoni and the Crotonan administrative court. The commission returned with a number of required changes to the governance of Halfway, requiring the entire island to have representative elective districts by the [[1815]] election. This requirement was met as a hostile act by many of the traditional nobility of the island, many of whom dated to the establishment of the Crusader state. A conspiracy to rebel against the government was discovered and crushed before an uprising could occur, and society was subsequently reformed throughout the 1810s and 1820s. Despite their ascendancy in [[Crotona]], the [[Kingdom_of_Crotona#Seventy-two_entrenched|seventy-two]] prominent mercantile families that ruled the Kingdom failed to make economic inroads into Halfway, marking it as distinct from the rest of the Kingdom. The various problems Urceopolis faced with the [[Kingdom_of_Crotona#Reform_efforts_and_Valerian_Rebellion|nobility of the Kingdom of Crotona]] made the idea of separating Halfway back out as a separate possession - possibly as a [[Government_of_Urcea#Crownland|Crownland]] - popular both on the island and in Urceopolis. The idea was proposed several times but faced various legal problems, not least of which being the opposition from the Kingdom's General Estates in Toulonium. During the [[Kingdom_of_Crotona#Reform_efforts_and_Valerian_Rebellion|rebellion of the Valerii]], the Great Court declared its allegiance for the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] in opposition to the Crotonan-based nobility. After the rebellion, the government of the Kingdom was dissolved and replaced by [[Kingdom_of_Crotona#Military_rule|military rule in Tromarine and Crotona]], though the traditional institutions of Halfway remained in place due to its loyalty. Throughout the [[1880]]s the separation of Halfway from the Kingdom seemed all but certain but the issue was delayed within the context of broader territorial reform proposals. The rise of the [[History_of_Urcea_(1798-1902)#Crown_Regency|Crown Regency]] in [[1889]] set forth administrative reform as a top issue, culminating in the [[Administrative Reorganization Act of 1892]]. That Act provided for Halfway's establishment as a [[Government_of_Urcea#Province|province]]. The transition to becoming a province was completed in [[1894]] in time for the [[1895]] election; it transitioned the Great Court to a bicameral system, wherein the larger matters of state were delegated to the Lion Chamber whereas most of the body was transitioned into a lower house called the Principal Assembly with an elected Governor replacing the role of Subrector.

=== Modern history ===

== Geography ==