Hollona and Diorisia: Difference between revisions

On March 8 [[2023]], Hollona and Diorisia formally informed the [[Levantine Union]] of its intention to leave the [[Deric States]] organization and become a standalone member of the Union, effective immediately. This decision triggered the first stages of the [[Dissolution of the Deric States]].

====Reform movement====

In the wake of the Union's secession from the Deric States, the idea of the Vandarchine culture became a centerpiece of popular media and public discourse throughout the 2020s. As part of this movement, significant public interest formed around reforming the state from a federation of two distinctive states into a single unified republic. "Vandarchine Polity", the popular name for this concept, became a rallying cry of activists beginning in [[2025]]. These activists argued that the two-state union was, like the Deric States, an anachronism that did not properly reflect the cultural unity and shared sense of self that Vandarchine people now held. These activists organized the States-Republican Party (SRP). The States-Republican Party won a surprising minority share of the Hollona States-Council in the [[2025]] elections, and although it was not in government it became the third largest party with about a fifth of all the seats in that body. It followed this with a result that shocked most pundits and observers in the [[2026]] Popular Assembly election, winning another large minority share of about 16 of 78 seats. The next year, it followed suit in the Diorisia States-Council election, though there it won a third of all seats; the governing Union National Party there formed a coalition with the SRP, putting it into government the first time. The coalition condition required 2 of Diorisia's 5 States Union Council members to be members of the SRP. Now entrenched in all four major legislative bodies, the SRP became the primary organization through which pro-unification activists organize, which it remains to this day. In the [[2029]] Popular Assembly election, it won 20 seats but was kept out of the majority by a Union National Party - Alliance for the Public Welfare rainbow coalition. It neither gained nor lost seats in the [[2030]] Hollona election, but its popularity forced the Union National Party to coopt the platform and begin an official study of the matter of unification. In the critical [[2032]] elections - held in both Diosiria and nationally - the SRP retained its status in Diorisia as a coalition partner and entered a coalition with the Union National Party in the Popular Assembly as well.