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This short boom lasted until 1992, when the [[Party of Daxian Democrats]] rose to power in Daxia and suspended the trade agreement between both countries as part of a general stance taken against foreigners. The loss of its only trade partner robbed the Timbian economy of its only foreign connection, and for the next five years the standard of living for Timbian citizens plummeted. It was not until 1997 that Timbia and Daxia reached a new, albeit watered down trade agreement with Daxia, incorporated as an addendum to the treaty. The return of trade with Daxia stabiilzed the Timbian economy, although it never fully grew as it did decades before. This situation would persist until 2022, with the cost of living for Timbians growing quicker than the GDP per capita. These last two decades of the Party's regime were characterized by bursts of violent actions taken against those considered enemies of the state, unfinished construction programs and repeated to modernize the military's equipment in large enough numbers.

===2022 Revolution and Democracy===

The Party's iron grip over Timbia came to a quick and unexpected end on the 23rd of April, 2022 when a group of senior military officers led by Major General Filemu Lung orchestrated the decapitation of the Party's leadership. Lung, a career intelligence officer, had long butted heads with Party officials over the influence the Party exerted over the Timbian military and the fact that in her eyes the Party's refusal to interact on the international stage handicapped the nation's potential. Lung, along with other senior military officers such as Air Force Colonel Kun Hzan, and senior civil servants such as Second Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Iakopo Hsin, came to the conclusion that the Party would not listen to their pleas to evolve and that removing the party from power would be the only way for Timbia to avoid tearing itself apart and progress to what it could become.