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With the restoration of [[Patrick III of Urcea|Patrick III]] as [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] in [[1902]], the new regime sought to restore some ties and repair others abroad. Urcea's western possessions were in a state of disarray; [[New Archduchy]] had declared independence, Arona was left virtually on its own, and [[New Harren]] had experienced significant trouble. Patrick III recognized New Archduchy's independence and set to work immediately restoring conditions in Urcea's other two possessions. Employing the same armored cruiser that arrived in [[1891]], now purchased from [[Burgundie]] and sailing for the Royal Navy as ''HMCMS Wonder'', a new flotilla arrived in Toucari on 2 January [[1903]] to relieve the Brenedine Squadron. The symbolic arrival of a modern steel warship under Urcean colors symbolically heralded the return of the protectorate. Although it had never formally lapsed, Urcea had been viewed as failing in its responsibilities to protect Arona in the 1890s, and the display reassured both King Akule and the populace of Urcea's ability to protect the Kingdom. | With the restoration of [[Patrick III of Urcea|Patrick III]] as [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] in [[1902]], the new regime sought to restore some ties and repair others abroad. Urcea's western possessions were in a state of disarray; [[New Archduchy]] had declared independence, Arona was left virtually on its own, and [[New Harren]] had experienced significant trouble. Patrick III recognized New Archduchy's independence and set to work immediately restoring conditions in Urcea's other two possessions. Employing the same armored cruiser that arrived in [[1891]], now purchased from [[Burgundie]] and sailing for the Royal Navy as ''HMCMS Wonder'', a new flotilla arrived in Toucari on 2 January [[1903]] to relieve the Brenedine Squadron. The symbolic arrival of a modern steel warship under Urcean colors symbolically heralded the return of the protectorate. Although it had never formally lapsed, Urcea had been viewed as failing in its responsibilities to protect Arona in the 1890s, and the display reassured both King Akule and the populace of Urcea's ability to protect the Kingdom. | ||
With military protection restored, Urcean investment and new economic interests began to flow into the Kingdom in [[1907]]. From the time of the restoration until [[1920]], Arona grew dramatically. An economic revolution occurred functionally overnight with the construction of Arona's first four factories, transforming the largely agrarian realm into an industrializing one. Prudently, the [[Government of Urcea]] decided to retain a light hand on its Vallosi protectorate, relying largely on economic and military incentives to keep it loyal to Urcea. | With military protection restored, Urcean investment and new economic interests began to flow into the Kingdom in [[1907]]. From the time of the restoration until [[1920]], Arona grew dramatically. An economic revolution occurred functionally overnight with the construction of Arona's first four factories, transforming the largely agrarian realm into an industrializing one. Prudently, the [[Government of Urcea]] decided to retain a light hand on its Vallosi protectorate, relying largely on economic and military incentives to keep it loyal to Urcea. | ||
In [[1914]], the King solicited Urcea to send educated workers to Arona that could serve as managers and technical experts in the early stages of industrialization. He suggested sending Protestants, which served as the genesis for a broader idea developed over the course of that year and [[1915]]. Urcea's [[Cisionian people]] - a self-proclaimed national group of ethnically Urcean Protestants - had long sought [[Cisionian offer|settlement abroad]], and the government of King Patrick III approached Akule with a proposition: 3,500 Cisionians would be resettled in Arona over the course of the next five years. Those being resettled would have to be educated, which both parties agreed to. Beginning in February 1916, batches of Cisionians would arrive in Arona. The first several hundred of these individuals arrived and began to form neighborhoods in Toucari and elsewhere. They faced significant discrimination, but did successfully take roles as industrial supervisors and technical advisors to new industrial firms and the government. The latter groups of Cisionians who arrived instead established New Ionia, a settlement in the Aronese interior close to the border with modern [[Rumahoki]]. The program would continue after Akule's death through 1920, when the final group arrived. In all, 3,628 Cisionians were transported to Arona. The Cisionians that arrived then make up the vast majority of ancestors of Arona's modern Protestant population, and in [[2030]] about 20,000 people in Arona identify as ethnically Cisionian. | |||
The overall industrialization and economic revitalization initiative of Arona had its effect, but the sudden economic transformation inaugurated a social transformation that King Akule was unable to properly grapple with. By his death in [[1917]], he was deeply unpopular, particularly due to his failure to pursue social policies to alleviate the hardships endured by the decade-old industrial working class. | |||
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