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To combat the perceived threat the Emeritan elites saw in the Isurian Generality, they began to discuss several possibilities on what to do with the neighbouring peasant republic. There was universal agreement that no matter what they choose to do, they have to make sure that the hypothetical union would be under the aristocratic Emeritan form of government and not the seemingly mobocratic Isurian form of government. The possibilities that were put forward ranged from invasion plans to plans for colonisation, from enforcing a protectorate status upon the Isurians to a tactful manipulation of the populace so as to encourage many Isurians to support the idea of joining up with the Emeritans. These discussions, known as the "Peasantry Question", lasted for well over a century until the year 1557 when it was decided that the best course of action was to tactfully manipulate the people of the Generality into thinking that there was an imminent invasion coming from mainland Vallos and that the Republic was more than happy to ensure their protection, so long as they unite with the Republic and form a new union. Surprisingly, the gambit worked and by 1561 delegates from both the Republic and the Generality met up to draft a treaty confirming a perpetual union between the two republics. The treaty, known as the [[Nobles' Treaty]] was signed and put into effect on 28 February 1561, forming the Most Serene Republic of Lucrecia, named after the island on which the Emeritan Republic was located upon. | To combat the perceived threat the Emeritan elites saw in the Isurian Generality, they began to discuss several possibilities on what to do with the neighbouring peasant republic. There was universal agreement that no matter what they choose to do, they have to make sure that the hypothetical union would be under the aristocratic Emeritan form of government and not the seemingly mobocratic Isurian form of government. The possibilities that were put forward ranged from invasion plans to plans for colonisation, from enforcing a protectorate status upon the Isurians to a tactful manipulation of the populace so as to encourage many Isurians to support the idea of joining up with the Emeritans. These discussions, known as the "Peasantry Question", lasted for well over a century until the year 1557 when it was decided that the best course of action was to tactfully manipulate the people of the Generality into thinking that there was an imminent invasion coming from mainland Vallos and that the Republic was more than happy to ensure their protection, so long as they unite with the Republic and form a new union. Surprisingly, the gambit worked and by 1561 delegates from both the Republic and the Generality met up to draft a treaty confirming a perpetual union between the two republics. The treaty, known as the [[Nobles' Treaty]] was signed and put into effect on 28 February 1561, forming the Most Serene Republic of Lucrecia, named after the island on which the Emeritan Republic was located upon. | ||
===Early post-treaty years=== | |||
With the unification of the Emeritan Republic and the Isurian Generality being deemed official, the Emeritan elites began to dismantle the peasant-based system in the Generality, establishing new provinces, appointing new provincial governors, and integrating the populace into the low rungs of the social hierarchy. Some ambitious Isurians, in a desperate attempt to retain political relevance, have opted to convert to the Emeritan culture, adopting Emeritan customs, taking on Emeritan names, and pledging loyalty to the Consuls. These so-called "new Emeritans" were often given high positions of authority which made them obscenely wealthy at the expense of their former peers in the Generality. It is through these converted Isurians that the worst aspects of anti-Isurian rhetoric arose, with them deeming themselves to have been civilised and that they have accepted the natural hierarchical order while calling those who have not converted, that being the vast majority of Isurians in the new republic, as being incapable of having the ability to assert themselves in the new political sphere and rise above their peasant origins. Despite this rhetoric, the Isurians were for the most part allowed to keep speaking their language, but they would have to learn Pelaxian if they were to enter politics and have a successful career. | |||
Formal partisan politics began to coalesce around this time. In previous years, Emeritan and early Lucrecian politicians were not necessarily formally affiliated with one of the two informal political factions, that being the aristocratic ''[[Viejos Leales]]'' (Old Loyalists) and the proto-{{wp|populist}} ''[[Demagogos]]'' (Demagogues), with many career politicians "switching" factions so as to prolong their time in the Senate. By the mid-17th Century, newer generations of Lucrecian politicians began to identify more and more with their faction of choice as proto-ideological convictions began to take hold, eventually culminating in the formation of the [[Courtier Party|Courtier]] and [[Countrymen Party|Countrymen]] parties. With the formalisation of the party system came the rise in political tension between the two parties, with many cases of senators getting into duels while in the Senate over even the slightest of ideological differences. The tensions were so bad that Lucrecia was on the verge of falling into a state of civil war, and in such a crisis it was customary for the consuls to designate a dictator from amongst the ranks of the Senate, but with the Senate being in a state of constant disarray, there were fears that designating a senator to assume the role of dictator, even for a span of twelve months, would actually make things worse. | |||
In the name of preserving the young republic, the consuls agreed, ironically, that they would need to look outwards and appoint a junior member of one of the Occident's royal families to serve as a permanent designated dictator, believing that a non-partisan dictator would serve the republic's best interests. After an extensive search, the consuls selected a junior member of the [[House de Weluta]], [[Neill I, Grand Duke in Lucrecia|Archduke Niall of Urcea]] to serve as Lucrecia's permanent designated dictator. This necessitated the creation of royal titles, which, to ensure commitments to republicanism and so as to placate their suzerain, would be purely ceremonial and not replace the consuls as Lucrecia's joint heads of state. The [[first Velucian dictatorship]] from 1685 until 1686 proved to be a tremendous success, with both main political factions eventually settling down and ceasing hostilities soon thereafter. | |||
===Early 20th century=== | ===Early 20th century=== | ||