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 ===Decline of the Holy Levantine Empire===
-====Caroline Wars and Recess of the Julii====
-Starting late in the 18th Century (in some scolarly opinions, as early as the mid-18th century), the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] entered a period of terminal decline in terms of influence over its members and the working of its core institutions. Despite the best efforts of the Imperial Court in [[Corcra (City)|Corcra]], members of the Empire were rapidly liberalizing and eschewing centralized power in favor of various levels of devolution outside of the Imperial power structure. This process had started with the [[War of the Caroline Succession]], after which the power of many Electors in the Empire had been stripped, particularly the Derians. The events of the subsequent [[Second Caroline War]] did little to improve the divide between the Urcean and Derian states, which later spiraled into a decline in earnest beginning with the [[Recess of the Julii]], during which the the [[Urcea|Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea]] began to act autonomously of the Empire's institutions in light of its inefficiency in maintaining order in central [[Levantia]]. It was further exacerbated by the [[White Revolution]] in [[Fiannria]] in 1823, which resulted in the dissolution of the Kingdom of Culfra and its replacement by the Republic of Fiannria. Both events served to dramatically reduce the manpower, funds, and political capital available to the Empire throughout the 19th Century. Urcea's conquest of Carolina and defeat of most of the [[Kingdom of Dericania]] in the [[Third Caroline War]] proved another body blow to the authority of the Empire and created a generation of veterans in Dericania who had been exposed to some of the ideas of [[Crown Liberalism]] held by the Urceans while captive as prisoners of war.
 ====First Fratricide and Fourth Kin War====
 In the Wake of the Third Caroline War, the Peoples Spring of [[1848]] saw the formation of formidable groups in fifteen Imperial states which formed their own protests, revolts, and organized labor actions. These were brutally suppressed by then-Emperor Louis XI, leading to the long-winded violence of the [[First Fratricide]]. Many Derians had long feared that Urcea would attempt to consume the [[Kingdom of Dericania]] and its constituent states, and Derians now felt that the only thing keeping the Urceans away - the Imperial Court - would no longer protect them. Some speculated that Corcra would attempt to keep the “northern liberals” out of “southern politics” - fears which reached new heights in [[1887]], when [[Faneria|The Kingdom of Fhainnlannachaeran]] [[Fourth Kin War|openly invaded]] Imperial territory through [[Fiannria]]. The Imperial response to this flagrant assault on its being was the Emperor enforcing a non-engagement order, barring any of the other Holy Levantine states from coming to Fiannria’s defense. This breach of the long-standing mutual defense customs the Empire had once held flamed fears of both internal warfare and foreign conquest, shattering much of the remaining goodwill held towards the HLE in Deria. The surprise victory of Fiannria in the war proved bittersweet, as it left many feeling they were better left to their own devices than relying on the Imperial court.