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The Rectory for the Eastern Valley was established within the [[Government of Urcea]] on 1 January 1849. It merged the former ten units into one administrative apparatus centered around Fort St. Andrew, a city constructed in 1847 both to concentrate local rural populations and to control a key mountain pass. The Rectory government focused on integrating the economic institutions and infrastructure of the ten seperate units into a single governable area. Nearly immediately, however, the concentration of local [[Derian people]] and depopulated countryside lead to famine. The Rectory and [[Government of Urcea]] resolved the 1850 and 1851 famines at extreme cost, as the transporation cost of grain from beyond the [[Ionian Mountains]] proved considerable. Consequently, the Rectory petitioned the [[Concilium Daoni]] to expand the 1590 Leonine Land Decrees to the territory, which it did in 1852. Following this act, [[Ómestaderoi]] settlers began to flood into Eastvale to work the recently abandoned land. The Ómestaderoi and their descendants made up a majority of the population by the late 1870s, and by 1880 the Ómestaderoi program was canceled in Eastvale. Nonetheless, by that period [[Urcean people]] had become the majority population of Eastvale, making it practically unrecognizable from just fifty years prior. In the 1880s, the recently recovered economy of the Eastern Valley began to suffer the effects of the 1880s nationwide recession. The recession had the effect of continued Derian out-migration and requests from the Rectory for increased military presence in the territory to offset decreased economic activity. In 1888, the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal Army]] drastically increased its deployment in Eastvale, and by 1890 a full fifteen divisions were stationed in the territory. | The Rectory for the Eastern Valley was established within the [[Government of Urcea]] on 1 January 1849. It merged the former ten units into one administrative apparatus centered around Fort St. Andrew, a city constructed in 1847 both to concentrate local rural populations and to control a key mountain pass. The Rectory government focused on integrating the economic institutions and infrastructure of the ten seperate units into a single governable area. Nearly immediately, however, the concentration of local [[Derian people]] and depopulated countryside lead to famine. The Rectory and [[Government of Urcea]] resolved the 1850 and 1851 famines at extreme cost, as the transporation cost of grain from beyond the [[Ionian Mountains]] proved considerable. Consequently, the Rectory petitioned the [[Concilium Daoni]] to expand the 1590 Leonine Land Decrees to the territory, which it did in 1852. Following this act, [[Ómestaderoi]] settlers began to flood into Eastvale to work the recently abandoned land. The Ómestaderoi and their descendants made up a majority of the population by the late 1870s, and by 1880 the Ómestaderoi program was canceled in Eastvale. Nonetheless, by that period [[Urcean people]] had become the majority population of Eastvale, making it practically unrecognizable from just fifty years prior. In the 1880s, the recently recovered economy of the Eastern Valley began to suffer the effects of the 1880s nationwide recession. The recession had the effect of continued Derian out-migration and requests from the Rectory for increased military presence in the territory to offset decreased economic activity. In 1888, the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal Army]] drastically increased its deployment in Eastvale, and by 1890 a full fifteen divisions were stationed in the territory. | ||
The rise of [[Gréagóir FitzRex]] as Crown-Regent and the end of the [[Aedanicad]] would have major repercussions for Eastvale. The [[Administrative Reorganization Act of 1892]] provided that the vast majority of the Rectory for the Eastern Valley would be incorporated as a single [[Government of Urcea#Province|province]], the new administrative form of the Kingdom with peripheral regions becoming part of the new province of [[Burgundiemarch]]. The Rectory was formally dissolved on 1 August 1892 and became the first provincial government to begin operation in [[Urcea]]. The first elections took place in 1895, but like elsewhere in the nation, were mired in accusations of intimidation, ballot stuffing, and fraud. Pro-Fitzrex independents took control of the provincial government and [[Concilium Daoni]] delegation from the province. The fifteen Regal Army divisions were reinforced to thirty divisions due to FitzRex's anti-[[Holy Levantine Empire]] foreign policy, and the Regal Army began to construct a line of fortifications facing [[Dericania]]. During the [[Red Interregnum]], these fortifications were highly effective against Deric forces. However, [[Ionian | The rise of [[Gréagóir FitzRex]] as Crown-Regent and the end of the [[Aedanicad]] would have major repercussions for Eastvale. The [[Administrative Reorganization Act of 1892]] provided that the vast majority of the Rectory for the Eastern Valley would be incorporated as a single [[Government of Urcea#Province|province]], the new administrative form of the Kingdom with peripheral regions becoming part of the new province of [[Burgundiemarch]]. The Rectory was formally dissolved on 1 August 1892 and became the first provincial government to begin operation in [[Urcea]]. The first elections took place in 1895, but like elsewhere in the nation, were mired in accusations of intimidation, ballot stuffing, and fraud. Pro-Fitzrex independents took control of the provincial government and [[Concilium Daoni]] delegation from the province. The fifteen Regal Army divisions were reinforced to thirty divisions due to FitzRex's anti-[[Holy Levantine Empire]] foreign policy, and the Regal Army began to construct a line of fortifications facing [[Dericania]]. During the [[Red Interregnum]], these fortifications were highly effective against Deric forces. However, [[Ionian Highlands|Ionian]] Highlanders loyal to [[House de Weluta]] infiltrated the province with ease and launched a lengthy insurgent campaign with local assistance. News of the [[Overland Campaign]] required a concentration of forces in [[Burgundiemarch]], leaving just five divisions to hold Eastvale. Ionian highlanders and local militias outnumbered Regal Army forces, and following a short campaign the Regal Army surrendered Fort St. Andrew on 15 July 1899. Eastvale was the third province to fall to Legitimist forces - South Ionia and North Ionia preceded it - and it provided an important supply route from [[Dericania]] to the Ionian provinces. | ||
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