History of Urcea (1955-present): Difference between revisions

The '''History of Urcea from 1955 to the present''', sometimes also called the '''Modern Period''', encompasses [[Urcea]]'s history from the formation of the [[League of Nations]] in 1955 through the present day. The consideration of Urcea in the "present" also includes the end of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], rise of the [[Levantine Union]], and enmity with [[Caphiria]], all of which resulted from the war. Regardless of how the period is framed, [[Urcea]] left the [[Great War]] considerably more powerful and wealthy than it had been when it had entered the war. Tens of millions of fighting men returned home in the mid 1950s, an age when the horrors of military development were transformed into an "age of wonders" in terms of civilian technology. The economy, which had been geared towards large scale military production, had lost most of its inefficiencies in the early to mid war period, such that Urcea's economy was undeniably the world's strongest by 1955. Many scholars have posited that the Great War brought to a conclusion the long period of reforms and modernization initiated by King Niall V, with Urcea becoming a consensus superpower featuring an illiberal constitution, rational administration, a large navy, and a powerful industrial economy.

On 1 January 1971, the [[National Pact (Urcea)|National Pact]] took office under the leadership of Felix Finnean, forming the first National Pact government since the end of the [[Great War]]. The first priority of the new government was opening a full investigation of the Synod Affair, particularly investigating whether or not senior members of the National Democratic Party had broken the law in coordinating the downfall of the Synod with [[Caphiria]]. The public initially supported the investigation, but members of the [[Julian Party (Urcea)|Julian Party]] successfully stalled and dragged out proceedings, reducing public interest as the Affair withdrew from public attention. The investigation had produced no clear results by [[1974]] and it was withdrawn, angering the party's base who believed the Affair to be among the darkest marks in the history of the [[Government of Urcea]]. The National Pact government had many priorities besides the Affair, primary of which was a withdrawal from [[Operation Kipling]]. Previous agreements with [[Burgundie]] were made within the context of the [[Levantine Union]], preventing an immediate unilateral withdrawal. Negotiations began in February [[1972]] and concluded in August 1974, and it was agreed that Urcean forces would withdraw from the operation on 1 July 1976. The agreement was unpopular with the Urcean public who sought an immediate withdrawal. Public opinion turned decisively against the government's handling of the intervention when the June Offensive of the [[Operation Kipling#Kantoto-Shanjin%20War|Kantoto-Shanjin War]] in June 1975 left more than three hundred members of the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] dead and a hundred captured. Aside from its two priority items, the National Pact's government was faced with a mild economic recession that began in June [[1973]] and lasted until September 1973. Though a small recession, the recovery was sluggish and the economy did not return to full health until [[1977]]. The combination of poor economic conditions, ineffective responses to the issues it was elected on combined with a slew of minor scandals that plagued the [[Concilium Purpaidá]], resulting in an electoral defeat for the National Pact in the 1975 election. Thorpe Aedansson and the National Democratic Party returned to power, though with a minuscule majority in the [[Concilium Daoni]]. Aedansson defeated Finnean 48%-45% in election for [[Procurator]].