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Peace was however not on the horizon for Vithinja quite yet, as the government held little legitimacy and had only survived as long as it did thanks to the war breaking out. A severe civil conflict was brewing, with both more progressive and more reactionary elements hoping to secure control of the nations leadership. Many experts at the time, both foreign and local, expected the nation to fracture completely, with too much hostilities existing between the various ideological and religious groups. | Peace was however not on the horizon for Vithinja quite yet, as the government held little legitimacy and had only survived as long as it did thanks to the war breaking out. A severe civil conflict was brewing, with both more progressive and more reactionary elements hoping to secure control of the nations leadership. Many experts at the time, both foreign and local, expected the nation to fracture completely, with too much hostilities existing between the various ideological and religious groups. | ||
=== The Syndicalization === | === The Syndicalization === | ||
As protests and rioting started to become commonplace in most Vithinjan cities in the mid 40s, it seemed certain a civil war was looming. The three strongest militant factions at the time was the Reds, a collection of mainly militant socialists wishing to create a Democratic socialist republic, the Blacks, who was mainly a mixture of nationalist and royalist elements mainly supported by the Church to recreate the Vithinjan kingdom, and finally the Whites, a catholic-nationalistic mainly Guerig faction with some Caeric elements that mainly wished to split the nation in two and allow the Guerigs to have their own nation for the first time since before the Reformation. Of these three the Reds was by far the most powerful, holding substantial support from foreign elements while also being greatly popular among most city-dwellers in the nation. Only one of these factions would truly maintain themselves past the next year. | As protests and rioting started to become commonplace in most Vithinjan cities in the mid 40s, it seemed certain a civil war was looming. The three strongest militant factions at the time was the Reds, a collection of mainly militant socialists wishing to create a Democratic socialist republic, the Blacks, who was mainly a mixture of nationalist and royalist elements mainly supported by the Church to recreate the Vithinjan kingdom, and finally the Whites, a catholic-nationalistic mainly Guerig faction with some Caeric elements that mainly wished to split the nation in two and allow the Guerigs to have their own nation for the first time since before the Reformation. Of these three the Reds was by far the most powerful, holding substantial support from foreign elements while also being greatly popular among most city-dwellers in the nation. Only one of these factions would truly maintain themselves past the next year. | ||
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This civil conflict would be avoided through the most surprising of happenstances: the friendship of two very popular political figures. A lone young prince far from being the next in line for the throne together with a popular but controversial figure within the Reds would utilize each other as informants to undermine many of the main leaders within both the Red and Black movements. Through this process they were able to reshape both. The Reds would be focused more on a strange new Syndicalist idea and have their hostility turned mostly away from the Royals instead focusing it on the rich capitalistist of the nation. Meanwhile the more aggressive nationalist element within the royalist would be compared to the Whites they fought, branded as a group that would ensure the splintering of the nation. Most importantly of all, the young prince would challange the heir for the right of succession, and win. To this day it is a quite controversial subject as many historians, especially foreign once, believe the young prince to have cheated somehow. In the end though, their schemes would pay off, as they got control of the Red and Black factions allowing them to reach their ultimate goal: Peace. The two would meet officially together with most other important figures of both sides and attempt to figure out a way for each to work with the other. It took over a week of arguing just to get the group to agree that this would even be possible, but over the next months they would work out an agreement that everyone could accept. This was being done at the same time as their followers rose up and took over the government and the White faction was defeated by the much more numerous and powerful alliance. The deal that was finally made would become the new Vithinjan constitution and always be known under a single name: The Vithinjan Compromise. | This civil conflict would be avoided through the most surprising of happenstances: the friendship of two very popular political figures. A lone young prince far from being the next in line for the throne together with a popular but controversial figure within the Reds would utilize each other as informants to undermine many of the main leaders within both the Red and Black movements. Through this process they were able to reshape both. The Reds would be focused more on a strange new Syndicalist idea and have their hostility turned mostly away from the Royals instead focusing it on the rich capitalistist of the nation. Meanwhile the more aggressive nationalist element within the royalist would be compared to the Whites they fought, branded as a group that would ensure the splintering of the nation. Most importantly of all, the young prince would challange the heir for the right of succession, and win. To this day it is a quite controversial subject as many historians, especially foreign once, believe the young prince to have cheated somehow. In the end though, their schemes would pay off, as they got control of the Red and Black factions allowing them to reach their ultimate goal: Peace. The two would meet officially together with most other important figures of both sides and attempt to figure out a way for each to work with the other. It took over a week of arguing just to get the group to agree that this would even be possible, but over the next months they would work out an agreement that everyone could accept. This was being done at the same time as their followers rose up and took over the government and the White faction was defeated by the much more numerous and powerful alliance. The deal that was finally made would become the new Vithinjan constitution and always be known under a single name: The Vithinjan Compromise. | ||
... | After the end of the revolution the new government set the nation to focus on reconstruction and the implementation of a new, decentralized planned economy. This would also lead to a new age of isolationism for Vithinja, where almost no trade international trade was allowed, with some small exceptions mainly for Burgundine and Coscovian dealings that were seen as being traditional agreements between cultures rather than corporate markets. The main exception however was Caergwynn, with whom larger trade deals were established. All of these dealings turned out to be excessively profitable for Caergwynn, as they were able to serve as the middleman for many Vithinjan goods to reach the global market. During this period of isolation Vithinja focused a lot of it's efforts on it's own scientific sector, hoping to overcome their meager size through technological supremacy for whenever the next war would come. | ||
... | Although the idea of forming the nation around the Compromise was to ensure the end of internal conflict, after the sudden death of the two creators of the new national order disagreements would soon lead to a strong rivalry to be born between the Blacks and the Reds. This conflict would quickly be played out in certain reforms to the government, which started to chip away at the Royal Ensurances that the compromise had allowed. In an important year for power over these possible changes the royalist were utterly beaten, and it was only through some difficult political manuevering that they prevented a total loss of the Royal Ensurances, having to give up quite a few of them. After achieving this political dominance the reds also doubled down on the isolationism of the nation, reducing exports to Caergwynn especially in areas where they mostly just resold the goods while also antagonizing many other foreign powers over Vithinjan territorial waters. This antagonizm and general hostility towards foreign nations would especially sour relations between the Reds and Caergwynn. | ||
.. | During the 70s the Reds would run into a number of scandals that would slowly tilt public confidence away from the faction. The most substantial of these was a large-scale corruption scandal surrounding the construction sector, which reached it's peak when it was proven that two of the latest nuclear reactors the nation had built were severely lacking in their safety features, which could've lead to an international crisis if these issues had not been discovered and adressed. As a result of these scandals there was a splintering of the Red faction, with multiple new factions drifting towards a more cooperative view of their Black opposition. All of this would build towards the elective season of 1984, where it was expected that the Reds would finally lose their grip of power around the National Council. Unfortunately for the Reds, this would only be the second worst nuclear-related scandal they would be involved in. | ||
In 1983 a nuclear blast was detected in the arctic in a region currently claimed by Vithinja. This blast would serve as undeniable proof that Vithinja had an active nuclear-arms program. With it's hostile demeaner and lack of international allies, this would result in international sanctions and an indirect embargo, with Caergwynn being pressured to seize it's trade agreements with Vithinja. With all of these issues coming up just as the nation was preparing to elect a new National Council, the Reds did something unprecidented since the revolution of 1807: They marched on parliament to seize the power directly. This would result in the ''Battle of Tingssundabron'', where the princess-Valkyrian would fight together with her royal guard to protect the parliament against the Reds attempted coup. What would follow would be a swift but effective counter-coup by the largest branch from the Reds: the Cooperatist. They would seize the suspected schemers behind the plot to overthrow the government and ensure that the next elective season was carried out post-haste. The end result was a collapse of support for the Reds, with the Cooperatist and the Royalists becoming the two largest factions in the Assembly. | |||
=== New Cooperatist Order === | === New Cooperatist Order === | ||
... End of isolation, new treaties and alliances | ... End of isolation, new treaties and alliances | ||
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... Into the modern day, Varshan, Cronan entanglements | ... Into the modern day, Varshan, Cronan entanglements | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
Vithinjas varied geography is both a blessing and a curse. Although large portions of the lands are difficult to impossible to inhabit, they hold some of the most beautiful landmarks to be found in the world. Between the innumerable fjords covering the coast to the northern villages surrounded by the sights of huge tall mountain ranges, large glaciers that glimmer in the sunlight and if any visitor is lucky, the wondrous northern lights. This would make it a better tourist location if the temperature didn't drive most foreigners away. | Vithinjas varied geography is both a blessing and a curse. Although large portions of the lands are difficult to impossible to inhabit, they hold some of the most beautiful landmarks to be found in the world. Between the innumerable fjords covering the coast to the northern villages surrounded by the sights of huge tall mountain ranges, large glaciers that glimmer in the sunlight and if any visitor is lucky, the wondrous northern lights. This would make it a better tourist location if the temperature didn't drive most foreigners away. | ||