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Early uprisings in the Derian revolutionary period of the war lead the Elector of Diorisia to abandon the principality on May 18th, 1934. Following his flight, the territory was reorganized as the Vandarch Autonomous Area of the [[Deric Republic]], though in practice it became the domain of a loosely allied band of Derian nationalist warlords. Until the entry of [[Faneria]] into the war, the Vandarch Autonomous Area was largely an ignored theater of the war in [[Dericania]], but with the entry of Faneria and sudden need to resupply Fiannria with Levantine goods, the area became a top priority. On April 17th, 1935, [[Urcea]] and [[Fiannria]] launched a joint campaign which culminated with the occupation of the country on April 29th, 1935. Rather than restoring the Elector, however, the allied powers reached a negotiated settlement with sympathetic local nationalist groups and established the Provisional Republic of Hollona and Diorisia, reorganizing the former separate duchies (and other Prince-Bishoprics in the area) into a single, united Republic on May 11th, 1935. Though derided by the [[Deric Republic]] as a collaborationist state, the Republic maintained its [[The Two Derics|separate ethnic identity]] from the [[Derian people]]. The Republic subsequently claimed neutrality in the conflict but allowed allied forces and supplies to flow through the country. Upon the Republic's proclamation, it entered an intentionally ambiguous state with relationship to the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], withdrawing from its institutional structure but not making any firm determination about its sovereign status with respect to the Republic; the proclamation stated that this ambiguity would continue "until such time when the Republic has fully considered and upon such time of a general peace". The Republic was accordingly removed entirely from its legal obligations to the Empire with the [[Treaty of Corcra]].

The [[Sinking of the MS Hollona|MS ''Hollona''sank]] on Thursday, 18 February 1993 as the ship was crossing the [[Vandarch|Vandarch Sea]], en route from [[Carlshaven]], Hollona, to [[Gabion]], [[Yonderre]]. The disaster claimed the lives of 852 people, being one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century. In 1995, several wineries in Hollona and Diorisia were found to have [[1995 Vandarch Republic wine scandal|illegally modified their wines using the chemical diethylene glycol]], a toxic substance frequently found in antifreeze. The incident became an international scandal which all but destroyed wine export from Hollona and Diorisia for almost two decades.