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The newly formed provisional government had two primary tasks before it, namely the construction of a state apparatus ahead of independence and overseeing the convention as it worked to establish a constitution for the Algosh Republic. | The newly formed provisional government had two primary tasks before it, namely the construction of a state apparatus ahead of independence and overseeing the convention as it worked to establish a constitution for the Algosh Republic. | ||
One of the most divisive pre-independence issues faced by the provisional government was the issue of the seat of government. The issue related to whether or not the government would be based in the Hierarch Hall - the palace used by the Grand Hierarch of [[Algoquona]] and all previous military governments - or whether a more "suitable", civic-oriented building would be used, such as the elaborate old Varshani embassy building at that time being used by the provisional government. The issue, while seemingly insignificant, deeply divided traditionalists and reformers. Traditionalists argued that the building was a link to the past, symbol of Algosh statehood, and was a key part of the kind of nation-building the government was undertaking. Reformers argued the building was a symbol of oppression and militarism, and would send the wrong message not only to the Republic's neighbors but also its youth, signifying that militarism and a militaristic culture was still at the heart of Algosh society. The issue sidelined significant amounts of progress made on both the formation of an administration and the drafting of the constitution as it became a proxy for many of the major, deeper cultural issues dividing Algosh society, and accordingly it consumed most of the government's (and convention's) attention during June [[2026]]. As the date for independence approached, Chairman Jala-meni devised a compromise. Hierarch Hall would become the seat of government, renamed Nation Hall, and no public official would enter it until an elaborate joint [[M'acunist]]-[[Catholic Church|Catholic]] "cleansing ceremony" occurred, after which time a wave of iconoclastic violence would destroy the statuary of the former Grand Hierarchs and some (but not all) of the battle scenes. Many traditionalists objected to this as destroying national heritage, but enough moderate traditionalists found space to agree. The ceremony occurred on June 28 [[2026]] just ahead of the date of formal independence. | |||
On midnight on 1 July [[2026]], the Algosh Republic became an independent state. The Urcean flag was lowered across the city and replaced with a new flag, the green banner of the Republic, which incorporated the old symbols of Algoquona while removing its martial colors of red and yellow. | |||
The new state's provisional government immediately faced a contentious issue with regard to Varshani refugees. Among the two major political factions of the provisional era - the reformers and the traditionalists - the reformers took a harder-line anti-refugee approach while the traditionalists were in favor of refugee resettlement. Though cultural observers noted that this was somewhat counterintuitive from an Occidental point of view, the traditionalists argued that [[Zurgite Varshan]] fought and was destroyed partly on behalf of [[Algoquona]]'s independence, and thus the Algosh people had a "bond of honor" to accept Varshani people. The provisional government resisted the resettlement on the basis of the poverty of the people already living within the Republic, but [[Urcea]] sought their resettlement due to the well established aid infrastructure and general plentiful food stores now established in northern [[Cusinaut]]. The reformers ultimately lost the public debate and in August [[2027]] agreed to resettle a thousand Varshani families along the mostly wartorn eastern border with [[New Harren]]. | The new state's provisional government immediately faced a contentious issue with regard to Varshani refugees. Among the two major political factions of the provisional era - the reformers and the traditionalists - the reformers took a harder-line anti-refugee approach while the traditionalists were in favor of refugee resettlement. Though cultural observers noted that this was somewhat counterintuitive from an Occidental point of view, the traditionalists argued that [[Zurgite Varshan]] fought and was destroyed partly on behalf of [[Algoquona]]'s independence, and thus the Algosh people had a "bond of honor" to accept Varshani people. The provisional government resisted the resettlement on the basis of the poverty of the people already living within the Republic, but [[Urcea]] sought their resettlement due to the well established aid infrastructure and general plentiful food stores now established in northern [[Cusinaut]]. The reformers ultimately lost the public debate and in August [[2027]] agreed to resettle a thousand Varshani families along the mostly wartorn eastern border with [[New Harren]]. | ||