Arboric Civil War

The Arboric Civil War (Arboric: حرب أربور الأهلية) began with the shooting of a police officer and the house arrest of the Emir. The government in Madinat al-Fath intervened and various factions began to resist.

Background

See also: The Micras Chessboard

The beginning of all the turmoil is characterised by some as 'trouble in paradise'. This is a reference to the Emirate of Arbor's nickname: 'the Emirate of paradisiacal islands and delightful oases'. Others argue that the problems have existed since the fall of the Franco-Batavian Empire or even its formation as a beginning. The majority of the population consists of refugees from the fallen Arcadia, Francia and Stormark, who together with the local population form one nation. Despite the unifying role of the Emir with the loyal support of his wife, the differences between the population groups became painfully clear in politics.

A new factor in all these differences became the move of the emirate to Apollonia. Officially, this move had never taken place, the emirate had always been on the continent of Apollonia. Many had not noticed the move at that time. The Emir was open about the move, but was dismissed as deranged by the Grand Vizier and his government. More and more, the Emir was kept out of public life and stayed in the palace in Al-Hamra.

The stage is set

House arrest of the Emir

The Emir was unofficially placed under house arrest by the Grand Vizier. But there was disquiet over the Emir's absence from public view, so the Grand Vizier arranged a series of visits for the Emir and Emira. Nevertheless, there were anti-government protests in several places in the country. The state media tried to spin this as protests against the Emir. In response, the "Kaiserhymn" (emperor hymn) and the Vinandy song were played at the protests in the north-east.

When the emiric family visited Craitabad, they found that they had disappeared after visiting a temple. After a few hours, the Emir and Emira were found and arrested. The children had disappeared and were seen a few days later in Agra. The Emir and Emira were officially put under house arrest.

In the south-east, the radical preacher Umar ibn Al-Farooq calls for throwing off the yoke of government and devotion to the great Craitgod. The government intervenes with great force at a protest in Sahil al-Ajanib, to which the protesters respond with harsher resistance. Then a gunshot sounds, a police officer is fatally hit. The police force tactically withdraws, but within an hour military helicopters appear over the city.

Theme music

There is proud singing among the people: The homeland is the greatest (أل وطن أل أكبر, Al Watan Al Akbar):

Factions

Polity Name	Flags	Capital	Ruling Faction	Patrons
Emirate of Arbor		Al-Hamra de jure Craitabad de facto	Emir Mahmud bin Alsalam	Continuation of the Emirate under the government of Mahmud bin Alsalam
Republic of Barikalus		Madinat al-Fath	President Mustafa Asada	Communist one-party state by the Homeland Party (حزب وطن, Hezb-e Watan)
Farooqite Caliphate الخلافة الفاروقيتية alkhilafat alfaruqitia		Sahil al-Ajanib	Caliph Umar ibn Al-Farooq	Theocracy based on Craitism
Frankish Kingdom		Brenna	King Arkadius Frederik Gustavus des Vinandy Chancellor Edward Krüger	Restoration of the Frankish Empire
Maerifa Free State		Qurtuba	State Holder Gustav Prager	-