Revolution of 1617
| Revolution of 5552 Kildarian Independence War |
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 Troops of the National Movement, after the siege of Boostertown |
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| 220,000 Legionnaires 5,000 conscripts | 40,000 Legionnaires 350,000 conscripts | Unknown | ||||||||
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| ~32,000 | ~240,000 | ~120 | ||||||||
| The majority of the mainland was fractured between local lords and city states. Those were neutral during the civil war and in most cases were no march for the Loyalist and National Armies. | ||||||||||
The Revolution of 5552, which also became known as the Kildarian Independence War or in certain Shirerithian sources known as the Anandjan Revolution [1], was a revolution which ended more than 5,000 years of Shirerithian dominance in Kildare and brought an end to the monarchy, effectively replacing it with a single-party military dictatorship.
The main players in the were the National Movement, which eventually would form the Apollonian Republic, the Loyalist Ryvenna Monarchy (with as main goal restoring the monarchy and staying loyal to the Mango Throne), the County of Melangia and the kingdom of Hawshire-Dura.
Background
Revolution
Establishment of the Apollonian Republic
Reactions of the Loyalist Forces
Eastern Front
Western Front
Aftermath
The Revolution of 5552 ended in a crushing defeat for the Ryvenna Monarchy. The leaders were in most cases executed for high treason or send to re-education camps that were rapidly created throughout the country. The defeat of the monarchists - which were in most cases in favour of keeping ties with the Mango Throne - smashed the hope of several Shirerithian officials that Kildare would remain a part of the Imperial Republic.
With the National Movement of Trajan Myksos firmly in the saddle, the official capital was moved to Blackrock Nua. With the thousands of deaths, enormous collateral damage and the local economy of many villages in ruin, new reforms were deemed necessary to improve the lives of the Kildari.
Upon this the National Movement redivided the fractured nation into districts and provinces, ignoring former cultural and political bounds, abolished the privileges of royalty and nobles, encouraged participation in nation-wide organisations (replacing local patriotic societies) to promote Apollonian nationalism and plunged enormous sums of money in the development of Kildfare and the (re-)construction of roads.
Hawshire-Dura stayed a part of Shireroth, as an ancient treaty made it impossible to formally secede from Shireroth. The lack of interest of the Hawshirians made independence also very unlikely [2]. The National Movement, not interested in an ongoing conflict for two islands which never truly were considered Kildarian anyway, agreed with letting it stay part of Shireroth.
Melangia, however, was another case: the Melangians themselves had mixed feelings about what was going on in Kildare proper and had chosen the middle road: declaring that they remained part of both nations. This was met with hostility from both sides and currently both countries claim Melangia as being part of their nation.
References
- ^ Anandjan is the eleventh month in the Shirerithian calender
- ^ As announced by the Aldermen of the City of Hawshire: "Any attempt to declare independence from Shireroth, whatever its legality or effectiveness, cannot in any event legally affect Hawshire-Dura because under the terms of the association of Hawshire and Shireroth".
