Federal Republic of Eranor

One of the most economically powerful nations on Chalamia, the Federal Republic of Eranor was established in 1919, following a short civil war between the old Eranorian Empire, a Militarist Syndicate, and Democratic Activists in the Imperial Senate. The Eranoric Empire by that time had been heavily stagnated after years of internal mismanagement, and once the civil war began, the Imperial Government quickly capitulated to the Democratic forces, who then fought the Miltarist Forces from 1915 to 1918, when the Miltarists capitulated. During the 1920's Eranor underwent an economic peak, and was able to recover it's economy from the centuries of mismanagement that'd been done by the old Empire. Eranor's quality of life is fair, with a modest social security system to aid those who might be struggling. The military is a powerhouse, having a large portion of the national budget dedicated to it, making it one of the most powerful Armed Forces around. Eranor is usually peaceful, but will make it's opinions heard in the international community should it's people feel the need to speak up.

Early History
Eranor’s earliest form was a collective of tribal kingdoms which came from the north down to it’s present-day location, the largest and most well documented of these was the Djaarskaldt fiefdom, it’s first recorded king or Køenigfhuer was Olav II, an aggressive expansionist who brought a large swathe of Eranor’s current territory around 331, 23 or so years before the end of his reign. His fiefdom would remain in the state he left for another 240 years, until a rivalry between two opposing houses would split the kingdom in two, this period is known as the two kingdoms period. Both states would war with each other until a concerted effort from the aristocracy formed a committee to reunite the two kingdoms and successfully reunited them in 931. From this point onwards the House of Obaartsfjuulami was chosen to rule the reunited kingdom, now known as Aarenograad. The new Kingdom would remain quiet until the beginning of the Second millennium AD.

The Kingdom of Eranor
Following the unification of the two kingdoms, there was a period of peace before the Køenigfhuer, Wilhaalm III began an expansion southward towards the coastline beginning in 1067, the small fiefdoms and kingdoms he encountered submitting before him peacefully or after some persuading with his vast army, eventually fully conquering the territory that would make up its current borders. By 1100, the Kingdom began expanding it’s trade, exporting arms, wares, food, and alcohol across the continent, and even building a seagoing fleet to expand its trade routes beyond its immediate neighbours, eventually creating a sizable economy which allowed the kingdom to properly flourish. By the 1300’s, Aarenograad had become a sizable power within the region it inhabited, and was often challenged by it’s neighbors, following a territorial dispute with what would later be Ramav in 1387, it entered a war which became too costly and Aarenograad’s army was too incompetent to fight, following a long period of peace, in the end it lost a sizable chunk of land along it’s northwest frontier, prompting the Køenigfhuer, Oesterbaek II to enact a series of reforms to increase the effectiveness of it’s fighting force, such as involuntary conscription for a year and the introduction of gunpowder-based weapons, such as the Matchlock Musket, and a serious re-evaluation of tactics to accommodate the use of such weapons. By this time the name Eranor started to become commonplace as a name for the kingdom, adopted by the peasants as a way to identify the nation separate from the use of the name Aarenograad, which was usually associated with the Aristocracy. Following the introduction of involuntary conscription the lower classes became dissatisfied with the ruling class, as it meant their way of life was disrupted by the state, interrupting customs and rites of passage that were usually traditional at the age of 18, the set age for national service. Immediately aware of the use of the name, the ImperaatsVøøram (Imperial forum or council) banned the use of the word in public and made it punishable with a week in the stocks or a spell in the gaol, depending on where the offender lived. This served to strengthen the resolve of the peasantry, who would often do things to disrupt the peace, this lead to more legislation leading to the repression of the peasantry, eventually pushing them down into a class of serfs, who could not own property and were not allowed to almost anything without prior permission of their landlords, who frequently bought up large swathes of farmland and even entire villages. With such large swathes of land to control, mismanagement and neglect became rife among the inland ‘estravoodenik’ (estates). Starvation and disease became common and the army began receiving large amounts of malnourished and starved conscripts, who would barely last a week before needing serious medical attention or even dying from their afflictions. This began to wear down on the head of the army, who appealed to the Køenigfhuer, but it fell on deaf ears, as the ImperaatsVøøram was rendered useless by infighting among the houses for who could control the most valuable land, or just the most land in general. Eventually the army was splintered into factions loyal to each house, the largest being the Køenigfhuer’s house, the BloemkaampsHuis, which held most of the central provinces and some of the coastal provinces. The splinter and rivalry lead to what was basically a state of civil war over who would have the most land, resources, money, and serf (read: slave) labour. This period in the kingdom is known as the Skizaam (schism) which lasted from 1309 to 1333, when the Oberschaas Huis beat the other houses into submission and took control of the kingdom as the undisputed victor, following her coronation, the first act of Køenigfhraau (queen) Kaatla I was to liberate the serfs and establish aid programs to rebuild the countryside peasantry, who had been ravaged by famine and disease. The Oberschaas Huis would remain in power until the Peasants revolt of 1400.

The Provisional State, And the Last Kingdom of Eranor
The Peasantry, following a crackdown on their activities by the Novaadi ImperatsVøøram (New Imperial Forum) led to open rebellion. One of the downsides of having a conscripted army and a national service period was that a large portion of the peasant population was trained professionally, and since the peasantry made up a large portion of the kingdom, the rebellion organised itself into a proper army and wiped out the ImperiaatsAarmit (Imperial Army). By May of 1800, the NIV had surrendered to the ProvitsStaat od Eraanora (Provisional State of Eranor) and all control of the land was set aside for the Provitstaat, which would subdivide it to whoever owned it accordingly, the period from 1800 to 1805 was one of rebuilding and prosperity, however, land disputes between the newfound landowners began to boil over as historical claims by one ex-peasant family towards another reached melting point, landowners began to fight each other for land and would find whatever reason to claim land from their neighbors they could. The system set up to end the problem that had begun the Skizaam many years ago had failed to prevent its own breakdown and had become redundant. Too many land wars had broken out for the state to control and the ProvitStaatsAarmit (provisional state army) was too overwhelmed and wracked with infighting itself to help the situation, the ProvitStaat collapsed and for a period of several months Eranor was a lawless state, in a similar situation to what it had faced in the Skizaam, and people were dying. Following the end of the house of Oberschaas’ rule over Eranor, it had gone into hiding in the north of the country, seeing it’s chance, it had summoned an army of 3,000 mercenaries and marched on the capital, where it quelled rioting within a week, following up on this all the able bodied men were conscripted into the army. Over the summer of 1406, the Oberschaas’ army, under the lead of Wiileej Oberschaas surgically quelled the fighting and confiscated all land from the landowners, returning it back to the aristocracy, however it had learned from the mistakes of the past, and granted it’s subjects much greater autonomy over the land they resided on, however, most projects undertaken by the peasants were to have the express approval of the ImperaatSenit (Imperial Senate). Following the creation of the Kingdom of Eranor, a well wished for peace settled across the land for the rest of the 19th century, until the death of the last Køenigfhuer of the Oberschaas Huis, Olaav XII. With his passing, the Moorametz Huis came to power with the coronation of Gazjspyr II, who would rule until the beginning of the Eranoric civil war. Gazjspyr II has been described as one of the most neglectful rules in the history of Eranor, alongside Olaav VI, whose rule led to the Skizaam. He spent most of his time indulging in parties, prostitution and often avoided his duties in any way possible.Gazjspyr II has been described as one of the most neglectful rules in the history of Eranor, alongside Olaav VI, whose rule led to the Skizaam. He spent most of his time indulging in parties, prostitution and often avoided his duties in any way possible. By the time the 20th century dawned, Eranor was in a state of heavy Economic and Industrial stagnation, with its industry having not enough funds to upgrade and modernise, leading to it being behind the curve in the free market. Unemployment was rife and the government had little in the way of social support for its citizens. Following on from these desperate conditions, the middle and lower castes in the cities began to form communes to support one another, a stark contrast from the rural areas, where there was very little impact from this negligence. The state of infrastructure was so bad that by 1509 the capital, Voorektyy-Ad-Krasnodaar, still had dirt roads, even the main street was heavily underdeveloped, the police was ineffective and the only way to prevent a fire from spreading was to demolish the buildings that neighboured the stricken building. The state highway system was in terrible condition and no new roads had been opened since the 14th century. The most developed place in the entirety of the country was the palace city within the capital, a place rarely visited by the common folk, often when a commoner visited the palace ground they were struck with awe at the sight of how clean and orderly everything compared to the chaos of the outside city. For a nation with terrible infrastructure, Eranor’s Universities were surprisingly well equipped and maintained, and following a decree from Olaav XII all Eranorian citizens were entitled to a free education all the way up to a tertiary level, as a result, most Eranoric cityfolk were well educated and did their best to stay sanitary in cities that were rife with disease and dirt. By the time the Subject of independent communes within the cities became an issue to Gazjspyr II, they had become large enough that the smaller independent communes would merge with others within their area, creating a chain of mergers that lead to the creation of ‘Ultraazkommuunen’ or ‘Ultra Communes’ referring to the citywide communes. Seeing them as a threat to his rule, the Køenigfhuer lazily suggested using the army’s OkraanitBuraau (Operations Bureau, the secret police) to wipe out the leaders of the communes and re-establish order over the cities. The order was obeyed and on March 24th, 1911, the KommunenWintaar (Commune Winter) began, in which thousands of Commune members were arrested and executed by the OB on the grounds of conspiring against the crown. This lead to mass protests and Riots over the next few weeks, known as the Kommunen Kammp (Commune Wars), between commune members and the police. Entire cities burned and the cost of life was estimated to be between 5,000 and 30,000. The riots ended after the Køenigfhuer made concessions and released several key members of the Norgraad UltraazKommunen. For the next few years life returned to normal, however the Communes were plotting and smuggling weapons across Eranor’s north west frontier in preparation for their next move, the end of the Køenigfhuer’s rule in Eranor and the Establishment of the Eranoric Republic.

The Eranoric Civil War and the foundation of the Federal Republic of Eranor
By 1913, the leader of the ENKK (The Eranoraads Naatsional Kommunen Kommit, or The Eranoric National Communal Committee), Logan Wilkomaad had persuaded the governments of Eranor’s neighbours to supply them with weaponry to further their cause, giving the KA (or KommunenAarmit, the Commune’s armed wing) a massive advantage over the National Army. Following observation of movements by the National army on the 3rd of August, 1914, the 35th and 41st infantry divisions of the 3rd Army were moved to the border to investigate the movement, only to spot guerrillas from the ENKK as they were transporting ammunition across the border. The following firefight left several ENKK members injured and 15 infantrymen from the 41st dead, the Guerrillas retreated back across the border to cross further south, This however had alerted the national army, and thus the Køenigfhuer of the ENKK’s goal and with their cover blown, the ENKK had to act earlier than planned. On 8th of august, several thousand Militiamen of the KA surrounded the KøenigsCitidaal in Norgraad. Following a brief firefight with the KøenigsGaard, the KA forced their way through the front gate using dynamite and another firefight ensued after the KøenigsGaard opened up with volley fire as the gate opened, cutting down several KA militiamen as they entered, eventually scattering as grenades were thrown through the gates to break them up. As they forced their way in, the Køenigfhuer attempted to evacuate through the tunnels under the castle, emerging a few streets away, where he attempted to hide, he was split off from his guards and the locals in the area handed him over to a KA patrol. He was then imprisoned until the end of the civil war. Following The Køenigfhuer’s arrest,and the KøenigsCitidaal’s takeover, the signal went out to the coastal city communes that the time was now to initiate the uprising, leading to a massive uprising along the coastal cities, with little to no resistance. Within the first week most of the south was under the control of the Provisional Republic of Eranor, following this most of the remaining aristocracy and royalists fled north, where they would be ambushed by KA/PRE soldiers and the army made negligible efforts to fight back, being pushed back to the city of Obaartsburg. In the desperation of the fight for the city, most of the aristocracy lost any sort of value, and were conscripted into the army, the fight for the preservation of the kingdom became a fight to preserve the military council, and the army re-organised itself, and managed to break out of it’s deadlock to open up a front along the centre of the country, with the Military council on the north, and the PRE/ENKK along the south. The war would ground down into a stalemate until the arrival of tanks on the southern side, allowing them to break through the no mans land and push north. On the 29th of October, 1918 at 9:33am, the Military council of Eranor sent a telegram to the PRE notifying them of their capitulation after 3 years of war. The total amount of casualties, deaths and injuries was put at 980,000. At last Eranor was finally at peace. As the months went by, the ENKK was rebuilt as a political party and it’s military wing was incorporated into the Provisional Army, and it’s members were ordered to swear an oath of allegiance to the Republic rather than the ENKK. By February 1919, The Federal constitution was drawn up and the Federal Republic was declared as the official government on the 26th of February 1919. On the 19th of February Elections were held. Interestingly the ENKK, who were predicted to win the elections lost out to the federal peoples party, who heavily campaigned in the north, whose isolated, conservative population were fearful of the ENKK’s aims to establish a socialist republic. As the final counts for the vote came in, the Federalists formed a Coalition with the ENKK in recognition of making the revolution possible, making both parties the largest group in the new Federal senate. On the 25th of March, 1919, The Federalist-ENKK Coalition was sworn in, with Obraadai Berghoff, the leader of the federalists as it’s Chancellor, and Logan Wilkomaad as it’s Premier. On the 30th of May 1919, the last Køenigfhuer, Gazjspyr II and several of his advisers were put on trial for mass negligence and corruption. The sentence was the only use of capital punishment o date and the only use of the death sentence to date. On the 26th of June, 1519, Gazjspyr II of the house of Moorametz was executed by firing squad.