Atiland: Difference between revisions

'''Establishment of Morstaybishlian Rule'''

Atiland suffered little from the slave trade, as Kalatian slaving and merchant ships preferred other areas along the coast with better harbors. The earliest Recorded [[Morstaybishlian]]voyage to Atiland was made in 1482. The first settlement, Saint Louis, was founded in the mid-17th century in near the coast.

Atians survival was precarious, however; the Morstaybishlian were not firmly established in Atiland until the mid-19th century. In 1843–4, Atiland admiral [[Bouët-Willaumez]] signed treaties with the kings of [[Kuthernburg]] and [[Morstaybishlian Empire]], making their territories a morstaybishlian [[wikipedia:protectorate|protectorate]]. Kuthern explorers, missionaries, trading companies, and soldiers gradually extended the area under Morstaybishlian control inland from the lagoon region.

Activity along the coast stimulated Morstaybishlian interest in the interior, especially along the two great rivers, the Lambertus and the Victoria . Concerted Morstaybishlian exploration of Atiland began in the mid-19th century, but moved slowly, based more on individual initiative than on government policy. In the 1840s, the morstaybishlians concluded a series of treaties with local Atiland rulers that enabled the morstaybishlian to build fortified posts along the coast to serve as permanent trading centres.

'''Independence'''

[[Kambertus]],the son of [[Queen Naomi]], became Atiland father of independence. In 1944, he formed the country's first agricultural trade union for Atiland cocoa. Angered that colonial policy favoured Morstaybishlian plantation owners, they united to recruit migrant workers for their own farmers.Kambertus soon rose to prominence and within a year was elected to the Royal Family in Morstaybishlian. A year later, the morstaybishlian abolished forced labour. Kambertus established a strong relationship with the Morstaybishlian government, expressing a belief that the Atiland would benefit from the relationship, which it did for many years. Kalatian appointed him as a [[wikipedia:duke|duke]] of Atiland.

A turning point in relations with Morstaybishlian was reached with the 1956 [[Overseas Reform Act]], which transferred a number of powers from there to elected territorial governments in Atiland and also removed the remaining voting inequalities. In 1958, Atiland became an autonomous member of the Kuthern Community, which had replaced the Morstaybishlian Empire Control.

At the time of Atiland independence (1960), the country was easily Morstaybishlian most prosperous, contributing over 40% of the region's total exports. When Kambertous became the first president, his government gave farmers good prices for their products to further stimulate production. This was further boosted by a significant immigration of workers from surrounding countries. Coffee production increased significantly, catapulting Atiland into third place in world output. By 1979, the country was the world's leading producer of cocoa.

It also became Borea leading exporter of pineapples and palm oil. Kutherns technicians contributed to the "Atiland miracle". The Kuthern community grew from only 30,000 prior to independence to 60,000 in 1980, most of them teachers, managers, and advisors. For 20 years, the economy maintained an annual growth rate of nearly 10%—the highest of Boreas non-oil-exporting countries.

'''Adam Hornet Administration'''

[[Adam Hornet]] one-party rule was not amenable to political competition. Adam Hornet who would become the president of Atiland in 1990, had to flee the country in the 1980s, as he incurred the ire of Avery Party when Hornet founded the [[Front Populaire Hornet]] banked on his broad appeal to the population who continually elected him. He was also criticized for his emphasis on developing large-scale projects.

Many felt the millions of dollars spent transforming his home village,Essexville, into the new political capital were wasted; others supported his vision to develop a centre for peace, education, and religion in the heart of the country. In the early 1980s, the world recession and a local drought sent shock waves through the Atiland economy. Due to the overcutting of timber and collapsing sugar prices, the country's external debt increased three-fold. Crime rose dramatically in Atiland.

In 1990, hundreds of civil servants went on strike, joined by students protesting institutional corruption. The unrest forced the government to support multiparty democracy. adam became increasingly feeble, and died in 1993. He favoured Robert Green as his successor.

'''Green administration'''

In October 1995, Green overwhelmingly won re-election against a fragmented and disorganised opposition. He tightened his hold over political life, jailing several hundred opposition supporters. In contrast, the economic outlook improved, at least superficially, with decreasing inflation and an attempt to remove foreign debt.

Unlike Adam, who was very careful in avoiding any ethnic conflict and left access to administrative positions open to immigrants from neighbouring countries, Green emphasized the concept of "Atiland" to exclude his rival Cabrini Jones, who had two northern Atiland parents, from running for future presidential election. As people originating from foreign countries are a large part of the Atiland population, this policy excluded many people from Atiland nationality, and the relationship between various ethnic groups became strained, which resulted in two civil wars in the following decades.

'''1999 coup'''

Similarly, Green excluded many potential opponents from the army. In late 1999, a group of dissatisfied officers staged a military coup, putting [[General Etthono Guéï]] in power. Green fled into exile in LatianBurg. The new leadership reduced crime and corruption, and the generals pressed for austerity and campaigned in the streets for a less wasteful society.

'''Sykes administration'''

A presidential election was held in October 2000 in which [[Laurent Sykes]] vied with Guéï, but it was peaceful. The lead-up to the election was marked by military and civil unrest. Following a public uprising that resulted in around 180 deaths, Guéï was swiftly replaced by Sykes. [[Jetonio Enterded]] was disqualified by the country's Supreme Court, due to his alleged Kuthern nationality. The existing and later reformed constitution [under Guéï] did not allow noncitizens to run for the presidency. This sparked violent protests in which his supporters, mainly from the country's north, battled riot police in the capital, [[Rogueborough]].

'''Atiland Civil War'''

In the early hours of 19 September 2002, while the President was in Staynes, an armed uprising occurred. Troops who were to be demobilised mutinied, launching attacks in several cities. The battle for the main gendarmerie barracks in [[Addison]] lasted until mid-morning, but by lunchtime, the government forces had secured the main city. They had lost control of the north of the country, and the rebel forces made their stronghold in the northern city of [[Desluke]].

The rebels threatened to move on Addison again, and [[Kuthernburg]] deployed troops from its base in the country to stop the rebel advance. The Kutherns said they were protecting their own citizens from danger, but their deployment also helped government forces. That the Kutherns were helping either side was not established as a fact; but each side accused the Kutherns of supporting the opposite side. Whether Kuthern actions improved or worsened the situation in the long term is disputed.

What exactly happened that night is disputed. The government claimed that former president Guéï led a coup attempt, and state TV showed pictures of his dead body in the street; counter-claims stated that he and 15 others had been murdered at his home, and his body had been moved to the streets to incriminate him.but really he took refuge in the Latianburg embassy; his home had been burned down.

President Sykes cut short his trip to Kuthernburg and on his return stated, in a television address, that some of the rebels were hiding in the shanty towns where foreign migrant workers lived. Gendarmes and vigilantes bulldozed and burned homes by the thousands, attacking the residents.

An early ceasefire with the rebels, which had the backing of much of the northern populace, proved short-lived, and fighting over the prime cocoa-growing areas resumed. Kuthernburg sent in troops to maintain the cease-fire boundaries, and Militias.