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By late 1785, the Assembly was fracturing once again. The radically democratic Antak Faction, the most prominent opposition to the Verlan Faction, currently in power, was against the restrictions of voting imposed by the First Constitution. In February, the Antak Faction established themselves in the highly radicalized Uralia City and declared the Second Constitution, effectively severing the revolution into two. Over the next few months, both the Antaks and the Verlans, under pressure of the opposition to each other and the continual conflict with monarchist forces, engaged in a crackdown against perceived counter-revolutionary movements and people in their occupied areas, leading to further opposition of the forces in power and fracturing of the revolutionary movement. In the spring of 1786, monarchist forces, with the backing of the Zemeprievadain nobility, made large scale advancements in the wake of a wave of counter-revolutionary revolts, retaking Uravin on May 23, practically dissolving the Verlan forces. The Antak would not last much longer, with Uralia City falling to monarchical forces on August 4th of that year.
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The 19th century in Auravas was characterized by rapid industrialization and pushes for reform in the wake of the unsuccessful revolution. In 1816, King Ikasvau died, severing the personal union with Zemeprievadai which had existed for over 200 years and bringing Ikasvau's son, King Itirn, to the throne. As Auravas shifted towards an industrialized economy, population, urbanization, and production exploded, but so did economic inequality in the form of a growing division between the working class and upper class, triggering the rise of the Auravasi labor movement. The early-mid 1800s saw the rise of workingmen's associations to advocate for the rights of the working class, though these associations were suppressed by aristocratic forces. Working class agitators rose to prominence in Auravas such as Atan Pivola, who initiated the first coherent worker's rights movement, Pivolism, which advocated for democracy, universal (sometimes male) suffrage, and worker's rights. Pivola continued to be a notable figure in Auravas till his imprisonment and execution in 1832, which triggered the Sunday Uprising, suppressed by Auravasi military forces and leaving over 150 rioters dead. To pacify the working class in the wake of the Uprising, the late 1830s saw Itirn remove a number of restrictions on trade unions, an incredibly controversial move as many powerful figures were concerned over the organizing power of the working class. The 1830s and 40s saw the emergence of prominent figures in the recently expanding socialist movement, and the incorporation of socialist ideals into the associations and unions. One of the early prominent worker's associations which explicitly incorporated socialist ideals was the syndicalist Federation of Auravasi Workers (FAW). However, the working class still lacked a political venue to voice their grievances. Itirn would eventually abdicate, allowing his younger brother, King Mir, to take the throne in 1855, who quickly reinstated the restrictions on worker organization. This led to the Red Revolt, the largest revolutionary movement of the inter-revolutionary period, in which mass strikes evolved into an anti-monarchy uprising. The uprising ended with the Concessions of 1855, also known as the Eleventh Hour Concessions, as they would eventually turn out to be far too little and too late. The concessions instituted a parliament termed the Assembly and limited suffrage, though votes were weighted by wealth and the Assembly was functionally powerless. Economic upswing led to a small stagnation of the labor movement in the 1860s, but the 1870s brought the Second Industrial Revolution and the prospect of continental war.
===== Gondwana Straits War =====
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==== People's Revolution ====
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