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In the early-mid 20th century many left wing groups consolidated into the Noroist Peoples Liberation Party, a Noroist organisation of Marxists and anarchists which had many members and sympathetic parties within the Kuesla party and defence force. Over time it gained significant control over the legislature, and used it to promote military expansion with the ultimate goal of a unilateral declaration of independence from Morstaybishlia. Advice and financial support was lent to the group from Ethalria and [[East Cerdani]], bolstering its capabilities during the earlier years. Despite this, police action against the organisation caused a large amount of trouble. Several key members including Kiet Narvga and Darius Finch were arrested in 1963 after being found complicit in a money laundering scheme for the party. Whilst the police knew of the NPLP, a lack of resources meant they could not possibly undo it or any other radical organisation. Thus a militant paranoia was fostered amongst the police force which lead to violent crackdowns on suspected revolutionary activity. A popular counterculture emerged from this which quickly spread across the continent, and the NPLP thrived in the resulting environment.
With public opinion becoming critical, [[Ian Crowcasa]] privately stated in 1964 that a violent uprising in Axdel would "certainly occur within the next few years", and that it would tip the balance of power on the continent dangerously towards Ethalria. As a stop-gap solution to mitigate the effect any uprising would have on the empires control of the region, Crowcasa approved a boost to defence spending that including a sizeable subsidy for the the ADF. This was so that local unrest could be more easily dealt with without the armed forces needing to divert much of its forces, as well as aid in defending from potential Ethalrian naval assaults. In the following years, production of arms and war materiel ramped up, reservist numbers increased more than fourfold, and many more officers were trained in preparation for the number of soldiers which were expected to form the new Noroist Army. In order to hide the stockpiles of arms, much of what was produced officially written off before being hidden in warehouses, hangars and drydocks. This concealed the true amount of firepower the ADF truly had from the Morstaybishlian government.[[File:Narvga.jpg|thumb|253x253px|Kiet Narvga as commandant of Noroist Axdel in 1970|alt=|left]][[File:KCDF ready to have fun 2.jpg|thumb|
In the early hours of December 14th 1969, the NPLP's leader Winston Ulysses initiated the long-planned coup, ordering the ADF to mobilise, bombing major highways and railways leading into Staynes and South Staynes. As day broke, the ADF declared that the Noroist Peoples Liberation Party was the legal government of the principality, and began rounding up non-loyal governors from each province, imprisoning or executing them. By midday they had successfully secured the Morstaybishlian colonial government buildings in a coup d’état. However several areas were still in considerable disarray, in which pockets of ADF forces loyal to the Morstaybishlian Empire continued fighting for several days. Soon though, they had all had either surrendered or been destroyed. However, it was during this time that Winston Ulysses was shot and killed by an empire loyal lone wolf assassin from within the party ranks.
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