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In the early-mid 20th century many left wing groups had consolidated into the Noroist Peoples Liberation Party, a Noroist organisation with significant Marxist, Syndicalist and Anarchist wings, which had many members and sympathetic parties within the Kuesla party and the defence force. Over time it quietly gained significant control over the legislature, and used it to promote military expansion with the ultimate strategic goal of supporting a unilateral declaration of independence from Morstaybishlia. Advice and financial support was lent to the group from several sympathetic foreign nations including Ethalria and [[East Cerdani]], bolstering its capabilities and providing safe havens for its members. 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, but narrowly avoided conviction. 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.
[[File:Taurus 1 MBT in Staynes 1972.jpg|left|thumb|270px|An Axdelian Taurus 1 MBT holding position near Monnedura, a small town in Corstania Province during the [[Auroran Imperial War]].]]
By the late 1950's, the counterculture movement emerged across Aurora as a response to established norms, and with it, and increased number of protests and riots within Axdel, predominantly in the Emberwood and Quartz fern regions. Using it as cover for their activities, the NPLP and other groups became significantly more prolific, especially in higher education and universities. With public opinion becoming critical, [[Ian Crowcasa]] stated in a private cabinet meeeting 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 and trusting the, Crowcasa approved a boost to defence spending that including a sizeable subsidy for the the ADF, believing that boost would allow any local unrest to be dealt quickly and independently, as well as to provide 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 covertly 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 as lost or damaged before being hidden in warehouses, hangars and drydocks by non-military personnel.
In the early hours of December 14th 1969, the NPLP initiated the long-planned coup, with trusted contacts in the Kuesla party taking control of the legislature by force and ordering the loyal sections of the ADF to mobilise, bombing major highways and railways leading into Staynes and South Staynes. Whilst relatively quick and bloodless, the NPLP's leader Winston Ulysses was assassinated, leaving vice commandant Kiet Narvga to lead the reorganisation of Axdels government and armed forced, and to finish taking control of the dominion. By the turn of the year initial Morstaybishlian attempts to retake the region had failed, and he declared the Noroist Republic of Axdel an independent nation, at this point having ''de facto'' control all of the Dominion except portions of the West coast beyond the Auric Mountains.
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