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====Aftermath of the Great War====
Despite the armistice, a formal state of war between the two sides persisted for another five months, until the signing of the Treaty of Ribenstadt on 8 December 1917. The treaty saw the official end of the war in Aurora. Whilst there was no official surrender, historians favour an Ethalrian and Salovian victory over Morstaybishlia in regards to the Auroran theatre of war because of the concessions that Morstaybishlia signed in the treaty. Ethalria receeded their forces north of the Bolvinian Plateau in exchange for annexing the historical provinces of Bro-Tewesac, Bro-Suode and Bro-Angwin in southern Kaltanezh.
The first Morstaybishlian election cycle and disagreements around the Axdelian peninsula delayed the signing of the treaty by three months. Ethalria demanded that it was their right to annex southern Axdel because they had de facto controlled swathes of it since 1911, and had even established the Republic of Korstazia as a puppet state ruled by the Axdelian-born General Sauwo Ñeya̋na. Orson Klarass refused this because an independent Axdel would likely align with Ethalria and make the already rescinding Morstaybishlian Empire far weaker on the continent. Later, Morstaybishlia would concede to a less severe offer. In exchange for returning Dragonia and the Indigo Isles to Ethalria, as well as granting the peninsula devolved autonomy, something that had never happened in Morstaybishlia; Ethalra agreed to withdraw their troops and support for the Republic of Korstazia. Without backing by Ethalria, Ñeya̋na’s government surrendered after a four month continuation war.
====Abolition of slavery====
[[File:HMS Gloucester (1909).jpg|left|thumb|225px|Morstaybishlian light-cruiser MBS ''Admiral Kutselm'' docked in Lights Bay Harbour, Bruzaka.]]
As the world evolved in the 19th and 20th centuries, many democratic nations abolished slavery and pressured the Morstaybishlian and Packilvanian Empires to do so. Owing to its incredible size and power in the 19th century and its absolute monarchy which had large capital interests and investment in the slave trade, the Morstaybishlian Empire did not abolish slavery until in November 1917, two months after the end of the Great War and the dissolution of Morstopackia. The nation saw huge social, economic and political reforms in 1917 as it transitioned from an absolute monarchy to parliamentary republic under constitutional monarchy; and later 1910s and 1920s.
====Great Depression====
====Colonial decline====
====Axdelian separatism to the Auroran-Imperial War====
[[File:Kiet Arrested.png|thumb|[[Kiet Narvga]] during his arrest in 1963]]
With the death of [[Thadeus I]] and the recession of Packilvania-Morstaybishlia relations, separatists veterans returning from the Great War to the Korstazian district of the Dominion of Axdel formed the Korstazian Republican Army. The small but organised group began attacking police stations and government buildings within several major cities in a minor bid to take control. The Dominions defence force proved insufficient to combat the group and so the Empire had to intervene, deploying directly within the cities to enforce the law and suppress the KRA until attacks ceased. The violence of the suppressive operation was incredibly well publicised, and in the time afterwards socialist newspapers in the region became significantly more popular, especially those promoting the indigenous, anti-imperial Noroist socialism. Inspired by the KRA, many separatist groups also broadened their ideological base and consolidated into larger groups with more manpower and resources.
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. More conspicuous equipment such as warships and planes was occasionally stored or even built in other countries. Whilst leaks inevitably occurred, they were few enough that this successfully concealed much of firepower the ADF truly had from the Morstaybishlian government for the critical years approaching their independence.
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.
With the close of the [[Auroran Imperial War]], Lyrevale, Emberwood Coast, and Quartz Fern Coast had seceded from Axdel. Every new nation had its independence guaranteed at the post-war Weyrcliff summit and were officially recognised as separated from the Morstaybishlian Empire.
====From secession to union====
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