Pittilachter Tax Revolt

Pittilachter Tax Revolt
Part of Valerosan nationalist insurgencies and Tax resistance in Valerosa
Date	March 23, 1896–January 1904
Location	Zuid-Valerosa and Kayrenavia, Valerijk
Caused by	Agricultural Practices Act Increase in tax rates in Valerosa Lowering of tariffs on foreign foodstuffs
Goals	Repealing of new tax rates Abolition of the Agricultural Practices Act Protections for Valerosan agriculture
Methods	Tax resistance, riots, Looting of government property, Political assassination, Targeted animal attacks
Resulted in	Pacification of rebel forces, amendment to the Agricultural Practices Act and the devolution of Mosquito-wasp regulation
Parties to the civil conflict
Valerosan farmers Farmer's Union of Valerijk Valerosan People's Front Anti-Aelberhaven League Supported by: Free Democrats Anti-regulation dominion governments Government of Vercruna Government of Azombaast Government of the United Dominions Valerijk Emancipation Party United Dominions Police Forces Loyal Militia Organization Vistari Imperial Army (from 1903) Valerijk Pacification Brigade Supported by: Colonial Office GPF Pro-regulation dominion governments Government of Turksbai
Lead figures
Karlos Soria Lucas Valverde Lennart Hulsen Siert Burgos Michiel Saez Frederick Wilders
Casualties
Death(s)	1,218
Injuries	3,012
Arrested	~2,900

The Pittilachter Tax Revolt, colloquially referred to as the Pittilachter War or War of the Wasps, is the name for a series of riots and civil conflicts in colonial Valerijk, resulting from heavy regulations imposed by the 1896 Agricultural Practices Act. Lasting eight years, between the spring of 1896 and January 1904, the conflict remains the largest civil conflict in Valerijk following the Valerijkian Revolutionary War - causing more deaths than both the 1913 Kayrenter revolt and the Valerosan risings of 1910 and 1911.

Violence emerged primarily over attempts of federal tax officers to collect from Valerosan farmers at the new 1896 rate, as well as in attempts to enforce the Agricultural Practices Act by police. Encouraged by vocal opposition to the act by dominion governments in Vercruna and Azombaast, farmers would arm themselves and utilize their domesticated mosquito-wasps (Known as Pittilachters by the Vistari) to violently resist encroachment of law enforcement onto their property to inspect implementation of new farming standards and seize property for unpaid tax.

While disorganized at first, escalation by Valerijkian authorities would lead the farmers to coordinate resistance through a number of organizations. The Farmer's Union of Valerijk, which had strongly opposed many of the federal agriculture policies, had began to see itself evolve into an organization for correspondence between dissenters and the main political wing of the anti-tax movement. More militant groups would also emerge, coordinated by Valerosan nationalist figures who often had backing from the Free Democrats of Valerijk - such as the Valersoan People's Front and Anti-Aelberhaven League.

The conflict would eventually cause the Valerijkian government to call upon the Vistari Imperial Army to pacify Zuid-Valerosa in 1903, who utilized chemical irritants and better organization to force entry onto the lands of those who had continued to resist regulation, forcing the rebels to enter negotiations under the Farmer's Union of Valerijk. By early 1904, the violence had halted completely and limited concessions would be made by relaxing regulations imposed in 1896 and leaving policy on mosquito-wasps to dominion governments.