Second Packilvanian Civil War
| Second Packilvanian Civil War | |||||
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 Map of Packilvania | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Packilvanian Communist Party | Carriers of Mercy | ||||
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| Units involved | |||||
| Warriors of Mercy | People's Liberation Army | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 15,250,000 | 18,780,000 | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 3,400,000 | 2,890,000 | ||||
The Second Packilvanian Civil War (Packilvanian: luJaheed luDusht luMawan meShabil aBakhilfaniya) was a military conflict between the Carriers of Mercy and the Packilvanian Communist Party that lasted from 1975 to 1985. The war began with the Declaration of Lehasa in Shakar whereby the Carriers formally seceded from the PCP. Aided by defections from the paramilitary forces of the Population Control Commissariate under Amhoud Bedon and People's Liberation Army (the PCP's military wing and the country's armed forces at the time), the Carriers launched a ten-year campaign that saw them gradually take over most of the country, with its leader being crowned the Amhoud I, Sultan of Packilvania by Supreme Magister Tawak VII at the Temple of the Restoration in Adrien.
Due to the first and only documented combat use of strategic nuclear weapons on a domestic target (the city of Ashmayira in Iganar) against the advice of the Political Bureau of the PCP which failed to kill Amhoud I and defeat the Carriers, the PCP arrested and executed Paramount Leader Thawal Yaladir and prepared for peace talks with the Carriers. The war ended with the Peace of Bingol that resulted in the dissolution of the PCP and the Carriers of Mercy and the formation of the Constitutional Assembly of Packilvania which drafted and passed the Constitution of Packilvania (which is today the highest law of Packilvania) which reformed the country into a theocratic absolute monarchy under the rule of the Bedonite dynasty and the Magisterium of Paxism.
Background
The Packilvanian Communist Party had dethroned the Demirite dynasty in 1917 following the First Packilvanian Civil War. From then, Packilvania was ruled as a one-party autocratic dictatorship. The PCP administered policies that severely restricted Packilvania's trade with the outside world. The PCP adopted policies aimed at curtailing the influence and proliferation of Paxism, the religion of Packilvania for 6,000 years and the influence of its central institution, the Magisterium of Paxism, and religion in Packilvania more broadly.
In the mid-20th century, the party pursued a policy of ethnic cleansing that resulted in a genocide against minority species especially humans, that was described as the largest genocide in history. The party repressed culture and destroyed historic monuments and artefacts. In the 1960s, the collapse of commodity prices and the cumulative effects of economic mismanagement over many decades led to high levels of inflation, corruption, poverty, famine, and political instability. The party suffered from internal disunity that saw sometimes violent infighting between different factions.
Prelude
In the 1960s, the General Secretary of the PCP, Amhoud Bedon, the Commissar for Population Control, orchestrated the establishment of a charitable unit of the PCP Youth League called the Carriers of Mercy. The Population Control Commissariate controlled a paramilitary force and quasi-intelligence agency of over 2 million members. It was responsible for identify, arresting and killing none Felines and imposing restrictions on religious communities. It became the most powerful agency in the country besides the People's Liberation Army.
The Carriers of Mercy's stated mission was to facilitate philanthropy within Packilvania and abroad. Over 28 million people volunteered to join the organisation, of which Amhoud Bedon was the head. With this large faction on his side, Amhoud Bedon played an increasingly important role in the political structures of the PCP. His support for candidates to positions within the party became increasingly important to rise in the ranks, giving him the status of a king-maker within the organisation. He used his power over the Carriers and the Population Control Commissariate to implant loyalists in various government and party structures. The Carriers of Mercy was able to raise money from donations and other sources as well as government funding, which led to a substantial war chest (which was also financed by commercial activities and money laundering).
The representatives and members of the Carriers of Mercy and loyalists of Amhoud Bedon began introducing policies that contradicted the hardline stance of the most leftist faction which in the 1960s coalesced around Thawal Yaladir and his cohort. The Yaladir faction of the party, being in government at the time, led a string of political, personal and physical attacks against the Carriers of Mercy and their interests to subvert their influence and undermine Bedon's political influence and prospects of replacing Yaladir as the General Secretary. In Lehasa, the Carriers signed and announced a Declaration to formally secede from the PCP which they declared an illegal organisation. This saw mass defections of members of the military and political classes.
Events
Start of the War
The Assembly of the Carriers of Mercy which consisted of representatives of its branches from across the country, passed Resolution 45 which made Amhoud Bedon, the Supreme Leader of the Carriers of Mercy, vesting him sole executive and military control over the organisation to coordinate its attack on and resistance to the PCP. As the Supreme Leader, Amhoud called a convention of other factions within the PCP that had defected as well as militant groups that were actively rebelling against the PCP. They signed the Declaration of Seerahel whereby they formally joined the Carriers of Mercy. Bedon declared the establishment of the Warriors of Mercy which was the military wing of the Carriers. It was formed from the amalgamation of the Population Control Commissariate, the rebel groups, military defectoes as well as the security wing of the Carriers of Mercy.
He gave himself the title and position of the Supreme Commander of the Warriors of Mercy with absolute control. He also established the Eyes of Mercy which was the internal security and intelligence wing of the Carriers of Mercy. It was formed from the defected intelligence agencies and was responsible for spying on members and rooting out opponents to Bedon. It also gathered intelligence for the Warriors of Mercy and spied on the PCP.
He established the Packilvanian Transitional Authority as the new government of Packilvania, which practically consisted only of the Carriers of Mercy. The PTA administered the territories which fell under the Carriers of Mercy including civilian functions.
Takeover of Shakar
Shortly afterwards, the Warriors arrested members of the PCP and PLA in Shakar who refused to join. They confiscated military hardware and took control of military installations. They overran the forces in Shakar and took control of the entire province within a few days. There were large rallies that attracted millions around the province in support of the Carriers. The Shakar Party Secretary, Iykhanid Doumab, signed a declaration handing over control of Shakar to the PTA. This was not recognised by the PCP which sent its military forces stationed in surrounding provinces to retake control of Shakar.
Takeover of Ashura
The PCP forces struggled to make much headway because of the unusually severe Harmattan season and subsequent rainy season around the south of Shakar that caused armour to get stuck in slimy and thick mud. The terrible weather lasted for a few months. This was accompanied by a locust plague and a blight of disease that attacked crops in the provinces of Ashura, causing a famine in the centre of the country that led to widespread civil unrest. The Carriers co-opted the protests and riots through infiltrating and supporting anti-PCP groups in Ashura. They used guerilla tactics such as ambushes, sabotage, assassinations and kidnapping to bring down the government in Ashura.
Despite the decade's long campaign against Paxism, Ashura remained a stronghold of the religion. Amhoud Bedon had his son, Namdun Bedon, married the daughter of the exiled Supreme Magister and head of Paxism, Mebri Mudawaheen. This marriage consecrated a political alliance between the Bedonite and Mudawaheen clans who enjoyed outsized influence in the Carriers and Magisterium respectively, that resulted in the Concordat between the Magisterium and the Carriers that saw the establishment of an alliance. The Magisterium yoked its forces and wealth to the Carriers. The Carriers vowed to restore the nobility of Packilvania and protect private property which saw the wealthy upper class of Packilvania who had left the country donate enormous sums of money and materiel to the Carriers.
This accumulation of resources resulted in the Carriers launching a conventional invasion of Ashura that saw the province fall to the Carriers after many years of fighting. Securing the holy cities of Adrien and Akas Aki was an important goal for the Carriers because of the immense symbolic value that these cities held in the hearts of Paxists.
Aftermath
The Carriers of Mercy, represented by Amhoud I, and the Packilvanian Communist Party, represented by Iman Erdahin signed the Agreement for Peace between the Carriers of Mercy and the Packilvanian Communist Party (luKhavnan aluSilam luidaween meKharir aluRaheem nadine luHizab luKomunishme aBakhilfaniya) in the city Bingol, which became known as the Peace of Bingol (luSilam aBingol). Iman Erdahin subsequently proposed a resolution to the National Peoples Congress (luKhneset luDomin ameShabil) that was passed with an overwhelming majority that formally brought the provisions of the agreement to effect. Amhoud I did the same, presenting the agreement as a resolution to be ratified by the Assembly of the Carriers of Mercy (luMijalis ameKharir aluRaheem). In both cases, both organisations agreed to dissolve themselves and transfer the running of areas under their authority to the Packilvanian Transitional Authority (luSuvraaniyat luDhukheenqasir aBakhilfaniya) and cede the power to pass a constitution to the Constitutional Assembly of Packilvania (luMijalis aluKhanon luBas aBakhilfaniya). They agreed to end all hostilities between their respective forces and to cede control over them to a new government as passed by the Constitutional Assembly.
The Constitutional Assembly consisted of two thirds representatives of the Carriers and a third representatives of the PCP. The Assembly passed the Constitution of Packilvania (luKhanon luBas aBakhilfaniya) which was the supreme law of Packilvania. It renamed the country to the Sultanate of Packilvania and created a three branch government under the Sultan of Packilvania which gave substantial political power to the Magisterium of Paxism and the Bedonite dynasty. The Constitutional Assembly became the first Parliament of Packilvania. The Carriers agreed to give amnesty to many members of the PCP, except for a few. Many political prisoners and prisoners of war were released. Civil servants were permitted to have to retain their employment. The People's Liberation Army and the Warriors of Mercy were dissolved and their structures and members were absorbed into the newly created Packilvanian Armed Forces. The intelligence agencies were dissolved and some of the members of the PCP intelligence agencies were absorbed into the State Security Agency but most were moved to the law enforcement agencies of Packilvania.
Legacy
The Imperial War and Genocide Museum was built in Bingol to commemorate the end of the war and to reflect on the genocide perpetrated by the PCP against the humans and other minorities. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (luKhomishayin aluSahih nadine luKibyamiyamayan) undertook a process of collecting and sharing information through analysing documents, physical artefacts and witness testimony about the war, building commemorative monuments, and processing applications for the restitution of assets or compensation for the loss of assets due to the war. In many cases, the funds were not paid out and many people's claims were rejected. Secondly, the body only had a narrow duration in which to do its work before being dissolved, leaving much of its work to disparate government departments. The war is cited by academics as enabling the largest wealth transfer in history, through the forcible expropriation by the Carriers and successors of properties and assets owned by Communists and their allies which saw among other things the Bedonite dynasty become the richest family in history through the Amhoud I Family Trust.