Salovian Civil War: Difference between revisions

For most of Salovian history, unity and order was maintained through the existence of the [[Boliari]], a collection of influential individuals from the various ruling classes whose personal interests (be it commercial, political, or otherwise) relied on the existence of Salovia and most importantly the uninterrupted connection between the northern and southern coastlines of Aurora, Salovia's most important geopolitical asset that was first realized with the absorption of the Melit'hasa Kingdom. Barring a few periods of instability, the Boliari and the Salovian Monarchs held the nation together. This stability would permanently fracture with the advent of the Era of Unrest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the [[Posolic Wars]] marking the shift away from a unified nation and thea driftdrifting towards aethnic, collectionregional, of uniqueand cultural identitiesnationalist movements. Though the Grand Republic eventually coalesced into a working replacement for the monarchy and the Boliari, the cultural differences first instilled during the [[Salovia#Salovian Interregnum|Salovian Interregnum]] had been magnified during the Era of Unrest, resulting in an irreversible cultural drift that was exacerbated by the unpopular involvement of Salovia in the [[Auroran Imperial War]]. Additionally, the outsized influence of Baykalian individuals in Salovian politics further complicated the efforts towards maintaining national unity.