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==== Suvanization ====
The program of Suvanization was a failed attempt by the Suvan Empire to integrate Adelisia and the Western Provinces throughout the 19th Century. This was generally done through heavy-handed means at first, with the Slijk not granted the protection of the traditional rights and customs offered by the Vistari. Under Suvan rule, Slijk and Vistari culture were suppressed, further accelerating the exodus of those who had the means to migrate West, including scholars, artists and the descendants of the old land-owning elite, whose lands were to be granted to Suvan settlers to 'instil homogeny.' While the [[Ademarism|Ademarist]] Church was at first tolerated, attempts to convert the population via the restrictions made on [[Ademarism|Ademarists]] and the closing of Ademarist Schools en-masse was made in the 1820s, leading to the Adelisian Rebellion of 1823. While the rebellion failed to achieve independence for the Province, it forced the Suvan Empire to pass the Act of Unity and Communion, allowing the creation of an independent [[Vierism|Vierist]] Church - The Church of Western Suvania (CWS) - centred in Autern.
Some of the old Ademarist Schools became under the possession of the CWS, allowing a return to the teaching of [[W:Dutch language|Vistarian]] as well as Suvan, while others were converted to more secular institutions which taught in Suvan exclusively. In this, Adelisia echoed the old divides in spite of the attempts of the Suvan Empire, with the lack of options for the lower classes in Adelisia acting to enforce a linguistic divide between areas with bilingual and monolingual education, whilst the Slijk dialects remained as the language of the poor and working classes who could not afford or did not have access to local education. From the late 1850s, reforms began to be enacted to grant better education to the general populous, resulting in the end of any notions of the further Suvanization of Adelisa, with more and more schools adopting the bilingual system, including secular ones.
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==== Adelisia during the First Suvani War ====
When the First Suvani War began, and the Ademarist Republic of Autern was declared with much influence from the Church of Western Suvania, many of the Vistari-speaking Adelisians became enamoured with the cause of what they saw as their northern brothers, However, Adelisians were not so as inclined to join the revolt as the Auterners to the North, being far more divided ethnically and linguistically. This led to the provenance of movements not seeking secession or revolution, but rather seeking to use threats of such as a tool in leveraging more autonomy for Adelisia within the Khanate. This saw a wide range of concession granted to give Adelisia more autonomy in exchange for loyalty, culminating in the formation of the Mannenraad ''(Suvan: Eregtei Zovlol)'' or 'Men's Council', a regional legislative body which allowed franchise for all men over 16, regardless of wealth or faith.
The Mannenraad kept Adelisia relatively safe from the war, with a migration of Suvans from war-torn areas into the relative safety of the Autonomous Territory. The Church of Western Suvania began to fracture between those in Autern who were aligned with the secessionist movement and those in Adelisia who were more intent on reform due to the softer stance on Ademarists in the regional authorites. The church was divided in twain, between the Church of the Western Provinces and the Church of Adelisia. centring on Tsurgudbyerg and Adelkhota respectively.
=== The Army of Progress ===
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[[File:Adelisia.jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|Rodenian forces in South-Eastern Adelisia]]The '''October Conflict''', also known as the '''2020 Adelisian Border Conflict''', was a conflict between Upper and Lower Suvania over the line of occupation in the Adelisia region, it occurred after a minor skirmish between the Suvani People's Army and the Imperial Suvan Army was escalated into a swift invasion of the region by Upper Suvania. The conflict began on October 9th, when a Upper Suvani soldier reported to have been shot at by Lower Suvan forces, This claim has been given considerable criticism by a majority of independent sources, with the build-up of Upper Suvani military forces in the region, as well as the ACC Infiltration used to gain a military advantage in this conflict indicating a premeditated assault. As part of agreements made with the ACC, [[Rodenia|Rodenian]] troops supported the Lower Suvan defence considerably, however the ACC failed to fully bear the arms available as [[Vistaraland]], who had offered military support to Lower Suvania within the realms of the ACC, left the table after the offer was refused despite [[Rodenia|Rodenian]] pressure. This was due, in part, to the 1984 Adelia Agreement which defined the occupation borders that were currently being fought over. The Agreement stipulated that any Vistari military movement into Eastern Adelisia would result in war, and Khulan refused to renegotiate such, much to the annoyance of the other members of the ACC.
While Rodenia had a slight upper hand on the general proficiency of their troops in comparison to Upper Suvania, the decisive Communist victory came down to three factors. The first, and arguably most major, was the control of the skies, with the absolute destruction of the long neglected and generally outdated Suvan Imperial Air Force gave the People's Suvani Air Force incontestable air control of Eastern Adelisia, allowing them to provide close air support to fuel the momentum of their concentrated assaults in the first few days of the conflict. The second played much more of a role towards the end of the conflict, but it remained key due to its value in halting any [[Rodenia|Rodenian]] counterattack. The factor was more geographic than tactical, with the Upper Suvani forces much better suited and knowledgeable to relation to the local terrain of Adelisia, with the early capture of easily defendable positions in the Adelia ridge and along the Hëtzer river, making it almost impossible to dislodge without the sufficient force that the Suvan-Rodenian Forces couldn't muster. The last factor was a general disparity between the forces of Upper and Lower Suvania, with the latter comprising mostly of demoralized men from the East, with the few Adelisian troops the Imperial Army could muster prone to desertion and defection, a fact which had led to why the Lower Suvan forces did not comprise many locals. These men, fighting in lands that felt almost foreign to them and under a leadership they had generally grown progressively more resentful towards, were prone to scattering and disorganization against the superior Upper Suvani forces. Despite [[Kirk Santon|Santon]] himself taking head of the Rodenian forces, it was not enough to steady the defences of General Oiodv's forces, the Lower Suvan troops making piecemeal assaults at little gain. On the 15th of October, after nearly a week of fighting, Ukhnaagiin Khulan deemed it necessary to cut his losses as the two nations laid on the brink of a war Lower Suvania was not prepared for. Jasrai and Khulan met in the eastern sector of the City of Adelia (known to both as Adelkhota), forcing Khulan to reluctantly agree to a ceasefire on the new line of contact, renouncing his claim to
=== Stabilization of Fronts (September 2021-Present) ===
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