Vinlander Civil War

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Vinlander Civil War
Part of Great War
Date1917-1920
Location
Result

Monarchist Victory

  • Øivind Austad I made King
  • Dissolvement of Vinland Parliament
  • Volinski exectued for treason
Independence of Visentorpe
Belligerents
Monarchist Forces Republican Forces
Commanders and leaders
Øivind Austad I Johan Volinski

The Vinlander Civil War was the final culmination of anti-republican sentiment and tensions arising between the Senate (led by Øivind Austad I) and the House of Commons (led by Johan Volinski). The final straw came after the Volinski Administration debated a bill to default on debt accrued during the Great War.

Background

On 3rd February 1917, President Volinksi proposed before the House a resolution and bill on defaulting on payments for any debt accrued between 1910 and the present day. The bill stipulated that the government could not tell when the war was going to be over, however, they knew that it would be ending soon. Volinski even went as far as declaring that "this would give a break to all members of society who have paid their way through the war." On 4th February, demonstrators stood outside of the the Parliament and demanded relief or exit from the War. Volinski's Opposition, Xathos and Vinland, announced that day that they would be withdrawing from the Nation Unity Coalition, and entering into formal Opposition to the proposed bill. After several hours of debate on the House floor, Volinski was called before the House to submit to Presidental Questions inquiring about the bill. Volinski refused citing more pressing matters, which only drove the Opposition to a more drastic measure. By the morning of 5th February, the leader of the Opposition, Oddmund Sundby, proposed Articles of No Confidence. The Speaker, as was procedure, put the bill up for debate first. Volinski refused to accept the Articles of No Confidence and elected to dissolve Parliament in a snap election. Sundby and his party did not take this move lightly, calling it "highly unconstiutional" and "breach of the fundamental powers of the Parliament." Demonstrations outside the Parliamentary building increased in numbers that day demanding Volinski resign and let the Parliament form a new government. His refusal to these calls, and the doubling down of his rhetoric, drove the nation to the start of the Vinlander Civil War.