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==Background==
Since 1880, the Kingdom of Volkia had been experiencing severe economic stagnation and increasing social unrest between the various social classes. The harvest of 1885 exacerbated things, as it was a massive failure due to an outbreak of {{wp|stem rust}} that devastated the country's cereal crops. Famine spread quickly throughout the country and {{wp|food riots}} grew in both size and frequency. The [[1885 Volkgoroda food riot|largest of these riots]] took place in [[Volkgoroda]] on
It was becoming increasingly difficult to feed the kingdom's army due to the food shortages, resulting in large numbers of disaffected soldiers who began siding with the peasantry and joining in on the riots. Members of Parliament began speaking out against the monarchy, with some beginning to encourage the removal of King [[Yuri IV]] by May 15, 1885.
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