Poppy Revolutions

The Poppy Revolutions, (Grenedeneish: An Poipín Ūpristan / An Poipín Ūpꞃiꞅꞇan) were a series of Revolutions in the Kingdom of Grenedene following the 1916 Protests aimed initially at major constitutional reform across the entire Kingdom responding to grievances that had come from years of abuse faced by the majority of the population since the onset of the Industrial Revolution in Grenedene, particularly relating to suffrage, the role of the monarchy, and the existing class divide between the peasantry, aristocrats, nobility, and the clergy which had defined Grenedeneish politics since the 17th century, the revolutions ended in the collapse of the Kingdom of Grenedene, the destruction of the Tyrdeneish National Army and the establishment of the Peoples Republic of Grenedene as the sole responsible government across the entirety of Grenedene and Tyrdene by 1939.

The First Poppy Revolution began in 1928 and was lead by the Grenedeneish Front for Constitutionalism, organized and fought primarilly in the rural parts of the country, with its goal being the equalization of the vote, and the establishment of the first constitution in Grenedeneish history, replacing the Cyng’s Kartoir of 1658, and unifying the House of Aristocrats with the House of Peasants, which gave the lower classes a much more amplified voice, and even enabled them to succeed in some votes in the Parliament, and the vote of women contributing in elections for the first time in Grenedeneish history.

However, even with these reforms the Grenedeneish peasantry fought for more rights, however the Grenedeneish government remained dominated by the Grenedeneish King's League, a monarchist and conservative political party which took advantage of the disunity of liberal and socialist groups in the House of Peasants and Aristocrats to destabilize and discredit the democratic process, something which resulted in the short-lived Second Poppy Revolution, during which many new socialist parties began to form in the urban centers, and Tyrdeneish Nationalist groups began to make proclamations and demands for a duel monarchy, threatening separation.

The government listened to the demands of the people once more, however in 1935, foreign investors who had a major role in the industrialization and the economy of the nation began to demand that the government take a step back on its promises of giving special attention to the rights of workers, with a limited hour work week and demanded breaks, immediate outrage was felt in the country after the government accepted these demands and began to poise the police in the Kingdom to stop protests.

The 1936 Kartoir Point Massacre, during which many peaceful, laborites and even some monarchist protesters, such as religious leaders Shoimnaruck dal Eagorm was the point of no return for the Government, as the Royal Gendarmerie of Grenedene, otherwise known as the “Reudhcauttenach” or “Redcoats” fired upon protesters. Almost immediately another revolt began, lead by the now unified Grenedenach Fear Fiorsosializtach Liga, known also as the Grenedeneish Peoples’ League for True Socialism or, more commonly and accurately the Grenedeneish Peoples' League of True Socialists, who formed the Grenedenach Republickanach Airm, otherwise known as the Grendeneish Republican Army, a union of the Grenedeneish Red Army and the Grenedeneish Volunteers, two physical force republican groups belonging to the Grenedeneish Peoples' League of True Socialists and the Grenedeneish Republican Brotherhood respectively.

The Grenedeneish Republican Army would have immodestly become a force in Iarlatūn, and effectively became the sole Government in the region, while in Eagorm, the Grenedeneish Royal Army took point, the Grenedneish religious establishment declared the revolution to be a heresy against the Reformed State in Grenedene, the phrase used to describe the regime of Reformed Kaurissem in the Kingdom of Grenedene.

In Tyrdene at the same time as the revolt in Grenedene, the Tyrdeneish Nationalist Brotherhood declared the formation of a Tyrdeneish National Republic in the capital at Ballynary which gained the support of the Tyrdeneish Regiments of the Grenedeneish Royal Army who swore oaths to defend the Tyrdeneish National Republic at all costs, wage a war of succession from Grenedene, a cause which only excluded the 45th Highland Regiment, which declared its loyalty to the Peoples Republic.

With support from Arsytia, the Grenedeneish Republican Army, lead by the Leader of the GFFL, Oswald Dalcassian, were able to take Eagorm after two years of brutal war across the entire country, the King and his Government fled to exile in Saesland, with the Government in exile ending all pretenses of rule over Grenedene in 1950 and dissipating by 1955, while in Grenedene, the Republican Army would move to assist the 45th which had existed as a partisan brigade fighting the dominant Tyrdeneish National Army, upon entry into the area, the GRA would be forced to adopt a counterinsurgency set of tactics, however, by 1939, upon capturing the Tyrdeneish Government and executing their president, the area finally fell under the rule of the Peoples Republic of Grenedene, ending the Poppy Revolutions.