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.

At the same time as the begining of the Third Revolution, the people more amiable to a non-socialist liberal democracy declared the Grenedeneish Provisional Republic which would wage war against the GFFL backed GRA, and the Royalists before being taken over by the GRA in the City of Meagthtūn

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.

Parliamentarianism in Grenedene
Parliamentarianism in Grendene began during the 1500's, specifically in 1567, where the Grendeneish Kingdom began the process of establishing a House from which the Lords would be able to conduct their business, the Grenedeneish Parliament would have had its power grow after the Deposition of the Carrick Monarchy, where a House of Aristocrats would have been established. The Parliament would general split into two groups, the Royalists, a primarily conservative group and the Ruhhondenach, or Roughhands, which were the primarily liberal group in the Parliament.

With the aforementioned foundation of the House of Peasants, the Government found itself dominated by Royalists, and many attempts were made by the different Prime Ministers to underplay the protests and revolts of the period, while Parties that were against the Royalist faction were consistently larger as a whole, they were too split into different factions, to the point where only once did a Liberal Government form in the Kingdom's Parliament, however even then, the lack of unity meant that the over ten different left wing parties were always split in terms of their wishes.

The vote and parliamentary action began to be seen as rather useless at some point by the Grenedeneish populace, many left wing parties began to adopt abstentionist policies, alongside those parties of parliamentarianism in Tyrdene, who took a similar position.

By the point that the Royal Gendarmerie had fired upon protesters in the capital around half of the Parliament had began to meet up in their own assemblies around the nation, with the GFFL forming into what was known as Fearwittens, and Liberals establishing a Republickanachwitten, and the Tyrdeneish establishing the first National Dail of the Republic, these groups were the foundations from which the factions of the war formed.

The Industrial Revolution in Grenedene
The Industrial Revolution has had massive consequences on the Grenedeneish People, begining in the early 1800's with its exact date being contested, the Revolution massively raised Grenedene's economic output, population size, poverty rate, and wealth difference, Aristocrats and Nobles were the only people in society that were given the chance to form their own businesses, and large swaths of land were given away to foreign companies that they felt could increase the prosperity of the country, wide-scale suffering ensued and many people were forced into new industrial home complexes, while nobles who created industrial businesses were able to continue their practices of serfdom upon the majority of the population up until the late 1890's when the Government began to repent out of fear of conflict.

The Revolution eliminated the power of the Tyrdeneish Clans, and Tyrdeneish lords lost many of their privilege's, their culture was devalued as the Government began to take back older policies from the 1700's demanding all official decrees to be written in both Grenedeneish and Tyrdeneish, and by the 1860's, Tyrdeneish Polytheism was finally and entirely banned, with its religious institutions being taken over by the reformed establishment in Grenedene, Tyrdene remained largely rural during this time, but in its cities the same industrial slog that could be seen in Grenedene began to see commonality in cities such as Ballynary

The wage of almost every worker was little to none, serfs, who lived as slaves of the land had suffered even more than the average worker, with them receiving in all cases no pay, and in industrial conditions had gained nothing over than food, and housing, conditions were so bad that the foreign investors had only to offer pay to groups of peasants in order to get relatively free labor.

Formation of the Fearwitten
The Fearwitten, or Peoples Council would have been formed shortly after the Kartior Point Massacre, acting as the provisional national Government for Grendene, its foundation would be seen as the last step towards the Revolutions, with trust in the Royalist Authority finally at an all time low, the Fearwitten and the GFFL with it would have declared the time for a Peoples Republic, and the GRA swore an oath of loyalty to the new Fearwitten, which would have provided the new government witha means to fight a war, war which would begin with an attempt by Royalists to take the Fearwitten assembly building, an action that would result in failure.

Causes in Tyrdene
The Tyrdeneish Kingdoms were the entities of Tyrdene which ruled as independent state entities within the area now known as Tyrdene, they spoke Tyrtongue and followed Tyrdeneish Law, these Kingdom's were ran by the Tyrdeneish Clans who themselves had small families that formed them known as, these people were in a constant state of conflict with each other over the title High King of Tyrdene, as well as with foreigners over their own independence, with a constantly moving power struggle over the Roch an Ben Bothan, which held a important political, cultural, and religious role in Tyrdene.

The Nation was brought under Grenedeneish rule primarily by the use of a common enemy which brought the Grenedeneish and Tyrdeneish together, the invaders from [INSERT INVADER], who were seen as the most important and valid threat who needed unity to destroy, and proved to be an enemy which was possible to drive from Grenedene.

From the point of unification, the Tyrdeneish were under the control of a very constricting monarchy, which very rarely thought for their language, needs, or religion. In 1658, conflict broke out in the entire kingdom, as Sæn III, the King of Grenedene at the time began ordering the conversion of several areas in Tyrdene which still practiced their old polytheistic faith, this went against promises made by King Osƿeald I in his early reign, where the Tyrdeneish leadership were the only figures allowed to make decisions on their regions religion, immediately the Tyrdeneish rose in what was known as the Early Rising, shortly followed by the Grenedeneish, who were sick of the position of King Sæn III on foreign trade, and his insistence on high tariffs which left the ports of the nation empty of merchants and ships, it was at this point, during the deposition of the Carrick Monarchy that a Tyrdeneish family, the House of Muire rose to prominence and took control of the throne of Grenedene.

By the 1920's Tyrdene was facing years of movements by nationalist groups, such as the old Tyrdeneish Parliamentary Party, which was dominated by Tyrdeneish lords who supported a dual monarchy, however, the growing Tyrdeneish Nationalist Brotherhood, formed in 1874, had seen itself become more powerful through underground means and its grip into the Tyrdeneish regiments, which would allow it in the time shortly after the begining of the revolution to have full independence.

Qiladan
The Qiladan Sultanate almost immediately declared the Grenedeneish Front for Constitutionalism was a threat to world peace, and the then sultan, Atfih el-Amir, refused to recognize the revolutions as legitimate. Qiladan subsequently supplied the royalists with weapons and volunteer medics, while threatening to embargo the country if it were to "fall to socialism". After the end of the revolutions, el-Amir's government blockaded any shipments to and from the Grenedeneish Peoples Republic. Many speculate that el-Amirs later assassination had some connection to the Grenedeneish embargo, as both events happened in the same month as 1938. Qiladan and its following sultans would maintain the embargo with Grenedene until the 1961 Karthian Revolution.

The passenger ship Shamal was siezed by the Qiladan government and quickly renovated into a. Carrying 3,000 infantrymen, the Shamal was to set off north towards Grenedene to supply the royalists with volunteers, but during its voyage, the ship accidentally stuck a rock and sank in the Kerys Sea. All crewmembers perished in the sinking of the Shamal. The Imperial Qiladan Air Force had more success overall, as they were able to safely send their aircraft into royalist controlled territory and began several bombing campaigns over republican strongholds. It is estimated that over 130+ Qiladan aircraft participated in the Poppy Revolution, with 40 being successfully shot down by the end of the conflict.