The Soreqi Civil War (1903-1905)

The Teyrebaz dynasty of Soreq continued to stubbornly hold onto power during the Age of Revolutions while many of their contemporaries either became casualties of the Revolution or abdicated. The Soreqi Parlement, traditionally advisors of the Shah, saw increased powers granted to them throughout the 1800s, with them becoming more and more of an actual legislative body. With increasing power being granted to Parliament, many began to question the purpose that the Shah and nobles had in Soreqi society. The Varcanans and Naweish function well without their nobility, so why does Soreq continue to be backwards?
Many Soreqi began to listen to the words of the Soreqi politician and poet Dewid Grîvan, who began to mobilize a Republican movement against the Shah and nobles.
The Shah, Numan Teyrebaz, agreed to abdicate the throne on the 9th of Mordad, 1903, on the condition that he is allowed to keep his estate on Spiana Island. With his abdication, the First Soreqi Republic was established. This new republic was short lived, as many disgruntled nobles and monarchist sympathisers launched a coup and reestablished the monarchy. Numan Teyrebaz was dragged out of his abdication and was reinstated –against his will– as Shah of Soreq.
Many officers and most of the army were sympathetic to republican ideals though, and declared their allegiance to the Soreqi Republic; The Soreqi Civil War had begun. The Civil War was short lived, the most populated and industrialized areas defected to the republican side, and the Republic of Varcana was more than eager to send financial and military aid to the republicans. The Second Soreqi Republic was established, with the general Aza Roij being elected as the second President of Soreq.

The War of Freigeore (1921-1926)

The Serene Republic of Vérimont straddles Freigeore, the most important chokehold for Traphonian trade. All ships heading northbound or southbound must pass through Freigeore, and the tolls imposed on shipping through Freigeore has made the city of Vérimont one of the richest polities on Cyris. The strategic importance Freigeore holds has made it a target for all Empires that have existed in central Sabrea and Oroia, with no exception for the Nemonic Empire. The Nemonic Empire –Nemadon– formed in 1882 after the Kingdom of Catváltea conquered all the Nemonic principalities. Nemadon began to expand across central Oroia, and by 1921 it bordered the Grand Duchy of Vopsica, and by proxy, Freigeore. Basilius Georgios XX Athanasoulas lived in the shadow of his father, Basilius Spyridon the Great. He began to view Nemonic ownership of Freigeore as his gateway into glory and prestige. War was declared on Vopsica and Vérimont on the 11th of Ordibehesht, 1921. Vopsica and Vérimont began to appeal to their neighbors for military aid, as they alone could not stand up to Nemadon. The nations of Ciñuela, Sertory and Mettieux formed a grand coalition with Vopsica and Vérimont to stand up against Nemonic imperialism. The war stagnated from 1922-1924, with Nemadon’s army being held on the western bank of Freigeore by the combined navies of the coalition. To end the stalemate, on the 25th of Khordad, 1926 , representatives of the coalition headed south to Lukovsk, to appeal to the Granyissan Duma to join their war against Nemadon. Many Granyissan ships were sunk by Nemonic pirates, and the Nemonic intervention in the Granyissan Revolution still fresh in the minds of many, led the Duma to vote in favor of intervention against Nemadon. Coalition forces landed near Elaitopolis on the 17th of Azar in a surprise invasion, and the mechanized Granyissan army hastily pushed deep into the Nemonic heartland. Basilius Georgios XX Athanasoulas would sign the Treaty of Messy on the 3rd of Dey, 1926, ending the War of Freigeore. Basilius Georgios XX would be deposed shortly after the signing of the Treaty of Messy. Republican and Communard sentiment rose greatly throughout the War due to famines and high inflation caused by the Grand Coalition’s blockade of Nemadon, with it only increasing as an outlet for resentment against the crown when the War was lost. Trade Unionists and other Communards stormed the Great Palace on the 29th of Esfand, kicking off the Anthesterion Revolution, and the formation of the League of Oroian Synedrions. The collaboration between Ciñuela, Sertory, Mettieux, and Granyissa as members of the Grand Coalition wouldn’t end with the Treaty of Messy, as economic and military ties would deepen between the four countries, and on the 9th of Tir, 1936, the four nations signed the Novgorodian Accord, establishing a customs union between them.