Wingbardy

Wingbardy, officially the Kingdom of Wingbardy, is a nation on Griffonia. It is based directly off of Italy.
== History ==
=== Conquest by the Griffonian Empire ===
Wingbardy was conquered in 705 ALB by Grover I. Along with  Kingdom of Aquileia, its conquest marks the beginning of the Griffonian Empire.
For centuries, Wingbardy was the jewel in the Griffonian crown. One of the richest and most prosperous nations in the Empire, it was the envy of the north. However, scheming nobles in the capital of the Griffonian Empire were always looking to undermine it.
=== Secession ===
This came to a head in 971 ALB when King Gumberto died under suspicious circumstances whilst attending a party in Griffenheim. His son, the newly crowned King Garibald Talonuel III, demanded that the lords of Griffenheim and the Imperial Heartlands launch a full investigation into the incident, but his demands fell on deaf ears. In protest, Wingbardy officially seceded from the Empire, taking its former vassals of the  Duchy of Talouse, the  County of Francistria, and the  Barony of Arantiga.
This move would trigger the collapse of the Griffonian Empire. The collapse decimated the Empire's economy, and Wingbardy's economy along with it. A long and bloody war with the  Falcorian Queendom to unite the south won them their greatest city of Falcor, but at a terrible cost.
=== The Falcor War ===
The Falcor War started on the 28th of July 985. For years since independence, tensions between Falcor and Wingbardy had been rising over where exactly their border lies. Under the empire, there was a lot of blur between the borders, with citizens of each side living in towns and villages either side. Gradually both nations attempted to lock down what they saw as their border. This led to clashes between border guards on each side and riots in the border towns. Both sides, of course, blamed the other of encroaching on their territory and poured more troops in to try and secure the land.
On the 28th of July, fighting broke out between Wingbardian and Falcorian infantry regiments in the border town of Meranclawo. Both sides moved reinforcements into the battle. The battle spread out either side of the town. Before anyone knew it, Wingbardy was marching on Falcor.
By December, Wingbardy was at the gates of Falcor.
The war remained relatively stalemated with neither side gaining or losing significant ground until 24 October 987, when Falcor launched a counter offensive in the north at the Battle of Clawporett, which broke through the Wingbardian lines and sent the Wingbardian 2nd Army into a full route. Falcor troops poured across the border and pushed deep into Wingbardy nearly unopposed, only to come to a stop in November at the river Piumave which flooded heavily in a freak storm, most of the Wingbardian army having made it across just in time. This gave Wingbardy the chance it needed to dig in and reorganise. However, this advance left Wingbardy's left flank wide open to Falcor, and they preceded to take advantage of it.
However, the Wingbardians managed to halt the advance in the 3rd Battle of Asbolus Forest.
This lasted until 24 October 989 where Wingbardy launched an offensive all along the line. The Garibald Offensive, named after the king, managed to break through the demoralised and out of supply Falcorian lines and retake large amounts of land. The Falcor 1st Army entirely surrendered at the Battle of Garibald Gergamo (a town named after the King's grandfather). Francistria also joined the war on Wingbardy's side. Falcor quickly sorted an armistice that was signed on 11 November.
By that point, Falcor was in turmoil, at the mercy of Wingbardy, and the southern Jo-Jo islands seceded to join Sicameon.
=== Present Day ===
Economic decline, famine and political instability have left national unity low and radical factions vying for power. The fascist PNF lead by Giulio Beakolini and the communist PCW lead by Antonino Proletarino are drawing griffons from all walks of life to their cause as they offer an alternative to the ineffective governments of the past.
Beakolini, a silver-tongued, aggressive speaker speaks of his desire to make Wingbardy great again. A radical socialist at heart, he fell out with the first communist thinkers and decided to make his own party and ideology. Fascism, as he named it, was welcomed among the disenfranchised veterans of the Falcor war and the more conservative griffons left in despair over the economic crisis. Unhappy with the current political deadlock, he has announced a march on Karthin in an attempt to seize power from the elected government with popular support.
With the announced march drawing close, Antonino Proletarino and his communist followers have sworn to stop the fascists, and prevent their thuggery by any means necessary, even violence.
However, King Garibald Talonuel III still holds power and most of the nation is on his side. It is he who has the final say in how his nation goes. Whether they side with the fascists, or crackdown on both radical parties, the future of Wingbardy is in his talons.
=== Prime Minister Beakolini ===
When he was Elected Prime Minister of Wingbardy (due to a coup named the March of Karthin) he invaded Abyssinia, twice. He than brought Wingbardy into the Syndicate War against the Dramatica Syndicate.
== Historical Leaders ==
*Only the known ones
=== Monarchs ===
# Gumberto I
# Garibald Talonuel III
=== Prime Ministers ===
# Gallo Ventriglio
# Giulio Beakolini
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