Bloodless Revolution

== Build Up To Revolt In The PSDRB ==
Over the course of the PSDRB's existence the relationship in between the common citizens and Supreme Leaders Ballistic3iscuit and Kushka slowly began to wax and wane. Even some of those in the high command slowly beginning to lose faith in the leadership. To list all of the events that led up to the first revolt would be nearly impossible but it was mainly a combination of dissatisfaction, unintentional isolation, lack of reform, Supreme Leader Kushka’s disappearance with no explanation, and a direct result of Supreme Leader Ballistic3iscuit’s absolutist leadership.
In particular unintentional isolation caused many problems on both sides as the lower classes of society were mostly new immigrants who were unaware of international politics and how things worked. It is important to remember that all involved had their own motives, not one story was alike and for a very long time the revolution had no primary motivating goal aside from just “power change.” Along with these things there were many events and incidents which further led to push people closer and closer to revolt: The UBSR joining Viodoxa, The "perceived aggression" of every nation around Braznichiya, and the "Can of Spam" Incident.
=== The "Can of Spam" Incident ===
The "Can of Spam" Incident was a particularly strange series of events. On July 17th 2021 for unknown reasons several foreign diplomats from various different nations began to crowd into the public communications center of Braznichiya and began filling the airwaves with absolute nonsense, jokes at Braznichiya’s expense and overall disrespect. The public begged for the high command to make the foreign diplomats stop but due to Supreme Leaders Ballistic3iscuit’s and Kushka’s absolutist leadership the high command could not do anything. And to make matters even worse Ballistic3iscuit and Kushka were not even present to stop it. This event was perceived as the final straw and led a portion of the high command to side with the people. This led to the first revolt.
== The First Revolt ==
The first revolt began on July 17th 2021 when several members of the high command begin to conspire against Ballistic3iscuit, at first just to cause some type of reform but as soon as it became clear that Ballistic3iscuit was going to try and hold on to power as much as possible it's slowly evolved into a massive revolt.
The entire event lasted less than a few hours with a large majority of Braznichiya’s population taking part in the event, even the UBSR came out to briefly denounce Supreme Leader Ballistic3iscuit. Seeing threats from inside and outside, Ballistic3iscuit chose to make a deal with Arch Dutchie of Frosmyre. In return for helping him keep in power, Braznichiya would become a part of Frosmyre. This particular move both enraged the public but also put an end to the first revolt. The members of the high command who joined the revolt had a choice to make, either they were to rejoin and be forgiven or be thrown out of power, some didn't even have a choice. In particular OgCrafted and the Minister of Foreign Affairs were thrown out.
But little did anyone know at the time this would set the foundations for the Bloodless Revolution.
== The Bloodless Revolution and The BRP ==
It began shortly after The First Revolt. A citizen of Braznichiya known as Shark0121 slowly came to many of the other citizens and those who took part in the revolt and came to gain their support. To quickly unify them all, another citizen known as Trash_Wizard_ opened his own private communications center and began to form plans with Shark0121. OgCrafted and Shark0121 also joined together and begin forming The Braznichiyan Revolutionary Party (The BRP) and the foundations of what would become Novareach.
As the BRP slowly began to gather resources and recruits, some of them began to reach out to other nations in an attempt to get allies. Eventually they managed to get in contact with the UBSR who promised to supply them with resources weapons and almost anything else they needed besides actual troops. Many other members of the BRP began to contact mercenaries and anyone else they could to bolster their ranks. Shark0121 announced that the revolution would start on 8pm (EST) Thursday the 22nd of July, but later on postponed it to the 23nd of July at 11pm (EST). Despite this slight delay, things were looking good.
=== The Battle For The Red Jewel ===
The Battle For The Red Jewel was a chaotic mess. Braznichiya was caught completely off-guard and had less than an hour to prepare. BRP troops waited patiently, but unfortunately many of them were delayed during the transport phase and many of them didn't even arrive before the end of the battle, if they even arrived at all. Braznichiya also suffered from the exact same issue. The battle itself was delayed by an hour. Shark0121 continued to communicate with the rest of his troops but suddenly disappeared into the forests, never to be seen alive again (he was banned).
Trash_Wizard_ arrived to the battle and gave a quick inspiring speech but he ended up being dropped deep behind enemy lines without any weapons or armor. During his journey towards the front lines he was confronted by Ballistic3iscuit and one of his guards. Trash_Wizard_ posed as a loyalist civilian and managed to convince Supreme Leader Ballistic3iscuit to go on a nearly hour-long wild goose chase in order to find “Trash_Wizard_’s missing bed.” The missing bed actually did exist but whether or not Trash_Wizard_ meant to distract him or genuinely lost it is unknown. It did not stop Ballistic3iscuit’s guard from slashing Trash_Wizard_ with a sword out of frustration though.
After hearing about Shark0121's death, morale quickly broke and the BRP began to retreat. This ended the battle. No arrows were fired, and only a single sword was drawn in anger.
So what happened? How was the BRP defeated? Well for one it certainly didn't help that they had absolutely no battle plans and organization was poor at best. Secondly, despite everything almost no troops actually arrived to participate. Thirdly, even though the UBSR promised to supply the rebellion, the BRP never saw any of it. But the final nail in the coffin was that The Battle For The Red Jewel was declared illegal supposedly by the gods themselves.
=== Aftermath of The Battle For The Red Jewel ===
Despite the disaster that was The Battle For The Red Jewel the BRP learned from their mistakes. If they had any chance of winning they had to play this war unconventionally. Trash_Wizard_ and OgCrafted quickly began to reorganize, some say they were partially guided by the spirit of Shark0121. They plan to strike again on August 5th 2021. They quickly began to gather even more resources, recruit even more members, hire more mercenaries, and train relentlessly. Also during this time the BRP also began to form alliances with several other factions. Trash_Wizard_ began to formulate several battle strategy and several other projects. They knew that it wouldn't be easy, especially if Frosmyre joined in. Nitro1184 in particular began to prepare many different strategies to deal with a counteroffensive. And then there was Operation 4:08 Laser Baby.
==== Operation 4:08 Laser Baby ====
Operation 4:08 Laser Baby was a massive counterintelligence program devised by Trash_Wizard_ which started just a day after The Battle For The Red Jewel. The operation included a fake public communications platform which would be used to feed false information about the revolution directly to Braznichiya and Frosmyre while also serving as a recruitment platform. The fake public communications platform was known as The Party of Independence but was informally known as the Fly Trap. Roughly seven people took part in the operation.
This was the recruitment ads used by "The Party of Independence":
"People of Rathnir! You have been lied to by a puppet! The People's Socialist Democratic Republic of Braznichiya has been annexed without the consent of its people, given on a silver platter to those who wish to use us! The people of Braznichiya have been betrayed by a dictator by disguise! The dictator of Braznichiya believes that they can control the Rebellion that has sprouted underneath them. But they have underestimated our will to fight for our existence!
And we need you! The people need you! The Party of Independence needs you! Join now and fight against the tyrant!" 
This operation also had the unintended effect of breaking the unintentional isolation which had plagued the revolution since even before The First Revolt.
== Treaty of Nephrdyr ==
In the final stages of the Bloodless Revolution K31Z, The Heir to the Archduke of Frosmyre arrived at the “Fly Trap's” communication station suddenly without any warning at 4am EST on July the 28th. The Operators in the station at the time were are understandably shocked and immediately contacted the leaders of the BRP. It turned out that K31Z had arrived to actually discuss a peace treaty, He had actually presented the exact same treaty to Shark0121 shortly before the Battle For The Red Jewel however Shark0121 chose to ignore it at the time. In response K31Z chose to give the BRP one last chance for peace. The treaty he gave the BRP became known as the Treaty of Nephrdyr.
This is a rough retelling but the treaty was essentially this: The revolutionaries would be given a plot of land which they can govern however they wish and and they would essentially have almost complete and total Independence however the nation that they would build would still be a part of Frosmyre and they would not be able to declare war without Frosmyre's permission, plus the revolution had to end.
The Treaty of Nephrdyr was obviously controversial with the BRP however the majority of people did actually support it. A public referendum was supposed to see if the BRP should accept the terms of the treaty. The treaty passed through the public referendum with a 4 to 1 vote. The Bloodless Revolution was over. Only one battle was “fought,” not a single arrow was fired and only one sword was drawn.
So in the end, who won The Bloodless Revolution? Well it's fair to say the Arch Dutchie of Frosmyre definitely did win, they managed to peacefully resolve a revolt without really losing anything. But what about the BRP? This is where things get complicated. They didn't become completely independent but they still managed to gain their independence from the PSDRB. But at the end of the day Ballistic3iscuit still does rule over Braznichiya. It would be fair to say that no one truly "lost." Well except Trash_Wizard_, he lost his bed during the conflict.
== The Opposing Perspective ==
As the Supreme Leader, I would like to share my perspective, opinions, and counterarguments on the events mentioned beforehand.
# It is stated that many citizens and even government officials were not satisfied with how me, Kushka (the other Supreme Leader), and RoboticAuthor17 (the Head of Senate at the time) were leading the country, however, we received little to no feedback on what changes people wanted to see.
#It is stated that I had an absolutist leadership. This is simply not true. I share power with the other Supreme Leader (Kushka) and the Head of Senate who is elected democratically.
#OOC: I now realize that not giving anyone except me and Kushka permission wasn't a good idea. I did this, however, because I did not want people to abuse their power. It's evident that I shot myself in the foot with this poor decision.
#I strongly recommend those interested in a more unbiased opinion read the following wiki article (specifically the section labeled "The Great Schism") The People's Socialist Democratic Republic of Braznichiya#The Great Schism
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