Federation of Lesser Alteniquia

The Federation of Lesser Alteniquia, commonly abbreviated as FLA, was formed in by Shuakazy Arraki, Void Audalad, HumanManThing, Alekseyev VanderSchnieder, and many of the other prominent Liberals and Reformists in Audal. It was formed in the wake of the collapse of Utari, because the new nation was a return to absolutism not seen since the reign of Beagle Audalad, which ended in March of that year.
It was formed on the principles of decentralization and republicanism, with at least for a while no head of government. Instead it had an elected Council that ruled the nation together. The nation took massive amounts of inspiration from the Alteniqui Federation, a revolutionary organization that some of the FLA's leaders had been a part of back in February at its height, and another source of inspiration was the Yimmu-Audal Restoration Movement, which was mostly a conduit for Republican organizing and which held all of the FLA leadership as its own when it existed.
The effects the FLA itself has on Yivaidal and later Yimmurali are minimal, but the Republican aspects carried over clearly in the Congress and general meritocratic atmosphere, as well as in the leadership for the most part. Most people don't look back on the FLA with pride for a successful state, or sadness at a chance for greatness passed by, but rather just something that happened. The collapse of Yimmu-Audal and Audal weren't fun, and only the Leadership of foreign nations enjoyed it.
== History ==
The FLA's independence was followed by a complete collapse in any unity in Audal for about a month, with many maps simply depicting the region as the "Yimmer Sh*tshow." Negotiations began immediately to reform a united Audal, but because everyone wanted their government to be the one with the power in any new arrangement, no agreement could be reached. This "First Audalad War of Survival" was not a war in the conventional sense, but rather territory changed hands by mayors joining different sides or betraying their benefactor etc. Most of these mayors would join the FLA, and as time went on they determined that if the FLA expanded too much, the Kingdom of Audal, the old absolutist regime, would strike out like a cornered animal and begin a war that the FLA was not ready for, as it had no army. Because of this a few reforms were made. First, a standing army was formed, and second, a head of state was established, called the Consul, another nod to the Alteniqui Federation. Soon, the Kingdom of Audal decided to come to the negotiating table and use what bargaining chips it still had, namely the simple reformation of Audal. Thus, the Kingdom of Audal integrated the FLA, and formed a Congress and made Shuakazy the Crown Prince. This would lead to the December Rebellion, which would overthrow the despotic King and replace him with Shuakazy, who would be able to begin his plan for what would become known as "Yivaidal," but that's another story entirely, one wrapped up in hope, despair, and a second collapse of Audal.
Category:Traveler's Era