First Republic of Amarillo

The First Republic of Amarillo, officially the Republic of Amarillo, was founded on the 1st of August 2021 after the collapse of the Drakaen Concordat. The First Republic would last until the ignition of the first Amarillian Civil War on 30 May 2022 following the impeachment of President McBabwe and the destruction of the official physical copy of the Constitution and State Law of the Republic of Amarillo, although the principles of governance changed several times. 
The First Republic was the first independent Amarillian nation-state and the first sovereign state in the Ragdon peninsula since the fall of the Andilirian Empire in the War of Andlirian Subjugation. The state legally functioned as a presidential republic, however throughout the greater part of its history, there existed a duality of power between the President and the Chancellor, which would become a source of political dispute near the end of the First Republic.
== History ==
=== Collapse of the Drakaen Concordat ===
On 30 July 2021, a bandit, and citizen of the east Drakaen city of Jorvick, assaulted and robbed Amarillian citizen Wyatt. The Mayor of Puerto Amarillo, Green, attempted to solve this with Drakaen authorities, however, this proved difficult when authorities from Jorvick claimed the bandit was unaware that Puerto Amarillo was within the boundaries of the Drakaen Concordat. Although Drakaen authorities successfully negotiated a return of the stolen property, the incident sparked outrage throughout the Drakaen Concordat, especially Puerto Amarillo itself, causing citizens, such as Lhytt, to infamously denounce the Drakaen government, as they felt they were being unappreciated.
Within hours of the crisis, citizens of the recently annexed New Haven and of Puerto Amarillo began suggesting full independence from the Drakaen Concordat. The issue of independence was controversial in Puerto Amarillo, as some citizens felt indifferent towards the Drakaen regime while others had grown to despise it. Mayor Green initially attempted to wait for the crisis to blow over, however, he was threatened with violent removal, leading to his surrendering to anti-Drakaen partisans. At 14:00 GMT+1, New Haven and Puerto Amarillo jointly declared independence from the Drakaen Concordat. The rest of Drakaes disintegrated shortly afterwards.
=== Foundation ===
Shortly after becoming an independent state, Mayor Green and anti-Drakaen leader Lhytt disagreed on how Amarillo should function as an independent state, forcing them to come to a compromise and rule together as the country found itself in a tense diplomatic and internal situation due to the political and civil instability throughout the territories of the former Drakaes, a region now known as the Drakaeslands.
The issue of authority over Ragdon caused a crisis when the 2nd Andlirian Empire, the successor of the Andlirian Empire; a state which had governed the entirety of Ragdon before its conquest by Drakaes, laid claim to the entire Ragdon region and demanded the subjugation of Puerto Amarillo to the Imperilan. Amarillo feared that Andliria as an organized entity had the capabilities to subdue any Amarillian resistance with ease, causing him to reject the possibility of war. Wyatt, serving as Amarillo's diplomatic delegate solved the crisis by signing the on 31 July 2021, whereby Amarillo ceded all its territory except for Puerto Amarillo and some surrounding lands to Andliria. This would cause the Exodus of the Amarillian Diaspora, as ethnic Amarillians throughout Ragdon migrated to Puerto Amarillo, Some territories within Ragdon, such as inner Ragdon and the east of the Almarian Frontier, otherwise known as the Asturus peninsula would never again be populated by ethnic Amarillian peoples even when they returned to Amarillain sovereignty. Future Amarillian figures went on to claim this decision was poor, as in actuality Andliria was significantly weaker than it appeared. This loss of land would become a humiliation for the Amarillian nation, making it the goal of Amarillian nationalists to reclaim the lost territories. 
Following the loss of Ragdon, Amarillo participated in the War of Drakaen Succession on the side of the Coalition of the Bay of Peace. Amarillo deployed an expeditionary force led by Chancellor Green to aid the Coalition of the Bay of Peace defend Port Haven against Mugen, which the city of Jorvick had joined. The war was a complete fiasco, mostly due to the incompetence of New Haven's leadership, thought Amarillo didn't suffer too much from it.
=== Political Law period ===
The first codified principles of governance of Amarillo was the Political Law, having been introduced on 1 August 2021, officially establishing a republic with an elected president and Green as chancellor, a position held until death, resignation or impeachment. On 2 August 2021, Wyatt would be elected President of the Republic of Amarillo, inaugurating the Republican tradition of the country.
The chancellery of Salazar Van Den Green under the Political Law was a period in Amarillian history generally viewed positively by historians. It was characterized by diplomacy within the League of Vircon, internal stability, development, steady population growth minor territorial acquisitions.
==== Presidency of Wyatt ====
The presidency of Wyatt was rather uneventful. The president didn't do much, while the city developed itself under Green and a library was built in Puerto Amarillo. On the 12th of August, Wyatt resigned from his position of president without dismissing his ministers.
==== Presidency of Soronaca ====
Soronaca, one of the first residents of Puerto Amarillo, was elected to the office of President of the Republic of Amarillo on 14 August 2021.
In the early stages of his presidency, Soronaca signed a Non-Agression Pact with Jorvick and ceased contact between Amarillo and Mugen. Later, Amarillo would be offered by Andliria to join as a Duchy, which would have Chancellor Green put it to a vote to the general populace, which would unanimously oppose this.At the time, Amarillo was perceived as a minor and weak state, something that did not match the ambitions of the leadership of the First Republic. These ambitions first materialized when on 29 August 2021 the Shogunate of Onumozaki, a city-state with a lucrative port in the south of the Drakaen sea joined Amarillo as a vassal state after negotiations between Green and Shogun SSiTon of Onumozaki. 
On 25 August 2021, the Republic of Amarillo became a founding member of the League of Vircon, a continuation of the Coalition of the Bay of Peace, with the Northwich dynasty and the Kingdom of Nidaros by signing the . Shortly before leaving office, Soronaca created three orders of merit, those being the Order of the Dragon, for military merit, the Order of Amarillo, for civilian merit and the Order of the Mayor, for political merit. These orders were unfortunately handed to very few individuals and were eventually forgotten entirely and replaced.
When the elections for a new president were launched, Soronaca made a final speech, in which he dismissed his ministers, allowing his successor to choose his own and indirectly launching the tradition of appointing ministers at the beginning of each presidential term.
At the very end of his presidency, even after his end of presidency speech, Soronaca achieved what seemed at the time like a big diplomatic achievement by making Andliria and the League of Vircon, which Amarillo was a member of, sign a non agression pact. However it became clear later that the treaty didn't put an end to the ambitions of Andliria against the city-state.
==== First presidency of Lhytt ====
Lhytt was a leader of the independence of Amarillo and had recently came back to Amarillo after having spent some time in the AWE. Having become a popular figure in the country, Lhytt used his popularity to run for the presidency, being successfully elected on 2 September 2021.
On 9 September 2021 the Republic of Amarillo declared war on Kibris, what it considered to be a squatter state infringing in its national waters. Kibris was a fort built by Ananas in the Drakaen sea, in front of Puerto Amarillo.
On 10 September 2021, the First Battle of Kibris began when Amarillian forces assaulted Kibris. However, due to the preparation of the Nido Games, out of all the allies of Amarillo, only Nujh could send forces to help in the battle, while on the other hand Ananas had recruited mercenaries. This led to the battle being a defeat for Amarillo and the League of Vircon, the town even being partially looted by the mercenaries.
Ananas, who also had a claim in Catania called Iron, proceeded because of this to become an enemy of the newly form Catania and its overlord Uraka, which established it in the former Mugen territory. Indeed, Iron was not only on Catanian territory, but was also preventing the development of the town of Ragnarvick. Due to this, Uraka, Catania, and the League of Vircon joined their forces against Ananas in what would be named Operation Lapis.
After days of planning, spying, and tensions around Kibris, on the 1st of October 2021, Lhytt led the League of Vircon and its allies to Kibris in the Second Battle of Kibris, and won. Though, despite Ananas' army being almost entirely disbanded the League had not taken full control of the fort yet. A few days later, after he refused to surrender to Lhytt, Ananas accepted to give the settlement to Soronaca, at the time Minister of Foreign Affairs of Amarillo, who governed Kibris in the name of the League while it underwent total destruction. Its ruins are still visible in the Drakaen Sea to this day, though the monument commemorating the war has been lost.
On the 2 October 2021, Amarillo acquired a small plot of land from Andliria, which would become the northern district of Puerto Amarillo.
==== Presidency of Thenextsurreal ====
Thenextsurreal was an Amarillian citizen who has served throughout the entirety of the Republic's lifetime, and had consistently run for the office of President, with little success. After the Kibris war, he was elected despite Lhytt and Soronaca clearly being the two most popular Amarillian statesmen. Indeed, Lhytt, exhausted by the Kibris conflict, chose not to run for a second term, while Soronaca chose not to run to focus on becoming Secretary General of the League of Vircon.
Thenextsurreal's presidency is generally regarded by historians as a period of stagnation, as the president had a passive attitude towards ruling and not many things occurred.
The most notable event that happened during this period is the annexation of former Duplolia. At the beginning of Surreal's presidency, in early october 2021, Amarillo had desperately been trying to get land for two months, most notably through a secret organisation called the Republican Secret Services, created under Soronaca's presidency and led mainly by Green, assisted by Soronaca even after the end of his presidency. However all of the secret services' operations ultimately failed.
For quite some times, several Amarillians, mainly Lhytt and Soronaca, also coveted an uninhabited island off the coast Irulan, but when they tried to buy it, their attempt was met with a rude refusal. Amarillo got a new opportunity to get it when the Valorant war was declared. It got involved in the war and, thanks to Lhytt's diplomatic efforts, managed to get the islands as a reward for its participation. After a shady vote to name the islands and the town that would be built on them, and a mishap in the creation of the town, Soronaca fulfilled him and Lhytt's dream and founded Porphyropolis.
==== Second presidency of Lhytt ====
The Republic of Amarillo was left unsatisfied with the nature of Thenextsurreal's administration. Meanwhile, former president Lhytt decided to run for president once again, promising plentiful reforms to distinguish his ideals from the past presidencies, which were well-received by the general populace. On 3 November 2021, Lhytt was re-elected President of the Republic of Amarillo by the largest landslide at the time, becoming the first Amarillian to serve more than once as President. 
Lhytt's reforms began quickly, culminating in the abolishment of the traditional Political Law and their replacement with The Constitution and State Law of the Republic of Amarillo. This new constitution was written primarily by Junpier Kyani, otherwise known simply as "Juni", who was a former Kibris citizen who defected to Amarillo during the Kibris war. Juni later became the first person to hold the office of Vice-President of the Republic of Amarillo. 
This constitution was almost universally considered a legal improvement over the Political Law, however in the future figures pointed out that it was "vague" and was filled with loopholes, after the collapse of the Republic of Amarillo, it'd be confirmed that this was done intentionally by its writer. Additionally, these principles of governance would solidify a High Command, an upper level of government exclusive to the president, the Chancellor and a few select ministers of supposed significance. High Command drew much importance away from the common government, and its membership was consistently made up of the same people, with some occasional additions of people directly affiliated with the initial members. This marked the beginning of what some argue was an oligarchic period in Amarillo's history, a system which was maintained primarily via a phenomenon that was referred to by contemporaries as "Foreign voting", but as time passed it was also sustained with the use of political blackmail, smear campaigns and legal prosecution.
=== Constitution period ===
The chancellery of Salazar Van Den Green under the Constitution was a period with unprecedented and yet-to-be-replicated population and territorial growth in the history of Amarillo. It saw the first displays of Amarillo's military capabilities against organized states, the growth of its influence and the strengthening of its diplomatic power. However, it was also a period that cemented the arising oligarchy of High Command and near the end of this period began Amarillo's devolution into political instability.
Onumozaki, Amarillo's vassal, would be integrated into Amarillo as a province, with the following agreement that Onumozaki will become a province of the Republic of Amarillo and will be bound to the same benefits and limitations of its fellow provinces, such as Mirai joining the Amarillo Nation Claim. Onumozaki will be allowed to keep its discord server, ans SSiTon will keep his title of Shogun, with a unique role on the Amarillian discord to signify this.
Furthermore, the parties agreed that, upon the consent of High Command (and refusal of this must be given with appropriate reasoning), Onumozaki may hold a vote. If met with a 2/3 majority Onumozaki can return to its previous status as a protectorate, or otherwise become fully independent. The cities will be removed from the nation's claim and all Onumozaki citizens who do not have citizenship elsewhere in Amarillo will lose their citizenship in Amarillo. Furthermore, Onumozaki will lose all positions in the Amarillian government, and any aid Amarillo send to Onumozaki will be halted
On 11 November 2021, a joint force consisting of the armies of the Republic of Amarillo and the Kingdom of Katolis occupied the entirety of Andlirian territory in Ragdon with no significant resistance, causing the collapse of Andlirian rule over Romantello and the rest of the region. This came after an internal power struggle within Andliria made the Imperilan lose all authority throughout his empire except for Ragdon, which lacked the development or population to defend itself. The First Republic regained sovereignty over the territories of Pizczeck, Redhill and the Almarian Frontier, while the Kingdom of Katolis conquered inner Ragdon. 
This period saw the establishment of the Amarillian cities of Etruschia (Modern Etruia) in northern Redhill and Skycon in the centre of the Almarian frontier, southwest of the ruins of the old city of Almaria.
Lastly, at the end of this presidency the Mohadi, a nomadic desert tribe settled permanently in the east of the Almarian frontier, founding the settlement of Alefpamohadi, which would become the centre of Mohadi culture. The Mohadi quickly became the largest group of people in the Almarian frontier, eventually renaming it Arcuturs, modern-day Asturus.
Near the end of the presidency, on 28 November 2021, the new city of Skycon made an attempt to rebel but was quickly suppressed by the Republican Army, Loyal citizens of Skycon were allowed to migrate to other towns of the Republic, while Mayor Soi and those who supported the separatist cause were permanently banished. In a similar manner to that of Kibris, the Republican Army practised a policy of destruction demolishing the entire city.
==== Third presidency of Lhytt ====
Having proven to be one of the most successful leaders in Amarillo's short history, Lhytt ran once again for the office of President, being re-elected by another landslide majority of the vote. 
During Lhytt's third presidency, vice-president Juni and a foreign ruler of the lands of Eleanor, Ulrich Myers, formed the congregation of Junicism, which laid on the belief that Juni was the personification of the entire universe (The factuality of his religion is one of the most controversial, as some miracles were performed, but before his death, Ulrich Myers claimed that he did not believe in Junicismm, and the entire religion was a charade to build Juni's and his power). Several people throughout Eldham became faithful to this religion and many states adopted it as their state religion, with it becoming one of the most followed religious movement in the world's history. Whether a true religion or not, Juncisim allowed Juni to build several personal connections with world leaders which allowed her to strengthen the diplomatic reputation of the Republic of Amarillo. Juncisim received mixed popularity in Amarillo, with some embracing the new faith, some being indifferent to it and others distrusting it, notably Chancellor Green.
After a struggle for power in the Kingdom of Katolis, the Republic of Amarillo purchased the region of Inner Ragdon for the measly amount of $125,000, finally unifying Ragdon under the Republic of Amarillo, one of the oldest dreams of Amarillian nationalists. With the integration of inner Ragdon, Amarillo gained the cities of Arak-Kaphat and Romantello. Roughly at the same time, the city of Almaria was renovated and repopulated under the name of Nueva Almaria (Traveller's Tongue: New Almaria).
On 27 December 2021 Valreach, a diarchy that succeeded the Northwich Dynasty and the Kingdom of Nidaros and thus was a member of the League of Vircon, fell into civil war when High King Vin of Nidaros declared Valreach to be replaced with the Holy Drakaen Empire, of which he was the sole monarch. The Holy Drakaen Empire held Juncism as its state religion. Under the terms of the League of Vircon, Amarillo was legally obliged to directly intervene in the conflict in favour of Valreach, however, because a significant minority of Amarillians followed Junicism and the vice-president of the Republic of Amarillo was the literal goddess of Junicism, President Lhytt dismissed his legal obligations by declaring neutrality on 28 December 2021, formally leaving the League of Vircon later on the same day. This decision was controversial, with Juniper Kyani supporting Lhytt's decision while the other half of the government, Chancellor Green and Soronaca, opposed it. In accordance with their oppositon, they both kept their positions in the League until its desintegration shortly afterward, Green being the General Secretary of the League, its highest official.
==== First presidency of Knarr ====
At the end of this term, Lhytt proclaimed he had no intention to run for the office of President of the Republic of Amarillo once again. With the end of Lhytt's presidency began the phenomenon of "Foreign voters" and the usage of smear campaigns. On the 3rd of January 2022, the elections for President began, with the two major candidates being the leader of the Republican Army & former president, Soronaca, and Junicist cleric, Knarr. Knarr's campaign, led by vice-president Juniper, denounced Soronaca, claiming he aimed to convert Amarillo into an ineffective state that would solely use direct democracy to determine government policy and that he wanted to sell one of the islands of Las Islas Doradas, thus setting a precedent of selling Amarillian land. Knarr would win this election by a narrow margin, with roughly half of his votes originating from "Foreign voters"
Foreign voters was a term used by Amarillian populists during the late First Republic to refer to citizens who had no residence or performed any kind of activity within the Republic of Amarillo, but consistently voted in elections in favour of whatever candidate was supported by whoever they were affiliated to. Most of these foreign voters had arisen due to a clause in the constitution that granted anyone with a civil marriage to an Amarillian citizen citizenship, without any other requirements. Amarillian citizens were free to marry as many people as they deemed fit.
On 9 January 2022, president Knarr announced the Amarillian-Velenitian military agreement, merging the militaries of the two friendly nations, under the leadership of the Amarillian commander of armed forces, Soronaca Aulian. The Amarilliano-Velenitian army would be called the Joint Republican Army (JRA).
On 15 January 2022, the vast majority of the territories of the Kingdom of Katolis in the Drakaesland, corresponding to the lands of the former states of Seeburg and Takavia, proclaimed their independence from Katolis. The Republic of Amarillo swiftly vassalized the breakaway states of the Republic of Libertas and the Kingdom of Torham. What ensued was a diplomatic crisis in which Katolis did not desire to give up its domains.
On 18 January 2022 Amarillo commited to send troops to help their ally, Visio, in what would become the Second Sand War. On the 29th of January, the Amarillian troops sent in the Pale, led by Soronaca, participated in the defense of Perria and suffered some casualties.It is unclear if the JRA as a whole can be considered involved in the Second Sand War, as only Amarillian troops were sent to Visio, but it is unknown if it was purposeful or not.
On 19 January 2022, Amarillo and Katolis reached an arrangement regarding the Seeburg and Takavia regions. Katolis was permitted to maintain the loyal towns of Takavagrad and Kristalis Keep, while Torham and Libertas were recognised as Amarillian vassals and the rest of Takavia became condominum between Amarillo and Katolis.
On 22 January 2022, the Valrean-Catanian Commonwealth (VCC), a federated state made up of the High Kingdoms of Valreah and Catania, published an announcement to the world in which they implied they were the sole power in the Drakaesland. The Amarillian government felt insulted, as they perceived their nation to be equal in power to the VVC, causing Amarillo to denounce the VCC with the support of their ally, the Mercantile Republic of Velenu. The VCC proceeded to mock Amarillo as they perceived Amarillo was degrading their successes out of jelaousy and spitefulness, with relations between Valreach and Amarillo being in a difficult position due to Amarillo's betrayal of Valreach in the end of the League of Vircon. The VCC and Amarillo are often considered to have been in a state of Cold War.
In the second half of his term, Knarr's government ceded the two southernmost secondary islands of Las Islas Doradas to Irulan. That includes the island Knarr's supporters blamed Soronaca for being open to sell before Knarr's election.
==== Second presidency of Knarr ====
Having proven himself to be a well-abled President, Knarr was a rather popular leader. He ran for re-election on 1 February 2022. The major opposition candidate was once again Soronaca. Knarr successfully won by a small margin on 2 February 2022, with a smaller portion of his votes coming from "foreign voters" that in his previous election, clearly indicating his increase in popularity.
During the counting of the elections, several ballot boxes containing most Knarr votes that were meant to be delivered to Puerto Amarillo failed to arrive on time. Due to this, there initially was an impression that Soro had won the elections with a landslide, with Chancellor Green initially intending to proclaim Soro the victor. After the final ballots arrived, Knarr received a majority of the votes and was declared victor. Although everybody expected the crisis to conclude with the arrival of the missing ballots, a discussion between Chancellor Green and former president Lhytt was made public, revealing Green felt a disdain for the constitution and wished to revert the principles of governance to the old Political Law. This caused a scandal, with some figures claiming this was unacceptable. This led to the impeachment of Green, in which he notably voluntairly chose not to vote. According to estimates, roughly two thirds of votes for the impeachment of Green were "foreing votes".
Following the removal of Green from the Chancellery, elections were held to elect a new chancellor. Two candidates presented themselves to the elections, Juni, and Kawaii, a Mohadi and son of Juni and Lhytt (This part of the lore is confusing due to retconning, please don't think about it). The voting patterns in this election were almost identical to those of Green's impeachment vote, with those who voted in favour voting for Juni and those who voted against voting for Kawaii. Both candidates had an almost an equal amount of votes, with a minor advantage in favour of Juni. Near the end of the elections, Kawaii elected to drop out of the electoral race, granting Juni the automatic win.Some sources claim Kawaii was pressured into leaving the race by threats of being excluded from political activity, but the reason as to why this occurred continues to be unknown. 
=== Juni's chancellery ===
The Chancellery of Juniper Kyani, a period alternatively known as "Junirillo", was a period in the history of the First Republic marked by some innovative political reforms, the Drakaen Cold War, the strengthening of diplomatic ties which culiminated in the formation of the Covenant of Embers and the Skjoldrbrodir war. However, political polarization, internal stagnation and public distrust were increasing issues during this period that weakened Amarillo's internal cohesion.
==== Second presidency of Knarr ====
In early February, Amarillo and Velenu signed a new treaty, the West Drakaes Documents. That treaty that made Velenu a province of Amarillo, at Velenu's demand. However, the treaty was not implemented immediately, probably at least partially because of the Aquatosi rebellion in Velenu.
On the 12th of February, Kash, Doge of Velenu, declared his interest in delaying further the treaty's implementation. Distrust grew even more when the Amarillian government learnt Kash had requested the VCC to protect Velenu's independence, and that at least the Catanian part of the VCC was eager to support Velenu.
The same day, Amarillo announced its alliance with Mosir-Sumari, which was threatened by a planned coup sponsorded by Skjoldrbrodir, and pledged its unconditional support to its new ally in the crisis.
On the 13th of February, the Joint Republican Army, alongside VCC and Skjoldrbrodir forces, defeated Aquatosi rebels in Velenu, meeting little to no resistance besides Bobo Bill. Tensions between Amarillo and its perfunctory allies of Velenu and Skjoldrbrodir grew during the Aquatosi rebellion, notably when coalition soldiers accused President Knarr of intending to annex Velenu. Because of the rebellion, the Amarillian troops withdrew from the Pale and did not participate in the siege of Neukromore, second battle of the Sand War, that would however be a victory for Amarillo's allies. 
Diplomatic tensions between Amarillo and Skjoldbrodir finally boiled over Skjoldbrodir attempting to break the alliance between Amarillo and Mosir-Sumari by threatening to withdraw from the defense of Velenu against Aquatosi rebels if Amarillo didn't end its alliance with Mosir-Sumari. On the 14th of February, in support of Mosir-Sumari and hoping to seize the territory of Taernsbia, Amarillo declared war to Skjoldrbrodir. Although the crisis was almost resolved with Skjoldbrodir negotiating granting territorial concessions to Amarillo and Mosir-Sumari, they eventually backtracked, only delaying the effective start of the war.
On the 21st of February, Amarillian troops were re-deployed in the Pale and participated in the second battle of Oblitus Oris, where Visio's allies met no resistance and simply looted and occupied the defenceless city. This marked the conclusion of the Second Sand War, which contributed heavily to strenghten the ties between Amarillo and Visio, from then on considered Amarillo's closest ally. 
The same day, Chancellor Juniper Kyani announced the formation of the Covenant of Embers, a diplomatic and military alliance between Amarillo, Visio (which merged with Lutum to become Vespera) and Mosir-Sumari. The Covenant as a whole would participate in the war against Skjoldrbrodir.
The war between the Covenant and Skjoldbrodir consisted of two battles. In the first, Covenant forces found themselves successful, as there was no defense from Skjoldbrodir. However, in the second battle, Covenant forces advanced towards Skjoldbrodir in a disorganised manner, being massacred when their vessels landed on enemy shores and with their position being threatened. The war finally concluded when Skjoldbrodir's northern territories seceded and merged with the Velenu to form Gardenia, which was directly vassalized by the VCC. The remaining territories of Skjoldbrodir were integrated into Rodinnbrok. Eventually, negotiations resulted in Mosir-Sumari being granted territorial concessions, Vespera being promised to receive compensation for their extinguished stockpile and Amarillo receiving nothing.
At this point, the Drakaen Cold War reached its most tense point, as the Covenant was outraged by the VCC protecting Gardenia, preventing Amarillo from obtaining the land it wanted from the war and from the West Drakaes Documents. Amarillo's leaders also were angered by what they perceived as hypocrisy from the VCC, which encouraged every Drakaen nation not to get involved in each other's affairs and to stand by their treaties during the Second Drakaen Summit on the 26th of February, while according to Amarillo, protecting Gardenia meant getting involved in Amarillo's affairs and encouraging Velenu not to stand by the West Drakaes Documents. In the Amarillian government, no one was opposed to war with the VCC anymore, even traditionally friendly people like Soronaca. Though, the war was never declared due to the dangerous situation of the Covenant with Rodinnbrok, and the tensions eventually slowly cooled down.
On the 24th of February 2022, Salazar Van Den Green, former mayor of Puerto Amarillo and Chancellor, mayor of Mondragon, disappeared, leaving only a message behind him about who should become mayor of Mondragon and what to do with his belongings. Green, already seen as a national hero, saw his popularity rise even more in collective memory as time passed and almost only his actions perceived as positive were vastly remembered. He would never be found again, though showed a sign of life once, years later, by leaving a small chest containing a short message in Porphyropolis :OOC : He left the Stoneworks server because his country, Ukraine, got attacked by Russia. He showed signs of life since then on the First Amarillian Civil War's page and by placing a sign in Porphyropolis, as described here.
==== Presidency of Urubis ====
Having ruled Amarillo for two terms, Knarr chose not run. In addition to this Soronaca, who had been the main opposition candidate, also announced that he wouldn't run for the Presidency. This left the vice-president, Urubis, and long-time third party candidate, McBabwe. The election was carried out via bot, so it is impossible to know whether, or how much, foreign voters affected the outcome. At the end of the 24h period, both Urubis and McBabwe had 21 votes, ending in a tie. Some asked for a tie-breaker vote but Fatcat, a third-party candidate with 3 votes, announced his intention to cede his votes to Urubis. This move was widely condemned and many questioned its legality, causing the judiciary to intervene. The judiciary ended up ruling that the action was valid, granting Urubis the victory.
The Urubis presidency was most uneventful, except for the dissolution of Libertas and the illness of Urubis. The Republic of Libertas, a vassal of Amarillo in the former territories of Katolis had become stagnant and its bureaucracy incohesive. This resulted in former Amarillian President, Knarr, and Amarillian Minister of Infrastructure, Zogaris, to seize control of Libertan territories and proclaim their own states; Knarr's Kingdom of Urubia in the north and Zogaris' Republic of Nova Verdes in the south. These two new states proclaimed themselves to be fully sovereign and independent states, violating Amarillo's suzerainty over the area. This led to direct Amarillian intervention, with the Republic forcefully dissolving these two governments and annexing the territory of the former Libertas. Knarr was later found not guilty of treason while Zogaris was banished for conspiracy.
Late into his term, Urubis fell ill. This forced him to abandon his responsibilities as President. In response, High Command attempted to take over the responsibilities of the President, but instead Chancellor Juni called upon the constitution to grant them to herself.
==== Presidency of McBabwe and civil war ====
Following the end of Urubis' term, McBabwe once again made a bid for the presidency, he gathered a lot of attention with an unprecedented propaganda campaign. Although originally unclear who would run against him, former President Lhytt abandoned retirement with the intention of running against McBabwe, with it being unclear who would win. However, Lhytt ended up withdrawing from the race, returning to retirement. With concerns of McBabwe running uncontested, former President Soronaca announced that he would run for the presidency. The election concluded in with Soronaca receiving 16 votes and McBabwe 23, granting the latter the victory.
McBabwe proved poorly prepared for the Presidency. Within his short administration, was undecisve as to how to solve the Urubia question, went back on diplomatic negotiations, failed to negotiate a compromise with Gardenia for territorial concessions and didn't commit to his proposals of citizenship reform. McBabwe became distrustful of his own cabinet, leading him to do perform diplomatic negotiations behind their backs. His attempts to use a microstate under his sovereignty as a middleman for a territorial transfer were misinterpreted as an attempt to abuse his position to take Amarillian land for himself by the High Command (Vice-president Kawaii and High Ministers, Soronaca, Knarr and Jacob Creepus) and the Chancellery. This led to the second impeachment in Amarillian history and the first impeachment of a President.
The impeachment vote was close, with 17 votes in favour and 15 against. Some McBabwe supporters and later apologists, have claimed the impeachment was unfair. A major reason for this was that a significant majority of the votes in favour originated from foreing voters. Furthermore, years later Juni Kyani would admit to having rigged the vote, removing 3 votes against the impeachment which would've shifted the outcome.
Following the impeachment, no new elections were called and the chancellery wasn't granted Presidential powers. Instead, the High Command applied a new law to appoint McBabwe's vice-president, Kawaii, as President in-functions. The territories of the late Libertas, except for the town of Mikanie, and the Governate of Takavia were separated as Urubia, with Knarr taking Amarillian land for himself. Kawaii would then go on to tear apart the constitution, igniting the Amarillian Civil War.
== Cultures ==
=== Amarillians ===
The Amarillian culture emerged in the Ragdon Peninsula following its conquest by Drakaes from Andlliria. It's suspected that it stems from the Vlonsi remnants in the region, Drakaen settlers, and most predominantely; immigrants to the region. Amarillians would found the city of Puerto Amarillo, which would lead way to the Amarillian nation's independence some time later.
Amarillians were the primary cultural group of the Republic of Amarillo. They made the totality of the population unti the annexation of the Shogunate of Onumozaki into the Republic. Amarillians would lose continue to lose their complete domination of the country with the migration of the Mohadi to Amarillo and the integration of Vlonsi people with the annexation of Inner Ragdon.
The primary Amarillian towns were Puerto Amarillo, Porphyropolis, Etruia and Mountlantis. In the beginning of its restoration, the town of Almaria, or New Almaria, was dominated by Amarillians. Amarillians were a major group of people in the cities of Verdesburg, Knarria, Mondragon and Romantello. Furthermore, Amarillians made up a minority of the population of Mirai.
The vast majority of popular figures in the Republic of Amarillo were of Amarillian origin. There are several notable Amarillians, including but not limited to: Salazar Van Den Green, Lhytt, Wyattman, Juni Kyani.
=== Onumozakis ===
The first existing records of their presence was during the Drakaen Concordat, when they squatted in the land that would become the city of Mirai. According to religion, many Onumozakis bear divine blood. With the collapse of the Concordat, they proclaimed their own state, the Shogunate of Onumozaki, led by Shogun SSiTon. The Shogunate would soon become a vassal of the Republic of Amarillo and eventually fully integrated.
As the native group to Onumozaki, Onumozakis dominated the region's only city, Mirai. When the city of Knarria was founded, they would make up a minority of the population.
The most remarkable Onumozaki was Shogun SSiTon, who served as Governor-Shogun of Onumozaki from Onumozaki's accession to the Republic until the Republic's fall.
=== Mohadi ===
The Mohadi first appeared in Amarillo shortly after the conquest of Andliria, founding the cities of Arak-Kapharat and Alefpamohadi in the Republic's newly-acquired lands. Dy'lonism, the religion of the Mohadi, tells that the Mohadi originated from the land of Dy'Lon, but once it collapsed, they were forced to become a nomad group until they finally settled in the Republic of Amarillo.
The Mohadi were a major group of people in the Republic of Amarillo. At their peak, they must've made up somewhere between a third and half of the country's residents. Being such a large voter group, they possessed significant political power, leading many politicians, such as McBabwe, to seek their support. They filled several significant positions in the Republic, including but not limited to: President, ministers, mayors.
The primary Mohadi towns were Alefpamohadi and Arak-Kaphat. After the city Almaria was sold to them, they would go on to make up a majority of its population. The Mohadi were a major group of people in the cities of Verdesburg, Knarria and Romantello. They made up a minority of the population in Etruia.
== Political Positions ==
=== List of Presidents of Amarillo and their Cabinets ===
* 1st President. Wyattmanboss 2nd of August to 12th of August
* 2nd President. Soronaca 14th of August to 2nd of September
* 3rd President. Lhytt. 2nd of September to 5th of October.
** Minister of Foreign Affairs, Soronaca
** Minsiter of Defence, luvtrisss
** Minister of Home Affairs, Voultronix
* 4th President. TheNextSurreal. 5th of October to 2nd of November
** Minister of Foreign Affairs chezza
** Minister of Culture and Religion Sherlox
** Minister of Home Affairs, Soronaca
** Minister of Economy, Juni
** Minister of Expeditionary Force, RingoScar
** Minister of Defence and Home Guard, SSiTon.
* 5th President. Lhytt. 2nd of November to 2nd of December. 2nd of December to 3rd of January
** Vice-President and Minister of Economics, Juni Kyani
** Minister of Armed Forces, Soronaca Trichechi
* 6th President. Knarr. 3rd of January to 2nd of February and 2nd of February to 5th of March
** Vice-President and High Minister of Exterior (Since January 27th), Juni Kyani
** High Minister of Interior, Urubis (Vicepresident since 25th of February)
** Minister of the Armed Forces, Soronaca Trichechi (High Minsiter from 5th of February)
** Minister of Infrastructure, BreadPerson and Zogaris (from 5th of February)
** Minsiter of Civil Service, McBabwe
* 7th President, Urubis. From 5th of March to 4th of April
** High Minister of Exterior, Lhytt
** High Minister of Interior, Knarr
** Commander of the Armed Forces, Soronaca
** Minister of Infrastructure, Zogaris
** Minister of Inmigration, Awwmanboi
** Minister of Economics, Delta (From 27th of March)
* 8th President, McBabwe. From 4th of April to 10th of April
** Vice-President, Kawaii
** High Minister of External Affairs, Knarr
** Minister of Armed Forces, Soronaca
** Minister of Internal Affairs Awwmanboi
** Minister of Economics, Delta
=== List of Chancellors of Amarillo and their Judiciaries ===
* WIP
== Record of Honours Awarded ==
(For a detailed article, see Amarillian Orders of Merit)
30th of August of 2021
* Medal of the Order of Amarillo, Lhytt for building and designing the city and his loyalty.
* Medal of the Order of Amarillo, Green for founding and building Puerto Amarillo.
* Medal of the Order of the Mayor to Delta for the involvment in the making of the League of Vircon.
* Medal of the Order of the Mayor to Green for the adhessionof Onumozaki and the dodge of the road war against Andliria.
* Medal of the Order of the Dragon to Green for leading the Amarillian troops in the Battle of Jorvick.
26th of October of 2021
* Medal of the Order of Amarillo to Wyatt for the market and his job as 1st president.
* Medal of the Order of Amarillo to Soronaca for his effort in culture preserving in Amarillo.
* Medal of the Order of Amarillo to SSiTon for the effort in the increase of Population of Onumozaki.
* Medal of the Order of the Mayor to Neo for the help Uraka gave to Amarillo against Kibris.
* Medal of the Order of the Mayor to Lhytt Poliorcetes for his job as president and the assistance for Foreign Policy.
* Medal of the Order of the Dragon to Juni for they help in the battle of Kibris and the political effort.
== Notes ==
Category:Amarillo
Category:Drakaes
Category:Traveler's Era