Third Patagan Revolution

### Belligerents

Pataga, National Democratic Front, Aruthunian Unification Front, Congress of Aruthunian Nations

### Result

The current Patagan government suppressed armed uprisings within their borders

The Third Patagan Revolution was an armed conflict within the Patagan Republic after the Nine Years' War.

## Background

### Dulu Annexation Crisis

After successfully defeating Silang'guba in the Ikuni front of the Nine Years' War, the Patagan government gained the Dulu region as part of the Treaty of Hidulu. However not long afterwards, the Aruthunian minority in the Dulubagu and Dulu region at large, having been inspired by the Aruthunian Revolutions in Rekklia and Silang'guba, began their own revolt against the Patagan government under the banner of the Aruthunian Unification Front, employing guerilla warfare in the mountains of Dulubagu and the forests of the Dulu region.

They also carried terror attacks on major Patagan cities including the Lumapuku Carbombing attack in Halaa Kamuti, and also due to the worsening Patagan Kamutian War caused the declaration of martial law of the then current Tauhulu of Pataga.

During the conflict, the civilian government of Pataga was suspended and many Patagans faced the violation of their civil rights such as indefinite detention, torture, and occasional attacks against Aruthunian Patagans, which would only serve to radicalize them further into joining the AUF, which would only lead to more attacks against Aruthunian Patagans.

### Formation of the NDF

The Patagan Tauhulu began to focus on consolidating his power, passing various bills through the legislature which allowed for the arrest and indefinite detention of the political opposition without a fair trial. As a result of these sweeping bills much of the former opposition and Patagan intelligencia went into hiding, with many of them joining the AUF, which from 1963 to the end of the conflict saw active funding and support from Rekklia and Silang'guba.

While in hiding, the former opposition formed the National Democratic Front, and slowly began to gain ground among those similarly discontent and affected by the increasingly authoritarian measures of the Tauhulu and his loyalists. In 1966 they came to an agreement with the Congress of Aruthunian Nations on the status of the Dulu Region, agreeing to cede the Dulu region back to Silang'guba in exchange for support against the Tauhulu and his ruling government.

Due to the rebellions throughout the Dulu region and the consolidation of power under the reigning Tauhulu, the Patagan economy entered a recession. The recession would only serve to attract more people to join the forces of the AUF and later skyrocket government debt and inflation, with the former rising to 260% of the GDP, and the latter rising to 390% of what it was the previous week. Another affected area was the economy, which fell by 20% from the previous week.

### Coalition Intervention

In 1971, the Patagan government defaulted on their foreign loans and the following day were faced with the Illudaga Demands, given by the Congress of Aruthunian Nations, which demanded the cession of the Dulu region in exchange for substantial financial aid.

The Tauhulu, who had become more mentally unstable by the day, refused to agree to the ultimatum. As a result of this refusal, and the Gubalangu Skirmish a few days prior, the CoAN, with support from the NDF, invaded the Dulu region on May 9th, 1971 where fighting rapidly intensified. Despite being allied with the Patagan Republic, the Alliance of the Orient refused to send support to Pataga, instead condemning the growing authoritarianism and mental instability of the Tauhulu and voted against intervening in the conflict on the side of Pataga. As a consequence of what would later be seen as a national betrayal, the Silang'guban forces were able to regain most of the Dulu region by mid July of 1971.

### The Peace and its Consequences

Following the continued decline of the Tauhulu, the Patagan military revolted against the Tauhulu and his government, and on August 15th, 1971, they established a military junta, declaring the Tauhulu "unfit to rule", they would then go on to suspend the Patagan legislature, claiming it to be a measure to ensure stability until order could be restored. Following the coup the junta would sign the Treaty of Hidulu with the Silang'guban forces, promising to establish a new democratic government and restore the Patagan legislature, although that term would not be fulfilled for several more years. Other terms of the treaty include the unpopular clause returning the Dulu region to Silang'guban administration, and giving the Silang'guban State control over Patagan infrastructure construction in "vital waterways" in the Bagudulu region.

Following the end of hostilities, many Patagans and Haalans of the Dulu region fled due to fears of revenge killings by Aruthunian militias and occupying military forces. However some also remained behind to form the nationalistic and revanchist extremist militias such as the Haalan Freedom Fighters of the Dulu, which aims to reincorporate the Dulu region back into Pataga.

Following the war, the Aruthunian Unification Front disbanded, being integrated into the armies of Silang'guba and Rekklia. However a large faction, being mostly made up of fanatics who were more zealous than the main faction of the AUF, broke off and formed Arutu's New Army, which has continued to conduct a campaign of terror against non-Aruthinians in Rekklia, Silang'guba, and Pataga since their creation. The ANA has occupied territory in Rekklia during the Rekklin Civil War, being noted for their extreme cruelty towards the people in their occupied zones.