Romanian Planetary Kingdom

The Romanian Planetary Kingdom (in Romanian: *Regatul Planetar Român*) is one of the many Planetary Kingdoms in the galaxy and also a great ally of The Organization. It is one of the many homes of Romanians and Moldavians, and the biggest Romanian nation.

### Founded

1759 (unified), 1778 (formal declaration of independence)

## HISTORY

On January 5, 1759, Colonel Alexandru Ioan Cuza was named prince of the Moldavian Principality, and then, in january 24, was also named Prince of Wallachia (Romania). This would be then later be ratified formally on February 5, 1762, with also the aproval of a constitution made by a National Assembly in the city of Bucarest; with observation of the Ottoman Planetary Empire (who had economical assets all over the two principalities).

### BEGINNING OF THE KINGDOM

With King Cuza's coronation, a series of political reforms were done to improve Romania's situation. Many lands and estates owned by the Orthodox Church and Turkish/Ottoman Landowners were Nationalized. Most of these lands were untaxed and most of its revenue was sent to greek monasteries or Turkish/Ottoman lands, so the appropriationof these lands signified a total increase in revenue for the Romanian government. Most of these expropiations were approve by the parliament.

After the expropriations, several Orthodox members (including its proistamenos the Metropolitan Ioannikios of Palmyra) were arrested or even exiled. The Organization intervened to prevent possible religious persecution and requested the liberation of all the Orthodox clerics. To end the conflict, the Romanian government offered compensation (paid in part with Organized funds) to the Greek Orthodox Church and the Patriarch of Constantinople Sophorinius III. Thanks to organized efforts and the liberation of the Orthodox members, these compensations were accepted.

The Turks and Ottomans, on the other part, were not given any kind of compensation, and their departure from Romanian terrains was even requested by Organized authorities in the region. This built up tension between the Romanians and Ottomans which would culminate in the then subsequent Russo-Turkish War of 1777-1778 (in which the Kingdom participated).

Other of the many actions taken by the government was the distribution of land and the liberation of peasants. In collaboration with The Organization, Cuza stoped slavers and forced labour farms that were stablished deep within the country. This angered the Conservatives and some of the last Turkish landowners, who saw their business in danger.

After a votation in which 6,826,210 voters approved against 13,070, Cuza was named Domnitor of Romania, and Universal Male Suffrage was approved. With this new political power, Alexandru impulsed his agrarian reforms, by now giving peasants the lands they are working on, while landowners still retained a third of the estate. If the landowners weren't satisfied, the state would give them lands acquired by the Monastic Expropriations until the one-third quota was met.

### THE COUP D'ETAT

Although popular among the masses of peasants, farmers and workers, Cuza had a huge opposition between Conservatives, Radical Liberals, Turkish Landowners and the elite in general. This discontent between the aristocrats gave birth to the so-called "Monstruous Coalition". On February 11, 1766, at four o'clock in the morning, the Coalition gathered a group of military conspirators and broke into the royal palace, looking to depose Cuza. Alexandru was then forced to abdicate and was exiled to France, while the German noble Karl Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was named Interim Prince.

While riots all over the kingdom started, the deposed Domnitor took advantage and requested help from The Organization. Organized authorities declared Prince Karl's naming illegal and a planetary intervention was declared.

### ROMANIAN CIVIL WAR

The Romanian Civil War started on February 13, 1766. After Cuza was secured in the French Republic, The Organization made a counterattack on the Interim Prince and the Coalition. The Organized Army sent 10 fully equipped divisions to storm Romania and retake the government. Between those divisions, there were also Romanian loyalists from the Kingdom's Army, French volunteers and an undefined number of peasant and farmer guerrillas. The Coalition fought with members of the Army, the Navy, Turkish volunteers and a paramilitary group of landowners.

After three months of conflict, the war ended with a great victory for the Romanian Loyalists and The Organization.

After improving relations with The Organization, the Romanian Kingdom went through a time of great progress: the first companies were made, one of the first oil refineries of the galaxy was created, and the CFR (*Căile Ferate Române*, "Romanian Railways) was established.

#### FIRST INTERPLANETARY WAR

The Romanian Kingdom entered the FIW after hostile claims of the Austro-Hungarian Planetary Empire towards the Transilvanian territories due to its big Hungarian minority population. King Carol I, who was a secret ally of the Triple Alliance, broke away relationships with the Austro-Hungarians and Germans.

In 1816, the Romanian Kingdom entered the war and joined the Entente alongside the British and the French. With help of the allies and The Organization, the Kingdom defeated the Austro-Hungarians and kept its sovereignty over the Transylvanian lands.