Kalshei'i Revolutionary Wars

### Outcome:

End of the Kanikawa Shogunate and creation of the West Kalshei Federation. Refugee crisis caused by 12 years of total war that destabilized Kalshei and Eredan

Belligerents| **Pan-Red Coalition** (later WKF)* National Revolutionary Party

**Other factions*** KTIM Remnants
* Other Cathese partisans and warlords

Supported by:* Polmaria
* CETO
* Kherfiyyah
* Kariq
* Adeno-Holraes
* Kokinos

ICO Peacekeepers and observers (neutral) | Kanikawa Shogunate (Greater Kalshei Co-Prosperity Sphere)* Kahoku Army
* Akagawa Army
* Shogunate Northern Fleet
* Shogunate Southern Fleet
* Cathese collaborators

Leaders| **NRP*** Hong Wei洪威
* Wang Leiming王雷明
* Lu Weizhao魯衛昭
* Ye Jiakang葉嘉康
* Tang Jing唐敬
* Feng Jinxiang馮晉勷
* Lan Wei'an藍衛安
* Chen Liuxian陳柳仙
* Liu Wentao劉文濤
* Kanikawa Mitsuyo蟹川光世
* Kanikawa Kōtoku蟹川康德
* Mizugawa Hayamoto水川早元
* Yoshida Hoshihara吉田星原
* Akiyama Noboru明山昇
* Fukuda Jun福田盾
* Sai Jō-an齊靖安

The **Kalshei'i Revolutionary Wars** (凱洲革命戰爭), also called the **War of Liberation** (解放戰爭) or **Great Kalshei'i Revolution** (凱洲大革命) was the largest and deadliest conflict to have ever erupted in Kalshei, with the casualties and destruction caused just behind the Cataclysm and War of the End-Times, and greater than that of the Great Eredanese War

## History

### Background

The Kanikawa Shogunate had begun directly invading and annexing Cathese territory in 1934. On December First, 1936, it began a massive invasion of the rest of Cathei. Officially, Cathei was "fully conquered" in 1943, but the Shogunate's forces only secured the major cities and coastline. In the vast interiors and mountains, partisan activity persisted, and the Shogunate was unable to exert its power beyond the coastline.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the Shogunate's rule was further shaken by hundreds of attacks on government officials as revolutionary sentiments grew among the populace.

### Early phase

In 1994, the Pan-Red Coalition and National Revolutionary Party were founded - a spiritual successor to the National League of the Republic of Cathei. Under Hong Wei, whose father and grandfather were influential figures in the National League, the **War of Liberation** was declared.

### Middle phase

#### ICO Involvement

The International Cooperation Organization, already busy with the 18th Kagrabadi Fitna and combined with the sheer scale of the war, was unable to effectively get involved in the Revolution like it did in other conflicts around the world. In addition, the sheer chaos and intensity led to the safety of """neutral""" observers being near impossible to guarantee, and so the ICO's involvement in the Revolution was very much limited, with only a few peacekeepers and observers that were unable to do anything effective

## Repercussions

Learning from the mistakes of the Yisi Revolution, Republic of Cathei and Kuomin Tongmeng, it was determined that the new West Kalshei Federation needed to be a unitary state with a strong central government led by a strong vanguard party to combat regionalism, warlordism, and the remnants of imperialism.

Despite its name, the WKF would be a unitary state where local officials were not elected, but appointed by the central government. Education reforms were implemented to teach standard Cathese across the entire country - indirectly wiping out hundreds of dialects and minority languages. Many Kon Thiet nationalists believed that their country was reduced to a faceless province, and continued fighting - this time against the Cathese-dominated WKF. Small-scale conflicts in the WKF would last to the 22nd century

Many of the NRP's policies during the "tutelage period" would be controversial nowadays. Some say that the NRP ruled as a one-party regime until democratization of the 2070s. Some say that Hong Wei's rule resembled that of a communist dictator - and that the NRP's admiration of the man resembled a cult of personality. Some in the ICO said the Great Anti-Colonial Struggle to wipe out the "new nationalities" was genocide.. nonetheless, the WKF believes that these early policies were crucial to its current democracy, stability and prosperity

### Refugee Crisis

The largest conflict to have erupted in Kalshei led to millions of refugees from all sides fleeing the country for other places. Due to geographical proximity, Airolia and Eredan took the brunt of the blow, leading to a new Decade of Hate, as well as massive Cathese and Kanikawan diasporas in the region. Fighting between pro-WKF and pro-Shogunate diaspora would be frequent in the early 21st century.

The new migrants also brought cultural influence through food, festive celebrations and language. The current Prime Minister of Prithania, Andrew Lau, is a descendant of Cathese refugees

### Post-Revolution turmoil

#### Anti-Colonial Struggle

Kanikawa imperialism left deep scars in Cathei. Nearly a dozen "new national identities" were created, and "Spiritually Kanikawan" was promoted. In response, the "Great Decolonization Struggle against Kanikawa Imperialism and Xiajians" (反蟹帝反夏奸去殖民化大鬥爭), or "Great Anti-Colonial Struggle" (去殖民化大鬥爭) for short, was launched to stamp out Kanikawan cultural infiltration.

Those perceived as "Xiajian" were publicly humiliated in "struggle sessions", and as many of the "new nationalities" could barely speak Cathese, nor did they see themselves as Cathese, they were sent to reeducation to "rectify".

Colonial era buildings were burned and demolished. Kanikawan cultural infiltration was stamped out. Liamists, Alaists and Churchists(???) came under scrutiny as well, as their doctrinal religion made their loyalty questionable. However, as their numbers had already been seriously decimated by the Shogunate's massacres in the 30s and 40s, they were not perceived as too big of a threat

#### Anti-Warlord Campaigns

The various regional insurgent groups/warlords that helped in the war of liberation were now a threat to the WKF central government. Among them, the biggest threat was the Kon Thiet Independence Movement (KTIM), which had fought for Kon Thiet's independence for decades.

The KTIM oppose the "federation", believing that it was simply another period of "Northern Domination" where the Cathese occupied and attempted to assimilate Kon Thiet. The KTIM were denounced as "warlords" and "counterrevolutionaries", and fighting would continue for several more decades in the region.

Language and education reforms were implemented in Kon Thiet, which some Kon Thiet nationalists and foreigners have accused of being "assimilation policies" or "cultural genocide". These claims are not accepted by the WKF or most of the world.

#### Reparations from Kanikawa

In the Kanikawa Isles, the WKF stripped and destroyed almost all industry in the region, shipping them back to the Cathese mainland as war reparations.

Education reforms were introduced to educate the Kanikawans about their war crimes. Elections would not be held in the Isles until the 2070s, and it wasn't until the 22nd century when Kanikawans were appointed to govern the Isles.