February Revolution

## Overview

**The February Revolution** was the political conflict that temporarily led to the creation of the Empire of Polynesia.

On the 8th of February, imperialists, notably Fatass and Penguin, took over Port Royal and the Parliament, which was then made the Imperial Palace. The imperialists opposed the democratically elected Parliament and opted to abolish it. Many outspoken imperialists regarded Parliament as useless and inactive.

The February Revolution is one of the shortest-lasting, lasting less than a day.

## Causes of the Revolution

The revolution was due to a combination of factors, the main one being the difference in political views (imperialism vs democracy).

Other factors may include:

* Inactivity of the Parliament and Government
* Low-quality legislation (one-sentence proposals, often not properly defined)
* Ill-mannered harsh behaviour by politicians and alike against any opposers of themselves
* Weak governments/parliament
* Instability concerning crime
* General agression from Members of Parliament
* Megalomaniacism of multiple politicans
* Corruption

## "February nightfall storm"

On the 8th of February, around the late evening, imperialist protesters storm the capital Port Royal and the Parliament building, which de facto turns into the 'Imperial Palace', the unrecognised residence of emperor Fatass. Fatass announces the storm publicly and instantly gains mass support, many chanting 'LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR'. The Imperial flag is hung upon the Parliament building. For a brief period, no resistance is seen against the coup d'état.

The emperor and Penguin visited the major cities of Polynesia; Port Royal, Fishburg, Castleburgh, Lexon, Wicklow and Kraken Bay. The emperor claimed that these were merely city visits rather than occupations. During this time, Jeffrey would request the title 'Baron of Lexon' and authority over Greater Lexon.

## Title crisis

Later that evening, the emperor would meet up with Tom who at first requested the independence of the Kingdom of Castleburgh with himself as king. When this request was denied by Fatass, Tom instead requested authority over Castleburgh with himself as 'Duke of Castleburgh'. In the meantime, Jeffrey had given up his title of baron mere minutes after he got it and declared the republic re-established. Tom would soon follow as he attempted an assassination of the emperor whilst touring him around Wicklow. He would attempt to create a new government that would replace the democratically elected one as well as the emperor (some theorise Tom wanted to become emperor himself by doing this, yet only few evidence supports this). This government failed and Fatass would team up with Jordin who created an 'advisory government', with the plans to dethrone Tom completely of all his titles and power.

## Collapse of the empire

By the late late evening, Sealand, who previously (unofficially) supported Fatass, announced Fatass was illegitimate and the empire had never de jure existed, nor did the republic collapse. Though few still supported the empire, it managed to stay together without any bloodshed.

However, Penguin began talking with Fatass about abolishing the empire, after the consequences were not what they expected (megalomaniacism and hate speech). Around this time, The Telegraph posted an article about how Fatass was not the bad guy, yet the others were, due to their megalomaniacism and hate speech (mentioned above).

The next day, on the 9th of February, Fatass announced his abdication, stating that the hatred and fights among the citizens was not his intention. This marked the end of the Empire of Polynesia, one of the shorted-surviving countries in Polynesian history.

## Legacy and impact

Despite its short survival, the empire left a huge impact on Polynesians. Theorising about how Fatass may have been a troll who metaphored politics in the Republic gained bits of popularity to an extent. Many politicians' true intentions were revealed, causing major decrease in support in politics throughout the nation. Fatass moved to Kmeanoavei, in the north-west of Polynesia, where he lives with natives in Liwanda Jem Li Mea to this day and is married to the Djoba Kine (Djoba = chief, Kine = daughter).

Seeing this, Belg and Sealand created the Mineism and Craftism ideologies. These ideologies would bring many parties with different views together, yet the split is clear as Belg preferred Craftism (and thus created the party 'Forward') while Sealand preferred the Mineism ideology (and thus created the party 'Moderates'). The Forward party merged with three parties (PLD, PCP and IP), with 7 people joining, causing the Forward Party to be the second biggest party ever, only behind Labour. Meanwhile, the Moderates also merged with three parties (Morrisey Party, NPP and Wolters Party), with 4 people joining.

## Sources

https://discord.gg/aKuRQh9tbR

PolynesiaZ.minehut.gg (Minecraft server)