Scarlet Revolution

* The Monarchy is overthrown and abolished. The Emperor concedes all official claims to the throne of Auria
* The Federal Republic becomes the sole legitimate government of Phoenexium
 **Federal Republic*** Federal Army
* Scarlet People's Army
* Red Rebels

The **Scarlet Revolution** (*Phoenexi: **Éla Révolucium Coçinia***) was a political and military conflict in the Kingdom of Phoenexium that started in 1819. The Revolution resulted in the establishment of the Federal Republic as the legitimate government in Phoenexium-- in direct opposition to the increasingly centralized monarchy.

## Prelude

Following the dissolution of the Confederation in 1727 and the subsequent establishment of the Kingdom of Phoenexium, efforts were made in the Senate to increase centralization throughout the newly-united realms under the Aurien throne. The Senate, whose members were appointed by the discretion of each realm, was dominated by a large group of unelected landowners mostly hailing from the lands of the Aurien Empire. As the largest realm, Auria held nearly 40% of the nation's population, and thus determined about 40% of the Senate's members.

Disillusioned with the concerns of the few republican realms (i.e. Viripolis, etc.) and even the smaller autocratic realms, the Senate passed many controversial bills that followed the Emperors' centralist agendas and went against the interests of the common person.

The tension between the commoners and the Kingdom culminated after the passage of the Consolidation of Seditious Peoples Act on November 9th, 1818, shortly after the crowning of Empress Maíga I. The "Final Act of Tyranny," as it was later called, was an act that formally consolidated the lands of the Bernolian, Mendbak, and Lakeskalak peoples under direct control of the Aurien Empire. Under the Act, the Basque-descendant people of Bernolia, Mendbalura, and Lakeskalura were subject to harsh penalties for using their Basque languages, among other penalties. The act gave Aurien-appointed "representation" to the Basque provinces and added 10 seats to the Senate in accordance. This brought Aurien control of the Senate up to 37 of the now 72 seats, giving Aurien Senators a majority.

In response to the Act, a paramilitary group, the "Army of the Scarlet Peoples", was formed by Sésar Vétucia. The "People's Army," as it was called, rapidly grew in number and garnered recruits from all Phoenexite realms-- most notably, Viripolis and Oramdak (modern-day Oramda). On March 6th, 1819, the group famously engaged in the first armed conflict of the revolution by storming the Aurien barracks in Aqavalli, Lakeskalura.

The People's Army would soon gain major political support from many prominent figures, including an open letter of support from Saul Viripoli, a Viripolian stateman and the realm's elected governor at the time, on June 13th, 1819. Viripoli called for the abolition of the tyrannical government and the monarchy it supported--a radical idea at the time. In his open letter, he asked the governments of other realms to support the writing of a new constitution to challenge the power of the monarchy and "ensure the utter destruction of the tyranny and autocracy illegitimately enforced upon the country and its people by the Aurien Empire for the last century and secure a democratic form of government."

Gaining pledged support from several governors and militias, Saul Viripoli became the face of the Republican movement. He also gained support from some of the aristocratic governors, many of which even pledged to relinquish power after the Revolution.

## 1819

**July 17th-** Saul Viripoli announces the drafting of a federalist Constitution, and the creation of the states of Oramda and Nexmonia, created from several duchies, kingdoms, and republics all loyal to Viripoli.

**August 21st-** The Constitution is ratified by representatives from most of the regions of Phoenexium under the pretense of the unification of those regions' individual realms into singular States. The Constitution is sent to the governments of territories under direct Republican control.

**August 24th-** Oramda and Nexmonia ratify the Constitution.