Hálga

"For the Prosperity of Man"

**Hálga**, officially the **Hálgan Confederation**, is a Confederated Peasants' Republic located in the river valley, upon the river Šned, between the mountain ranges of Jurale in the north and the Cernoslady in the south.

## History

### Free Cities Period

The Free Cities of Hálga were the first period of Hálgan history, which resembled a properly functioning system similar to a state. It is often considered to have begun with the settlements of first Hálgan tribes. The Free Cities were a form of government used by Hálgan towns and villages, which relied on primitive Council Republicanism. Free Cities would often differ in the extent of their Republican practices, many would elect people for life, while some elected them for set terms. There are over eighty examples of Proto-Confederations forming during this time, with the most notable being the Pranin Confederation and the Valley Confederation, with the latter incorporating the modern region of Niemeň and Pranin, without a majority of the mountainous Free Cities being involved. Proto-Confederations would often last no more than two generations, and almost never involve every Hálgan Free City; the exception to this rule is the Northern Coalition, which functioned as a Semi-Confederation under the pretext of an extensive military alliance of all Hálgan and Lower Šned people groups against the invading forces of the Vinitican Empire. The Northern Coalition saw the end of the Free Cities Period, as it would later be reformed into the Duchy of Hálga.

### Ducal Period

The Ducal Period of Hálga covered 67 years of its history up until the Katarinian Rebellion. The Duchy which ruled the land was made up of multiple Counties, which over its short duration split apart further due to Gavelkind succession laws, and additionally suffered due to poor governance and a hostile population. The furthering of division of the Duchy's powers lead to perpetual and overlapping crises, that eventually caused the complete collapse of confidence in the Government.

### Early Rebellion

The Katarinian Rebellion marks the beginning of the Hálgan Calendar, its early stages involved about 3 thousand peasants from the city of Pranin, lead by charismatic young lady, Saint Katarina of Pranin. Having successfully rallied the local villages and threatening to expand the Rebellion's ambitions, the Czebko-Praňska Militia was ordered to combat the peasantry before it could threaten further expansion. The Rebels were at first largely successful in fighting the Militia, and with each village captured, they managed to grow the Rebellion - with numbers eventually reaching 13 thousand peasants. The tide turned on the Rebels at the Battle of Sodnepole, which despite seeing major Rebel successes, resulted in the capture and execution of St. Katarina.

### New Rebellion

The execution had quickly sparked an outrage among the rural and urban populace of Hálga, caused mainly by its cruelty. Word spread of the State's large losses, and quickly lead to the Rebellion restarting. This time, amassing a near 70 thousand participants, most peasants and some commoners. The cities of Pranin and Niemeň quickly elected to join the Rebellion, shortly followed by Nation-wide mutinies and refusals of paying tax. Over the next few months, 18 out of the 23 Counts were executed, alongside nearly the entire Ducal family, excluding the Duke himself.

### Provisional Government

With most royals choosing to hide out in the Jurals, attempting to avoid execution, the Provisional Government was established on the 2nd Year After the Rebellion. The Representatives of the Rebellion universally agreed to Declarations and Commitments, with the intent of paving way for the path of the Revolution in Hálga. The First Public Council concluded with the Establishment of the Provisional Government of the Hálgan Confederation, which involved the creation of Legal Procedures, and the Four Commitments.

## The Four Commitments

The Commitments of the Hálgan Confederation approved universally during the First Public Council, they represent the Ideological Foundations of Hálgan Republicanism.

### Rights of People

"We, the Government of Hálga, declare our unconditional commitment to the War for the Rights of People. It is critical that our State supports any action, domestic and foreign, which would contribute to the furthering of our Moral Ambition of Complete Emancipation."

### Replacatory Precedence

"We, the Government of Hálga, agree to delay further establishment, until the threat of Reactionary Action has been annihilated. For this reason, no Legal Permanent Government may be formed for as long as the lives of the Hálgan Tyrants are not concluded."

### Embargo on Tyranny

"We, the Government of Hálga, vow never to ally or associate ourselves with Tyrannical Governments. Any State which fails to appropriately meet the commitments of the Hálgan State, is Tyrannical."

### Emancipation of All Mankind

"We, the Government of Hálga, commit to the complete eradication of all Hierarchies, which exist to oppress the Will of the People. Every Government, which lives on the misery of its Population, lives on borrowed time; and shall meet its end, impaled, as a road marker on the Way of Progress."

## The Government of Hálga

The Provisional Government of Hálga is classified as a Peasants' Republic due to its lack of Feudal systems in place, rather than similarities to modern conceptions of Republicanism. The Government organises into a Public Council, which Meets each year in the Capital. The Government is structured from every Special Sector Representative: Agricultural Representatives, Economist Representatives, and Military Officers. The details of Government functions are codified within the "Establishment of the Hálgan Provisional Government"; the first Constitutional Paper of the Hálgan Confederation.