Charkaonese Civil War

The Charkaonese Civil War began shortly after the Charkaonese General Election in February 2076 which was a vast majority win for the Charkaonese Progression Party which would see the reinstatement of an Emperor and the change of ideology from Reformatism to Progressivism. The two belligerents were the Charkaonese Progessivist Republic led by Char Ko and the Charkaonese Reformatist Republic led by Yin Bi. The Reformatist Government refused the change of power and ordered the assassination of the top CPP Politicians. The War began when the states of Yugatori and Yasaki declared secession from the Reformation League and from the Charkaonese Reformatist Republic, forming the Charkaonese Progressivist Republic.

After Progressivist forces seized numerous federal forts within territory claimed by the CPR, the CRR began rallying their troops. Char Ko assumed that due to the Josephite countries' great relations with the Charkanese Progressivist Republic, they would aid them, but none did, and none recognized the new Progressivist nation.

Hostilities began on February 22, 2076, when Progressivist forces fired upon Fort Panqing in the state of Jeyong. Violence continued as CPR forces began successfully pushing the CRR further into Charkao. Yin Bi's police force, the Reformers, launched Operation: Eradication and Operation: Eviction. Operation: Eradication involved the killing of anyone who was against Yin Bi's regime, or anyone even suspected of allying or agreeing with the CPR. Operation: Eviction involved the eviction of anyone in the CRR who had relatives from regions in the CPR or were from the CPR. Due to the large amount of immigrants from Nakamoto after the Douzhin District was destroyed, hundreds of thousands of innocents were arrested and/or executed if they resisted arrest.

   The war then continued and it was unclear which side was winning. The Progressivists would gain a small amount of land, only to be taken back by the Reformatists. Yin Bi was dumbfounded how they weren't winning and suspected his own party was full of traitors. He then had many innocent and valuable members from the government killed, including the Air Field Marshall and the Fleet Admiral. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and politicians were terminated, greatly damaging the CRR. This left them unprepared when the Progressivists launched 3 simultaneous sub-invasions on bordered regions. The regions were taken in weeks and the CRR was left critically damaged and paranoid of traitors. The RSM completely fell to the Josephites at this point, restricting backup. Out of suspicion, Yin Bi began accusing China of having no faith in a Reformation League victory and taking bribes to give information which lead to China refusing to aid the CRR.

In December 2078, due to the Progressivist winnings and Char Ko's diplomacy, the CPR was finally recognised by the Josephite Union and accepted into the Union itself. In January, they finally gave aid to the Progressivists, seizing the opportunity to put an end to Yin Bi's Charkao. Zaktopian, Joshinstreetian and Buenaparkian forces joined Progressivist forces pushing into Zhendong. The Josephites destroyed the CRR river navy by March 2079 and seized Shandsai. The successful Josephite siege of Mitterben gave Charkcity freedom, making the CRR, the third smallest country in the East Zedician Peninsula, behind Nerdnation and Cycia. In August 2079, Yin Bi's Reformatist incursion south ended at the Battle of Karazou. The Progressivists then gathered resources and manpower to attack the CRR from all directions, leading to the fall of Salharoot. The last significant battles raged around the Siege of Paruzuma. Yin Bi's escape attempt was intercepted and his convoy was ambushed. Before he could be captured or killed, Bi shot himself, ending his gruesome reign over East Zedici. While the civil war was coming to an end, the political reintegration of the nation would take years, beginning the unification era. Markborough was given independence and the RSM was split into Mossgriffin and Sweatingrad, with Sweatingrad being under CPR occupation and Mossgriffin under Joshinstreet occupation. Although the CPR was an altogether different country to the CRR, Char Ko did not try to resist sanctions and instead gladly accepted them, swearing to hold peace and never to start conflict in the nation. Charkao's military size was decreased and the multi-party system in Charkao was proven to be corrupt and was abolished, starting the Charkaonese Empire and ending the Charkaonese Democratic Republic started all those years ago in 1778. Char Ko had total power and the Ko Family became the only royal family. They had learned their lesson from trusting politicians and an Absolute Monarchy seemed the most virtuous option. The Charkaonese Empire then left the Josephite Union but stayed allied to it until its dissolvement.