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The Federal Republic of Owl Archipelago.
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From the Revolution to the Owl Archipelago Civil War
Introduction
In this factbook, I will be telling what has happened in the last years in Owl Archipelago. None of the events have dates associated with, this may change however in the future. The history here described comes from what happens in my Owl Archipelago RP, which started right after the Owlian Revolution. Hope you enjoy reading this.
The Owlian Revolution
Owl Archipelago was under a terrible dictatorship. The leader ruled with tyranny, he did not look at the consequences of his actions. All he cared about was his own personal gain. The people of Owl Archipelago weren't happy and one man decided it was time to stand up and do his best to end the tyranny. That man is Eduardo Correia Mestre. Correia Mestre started the Owlian Revolution which was going to free Owl Archipelago from the authoritarian regime. Soon after the start of the revolution, lots and lots of victories followed, but he knew that destroying the regime wasn't enough, a new state had to be declared.
Eduardo Correia Mestre declared the Republic of Owl Archipelago and he became President of Owl Archipelago. The Republic was based on direct democracy. All major decisions had to go through a referendum and voted by the people of the nation. As his first act as President, Correia Mestre appointed his government. Floortje Duut was appoint as Prime Minister. Andreia Ventura, Ismail Luftëmi and Sebastião Corte-Real were appointed as Ministers.
The Republican Government was a provisional government, its purpose is to ensure Owl Archipelago would prevail. The most important decisions at the time was the flag contest, made to decide a new flag to replace the current one since the current was a symbol of the colonial times. This flag contest was proposed by Andreia Ventura, who made most of the proposals. Another proposal for a flag was made by Ismail Luftëmi, who suggested the use of the same colors but horizontal stripes instead of vertical.
Initial Flag Proposals
From the many proposals for a new flag, only two went to a vote in the House of Ministers. Andreia's proposal with a big white owl and Ismail's proposal. The flag that won the vote was Ismail's and after winning the vote, it was showed to an artist from Cuzcatlan, who made suggestions for a change in the colors who ended up making his own design for the flag based on Ismail's proposal. The design made by the artist was adopted as the Flag of Owl Archipelago.
After this a vote was presented to the House of Ministers. President Eduardo Correia Mestre put a vote to decide the future of the nation. He felt like we needed a more stable democracy similar to what existed in other nations. So this vote would be between the founding of a Constitutional Monarchy, with the head of the Royal House crowned as King or the continuation of a Socialist State. The Constitutional Monarchy won the vote and the President wrote a draft for the new constitution of Owl Archipelago.
The Kingdom of Owl Archipelago
The Kingdom of Owl Archipelago was declared, a new constitution was written and Eduardo de Terra Nova was crowned King of Owl Archipelago. After the coronation the first political parties of the nation were founded and party leaders prepared for the first legislative elections. Three political parties were formed:
- Manuz do Chá, formed by João das Eiras
- Red Star, formed by Ismail Luftëmi
- Polaris Strigiformium, formed by Pflaume von Sachsenburg
Manuz do Chá (Tea Bruhs)
The Manuz do Chá were founded by João das Eiras, however the first leader of the party was Marta Almocreve. These two along with Rogério Balério were the first three members of the party. The party's ideology was Portuguese Integralism and also Satirism. Despite being a right wing party, sometimes aligned itself with socialism and the left. After Marta, João took over as party leader and the party was later disbanded and merged with the National Syndicalist Movement to form the TugaBlok. While it lasted this party never won any elections, but was part of the first government in a coalition with the Red Star party.
Members:
- João das Eiras (Founder and Former Leader)
- Marta Almocreve (Former Leader)
- Rogério Balério
- Tomás Mocho
Red Star
This political party was formed by the former ministers of the Republic. Its founder was Ismail Luftëmi. The party's ideology is a socialism based on titoism. They managed to win the first elections of the Kingdom of Owl Archipelago, but the party lost it's relevance in the elections that came afterwards. Ismail left the party leadership and eventually the party itself to join the National Syndicalist Movement. After Ismail, the leader of the party was Floortje Duut.
Members:
- Ismail Luftëmi (Founder and Former Leader)
- Floortje Duut (Former Leader)
- Sebastião Corte-Real
- Frederico Onif
- Natalie Gomes
- Sofia Gomes
Polaris Strigiformium
Polaris was formed by Pflaume von Sachsenburg, the ideology of this political party is christian democracy. From the first three political parties, it's the less extremist. Managed to win one election and for a minority government, this government was very stable and was didn't fall. The biggest challenge this party faced was the lack of interest of some of its members in participating in the parliament, because of this the Manuz do Chá managed to pass some laws during their government as a big part of the Polaris elected representatives abstained from voting.
Members:
- Pflaume von Sachsenburg
- Evelien von Sachsenburg
- Bluenic Brünner
- Vanessa Lobo
- John Aiglos
Capitalist Party
This party was formed by Eli Cristo, who felt the right wing parties weren't as right wing a he wished. This party was national conservative, libertarian and anti communist. Never managed to win anything in any election.
Members:
- Eli Cristo (Founder and leader)
National Syndicalist Movement
The National Syndicalist Movement was formed by José Maria Jesus. Their ideologies were Nationalism and Syndicalism. They had a government and later got disbanded and merged with the Manuz do Chá to form TugaBlok.
Members:
- José Maria Luís (Founder and leader)
- Jorge Compaio
- Ismail Luftëmi
- Rodrigo Castelo
- Sebastião Corte-Real
- Eduardo Bragança
Gamer Uprising
The Gamer Uprising was formed by Joaquim Castro as a response to the stagnation the nation was facing. This party did not have an ideology associated with it, it simply consisted of a group of people who wished to make their contributition the nation. Ended up not winning any election.
Members:
- Joaquim Castro (Founder and leader)
- John Aiglos
TugaBlok
TugaBlok was the result of merging the Manuz do Chá with the National Syndicalist Movement. Their ideology is Portuguese Integralism, Nationalism and Syndicalism. This party won the election after it was formed and was later usurped by Miguel Ramalho Pontes who took the leadership for himself and kicked João das Eiras from the party. This party was then banned by Miguel Ramalho Pontes.
Members:
- João das Eiras (Founder and Original Leader)
- José Maria Jesus
- Hugo Eiola
- Eduardo Bragança
- Marta Almocreve
- Rogério Balério
When the first elections of the kingdom happened, support for the old regime was still high and as such the Red Star party won with a big majority. At that time the legislative branch wasn't separated from the executive branch. It used the same structure the republic had which was the existence of an House of Ministers. This was changed as a proposal for a constitutional amendment was made and approved. This proposal disbanded the House of Ministers and formed the Parliament of Owl Archipelago. The members of the House of Ministers were made the executive of the nation, a coalition government between the Red Star and the Manuz as they had a member in the House of Ministers so he kept his office with the change. This was one of the most important reforms to happen in the kingdom.
This first government had Ismail Luftëmi as Prime Minister, Floortje Duut as Minister of Home Affairs and Marta Almocreve as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
On the 2nd legislative elections, Polaris won and formed a minority government. Even without the support of the majority, the government prevailed and did not fall. Polaris controlled about 40% of the parliament seats, Manuz controlled a similar amount of seats and the remaining seats were controlled by Red Star. In this election a new political party also participated, the Capitalist Party, that had been formed by Eli Cristo, however, they did not manage to elect any representative to the parliament. Pflaume von Sachsenburg was Prime Minister, Evelien von Sachsenburg and Bluenic Brünner were the Ministers of Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs.
Something bizarre happened in the 3rd legislative elections. None of the political parties presented a candidate list, except for the newly formed National Syndicalist Movement. This party was formed by José Maria Jesus and had Ismail Luftëmi leave Red Star to join it. Their candidate list included names from other political parties and so the parliament didn't have all seats controlled by the same political party. José became the Prime Minister and Sebastião Corte-Real, who had been a Minister during the Republic was made Minister of the Economy. Rogério Balério from Manuz do Chá was made Minister of Home Affairs. A new politician Jorge Compaio was made Foreign Affairs Minister but ended up rising to the rank of Vice Prime Minister, but he resigned and Rodrigo Castelo became the Vice Prime Minister. During this legislature, the Martial Law Act was passed, this law allowed an executive member to request special legislative powers if approved by the parliament.
The nation entered a period of stagnation and a new political party called Gamer Uprising was formed, the founder of this party was Joaquim Castro. In the 4th legislative elections, only the National Syndicalist Movement, the Manuz do Chá and the Gamer Uprising presented candidate lists. Because of their similarities and to make sure they would win, the National Syndicalists agreed on a coalition with the Manuz, this agreement led to both parties merging and forming TugaBlok. João das Eiras became Prime Minister, Hugo Eiola became Minister of Home Affairs and Eduardo Bragança became Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The Rise and Fall of the New Owlian Order
Stagnation was inevitable and discontent over the nation increased. One man had enough, that man is Miguel Ramalho Pontes. He took over the government, made himself prime minister and fired the ministers. Miguel started some reforms that not many enjoyed. He revoked press access to the parliament. He used the judicial system that required a lot of improvements to his own benefit by making it so he was the judge and the jury was appointed by him. And signed a regulation that would make justified to arrest people that could be considered threats.
He had been doing his reforms in a slow pace to make sure he did not anger anyone and because as Prime Minister he did not actually have legislative powers. He could make temporary laws, but that was very limited. Lots of protests and riots started happening. Pontes was waiting for the Parliament to activate the Martial Law Act, which would give him the special legislative powers he needed. Once he got that, there was no stopping him. He banned political parties. He made political arrests. He deposed the monarch, arrested him and ended up allowing Eduardo de Terra Nova to leave the country to exile. He dissolved the parliament and made a new constitution, renaming the state to New Owlian Order and making himself Lord Protector.
Then the unexpected happened, the Portuguese Federation invaded and occupied the Bufo Real Isles. Then the Kingdom of the Bufo Real Isles was procclaimed by the exiled king. This caused Miguel to become paranoid and ordering to prepare for a possible invasion. During the New Owlian Order, resistance movements started appearing. Three main movements were formed:
- Restoration Front
- Social Party
- Republican Movement
The leaders of these movements passed messages to the press under pseudonyms in order not to get arrested. In order to prevent his fall, Pontes decided to organize the elections for the National Assembly, a new legislative body he created to replace the parliament. It happened that the majority of the lists elected to the NA were members of the resistance groups and the first thing they did after being elected was to pass a Condemnation against Miguel Ramalho Pontes, who in an act of rage disbanded the legislative body he created. With this, the resistance movements took arms and declared war on the New Owlian Order and thus the Owlian Civil War had begun.
The Republican Movement, formed by Henrique Spínola, before the war he was using the pseudonym Mário Pereira. The Restoration Front, formed Joaquim Castro, who used the pseudonym The Hedge Knight, and had the support of Jorge Compaio, who spoke to the press revealing his identity and got arrested because of that, managed to break out of jail at the beginning of the war. And the Social Party, formed by Santiago Baker and Agostinho Valmont. Santiago went by the name of Carlos Marzia before the war. All movements defend the restoration of democracy, only in different ways. After the war started, Miguel Ramalho Pontes was assassinated by Eduardo Correia Mestre and the New Owlian Order begun to crumble.
The March on Nova Évora
The Republican forces quickly managed to reach the outskirts of the capital, Nova Évora and started sieging it. The siege was rough but they managed to succeed and took over the city. Shortly after the New Owlian Order was no more. The various factions had agreed not to engage in conflict while the New Owlian Order wasn't defeated. After the victory, peace talks begun with Henrique Spínola proposing a plan to form a provisional government and a provisional parliament with members of all factions. His proposal was for a republic and he did not mention any possibility of a refferendum to decide. The Republic of Owl Archipelago was declared with Henrique as President. The Social Party and the Restoration Front merged and formed the United Monarchist Front and declared the Kingdom of Owl Archipelago. With this the civil war continues...
The war goes, both sides winning and losing battles. The monarchist forces in the north managed with an offensive to connect the territories previously held by the Social Party and let supplies move through. The republican forces move east in order to secure that strategic territory which could be used to attack the north of the nation. Meanwhile the northern monarchist forces manage to start sieging down the military bases around Vila Nova de Iroque and prepare themselves to take over the city where the republican uprising had begun. The population of Owl Archipelago hopes for a peaceful resolution of the conflict that does not seem near its end.
The End of the War
The Monarchist forces took over Vila Nova de Iroque and prepared an offensive to take control of the capital. The war was going well for the monarchist side and President Henrique Spínola started peace discussions with the monarchist side in order to stop the war. This wasn't seen wit good eyes by the other members of the Republican movement and he was forced to resign. He fled to the Bufo Real Isles and was elected Prime Minister of the Isles. Marta Almocreve became the new President of the Republic. Shortly after the monarchist offensive was successful and Nova Évora was now in the monarchist hands. Peace talks followed and a deal between both parties was possible. The Kingdom of the Bufo Real Isles reunited with Owl Archipelago after the peace deal and a provisional parliament was formed with representatives from both factions. Around 4/9 of the parliament's seats are held by members of the monarchist movement, one third is held by the republican movement and 2/9 are held by representatives from the Bufo Real Isles. At last, the civil war has ended!
Huge special thanks to 
Alentejo and Algarve for all of his help, his participation in my rp, making the portraits, making the flags for the civil war factions and making the nation map.
Huge thanks to Lucaempe for being an admin in my rp, participating there and helping me with running the civil war event.
Also special thanks to Portugal brasil and the algarves for helping in making the map and for participating in my rp.
I also have to thank everyone who participated in my rp.
