Union of Aillaca-Rocia

Union of Aillaca-Rocia Unión de Aillaca-Roca (Palian)
1797–1906
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Libertad y prosperidad" ("Liberty and prosperity")
Anthem: Marcha Libertadora ("Liberation March")
Capital	Verbo Divino
Common languages	Palian
Demonym(s)	Unioner, Uniónense, Aillacan, Rocian
Government	Federal presidential republic
President
• 1797–1829	Manuel Lacasa (first)
• 1840–1850	Federico Obregon
• 1868–1881	Horacio Casal y Veliz
• 1905–1906	Agustín Fallas y Feo (last)
Legislature	Congreso de la Unión
History
• Established	January 18, 1797
• Peace of Montemolín	August 26, 1812
• Dissolution	March 2, 1906
Population
• 1850	3,918,299
Currency	Union cambar
Preceded by Succeeded by Viceroyalty of Great Rocia Aiyaca Rocia
Today part of	Aiyaca Amandine Rocia

The Union of Aillaca-Rocia (Palian: Unión de Aillaca-Roca), also referred as to as Aillaca-Rocia, Rocia or more often simply The Union (Palian: La Unión) or UAR was a country in eastern Marceaunia Minor that formed during the Lacasine Rebellion under the flag of Manuel Lacasa in 1797, comprising the entirety of the Viceroyalty of Great Rocia that had existed under the Palian crown. Recognised gradually between 1797 and 1812, but gaining full recognition at the 1812 Peace of Montemolín, the Union was one of Marceaunia's earliest colonial states, declaring independence five years before Amandine and over twenty years before Albrennia and Audonia. It functioned as a federalised presidential republic, who answered primarily to the Union Congress, the Union's unicameral legislature. Its capital was in Verbo Divino, now in modern-day Rocia. The Union was dissolved in 1906 after the War of the Four Nations, splintering into the modern states of Aiyaca and Rocia.

Agitation for independence in the colonial viceroyalties had existed since the beginning of the 18th century, with increasingly taxing and scrutinising laws placed on the colonies by Palia in the mid-18th century contributing greatly to the development of pro-independence thought and philosophy in Rocia. The Rythenean Revolution and subsequent Palian Revolution directed led to the outbreak of the Lacasine Rebellion in La Sagrada in 1797, calling for Rocia's independence as a republic. After 15 years of fighting between pro-independence forces, colonial governors and the Palian Republic, the Union's independence was recognised at the Peace of Montemolín in 1812, with Manuel Lacasa serving as its first recognised president. Over the next ten years, Lacasa formed the Union's governmental structure, establishing the Union Congress in 1813 and setting out the country's basic law at the 1816 Congress of Chocán.

The Union rised to a significant position of power throughout the 19th century, constructing a sizable navy and well-trained land force that allowed it to project its influence overseas. It supported independence movements across Marceaunia and often funded revolutionaries in colonial states. In 1833 Tyrnican philosopher Poldi Schneider described the Union as "the leaders of the post-colonial world", and their devotion to combatting colonialism made relations with Auressia tense. The country developed an affectionate bilateral relationship with Audonia, and the two supported each other against Amandine. Rocia claimed parts of the Republic of Lorena in the mid-19th century before it was reunited with Amandine in 1868.

As the influence of Albrennia and Amandine abroad grew, the Union's position as a global power dwindled as it was racked by economic hardships and internal instability. Horacio Casal y Veliz was couped by the military in 1881, who established a brief junta that dissolved the Union Congress before installing a puppet presidency under Manolo Franqui in 1882. Franqui was shot in 1884 and replaced by a series of brief presidents. Abraám Orihuela ordered an attack on an Amand fleet in the Adrienne Sea in 1904, beginning the War of the Four Nations. The Union's outdated equipment and strategies led to a crushing loss that eventually saw it dissolved into the constituent states of Aiyaca and Rocia in 1906.