The Rhodeve Collapse

The Rhodeve Collapse
Date 11th 1840 th 5 May 1845 (5 years, 5 months, 5 days) Location Sunalaya Result Collapse of the Rhodeve Empire Treaty of Pacifica City Start of Aznazian naval empire Independence of many nations (list nations here)
Belligerents
Rhodevus Template:Country data Layfet	Sunalayan Nations: Aznazia Capsland Lindenholt Ispanza Eubatu Makenzie and Athabaska Romaikos Englean Kaiserreich

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The Rhodeve Collapse (1840-1845), also called the First Global Conflict or the End of the Republic War was a series of wars, revolutionary conflicts and colonial conflicts surrounding the Rhodeve Empire and it's global domains. The war stemmed from the nations, empires and colonies picking away at the slowly fracturing Rhodeve Empire, in moves to gain influence or independence.

Background

The collapse of the Rhodeve Empire was an extremely controversial and political period in history.

There were multiple different facets which lead to its collapse both internally and externally. Externally, Rhodevus was engaged in multiple wars and especially near the end, was stretched thin, engaging in some 30 or so different fronts around the world, without its empire backing it; as most of the empire was in open rebellion against the republic.

Internal complications since the start of the Second Republic in 1808 foretold of a coming collapse within the century, even without external conflict. The nation was littered with corruption, black-market deals and trade, assassination and espionage on nearly every level.

Preluding the war, the president of the Republic; who would be president throughout the entirety of the conflict, President Rubin Machin was and extremely ambitious and considerably corrupt individual. if any one person led to the collapse, it would have been him. He sold people out, planted false reports on people so they would be arrested, and then turned those he made plant those reports over to the police. He had a hand in as many pockets as he could get, especially the newspapers. He saw to it, that the military abroad received bad intel, or received it too late to be useful. He made deals with the Aznazians (our main rivals in the final months of the wars) to ensure Rhodevus fell into a sort of quasi-controlled status of their empire, instead of as a direct territory. But, as the saying about him goes: "Men are either good in life or great in history".

Another important person would be Senator Marcus Swan. AKA the Man Who Owned the Banks. Greedy, ambitious and just like Rubin, extremely corrupt. Using his position of power, he did a bunch of things to line his own pockets, especially at the expense of the colonies and territories. When the government needed money, he made sure that they requested 25% more than required, giving himself healthy bonuses. An avid liar, he cared more about potential foreign business offers than much else. It would be him, who turned foreign interests and aggression onto the empire so quickly.

There of course are the Marks brothers, who single-handedly (double-handedly?) lead to the collapse in Triumvirate Relations (the 3 peoples of Rhodevus: english, french and natives). Supreme Judge Rubio Dingg, who revealed to the public all of the corruption which was taking place (after being caught and tortured for information by:) Maggie Quinn, owner of a major newspaper company in Rhodevus and the territories, who hoped to become president one day, at the expense of literally everyone she came into contact with. and the Golden Boy; Andrew Wyle. Street thug, mafia leader, soon-to-be mayor of Kingstown, and just like the rest, greedy, corrupt and controversial

All these people and more had a hand in shaping Rhodevus internally and externally during the final years of the country. But, while I only specified their faults, all were terrible people but great in some way. Andrew Wyle did indeed become mayor. For two months where he crippled the under-ground gangs in the country (before being killed off himself). Maggie Quinn hosted the only news company that spread factual news at the time and was not owned by the government; leading to the rise of the concept of open and free press in Rhodevus. She too, would eventually be sentenced to prison and then executed. Rubio Dingg passed through benchmark laws which would keep Rhodevus sustainable long into the future (dead in an accident, most believed that he was assassinated by Rubin Machin). The Mark Brothers were just sh*tty people. Both held life sentences upon their capture. Marcus Swan, who controlled vast monopolies lead to the separation of companies act, which ended Rhodeve monopolies (also sentenced to life in prison).

The only person not sentenced to prison or death was Rubin Machin, who became king, and restructured the entire political landscape in Rhodevus, nearly single-handedly ending corruption in the country, before dying 2 years later of leukemia.

Of course, not everyone was bad, Thomas Swayer, Betty Katth, Katherine Kates and many more. There were good people among the bad.

The Conflict

Ventismarien Front

In 1841, the Layfetian government met with Rhodevus to offer their support in the exponentially growing conflict. In return for their military support along the new Mackenzie and Athabaskan Front, the Anthros Atoll would be granted to the Layfetian government in perpetuity. The Rhodeve government readily agreed, considering it a dual win by gaining allies and relinquishing hold on a territory in a hard to defend location.

Political effects and aftermath

With the independence of Mackenzie and Athabaska established, a joint deal between them and Layfet was signed which allowed for joint custody of the Anthros Atoll.

War timeline

• August 29, 1842 - Lindenholt annexes the Islands of Havian
• March 27, 1843 - The Bohin becomes an independent nation
• May 5, 1845 - Rhodevus signs the Treaty of Bussón, which officially dismantles the Rhodeve Empire

References

List of Battles in the Rhodeve Collapse