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Revolution and instability

The Enlightenment in Cuthland reached its zenith in the immediate aftermath of the partition, with liberal and republican ideals gaining traction with the peasantry amidst a sharp decline in the popularity of the monarchy. These ideals were promoted by the Council of Reason, a secretive society led by enlightenment thinkers such as Alfred Harwood and Dunstan Millward that published various articles and pamphlets between 1765 and 1770 that circulated throughout the nation. The publication of Just Governance and the Rights of Man in 1770 proved particularly controversial for its denouncement of the Cuthish monarchy, and led to the arrest and execution of both Harwood and Millard for treason. The executions led to a rapid deterioration in relations between the peasantry and nobility, culminating when soldiers of the Imperial Guard opened fire on a group of demonstrators in front of Gledworth Palace in Kingsham on April 10. The soldiers killed 14 demonstrators in what became known as the Gledworth Massacre, leading to waves of riots and unrest across the nation and signaling the start of the Cuthish Revolution.

Amidst increasing unrest, revolutionary leaders formed the Popular Committee in January 1771 with the intent of organizing resistance against the monarchy. The Committee appointed Harold Drace, a former officer in the Imperial Cuthish Army, to establish and lead peasant armies

History of Cuthland-Waldrich

• Pre-6th century: Tribes and stuff from prehistory until circa 6th century
• 6th century: Various petty kingdoms, duchies, etc. emerge and dominate throughout early medieval period
• 6th-11th centuries: But oh no, they keep getting fucked by Mascylla from the east and the Nordics from the west
• 11th century: Probably better if we unite into two kingdoms instead, Cuthland and Waldrich
• 15th century: Yeah this is pretty cool but Masc keeps fucking us so let's form a political union and totally not rip off Poland-Lithuania in the process
• 15th-17th centuries: Wow I like this whole empire thing let's go invade not!Scandinavia and maybe parts of Mascylla as well
  • We should also be artsy and shit while we're at it
• 17th century: Oh never mind this is actually completely unsustainable, ethnic tensions are sucky and our economy is in the shitter
  • Guess we better partition the G L O R I O U S E M P I R E and return to getting railed by Mascylla
• 1818: Lol jk we're getting the band back together
• 19th century: Oh look, industry and colonies
  • Oh awesome now Dulebia wants in, maybe we can challenge Lavarian/Mascyllary dominance and in no way collapse spectacularly in the process
• Great War: Oh wow that was shockingly predictable guess we suck again
• 1920s: Yep we definitely suck, Masc took our monarchy and now the commies want in
• 1930s: But what better cure for communism than a return of the monarchy, this time with double the oppression
• 1930s: Guess we should invade/annex Waldrich again, as is customary
• 1930s-1970s: Oh wow this is much better than before, we're actually kind of feared
• 1970s: Whoops maybe economics aren't our thing, the people are restless again
  • Okay we'll give you more capitalism but the monarchy stays
• 1980s-2000s: Mmm yes the sweet taste of cold hard cash
• 2000s-present: Wow we're actually developed as fuck for once