Arucian Naissance
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The Arucian Naissance (lit. birth) refers to the period between the end of the Great War in 1935 to the dissolution of the United Provinces in 1955 when the Arucian experienced collectively experienced a cultural, political, economic, and social revolution. The period was characterized by Arucian independence from colonial rule, the rise of nationalism, large scale land reform, and rise of socialist and labour movements. The term was formulated by X in X in a series of essays and has since become a common term in Arucian historiography.
Context
Countries
Carucere
Imagua and the Assimas
While in the immediate post-Great War period, the Socialist Party lost to the Sotirian Democrats under the leadership of Lucas Pembroke, the Sotirian Democratic Party's tenure in government was seen as only benefitting the Eucleo-Imaguan population, particularly the landowners, who controlled the island's sugar industry, and the financial sector.
Thus, beginning in the late 1930s, the Imaguan Section of the Workers' International and some leftists within the Labour Party began advocating for land reform. Furthermore, with Imagua gaining "independence within the empire" in 1938 meant that while Imagua still had some residual ties with Estmere, namely sharing the same head of state, Imaguan national identity began to flower during this period.
In the 1940s, political changes occurred: first with the outbreak of the Solarian War in 1943, followed by Imagua becoming part of the United Provinces in 1945 on the behest of Imaguan elites, the adhesion of the Assimas Islands into Imagua in 1946, the merger of the Democratic and Labour Parties to form the Democratic Labour Party to counteract SDP hegemony over Imagua in 1948, and the expulsion of Imagua from the United Provinces in 1948.
With the growth of trade unions in this period, they helped the Democratic Labour Party form their first government in the 1952 elections. In their first stint in government, from 1952 to 1956, the Democratic Labour Party established several state-owned enterprises such as the Imaguan Television Service and the Imaguan Maritime Service to help unite the country, as well as strengthening labour protections. However, despite its promises, land reform was not done, leading to the Democratic Labour Party losing the 1956 election to the Sotirian Democrats.
However, Imaguan historians claim that the Arucian Naissance on Imagua ended only with the election of Eric Fleming and Efrem Lacovara in 1960, which saw the Democratic Labour Party return to government, and began a 40-year period where the Democratic Labour Party formed government, and the permanent end to the Sotirian Democratic Party ever forming government.