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Ebrarian Civil War
From top, left to right: Brigade of the Ebrarian Republican Army; Burning of Egschwil by Gallasian People's Army; Vorstish Guard advance into rebel territory; Royal Army soldiers on a troop transport; Foreign republican volunteers
Date 15 Jul 1920 - 3 Mar 1932 Location Ebrary Result Republican victory End of the Kingdom of Ebrary Establishment of the Republic of Ebrary as a democratic republic Establishment of the semiautonomous Republic of Gallasia Abolishment of titles of nobility and confiscation of noble estates Exile of the Ebrarian royal family and many members of the Ebrarian nobility
Belligerents
Monarchists Kingdom of Ebrary Loyalist Militias Vorstish Guard (until 1925) Foreign volunteers	Republicans Ebrarian Republican Army People's Legion Red Brigades Gallasian People's Army United Labor Union Syndicalist Party of Ebrary Foreign volunteers
Commanders and leaders
Marco II	Georgio Rodrigo

The Ebrarian Civil War was a civil war in Ebrary fought from 1920 to 1932. Monarchists loyal to King Marco II of the aging Kingdom of Ebrary, supported by loyalist militias, fought against an insurrection by the Republicans, an alliance of liberals, socialists, labor unions and syndicalists, led by a military mutiny among whom General and later President of the Republic, Georgio Rodrigo quickly achieved a preponderant role.

Background and causes

While Ebrary had adopted a constitution and thus become a constitutional monarchy in the mid-19th century, liberal reforms had largely stalled for some decades. Though the Kingdom of Ebrary had an elected Parliament, suffrage was not extended to women, the Gallasian people, or to many of the lower class. Suffrage had only been extended to non-Ebraricist Amendant Christians in 1909. In addition, heavy taxation had been implemented chiefly on the middle and lower classes to pay off the kingdom's mounting debts. The divisions in Ebrarian society were complex, with supporters of the monarchy largely being religiously Ebraricist, socially nobility or clergy. The middle classes, generally religiously Ebraricist or Christenist or Parishist, largely supported liberal reforms, as well as a large portion of the military establishment which were originally born into the middle classes. The lower and underclass, along with noted members of the intelligentsia, supported more radical leftists such as the socialists and syndicalists, and tended towards the Sanctity movement and smaller Amendant splinter groups.

The most direct cause of the war was an act by the Ebrarian Parliament, supported by the king, which cut pay for members of the Ebrarian Army excepting members of the nobility or their children. This quickly led to a galvanization of support for General Georgio Rodrigo, himself a noted liberal as well as from a middle class background, and a mutiny in the army occurred with Rodrigo at the head of it. Fighting ensued in the Lavernan countryside between Rodrigo's forces and the Ebrarian Royal Army, and it quickly escalated when other groups (Party of Socialist Workers, Gallasian nationalists, United Labor Union, and syndicalists) began to organize as allies of Rodrigo.

Combatants

Republicans

Ebrarian Republican Army

The Ebrarian Republican Army (ERA) comprised the largest grouping of the Republican coalition. The core of the Ebrarian Republican Army was formed when Ebrarian generals revolted in a mutiny against royalist rule. The ERA was led by a cadre of reform-minded commanders centered around General Georgio Rodrigo.

People's Legion

The People's Legion was a loose confederation of citizens militias on the side of the Republicans in the Ebrarian Civil War. The leadership of the People's Legion largely rejected the more radical mentality of the radical leftist groups, with its leaders being inspired by radical liberal or moderate socialist thought.

Red Brigades

The Red Brigades were the paramilitary wing of the Party of Socialist Workers, the largest left-wing movement in Ebrary at the time of the Ebrarian Civil War. The Party of Socialist Workers was a big-tent movement, including democratic socialists, communists, and some syndicalists.

Gallasian People's Army

The Gallasian People's Army were composed of Gallasian nationalists and separatists, generally of a left-wing orientation. This faction allied itself with the Republicans out of pragmatism, working particularly closely with the Red Brigades.

United Labor Union

The United Labor Union was the largest labor union in Ebrary, and aligned itself with the Republican movement.

Syndicalist Party of Ebrary

The most radical of the major factions on the Republican side, this group was largely syndicalist and anarchist in orientation. The Syndicalist Party of Ebrary set up the Cierala Commune which existed from 1923 - 1926 and governed the city of Cierala along anarchist lines.