History of Mordusia

This page relates the History of Mordusia

Mordusian Unification
The modern Mordusian state was created in by the union of six independent states within the territorial boundaries of Mordusia between 2041 and 2047. This was brought about by nationalist and republican movements which took hold in all of the states during this period.



Background
Over a period of several centuries 6 states had arisen in Mordusia largely based on linguistic line, these were the English speaking Grand Duchy of Sayon-Mordusia and The Republic of Mordusia, the Dutch speaking Kingdom of Hosamia, the Spanish speaking Kingdom of Sammadora and the Republic of South Mordusia and the French State of Adubura. However over the course of the 21st century there built up a stronger and stronger Mordusian cultural identity. Indeed despite the language differences Mordusians all share a distinct culture. This was also combined witha rise in republican movements in the two kingdoms due in part to the continued rise in power of the Republics of Mordusia and South Mordusia which were exerting a greater influence over the region

United Republic of Mordusia
In 2041 elections were held in the two Mordusian Republics with Hiram Granville elected Chancellor of Mordusia and Ricardo Montolivo elected President of South Mordusia. Both had campaigned on strongly nationalist grounds and both won convicingly, leading by the end of the year to the establishment of the United Republic of Mordusia which was easily the dominant power in Mordusia. The next year a constitutional referendum was held in Sayon-Mordusia which led to the Grand Duke William Sayon standing down and the establishment of Sayoon as the third state in united Mordusia

Revolution in Hosamia
The entrance of Sayoon into the union left the Kingdom of Hosamia as an independent enclave within Mordusia. For many years conflict had been bubbling below the surface between the ruling dutch minority and the growing Mordusian majority within the nation who were greatly under represented. In 2143 this became a fully fledged revolution as Dutch republicans joined Mordusian nationalists in overthrowing the monarchy, a move which was given tacit support by Mordusia shortly after the revolution Adiltia visited the new Republic and gave a famous speech to the Hosamian parliament calling for a union of all Mordusians. By mid 2144 Hosamia joined the union.

Invasion of Sammadora
The authorities in Sammadora looked on the developments in the East with increasing concern. Mordusian nationalism was a growing force within their state as well but these were brutally crushed as the authoritarian government tried to maintain control. Meanwhile elections were held in Mordusia which brought the coalition of Granville and Montolivo back into government with a huge majority. With this strong backing the government of Mordusia felt emboldened to act in Sammadora supllying nationalist rebels with arms and training. Sammadora reacted by launching air strikes against Mordusian military bases on the border. The public overwhelmingly backed war and in the spring of 2145 the young Gneral Plinio Alditia led the Mordusian army into Sammadora. Combined with a popular uprising in the Kingdom, Mordusia was quickly victorious taking the capital Bayonne within a month.

The Mordusian Federation and the entrance of Adubura
In 2046 a Constitutional convention was held with representatives of all the states invited to reach a final resolution on the nature of the Mordusian State. However in a suprise move representatives of Adubura also attended. This was unexpected as although it had a sizeable Mordusian minority Adubura was a mainly French state. However Adubura had always had close links with Mordusia and its population considered its future lay with Mordusia rather than the other French states of South Seleya. Over the course of proceedings it was decided that the new state would be a Federal Republic and the borders of the states would be redrawn to get citizens to consider themselves Mordusians first instead of being loyal to their State.