Modern Era of Beiteynu

The Modern Era picks up with the 2nd Yeudi Homeland of the Ancient Era of Beiteynu, goes through some quite tumultuous times and ends with the withdrawal into the Limelight Era of Beiteynu.

Or, trace back to the Ancient Era of Beiteynu.

2nd Yeudi Homeland - The Theocracy[]

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In actual fact the war never occurred and there was little Pontesian resistance to the Yeudi forces. By now the area had become both dangerous and economicaly unprofitable and the decision was made to withdraw all troops.

As such in 1966 The 12 Sacred Tribes united and reclaim Beiteynu from the minimal Pontesian army that remained in the nation. Little resistance was offered and most inhabitants were pleased to see Yeudi rule reinstated. Following this the 2nd Yeudi Homeland of Beiteynu was founded. In accorance with the agreement made with the religious communties Head of State became the Chief Rebbe of the nation and as such this Homeland has become informally known as the Theocracy of Beiteynu.

The Chief Rebbe immediately began cracking down on “anti-Yeudi activities”. Pigs and shellfish were declared illegal and all people were required to dress according to their religion with Yeudis wearing yellow, Hosians blue, Ahmadis green and all other relgions brown. During this period the guillotine came into play and the vast majority of non-Yeudis were either executed or exiled. One notable event was the Massacre of Padrilkistan in 2006. In this move, which can be declared ethnic cleansing, the Ahmadi area of sotuh Padrilka was brutally attacked and the Ahmadi population of Beiteynu halved. In addition to this many Yeudis themselves were killed for “religious deviation”.

However by 2124 there had been a mass ;oss of popular support for the government and their ultra-orthodox measures. In an attempt to rally the people behind him in a patriotism, the Chief Rebbe decided to attempt a “short victorious war”. This was to be against the Darnussian nation with the reason of liberating the Yeudi minority and the claim that they were stockpiling Weapons of Mass Destruction to use against the Yeudi state. The large Beiteynuese army was transported to the Darnussian offshore islands and it was thought that within a month they would have been captured. However the Darnussian defence had been underestimated and a stalemate situation emerged whereby each nation occupied one of the islands and neither made attempts to capture the other. After 26 years of the stalemate in 2150 the Chief Rebbe called for the complete capitulation of Darnussia and the remainder of the army was sent to the islands. This included conscripting all men over the age of 19 to the army. Sensing this the Darnussian government immediately sent telgrams to both Pontesi and Barmenistan to form a three nation alliance against Beiteynu. Pontesi and Barmenistan invaded from the south and with the army all fighting on the islands they were able to capture the bottom half of the nation. The Chief Rebbe panicked and ordered all troops to return to mainland Beiteynu leaving the islands easy for Darnussia to reclaim. However by now the Pontesi-Barmenistan alliance had grown too strong and with the Darnussians pushing from the north the entire nation was occupied within four years.

2154 - 2173, The Occupation[]

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In 2154 the three nation alliance obtained complete control of Beiteynu and the then Chief Rebbe Abraham was captured. He was hung upside down in the main square of Gan Kofim and his corpse left for weeks to be defiled by occupational troops.

The three nation alliance to enable easy governance divided the nation into three zones with Barmenistan taking Quo'gün and Padrilka , Darnussia taking Endild and Fruskila and Pontesi taking Tadraki. Each nation appointed an army commander to oversee their respective zone and all were governed by military rule.

However by the 2160's the Yeudi majority population had begun tired of living under foreign rule and while many were pleased to see the repressive ways of the 2nd Yeudi Homeland gone the new system was no better. As such several organisations got together and formed the Free Beiteynu! Organisation. Initially the organisation hoped to achieve its aims through non-violent measures however by the late 2160's hardline elements had resorted to terrorism. What began with a series of low level attacks on military barracks soon became a nationwide series of bombings and assassinations.

By 2173, like in the 1960's, the region had become both dangerous and unprofitable and the three nations decided to unilaterally withdraw from Beiteynu. In the same year the 3rd Yeudi Homeland of Beiteynu was declared independent.

2173 - 2250, 3rd Yeudi Homeland - The Republic[]

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Following years of Yeudi terrorism as well as dis-harmony between the occupying powers, in 2173 they decided to unilaterally quit the nation and the 3rd Yeudi Homeland of Beiteynu was founded.

It was declared to be a Yeudi state based on democratic and peaceful ideals.

2250 - 2260, First Two-Party State[]

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In the February 2247 general elections, the National Party and the Likud Party, which had both recently restarted, failed to make it into the Knesset despite a national voter turnout of almost 90%. The Underworld Party suffered a humiliating defeat, losing all but one of its seats in the Knesset. Meanwhile, the Habonim Dror gained an outright majority in the legislature with a 113-seat gain (250 seats total) and gained control of the executive in the first round of elections. Franklin Delanovitz Rooseveltstein's party reforms seemed to be working. The main opposition to Habonim Dror was the centre-left Kadima, which, despite a 45-seat gain, failed to garner a majority. This was the beginning of a two-party state.

During the Habonim Dror's tenure as the ruling party of Beiteynu, it passed a number of milestone pieces of legislation. One of them was a bill called the "End to War Act", which had long been advocated by the pacifist faction in the party. Amongst its provisions were a ban on all defense industries, a repeal of the draft, and the prohibition of military involvement with the police force. The Habonim Dror decreased military spending from 60,000,000,000 BEI to 300,000 BEI. The budget also provided for a doubling of the Health and Social Services funds from 20,000,000,000 BEI to 40,000,000,000 BEI and a 10,000,000,000 BEI increase in funding for the Ministry of Education and Culture (to a total of 60,000,000,000 BEI).

In January 2249, the President Rooseveltstein asked the Habonim Dror leadership to called for early elections after only two years of almost unopposed rule. President Rooseveltstein cited a "grave concern for the future of democracy" as his motivation. In the elections, the recently re-established far-right wing Judean People's Front candidate, Mortechai Jefferson Carver, won the presidency in the second round against David Ben-Gurion, the candidate put forth by Kadima. Franklin Delanovitz Rooseveltstein had been eliminated in the first round, having received only 20% of the vote.

In the general election, Habonim Dror lost a whopping 163 seats. Kadima, the former opposition, lost 81 seats. The Judean People's Front gained 245 seats and, with them, a unilateral majority. The once-successful Underworld Party, National Party, and Likud Party collapsed in the shadow their previous electoral failures. Not long after the legislative session began, Kadima dissolved their party for unknown reasons, though some speculate deep party divisions. Thus, the Habonim Dror were the only opposition to the Judean People's Front, which pursued its right-wing agenda without hesitation. In May 2249, the Judean People's Front pushed through a 20% flat tax for all in Beiteynu, destroying the previously established progressive tax.

In May 2249, the Judean People's Front allowed the Habonim Dror to form a minority government as way to balance power.

In January 2250, the Judean People's Front and the Habonim Dror agreed on a number of amendments to the Constitution. Amongst them were: a provision to change the name of the Head of Government from Prime Minister to Director General, renaming the Head of State Supreme Rabbi, reducing the size of the Knesset to 100 seats, and instituting equal representation for each region regardless of population or size. They also agreed to decrease term lengths from three years to two.

The January 2250 elections saw the beginnings of the two-party state. Franklin Delanovitz Rooseveltstein was elected to the position of Supreme Rabbi with nearly sixty percent of the vote. The Knesset elections mirrored the Supreme Rabbi election almost exactly, with the Habonim Dror winning 57 of the 100 seats. The party leadership immediately extended an olive branch to the Judean People's Front, offering them every cabinet position except for the Ministry of Defense.

In the 2252 elections, the Habonim Dror lost seven seats. Though they had garnered a majority of the popular vote (51+%) both parties received fifty seats in the legislature.

After the January 2258 elections, Beiteynu Beytenu was formed. In the 2260 elections, the Judean People's Front lost 16 seats, 14 of which went to Beiteynu Beytenu and two of which went to Habonim Dror. Despite a Beiteynu Beytenu endorsement, the longtime Judean People's Front candidate, Mortechai Jefferson Carver, received only 43.33% in the Supreme Rabbi election. Despite these gains, this would be the last election in which Habonim Dror maintained its unilateral majority.

In the 2260 elections, Habonim Dror lost 15 seats -- its largest loss in more than a decade. The Judean People's Front lost another four seats, and Beiteynu Beytenu gained 19 seats. Beiteynu Beytenu was now the second-largest party in Beiteynu. Franklin Delanovitz Rooseveltstein won the Supreme Rabbi election in the second round against Avigdor Liberman, the Beiteynu Beytenu candidate. It was the end of the two-party state.

2274 - 2282, Second Two-Party State[]

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Following his party's humiliating defeat in the 2264 elections, Franklin Delanovitz Rooseveltstein, the longest-serving head of state in Beiteynu history, resigned his position as leader of the Habonim Dror. He died of old age not long thereafter. He was replaced by Albert Gorestein who maintained the party's position as largest in Beiteynu and, in the 2268 elections, led the party to win the Supreme Rabbi election. However, the party lost 18 of its seats in the same election. Many political analysts say that the head of state victory was due largely in part to the endorsement of the successful Kadima. Despite this temporary victory, Albert Gorestein's verbose speeches and monotonous voice failed to inspire the Habonim Dror faithful, or anyone, for that matter.

The party faded away into irrelevance.

While the Habonim Dror and other parties disintegrated, however, Kadima rose to prominence. By 2276, the only parties remaining were Kadima and the Judean People's Front. In election after election, Kadima increased in size and power and the power of the Judean People's Front waned. By January 2282, Kadima held 62% of the seats in the Knesset. Shortly after the elections, however, both the Kadima Party Leader and the Supreme Rabbi Michael Spitz-Rubentein (Kadima) were found dead in their homes. The party collapsed admist turmoil.

Without any opposition remaining, the Judean People's Front called for early elections.

It won every seat in the Knesset.

2283 - 2314, The Dictatorship[]

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There are no historical records available from 2283 to 3209.

In February 2309 as the autocratic rule of the Judean People's Front and the Exhalted Despot collapsed amidst allegations of corruption, dealings with secret societies and public uprisings, the nation was plunged into a state of near anarchy. As people immediately ran to retrieve all their savings, the state banking system was unable to cope and all branches were shut down. People were stuck with little to no money and this quickly correlated to a mass crime wave and a looting spree. Furthermore formally banned political groups began resurfacing and calling for action. The Communist Party of Beiteynu which had had the majority of its leadership executed during the Great Purges began launching a series of terrorist attacks on government buildings and urging the people to support a revolution.

Perhaps more influential however was the amount of support for the Beiteynu wing of the International Federation of Yeudi Anarchists. The people, now tired of authoritarian rule began to cease working for their employers as well as publically burned money on the streets. A large number of industries were taken over and workers cooperatives instaled whilst at the same time armed militas took to the streets. The state flag was burned and the anarchist one raised on all buildings.

Sensing the chaos in their neighbour and still eager to retrieve was they saw as their rightful land, the Pontesian government held an emergency meeting and authorised intervention in the nation. The army was immediately set into motion and under the banner of the already assembled Amsaék Hyéonlrnék Isràkai grouping they crossed the Abure - Tadraki border.

Within a week they had wrestled control of the Tadraki/Endild region from the severely weakened Beiteynu government as well as exercising large authority over the rest of the nation. The Amsaék Hyéonlrnék Isràkai quickly established their control over what was now renamed Pnték Hyéonékaiék Jeztadraki (Pontesian Sunpeople's Gran Tadraki) dissolving the Judean People's Front run Politburo and giving authority to the Krs'kaisrne (United People's Table). At the head of this stood the imposing figure of the Jezhikoék'ai (Grand People's Man) and the post of Isràkai Accipitrum (Great Man Accipitrum) was created to act as a official liason to the Pontesian Atabeg Accipitrum.

The Yeudi population of the nation immediately rose up in anger and national pride with the Yeudi People's Front reorganising itself to fight as a paramilitary group alongside the Jüdische Widerstandarmee (a radically religious splinter group from the Communist Party of Beiteynu) under the command of the Beiteynu Resistance Committee. Violence was both regular and severe, especially after the Amsaék Hyéonlrnék Isràkai May 2311 "Official Recognition of Pontesian Sovereignty over Jeztadraki", and clashes between armed Yeudi groups and the Pontesian military became commonplace.

By Februry 2314, five years after establishing the Pnték Hyéonékaiék Jeztadraki, the Amsaék Hyéonlrnék Isràkai, eager to show their democratic credentials called for nationwide elections pitting their Pontesian coalition against the Yeudi parties of Beiteynu, including the political wings of the Beiteynu Resistance Committee parties.

4th Yeudi Homeland - The Disputed Territories[]

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There are no historical records available from this period.

5th Yeudi Homeland - The Second Monarchy[]

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There are no historical records available from this period.

327?, Ahmadi Caliphate[]

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In 237?, After the collapse of the Ma'vak party, the IR League took control of the country and established an Ahmadi Theocracy. The alledged oppression of the Yeudi and Pontesian Hosian populations by the Ahmadi minority was used as a pretext for invasion by the Holy Luthori Empire, although many in the international community accused them of attempting to expand their empire. While initially successful, the combined weight of the Accord forces who came to Beiteynu aid was enough to drive them back before a ceasefire was declared. A peace conference failed to establish an official peace, in part due to Luthori's refusal to deal with the Caliphate directly, which lead to Luthori continuing to occupy a small area in the Endild province, known as the Kingdom of Yishelem by the occupiers. The invasion was enough to cause uprising by many Yeudis and Pontesians, which harmed the prestige of the IR League, and would eventually caused their collapse and the end of the theocracy.

The Republic[]

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In the aftermath of the Caliphate, a feeling of secularism swept the nation. The few still commited to a religious state found their voices drowned out by that of the Communist Party of Beiteynu, who quickly went on to take every seat in the newly-named Parliament. In response to this, The Classical Liberal Party were formed. In the sweeping changes that were enacted, many quickly became disillusioned with the new liberalism. This saw many turning back to the preaching of religious leaders.

6th Yeudi Homeland[]

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2823 - 2863, Kingdom of Yishelem[]

Main Article(s): Kingdom of Yishelem, Beiteynu-Luthori War

The Kingdom of Yishelem was a vassal state of the Holy Luthori Empire. Since 2823, it incorporated the whole territory that was formerly part of the nation of Beiteynu. It was ruled by the King of Beiteynu, who is also the Holy Luthori Emperor. In 2863, a revolution, which evolved into the Beiteynu-Luthori War, broke out in the nation and the kingdom was forced to pull back to Endild, which it held before the takeover of Beiteynu. The Kingdom of Yishelem ceased to exist during the war, when its government was legally take over by republican parties and the nation was renamed the Beiteynuese Republic. After the war, the Beiteynuese Republic was reformed as the Commonwealth of Yishelem and Beiteynu, with the Holy Luthori Emperor as de jure, but not de facto, head of state.

2863 - 2887, Beiteynuese Republic[]

Main Article(s): Beiteynuese Republic, Beiteynu-Luthori War

The Beiteynuese Republic was the successor state to the Kingdom of Yishelem. It was founded in 2863 after various acts passed in the (former) kingdom's legislature by the republican parties of the nation. Because the Holy Luthori Empire considered the creation of the Republic an illegal act based on the Treaty of Yishelem, it declared war on the new nation the same year of its formation. The Beiteynuese Republic lost the Beiteynu-Luthori War, and, after the Beiteynu-Luthori Peace Conference was over and the Treaty of Poesy was signed by both nations, the country ceased to exist in 2887, and was succeeded by the Commonwealth of Yishelem and Beiteynu.