First Republic of Amarillo

In the history of Amarillo, the First Republic, officially the Republic of Amarillo was founded on 30 July 2021 during the collapse of the Drakaen Concordat. The First Republic would last until the ignition of the first Amarillian Civil War on 30 May 2022 following the impeachment of President McBabwe and the destruction of the official physical copy of the Constitution and State Law of the Republic of Amarillo, although the principles of governance changed several times.

The First Republic was the first independent Amarillian nation-state and the first sovereign state in the Ragdon peninsula since the fall of the Andilirian Empire in the War of Andlirian Subjugatio n. The state legally functioned as a presidential republic, however throughout the greater part of its history, there existed a duality of power between the President and the Chancellor, which would become a source of political dispute near the end of the First Republic.

The collapse of the Drakaen Concordat
On 30 July 2021, a bandit, and citizen of the east Drakaen city of Jorvick, assaulted and robbed Amarillian citizen Wyatt. The Mayor of Puerto Amarillo, Green, attempted to solve this with Drakaen authorities, however, this proved difficult when authorities from Jorvick claimed the bandit was unaware that Puerto Amarillo was within the boundaries of the Drakaen Concordat. Although Drakaen authorities successfully negotiated a return of the stolen property, the incident sparked outrage throughout the Drakaen Concordat, especially Puerto Amarillo itself, causing citizens, such as Lhytt, to infamously denounce the Drakaen government, as they felt they were being unappreciated.

Within hours of the crisis, citizens of the recently annexed New Haven and of Puerto Amarillo began suggesting full independence from the Drakaen Concordat. The issue of independence was controversial in Puerto Amarillo, as some citizens felt indifferent towards the Drakaen regime while others had grown to despise it. Mayor Green initially attempted to wait for the crisis to blow over, however, he was threatened with violent removal, leading to his surrendering to anti-Drakaen partisans. At 14:00 GMT+1, New Haven and Puerto Amarillo jointly declared independence from the Drakaen Concordat. The rest of Drakaes disintegrated shortly afterwards.

Declaration of Independence:


 * "New Haven, Puerto Amarillo declare independence from the drakaen concordat, and should cede territory north or jorvick further details will be sent here later" -Isaac Creepus

Foundation
Shortly after becoming an independent state, Mayor Green and anti-Drakaen leader Lhytt disagreed on how Amarillo should function as an independent state, forcing them to come to a compromise and rule together as the country found itself in a tense diplomatic and internal situation due to the political and civil instability throughout the territories of the former Drakaes, a region now known as the Drakaeslands.

The issue of authority over Ragdon caused a crisis when the 2nd Andlirian Empire, the successor of the Andlirian Empire; a state which had governed the entirety of Ragdon before its conquest by Drakaes, laid claim to the entire Ragdon region and demanded the subjugation of Puerto Amarillo to the Imperilan. Amarillo feared that Andliria as an organized entity had the capabilities to subdue any Amarillian resistance with ease, causing him to reject the possibility of war. Wyatt, serving as Amarillo's diplomatic delegate solved the crisis by signing the Treaty of the Fallen Powers on 31 July 2021, whereby Amarillo ceded all its territory except for Puerto Amarillo and some surrounding lands to Andliria. This would cause the Exodus of the Amarillian Diaspora, as ethnic Amarillians throughout Ragdon migrated to Puerto Amarillo, Some territories within Ragdon, such as inner Ragdon and the east of the Almarian Frontier, otherwise known as the Asturus peninsula would never again be populated by ethnic Amarillian peoples even when they returned to Amarillain sovereignty. Future Amarillian figures went on to claim this decision was poor, as in actuality Andliria was significantly weaker than it appeared. This loss of land would become a humiliation for the Amarillian nation, making it the goal of Amarillian nationalists to reclaim the lost territories.

The first codified principles of governance of Amarillo were the Political Law, having been introduced on 1 August 2021, officially establishing the elected presidency and instating Green as chancellor, a position held until death, resignation or impeachment. On 2 August 2021, Wyatt would be elected President of the Republic of Amarillo, inaugurating the Republican tradition of the country.

The Republic of Amarillo was one of the founding members of the Coalition of the Bay of Peace, which would eventually evolve into the League of Vircon.

Green's Chancellery (Political Law)
The chancellery of Salazar Van Den Green under the Political Law was a period in Amarillian history generally viewed positively by historians. It was characterized by diplomacy within the League of Vircon, internal stability, development, steady population growth minor territorial acquisitions.

Presidency of Wyatt
Following the loss of Ragdon, Amarillo participated as a non-belligerent power in the War of Drakaen Succession on the side of the Coalition of the Bay of Peace. Although not at war, the Republic of Amarillo deployed an expeditionary force led by Chancellor Green to aid the Coalition of the Bay of Peace defend Port Haven against Mugen, a successor of the city of Jorvick.

Presidency of Soronaca
Soronaca, one of the first residents of Puerto Amarillo, was elected to the office of President of the Republic of Amarillo on 14 August 2021.

In the early stages of his presidency, Soronaca signed a Non-Agression Pact with Jorvick and ceased contact between Amarillo and Mugen. Later, Amarillo would be offered by Andliria to join as a Duchy, which would have Chancellor Green put it to a vote to the general populace, which would unanimously oppose this.

At the time, Amarillo was perceived as a minor and weak state, something that did not match the ambitions of the leadership of the First Republic. These ambitions first materialized when on 29 August 2021 the Shogunate of Onumozaki, a city-state with a lucrative port in the south of the Drakaen sea was integrated into Amarillo as a province after negotiations between Lhytt and Shogun SSiTon of Onumozaki. Later, Onumozaki would be integrated into Amarillo, with the following agreement: On 25 August 2021, the Republic of Amarillo became a founding member of the League of Vircon, a continuation of the Coalition of the Bay of Peace, with the Northwich dynasty and the Kingdom of Nidaros by signing the Constitution of the League of Vircon. Shortly before leaving office, Soronaca created three orders of merit, those being:
 * Onumozaki will become a province of the Republic of Amarillo and will be bound to the same benefits and limitations of its fellow provinces, such as Mirai joining the Amarillo Nation Claim. Onumozaki will be allowed to keep its discord server, ans SSiTon will keep his title of Shogun, with a unique role on the Amarillian discord to signify this.
 * Upon the consent of High Command (and refusal of this must be given with appropriate reasoning), Onumozaki may hold a vote. If met with a 2/3 majority Onumozaki can return to its previous status as a protectorate, or otherwise become fully independent. The cities will be removed from the nation's claim and all Onumozaki citizens who do not have citizenship elsewhere in Amarillo will lose their citizenship in Amarillo. Furthermore, Onumozaki will lose all positions in the Amarillian government, and any aid Amarillo send to Onumozaki will be halted


 * The Order of the Dragon, for military Merit
 * The Order of Amarillo, for civilian Merit
 * The Order of the Mayor, for Political Merit

These orders were unfortunately handed to very few individuals and were eventually forgotten entirely and replaced.

First Presidency of Lhytt
Lhytt was a leader of the independence of Amarillo and served as a provisional leader, diplomat and minister throughout most of the Republic of Amarillo, having become a popular figure in the country. Lhytt used his popularity to run for the presidency, being successfully elected on 2 September 2021.

On 9 September 2021 the Republic of Amarillo declared war on Kibris, what it considered to be a squatter state infringing in its national waters.

Declaration of war "Defending our claims":


 * "The Republic of Amarillo, after failed attempts to settle the situation peacefully, has no choice but to crush the squatters from Kibris. As elected President, I will defend the integrity of my nation and its territory. Viva Amarillo!" -President Lhytt

On 10 September 2021, the First Battle of Kibris began when Amarillianforces assaulted Kibris, defeating the "Mercs and bandits" defending the city. Amarillo successfully defeated Kibris forces, believing it had dissolved the state. However, the First Battle of Kibris failed to subdue the leader of Kibris, ananas, who then proceeded to proclaim his intentions to attack Port Hvaen, which at this time was part of Catanian, on 18 September 2021. Catania, a successor of Mugen and Jorvick, was at the time a member of the League of Vircon, causing the entire league to come to its defence and declare Ananas to be a felon. On 1 November 2021, the League of Vircon attacked Kibris in the Second Battle of Kibris. The League of Vircon won the battle, deposed Ananas and seized control of Kibris. The League appointed Soronaca, a former Amarillian president, as military governor of Kibris, he undertook a policy of ethnic cleansing, destroying Kibris and banishing its populace.

On 2 October 2021 Am, Amarillo acquired a small plot of land from Anliria, which would become the northern district of Puerto Amarillo.

Presidency of Thenextsurreal
Thenextsurreal was an Amarillian statesman who has served throughout the entirety of the Republic's lifetime, and he had consistently run for the office of President, with little success. After the Kibris war, Thenextsurreal had become a popular figure due to his role in the hostilities, being seen as the natural successor to Lhytt and being elected President on 5 October 2021.

Thenextsurreal's presidency was focused on enshrining and enriching the stability of Amarillo, however, it is generally regarded by historians as a period of stagnation, as the president had a passive attitude towards ruling and not many things occurred.

Southeast of the Drakaeslands, existed the state of Barbossa, a pirate state. East of Barbossa was the Uraki Heartlands, the core of the Uraki Imperium, an emerging world-dominating empire. During this period, the two states had a long series of severe diplomatic disputes, which eventually culminated in the breakout of the Valorant War, one of the most significant wars in the history of Eldham. Due to Barbossa's proximity to the Drakaesland, imperialist members of the Amarillian government swayed the country towards directly involving itself in the war on the side of Uraka. The conflict concluded with a successful Uraki invasion of Barbossa, leading to the annexation of the latter. As a spoil of war for its participation, Amarillo was awarded a set of abandoned isles north of the then-Barbossan holding of Irulan. The islands were declared a colonial state of Amarillo and the name Islas Doradas (Traveller's tongue: Golden Islands) was bestowed upon them. Amarillian commander Soronaca travelled to the largest of these islands and founded the colonial port of Porphyropolis.

Second Presidency of Lhytt (Political law)
The Republic of Amarillo was left unsatisfied with the nature of Thenextsurreal's administration. Meanwhile, former president Lhytt decided to run for president once again, promising plentiful reforms to distinguish his ideals from the past presidencies, which were well-received by the general populace. On 3 November 2021, Lhytt was re-elected President of the Republic of Amarillo by the largest landslide at the time, becoming the first Amarillian to serve more than once as President.

Lhytt's reforms began quickly, culminating in the abolishment of the traditional Political Law and their replacement with The Constitution and State Law of the Republic of Amarillo. This new constitution was written primarily by Junpier Kyani, otherwise known simply as "Juni", who was a former Kibris citizen who defected to Amarillo during the Kibris war. Juni later became the first person to hold the office of Vice-President of the Republic of Amarillo.

This constitution was almost universally considered a legal improvement over the Political Law, however in the future figures pointed out that it was "vague" and was filled with loopholes, after the collapse of the Republic of Amarillo, it'd be confirmed that this was done intentionally by its writer. Additionally, these principles of governance would solidify a High Command, an upper level of government exclusive to the president, the Chancellor and a few select ministers of supposed significance. High Command drew much importance away from the common government, and its membership was consistently made up of the same people, with some occasional additions of people directly affiliated with the initial members. This marked the beginning of what some argue was an oligarchic period in Amarillo's history, a system which was maintained primarily via a phenomenon that was referred to by contemporaries as "Foreign voting", but as time passed it was also sustained with the use of political blackmail, smear campaigns and legal prosecution.

Green's Chancellery (Constitution)
The chancellery of Salazar Van Den Green under the Constitution was a period with unprecedented and yet-to-be-replicated population and territorial growth in the history of Amarillo. It saw the first displays of Amarillo's military capabilities against organized states, the growth of its influence and the strengthening of its diplomatic power. However, it was also a period that cemented the arising oligarchy of High Command and near the end of this period began Amarillo's devolution into political instability.

Second Presidency of Lhytt (Constitution)
On 11 November 2021, a joint force consisting of the armies of the Republic of Amarillo and the Kingdom of Katolis occupied the entirety of Andlirian territory in Ragdon with no significant resistance, causing the collapse of Andlirian rule over Romantello and the rest of the region. This came after an internal power struggle within Andliria made the Imperilan lose all authority throughout his empire except for Ragdon, which lacked the development or population to defend itself. The First Republic regained sovereignty over the territories of Pizczeck, Redhill and the Almarian Frontier, while the Kingdom of Katolis conquered inner Ragdon.

This period saw the establishment of the Amarillian cities of Etruschia (Modern Etruia) in northern Redhill and Skycon in the centre of the Almarian frontier, southwest of the ruins of the old city of Almaria.

Lastly, at the end of this presidency the Mohadi, a nomadic desert tribe settled permanently in the east of the Almarian frontier, founding the settlement of Alefpamohadi, which would become the centre of Mohadi culture. The Mohadi quickly became the largest group of people in the Almarian frontier, eventually renaming it Arcuturs, modern-day Asturus.

Near the end of the presidency, on 28 November 2021, the new city of Skycon made an attempt to rebel but was quickly suppressed by the Republican Army, Loyal citizens of Skycon were allowed to migrate to other towns of the Republic, while Mayor Soi and those who supported the separatist cause were permanently banished. In a similar manner to that of Kibris, the Republican Army practised a policy of destruction demolishing the entire city.

Third Presidency of Lhytt
Having proven to be one of the most successful leaders in Amarillo's short history, Lhytt ran once again for the office of President, being re-elected by another landslide majority of the vote.

During Lhytt's third presidency, vice-president Juni and a foreign ruler of the lands of Eleanor, Ulrich Myers, formed the congregation of Juncism, which laid on the belief that Juni was the personification of the entire universe (The factuality of his religion is one of the most controversial, as some miracles were performed, but before his death, Ulrich Myers claimed that he did not believe in Junicismm, and the entire religion was a charade to build Juni's and his power). Several people throughout Eldham became faithful to this religion and many states adopted it as their state religion, with it becoming one of the most followed religious movement in the world's history. Whether a true religion or not, Juncisim allowed Juni to build several personal connections with world leaders which allowed her to strengthen the diplomatic reputation of the Republic of Amarillo. Juncisim received mixed popularity in Amarillo, with some embracing the new faith, some being indifferent to it and others distrusting it, notably Chancellor Green.

After a struggle for power in the Kingdom of Katolis, the Republic of Amarillo purchased the region of Inner Ragdon for the measly amount of 125,000$, finally unifying Ragdon under the Republic of Amarillo, one of the oldest dreams of Amarillian nationalists. With the integration of inner Ragdon, Amarillo gained the cities of Arak-Kaphat and Romantello. Roughly at the same time, the city of Almaria was renovated and repopulated under the name of Nueva Almaria (Traveller's Tongue: New Almaria).

On 27 December 2021 Valreach, a diarchy that succeeded the Northwich Dynasty and the Kingdom of Nidaros and thus was a member of the League of Vircon, fell into civil war when High King Vin of Nidaros declared Valreach to be replaced with the Holy Drakaen Empire, of which he was the sole monarch. The Holy Drakaen Empire held Juncism as its state religion. Under the terms of the League of Vircon, Amarillo was legally obliged to directly intervene in the conflict in favour of Valreach, however, because a significant minority of Amarillians followed Junicism and the vice-president of the Republic of Amarillo was the literal goddess of Junicism, President Lhytt dismissed his legal obligations by declaring neutrality on 28 December 2021, formally leaving the League of Vircon later on the same day. The rest of the League of Vircon disintegrated shortly afterwards.

First Presidency of Knarr
At the end of this term, Lhytt proclaimed he had no intention to run for the office of President of the Republic of Amarillo once again. With the end of Lhytt's presidency began the phenomenon of "Foreign voters" and the usage of smear campaigns. On the 3rd of January 2022, the elections for President began, with the two major candidates being the leader of the Republican Army and member of HC, Soro, and Junicist cleric, Knarr. Knarr's campaign, led by HC member, Juni, denounced Soro, claiming he aimed to convert Amarillo into an ineffective state that would solely use direct democracy to determine government policy. Knarr would win this election by a narrow margin, with the majority of his votes originating from "Foreign voters"


 * Foreign voters: A term used by Amarillian populists during the late First Republic to refer to citizens who had no residence or performed any kind of activity within the Republic of Amarillo, but consistently voted in elections in favour of whatever candidate was supported by whoever they were affiliated to. Most of these foreign voters had arisen due to a clause in the constitution that granted anyone with a civil marriage to an Amarillian citizen citizenship, without any other requirements. Amarillian citizens were free to marry as many people as they deemed fit. The vast majority of foreign voters were affiliated with Juni, however, there were some exceptions.