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History Index

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The Rosen Commonwealth has a long and storied history that stretches over 400 years.

Rosen Federal Union (1792 - 1871)

The Rosen Federal Union was the first modern independent state to take form in East Aya, and was the first iteration of several states that unified various new ethnic groups under the umbrella term of “Rosen.” The RFU had autocratic tendencies and increasing repression and discontent over anti-federalist attitudes led to the First Rosen Civil War.

Rosen Republic (1871 - 1976)

The Rosen Republic was the first Rosen attempt at true democracy, at last introducing universal suffrage and a more conventional presidential system of government. It saw ethnic tension increase and climax in the riots of the 1950s and 60s. While the RFU enforced autocracy politically, the Rosen Republic and the rapid development of industrial capitalism led to economic repression. Pervasive inequality in all areas of life characterized the Rosen Republic’s lifespan, which, like the RFU, resulted in another Civil War.

First Rosen Commonwealth (1976 - 1989)

After a brutal civil war, the socialists came out on top at last, intending to fix the inequality that led to the Republic’s decline. Prominent socialists, both aristocratic intellectuals and working-class organizers, formed a loose coalition, the Worker’s Socialist Party, to be the vanguard party for a new socialist state, the First Rosen Commonwealth. The First Commonwealth was decentralized enough that it was susceptible to being subjugated under a strongman, which eventually happened under Julian Rybicki, who ruled the First Commonwealth like a dictator and implemented widespread reform that led to mass starvation and social unrest. Just as Rybicki was inept at governing at home, he couldn’t handle foreign policy, and his inability to make amends with former SLTO countries and his failure to establish proper relations with established states led to consistent tension that boiled over in the Nuclear Crisis.

Second Rosen Commonwealth (1989 - 2053+)

In the very iterative pattern of Rosen history, the Second Commonwealth tried and largely succeeded in fixing the issues of the First Rosen Commonwealth. Organizing first as the Transitory Commonwealth and creating new ideological foundations for the Commonwealth to stand on, the Commonwealth led a strong recovery on the heels of the Nuclear Crisis. The post-Crisis world has seen the Second Rosen Commonwealth again become a global power. Consistent tension between constitutionally-mandated socialist policy and looser realpolitik policy has characterized post-Crisis history. Despite this challenge, the Second Commonwealth has more or less successfully implemented what the First Commonwealth couldn’t, namely universal housing, sustenance, and employment. It’s not quite utopia, but it very much could be.