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06-02-2019, 04:14 PM
United Republic of Tieguo | Fein, 1599
Discontent against Tieguonese government had slowly grown up in the last years. Military intervention had drained more resources than expected, forcing Tieguonese government to reduce the budget in several key ministries -although defense budget had kept increasing-, and tensions in the region had reduced direct foreign investment. While the economy kept stably growing -although at a much lower rate compared to the last decade-, living standards were starting to stagnate, prices considerably increasing, and national consumption decreased, along increasing regional inequality. Premier Chen Ming Lu's government tried to improve the situation with a number of "modernization reforms" which aimed to improve the economy by increasing productivity and competitivity, while praised by Tieguonese elite and foreign investors, became highly unpopular between students, independent merchants, and state workers.
Student protests had been going for already a few months, demanding to the increase of tuition fees passed by the parliament. Despite the state repression -about one thousand students had been detained at one point, according to local sources-, the movement had grown up into something larger, although chaotic. Workers from state companies facing lay-offs or reduction of salaries joined the protests, as well a tiny organization named "Mothers of the Unknown Soldiers", an organization of relatives of Tieguonese soldiers that had disappeared allegedly in combat in Hôinôm. Protesters were not calling for the end of the Tieguonese Nationalist Party rule, demanding a change of policies and some reforms, but the government grew uncomfortable as the movement seemed to increase its support despite censorship and arrests of their early leaders.
Septem 4
On Fein 28, students marched from the main college campus in Duongzhou to the Guiying nearby the local government building. Workers protesting against the lack of investment in state companies and a delegation of farmers joined them. Soon, the protests expanded to move than fifty cities, becoming the largest nationwide protest movement since the convoluted National Revolution years (1528-1532).
Septem 5
On the morning of Septem 5, it was announced by the Deputy Chairman of the National Military Council that martial law had been imposed in six cities, including Duongzhou, to deter the "increase of illegal activity and promotion of violence". Unlike other Tieguonese cities, and despite the increase of the protests, the situation in Duongzhou remained relatively calm. On the evening, state television warned residents to stay indoors and call citizens to "denounce foreign agents and saboteurs...which had infiltrated in the protest movement".
Septem 6
There were rumours that Hui Ru Man, First Genetary of the Tieguonese Nationalist Party -considered the third high-ranking position in the country- had resigned. For first time, slogans against the Tieguonese Nationalist Party were chanted in Duongzhou -they were often heard in the provinces, but the leadership in the capital seemed, until then, more moderate.
That same day, Premier Chen Ming Lu came back to the country, as he had been the previous week in a diplomatic tour that had ended in Belayazemlya. To his surprise, the armed forces had been already mobilized when he arrived. He was received by President Qiu Yu Zhao as soon as he came. Despite Qiu was known for his cold temper and, even if awkward, sense of humour, Premier Chen found him angry for first time since both met, already twenty years ago.
Although there was an official meeting that evening, and a Council of Ministers meeting the next day, he felt that the decision had been already taken.
"We are not Hoinom or Singan", President Qiu Yu Zhao said. "At the end, people understand that only strength speaks. There is no middle way. A doubt is enough to destroy a castle". Premier Chen Ming Lu didn't disagree with President Qiu. However, the mood gave him an unpleasant taste. He felt that nobody could predict how this was going to end.
Septem 7
Unlike the meeting of the National Commitee of the Tieguonese Nationalist Party the day before, the meeting of the Council of Ministers was not too tense and it was shorter than expected. Nobody, except maybe Dong Mu Yuen, the Secretary of National Defense, were very talkative. As soon as the meeting ended, Premier Chen Ming Lu met with President Qiu Yu Zhao again, this time in the headquarters of the National Military Committee. The First Secretary of the Tieguonese Nationalist Party, the local governor, and the rest of members of the National Military Council were also present.
Later that evening, Duongzhou newspapers reported that troops were positoned in key aras in the city, aimed to stop riots provoked by anti-government and foreign agents.
Septem 8
Crashes between Tieguonese police and protestors happened in dozen of cities, including Qing'an, Hunneng, and Daitzou. However, the situation in Duongzhou remained calm and peaceful, even if tense.
A Florinthian newspaper reported that the presence of the armed force were increasingly, although the Brigidnan reported wrote than a local government official had told him that the armed forces were only aimed to prevent violent riots as they had happened earlier that week in Xianmeng. Another Nylander reporter described how the number of arrests -not only between protesters, but local journalists, human right activists, and lawyer assisting the protestors as well- had considerably increased in the last 48 hours.
Septem 9
At about 8:00, the Tieguonese armed forces began to open fire upward into the air as they advanced toward the city centre. However, they failed to disperse the large crowds gathering in Duongzhou streets. The situation became more tense as minutes, even seconds, advanced. Although they were forced to withdraw, the soldiers would came back at 12:00.
A huge noise could be heard only twenty minutes later, as the sound of live ammunition was heard nearby the central districts. Protesters tried to halt the advance of the soldiers by blocking the main streets, but the Tieguonese opened fire against them, inflicting heavy casualties. Similar scenes were destribed in at least twenty provinces. However, most foreign reporters were either arrested or immediately deported, with four reporters -a Goldecian national, two Castlian, and one Tieguonese national working for a Kazemuran newspaper- were declared disappeared.
Septem 10
Tieguonese state media blamed the violence -without confirming any number of casualties- in armed groups that had been hidden between the protesters, opening fire against the police and the soldiers. They also reported than thousands of "foreign agents and terrorist sympathizers" had been arrested.
Despite the government had assured that the situation was under control, the sound of live ammunition could be heard in several cities, including Duongzhou, for the next 48 hours.
Septem 11
With any kind of social media completely shutdown for more than a week, and barely any foreign reported allowed to walk free, a large number of rumours increased. However, by the evening it seemed that the government had regained control of Duongzhou that day.
It was reported that the government had started a largue purge of government officials, civil servants, teachers, and state employees, with dozen of thousands of arrest only in Duonzhou and nearby areas.
Septem 12
For first time since the beginning of the protests, President Qiu Yu Zhao addressed the nation. He declared that the Tieguonese government had effectively destroyed a foreign plot to destroy the nation but that the "government, the state, the armed forced, the Tieguonese people and the [Tieguonese Nationalist ]Party had remained united and strong as always". He declared that the nation had lived their saddest days in decades, but promised that "we will rise again...and the enemies will be destroyed". He also praised the casualties between policemen and soldiers as "martyrs of the Tieguonese people". He justified that the nation could have ended in a path toward "civil war and foreign domination" if the government and security forces wouldn't have been oriented toward defending "the constitutiona order...with a strong hand".
Septem 14
The Deputy Chairman of the National Military Council announced that, based on "preliminary statistics", nearby 200 people had died, including a dozen of soldiers and policemen. A speaker of the Council of Ministers also declared that at 500 "foreign agents, terrorist militants, enemies of the state, and common criminals" had been arrested for promoting violence in the streets, and the security forced had proof that they planned to promote chaos in order to "dissolve the Tieguonese Nationalist Party and install a Brigidnan-controlled regime like in Singan". He declared that there will no "be mercy with the enemies of the nation".
Discontent against Tieguonese government had slowly grown up in the last years. Military intervention had drained more resources than expected, forcing Tieguonese government to reduce the budget in several key ministries -although defense budget had kept increasing-, and tensions in the region had reduced direct foreign investment. While the economy kept stably growing -although at a much lower rate compared to the last decade-, living standards were starting to stagnate, prices considerably increasing, and national consumption decreased, along increasing regional inequality. Premier Chen Ming Lu's government tried to improve the situation with a number of "modernization reforms" which aimed to improve the economy by increasing productivity and competitivity, while praised by Tieguonese elite and foreign investors, became highly unpopular between students, independent merchants, and state workers.
Student protests had been going for already a few months, demanding to the increase of tuition fees passed by the parliament. Despite the state repression -about one thousand students had been detained at one point, according to local sources-, the movement had grown up into something larger, although chaotic. Workers from state companies facing lay-offs or reduction of salaries joined the protests, as well a tiny organization named "Mothers of the Unknown Soldiers", an organization of relatives of Tieguonese soldiers that had disappeared allegedly in combat in Hôinôm. Protesters were not calling for the end of the Tieguonese Nationalist Party rule, demanding a change of policies and some reforms, but the government grew uncomfortable as the movement seemed to increase its support despite censorship and arrests of their early leaders.
Septem 4
On Fein 28, students marched from the main college campus in Duongzhou to the Guiying nearby the local government building. Workers protesting against the lack of investment in state companies and a delegation of farmers joined them. Soon, the protests expanded to move than fifty cities, becoming the largest nationwide protest movement since the convoluted National Revolution years (1528-1532).
Septem 5
On the morning of Septem 5, it was announced by the Deputy Chairman of the National Military Council that martial law had been imposed in six cities, including Duongzhou, to deter the "increase of illegal activity and promotion of violence". Unlike other Tieguonese cities, and despite the increase of the protests, the situation in Duongzhou remained relatively calm. On the evening, state television warned residents to stay indoors and call citizens to "denounce foreign agents and saboteurs...which had infiltrated in the protest movement".
Septem 6
There were rumours that Hui Ru Man, First Genetary of the Tieguonese Nationalist Party -considered the third high-ranking position in the country- had resigned. For first time, slogans against the Tieguonese Nationalist Party were chanted in Duongzhou -they were often heard in the provinces, but the leadership in the capital seemed, until then, more moderate.
That same day, Premier Chen Ming Lu came back to the country, as he had been the previous week in a diplomatic tour that had ended in Belayazemlya. To his surprise, the armed forces had been already mobilized when he arrived. He was received by President Qiu Yu Zhao as soon as he came. Despite Qiu was known for his cold temper and, even if awkward, sense of humour, Premier Chen found him angry for first time since both met, already twenty years ago.
Although there was an official meeting that evening, and a Council of Ministers meeting the next day, he felt that the decision had been already taken.
"We are not Hoinom or Singan", President Qiu Yu Zhao said. "At the end, people understand that only strength speaks. There is no middle way. A doubt is enough to destroy a castle". Premier Chen Ming Lu didn't disagree with President Qiu. However, the mood gave him an unpleasant taste. He felt that nobody could predict how this was going to end.
Septem 7
Unlike the meeting of the National Commitee of the Tieguonese Nationalist Party the day before, the meeting of the Council of Ministers was not too tense and it was shorter than expected. Nobody, except maybe Dong Mu Yuen, the Secretary of National Defense, were very talkative. As soon as the meeting ended, Premier Chen Ming Lu met with President Qiu Yu Zhao again, this time in the headquarters of the National Military Committee. The First Secretary of the Tieguonese Nationalist Party, the local governor, and the rest of members of the National Military Council were also present.
Later that evening, Duongzhou newspapers reported that troops were positoned in key aras in the city, aimed to stop riots provoked by anti-government and foreign agents.
Septem 8
Crashes between Tieguonese police and protestors happened in dozen of cities, including Qing'an, Hunneng, and Daitzou. However, the situation in Duongzhou remained calm and peaceful, even if tense.
A Florinthian newspaper reported that the presence of the armed force were increasingly, although the Brigidnan reported wrote than a local government official had told him that the armed forces were only aimed to prevent violent riots as they had happened earlier that week in Xianmeng. Another Nylander reporter described how the number of arrests -not only between protesters, but local journalists, human right activists, and lawyer assisting the protestors as well- had considerably increased in the last 48 hours.
Septem 9
At about 8:00, the Tieguonese armed forces began to open fire upward into the air as they advanced toward the city centre. However, they failed to disperse the large crowds gathering in Duongzhou streets. The situation became more tense as minutes, even seconds, advanced. Although they were forced to withdraw, the soldiers would came back at 12:00.
A huge noise could be heard only twenty minutes later, as the sound of live ammunition was heard nearby the central districts. Protesters tried to halt the advance of the soldiers by blocking the main streets, but the Tieguonese opened fire against them, inflicting heavy casualties. Similar scenes were destribed in at least twenty provinces. However, most foreign reporters were either arrested or immediately deported, with four reporters -a Goldecian national, two Castlian, and one Tieguonese national working for a Kazemuran newspaper- were declared disappeared.
Septem 10
Tieguonese state media blamed the violence -without confirming any number of casualties- in armed groups that had been hidden between the protesters, opening fire against the police and the soldiers. They also reported than thousands of "foreign agents and terrorist sympathizers" had been arrested.
Despite the government had assured that the situation was under control, the sound of live ammunition could be heard in several cities, including Duongzhou, for the next 48 hours.
Septem 11
With any kind of social media completely shutdown for more than a week, and barely any foreign reported allowed to walk free, a large number of rumours increased. However, by the evening it seemed that the government had regained control of Duongzhou that day.
It was reported that the government had started a largue purge of government officials, civil servants, teachers, and state employees, with dozen of thousands of arrest only in Duonzhou and nearby areas.
Septem 12
For first time since the beginning of the protests, President Qiu Yu Zhao addressed the nation. He declared that the Tieguonese government had effectively destroyed a foreign plot to destroy the nation but that the "government, the state, the armed forced, the Tieguonese people and the [Tieguonese Nationalist ]Party had remained united and strong as always". He declared that the nation had lived their saddest days in decades, but promised that "we will rise again...and the enemies will be destroyed". He also praised the casualties between policemen and soldiers as "martyrs of the Tieguonese people". He justified that the nation could have ended in a path toward "civil war and foreign domination" if the government and security forces wouldn't have been oriented toward defending "the constitutiona order...with a strong hand".
Septem 14
The Deputy Chairman of the National Military Council announced that, based on "preliminary statistics", nearby 200 people had died, including a dozen of soldiers and policemen. A speaker of the Council of Ministers also declared that at 500 "foreign agents, terrorist militants, enemies of the state, and common criminals" had been arrested for promoting violence in the streets, and the security forced had proof that they planned to promote chaos in order to "dissolve the Tieguonese Nationalist Party and install a Brigidnan-controlled regime like in Singan". He declared that there will no "be mercy with the enemies of the nation".