History of Kicaeria

Early Kicaeria

(pre 1889)

For the history of Kicaeria under the Romagna Empire and before see History of Romagna

Anarchy

(1889-1984)

By 1879, the Romagna Separatist Crisis had settled down enough that a relative state of peace existed between the countries of the People's Republic of Leninakana, the Republic of Juliaena, the Democratic Republic of Kicaeria, and the Socialist Federation of Muscovy. Muscovy withdrew her troops from the war after ensuring the independence of Leninakana as her satellite state. In Kicaeria, Lucius Tulius Kicaero was set up as the unofficial ruler of the country along with other influential conservative businessmen. But despite moderate prosperity, something was not right within the nation. The majority of people, mostly the Halemen, were dissatisfied with their lot in life, especially when they compared Kicaeria to highly successful communist regime of Leninakana. Anarchist movements gained popularity and stirred unrest among the working class. By the time Kicaero retired from public life in 1883, Kicaeria was in a state of full blown civil war. The wealthy Peninsulares were apathetic towards the coming revolution, having lost so many young men to the Separatist Crisis, another war was not appealing.

This was the general state of things when on April 4, 1889 anarchists and revolutionaries throughout the land struck, a date that would later be remembered as Rutilius Nox (Red Night). Peninsulares, businessmen, and conservatives were seized and executed for "crimes aganist the people". The April Revolution went well, given the lack of a formal government in Kicaeria, and the flight of most influential figures from the nation. Millions of acres were burnt to the ground, thousands killed, and billions upon billions of orators of damage were done to Kicaerian property. At this time, the hitherto scrupulously maintained written historical record system of the Romagnas was disrupted. Then Kicaeria's borders were closed to the world, leaving little evidence of the troubles of the following period. 100 years of anarchy and chaos followed.

Ordo Novus

(1984-present)

The War of Liberation

By the 1980's Kicaerians were tired of the lack of government, especially since the high crime rate had crippled life in the country. Marcus Tulius Kicaero, the great great grandson of Lucius Tulius Kicaero, began to seed agents inside Kicaeria in preparation the reformation of the government. With the agents' reports in hand he went to the Sirius Self-Defense Commitee (SSDC), the local UN of the region Kicaeria was allied with, and presented the data. Since the fall of Kicaeria to the anarchists, no one knew what life in the country was like. When the atrocities and violence were revealed by Kicaero, the SSDC was outraged. Within hours, the Kicaerian Liberation Coalition (KLC) was formed, and upwards of 200,000 troops were pledged to restore peace to the nation. Kicaero's agents now began recruiting Kicaerians to fight the anarchists; an easy task as most of her citizens were tired of perpetual war. Kicaero and SSDC military advisors organized these men, called Liberatores, into militias, as a supplement to professional SSDC soldiers.

Marcus Tulius Kicaero
Title First Orator Lifetime 1955-1996 Renowned for Founding Kicaeria, returning law and order, national hero, political mastermind, establishment of Ordo Novus Political leaning Fascist Republican

In May 1983, 250,000 SSDC troopers and 2.5 million Liberatores attacked all along Kicaeria's northwestern border. They were heavily opposed by several anarchist armies: The Northern Defense Force (NDF), The Kicaerian Anarchist League (KAL), and Freedom's Army. Total anarchist forces measure up 1.3 million, but they were loosely organized and bitterly competitive. Also while the Liberatores and SSDC troops were well armed with submachine guns, the anarchists were equipped with bolt-action rifles outdated in the 1890's. In two weeks Tuliasea and the surrounding area had fallen to the KLC. This was the turning point: the Liberator movement gained momentum, numbers quadrupaling, and an insurgency aganist the anarchists sprang up all over the countryside. On April 6, 1984 the last remanants of KAL were defeated in the Battle of River Saigon, completing the Second April Revolution after 100 years of anarchy.

The Democratic Republic of Kicaeria