Thread:AenMaps/@comment-30574470-20161001115420/@comment-15419758-20161020012049

A crisis breaks out in Kharzonus upon the aennexation of the HBC. Many in the former HBC demand a democracy where the popular vote determines the presidency, which favors them due to a larger population, while many in Kharzonus are afraid that they would lose their own country to the whim of outsiders. Queen Amanda IV of Kharzonus then makes a compromise, deciding that the former HBC would have a direct election of representatives who would represent them in parliament and the royal convention for elections, making them a pseudo-collective. However, Kharzonusian citizens complain that the Bavarians get better representation than they do because of the convoluted oligarchic election process. With worries about a possible ethnic civil war and years of lingering racism afterward, a massive government reform takes place as a preventative measure, one you might call a revolution. The old oligarchic system is replaced with a representative democracy, replacing the monarch with a president, giving the parliament more power, replacing guilds/houses with actual political parties, and replacing the royal convention with an electoral college system. To appease Kharzonusians, the collectives are given electoral votes proportional to their population, while Bavaria is given a number based on the average of the main Kharzonusian collectives' votes. To make sure Bavarians don't feel underrepresented, they are given lots of autonomy, and are able to nullify Kharzonusian federal law (although parliament can veto said nullifications). The former HBC somewhat acts as an almost-sovereign nation, with its own prime minister (still lower than the Kharzonusian president in the chain of command) and legislature. The only group that doesn't like the new goverment and compromises is the old elite, the guilds/houses, who feel that their power was taken away. Most of them form their own political parties, although some are quite far-right radical, and a few form terrorist organizations. 2 years after the HBC was annexed, Amanda IV steps down as the last monarch of Kharzonus, and the new government takes power, electing the first president, Darrack Olama (oh, you thought I was going to say Ronald Grump!).

Meanwhile (by standards of special relativity), Hypercane Koala starts lashing Diiur, and the nuclear mega cable nukes down towards Krekition and Jiemz. The power from both Krekitiu and Thylos is cut so engineers can cut the cable if needed to stop the progression of the nuke, but many worry it's too late, and the exploding reaction will move too fast for the engineers to have time to cut the cable. They say the workers will likely die, and the nuke will simply jump the gap if it's too small, requiring more work. But a brigade of emergency Navy engineers is sent anyways to cut the cable shortly before the KPC.