Uprising of the Second Campan Union

[Campa Simpatica]

July 14, 1423, address on the Uprising of the Second Campan Union

Summary

In April, on the 2nd, only about two months ago, a large group of very vocal protestors demanded a referendum yet again for Gran Blindaje independence, Diego Wright would then authorize the referendum, followed by Elena Carter. The vote lost with over 70% in favor of staying a part of Campa Simpatica, this failure was largely considered amounted to by the protesters' extreme left wing and authoritarian nature, calling to replicate the extreme government of the original Campan Union. This failure then would lead to the formation of the "Second Campan Union" in the South of Gran Blindaje with its capital and origin lying in Maria, a fairly rural land locked city. After gaining support in the city as well as near by cities, the revolution would spread and formally declare both independence and war on April 13th. The revolution would quickly spread through rural areas, giving the nation a small coastline in the East. The Gran Blindaje army began fighting the troops back, though it was a struggle as a lot of equipment had already been captured in the jungle areas. The rebellion would continue to expand through rural areas, but would become stuck in a stalemate once reaching the more prepared urbanized coastal areas. By this point, the rebellion roughly looked as it does in the image below.

The struggle would continue until the arrival of New Kalmachian forces which found much more luck in the liberation of Gran Blindaje, starting to push the forces back into the Southern jungles. It is believed that in desperation, the forces then invaded South trying to get enough valuable land to push back, however Artingur would quickly push these forces back as well, surrounding the the rebellion and leading to and even faster defeat on July 12th. 

Address of Elena Carter

Hello Simpaticans, we all hope you are all doing well and all who were injured are recovering. Me, as well as the other state and general organizers have been discussing what this all means for our nation and what actions should be taken. We are obviously going to be having many issues to vote on in the following elections so we recommend you all prepare for that if possible. One of the first questions we all want to figure out, how can we prevent this in the future? We have allowed protest, we have allowed referendum, and these did not work. We believe our only option left is increasing our military budget and modernizing our military. We want peace, we do not want this, but revolutionaries have forced our hand. We have no more freedoms to give them, we can not give them freedom by taking away the freedom of other Gran Blindaje inhabitants, so we must keep a military to protect this.     

Furthermore, the "Second Campan Union" may not be our only threat to consider. Aftokratorian ships were found shipping weapons to the Second Campan Union. This is an unacceptable intervention from an already morally dubious nation. We will try to keep peace with both regimes, but we believe for the sake of both deterrence and if need be, we should vote in favor of a modern military, expect to see that in the elections soon. 

Another issue is the rebellion's involvement in Artingur. Artigur is far from our enemy and we wish to keep it that way with further collaboration and compensation for what the rebellion did. We are considering allowing more influence in the P.A.N.L. Campa area due to its historic ties and cultural similarities. We ask that you all allow us to hold a vote in the region as to whether or not the region may gain Artingur influence. Keep in mind that this will not at all affect Campa Simpaticans outside the region, the state already runs completely autonomously while the N.Z. would still remain a sperate part without Artingur influence. We believe this is the best path towards compensating the Artingurans as occupation of Southern Gran Blindaje could lead to even more calls for revolution, allowing them to keep their freedoms should, hopefully, help them readapt to life in Campa Simpatica, and even if not, we should have our military if need be.

 

[Campa Simpatica]

August 1st, Campa Simpaticans vote on military modernization

Today, on August 1st, a vote was held on whether or not Campa Simpatica should have nation wide military modernization. This military modernization would change the country's forces from unofficial guerillas to better equipped centralized troops not unlike those in Gran Blindaje and New Kalmach. While guerilla programs will continue, the nation will focus instead on the official troops for the sake of both internal and external security. The election, held earlier today, had the following results.

The clear majority victory means that the nation will go through with military modernization, using New Kalmach's state military as a base to build the nation's. It is also planned for collaboration with Kalmach in order to build this new military. Continued votes relating to the Second Campan Union incident will likely lead to more elections in the near future, however this is a solid first step towards dealing with the issue as we move forward.