Lusitania and Vettonia History - VOL 2
From the Middle Ages to Nowdays
The Middle Ages marked the end of Latin culture as such. Lusitania, Vettonia and Salamantica evolved in separate ways. At this time the Rumian culture of the desert was born. They formed a fourth kingdom on today's territory. The area of the Sea of Come was an area of conflict for a thousand years. In 1123 Salamantica fell to the Rumi. And the first Imperial Coalition took place. A union of Lusitania and Vettonia in the form of a military alliance against them.
The result of these coalitions were eight wars, which gradually tipped the balance in favour of the Catholic powers. The kings Nicholas I of Lusitania and Afonso IV of Vettonia defeated the Rumies at the Battle of the Amagirras (1561), and Lusitania and Vettonia spread northwards, founding cities such as Capera and Evora.
After the defeat of the common enemy, the rivalry between the two kingdoms was rekindled. The turning point came in 1743, when Vettonia invaded Lusitania in the Lusitanian-Vettonian War. This war began with victory for the men of Nuno VII, but they were defeated at the Siege of Emerita and began to lose ground. Finally in 1779 the Lusitanians conquered Olissipo, and Ferdinand III became King of Lusitania and Vettonia.
The kings of Lusitania and Vettonia were in this order:
-Fernando I (III) (1779-1786).
-Carlos I: (1786-1825) Who had to face a large-scale Vettonian insurrection in 1810. Built the Palais de la Marine
-Hugo I: (1825-1854) He had strong disagreements with the liberals. He suffered the 1st Liberal War against the forces of Pedro Casanova. He won and absolutism was maintained for several more years.
-Carlos II: (1854-1881) The only peaceful reign in common history, he is considered by far the best king to have existed in Lusitania and Vettonia. He surrounded himself with advisors from both crowns and legalised Portuguese as an official language for the first time. He granted a Carta Otorgada with rights and obligations for the citizens, but he was absolutist.
-Manuel I: (1881-1893) He is considered a very fragile king. During his mandate, Commander Jesús Paracio promoted a military pronunciamiento that led to the II Liberal War (1883-1887). The King's forces lost, and he had to sign the Constitution of 1887. He was assassinated in 1893.
-Hugo II (1893-1900) He ascended to the throne when he was 6 years old under the regency of General Gravão, the first Vettonio to have full power since the union. His reign was brief and convulsive, due to problems with the Liberal Movement and the Workers' Movement. He never governed effectively, on April 23rd, 1900, a command of the Royal Army surrounded the Palace under the command of the Republican Colonel Alfredo Cano. The tyranny exercised by Gravão took its toll on the crown, the King was forced to abdicate and the 1st Republic of Lusitania and Vettonia was proclaimed.
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One denary of Hugo II
But democracy only lasted from 1900 to 1925, the fragility of the Republican system caused Martin Dintero to stage a new coup d'état against a very unpopular government. He installed a fascist regime that lasted from 1925 to 1957, his main ideals were family, religion and nationalism. The regime ended abruptly with his own assassination in 1957. After his death a military junta was in charge of preserving the dictatorship for six years, years in which they fought against the labor movement. In 1963, the June Revolution expelled the military from power and established the II Republic of Lusitania and Vettonia. Hernando Trillo was the President of the Republic, but the communists won the 1964 elections and proclaimed the People's Republic, purged the military commanders and began their dictatorship under the leadership of Julio Ortíz Macaobado.
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The People's Republic fell in 1973, during student protests. The students became the regime's most serious problem. And it was a law student, Lucas Salor Vega, who as a form of protest used the constitution to proclaim himself Interim President of the People's Republic in a performance at the Universidad Obrera. Surprisingly, the university students took it seriously, started a Student Strike in which they raised the National Flag (used from the kings to the People's Republic), and confronted the Proletariat Police in heavy police charges, which the only thing they achieved was that the students got hold of some firearms.
The protest spread to the universities, and the streets were filled with barricades. The Macaobado government proclaimed Martial Law. But the military, still upset by the recent purges, refused to support it. The General Jacaio went to the University, besieged by his men, and presented arms in front of Lucas Salor. Then, in a peaceful march known as the Paper Revolution, the military deposed the People's Republic and hailed the III Republic of Lusitania and Vettonia. Lucas Salor went out to the balcony to proclaim it, and announced that it would be Federal.
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Protest in the University at the begining of the revolution
The 1974 elections gave victory to the Student Front, against the traditional Conservatives and Social Democrats. The first government of Lucas Salor approved the 1974 Constitution, which stated that the official name of the state was "Federal Republic of Lusitania and Vettonia". This government fought for equality among the federated states, stabilized the country and finally called elections, which it did not run for. The victory went to the Social Democratic Party.
Heads of State of Lusitania and Vettonia
Monarchy
Kings of Lusitania and Vettonia
-Fernando I
-Hugo I
-Charles I
-Charles II
-Manuel I
-Hugo II
I Republic
Presidents of the Republic
-Alfredo Cano (1900-1904)
-Luis Mendoza (1904-1912)
-Miguel Douro (1912-1916)
-García Muñoz (1916-1924)
-Victor Peres (1924-1925)
Dictatorship
Head of State of Lusitania and Vettonia
-Martín Dintero (1925-1957)
Head of the Military Junta
-Felipe Garona (1957-1959)
-Santiago Tracer (1959-1963)
II Republic
Presidents of the Republic
-Hernando Trillo (1963-1964)
Popular Republic
Comrade President
-Julio Ortiz Macaobado (1964-1973)
Federal Republic
Presidents of the Republic
-Lucas Salor (1973-1980)
-Ignacio Games (1980-1986)
-Rui Seila (1986-1992)
-Vitor Manes (1992-1998)
-Rui Seila (1998-2004)
-Hugo Gómez (2004-2010)
-Hugo Gómez (2010-2016)
-Augusto Domínguez (2016-2022)