Velinor

After six years of protests and rebellion in some provinces, King Albert X accepted the proposal for a constitution in 1920, but when the Royal Armed Forces attempted a coup against the committee to stop the reform, the public fully revolted. The Monarchy ended, and by March 1st of 1921, the Constituent Assembly, elected in February 1921, approved the constitution, and thus the path to a republic was cleared.

After four years of rule by decree of the President of the Constituent Assembly, the Assemblymen voted for a new constitution and for a Republican system, thus creating the Republic of Velinor by April 23rd, 1925.

By the late 1940s, public opinion on the 1921-25 Constitution (Since Amendments that created the republic were added in 1925, both 1921 and 1925 are accepted as the start year for the first constitution) shifted negatively, with many believing a new constitution was needed for the new Modern era. And on August 3rd, 1956, a referendum was held of rather changing or write a new constitution, where the New Constitution side won by 61.4%, and on December 1st, of December 1956, the 1956 Constitution was approved and became the current constitution for that day.

In the May 1960 presidential elections, Sr. Michael Thompson won and was inaugurated in June 1960. But in August, the opposition claimed there was fraud in the elections and wanted a trial. At first, the Supreme Court demanded evidence, but as public support grew for opposition to President Thompson, President Thompson left the Capital and flew to Countryside Southwall Residence, where he resided for the entirety of the crisis. By January 1961, public opinion shifted for the worse, with resignation call protests growing bigger each day. And in February of 1961, the Supreme Court of Velinor ordered an arrest warrant for the President, and the image of the President being escorted by police was on the headlines for days. Charges against Thompson and many campaign managers were found true, and Thompson became the one and only President of Velinor to be arrested. Southwall Crisis left scars Velinor will never heal from, such as the obsession of the new politicians to appear clean from corruption and the public quickly getting out of hand in any allegations.

Following the global instability of 2008, Velinor’s workers rose up against mass layoffs and elite bailouts. For 40 days, the nation stood still. This resulted in the 2012 Labor Charter, establishing the first modern protections for the many, though many promises of that era remain unfulfilled.