It had just three years prior that the Vatannian army march in towards Galvia to the north to quell a rebellion against ultraconservatives who perceived that Galvia would be set on the same path as that of its southern neighbor. Hastily arming themselves, they waged a war against the authorities of Galvia in hopes of taking a quick victory. However the Vatannian army was rapid in its mobilization. Within a month of Galvian civil war, the Vatannians were at their doorsteps. Within 5 months, the rebellion was put to an end. Once again the nation was divided between religious traditionalist and republican nationalist. At the heart of the division was the church. Ever since the pope fled the violence of civil war 40 years ago, he had refused to come back unless the Papal states were returned to the church and the church exclusively. Francisco Demagio, the Prime Minister of Vatannia, did not want the Pope as an enemy. 

During the evening of Decemcer 24, 1835, the Pope was asked to return to Vatannia for negotiations with the Demagio, the Vatannian parliament and King Amanni Morcos. The situation was described by Demagio in his private journal as "[i]possibly the greatest challenged faced yet by the fledgling nation[/i]". King Morcos became the mediator for both parties as the night dragged on. By the end of the night, Demagio  and the parliament reluctantly agreed to give the city to Verone to  the Pope and Pope Paul Antonny III agreed to have the city as the only autonomous region under the church. On Christmas morning the following day, celebrations were held as division between the church and Vatannia was proclaimed to have been bridged. However this could not be farther from the truth. The following year, a crisis would arise that would split the relationship between the Corthide church and the Vatannian nation. 

By January of 1836, the ethnic Jarelians from the southeastern provinces of Second Kingdom of Murelia began an uprising against King Hans Ludick IV. Agents of king, known popularly as blackcoats, would abduct those they deemed dangerous and had them executed. Heinrich von Luck, leader of the Jarelian Nationalist Committee, pleaded to any to help them against the crown. This situation was quickly taken notice of by the hard line republican nationalist of Vatannia. Key of this people was Giuseppe Verde. Verde was a member of the parliament and the leader of the massively popular Vatannian Republican Party. He and his fellow party members were still upset at the constitutional monarchy implemented by Demagio and the more moderate democrats. Upon seeing the chance of a people able to establish republic without the need for a monarch to represent the nation. By January 17, 1836, the Vatannian Republican Party was able to convince the rest of the Vatannian parliament to support the struggle of the Jarelians. A free Jarelian people would be well accepted allies to the north. However there was no ports to access them by sea and they were well aware that Boletaria would halt the supply of arms coming from roads. It was decided upon then that the crates carrying arms and supplies would be disguised as Skeptonian trade goods. By late January, the first batch of ammunition was sent to the rebels. 

Meanwhile, the Corthide church was active in its preaching that the rebels should lay down their arms lest they suffer eternal damnation. Very much apart of the old world, the Pope was afraid of the changes sweeping through the old world. In his private memoirs, Pope Paul Antonny III would frequently express his resentment of the reforms held across the continents. The Pope and the Corthide church would continue to support King Hans Ludick IV throughout the struggle, unaware of the Vatannian parliaments involvement in the war. 

-[b]Excerpt from Chapter two of the book "Early Vatannia and the Corthide Church", 
by Marcolo Dione and Matthew Rosner.[/b]