[center][color=0076a3][b][u][h2]The Republic of Foucil[/h2][/u][/b][/color] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80589065/Random/Alternate%20French%20Flag.png[/img] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqdxBh4ZUeM][b]Justice through Equality, Equality through Liberty![/b][/url][/center] [center][b][u]The Legislative Election of 1910[/u][/b][/center] Starting in November, as per Foucili tradition, the 1910 election would go down in the annals of Foucili history as the beginning of the end for the stability of the Unity and Radical Republican parties. The stronghold factions for both the Left and Right for decades, Unity and the Radicals had held the centre while outliers fought for domination of the extremes. On the Left, the Social Unionists had adjusted well to parliament and continued their steady gain; taking Rounnet from the Radicals and gaining an additional 5 seats from the faltering Centre-Leftists. On the Right, the more conservative Unity party continued to lose ground to the growing Liberals. In Dippes Liberal Party Chairman Francis Vidal proclaimed the following in his victory speech as he continued to hold his own constituency. [i]"The People of Foucil have said it before and they shall say it again. Unity has lost her Unity! For years now the old stooges in the Unity Party have held onto their vanguard position of isolationism and, for a lack of better terms, cowardice. Look where they are today, unable to not only hold their own seats, but unseat a single orange man! The people of this nation realize that Foucil can no longer sit idle as the other nations of Centran industrialize and expand their influence, and the time is now for our great Republic to show herself as the bastion of democratic civilization that we are! Vive La Foucil!" - Francis Vidal, 1910[/i] Despite the cries of the Liberals that the isolationist conservative Unity was a sick man, the party held strong and was only inches away from taking their 100 seat goal, a number they have long been vying to retake since the rise of the Liberals in the 1890s. The growingly bitter Unity leadership continued to pledge their undying devotion to the people of Foucil and the defense of 'the fragile egg of democracy', however inside the party the cracks continued to form... With the Radical Republicans taking majority, and their fragile alliance to the Social Unionists holding strong, Prime Minister Errando Bizcarte reformed his government and cabinet, ensuring that the Radical Republicans would hold another 6 years in government. [center][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80589065/Random/1910election.png[/img] [i]Results of the 1910 Legislative Election Radical Republicans - Yellow Social Unionists - Red Unity - Blue Liberals - Orange Nationalists - Grey[/i][/center] [hr] [center][b][u]Faresian Ambitions[/u][/b][/center] While Politicians fought in Parliament, the fledgling military of the Republic continued to pressure the new government for support in Faresia. Many years ago, when Foucil was ruled via a monarch, the nation held vast colonial claims and kept them through naval and land superiority over their Faresian adversaries. The Liberals, much to the chagrin of the isolationist Unity, hounded the new Prime Minister to allow a new 'Faresian Charter' and revitalize the importance Pekalu once had in the nation. Finally, in December, the government faltered and a new colonial charter was written, being signed by both Field Marshal Pierre Laflèche, Colonial Viceroy Benoît Bain, and Prime Minister Errando Bizcarte. [hider=The Foucili-Faresian Charter of 1910] I, Prime Minister Bizcarte, recognize and authorize this document as the creation of a new Foucili-Faresian Charter. In this document the Foucili government gives full allowance for the colonial administration of Foucili-Faresia to perform the duties given to them in this charter as they see fit, both diplomatically and militarily. The claims in this document shall not be changed, reversed, or extended until no earlier than 1920. In addition, the Republic of Foucil shall give full support to the colonial administration in any endeavor they delve in and shall ensure the continued existence of Foucili-Faresia if they be provoked or their existence threatened by any foreign power. Thus, the Republic of Foucil lays claim to the [url=https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80589065/Random/99fbf9259430c36a04c75322cce51d14.png]following...[/url] - Prime Minister Errando Bizcarte - Viceroy Benoît Bain - Field Marshal Pierre Laflèche[/hider] Following the declaration of the charter, 3 armored cruisers were planned to set sail for Pekalu and plans were announced to increase the Foucili colonial garrison in the near future. [center][img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/cc/a6/ef/cca6efdb60e28c3202c2296b3ed7f328.jpg[/img] [i]Foucili Armored Cruiser Duhamel, circa 1907.[/i][/center] [hr] [center][b][u]The D'Annunzio Accord[/u][/b][/center] The D'Annunzio Accord, as the Etelians called it, was the first obstacle of the new Bizcarte government. Interior and Political Minister, and renown Radical Republican, Grégoire Héroux viewed the Accord positively. In a private letter penned to Gabrielo D'Annunzio, Héroux stated his hope for an eventual alliance between Etelia and Foucil. However, others within the Bizcarte cabinet were quick to state their distaste for the idea. Minister of the Armed Forces and veteran of the 1873 Foucili-Cam colonial conflict Sébastien Verley decried multiple statements of the Accord as Etelia attempting to bring Foucil into a Centran war, saying the following. [i]"If those bastards in Etelia want Foucil to send their soldiers and sailors to die for some hog-wash island they hold no claim to then I may as well be a damn Frienian. Our Republic is in no such position to support a claim by either nation, much less get involved in a conflict in Centran at all." - Sébastien Verley[/i] In a council vote, it came to pass that Article III of the Accord would have to be amended for the Accord to be signed by the Foucili government. In addition, the Foucili state declared complete neutrality in the Etelo-Chaegonian War. [center][img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Georges_Clemenceau_1.jpg/365px-Georges_Clemenceau_1.jpg[/img] [i]Grégoire Héroux, Minister of the Interior, circa 1908[/i][/center]