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Creation of the independant duchy of Afburg
Disgruntled with vassalage and seeing opportunity in a power vacuum within the Holy Roman Empire, an ambitious duke of the fictional house of Afburg sunders his holdings' ties with the Austrian monarchy. The new realm weathered the storm of rebellions and attempts at recapture to bring to light a new nation in what is roughly modern east-central Germany. -
Rise of absolutism
During the Age of Enlightenment and a time of changing ideas regarding government and monarchy, the reigning king of Afburg abolished the powers of the nobility in the kingdom's affairs with the justification of divine right, turning the once representative monarchy to an absolute one. -
Fall of the crown
In the wake of the French Revolution, citizens of Afburg unsatisfied with the state of the country began to rally under a nationalist identity seeking to reinvent their homeland, resulting in a long and bloody uprising that culminated in the creating of the Administrative Republic of Afburg. -
Nationalism becomes Fascism
Influenced by the Charter of Carnaro in Italy the year prior, a new political faction arose within the political scene of Afburg and gained great momentum from winning over common citizens. A figurehead surfaced and was elected prime minister by a landslide, only to use his political allies in the administration to form a Fascist authoritarian state. -
Starting over
After the breakout of World War II, Afburg joined the ranks of the Axis and was invaded by Allied troops soon after the fall of Berlin. Key figures of the short-lived Fascist government were sentenced for treason and political activists sought to remake the republic in a new form, insusceptible to coups and corruption. -
A new republic
Shocked after the political upheaval of the last few decades and cautious to let something akin to it happen in the future, the remnants of the old government of Afburg drafted a new constitution and abolished the position of prime minister to ensure that too much power was not held by one singular person, preferring instead to divide it evenly amongst a large group of elected officials responsible for the appointment of the balancing major figures in the republic.