2021 Aenderian crisis

2021 Aenderian Crisis

Flag of the 6th Aenderian Republic
Duration	February 2021 – present
Location	Sixth Aenderian Republic
Type	Crisis
Cause	• Surge in activity  • Rise of national socialism  • Disputed election
Outcome	• Treaty of the Sixth Republic  • Treaty of Aenderia  • Recognition of Iustan Aenderia as the sole legitimate Aenderia

The 2021 Aenderian Crisis was an event that began in February 2021. It includes the rise of the national socialist movement, the erosion of the nations reputation both domestically and internationally, the Laptev Administration and the events following the 2021 Aenderian presidential election; leading to litigation against the government on counts of breaches of the constitution and criminal code, and the secession of Point Cupertino and its associated territories to form North Aenderia.

Prelude

Fisher & Wiucki-Dunswed v. Superior Judge

On 4 January 2021, President Nicholas Fisher was expelled from the Cupertino Alliance following repeated complaints from other alliance delegates. Fisher alleged several days later that they were unaware of the suspension nor the reasons surrounding it.

Abrams Wiucki-Dunswed, at the time an alliance delegate for the Kingdom of Ikonia would go to serve on Fisher's legal team for a lawsuit against the Superior Judge of the Cupertino Alliance. In a document the Fisher legal team provided to the courts, it was alleged that the suspension was conducted in violation of several articles of the Charter of the Cupertino Alliance.

Despite their status as defendant in the case, Judge Bornstein dismissed the case. In an amicus briefing penned by Christina Nowell, she stated that this was a "clear failure to uphold the law and a false dismissal of the case".

As shown by Plaintiff, the Defendant of the Cupertino Alliance informed him that he would not be properly upholding his own duties as the Judge of the Superior Court by instead stating that he would not see the case. Amici sees this as a clear failure to uphold the law and a false dismissal of the case. Amici sees this attempt to dismiss the case improperly as both a negligent action by Defendant and an attack on the roots of justice and legal jurisprudence. The actions of Defendant in not only this case of his seeming attempt to dismiss it has been abhorrent, he furthermore denied to issue Plaintiff the form for a lawsuit when it was brought up, showing Defendant’s willingness to go against even the Charter’s legal codes and values.

— Christina Nowell

During the legal proceedings, Fisher would expel the sitting Chair of the Board, Jayden Lycon from his delegation, a position of which the chair had held for more than a year. Due to this, the Chair was forced to take up a vacant seat in the delegation of Qaflana.

On 16 January, a motion of no confidence was raised against Bornstein. Though the vote would eventually prove to be in favour of such a removal, Bornstein would resign the position prior to the votes conclusion and took leave from the alliance, effectively ending the trials proceedings.

During several arguments over the trial and its ensuing events, Fisher threatened to declare war on Aenderese territories held by Lycon, following notice that said wished to secede. On 30 January, Ponderosa Hills would seize the regions of Point Cupertino, Noyan, Nouveau Montreal and Aaron Island to form a semi-independent protectorate governed by Lycon, benefiting from military protection against "Aenderian aggression". This would become known as the Ponderosan Consented Protectorate of Aenderia.

Aenderia would go on to leave the alliance.

Attempted annexations

In the wake of the Fisher trial, the Aenderian government was revived following a spell of inactivity.

Initially, there was a popular monarchist movement led by Vice President Schroeder, with two unilateral referendi confirming support for a monarchy. The movement was quashed by Fisher, who cited that he did not want the Republic to be annexed by Wynnland, leading to Schroeders dismissal and his later departure.

Nicholas Lokin, Vice President of Aenderia

Around the time of the annexation of Aenderian Toronto by Ponderosa Hills, plans were made to have the remainder of Aenderia annexed by the Kingdom of Humberlea. On 8 February, Nicholas Lokin announced the creation of the Humberlea-Aenderia Union, calling a referendum to confirm it. According to Lokin, the territory of the Protectorate of Aenderia would be included in the annexation. This would receive criticism for similar reasons to the short-lived monarchist movement, citing foreign control over the nation being unacceptable.

The Attorney General and the Minister of Defence, being Christoph Billung and Derek Housinger respectively would force Fisher to declare martial law, in the ensuing political crisis surrounding the impending annexation.

In a trial overseen by the Supreme Justice of the Grand Unified Micronational, Anthony Clark; Lokin, Fisher and Leon Montan were charged with counts of treason. Though Montan would flee mid-trial, the trial would continue until the prosecution opted to drop charges.

With the martial law declaration and the conclusion of the treason trial, the annexation plans would be dropped.

History

Rise of fascism

Aenderia would experience an influx of new citizens in the wake of increased activity both in January and February during the three political events. The political landscape would rapidly shift, with the formation of several new political parties such as the Aenderian Action Party, the Social Nationalist Front and the Aenderia Reform Bloc.

How times have changed Promotion by Christian Fascist Party in Aenderia. Opposition in Aenderia, especially from people such as Jayden Dagsa and Dinesh Rajagopalan had said that this was proof that foreigners were being skeptical about the growing rise of fascism.

Amongst the new influx of immigrants and citizens, a clique of national socialist users would also enter the fray: John Doyle, who would go on to lead the Christian Fascist Party; and Henry Goebbels, who would run the Aenderian National Socialist Workers Party, which became infamous for its nazi imagery, anti-semitic propaganda and offensive remarks towards several citizens. The movement would grow to a point that the mainstream parties would unite to form Aenderians United Against Fascism, a political coalition.

The proliferation of the nazi movement would lead to widespread international and domestic condemnation of Aenderia. Members of the AUMW would go to file a trial against Doyle and Goebbels for violations of the Constitution Act, 2019. The trials would prove to be successful, leading to the defendants exile.

Pardoning, and consolidation of movement

On 1 March, Matthew Laptev was elected President, with Nicholas Lokin as Vice President.

Lokin would later disappear for a period of more than 3 weeks and only return shortly before the election. After the first week of unresponsiveness, a vote was passed in the House of Commons to remove Lokin from Vice Presidency and appoint Fisher as a replacement.

Despite being found guilty of constitutional violations, Fisher allowed Goebbels to return in contravention of the Criminal Code, 2019. Goebbels would form the National Rightist Party as a successor to the former ANSWP, and would unite with Calvin White's National Populism Party to form the We Are Right coalition. Both candidate would go on to become elected to the House of Commons.

In a dispute with regards to the ownership of the coalition, White and Goebbels would part ways, with the former later filing a successful motion to expel his counterpart from the House.

Goebbels is a self-proclaimed fascist and he has claimed to be affiliated with far-right groups that have attempted military coups against other nations. The AUF was a group that was expelled from a US mock government server due to the use of cyber warfare and spamming images of gore and pornography in order to cause discourse.

The AUF has also been reported to have plotted to create a violent revolution against the United States, but the information was intercepted and Goebbels along with the AUF was subsequently banned.

Since then, Goebbels had had more than 3 account changes due to repeated bans and speaks to the point that Goebbels is a toxic individual.

We should not have people like Goebbels affiliated in Aenderia's legislation. His history with attempting to overthrow governments poses a security threat to our nation alone. I propose Goebbels be expelled from the House of Commons.

— Calvin White

Despite removal from office, he would continue to remain in the nation, setting up a news agency named The Truth News, which would propagate transphobic, homophobic and anti-semitic material.

Due to several consecutive crisises, Laptev and Fisher would propose the deletion of the Aenderia discord server and the subsequent outlawing of any future recreation of the Republic. The proposal would be soundly denied in Parliament.

Political crisis

In late April, Laptev announced the May Elections. The elections would be contested primarily by Julia Hidalgo, under the banner of the Liberal Party; White, under the National Populists; and Goebbels, under the National Rightist Front.

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Campaign poster for the Liberal Party.

The elections would result in a tie between the Liberals and National Rightists, with the President declaring the National Populists eliminated.

Reactions

The election results would prove to be very controversial, with several people suspecting voting fraud and other breaches of the law:

• Montan would accuse the government of voter fraud, citing alleged extralegal removal of candidates from the ballot.
• The Liberal Party and the National Populists filed a lawsuit against the government for violating the constitution of Aenderia, and allowing Goebbels back in despite the Criminal Code, 2019 officially blacklisting him from citizenship.
• Several citizens would accuse both sides of manipulating the vote with proxy accounts. Leon Montan would be accused of submitted several fake votes.

Shortly following the results, the Protectorate of Aenderia fully seceded to become an independent state in its own right, The Republic of North Aenderia.

Schism

See also: The Aenderias and White v. Government of Aenderia

Whilst acting judge Christina Nowell was preparing the White v. Government of Aenderia case, Laptev would leave the discord server, handing the presidency to Fisher. In succession, Fisher proceeded to also leave the server, handing ownership to Goebbels, though the legality of this decision has been disputed. Goebbels would go on to ban several people from the server, begin an 'Aenderian Reich,' and cancel the trial, removing the acting judge by "deportation."

Anticipating such a situation, the Liberal-NatPop coalition had already set up a backup server recreated in the image of the previous. Per their interpretation and allegations regarding the elections, the Liberal-NatPops view themselves as the legitimate government of the Sixth Aenderian Republic, still possessing its Long Island holdings. The acting judge would later rule that Fisher was intoxicated during the transfer, causing the impromptu transfer of power to both be voidable, and considered void by the court in a document ruling the case in favor of White in White v. Government of Aenderia.

North Aenderia would invite the Aenderians to join their nation in a confederation of several nations involved in a 2018 pact with Aenderia.

Aftermath

In the wake of the political crisis and its consequential schism, the provisional government sought to press charges against individuals connected to the Aenderian 'Reich' reich, namely Fisher, Henry Gibson and Parabirb.

Acting President Max charged Fisher with one count of treason, two counts of hate speech and one count of breaking discord terms of service. The People v. Fisher would begin on 21 May. The defendant criticised the trial for lack of legal representation during their bail hearing, and for the presiding judge to deny them access to the trial hearing.

Prior to the hearing of the case against Parabirb, the provisional government would sign a treaty with the reich, agreeing to drop all charges against Parabirb and Gibson. In return, the reich reformed into the Controlled Peoples Government, and cut all ties with Aenderian nomenclature and symbology. Jacob Vancapelle would additionally claim to help Gibson in recovering from his prior reputation.

Concurrently, Parabirb would additionally file a request for White's impeachment, filing charges of hate speech, discrimination and constitutional violations.

Coup d'état

Acting President Calvin White was impeached by the House of Commons on a count of hate speech, who contested the result stating that the offences took place outside government jurisdiction.

Following the impeachment of White, Schroeder assumed power as Acting President. Shortly after taking office, Schroeder dissolved parliament, suspended the constitution and declared a monarchy. An appointing council would also be formed, charging Schroeder, Nowell and Lokin with creating a new constitution; though this council would go on to effectively government the Aenderia server.

This led to a large public outcry and domestic condemnation. The executive order was widely considered to be unconstitutional. Valentinus would file for impeachment against Schroeder, though the attempt was blocked by Nowell; Valentinus would attempt to file against Nowell subsequently, though this was additionally blocked.

The leaders of Bepistan New Zealand, Randouleris and White Island expressed interest in cutting ties with what they alleged to be an "illegitimate rump state".

See also

• White v. Government of Aenderia