Grasslandic Civil War

The Grasslandic Civil War or the Grasslandic Revolution was a conflict fought in the former Kingdom of Grassland immediately following that began the first democratic era in Grassland.

The Kingdom of Grassland was on the side of the Central Powers, and by 1918, was crumbling from the insides. On the 7th of November, 1918, the Parliament of Grassland declared the Grasslandic Republic and the Royal family went into exile in Norway. The Armistice of Jerwen was signed on the 9th, inadvertently outside of Grasslandic military control. The Jerwen Soviet was a small worker's union in the Grasslandic town of Jerwen from the 1st to the 21st of November, 1918, when it was disestablished by the government of the newly-established Grasslandic Republic. Alexander Selto was the main figurehead of this union, and avoided arrest by escaping to the countryside. Selto returned to Jerwen to a warm response, and uttered his famous speech on a radio broadcast "Workers of Grassland, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains! A free communist state is nearly upon us!" The message was only heard in the Grasslandic Southern Peninsula. Many revolutionaries rose up and took over much of the country, shocking the undermanned and underprepared Grasslandic Army. They managed to take much of southern Grassland by late 1919, with the frontlines being several miles from Grassland City. Around the same time, the city of Geird (now Besten) was taken over by staunch monarchists, who rallied for an absolute monarchy. The King, who was in exile at the time, denied requests to become the leader of this rebellion. In the army of this rebellion was Gregor Vilhelms, who would later become the dictator of Grassland.

By winter 1919, the frontline in the south had come to a standstill. In June 1920, the UK brought several divisions of soldiers over to Grassland to fight the communists. This helped turn the tide and by late 1920 the republic had taken everything but the peninsula. On the 23rd of April, 1921, Alexander Selto surrendered.

A treaty called the Five Terms was agreed by all three sides of the war. This is a shortening of that agreement.
 * 1) The states of the Grasslandic Socialist Republic and the Kingdom of Grassland will be disbanded and will be absorbed into the Grasslandic Republic.
 * 2) The King of Grassland will be reinstated as a figurehead, with the current President resigning as President and enrolling in the office of Prime Minister.
 * 3) Alexander Selto, along with many other members of the Soviet cabinet, will be exiled to Petrograd. He will never enter Grasslandic territory unless given express permission by both the King and the Prime Minister.
 * 4) A new Grasslandic constitution will be created that gives equal rights to all people, no matter political beliefs, unless they intend to spread their views in a malicious way.
 * 5) Bjorn Karlsen will vow to never spread ideals in a malicious intent by punishment of death.

This agreement was put into effect on the 1st of July, 1921.