Protests and strikes in YN [IC]

[Geuleiteu Aillaendeu]

Nation name: Geuleiteu Aillaendeu
City/Cities where the protests took place: Juyo dosi and the Delta Islands mainly
Date: 1.4.1990 - 3.4.1990
Category of citizens involved: Workers, farmers, 1st and 3rd Infantry Divisions
Reasons: Collapsing Markets, Recent lose of parts of the vital Suhwag Delta to Gang-ui Seojjog, Government cowardice
Protest Leaders (if any): Jangmi, leader of the Workers Party faction, Li Yeon-min, commander of the 1st Division, Park Min-il, commander of the 3rd Division
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): Protests began peaceful as farmers protested against the lose of vital farmland and workers protested the failing markets but soon after military units began protesting, the protests became violent and over the course of the next two months over 2,300 people were killed and 65,000 were jailed. The protests officially ended as things escalated into the Geuleiteu Aillaendeu crisis seeing the democratic regime fall and the competing military and worker militias fight over control for the next 12 years.
Public statements of government: The government was in the start silent although denounced the workers as communists soon later. Once the military began protesting the protests were deemed treason and cracked down on. The government maintained the stance that the protests were a communist revolution until it's eventual fall.

[Grussland]

Nation name:
City/Cities where the protests took place:Various towns across southeast Grussland, concentrated in Verberg
Date: April 1, 2021
Category of citizens involved: Secessionists, humorists/comedians, the public in general
Reasons: Every April Fool's, there are popular events in the southeast that comedically inflate regional differences (i.e. preferred types of beer, light blue jeans vs dark blue jeans, etc.) while making a festival of it and, just for the day, pretending to be a separate country. The events usually involve day drinking, comedians on stage, some music, and some family-oriented activities (i.e. face painting). However, in 2021, groups of far-right "Patriot Front" members coalesced at festivals sites and city halls, pushing for a true secession for the region.
Protest Leaders: Karl Schmidt and other members of the Patriot Front
How did the protest go?: While initially considered a joke as part of the day's events, things turned sour when Patriot Front members started scuffles in beer halls and attempted to prevent working-age men from leaving festivals and activities. There were brawls amongst civilians and minor clashes with the police who had to call for back up. Just over 1000 Patriot Front members were arrested across the region while citizens who fought back or started fights against the secessionists were awarded with the "Medal of Socialist Honour and Valour" for upholding the values of the DSG in the face of adversity.
Public statements of government: The government strongly praised the citizens and police forces who resisted the secessionists while admonishing reactionary and right-wing groups and individuals. The government promised greater surveillance in the region.

[GreatOceania]

Nation name:
City/Cities where the protests took place: District 34
Date: 84-1-9
Category of citizens involved: Pro-Communist and Anti-NHS
Reasons: wanting to install an communist government and remove the NHS due to Harsh rules in "NHS territories"
Protest Leaders (if any): N/A
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): It was a full-blown firefight between the Civil Protection and NHS and the Protesters the Civil Protection and NHS fired into the Protesters after bunch started throwing incendiary weapons in order combat this Super droid and BMPs were sent after the fight an estimated 1,030 were killed and few hundred were injured and about 120 were arrested
Public statements of government: an NHS officer announced this to the public "We the people of Oceania shall not fall to Communist Plague we must stay strong anyone suspected of working for or being a communist will be arrested that is all and remember to be a good citizen and keep your eyes and ear on the look out On Guard!"

[Res Publica Solaris]

Nation name: Res Publica Solaris
City/Cities where the protests took place:Nova Libertà
Date: 17/07/0054
Category of citizens involved: All
Reasons: Leaked documents suggested involvement of the old military leaders with the Pre-terraforming genocide.
Protest Leaders (if any): N/A
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): The initially peaceful protest ended in an all out urban battle as the Military mobilised two divisions to attack the demonstrators, slaughtering the first line of demonstrators. Those who survived the initial assault retreated to smaller roads where the tanks couldn't pass, using homemade weapons and Molotov cocktails to ambush the soldiers. Most Community Protection Departments joined the protestors, dragging the battle through all the night. In the morning, Institute operatives with unknown provenience stormed the military headquarters, executing the Military Leaders. With nothing left to fight for, the military surrendered, being then disbanded. The Institute's power was greatly augmented in the aftermath, as well as the public standing.
Public statements of government: "The statist fifth column bred by an outdated and genocidal warrior caste we should have never collaborated with has reared it's ugly head, only to feel the guillotine, manned by the people it sought to massacre, cut it for good. From now on, there shall be no military in our Res Publica. The People have decided!"

[Free Stalliongrad]

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[Solshime]

Nation name: solshime
City/Cities where the protests took place: tera
Date: 2033
Category of citizens involved:all
Reasons: world war 3
Protest Leaders (if any):N/A
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): the army killed over 300,00 civilians
Public statements of government: ''it is regrettable that civilians had to die but that is the price of victory''

[The State of Moultrie]

Nation name: The US State of Moultrie
City/Cities where the protests took place: Conway, Myrtle Beach, Columbia, Charleston
Date: June 2020 - August 2020 (Roughly)
Category of citizens involved: All
Reasons: Racism and Police Brutality after the Death of George Floyde
Protest Leaders (if any): N/A
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): Peaceful at first, After Police used Rubber bullets and Tear gas, It got slightly more Violent.
Public statements of government: The US President, Marco Rubio, Declared the Protests Unlawful and Dangerous, Though stressed that it Must not escalate to More Police Violence, and that Change had to be made.

[United Neo-Hollerith]

Nation name: United Hollerith
City/Cities where the protests took place: New Tolladine
Date: October 23rd-24th, 1975 (4-5 days ago)
Category of citizens involved: Working class rural dwellers of various backgrounds.
Reasons: To protest against economic unrest caused by the mass privatisation of previously state owned industry by the country's Chief Executive, Meredith Leigh.
Protest Leaders (if any): Catherine Tangen & Ken Kulielka.
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): Riot police were deployed against the protesters. However, they were able to disperse the crowd by firing live rounds into the sky, rather than at the protesters themselves.
Public statements of government: The country's economic affairs minister, Lord Belvedere, decided to continue with the privatisation of the economy, although he has suggested that he will focus more on improving the lives of rural folk, rather than just those in New Tolladine.

[The Hazar Amisnery]

Nation name: The Hazar Amisnery
City/Cities where the protests took place: Manrakhichburg
Date: 28th of October 2015
Category of citizens involved: Miners
Reasons: Proposed shutdown of mining operations in the area
Protest Leaders (if any): No defined leader
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): 200 people gathered outside the local mining office in a typical protest style. Police came in to disperse the protest. Several people started shouting "Zhoghovrdavarut'yuny het berek" (Bring back democracy, associated with the 2009 anti government movement). Military called in and protest dispersed with 23 deaths and the rest of the protesters were arrested.
Public statements of government: Dimitry Tereshkova: "The mines in that region were being shutdown for economical reasons. We were expecting a protest but not like the one we saw today. We will not being seeing a repeat of 2009, any anti government 'shenanigans' will be crushed without mercy!"

[Tsarstvo Alyaski]

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A new entry for a remastered nation:

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(If you can't really have more than one entry, then I'll -void- the original one... However, if one can, I might as well keep it there, just to remember, you know?)

Hello again, mr Protests and strikes within YN thread! It's been a couple of months, hasn't it?
So, as Tsarstvo Alyaski is going through a large overhaul as of current, which will see a GREAT improvement to the barebones, lagcluster and rather boring original NationState that it was previously, I want to make a new entry here as well! This one will take into consideration up to date lore and a different concept altogether because of it, and I'll also be putting a little more meat and potatoes into this one as well!
So, without further ado:

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Uproar against Authoritarianism (1933 - 1934)

Nation name: The Russian Empire

City/Cities where the protests took place: The protests against the authoritarian measures put in place by President Lyubov Lavrenti Tarasovich, often nicknamed colloquially as the "Alaskan Enabling Acts" as if to compare it to a similar action of heightened autocracy of which Adolf Hitler of the NSDAP had done had occurred throughout the country, as many cities had become affected by both peaceful and violent protesting... From Fortress Aleksandrovich to Val'derts, not to mention the populated Ankoridzh and the capital, Novyy Tsaritsyn... Even Utqiaġvik saw a little protest from opposition, for the citizens of the town deep within the Arctic Circle said a brick had gone flying through the glass of the local Conservative Party representative's house, which at the time such an action had the potential to bring physical damage to said person through the sheer cold.

Date: Though no official end or start can be confirmed, it is said that protest had begun on the night of President Tarasovich's implementation of authoritarian policy, that being the 4th of June, 1933. The protests and civil conflict had simmered to a respectively normal and quiet climate in the early months of 1934, as both a strict implementation of Martial Law by the military of the Russian Empire and the smaller Police Forces and an acceptance for Autocracy of which had been spurred on by a large increase in the standard of living within Alaska due to the policies passed by the Authoritarian control of the Conservative Party of Alaska.

Category of citizens involved: Historians claim that numerous groups had a part in the protests that have now become known as the "Uproar against Authoritarianism". The most numerous came from the largest opposition to the KPA, the Social Democrats of Alaska. However, violent protest of which had caused numerous injuries for both parties opposed to each other and regrettably, many casualties in addition had been spurred on by Socialist and Libertarian blocs of whom had been supported internationally by powers such as the Soviet Union, the Empire of Japan and even the French Republic. Nevertheless, the more conservative and nationalistic people of the country, which had numbered higher than the opposition at the time had either remained neutral or had been actively supportive of President Tarasovich's regime.

Reasons: The major reason for the protests had been the implementation of Authoritarian policy and the solidifying of a Conservative dominated Duma in the control of the country, and repression, of which is argued by Historians with differing opinions to have either been intentional or unintentional of Liberal and Social opinion.

Protest Leaders (if any): Both French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier and President Albert Lebrun had been overtly vocal in criticizing Lyubov Lavrenti Tarasovich's authoritarian reign over the Russian Empire, and had been the key representatives of the Uproar against Authoritarianism movement, both within and outside the country, for with exception for the political candidate of the Social Democratic Party of Alaska there had been little organisation in regards to certain ringleaders... The United Kingdom and it's dominions had remained neutral in the discussion and the United States of America made token critiques against President Tarasovich, though would not dedicate more energy to the such due to the Great Depression, of which had heavily affected the country. Historians now confirm that both interested parties within Japan and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, such as Emperor Hirohito and Joseph Stalin had covertly supported the opposition of President Tarasovich with recognition and discreet transportation of certain unmarked weapons as to be used in civil conflict.

How did the protest go? : On the 4th of June 1933, hours only after President Tarasovich's sudden enactment of large Authoritarian policy which had solidified his, and the Conservatives' control over the country for the foreseeable future, a sudden burst of both peaceful and violent opposition had begun. Most groups and peoples opposed to President Tarasovich had, and continued to peacefully protest against such reforms. The banners and crowds of opposition dominated the streets of Ankoridzh, Novyy Tsaritsyn and Fortress Aleksandrovich for much of the length of the protests. The few, of whom had been Anarchic, Socialist (Including Trotskyist elements of which fled to the Russian Empire amidst Stalin's purges) Stalinist, and hardcore Libertarians had been the main benefactors of causing violence against the current system... The President would have reacted with proportional action against the protests. Counter Propaganda would have been used, alongside the careful manipulation of international news reports within the country as to ideologically stave off the influences of the peaceful protests and the messages of which they had created, whilst the military would enact Martial Law across the country, and soldiers would be dispatched with improvised riot control efforts, such as the use of tear gas and scattered implementation of water hoses and fire extinguishers to fend off violent attack...

On the 18th of December 1933, a certain group of patriotic Russian soldiers had fired upon a crowd of violent protestors, including many who had been trashing and looting the shops, marketplaces and businesses of which had flanked the street perpendicular to the new Kremlin of the Russian Empire with live bullets, which caused two dozen fatalities before the commander had commanded the force to stop immediately... The soldiers involved had been charged with several counts of manslaughter and would have been dishonorably discharged and sent to prisons, a political statement by Tarasovich's government that he would not let the situation cause unneeded bloodshed, a ploy which had worked to a point.

The protests would falter and become less vocal during 1934 for multiple reasons, due to the people's unwillingness to continue to oppose the Martial Law, as to protect themselves, their families and friends from potential persecution. In addition, most had seen the economic growth of the country under President Tarasovich's autocratic rule and justified to themselves that it was a necessary evil to stave off the clutches of the Great Depression, and the reduction of international backing as Novyy Tsaritsyn would be slowly creating ties with Tokyo, covert Soviet operations being discovered and neutralized by the military and France's unwillingness to continue with support, spurred on by their own troubles encountered within their Empire and Metropolitan France.

Public statements of government: President Tarasovich had approached the matter pragmatically, for though he never had made no apologies for the implementation of temporary Authoritarianism within the country, he had only wished to make such a decision out of a viewed necessity, in belief that Democracy would not have allowed recovery of the small Alaskan economy from the clutches of the Great Depression. As such, his government had made a combination of announcements as to discredit the opposition and in addition to compromise and convince them of Tarasovich's viewpoint.
For instance, on the 30th of October 1933, President Lyubov Lavrenti Tarasovich had made a conference, of which he used the violent protests perpetrated by Socialist elements within the country, such as Trotskyism, Stalinism and Traditional Socialism and Marxist-Leninist Belief as a scapegoat to belittle the opposition's cause, commenting that to plunge Alaska into chaos in these trying times (referring to the Great Depression) would only allow Soviet subterfuge to continue unchecked, and push the the Russian Empire to the brink of it's demise.

As for concessions, Tarasovich's regime had convinced for members of the Labour Party to halt their protests against the government by promising for the growth of the Alaskan economy which had already been felt under Tarasovich's regime to be allowed management by LPA representatives to fund welfare projects across the country... Such an action had been masterminded by President Tarasovich, as he had little cause to dislike the in question Welfare Projects of which allowed many Russian citizens to move from tents and shacks across the country into newly built Housing Estates, and to offer jobs to them as to boost the revenue of the country through increased employment.

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[South Forpia]

Nation name: South Forpia
City/Cities where the protests took place: Xcaiorpia, New Forpia City.
Date: 21st | February | 1989
Category of citizens involved: Newly Recruited soldiers, commuters.
Reasons: because of TOO MUCH equality
Protest Leaders (if any): Unknown
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): Swat Teams Called
Public statements of government: "We will diversify the industries!"

[Great Vonteris]

Nation name: Lupine Commonwealth of Great Vonteris
City/Cities where the protests took place: Nörebsjornå Municipality, Halsenbord Region
Date: 11 December 1976
Category of citizens involved: Nörebsjornå Iron Mine workers
Reasons:

• Deteriorating working conditions
• Decreased payments (reduced more than 30% of the previous salary which was $60/month to $42/month)
• Increasing food prices and shortages.

Protest Leaders (if any): Undisclosed, but 5 workers were extrajudicially arrested and blamed as "provocateurs".
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): Violent clashes, originally started by beatings by the police but later turned into shootings. 62 workers died, >110 injured.
Public statements of government: The incident was heavily censored by the State and any reference to this incident is subject to prosecution.

[North Tropico]

Nation name: Republic of north tropico
City/Cities where the protests took place: Tropico City
Date: 25th of December, 2021
Category of citizens involved: Memers, Internet Likers
Reasons: internet is the worst in the region
Protest Leaders (if any): Yet to be found
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): Clashes with the police
Public statements of government: "We will update the internet here!"

[Free Stalliongrad]

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[Konolas]

Nation name: The Krai of Konolas
City/Cities where the protests took place: Everywhere, mostly centered in Igorgrad
Date: 26th February 2020
Category of citizens involved: Everyone
Reasons:

• A more democratic regime
• End to communism
• Installment of a new government

Protest Leaders (if any): None
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): Protestors shot which lead to another civil war
Public statements of government: No statement released

[Free Stalliongrad]

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[Kahekordne Union of Spib]

Nation name: Kahekordne Union of Spib
City/Cities where the protests took place: Rukola, Urbo Heights, New Auckland
Date: Entire duration of the Veso-Moroccan/Algerian War, starting in mid April of 2022 until early-mid May
Category of citizens involved: General populous, largely pacifists and leftists
Reasons: Removal of Spibean troops from Morocco
Protest Leaders (if any): N/A
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): Greeted with counter protests and quickly died down once the war ended
Public statements of government: Spibean troops were commanded to be far more aggressive and speedy to quickly end the conflict, and peace deals with Algeria were rushed
Outcome: Spibean troops withdrawn from Morocco, Maghrebi Cold War begins, Increased militarization of the Spib Republic, Veso-Moroccan/Algerian War ended in Spibean victory

[Pikachu Peoples]

Nation name: Republic of Pikachu Peoples
City/Cities where the protests took place: Pikachuburg, Pikachu Peoples
Date: August 15 until August 29, 2022
Category of citizens involved: Factory Workers
Reasons: Lower Wages
Protest Leaders (if any): None
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): All of them are Peaceful, they just stand outside of the factories or company headquarters
Public statements of government: "My Citizens, today we are asking congress to pass a law that will raise the minimum wage"

[Comicsland]

Nation name:Comicsland
City/Cities where the protests took place:All of them
Date:June 20,1965
Category of citizens involved:Pacifists,Proletarians
Reasons:Protest against the war against the British Empire and the rise of prices.
Protest Leaders (if any):Barry Mozingo,Carl Mars,Friedrich Angels
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...):There were a lot of clashes with the police.The protest started pacific,but at one point,a guy took a chair from a near pub and trow it against a window of the police station of Goofyland,killing Marshal Leon Malley.And from that point,the protest degenerated into violence and blood.
Public statements of government:On June 22,1965 the governement announced a law that states that any person with an income inferior than 1.000 sketches per year will recieve 1.500 sketches per month by the governement in exchange of the service into the Army (if the person in question dies in combat,if he has a wife with at least 2 children,the wife will continue to recieve the money until all of her childrens reach 18 years old)

[Wallowis]

Nation name: Wallowis
City/Cities where the protests took place: Cylis and other major cities
Date: 2021
Category of citizens involved: Pedestrians mostly
Reasons: To get rid of cars
Protest Leaders (if any): N/A
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): Peaceful
Public statements of government: The government shortly banned cars.

[Rhodevus]

Nation name: The Quiniac Green Belt Protest
City/Cities where the protests took place: Quiniac City and the surrounding area
Date: August 4-14, 2003
Category of citizens involved: Highway workers, Environmentalists, Pedestrians/Civilians, Teacher's Union
Reasons: The Quiniac City government, along with the Tundos Provincial government put down plans to construct a massive piece of infrastructure right through the Quiniac Green Belt; an area of land with multiple provincial and city parks, as well as is home to some of the last of the provinces old growth forests, multiple freshwater lakes and rivers, and bird nesting/mating grounds. It was also set to be built cheaply by bringing in foreign workers to design, construct and manage the highway project.
Protest Leaders (if any): N/A
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): Mostly peaceful, with some police clashes near to the middle of the protest. 12 arrests, 17 injuries
Public statements of government:

King Benner Wolff: "It is true public action and a love for country which brings together all walks of life. Let us keep Quiniac City, Tundos and Rhodevus green for our children and theirs as well."

Quiniac City Chief of Police John Mayer: "We got to do our jobs, just as those workers do. This strike will end same as the Novembers" (Referencing the November Protests in 1973, which were a wide scale series of protests which eventually lead nowhere politically, but with multiple riots breaking out, doing more harm than good)

In all, the federal government backed the protesters, but could not cut the project, as Tundos and Quiniac City did not ask for any federal government aid in its construction. After 8 days of protests, the Quiniac City government's major opposition party called for a no-confidence vote, ending the Conservative control of the city. A new highway route was proposed outside of the green belt, and foreign design and construction was removed from the equation. Protests ended 2 days later, with 9 of 10 demands fulfilled.

The 10th demand would be retroactively fulfilled in 2009, when Queen Diana Wolff reorganized the Quiniac Green Belt into a federal environmental reservation, placing the area under federal authority and protecting it and its parks from potential future construction plans

[Wochaystein]

Nation name: Diarcesia (Wochaystein)
City/Cities where the protests took place: Zuidren, Krofen, and Tendorf
Date: 2020 Feb 16
Category of citizens involved: Students
Reasons: The Imperial University in Tendorf has announced that it will reduce financial assistance to those who cannot afford to pay for tuition. This will effectively make higher education harder to attain.
Protest Leaders The Imperial University student council
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): A state of emergency is declared in several locations in the country due to concerns about an avalanche of additional protests springing from Zuidren and Krofen. Ultimately, the students' demands are met.
Public statements of government: The Wochaysteiner government announced that a deal was made between them and the Imperial University for the terms to sustain the current financial assistance program that was proposed to be reduced.

[Worldly Philosophers]

Nation name: Worldly Philosophers
City/Cities where the protests took place: The Administrative Division of Shaw
Date: 8/28/2199
Category of citizens involved: Members of the Conservative Party
Reasons: Protest against dimmer switches
Protest Leaders (if any): The Member of the Conservative Party
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...):

In 200 years, on the smallest street corner in the smallest town in the country, outside the local councilhouse, there is a man who comes by every day dressed in a very fine, pressed suit from some earlier age. He is, without anything but the most dignified and self-serious air, holding a sign that reads, "BIN THE DIM!"

He has done this every day for the past year, since the last lightswitch in his town, and indeed the entire nation, was replaced with a dimmer switch.

There was no legislation in particular that made this so. It just so happened that after many years of acclimating everyone in the country to their own homes, and giving them the opportunity to pursue the study of their science or art of passion freely without the fear of sickness, or want, or rejection from the world, people had collectively stumbled on this strange, meaningless little development. It just so happened that the people of Worldly Philosophers, as their paths had converged over the centuries and eons, had found that dimmer switches were their future.

Protests and public dissent were not unknown to World Philosophers; even today, it occurred rather frequently, rather heatedly in the councilhouses of the growers and the pickers, the loggers and the loaders, the gunners and the assistant gunners, and all the various art collectives, scientific tanks and recreational schools that the members of those same camps found themselves in day in and day out. But it had been so long since anyone had raised a sign in the name of anything so basic, so personal and curious on its face to oppose - so long since anyone in living memory even had a memory of men who lusted after mastery over (or the obliteration of) the weakest and most vulnerable of the world - that this one man war struck a few of the people in Shaw as notable enough to be engaged with.

The first person to approach the man was a peer, in fact a childhood friend, with whom he had grown up. The two were quite friendly with each other and exchanged pleasantries before his friend asked, "███, I've seen you out here a couple days a week on my commute to work. What's up?"

"Nothing at all, █████████. To be honest, if I were to classify myself, it would not be as one of the 'anti-dimmer switch crowd.'"

"But you're holding a sign above your head that says 'ban dimmer switches!'"

"It doesn't say that."

"Not in so many words, but that's the idea, isn't it?"

"I just think that there's some valid points being presented by these thinkers. Again, I personally wouldn't consider myself one of them, but it feels like their voices are being silenced, their civil rights are being curbed, and really I just don't agree with that."

"What points are those?"

"Well, think of it like this: a dimmer switch confuses people. Really, in this day and age, to have people worrying about what level of light they should 'dim' their room to - it's not a practical line of thought. And I wouldn't say it's based in science, either. A room can be light, or dark. Why should we need concern ourselves with various, theoretical inbetweens?"

His friend scratched his head, thoroughly befuddled. "Well, I suppose you might have a point there."

"I have some educational literature if you'd like to learn more," the man said, whipping out a small, glossy pamplet from his pocket; on its cover, it read in black, block text 'DIMMER SWITCHES AND YOU: THE INSIDIOUS FORCES WORKING AGAINST THE FUTURE OF YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN!'"

"Well, that's-uh, very kind of you," his friend said. He plucked one from the stack to be polite, bade the man farewell, and then once he was inside, quietly crumpled it up and tossed it in the paper bin.

The second man to come along and chat up the man was an elder of his community, older than the man or his friend, and notoriously a bit of an old conservative, unwilling to budge on certain issues such as retaining services for the disabled and physically impaired that were considered outmoded at this point. He approached the man and said, "Why hello, ███. A very fine morning to you."

"And a good morning to you ██████."

"I've seen you on my morning walks the past couple days. I'm interested in what you have to say."

"Well," the man began, "First off, I would like to say just how much I have an appreciation for traditional values. If we can't remember our history, how can we move forward to the future? How can we remember to be ourselves?"

"Right-on, I say," the elder said, "But ███, what does that have to do with dimmer switches?"

"My good █████ - everything!" the man exclaimed. "The powers that be are trying to erase our history as traditional on/off switch enthusiasts. For years, we prided ourselves on our identity as a strong people who never even dreamed we would be decadent enough to give thought to precisely how light or dark we wanted our room to be."

"What a load of malarkey," the elder said. "When I was a young man we weren't concerned about dimmer switches because we were supporting the struggle of our comrades in Bogota. But I must say, it was always a bit of a bother how bright the lights in our war room were. We would've been happy to have had a dimmer switch."

Then, without another word, the elder swept off into the councilhouse, taking a small swig from a flask he kept hidden in his pocket.

Other people passed him as the council came into session, but no others deigned to approach him for several hours. Nevertheless, he stood at his post, one hand holding the sign, one hand couched beneath his jacket holding his pamphlets at the ready.

Finally, a small gaggle of young schoolboys walked past him, laughing and joking to each other. One of them, looking a bit sullen, stood apart from the others. He noticed the man, as he had many times before, but only now did his presence seem to hold any greater significance.

He walked up to the man as his friends departed. The two exchanged a silent gaze for some time - although the two had never met, it was as though what needed to be said had already been said, many times before, again and again and again. And, after this moment had passed, the man held out a pamphlet.

The boy stared at it, at its frightening black lettering, and wondered whether or not he should take it - wondered whether or not there was some truth in it, some anxiety to be allayed, some need to be fulfilled.

I hope that he does not take it.

[United Neo-Hollerith]

Nation name: British Pacific Straits (Today known as United Hollerith)
City/Cities where the protests took place: New Tolladine, both outside the Cyngor Deddfwriaethol (Legislative Council), and on Warrior's Square (Koa Wahi'a)
Date: Saturday, March 12, 1927 (49 years ago)
Category of citizens involved: Around 75,000 citizens of various backgrounds from across the British Pacific Straits.
Reasons: To demand a no nonsense government approach to the ethnic nationalist terror group known as the Marigold Reach, who launched several terrorist attacks around the country during the 1920s, one of which occurred just 3 days prior to this protest, killing 7 Polynesian civilians.
Protest Leaders (if any): None
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): Both protests, while extremely large compared to prior protests, played out without any violence.
Public statements of government: The colonial administration, led by the serving Argllwyddiath (First Minister), agreed to draft the Terrorism Prevention Act, which would pass in January 1928, and would lead to the Marigold Reach's leaders being tracked down and executed in April 1929, bringing about their demise.

[East Lankia]

Nation name: East Lankia
City/Cities where the protests took place: New Toron, Wallow
Date: September 12th
Category of citizens involved: Normal, I guess
Reasons: New Gun Restriction laws being put in place
Protest Leaders (if any): None
How did the protest go? (peaceful, clashes with the police, etc...): It was mostly peaceful, they’re was a small clash with police in Southern Wallow at one point, but no one was injured, other than that it went very peacefully
Public statements of government: They would start trying to work on making sure these never happen again, and also try to maybe lessen gun restriction laws