Word of Bata's fall has caused quite a stir in the capital of Tanai-Danu. With the All-Democratic Party now officially gone, the National Unity Party and the New Bolshevik Union form a temporary alliance to take care of the rebellion forming in the south. Prime Minister Azster Yorsagra signs an emergency bill increasing the funding of the East Osovian military tenfold and starting a light form of conscription in. Later that same day, she addresses the people of East Osovia:
"Brave patriots of East Osovia, brothers and sisters all, dark times have befallen our glorious and democracy. Anarchist have stolen Bata from the innocent Osovians that want nothing more than to see peace return to our great nation. We suspect, at this time, Russian or Lytrovian collusion. These anarchist seek to undermine our freedom and democracy, they want to replace law with chaos and liberty with bloodshed. We cannot and will not allow these bandits and murderers to take advantage of the Osovian people. We must wage war against those who would seek to end the Osovian way of life! The terrorists in Bata will not stop us, just as the Soviets did not stop us from gaining our freedom! Sons and daughters of East Osovia, today we fight for our freedom and our right to live! For East Osovia, free and beautiful!"
The Prime Minister's speech is met with thunderous applause, though any who would have stood against the government in Tanai-Danu had already been detained during the past several days. The streets still bore the signs of the riots and subsequent extinguishing of said riots. Broken glass, smashed cars, damaged storefront, and varying amounts of fire damage colored Tanai-Danu in a way it had not been seen since the fight for independence against the decaying Soviet Union in 1991. The military presence in the city was also extremely conspicuous, with soldiers and armored vehicles present at each street corner. An unknowing observer might have mistakenly thought a battle had already been fought in Tanai-Danu. Yet its denizens were still full of spirit, eager to put their nation back together.
The rest of the nation was not faring any better. Larger cities and towns varied slightly in the scale of damage and military presence, but the smaller villages further east were almost entirely untouched by the riots. However, in the threat of civil war, a decent portion of the army had been redirected to these small farming villages, greatly disrupting their denizens' way of life as the government seized direct control of farmland it deemed "of vital importance".
Port of Bata, East Osovia
Meanwhile, more and more rebels were beginning to gather in Bata, either emboldened by the success of the rioters or fleeing persecution from other cities. Arms and munitions from the subdued military detachment were passed out to those who had even the remotest idea of how to operate a gun and a makeshift militia was formed. A frigate docked in Bata's harbor, the NSD Kharzat, was also boarded and seized from its unaware crew, some of which chose to defect to the rebels while most were detained and imprisoned in the local police department.
As news of the riot in Bata slowly made its way through the countryside, some of the villages near Caucasus decided to rise up as well while the East Osovian military had not yet reached them. Yet the Bata rebels and the eastern rebels were not in touch with each other at the moment and neither group was well organized. Without outside assistance, defeat was certain.
All the while, the royal family's location had still not been ascertained. With their whereabouts and safety uncertain, many who sympathized with the royals were beginning to worry. Still, others (especially the more hardcore reformists) saw the fleeing royals as weak and cowardly. Only one thing was certain, however: The palace in Tanai-Danu remained dark and empty.
