High Kingdoms of Alaxia

The High Kingdoms of Alaxia, commonly just referred to as the High Kingdoms or just HKA is a union of five countries in eastern Alaxia. It is made up of the constituent countries of Kiavalar, Ahitereira, Koresa, Empherias and Peryzium. It was first formed upon the death of the previous monarch of Ahitereira-Koresa, and Kiavalar, which had been held in a personal union. This tied the two nations together to form the union in 2447. Originally meant to include the Kingdom of Empherias, bureaucratic paperwork and general elections there delayed their entry until 2448. Peryzium was the final country to join the union the next year in 2449 and the nation of Grensalbourg was incorporated into the constituent country of Empherias in 2518, completing the modern day territory.

the High Kingdoms soon after began negotiations with the Kingdom of Empherias to incorporate them into the territory as an equal constituent country. This connection was based off of historical Koresan influence in Empherias, a new ideological issue about Pro-Kloresian identity within Empherias and Koresa, and a worrying rumour that Empherias was in talks to unify with the Hveden Federation. Empherias joined the union in 2448 but didn't take part in the central government until a new parliament was elected in 2449. Peryzium joined the union later.

Kloresan Unity
See also: Kloresa

Ahitereira-Koresa
See also: Ahitereira-Koresa

Conferences
There were several conferences between future member states held before the death of the monarch that would formally tie the two nations together:


 * Inysta Conference 2445
 * Kayrin Conference 2445
 * Vreimer Conference 2446
 * Esperiy Conference 2446

Union with Empherias
A pan-Kloresan movement sprung in Empherias in the 2440s which led to increased division within the People's Socialist Party over the issue of Alaxian unity. As plans for the upcoming High Kingdoms were being formulated, the Socialist Prime Minister Katelyn Roberts ruled out any involvement of Empherias in any Alaxian political union projects in a public address in June 2445. Despite this, pro-unification Minister of Foreign Affairs Luna Gallagher and several MPs such as Tom James Cook and the notorious Lukas Knight, attended all of the conferences and made promises for Empherias' involvement. Officially, the Socialists won the 2445 general election but the support for the Prime Minister was dwindling amongst the Pro-Kloresan base.

In a public address to the Vreimer Conference 2446, which was held in Empherias, the aforementioned Tom James Cook made the following statement: "Although my government may disagree, the involvement of Empherias is vital in not only the expansion of our economy, but the economy of Alaxia - and to develop the cultural links between our great nations". This led to Cook's public expulsion from the party for disagreeing with the general view of the party. He and Knight would then leave the party all together and reform the People's Populist Party in it's second iteration.

The new party alongside internal pressures from the Socialist party led to Roberts' resignation as Prime Minister on 21 December 2447 although she had delayed the process of union past the death of the monarch. Many in government had secretly negotiated with the now established High Kingdoms. Sofia Hopkins, the replacement PM, announced her intention to run an anti-union campaign in a snap election held in 2448. This election would finally settle whether the nation would join in union with the High Kingdoms or not by which Socialist party wins more seats - furthermore, both parties would agree to form a coalition government until the two parties unite to prevent opposing ideologies from gaining power in the event of a vote split. The 2448 general election saw the Populists win 252 seats to the Socialists' 104 and firmly set unification as a key point of the Socialist's agenda henceforth. However, the pro-Kloresan party still did not have a majority of seats on it's own to issue the mandate of unification.

Lukas Knight, the new Prime Minister, decided to hold a legally binding referendum on 1 July 2448 to decide whether Empherias would join the HKA or remain independent. The PM and ruling party used a lot more campaigning than usual and many more promotions. For the first time ever, there were major political television adverts for both sides. The Liberals, despite being officially anti-unification, didn't campaign for either side and the Socialists under Hopkins underutilised their campaigning skills resorting to more traditional methods. The results were that 54.04% of people voted in favour of unification and Knight now had two mandates for unification.

Immediately after, the process to officially join the High Kingdoms began in September 2448. The coalition government would pass many new laws to create identical systems of government to align with the High Kingdoms law code. Empherias officially joined the High Kingdoms of Alaxia on 1 December 2448. The coalition government previously formed in Empherias would then run the new constituent country under a caretaker government within the High Kingdoms of Alaxia until the first provisional election were then held on 1 September 2449.

Integration of New Members
During the 2446 general election in Empherias, the idea of Pro-Kloresian and Anti-Kloresian identities dominated the nation. All parties at the time were some what against it, but many Socialists agreed with the sentiment of a political union with Ahitereira. The idea of an union stems back to the times of Elizabeth Rose (Prime Minister between 2415 and 2424) where a pan-Alaxian economic union was proposed which would massively tie all nations involved together.