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As Ceironia, Fazar, and Azyeri began mobilising in their responses to the event, the House of Representatives would debate the crisis. On 17 August, during a debate on the possibility of sending the Army of the HKA into Karkuss' eastern territories through Empherias, the pro-Fazarian rhetoric had pushed the Shadow Premier Isabella King to walk out of the parliament and was followed by the other 61 members of the PSP of Empherias. With the majority of the opposition out of parliament, the day was suspended. Tabloids pushed the narrative that the HKA was on the brink of war with Karkuss, and polling suggested that the majority of the population was anti-war with Karkuss. After the walk out, many assumed that the PSP would return to co-operation, however this was not the case. On 20 August 2458 ordered the Liberal Party to reconsider it's position on the war to neutrality or risk the government. Marlene, in command of Richelieu wanting to be pro-Fazar and maintain their military alliance, refused. On 22 August 2458, The Red Bloq officially cut ties with the government and withdrew it's confidence in the Premier. A vote of no confidence in the Premier was held on 28 August 2458. Wanting to punish the pro-welfare liberals, the anti-welfare liberals voted no confidence alongside the Crimson Coalition. The results were 182-348 in favour of the government, and therefore the House of Representatives voted no confidence. The premier was ousted with immediate effect, leaving the position of premier vacant from 28 August 2458. With no proper government in place, President Richelieu was given temporary powers and appointed caretaker MPs to run specific departments very quickly, and declared that the HKA foreign policy and military was still on standby and political insecurities did not weaken the country.
With elections in November 2458 anyway, a government returning wasn't a huge priority, but Marlene did argue, trying to appeal to conservatives and anti-welfare liberals, that restoring her as premier in a large crisis for best for stability. This call went largely unnoticed and for the rest of August, the government are trying to figure out a way of restoring any sort of stability in government. The government is paralysed for the time being. In the devolved governments, Sofia Hopkins had denounced the federal government in July for being so pro-war and declared that if the Army tried to invade Karkuss through Empherias, the Empheri government would intervene and prevent it. Whether she actually had the power to do this was unknown. On 31 August, fearing that Hopkins had orchestrated the government collapse to make the HKA more unstable and for being so anti-war, the Richelieu placed Sofia Hopkins on a watchdog list and began to spy on her moves. On 1 September 2458, a representative from the Liberal Party asked the Supreme Court of the High Kingdoms to interfere and declare whether Hopkins had the right to unilaterally stop the army from going through Empherias. The case was to be examined on 18 November 2458 unless something urgent occurred. On 3 September 2458, the Supreme Court was also petitioned by a Kiavalari representative to review if the Red Bloq constituted being a terrorist group similar to the Valeria's for weakening HKA security. The case was thrown out on 2 November 2458.
On 20 September 2458, the HKA navy began to mobilise as tensions ramped up in the crisis. The navy moved to the Karkuss coast. The Karkuss army was not on the border with the HKA, but several kilometres back to try and de-escalate and not promote a full land war, which it would certainly lose, and the HKA army only had a few numbers of men in Empherias itself, in pre-established military bases, with the core of the army stationed in southern Koresa. The HKA army had followed Hopkins' orders not to move into Empherias. The Supreme Court was once again petitioned on 22 September 2458 whether the HKA army had the authority to override devolved governance on troop placements, and whether Hopkins' refusal to allow them access was illegal. Richelieu held crisis talks with Hopkins over the week of 20–27 September, hoping to come to a resolution. The Supreme Court would view this case alongside the 1 September 2458 application on 18 November 2458.
On 27 September 2458, the entire Imperial 2nd fleet of Karkuss was destroyed by Ceironian missiles. On 28 September 2458, Sofia Hopkins announced a statement sending their best wishes to the families of those who died, in the thousands. Hopkins made a speech the day after in which she condemned war in all forms and felt horrific for the ones who died and their loved ones. Karkuss killed zero men on any side. On 1 October 2458, the Ceironian government offered the Karkuss government to admit their defeat and surrender to Fazar. The nearest country was the HKA, and to show the rest of the HKA how committed to peace she was, Hopkins suggested Empherias as a place for sides to meet to discuss peace terms. They would meet in Gateshaven on 1 October 2458 through to 3 October 2458, although negotiations quickly fell through. A second round of negotiations in the city ensured a temporary ceasefire was made on 20 November 2458.
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Prior to the ceasefire announced on 20 November 2458, the legislative election would take place on 14 November 2458. This election would be very messy and have wild campaigning. The centre of the Red Bloq campaign centred on the fact that they were the reasons why the country now had unilateral access to minimum wage, higher education standards (although criticising the Liberal led approach), and a national healthcare system now in place for over a year. They would take a lot of the credit for this. They also pitched themselves as anti-war, hoping to urge the government to cease action in Karkuss. This would hit very hard in Peryzium where standards were improving, and also the other countries. Kiavalar had a weird political situation where Janvariye was very unpopular and the JCPK soared, however they were anti-welfare too and wanted less federal intervention. Other parties in Kiavalar were expected to do well and cut into the JCPK gains, especially Seruiye and Cyn Serilin. Nationalist parties gained popularity helped by the rise of the Valeria's. The terrorist attacks allowed the nationalist groups to receive high levels of scrutiny but nationalism was beginning to be more popular, especially in Empherias. In Empherias, the popularity of Hopkins was at an all time high, and the nationalists were expected to overtake the Liberal party in performance in the upcoming elections. Other anti-war alternatives such as Alliance and Greens are also expected to do well. In Ahitereira and Koresa, anti-welfare conservatives are expected to try and do well against the incumbent government, but Richelieu was still liked and many enjoyed the pro-welfare reforms made by the Liberals. In some poor areas, the liberals did very well, while in traditional liberal seats conservatives did better proposing the new welfare bills as a waste of money. In Ahitereira, the anti-war sentiment was not as large, and many backed the war. This was an incredibly important election. The results would be the basis for the electoral college going into the 2459 presidential elections and could determine who the two parties were going head to head.
The results saw the governing coalition collapse in support going from 268 to 195 seats, a loss of 73 seats. The Crimson Coalition rose from 141 to 199, an increase of 58 seats. The premier, Herteu Vitoria, who had been elected in October 2458 on the eve of the election, sought re-election to the post but required 266 seats for confirmation. After trying to obscure his true opinions during the election campaign, the results showed an abysmal defeat for the party and Vitoria had to focus on negotiating a coalition before January. He believed that he could form a coalition with the anti-welfare people he sympathised with such as the Naval Coalition of the Conservative and Bokanist parties, and the JCPK. He came out very in favour of anti-welfare, although stated he wouldn't repeal any bills. The JCPK was dissuaded by this and the fact they'd be required to coalition with rivals Janvariye Jin, and withdrew support soon before the election. Vitoria wanted to hold the vote regardless on 1 January 2459 despite theoretically not having the votes, needing 71 for a majority and only guaranteeing 60 from the conservatives. Vitoria lost the vote 211–319, with 44 pro-welfare LAK members voting against in rebellion. The Red Bloq then decided to hold the vote to elect the Leader of the People's Socialist Party of Empherias, the largest party in the Crimson Coalition, to become Premier. They held negotiations with the Liberal parties to ensure their support, needing 67 representatives. Even if a quarter of LAK representatives supported the pro-welfare government, they'd be elected. The vote was held on 8 January 2024 after a week of vacancy, and Isabella King was elected 336–194 to become the new premier. She formed a government consisting of the liberal parties of Empherias and Peryzium (19 combined) as well as 92 out of the 126 LAK representatives. 34 anti-welfare liberals did rebel against the LAK and formed their own opposition caucus known as the Anti-welfare Golden Coalition alongside the Janvariye Jin. This held 65 total seats, ahead of the combined conservatives by 5 seats. The Pink Daphnes and Feriliye Jin were not included in government discussions, but did stay together as a bloc after exiting. The remaining liberal representatives in government were known as the 'government golden coalition'.
With Isabella King elected premier, the first ever Red Bloq in the role, she would set out her agenda beginning in February 2459. She hadn't actually expected to be elected and so held several meetings with Prime Minister of Empherias Sofia Hopkins, several former prime ministers of Empherias such as Elizabeth Rose and Alice Rettels, and key members of her party. The left had been very vague about their policies going forward because they were worried that quickly passing socialist policies could scare and anger many into forming a united conservative front, which could destroy the left in any presidential or future election.
==== 2459 Constitutional crisis in Empherias ====▼
The Supreme Court were to hear on 18 November 2458 the case regarding the legality of Sofia Hopkins' decision to suspend the ability of the HKA army to enter the territory of Empherias during the Karkuss Oil Crisis. During such move, the HKA army did respect the prime minister's wishes and did not enter the country beyond the units already deployed there before 1 May 2458. President Richelieu herself intervened and suggested the court delay proceedings until 2 December 2458 due to negotiations. The ceasefire of the conflict was signed on 20 November 2458, and as such the HKA army was never required to move or attack during an offensive into Karkuss.
▲==== 2459 Constitutional crisis in Empherias ====
== Adolescence period (2459–2469) ==
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