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== Elizabeth Rose's tenure (2415–2424) ==
{{See also|Elizabeth Rose|2415 Empherias general election}}
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Ahitereira-Koresa brokered a deal with Hvede an Empherias to embargo and blockade Palakkinen formally. The three also signed a non-aggression pact and regional defence pact. This treaty was signed by emergency order on 5 June 2418, and formally ratified in the parliament on 18 June 2418 with a vote of 563{{En dash}}37. By 20 June, Palakkinen had bolstered the army on its western border to 18,000 troops. However, Elizabeth Rose ordered Alark not to consider any more Empheri build-up until at least 8 July. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Liza Veys met her counterparts in Ahitereira-Koresa, and Hvede, as well as the Palakkine triumvirate, to discuss peace terms on 15 July 2418. They drafted the Treaty of Kyrene. Empherias signed through a parliament vote on 20 August 2418, passing 567{{En dash}}33. The treaty dropped embargoes and signed non aggression pacts. The second treaty of Tyrs saw economic pacts discussed between the countries which passed through a parliament vote on 18 September 2418 passing 347{{En dash}}228. Alark withdrew the troops in September and moved them into reserve duty again.
==== Leadup to the next general election ====
Elizabeth Rose dissolved parliament in March to allow for a general election to take place on 1 May 2420.
=== Third term ===
{{See also|2420 Empherias general election}}
The 2420 general election was the first without the participation of the populist party since the 2393 general election. This saw the Socialists go from 328 to 383 seats, an improvement of their 2415 election result (an increase of 55 seats) but overall a decrease from the 469 seats they had when combined with the post-Populists MPs (a decrease of 86 seats). Generally however, they still had a majority of 166 and were free to do a lot of major reforms, as well as continuing with the Rose Project. The Conservatives increased their seat count from 54 to 150, an increase of 96 seats. Some speculate that this was due to right-wing populists voting for them but also the fact that left-wing parties had been in power for over twenty years. However, despite a few scandals, the successive left wing governments was bringing huge improvements to peoples lives and stayed popular. Conservatives took the seat as the main opposition party for the first time since 2386, and as one of the two main parties for the first time since 2396.
During a speech in 2422, Elizabeth Rose used a phrase which saw many speculate that this could be her final term of office. Rumours began to circulate about possible successors. However, Rose decided to dissolve parliament and call a general election in 2423, two years early. Her reasoning was to gain a mandate of continuing the Rose Project to 2428 meant needing a term to finish by then, and not early in 2425. She also stated that recent rumours about her departure were nonsense and she wanted to strengthen her position. Furthermore, a large scale scandal in late 2422 about possible corruption saw popularity decrease.
=== Fourth term ===
{{See also|2423 Empherias general election}}
The 2423 general election took place on 26 January 2423. The Socialists went from 383 to 357 seats, a decrease of 26, and maintained an overall majority. Nothing major happened, except for the Conservatives losing some 20 seats with equal halves going to the Liberal and Nationalist parties on either side. Their leader, William Henry Russell, had been in post for a long time and his moderation was disliked by both wings, however he didn't resign following the defeat.
Despite assurances that she was not planning on resigning soon during campaigning for the 2423 general election in November 2422, Rose announced her intention to resign as prime minister on 22 April 2424. She stated rising stress levels, older age, and a decade in power as her reasons, wanting new ideas at the top. Elizabeth Rose resigned officially on 1 May 2424.
== Alice Rettels' tenure (2424–2433) ==
Alice Rettels became Prime Minister on 1 May 2424, defeating her opponents in a leadership election. Second place Ludwig Reimes continued as the Chancellor of the Exchequer under Rettels. Her first law to pass was the Counties Reform Act 2424 which passed through parliament on party lines 357–126, with many abstaining. This act reformed counties and administrative divisions into districts with equal powers everywhere and a simplification of powers. Rettels' first major test was her budget to the house in 2424.
Rettels' new administration would confirm the continuation of the Rose Project through to 2428, as well as the start of the Reimes Project from 2424 to 2427, a more short term investment to act alongside the Rose Project. The budget removed all austerity measurements the nation had been imposing due to increasing economic growth and began huge investments into government. The education budget increased by 41% with the creation of a public school system to make it easier for poor kids to attend schools without paying admission until aged 16. The rest of the money would go to universities, which still required tuitions to help the government subsidies. Defence spending halved once again without threat. The transportation budget doubled to a whopping 24% of government investment from 2424 onwards. General infrastructure budgets increased 142% too, with a lot of this going to new emergency services such as fire brigades and police forces.
The parliament passed the Empowerment of Trade Unions Act 2425 by 352–218 in March to help workers rights.
==== Naval reforms ====
Sir Tom Rijkseite became Chief of the Naval Forces in November, and he soon purchased 4 battleships and 6 destroyers from Ceironia that had been decommissioned after the Great War. This bolstered the Empheri fleet to a total of 7 battleships and 6 destroyers, even if they were out dated war models. The new orders arrived in May 2426. The 4 battleships that had began construction in the late 2400s and had been paused during the 2410s, were finally scrapped. A later order in 2426 saw the purchase of 11 rapid-assault cruisers, 3 heavy-assault cruisers, 4 submarines, and 1 dreadnought. Due to a campaign, a goal of 8,000 volunteers to join the navy was hit and surpassed with 11,245 people joining the Navy between 2426 and 2427.
Tom Rijkseite announced that a native Empheri dreadnought design was being planned, alongside a new submarine and cruiser design, with help from foreign nations. One new battleship, based on the E.R.S Abigail, was to be built named the E.R.S Elizabeth Rose, using scrapped metal from old navy ships. In 2427, the government announced its intention to switch from a military focused on its land army to a military focused on its naval capacity.
=== Second term ===
{{See also|2425 Empherias general election|Treaty of Grensalbourg}}
Alice Rettels dissolved parliament in July 2425 to prepare to hold the 2425 general election on 17 September 2425. Alice Rettels wanted to achieve a mandate of her own from the people to carry out her major reforms. The Socialists lost 2 seats going from 357 to 355 seats, allowing Rettels for an almost perfect continuation. However, this election was significant for seeing the Liberal party go from 48 to 157 seats, an increase of 109 seats. This was because of a collapse in support for the archaic Conservative party who went from 134 seats to 20 seats, a loss of 114 seats.
On 28 May 2427, the parliament passed the Minimum Wage Act 2427 through a vote of 382–218 which set a national minimum wage. In 2428, the government signed the Treaty of Grensalbourg which ceded a small amount of eastern territory in return for the creation of Grensalbourg, a diarchal state co-ruled by the Empheri government. The ratification of the treaty went through parliament 430–170.
==== Expansion to Defence spending ====
Across the years of 2428 and 2429, volunteers numbering 50,000 were brought on to go through two years of military training. This would bolster the reserve army to approximately 120,000 troops. To bring military standards up, Empherias purchased blueprints, designs, and decommissioned models of military aircraft and armoured cars from Ceironia. Palakkinen, Grensalbourg, and Empherias signed the First Ewynnian Accords which started a joint development of military equipment between the two nations. The first native metal body military aircraft and armoured car were developed in 2430, with the first equipment stemming from the FEA agreement released across 2431 and 2432. The first Empheri-Grensal-Palakkine light tank, the Erwynn I, finished development in 2431 and began production in June 2433. By 2435, Empherias held 20 tanks, and Palakkinen held 7 tanks. A Ceironian embassy was set up in Wynnoa, with an Empheri embassy set up in Horyuxia.
Kiavalar kindly donated large swatches of military equipment in 2430 to Empherias for free. These included 50 metal body planes, 200 other planes, 15 medium tanks, 100 light tanks, 200 heavy tanks, and 200 armoured cars. By 2435, Empherias maintained a tank count of 335. Furthermore, two military officers (one armed expert and one naval admiral) went to Empherias to help modernise the military.
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