Great Shift

The Great Shift refers to political changes as a result of the treaty ending the First Great War. The greatest impact of the shift is that it moved human political power from hundreds of different countries to around a dozen large political unions - the predecessor of modern-day regions.

Although the First Great War had been won by the moderate states, namely Arberre and the Coronese kingdom, the terms of the treaty benefitted mainly Arberre, as the treaty included a provision for most of the provinces of the Coronese kingdom to vote for independence.

The creation of regions
The largest political change was the formation of regions from loose confederations of states that fought together during the First Great War.

The feudalist brutalist states in the Northlands formed the region of Miskún. Meanwhile, the brutalist states located in the south and east of the Eastlands formed into the two regions of Jodha and Sekha, on linguistic and cultural lines.

Meanwhile, the moderate states on the Arberrian peninsulae formed the region of Arberre. During the Great Shift, the future region granted itself significant power, including over the post-war negotiation process. They even went against the wishes of the Coronese Kingdom - Arberre's most critical partner in the war.

The Split of the Coronese Kingdom
Each of the Arberrian states were granted the right to a referendum as to whether or not they would join the confederation. However, the referendum was also extended to all provinces of Corona - except for the capital and the crown territories, which Arberre viewed as beyond its jurisdiction.

Instead, with a potential military conflict brewing, Arberre and the Kingdom reached a compromise where the provinces voting for independence would be independent from the Kingdom, but be separate from Arberre. The new region would be called Boncampo.

All of the provinces voted for independence from the kingdom, except for one province in the far north of the country. However, due to the impracticality of the coastal capital maintaining such an isolated exclave, the province's inhabitants were offered a choice to either remain in the new region, or move to the capital. Most moved to the capital.

Animosity has remained between Arberre and the remnants of the Kingdom (now known as Corona) ever since. After the Second Great War resulted in the establishment of the Arberrian-dominated MTA, Corona refused to join.