Ordrish Revolution

The Ordrish Revolution was a and  which took place in Ordrey between 1975 and 1977, fought between the government of the Second Republic and an alliance of  (generally Noyonist) rebels.

Consolidation of the Ordrish Left (February-March)
Following poor showings across the country in provincial elections, a string of parties merged with the Workers' Party of Ordrey in September of 1972 - the Miner-Farmer Party, Radical Federalists, and the National Renovationist Alliance. In part due to increasing dissatisfaction with the Social Democratic Party leadership, more than 2/3rds of SDP MPs join the WPO, consolidating a considerable opposition under party leader Albes D'Manchec, with the rest moving to the Liberals, then part of Omnes' coalition. This shift towards the WPO signaled widespread dissatisfaction with the government's austerity measures among the country's political center, especially among those outside of major urban centers and by those outside the electorate, as polls taken at the end of 1972 indicated that Omnes held a 37% approval rating among adults below franchise age (18-24).

A push for an amendment to the franchise age for the nation's constitution was supported by the WPO and by much of the opposition, but the last major push for an amendment failed to reach the threshold of signatures for the 1970 elections, and due to law of the time, the same proposal could not be put forward by referendum until the next set of general elections in 1975. Due to this, the traditional composition of the left in Ordrey expanded beyond blue-collar workers and lower-income communities and to a considerable portion of the Ordrish youth.

The WPO, following the dissolution of the SDP, had become the second-largest political party represented in Parliament, as well as the one with the fastest-growing membership nationally. This broad coalition and leftwards shift in the nation's youth outside of traditional socioeconomic lines would gradually create prime conditions for the expansion of radical politics among the country's student population, with Noyonism quickly becoming the most preferred of the far-left ideologies among them.

The Long Winter (October-March 1974)

 * (October) With the strike losing steam, many of the leaders of the [miners' union] either choose to end the strike or lose their positions in elections. Frustrated with the leadership and lack of support, a majority of miners in Ordrey continue striking after forming a new union, the [name of new union]
 * (December) Beginning to fear that the striking miners will lose access to vital resources after several months of lost hours, the WPO chooses to support the [new union]

Operation Swamp begins (Spring)

 * Secret directive to monitor notable WPO party members and supporters, striking mine workers, labor organizers, and radical leftists
 * Included regular clandestine raids of punk houses, union halls and offices, and intimidation schemes

Forbes Dossiers revealed

 * Operation Swamp revealed in a highly publicized expose
 * Head of the Military Police pushed to resign

Red November

 * Began with Omnes' quiet reinstatement of a number of Operation Swamp-implicated personnel

Death of Albes D'Manchec

 * Killer believed to be a member of the military