Separatist Crisis (Premysloides Dynasty)

Background
Separatist Crisis is term used for civil war and collapse of African Federation in to African People Federation (remnants of Federation) and separatist regions of Sahelian and Northern Federal Republic, joining Roman Empire.

Despite various "golden ages", that occured in African Commonwealth and African Federation (1348-1358, later during Second Hundred Years War), Federation was not able to fullfill any large and deep reforms, include industrialization, education and land reforms and was torn apart by various conflicts between ethnics and former tribal chiefdoms that struggle with modern republican-like regime.

Participants
Whole conflict was among three different sides.

Opposition
Various opposition parties (moderate socialists, liberals, militarists) and groups (Merchant Chamber, city representatives and African Church) united in to "Opposition" against rule of People Democratic Party. Opposition was heterogenous formation with only two common goals: Depose rule of PDP and restore and maintain unity of African Federation. However, in all other issues they were disunited. Moderate socialists wanted to overthrow PDP, but keep some social and agrarian reforms, militarists want to establishe nationalist and chauvinist pan-African regime, liberals wanted new democratic election and overrule all PDP reforms etc.

This disunity led to many political and military defeats during Separatist Crisis (Axum siege, Dar Es Salaam revolt, Timbuktu mutiny...). Only in nigerian provinces, Opposition achieved deposition of local rulling PDP governor and forced PDP government to liberalize Nigeria.

Separatists
Separatists called as "African Liberation Union" were in much better situation, as they were united in many goals: Leave Federation, end PDP reforms, restore relations and contacts with Roman Empire, open their lands to rest of world. With help of "Northern Federal Republic", Separatist acquired secret financial, logistical and material support from Imperial Military Intelligence and were in contact with Hispania Province of Roman Empire. Their troops and volunteers had higher morale, better training and equipment, not just because of contact with Roman Empire, but because Northern and Sahelian Federal Republic were richest and most developed republics of former Federation and because locals suffered under PDP corrupted regime.

After "Siege of Timbuktu", where Varangian Special Forces helped with break through siege and about 5,000 imperial military troops and advisors arrived to Timbuktu, it was only matter of time when Sahelia and Northern Republic will join Empire. Separatist Parliament voted on this in 12 February 1789, 44 years after start of bloody civil war and 326 deputies of 400 voted for initiate integration process with Roman Empire.

Loyalists
Loyalists, members and supporters of People Democratic Party. As PDP represented interests of small land holders, peasants and impoverished tribes, they reached large inland support and defeated coastal towns, establishing totalitarian socialist autarkical regime. Their reforms helped peasants and low-income classes, but led to uprising and dissatisfaction in all other stratum of society. Later, when were changed land rates in land reform, they lost even support of mid-income peasants and richer tribes. Despite that, they were able to gather large massive armies of fanatical, but poorly equiped and trained troops.

Loyalists achieved many victories over their enemies, but on extreme cost. On 1 fallen Opposition or Separatist troop were about 20 killed Loyalists. In Axum Siege, Loyalists conquered main command of Opposition in African Horn and Opposition lost 35,000 troops, while Loyalists lost 600,000 troops. Because of collapse of oil extraction, Loyalists returned to cavalry and even archery and spears, but as many of them were experienced hunters and scouts, it was not problem, as most of their enemies were city inhabitants lossing their former instincts and training.

Aftermath
Separatists won war after "Maghreb Campaign", in which Separatists lost 45,000 troops, while loyalists lost about 850,000 troops, about 20% of their remaining army and Roman Imperial Air Forces, under colours of Separatists, bombed and destroyed many highways, supply stations, command and control centers and communication facilities. RIAF destroyed about 80% of African Federation military infrastructure out off separatist regions.

Loyalists were second victorious side, as they were able to restore order in newly formed African People Federation. African People Federation returned to autarky, isolated themselfs from rest of world and most of their territories later decay in to barter, chaotic tribal wars and anarchy.

Opposition was defeated side and split in to many groups. Merchants, liberals and church ran to separatist regions, while moderate socialists laid arms and militarists exiled to Roman Empire. Most of Opposition held territores were brutally punished by Loyalists after war, include razing cities and killing or enslaving all citizens.

Roman Empire was real winner of war. Despite early skepticism of possibility to incorporate Northern and Sahelian Republics in to Roman Empire, massive investment in infrastructure, development of education and technologies and full scale reforms under guidance of imperial advisors allowed this and while African provinces remained most impoverished provinces of Roman Empire, they were in much better situation then in African Federation. Roman Empire even allowed existence of former Separatist Parliament as local selfrulling political body that had influence on African issues.