Winter Uprising (Great White South)

The Winter Uprising (Rebelión de Invierno; sometimes called the Santiagan Civil War, Guerra civil de Santiago) was an armed conflict in between supporters of   and the Winter Rebels, a splinter faction of the  who intended to depose Sanchez' government.

After five months of conflict, the Rebels took control of, ousted Sanchez, and set up an. This marked the end of what had been the most significant threat to Santiagan society since the country's foundation; and issued in an entirely new era in the country's history, marked by extensive modernization, a far less isolationist foreign policy, and the development of closer alliances with neigboring countries.

Background
The conflict originated during, when Santiago was a member of the Central Powers, alongside the colony of. The German and Santiagan authorities had hoped to incite pro-independence rebellions in the and n colonies in ; but had overestimated their success, leaving the Santiagan and New Swabian militaries to fend off against much larger forces from  and, as well as  and n forces from  and.

It soon became apparent that Santiago had little to gain from the war: its entire military "campaign" consisted of stationing as many troops as possible along the borders and in key coastal positions, to fend off attacks from all sides. While casualty rates were fairly low, many civilians and members of the military became disgruntled with the government's expending money and manpower on a war which they had no reason to be fighting, and from which they had nothing to gain.