1862 Galcean Federal Election

Federal Elections were held in Kortaine to elect all 501 members to the Kortaine Chamber of Represenatives. The elections took place after the signing of the Constitution of Kortaine, and after the Kortaine Civil War, where Anti-Monarchist civilians took up arms against the King.

Battle of Greenville, and the Civil War
In early 1870, an Anti-Monarchist group called "The Children of Freedom" led a march in Greenville, Milton. They were protesting the new Anti-Democratic laws that King Lawrence created. When the King learned of the protest, he was enraged and ordered a company of soldiers to disperse the crowd. When the soldiers arrived, they were shocked to see the large numbers who were situated outside of the townhall. The company, led by captain Samuel Hudson, quickly became overwhelmed by the large numbers of protesters. The protesters began to scream obscenities at the soldiers. After around 30 minutes of the soldiers slowly being pushed back, as the crowd advanced, a few protestors began to throw stones and rocks at the soldiers. As the tensions rose, one protestor hurled a large rock at one of the soldiers, breaking his nose, the soldier in an act of bewilderment fired a shot into the crowd. The man who was shot fell into the arms of another protestor who slowly dragged his senseless body elsewhere to safety. A few protestors, horrified at what they saw, charged at the soldiers wrestling with them for their guns. A few of them achieved to get the soldiers weapons and a fight began. More civilians when they heard the news of the killing rushed to the protestors aid. The Protestors outnumbered the soldiers, and quickly pushed them back. Captain Samuel Hudson, with little option, took the few soldiers he had, and rushed them into the Townhall, where they barricaded themselves in. The protestors outside of the townhall, who were furious at the soldiers, lit the Townhall on fire. As the Townhall lit up in flames, many soldiers inside of the building attempted to escape out from the windows and other areas, but almost all burned to death in the flames. Captain Hudson was horrified as he watched his men attempt to flee, but end up dying in the flames. Hudson took his remaining men, who were only around 20 men (the rest were either captured, escaped, or died) and surrendered to the protestors. The protestors took Hudson and the last bit of his soldiers to a nearby prison, and placed them there. Celebrations were held, and Alexander Hughes, a popular celebrity who was jailed a few months previously who advocating for the removal of the monarchy, made a public speech where he stated: "This this was one of many more battle to come for the removal of the monarchy, and a new Kortaine!"

King Lawrence ordered an army of 50k men to recapture Greenville, and to occupy the province of Milton. Before even reaching Milton, the Governor of Milton declared the Provinces independence. Following the declaration of independence, Holford and Williamsburg, two provinces from the east coast. General Nathaniel Price led his army down to the rebelling provinces with orders by the king himself to put down the rebellion with any means necessary. With news of the army headed to end the rebellion, and Holdford and Williamsburgs independence, a convention was held in Franca, Kingson, to decide how to handle the matter. Multiple delegates arrived from 4 different provinces. When the voting was done, the provinces of Kingson, Escana, Blumton, and Andersonia all voted to leave the Union, and declare independence. Sometime later, the province of Bransia declared its independence, and joined the other provinces in their struggle. The Kings palace was located in Kingson, and thus he was forced to flee into Douglas, one of the only provinces that stayed loyal to the king.

War ravaged the land for 2 years, as brutal tactics like scorched-earth were used to decimate many cities and towns. The war ended in December of 1872, When the King announced surrender and abdicated the throne. Celebrations were held in cities, and the people rejoiced. Daniel Whright was made Acting President, and it was planned that the first election would be held in 1874.

Democratic
The Democratic party was the first party to form. It promoted more democratization, a smaller federal government, and lower tariffs. It was created by Nicholas B. Johnson, and William Stockton. The party was popular in rural areas for its Anti-Tariff policy, though it was unpopular in highly industrial cities where they benefited from tariffs. Johnson was nominated by the party to be its leader in the election.

National
The National party was formed in opposition to the Democratic party. Creator of the national party, Phillip P. Kennedy, had a long time rivalry with Nicholas B. Johnson and refused to let him become Prime Minister. Thus, he formed the national party to challenge Johnson. The National party supported lowering immigration, raising tariffs to a moderate amount, and increasing infrastructure spending. Kennedy was initially going to lead the party in the election, but a few months before the election he died from pneumonia. Henry Shaw, a quite unknown figure in Kortaine politics was chosen as the party leader in a tight race.

Labor
The Labor party was created by a group of Socialists to counter the capitalist Nationals and Democrats. They supported lowering tariffs like the Democrats, but also creating new infrastructure projects. They also promoted the idea of an income tax. While the party was popular in some areas, it was unpopular in most regions and only had small support.