Kingdom of Occitania
History
During the French Civil War, Occitania declared its independence initially as the Occitan Confederation. However, when attempting to gain international support, the Occitan provisional government sought the aid of Spain in exchange for electing King Juan III's brother, Fernando, as king. Occitan rebels won their independence in 1853.
Occitania joined Spain and Portugal in the Holy League, uniting the Catholic and Carlist led monarchies. As such, they joined Spain's invasion of Indochina against Catholic persecution in 1858. Indochina was subsequently made a Spanish colony in 1887.
In 1870, Occitania protested against the French People's Republic attempting to join in an economic union with Switzerland, uniting the Swiss and French Francs. Bavaria supported France. The dispute never came to war, but did see the declaration of the South German Confederation.
During the Berlin Conference in 1884 and 1885, Occitania managed to claim the old French regions of Togo, Benin, and the Ivory Coast. However, their bid to claim all of France's old colonial claims as its successor.
During the Moroccan Crisis, Occitania sided with Spain against the German Empire. This deepened the rivalry between Occitania and Germany.
During the onset of the Great War, Occitania sided with Great Britain against their German rivals. Occitania was incapable of comitting tis naval forces to Britain's cause as their allies had hoped, and the build up caused siginificant financial strain. When the war began, Occitania comitted most of its army in France fighting against Holland and Germany along side Spain and Portugal, while keeping a garrison force along their border with Italy.
Disbandment
During the Great War, Vladimir Lenin escpaed his exile in Switzerland and toured the war ravaged French countryside. Though France had declared its neutrality, the Occitan and Dutch armies ravaged France, with Holland even occupying Paris as a forward military base.
Lenin spread his vanguard ideology through the French, Dutch, and Occitan amries. During the ensuing trench warfare, the forces began to mutiny and refuse to fight. Occitan military units marched on Toulouse, overthrowing the monarchy and establishing a Soviet Union, joining France and Holland.
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