Years of Hunger and Cold
The Years of Hunger and Cold (Year 118 to 187, 16th to 26th Legislature Period) were a time in the history of Styx marked by economic depression, threat of starvation, freezing and strife.
Following the radical development of the political system of Styx after the Great Revolution and the utopianism of the Unionization era the fate of the city changed for the worse.
A drought in the summer season of the year 119 led to a long lasting famine as most crops that were meant for the autumn harvest perished.
Without any goodwill of the Kingdom of Darklight and the Duchy of Sharhaven left after centuries of the Bezsvetowna dynasty making petty war and all notions of class solidarity between the now self-governing people of Styx and the "monarchic parasites" that ruled its neighbors being abandoned following the Great Revolution there was nobody willing to aid the people of Styx in their plight.
The suffering of the people of the city was great, many were starving by the time autumn came around and by winter the threat of starvation was added to by the risk of freezing as the city also encountered a shortage of firewood to use for heating with most firewood being used in the industrial process.
Population of the city fell rapidly as people succumbed to hunger, cold and illness brought about by malnutration; eventually this combined with technological advancements in harvesting, food processing and storage as well as the changing of foreign relations with the Kingdom of Darklight and the Duchy of Sharhaven allowing for exports and imports to happen stabilized the situation but the suffering of the people was great until then.
The Republic of Styx' relations with its direct neighbors remained tense, trade was only allowed because all nations of the Great Cavern of Aman-ya were impacted negatively economically and were desperate to export the few goods they had too much of and supplement with whatever the others could spare and so a fragile trade-induced truce was called in the cold war between nations.
Though it took a solid 80 years from the start of this dark time to its end by the Year 187 the population of Styx had recovered and the extreme hardship of the past two centuries had been won over.
The technological advancements in this time were further developed in the following years, ringing in the Era of Axe, Furnace, and Coal.
Following the radical development of the political system of Styx after the Great Revolution and the utopianism of the Unionization era the fate of the city changed for the worse.
A drought in the summer season of the year 119 led to a long lasting famine as most crops that were meant for the autumn harvest perished.
Without any goodwill of the Kingdom of Darklight and the Duchy of Sharhaven left after centuries of the Bezsvetowna dynasty making petty war and all notions of class solidarity between the now self-governing people of Styx and the "monarchic parasites" that ruled its neighbors being abandoned following the Great Revolution there was nobody willing to aid the people of Styx in their plight.
The suffering of the people of the city was great, many were starving by the time autumn came around and by winter the threat of starvation was added to by the risk of freezing as the city also encountered a shortage of firewood to use for heating with most firewood being used in the industrial process.
Population of the city fell rapidly as people succumbed to hunger, cold and illness brought about by malnutration; eventually this combined with technological advancements in harvesting, food processing and storage as well as the changing of foreign relations with the Kingdom of Darklight and the Duchy of Sharhaven allowing for exports and imports to happen stabilized the situation but the suffering of the people was great until then.
The Republic of Styx' relations with its direct neighbors remained tense, trade was only allowed because all nations of the Great Cavern of Aman-ya were impacted negatively economically and were desperate to export the few goods they had too much of and supplement with whatever the others could spare and so a fragile trade-induced truce was called in the cold war between nations.
Though it took a solid 80 years from the start of this dark time to its end by the Year 187 the population of Styx had recovered and the extreme hardship of the past two centuries had been won over.
The technological advancements in this time were further developed in the following years, ringing in the Era of Axe, Furnace, and Coal.
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