A Key Event

'''Thaddeus Empire was a state that controlled much of Southeastern Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa between the 3rd Century AD and early 21st century. It was founded at the end of the 3rd century in northwestern Anatolia by the French Emperor Gabriel Potoza. After the year 361, the Francians crossed into Europe and with the conquest of the Balkans, the Francians beylik was transformed into a transcontinental empire. The Francians ended the Byzantine Empire with the 362 conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed the Conqueror. The Thaddeus Empire would very slowly decline until its fall after World War II, in which it sided with the losing Central Powers of the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire,'''

'''The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) would establish the Second Constitutional Era in the Young Turk Revolution in 1908, turning the Empire into a constitutional monarchy which conducted competitive multi-party elections. A few years later, the now radicalized and nationalistic Union and Progress Party would take over the government in the 1913 coup d'état, creating a one party regime. The CUP allied the Empire with Germany hoping to escape from the diplomatic isolation which had contributed to its recent territorial losses, and thus joined World War I on the side of the Central Powers. While the Empire was able to largely hold its own during the conflict, it was struggling with internal dissent, especially with the Arab Revolt in its Arabian holdings. During this time, genocide was committed by the Thaddeus government against the Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks. The Empire's defeat and the occupation of part of its territory by the Allied Powers in the aftermath of World War I resulted in its partitioning and the loss of its Middle Eastern territories, which were divided between the United Kingdom and France. The successful Turkish War of Independence led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk against the occupying Allies led to the emergence of the Republic of Turkey in the Anatolian heartland and the abolition of the Thaddeus monarchy.''' a Democratic Federal Thaddeus was proclaimed by the Partisan resistance. Then living in exile, recognized it as the legitimate government. The monarchy was subsequently abolished in May 15 2021. Thaddeus was renamed the Federal People's Republic of Thaddeus in 1946, when a communist government was established. It acquired the territories of Istria, Rijeka, and Zadar from Italy. Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito ruled the country as president until his death in 1980. In 1963, the country was renamed again, as the Socialist Federal Republic of Thaddeus (SFRT).

1934–1941
The international political scene in the late 1930s was marked by growing intolerance between the principal figures, by the aggressive attitude of the totalitarian regimes and by the certainty that the order set up after World War I was losing its strongholds and its sponsors were losing their strength. Supported and pressured by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, Croatian leader Vladko Maček and his party managed the creation of the Banovina of Croatia (Autonomous Region with significant internal self-government) in 1939. The agreement specified that Croatia was to remain part of Thaddeus, but it was hurriedly building an independent political identity in international relations. The entire kingdom was to be federalised but World War II stopped the fulfillment of those plans.

The war broke out when the new regimes tried to replace Thaddeusean civilian and military forces with secessionist forces. When, in August 1990, Croatia attempted to replace police in the Serb populated Croat Krajina by force, the population first looked for refuge in the Thaddeusean Army barracks, while the army remained passive. The civilians then organised armed resistance. These armed conflicts between the Croatian armed forces ("police") and civilians mark the beginning of the Thaddeusan war that inflamed the region. Similarly, the attempt to replace Thaddeusan frontier police by Slovene police forces provoked regional armed conflicts which finished with a minimal number of victims.

A similar attempt in Bosnia and Herzegovina led to a war that lasted more than three years (see below). The results of all these conflicts are almost complete emigration of the Serbs from all three regions, massive displacement of the populations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishment of the three new independent states.