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Immediately upon the foundation of the Commission in March 2023, the divisions among the Commission's members were plain to see. Over a year before the SOTW, an unelected provisional government was formed and set about writing a constitution for the kingdom. Some of the more influential members of the provisional government, and Leobonet himself, saw Cantons as the sole reason for CivRealms Norlund's problems and sought to curb the power and autonomy of any future cantons on the new server. The prevailing view in this group therefore, (Referred to from now on as the King's Group), was that Cantons were to be unnamed, equally sized and practically powerless, "economic units" with the central government having almost total control of Cantonial governments.

With the two groups fiercely opposed to one another and largely unwilling to compromise, the Commission soon turned argumentative and very little progress was achieved. By the climax of the fiasco, both sides were openly aggressive, with a notable example being the King's Group branding all suggestions but their own as "stupid" with no actual rebuttal of any ideas put forward.

By the end of the week, the Commission had achieved nothing. No Cantons were set up, a member left the Commission (and the Nation as a whole) and the entire process stalled. This lead to general inactivity and prominent members of the nation leaving.

In April 2023, a constitutional crisis erupted in the Kingdom. With the Federal Election fast approaching, several members had noticed the conspicuous absence of King Leobonet. Chat logs showed that he had not been active in Norlund for nearly a month. As per the Constitution, all elections had to be called by the King, but due to his absence the elections had still not been called with two days until the deadline. Many presumed that the King was simply busy with personal matters, but soon DMs withcame theto king were leaked,light showing that the King was inactiveactive, andbut hadsimply no wishseemed to becomejust activebe ignoring his Kingdom. As a means to get the King's attention and to revive a Kingdom that was slowly slipping into inactivity, a mock Civil War was announced with members roleplaying as various different factions and engaging in PvP for entertainment. In addition, the infamous "Piss Dog" gif that was banned by the King was used widely at this time, in an attempt to get the King's attention, with the gif giving the Revolution its name.

Once the fun was over and the "civil war" had ended, it was brought to light that the King had onceobserved againthe hadentire noordeal wishbut once again refused to interact with the server, callingsimply theusing civilDMs warand lambasting the "toxic" civil war RP. It was now clear that the King was neglecting his duties by refusing to call an election or interact with his Subjects. With this revelation, many began discussing a potential impeachment of the King or at least a permanent regency until his return.

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The Monarch election was held on the 26th April and John Wolftale was elected as Norlund's new King. Leobonet (henceforth referred to as Vasa the Tyrant) was gone. Not long after this, however, Civreign died and Norlund has entered hibernation. The Provisional Government has been restored under a new PM after the departure of BernOfSanders and the whole citizenry awaits a new server for Norlund to begin afresh on.

In March 2023, a Canton Commission was formed by the King and Prime Minister to explore what territory will be allocated to groups looking to establish a Canton. However, the Commission was dissolved after less than a month due to severe infighting and the flight of Vasa the Tyrant.