1965 New Aurentia insurgency

The 1965 Pacifican consitutional crisis, nicknamed the Cold Winter of '65, was an incident that occurred following an extremely narrow victory for incumbent Prime Minister Reynold Davis and his deputy, Aaron MacDonald. This era in Pacifican history marks one of the final times that civil unrest plagued its issue and several riots in Marquette, Bedford and Columbia were considered to be one of the biggest since the ones that came during the election of 1908. Approximately 1,000 lives have been lost to this event, with at least $510 million dollars of damage when converted to USD.

Prelude
The election season of 1964 was, like the ones since Reynold Davis first appeared in the ballot, competitive. Despite the fact that Davis often had a large amount of approval in many diverse areas from the mountains of the Northern Country to the rainforests of New Tæóich, opposition was just as widespread. Many were reluctant to recognise him as a true prime minister, with one report from The Pacifican National often mentioned several things that were often untrue about him (ex. Davis desired to create a Soviet puppet in the country). At this point, he was currently on his third term and tensions were at an all time high.

Tension in Southern Pacifica
Meanwhile, in the New Tæóich region, many were discontent with the lack of attention they were given in many positions. To an extent, the region did have a number of things in common with Quebec back east as the southern districts had a plurality of non-English speakers who were incompetent with the capital's command. The Organisation for the Liberation of the New Tæóich Homeland was created as a paramilitary force in 1961; said organisation held xenophobic views and while it was more or less a group with people with varying political views, they were united under one goal: to make the districts in Southern Pacifica independent. Its commander, Ændrás Næłký (not related to the late former prime minister Ijwán Næłký), would serve as the first and only national premier of New Tæóich until he was booted and executed once the region returned to Pacifican control.

Assassination of Aaron MacDonald
During one of Davis' visits across the country, disaster struck for him while he was with MacDonald in Auchtermuchty. Allegedly, the latter had been shot in the foot due to a miscalculation made by his assassin. He later ate some food that was tainted with paraquat, and died about an hour after.

Truth and Unity Party
With many seeking protection from inside threats within Pacifica, they turned to a man by the name of Ronald Middleton. Having created his own party in 1963 after calling out the Conservative Party as a "loyalist group full of yes-men," his group was built on right-wing populism and anti-communism. The party saw a large amount of support from the general public, and this was especially the case after the 25th of February as the conflict lingered on over time.

New Tæóich Insurrection
Soon after, conflicts between Ektæó- and Anglo-Pacificans spurred up until the late 60s. Overall, the OLNTH would claim up to 2,700 lives until its forced disbandment in mid 1967. Additional terrorist groups were able to kill somewhere between 10-45% of that amount when combined together.

Secession
The crisis, in most techicallities, killed off any feeling that New Tæóich would secede. According to a poll made in the early 1960s, about 46% supported declaring independence. This went down to 10% in the 1970s and later 4% as of 2020.

Timeline

 * 4 January: Election Day of 1965; Prime Minister Reynold Davis (Labour) and former Premier Jacques Nasseau (Progressive Conservative) came extremely close in the election, especially in the districts listed above
 * 10 January: Davis is recognised as the winner of the election, thus gaining a large amount of criticism
 * 12 January: Aaron MacDonald was poisoned with paraquat in his food and died an hour later.
 * 16 January: On a 1958 Nootka G-75 were several packed bombs that were to detonate on Parliament Island as a suicide attack, according to the plan. However, the bombs exploded prematurely as they were crossing the bridge and killed everyone on it. After the incident occurred, the remains of the bridge were immediately scrapped and travel to and from the island was restricted to civilians. Years later, they reduced it to only ban civilian vehicles. It was also discovered that the disaster was meant to be even worse than this as a few other lorries were shown to have explosives planted in them, which would've claimed the lives of another 200 to 3,200 people.
 * 18 January: The Red Hand reacts to this failed attempt by trying to assassinate members of the Anticommunist's Association, which had the largest involvement in the failed bombing; Reynold Davis was almost moved to an then-unknown location to rule the country without worrying about an assassination when Pat Mulligan shot him in the heart. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
 * 19 January: Nasseau began to distance himself from the conflict, stating that "Pacifica has remained Pacifica under Davis and as long as a rational ruler is put in place, it will remain as the country we know and love no matter what." He openly criticised both sides for their actions and was willing to work to bring the country back into order. Davis began to do so, albeit privately.
 * 20 January: Marquette and a few surrounding areas are placed under martial law as the R.H. and the A.A. began to fight on the streets of said district.
 * 23 January: Regarding the issue Marquette was facing at the time, it was stopped once the military dealt with the conflict.
 * 27 January: The status of Marquette is extended to Columbia following a violent demonstration at one of the city's universities.
 * 28 January: New Tæóich unofficially seceded from Pacifica under the rule of pro-independence factions. Recognition of this secession was arbitrary at best.
 * 30 January: The United States and what remains of Pacifica's government deploy a small number of troops into the New Tæóich region to preserve order.
 * 1 February: TBD
 * 10 February: For about a week, the Red Hand and the O.L.N.T.H. decided to collaborate by bombing or attempting to bomb several key government locations within New Tæóich.
 * 12 February: Pacifica is completely under semi-martial law and the positions of prime minister and deputy prime minister are abolished.
 * 17 February: Middleton decided to work with the government in order to gain power; the two groups mentioned on 10 February split apart following a dispute over who killed Næłký.
 * 20 February: The New Tæóich insurrection comes to an end following the surrender of its government. A number of their leaders were executed, exiled, or jailed. This would mark the last time the death penalty would be used in Pacifica before it was banned in 1985.
 * 3 March: Whilst initially holding interest in running again, Davis decided to not do so as he feared for his life.
 * 17 March: In an attempt to redo the election in an organised manner, the 1965 elections were held once again.
 * 24 March: Ronald Middleton is installed as prime minister. The previous acts that caused Pacifica to go under semi-martial law in most areas would be abolished soon after.