2018 Malichkan civil conflict

On May 12th, 2018 a conflict arose between the Royal Family, led by King Antun IV of Malichka, in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and the Malichkan Royal Federal Police, and Prime Minister Marko Dugandžić and his cabinet, the 2nd since the 1990-91 conflict, following 2 months of political crisis.

After dissolving the corrupt regime, the Royal Family vested executive and legislative powers in its leader and ordered the judicial branch to operate under its directives. In addition, it partially repealed the 2011 constitution, save the second chapter which concerns the king, arrested and detained Dugandžić supporters, lifted Internet censorship laws and freed the media.

Timeline of events
On the sunny spring day of May 10th 2018, King Antun IV of the House of Blažević was nearly shot during a speech in front of the Old City Hall. No one was fatally injured, albeit a bodyguard lost an eye and had to undergo medical treatment. Then-Prime Minister Marko Dugandžić, holding a pistol, then stood up and shoved Antun from the podium, announcing over the press microphones, "Long live Bjergsen!"

Two days later, on May 12th, a coup was declared by the Royal Family. The Dvoreki Constabulary, Royal Federal Police, Royal Military Police, Armed Forces and Knights of the Order of the Spinel, the Jasper and Lazuli were dispatched to patrol the streets 24/7. On May 15th the Royal Military Police and Dvoreki Constabulary raided the Dugandžić Manor in the Novi Rijeka borough of Dvoreki.

On May 16th, 40 military police officers and police constables raided the Royal Palace and Dugandžić Manor, only to be found in hiding at the RTVM newsroom in 17 Decembra, putting on a skull balaclava, bulletproof vest, black trench coat and goggles, an outfit similar to that of former dictator Brian Bjergsen during a televised hijack speech in 1990. He then took a stolen gaming chair and attached "ersatz" bombs, as the police called them, to his body.

That same day he sent five robots to hack into the feeds of RTVM's principal channels and held a televised speech ordering the King to abdicate and eradicate the line of succession so that Malichka would be a republic like it was from 1969-1991. Nobody gave in to his demands, and the next day, 300 angry viewers protested outside the TV station.

The employees of the station later admitted to having their broadcasts hijacked by Dugandžić. Antun IV then sent in 50 military police officers to cordon off the RTVM studios. They also placed signs sent in by protesters at the studios' facade, some saying "No Censorship" and "Free Our Media - To Redact It is To Destroy It".

On May 18th, the Royal Military Police declared a strike against the Dugandžić government. The peaceful gathering was held in front of Dugandžić Manor. However, riot police members who remained loyal to Marko's regime broke up the gathering, and the military police officers retaliated through gunfire. No one died in the riots.

The following day, angry Dugandžić supporters stormed RTVM headquarters, vandalized metro and tram trains, set fire to various statues (one of which was a statue of the city's tourism mascots), destroyed cars, and blew up cars and trucks. The remaining 99% of the riot police force who were loyal to the King managed to quell the unrest.

The day after that, the supporters managed to break in to RTVM headquarters, vandalizing the studios and newsroom, and setting fire to the newsroom itself, however only 1/4 was destroyed in the fire, and the newsroom remained intact. The RFP managed to quell the riots as well, albeit they were overwhelmed by the demonstrators.