History of the Araritic Republic

Origin of the Araritics

 * In their youngest days, the Araritics were a small political party, one of many vying for power and influence in Iceland. They were headed by simple man, born of British parents, but an Icelander tried and true. His name was Robert Athenos, though history will remember his as Greatak the Noble. Through his leadership, they would go from a small political party to the ruling faction of Iceland.
 * When the Araritic Party formed, the current government had been steadily corrupting. The President had been known to openly bribe and blatantly misused his power. All wished for change, but none knew how to go about achieving reform save for Robert. He propsoed that the the government be reborn and made a new. The people loved his idea and the Araritic Party exploded, hundreds of people joining and many of those pledged monetary support, the best thing at the time. In their first attempt at running for Senate, 7 Araritics were voted in, the largest secondary Party percentage. With this small group suddenly growing so fast, the President beleived that Robert was planning an overthrow one way or another. To protect himself, he issued a warrant for Robert's arrest under the charges of conspiracy and disturbing the peace. Robert went without a fuss and was taken to court. On an amazing stroke of luck, the judge was one of the few left uncorrupted by the President's hand. He found no legitimate charges and Robert was released. Within the week that judge was arrested for biased judgement and acepting a bribe.
 * The President again issued a warrant for Robert's arrest, this time with bribery added to the charges. When the police squad arrived at the building where the Araritics had been using as a headquarters, the receptionists denied the officer's entry, insisting that the charges were phony and proceeded to shut down the elevators and electronically lock the stairs to the upper levels. The police estimated at least 100 Araritics in the building and a police attempt to storm the building would result in most likely many casualties and a terrible public image. They left and canceled the warrant. They were all imprisoned for Shirking of Public Duty and Insuboardination the next day.
 * The President was growing impatient with the Araritics and again tried to apprehend Robert, this time with the military. He ordered a detatchment of soldiers to enter the building and retrieve Robert, dead or alive. News of this reached the Araritics and anyone with access to weaponry (restricted only to very few civillians, even hunting weapons were rarely possessed) and sympathy for the Araritics provided for them so by the time the soldiers arrived, the building was locked down and the inhabitants armed. An enterance was made explosively and the soldiers entered the building, satefy off. This was broadcast on the news and Araritics from all over the city flocked to the building and surrounded the bulding, blocking the way in or out of the building. The soldiers called for tank support, hoping that they would scare the civillians away from the building. It didn't work and a few of the tanks fired their machine guns infront of the crowd, as a warning. This sparked the mob into a mad fury. They swarmed the tanks and climbed on top of them, ripping the hatches open and pulling the crew out before severely beating them. The crowd operated so quickly, very few shots were able to be fired into the crowd and only 10 people from the mob died. Though very few actual damages were caused by this event, Iceland would never be the same.
 * In Reykjavik and other nearby areas where Araritic support was high, riots erupted. Mobs became armed and assaulted military bases, police stations, arms factories and goverment structures. Scores of military and police personnel were killed and dozens of buildings destroyed. In Reykjavik, the mobs poured into the Presidential Estate and set fire to the President and Cabinet's homes. The officials couldn't escape and were devoured by the flames to the joyous cries of the mobs outside.