Dravaplava

The Dravaplava (Serovitic, 'thaw flood, freshet', actually a calque of Hártal jökulhlaup) was a period of political upheaval across central and eastern Ascesia from the 1960s to 1980s. It was triggered by popular phenomenalist religious rebellions that reacted to the hardships of the years without summers and the Bequest of Hunger, but built-up anger against Messenian colonialism soon caused many local client governments that managed to suppress the fanatics to pursue greater political independence, leading to intrigues, proxy wars, and general protracted instability. The various Great Powers exploited the uncertain landscape to expand their own influence in Ascesia at the expense of their rivals, although their palaist strategies often backfired. As the powerbroker of eastern Ascesia Siurskeyti had to contend with the most of the unrest, facing long insurgencies in Adorac and Navasharan as well as localist agitation in the Samstarfslönd, but other powers such as Savam also dealt with major challenges such as the Dodaristan War. By the 1980s, however, the Messenians and more loyal local governments (such as the Rajakas in Adorac) managed to restore order, and the upheaval had made a powerful case for Rationalist politics to make headways against traditional Bhramavadic ideas.