abstract
| - The territory held by Orly is also known as the Grove Park. The park land was in medieval times part of the manor of Stone Court, and consisted mainly of meadows. The park was bought by Carshalton Urban District Council in 1924, and the park was opened to the public several years later. On 15 March 2004 it was the site of the First Battle of the Grove, in which the Midget Army won a victory over the Girly Gang, and on 2 May 2010 was the site of the Second Battle of the Grove, in which foreign supporters of Emperor Esmond III were victorious over foreign Carolinians in the Austenasian Civil War. On 4 July 2010, a large group of regular visitors to the park - many of them having been supporters of the Emperor during the Civil War - declared independence under Caesar Calum, founding the Caesarship of Orly. A few weeks later on 19 July, Calum I split the Caesarship into the Kingdom of the Grove, over which he retained control, and the Kingdom of Copan, the throne of which he gave to King Declan I (Crown Prince Jonathan of Austenasia ruled as Viceroy). The Grove quickly became a vassal state of Esmond III, the Western Emperor, whereas Copan under Declan I rejected his claim to suzerainty in September 2010. Esmond III removed Calum I from power over the Grove in November 2010 and replaced him with Lord Regent Jonathan, who abdicated the following month. With the Grove without a leader, Declan I took the throne as Regent under the terms of the treaty which had split the Caesarship in two. Orly was then re-united by Declan I (who declared himself Tsar) without the consent of Esmond III, who had the right to choose a new leader of the Grove. When, a day after the reunification, he insisted to be permitted to excercise this prerogative, the Tsar rejected all claims of Imperial suzerainty over Orly, leading to the War of the Orlian Reunification. The Tsar won the war, gaining the Throne of Austenasia in the process and making Orly a vassal state of Wilcsland. To govern the Tsardom from over seventy miles away, the Tsar established a Viceroy to represent him in Orly, with a vassal monarch for the Grove and for Copan to help govern Orly as local deputies of the Viceroy. Efforts were made under the Tsardom to develop the culture of the nation, such as the foundation of the Orlian College of Cardinals. On 14 January 2011, the local vassal monarchies were abolished (except the Prince of Copan, which is kept as a ceremonial title) and Orly was entered into political union with Wilcsland, as part of the new United Kingdom of New Wessex. The Viceroy, Crown Prince Jonathan, was kept in his position as such.
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