Talk:Opdamsland

Junta period

After the death of John White Owl, his populist coalition dissipated and while Tussenland lobbied for the return of the tribal council; in 1950 a new democratically elected president won on a liberalization, middle class urban and pro North American unity platform. During this period Dutch culture and language was allowed back into Opdamsland and relations between Tussenland and Opdamsland were normalized. During the governments first term, Opdamsland joined the Association of North American Nations (A.N.A.N.). In their second term in power the new government (known informally as the Liberal-democrat coalition) privatized the oil industry and enacted economic reforms to attract foreign investment to the country but the policies ended up being widely unpopular amongst the population and the government's consistent record on voting with Tussenland and the NNL in the ANAN alienated the military.

In the background, the strong entrenched military bureaucracy that was set up during John White Owl's government became resentful of the liberal-democrats government and favored an isolationist foreign policy and heavy nationalization. On August 12th 1958 the military deposed the liberal government and a military junta was installed in Opdamsland. The new military government tried to rebuild John White Owl's populist coalition while not undertaking the cultural polices of the former government. In 1959 Tussenland proposed a motion to conduct a peacekeeping mission in Opdamsland to restore the democratic government to the ANAN but it was narrowly rejected.