The Silonk Amendment
Signed into law by Prime Minister Silonk early January 1405, the series of legislative changes, informally known as the "Silonk Amendment," dramatically altered the EIFA Forum. Under these changes, Tier I was now democratically elected by the members of Tier II, and was also not industry-selective. Multiple industries were now represented in Tier I. As a result, the scriptfire industry saw a major increase in funding in the coming years.
The Tri-Platform Integration Project
In September 1405, the Commonwealth Council wrote and passed legislation authorizing the effective merger and budget reconciliation of the lightfire industry, dymensional fire industry, and a part of the South Coast Deal. On 23 September, the Tri-Platform Integration Project was signed into law by Prime Minister Silonk, and, on 2 October, the business merger took effect, resulting in the integration of the now-ailing Leon-Kontacet Trust. In 1406, the formal budget reconciliation of the Project took effect.
Not long after, to compliment the project, the Council voted to change the public fiscal schedule from a quarterly to an eleven-week schedule.
The First Thysaren Environmental Crisis
In September 1407, a series of freak events occurred in various locations throughout the nation, where flocks of birds fell out of the sky dead, and thousands of people were hospitalized for psychosis symptoms, of which 600 died. A thorough federal investigation found the chemical, Thysaren, to be the cause.
Thysaren, a compound regularly used to enhance the development of the gyroplane industry since the 1370s, had been a primary source of controversy regarding its toxicity to the environment. After much debate, the Commonwealth government permitted its use in moderation. By the first decade of the 1400s, however, numerous claims demonstration the ability for long-term exposure to do as much damage as untreated Benjamin Arnold Syndrome to the human brain. In the wake of the September 1407 crisis, the Silonk Administration placed a ten-month ban on its use.
The OCEA Fallout
Another fallout in the remaining lightfire industry market led to an economic crisis toward the end of 1408. As OCEA investments plunged, numerous reports found the existing Commonwealth platform, established over 100 years previously, to be corrupted and costly. In response to passed legislation by the Commonwealth Council to end funding for the platform and reconcile the budget for a new platform, Prime Minister Silonk, in October 1408, ordered the platform to be shut down.
In March 1409, the Silonk Administration established a new OCEA platform. While the platform bore striking similarities to the original, there were notable differences. The most important difference was that this new platform was governed by an appointed board and existed under more stringent privacy measures in order to protect it from corrupt Circlarian interests.
1410
After the ten-month ban, Thysaren was carefully reintroduced back into the market under strict regulation. The agenda to control its impact on the environment, however, came to a failure in February 1410, when the Second Thysaren Crisis hit. This time, portions of numerous wildlife species were dying out, drinking water in many parts of the nation become highly toxic, crops were failing, and an additional 900 people died. In response to this, the Silonk Administration placed a complete and permanent ban on the chemical.
On 6 June 1410, Prime Minister Silonk signed the Ninth Amendment of the Constitution, which provided a firmly grounded right of functional establishment for the Darkfire Community. Of the provisions of this Amendment included the Darkfire Community's right to continue its functions in spite of any external interference, the right to impose non-disclosure of sensitive information to foreign entities, and right to carry out non-compliance to foreign inquiries.
In conjunction with a divided opposition, the passage of the Ninth Amendment and handling of the Thysaren Crises earned Silonk re-election for the 1411-16 term.
1411-1412
The establishment of the Ninth Amendment paved the way for the setup of "mobile community units," or MCUs, along with increased defenses, beginning in 1411.
Meanwhile, integration began between the scriptfire industry and the Library of Circlaria. Up to this point, the Library had consisted of dymensional planes based on books and manuscripts. Such a collection was inconsistent and disorganized. However, in conjunction with the Tri-Platform Integration Project, books and paper manuscripts began being copied onto scriptfire platforms. As the Library became more uniform, dymensional planes remained independent but became otherwise integrated into one system, something for which former Prime Minister Kontacet strived.
It is important to note that during this time, the nation of Locin had, in May 1411, voted to officially leave the Remikran Union. In January 1412, the decision took effect, meaning that, while certain economic ties remained with the Remikran Union, Locin no longer accepted Remikran Union currency. As it became part of the South Circlarian Trade Federation, the nation enacted further logistics in customs, as a result. This would have a profound impact on the Commonwealth and Remikran Union.
1413
In March 1413, a Commonwealth military general used a Kontacet-style "fearful" tactic against a foreign entity in the South Coast Trade Deal during a logistical confrontation, resulting in concern in the Commonwealth for diplomatic consequences. In response, the Commonwealth Council met, where it quickly wrote and passed the South Coast Diplomatic Protocol Act, with its main provisions being rules for civil disengagement and continuance of business.
Meanwhile, the re-emerging Trader Party touted the above Act as not being sufficient for diplomatic standards, and stated that better diplomacy was needed in order to regain prosperity relative to the Circlarian Realm. Such stances gained popularity, and, on Election Day, the Trader Party gained half of the Commonwealth Provincial Governor seats, slightly less than half of all seats in the House of Representatives and slightly more than half of a third of the seats in the Ministry Council. Prime Minister Silonk would consider the results of this gubernatorial election to be a "fluke."
1414
An economic conference was held with the Edoran Regiondom in January 1414, during which the Edorans admitted the technical sector of the scriptfire industry to not be as profitable as was stated during the years of Kontacet's Administration. This spurred a motion in the Commonwealth for the EIFA Forum to withdraw significant amounts of funding from the Tri-Platform Integration Project. That month, as a result of this drastic economic shift, the Commonwealth Council quietly voted to discontinue the Project altogether. The Trader Party called for a replacement Project with more consistency and unity, boosting popular support only to be further bolstered by sympathy over the death of Former Prime Minister Raoul Robinson in December.
1415
In June, a large storm system, known as the Great Storm, ravaged the East Coast, adversely affecting traveling and infrastructure, and putting the Commonwealth under economic strain. In light of this, Stanley Arland Moore, the son of Arland Terrace Moore, rose to popularity with his promise for a unified front for economic prosperity. During the week of the Primary Elections that September, he stressed the importance of integration between the Darkfire Community and the trade sectors of the Commonwealth economy. On Election Day, after winning the Trader Party Primary nomination for Prime Minister, Moore, in his speech, spoke the words: "We need integration. And we need it badly."
1416
The darkfire industry carried out a trial known as "encapsulation," which did not meet economic quotas as expected. Investors in this project withdrew suddenly, triggering government intervention. Nevertheless, panic ensued as the darkfire industry temporarily shut down. In response to this, on 16 April 1416, the Commonwealth ratified the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution, which prohibited any public or private entity from imposing so-called "binding schedules" upon the darkfire industry.
Moore's campaign platform called for unity between the Darkfire Community and the trading front, a concise agenda for expansion in the scriptfire plane sector of the scriptfire economy, and enhanced diplomatic measures with foreign entities. With Silonk's re-election platform simply citing the risks posed by Moore's agenda and calling for closer alliance with the Great North, Moore won the Election on 16 September, as the Trader Party gained majorities in both Houses of Council.