Rioblancoan Civil War

The Rioblancoan Civil War was a conflict in Rio Blanco, fought for about three months in 1891. Rio Blanco faced the secessionist Honookee Republic, with the aid of the. The Rioblancoan-American coalition won and the Honookees surrendered. The Honookee Republic was never recognized by any foreign country.

Start
Among nine Rioblancoan states, two of them (Uinta and Baynice, plus the northern part of the state of Yuma) declared independence, on the grounds of constant neglect of the territory by President Gregory Pence and "not granting autonomy to the states" (Rio Blanco was then a unitary state). The declaration was written by James McAuley, President of the Northerners' Front.

Development
On 2 March 1891, the Honookees annexed parts of Moffat and Yuma, only to lose them on the 19th. The RBAF, led by Edwin Lanceton, pushed towards Cheyenne and Scottsbluff from the south, while the United States entered the Republic by north and east. On the 29th,

On 17 April, the Honookee territory was reduced to two states, with Uinta being annexed back to Rio Blanco. Ten days later, First Secretary William Frady switched sides, stating that "Honookee would be terminated, anyway". Frady was then replaced with Senator Walter Linsley; the latter promised to conquer Uinta back and build a wall separating the Republic from Rio Blanco; instead, he wrote the Treaty of Scottsbluff with Gregory Pence and. For this, Linsley was seen by many separatists as a traitor, thus making him flee Honookee and settle in.

The Treaty was signed on 16 May 1891: it would end the Honookee Republic and the Civil War, while Rio Blanco would have to grant federal autonomy to the states. The treaty was signed by Lanceton, and Frady. The Honookee symbols were banned in 1892; the ban would be repealed in 1956.

Aftermath
Frady and McAuley were later arrested and sentenced to thirty-five years in prison. Frady was shot dead by a Honookee nostalgic in 1897, while McAuley died in 1907 and Linsley died in 1912.

The Honookee resentment still lives to this day, especially in Baynice and Sioux, with the Northerners' Front being registered in said states, plus Uinta and Salt Lake. The Secretary of the Front is Lewis McAuley, James's great-great-grandson. The Front is often listed as the third party of Baynice, besides the Conservatives and the Progressives.