In response the crown had the local authorities shut down the buildings the councils met within. So the council members alongside locals protested in the streets across the different cities where the councils had gathered. Eventually leading to a rovolution, to really get into what occurred, I must also mention that th Industrial Revolution has already occurred, in fact it occurred in 1210, where it started to kick off. Thanks to a valerian predecessor state finding old Roman steam engine designs and working off those to make early steam engines. By 1452 muskets existed, though so did some form of them as early as 1382.
Ukatarn police and commoners smuggled in muskets from places like Mortimer(before it changed its name to Valerian) and New England. Using these weapons the Revolution of the State of African Liberation Party could be founded.
