The Dalifam Rebellion
The Dalifam Rebellion is an ongoing conflict between the The Draught Aggregation League
, the Marmell Merchants Guild, and the independent farmers of the Karinshae continent. The rebellion is at an early stage, but is an open and occasionaly violent and bloody conflict amongst the three principles, none acting in concert to control the production and distribution of perishable goods throughout the region.The Draught Aggregation League believes it is not paid well enough for its part in the distribution chain, so is attempting to expand into wholesaling and even direct production of common perishable goods.
The Marmell Merchants Guild believes it pays too much to the farmers for its goods and too much for transport to reach consumers and is attempting to create a new transport network that it controls and into food preparation and preservation.
The independent farmers who haven't yet united are fighting both the bottom feeding pressure from the merchants who claim to take all the perishable risk and have to pay bribes to dallies to move their goods promptly and on schedule.
Farmers, dallies, and merchants alike have been killed, maimed, or harrassed to leaving their businesses or joining with the "new rising force" of commerce. The definition of the rising force is of course dependent upon with whom one is speaking or listening. Farms have been burned, transport vehicles have been destroyed, and merchants hijacked in the name or progress. The progress of which the ultimate goal is to control all aspects of food supply to the populated centers of the region from the production farms.
Regional and city governments are trying to organize negotiations to settle this dispute. The dispute is politically viewed as an encroachment on traditional methods of business.
The farmers believe that the merchants and dallies have too much control for providing too little value added for the farmers to profit from their risky adventures. The dallies and merchants believe the farmers have too much control over simple supply to drive up prices, of which they believe they don't have enough say to meet demands.
I appreciate that you were able to make use of one of the most unused aspects of the military conflict article categories - the political debate. I also appreciate that you looked at an economic/labour dispute, which does not get enough attention in the history of armed conflict. But just FYI, if there is blood, it's gone beyond a political debate. Campaign, maybe? Either way, good work.