Museum of the Empire, Eveari, Ananto

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IV.7 - IV.12
ANANTO-GADURI 7 through ANANTO-GADURI 12
Anantos during the Interregnum


Michael Ananto-Thomas (IV.11) in the Eveari Redwood Grove in 5398 before being elected President of the Republic

Following the creation of the Third Republic in 5299, the remaining Anantos retired to private life on Ananto Estate in Eveari. The Former Empress served in some ceremonial roles in rare occasions, such as during the visit of Lourenne in 5320, but for the most part, they remained private citizens who lived in Eveari, and who were generally forgotten about. They did, however, spend the next 107 years turning their incredible personal fortune into an even larger amount, working shrewdly into business and finance across the Socialist Republic. Lingering reverence for the family opened a lot of doors for the members of the family.

Interregnum Anantos in the Private Sector
Below is a list of Pretenders who went title-less after 5299 between the deposed Crown Prince and the rise of Michael Ananto, who rose to the office of the Presidency of the Republic in 5406.

• HH William David Ananto-Orleans, IV.7, last Crown Prince before the Republic, deposed in 5299, married Lady Katherine Mae Southern
  
• Moris Robert Ananto-Southern, IV.8, Businessman and entrepreneur in Eveari, major investor in the National MagLev Rail System in Kalistan, married Lupita Dominguez Vasquez
  
• Carin Angela Ananto-Vasquez, IV.9, Teacher in Eveari, Investor, Financed MoCo expansion in Addisjah, Vrassa, married Ansel Fredrick Bjorksdattir.
  
• William Marcus Ananto-Bjorksdattir, IV.10, Money Manager from Kaliburg, nearly doubled family fortune when he shorted several sectors of the Kalistani market ahead of the return of Conservative Government in 5399, riding out the Crisis of 5401-5405, married Diana Marie Thomas
  

Michael Ananto, and the Institutional Party Return
In 5406, the Socialist Party, which had suffered a major defeat in the 5400 elections to the Conservative Party (who dissolved before the 5406 Elections after passing major anti-Kalistani reforms through the National Assembly, and then again in 5406 to yet another ephemeral party called the Arsonist Apotheosis Party who dissolved 5 days after winning a legislative majority, held a special election to fill empty seats and nominated Michael Ananto-Thomas (IV.11) to run for President of the Republic. Michael Ananto was a devout Brethrenist and an academic and philosopher in Eveari, and ran unopposed. He was the first in the family to not engage in significant business matters, leaving family business operations to his father. He was explicitly an Ethical Socialist and follower of Bennots, and therefore also an Institutionalist, and the Socialists saw him as a person who could rejuvenate the Party. His Presidency was heavily supported by the Institutionalist faction in the Socialist Party--a step that inspired protests from more internationalist, leftist Socialists who feared the return of the Empire under Michael Ananto. Ananto married Melissa Renee Laurent of Dulnerstaad.

A 5408 internal document from the Institutional Caucus called for re-institution of House Ananto, and automatic re-election of Michael Ananto unless he failed a vote of confidence by the National Assembly. Ananto did not immediately denounce the document and the Institutionalist wing of the Party faced immediately backlash from republican elements of the Socialist Party who were rapidly becoming a minority position in the SPoK. By August, the Institutionalist Majority sacked the predominantly Internationalist Government and named their own slate to Government. The move was followed by riots across the nation which left hundreds injured and 5 dead. The tensions continued to simmer through 5411, when the Institutionalists kicked the minority Internationalists out of the Party and locked them out of the National Assembly. Orthodox Socialists launched a Nation-wide General Strike in protest. Much of the violence was instigated by Orthodox faction leader Chris MacInnis, who was assassinated in 5412 by an Institutionalist partisan named Margaret Downs, and the violence sparked a brief but bloody insurrection by ousted Orthodox socialists.

Following the violence, the Institutionalist wing of the Party, meeting now as the only Socialist Deputies in the National Assembly, declared the Socialist Party dissolved in 5612, and reformed as the Institutional Party of Kalistan. The Party was dissolved following the release of a poll that said that 60% of Kalistani voters wanted political stability and an end to the Ephemeral Parties and do-nothing government. The new Institutionalist Assembly then held special elections to fill the seats of the 27 Deputies who had been kicked out of office in association with the riots of the previous year. The new elections settled the exhausted nation down, and Michael Ananto continued in the role of President of the Republic for the next twenty three years. Most importantly, during his reign, the MagLev in Ananto was built.

President of the Republic Catherine Ananto-Laurent (IV.12) meets with Institutional Deputies in 5342

Catherine Ananto-Laurent brings the Republic to a close
Michael Ananto retired in 5435, and another ephemeral Party, known as the Kalistani Red Bloc, seized control of the National Assembly though electoral means, and lasted all of 22 months before they disbanded. The people of Kalistan had tolerated this sort of impudent behavior by opposition groups for far too long and no longer trusted democratic elections to provide meaningful political stability in the nation, and became entirely divorced from politics in Kalistan.

The Institutional Party too was tired of being ousted temporarily from power by ephemeral parties following meaningless elections, and called for new elections for April 5439, aiming to elect Michael Ananto's daughter, Catherine Ananto-Laurent (IV.12) who Michael Robert Knepp of Kaliburg, Ananto. This would be the last general elections in Kalistani History though the Institutional Party was at this point uncontested. Catherine, an established author, agreed to serve in a caretaker role, specifically to oust the remnants of the Red Bloc out of office. During her tenure, she and Premier Michael Johnson passed the law which ensured that only a member of House Ananto could serve in the role of President of the Republic. Premier Johnson further moved to institutionalize the family at the center of Kalistani politics, selecting the 25 year old naturalist and Philosophy Doctorate daughter Nicolette Ananto-Knepp to replace Catherine in the next regular election. Catherine then returned to Eveari to live her life as a successful romance author.

The Third Republic had been an utter disaster filled with ephemeral Parties just aiming to seize control of the state from the ineffectual Socialists, riots, political and economic chaos, and whiplash level oscillation in the nation's policies. The Nation was exhausted and the Republic was moribund, being actively undermined by monarchists within the government and abandoned by the populace outside of the government. The Stage was finally set for the restoration of the Monarchy.