The Kronor War (King War) and A Change of Language

After a dispute between the Kalmar Union and The Dominion of Kingdoms, war was declared between Frederick VI of the Kalmar Union and Henry X of The Dominion of Kingdoms, which inadvertently brought Whitmount into the mix. Although a naturally peaceful country, Whitmount relationship with the Kalmar Union made their participation essential, especially as Olov IV was the 3^rd cousin to Frederick. Many of the battles took place at sea, where the British warships were no match against the might of the Unions’ gunboats. However, it was the land battles where the union fell apart. After a horrifying defeat at the Battle of Breiðavík, Whitmountian forces retreated back home, whereupon Tristin Nicholson, diplomat and ambassador of The Dominion of Kingdoms to The Nation of Whitmount, brought forth a peace deal between the two nations, declaring that there should be no needless fighting between these two nations. A condition of the peace treaty, however, was to sign new legislation into law, changing the native language of Whitmount from Hapsburgian Spanish to English, whilst still allowing local languages such as Ngál to flourish. This motion had strong support under to population, who felt more in tune with the Anglican church of the Dominion than with the Catholic Church of the Hapsburgian Empire, as it more closely resembled their own religion of Agapeism. To this end, the government drew up legislation to change the language. The following is a shortened version of the law, distributed to local villages in order to spread the law without confusion:

A Change of Language

We, the people and the leaders of the Shituthing of Whitmount, taking solemn oath to protect our country, do hereby declare that on this day, July 30^th 1836, to change our mother tongue from the dreaded language of the Hapsburgs, accept and lay out our tongues to the Kings English, and declare the Glory of King Charles III, whilst at the same time acknowledging the glorious local languages that make up these isles. We do so of our own free and fair will, and will ensure a peaceful transition towards strengthening our two countries prosperity and health.