After the death of King Kurt in 1918, Novoselic's throne was handed over to his young daughter, Sonia. Sonia's rule was so quiet and anticlimactic that she attained the nickname Sonia Nieważna (tl. Sonia the Null/Sonia Never-Mind) before it was even through.

On the 5th of October, 1920, Queen Sonia addressed the nation. She announced that her reign would come to an end the following day, and that no monarch would take her place. Instead, the Berater Regenten (tl. Advisor Regents), a provisional government made up of the former royal advisors, would be in charge of building a democratic system in the coming months.

This turn of events was unprecedented, and threw the whole nation into chaos overnight. They had gone from a stable but boring leader, to a vague council that was way in over their head. Paramilitary groups began to pop up in the days following, headed by ideologues and backed by foreign powers. Fighting overtook the streets of Novoselic's cities, and the resulting state of unrest was known to historians as the Months of Dust.

The paramilitary groups that rocked Novoselic to its core came from all sides of the political spectrum, with many conflicting goals. The Venezianische Neuweltarmee, for example, was a fascist group bankrolled by Rome, with the goal of destabilising Novoselic's hold on the city of Venedig. The Kunftige Krieger Schwarz-Rot-Gold, as another example, were a group of socialists from technical fields who developed their own gear and aided the Novosel Army in quelling the riots.

The Hunter Caste, or at least those in service to the government, were instrumental in bringing peace back to Novoselic's cities. It was often said that it took only one Hunter to bring a city back from the brink, giving rise to the prideful slogan of 'One Ranger, One Riot'.

On the 19th of February, 1921, the first Novosel elections were announced, to be counted that November. Parties began to form, some even taking from the ranks of the obsolete paramilitaries. Political violence still existed on Novoselic's streets, but never again to the same extent as the Months of Dust.