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==Uriel and the Great Crusade==
Uriel landed on the planet in this fragile peace. The people who took him in and raised him were typical for the majority of the people under the Communes: poor, jobless, and beholden to the government for food and welfare. They lived in sprawling shanty towns punctuated by blocks of 'mini-hives' that stood tall amid the ramshackle maze of sheet metal and rockcrete. The largest minority were the workers; specialists who oversaw the agri-machines and manufactorums that fed the people on behalf of the government. Many luxuries were available to these workers, though they rarely had the money to pay for them. Social pressure and greed perpetuated and exploited by merchant propaganda kept these workers from rebelling against the system who abused them.
Finally, the elites who ruled their territories like monarchs; and lived like them too. Every desire was catered for, and every whim met. Many were yes men for the political elite and the merchants who funded them, but all lived lives so far removed from the people, that they may as well have been a different species.
This was opposed by the Authoritatian Populist Movement, who sought to create a nation for the people by the people. But in the last official war on the planet, they too were crushed by the victorious Tiberian Communes.
With victory assured, the Communes began to consolidate power, and root out any dissenting voices who might stand against them.
These 'rebels' were a mix of various criminals, former citizens of rival nation-states, and disenfranchised citizens of the Communes.
The Commune conducted a brutal counter-insurgency offensive against these rebels, but they lost too much support from the people, and were eventually decisively defeated. 

With the arrival of the Emperor, and Uriels reunification with his legion, Tiberia underwent great changes. The first change was for the people; Great fortress-cities were erected to house both the legion, and the masses who slept right alongside their Astartes benefactors.
The planetary industry was improved and upgraded; its use still primarily to fuel the machines of war, but new improvements to planetary infrastructure and economy were implemented to finally give the people independence and purpose through employment.
Initiatives to preserve and reclaim some of planets former beauty were started, and after meeting popular support, were backed by the legionary resources pouring into the planet.
The planets rebuilding was finally completed several years after the Emperors arrival. The plethora of changes made by the legion stemmed many, though not all, of the problems of the Tiberian people. But through common purpose and humility, the Tiberian people would support the Imperium with great pride throughout the Great Crusade.