There are more than 800 distinct ethnic groups in Priom Chesh, of which the most common are Highland Priomese (24.7% of the population), Lowland Priomese (48.9%) and Papuan (13.8%) and the remainder making up the other 12.6 percent.
Priom Chesh’s national languages are Portuguese and Priomese pidgin or Prio-fala, a mixture of the common words of the diverse Priomese languages –of which there are more than 400-, Poruguese and English.
The Portuguese colonized Priom Chesh in the mid-1600’s, building a feitoria (or factory) at São Nuno -today called Priom Vatra- in 1657. Desiring spices for trade, the Portuguese allied with the minority Highland Priomese to conquer the rest of the island, laying foundation for the later conflicts that would rock the island.
On May 7th, 1975 after their defeat in the Portuguese Colonial Wars in Africa and the Carnation Revolution, the Portuguese allowed leading nationalist independence leaders from Priom Chesh take control and withdrew, leaving an ethnic quagmire in its wake. The highland Priomese chose João Mukhara of the Priomese Nationalist People’s Party (PNPP) to be Premier of the nation and enthroned the seventeen-year-old King Pedro Batista do Nuno. The Lowland Priomese, allied with the Papuans, began a rebellion which led to mass genocide by the Mukhara government. Over 200,000 Lowlanders and 50,000 Papuans were killed.
Communist guerrillas –mostly Lowland Priomese- have operated in the country for many decades. But recently, the two Communist parties (the Communist Party- Marxist-Leninist and the Communist People’s Party Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) joined forces electorally to win a majority in Parliament, installing Chinese-Priomese Law Professor Hong Yongliang as Prime Minister and calling for a new constitution and an end to the monarchy.
On January 28, 2016, army forces under Colonel Ghangera Mujinghow stormed the House of Commons, shut down Parliament, assassinated Yongliang and twelve leading Communist PMs, and established a junta with Mujinghow and King Batista as dual heads of state.
Now, the Communist guerrillas have taken control of major cities such as Sengalvi, Chashra, Chengri Na’an and Vatra Bora, declaring people’s war on the monarchist junta government.
The military, united under Mujinghow and his New Crown Movement are some 80,000 strong, and have the best military hardware. But they suffer from desertion and mutiny, and their military leadership is poor and corrupt. They control the least amount of territory. In contrast, the Communist guerrillas have the best morale and leadership and number some 100,000, but have the worst logistics and equipment. Many Communist militants have no weapons or are armed with fowling pieces and muskets or single shot rifles. They also have some of the most committed leadership.
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