Why Liberationism failed in Katranjiev
It was only a quarter of a century ago did Liberationism's death knell begin in Katranjiev. The regime which was begrudgingly supported by Katranjians and enthusiastically by the Namorese minority to the eastern part of the country had lasted for nearly four decades prior to it collapsing. It stuck with Revolutionary Liberationism, and it refused to reform until it was too late. Under Huankun Chen, he kept the regime under tight personal control after rigging the 1951 elections and suppressing the electoral commission, only ending the monarchy when the Supreme Court began investigating. In under several months, he went from being the first Namorese Prime Minister of Katranjiev to the first President of a puppet state.
Huankun Chen's official portrait in 1951
With the support of Namor, Huankun Chen began his plan to impose Liberationism. Whatever Yunglang Antelope did, Huankun did similar, such as the Green Fever with the 26th of July Movement, joining the UER and nationalizing the electricity and water grids, but after his death, the two countries went two different paths which increasingly diverged. While Namor democratized under Gretel Antelope, Katranjiev stuck with revolutionary Liberationism until Huankun's death in 1984 at the age of 82. But after his death, the government ceased functioning and was bitterly divided between Huankun Chen's second wife, Nuoju Zeng who wanted to continue his legacy while Baikun Qing wanted to reform in a similar fashion to Namor.
By the time he won in 1986, these 'elections' were not like other elections in the PRK with only one candidate for each position. They were two party, with the choices being Zeng's faction or Qing's faction, a sign of things to come. Qing won and he began starting to reform his country along the same lines of Minjuha. In 1987, Zeng's faction was purged, and many were sentenced to prison terms while Zeng herself was put under house arrest. Yet, the damage had been done and many cities decided to declare themselves free cities that will not listen to the Liberationists in Krasimir. If it was supposed to be a dictatorship until the time is "ripe for democracy," it is certain that it was over-ripe. Certainly, the article of Namorese is true on the reasons why we failed. However, they tend to wrongly think that they we are a "client state" of Luziyca.
While their soldiers are stationed within our borders and the zalot is pegged to the lira at par, they neglect to mention that communism and even Liberationism are still legal here. We have a welfare state which dates back to the 1940s, our education is superior to that of Luziyca, with elements of Montessori thinking in our schools. Many of us are also suspicious of Luziyca's intentions in the region, although deep cultural ties result in close ties, but not as close as Namor likes to think. For one, we oppose the Knights of Saint Luther, although we allow the OIM to operate here provided they do not commit any atrocities here. Another is that there is no barrier, you just need a passport and a visa to enter Katranjiev at any of our numerous border crossings.
However, before we wrap this up, we need to debunk the misconception that Baikun Qing didn't lift up a finger and allowed them to take over the country. They forget that he attempted to suppress the riots and even tried calling the Liberation Army into Katranjiev, but Namor refused to support the regime because it was too corrupt. Without the support of Namor, the country effectively lost support and collapsed under the pressure.
Nowadays, Liberationism is dead, both in Namor, despite what the Luzzies say, and here. If Huankun Chen rose up from the grave that we exhumed him in 1990 and read some newspapers, he would've concluded that a regime change had took place recently, and he'd be right, with the advertising, the increased freedom of speech, and the fact that Apostol XV is on the throne. Now that it has died, the sooner we can bury the pretense that Namor follows Liberationism, the better, since Minjuha eroded Liberationism, and while they follow a reformed version of it on paper, it is closer to state capitalism. Only the symbols there remain the same.
