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BASIC INFORMATION
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Country name: Socialist Confederation of Council Republics (SCCR)
Common name: Morghuria
Government system: Federal single party socialist state
Population: 64,510,212
Language(s): Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, Lecian, Tinzan, Mongolian and Duljunese
Ethnic composition: 61% Turkic, 12% Slavic, 10% Tinzan (Tibetan), 9% Mongol, 8% Duljunese
GDP per capita: 6,598
Map claim (high-resolution Imgur link): Same as the Volghar slot already on the map, with a small northern extension for additional steppe space
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (optional)
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Human Development Index: 0.734
Gini coefficient: 36.91
Major resources: Cotton, Gold, Platinum, Uranium
Major imports: Coal, Steel, Finished Products
Military personnel: ~400,000
Types of equipment and military capabilities: Late Soviet Era equipment and technology, military primarily geared towards territorial defense and deterrence as well as internally a suppression role.
Foreign policy stance (e.g. non-interventionist): Non-interventionist on principle, but possible exceptions exist due to alignment and involvement with neighboring countries that may prompt a SCCR intervention under specific circumstances
LONG-ANSWER QUESTIONS
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Please describe your nation. The SCCR was born of an 1897 revolution which brought an end to the long time reign of turkic Khanates in the region, although the Union between the many revolutionary armies and their respective proto-states was not formally joined until the formation of the SCCR in 1905. Since then the Union has persisted as a broad multi-ethnic power at the heart of Borea, built around the unification of many disparate Turkic peoples alongside numerous other nationalities of the surrounding lands, with their many faiths and languages. Early in its history, the Confederacy mobilized what resources it could muster in support of the working people of Borea. In many places, such as Lecia, Kheratia and Narmada, its efforts - and those of the domestic movements of course - would be successful, and new socialist regimes would be established, while in others the SCCR's efforts served only to irritate ruling governments. The SCCR had long been held together by the communist party and its internationalist ideology which crossed ethnic lines and united the many peoples of central Borea under one banner, and with this unity came the will to overcome the poverty and backwardness that had once so afflicted the people of the region. Under the guidance of the communist party, roads were built, mines opened, and the people were educated. Prosperity would not last in the end, however, and as the consequences of economic policies and social projects of the union's youth would come crashing down around it, the central government would begin to stagnate as its ideals lost their luster in the eyes of the people. While some of the Confederacy's old allies still remain by its side, others have become estranged over the years by ideological differences or shifting geopolitics, and the SCCR finds itself increasingly involved in the affairs of friendly nations, clinging to what foreign support it has left. With the crises of the turn of the second millennium behind it, the Socialist Confederation of Council Republics now sits at a crossroads in history. It is unquestionable that the status quo may not carry the people much further, but the question remains what will become of the union now? Will factions of the communist party rise to the occasion, will another political movement instead seize the initiative? Or will this be the end of the dream of a United Borea for the working people? The SCCR is a union in crisis.
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IN YOUR OPINION...
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...what role will your nation play in Esquarium?: It will be involved in regional geopolitics and maintain relations, and its internal conflicts will fuel roleplay arcs and newsposts
...what are the strengths of your nation?: Expansive territory and a central location in the continent, with long historical relations with its neighbors, although not many of these pleasant.
...what are the weaknesses of your nation?: Extreme internal tensions, ethnic tensions between both turkic peoples and the other nations under the union, tensions within the different turkic peoples encompassed within the pan-turkic identity at the core of the union, religious tensions between the many many faiths practices by the people, political tensions as the grip of the communist party on power wains with every passing day and political movements of dissent and opposition become prevalent, all in addition to a stagnant economy, a deficit of technology and reliance on imported resources
...in what ways could your nation be viewed as "overpowered"?: Its large size and significant population could prove to its advantage, but in many ways the expanse of the union is its own greatest weakness due to the diversity of its inhabitants and the resultant tensions that now threaten to tear apart the state from within
OOC NOTES
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I am primarily interested in... (delete as appropriate): both equally
How did you hear about Esquarium?: I have two nations in it
Names of other NS accounts: Republican Nameria, Mazaristan1/Arkesh
Former regions: Esquarium
Discord username (N/A if none): Spectra
IIwiki username (N/A if none): Char
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