What a Time It Was(Cold War AH/OOC)

[The New Greek Republic]

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Nation Name: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Map: It's North Korea, but if a map is needed, I will provide.
How long does a Reservation last? 12 hours.
Codeword: events

[Arvenia]

What have France done on the map?!

[Rygondria]

Would a french Minority lead South Vietnam Be acceptable ?

[Elepis]

What have France done on the map?!

Hi
Bye

From Op to You:
Elepis be Co-OP for a second and tell Arvenia to fuck off while I make a sandwich plez. I'm on mobile

see ya

[Nazeroth]

Tag

[Kisinger]

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Nation Name: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Map: It's North Korea, but if a map is needed, I will provide.
How long does a Reservation last? 12 hours.
Codeword: events

Noted

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Nation Name: Republic of Iran
Map: Standard borders of Iran
How long does a Reservation last? 12 hrs
Codeword: Immortal

The codeword is events... Your reservation is still good though

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Nation Name: The Hellenic People's Republic
Map: Greece on the OP cookie mold
How long does a Reservation last? 2 hours and 600 minutes
Codeword: Codeword

San as much as I love you... The codeword is events... Though Noted

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Nation Name: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Map: Same as regular map, plus Finland
How long does a Reservation last? 24 hours
Codeword: Comrade

Pending Review by OP Board

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Nation Name: La République du Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam in Frecnh)
Map: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... am_map.jpg
How long does a Reservation last? 12 hours
Codeword: (required)

Events

Looks good, though quick question. Is it a integrated French Minority rule with plans for majority rule or just straight up Apartheid?

[Sanabel]

I love how no one is using the codeword

[Nazeroth]

Hmmm where does fascism return....

[Elepis]

Hmmm where does fascism return....

nooo where?

[Rygondria]

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Nation Name: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Map: It's North Korea, but if a map is needed, I will provide.
How long does a Reservation last? 12 hours.
Codeword: events

Noted

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Nation Name: Republic of Iran
Map: Standard borders of Iran
How long does a Reservation last? 12 hrs
Codeword: Immortal

The codeword is events... Your reservation is still good though

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Nation Name: The Hellenic People's Republic
Map: Greece on the OP cookie mold
How long does a Reservation last? 2 hours and 600 minutes
Codeword: Codeword

San as much as I love you... The codeword is events... Though Noted

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Nation Name: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Map: Same as regular map, plus Finland
How long does a Reservation last? 24 hours
Codeword: Comrade

Pending Review by OP Board

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Nation Name: La République du Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam in Frecnh)
Map: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... am_map.jpg
How long does a Reservation last? 12 hours
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Events

Looks good, though quick question. Is it a integrated French Minority rule with plans for majority rule or just straight up Apartheid?

Straight up Apartheid, mainly as punishment because of a attempted majority revolt against the president.

[Kisinger]

Straight up Apartheid, mainly as punishment because of a attempted majority revolt against the president.

Hm... If you can figure out how to get a large enough French population then you are good. Noted

[Krugmar]

Finished

Generic Info
Nation Name: Officially the Commonwealth of India, sometimes referred to as the Federal Dominion of India, but most commonly called the Union of India, or just India
Symbols: Contested Flag, 1947-1950 flag used by UN
Homeland Population: 482,706,000
Map: The Purple in South Asia, claims East and West Pakistan (incl. Kashmir and Jammu) and Burma (Myanmar). Princely States, Parliamentary Provinces
Capital City: New Delhi

Government Info
Government Type: Unitary parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy
Brief Explanation of Government: Based off of the Westminster System with some complications, namely the Princely States. Each Princely State is in theory its own sovereign state, with the princes swearing fealty to both the Emperor of India (in this case the King of the United Kingdom), and by continuance to his representative the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, and to the Parliament of India. The Parliament is made up of two houses, the College of Princes, the upper house which hosts the various princes and their representatives, and the House of Commons, the more powerful directly elected house. The Prime Minister is chosen from the leader of the largest party, and is sworn in by the Governor-General.
Ideology: Indian Nationalism, Third World Neutrality (for now), Hindu-Muslim integration
Leader/s: Head of State de jure: King/Queen of the United Kingdom (whoever it may be)
Head of State de facto: Viceroy and Governor-General Aasim Badour
Head of Government: the Prime Minister, Rakshasa Ahuja

Population Info
Brief Description of your people: The divided peoples of the Indian subcontinent.
Religion: Hindu (majority), Islam (significant minority), Buddhism, Jainism, Christianity, Sikhism.
Ethnicity: The people of the north are regarded as Aryan or North Indians, and are slightly lighter in colour and more angular in shape. Those in the south are Southern Indians or Dravidians, and are slightly darker and less angular than their northern brethren.
Main/Accepted Culture(s): All of the various Indian subcultures, dialects and ethnicities are accepted.
Other Cultures: South-East Asian, Chinese, Tibetan, Nepalese, Bhutanese.

Military Info
Army: 700,000 Infantry, 720 Tanks, 628 Artillery - sourced from the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965, correct me if this is incorrect

186 Centurions
346 Shermans
90 AMX
90 PT-76

66x 3.7"How
450x 25pdr
96x 5.5"
16x 7.2"

Navy: 38,350 active personnel, 155 ships & 151 aircraft
Airforce: 70,000 personnel, 700+ aircrafts

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: The Indian economy has suffered from a rough transition from a colonial based export system into a fully functioning capitalist system. India has emulated the United States and the United Kingdom, and economists predict that it has the potential, if successfully run, to become a global power, and potentially a superpower.
Goals: -Main Goal: Reclaim Kashmir and Jammu
-Secondary Goal: Restore Pakistan to the Union
-Tertiary Goal: End Hindu-Muslim violence, or at least reduce it to minimal levels
-Quaternary Goal: Restore Burma to the Union
-Quinary Goal: Restore Sri Lanka to the Unin
History: -Gandhi, a young Indian lawyer living in South Africa, decides not to move back to India. He decides to devote his time fully to helping Indians living in South Africa.
-The Indian National Congress, not influenced by Gandhi's Swaraj, nor lead by him, decides that home rule as a dominion is an acceptable compromise with the UK. The UK agrees, and begins the process, but is unable to go through with it as WW2 begins.
-The British Indian Army performs admirably in the war, with the Indian National Congress hoping to get on the UK's good side.
-WW2 ends, Britain finds India a costly colony and wishes to solve the problem. The Indian National Council begins infighting, between those wishing for a partition in the minority, and those wishing for a secular federal union in the majority. Britain ignores the Congress and splits both Pakistans from India, forming two new self-governing dominions.
-Muslims flee in large numbers from India, and Hindus from the Pakistans, despite the INC pleading with them to stay in their respective countries while they tried to solve the mess. They failed.
-To avoid further diplomatic incidents, Britain agrees to allow India to become a Commonwealth Realm, and for the British monarch to remain Emperor of India. The various Princely States are allowed to exist, forming an agreement with the Indian Parliament, and through it the Indian Monarchy. In return, they cede most of their autonomy to the central parliament in return for special privileges.
-The Indo-Pakistani war of 1947 saw a complete victory for the new state of Pakistan, with all of Kashmir and Jammu being lost. India has never forgiven Pakistan for this, and has been actively ramping up its forces to reclaim Kashmir and Jammu, and if possible, Pakistan.
RP Sample: Kylaris
Codeword: events
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[Rygondria]

Straight up Apartheid, mainly as punishment because of a attempted majority revolt against the president.

Hm... If you can figure out how to get a large enough French population then you are good. Noted

Probably incentives for french immigration and stuff like that.

[Caltarania]

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Nation Name: European Federation
Map: Y'know the huge freakin' blob in Europe and that. I'll get an internal map up at some point.
How long does a Reservation last? 12 hours
Codeword: events

[Kisinger]

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Nation Name: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Map: Same as regular map, plus Finland
How long does a Reservation last? 24 hours
Codeword: Comrade

After further OP Board Review we have decided that the nation of the USSR, being one of the three Superpowers, is not suitable for you. However, we do implore you to continue to look for a nation that would suit you better, these opinions do not reflect the whole opinion of the OP Board. We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.

Sincerely,

The OP Board

Kisi, Liec, and Elepis

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Nation Name: European Federation
Map: Y'know the huge freakin' blob in Europe and that. I'll get an internal map up at some point.
How long does a Reservation last? 12 hours
Codeword: events

Noted

Hm... If you can figure out how to get a large enough French population then you are good. Noted

Probably incentives for french immigration and stuff like that.

Sounds gucci

[PLESSUR]

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Nation Name: Portuguese Republic (aka Mozambique)
Map: Just the Mozambique part delineated on the map
How long does a Reservation last? 24 hours, a few minutes and the seconds just before I press Submit for my app
Codeword: U wotch?

[Kisinger]

Reservation
Nation Name: Portuguese Republic (aka Mozambique)
Map: Just the Mozambique part delineated on the map
How long does a Reservation last? 24 hours, a few minutes and the seconds just before I press Submit for my app
Codeword: U wotch?

*defacto 24 hours

I do watch, I watch football, a silly American thing called football, hockey, cricket, basketball, and even the god awful sport of baseball.

Otherwise, it's noted

[Rygondria]

So the Vietnam war is going to be the Commies upnorth trying to drive the Colonial Frenchmen from Vietnam while the south is trying to break the rebels and bring them under heel, sounds fun.

[Liecthenbourg]

Generic Info
Nation Name: Colony of Southern Rhodesia | Rhodesia | Colony of Rhodesia.
Symbols: Flag, Coat of Arms, Anthem
Homeland Population: Roughly 6,000,000 ~
Map: Is on the map already.
Capital City: Salisbury

Government Info
Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy.
Brief Explanation of Government: Southern Rhodesia is a self-governing colony of the British Empire. Militarily and in foreign policy, Britain holds the reigns over Rhodesia's governance but domestically she is left to much of her own devices. She elects her own Prime Minister, whom is now Ian Smith, and the colonial Governor is merely a ceremonial office used to represent the authority of the crown back home in the British Isles.
Ideology: Conservatism, White-Minority Rule, Rhodesian Nationalism.
Leader/s: Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of State, Sir Humphrey Gibbs is the Governor and Ian Smith is the Prime Minister.

Population Info
Brief Description of your people: God Bless White People
Religion: Anglicanism, predominantly, followed by minorities of Dutch Reformed and Roman Catholicism and even smaller minorities of native religions.
Ethnicity: The people of Southern Rhodesia are set up into white British, native africans of the area, and 'Rhodesians'.
Main/Accepted Culture(s): Rhodesian, White British, White Commonwealth
Other Cultures: African Natives such as the Shona, Sena, Kalanga, Xhosa, etc.

Military Info
Army: Roughly 10,000 active soldiers, both of white and of colour. A further 15,000 reservists. The Rhodesian Army is excellently trained in jungle warfare and it is well equipped with British weaponry of the era, including their own break-throughs in technology. Additionally, the main bulk of the army finds itself in the Royal Rhodesian Regiment, who's Colonel-in-Chief is Her Majesty, Elizabeth II.
Navy: What the fuck is a boat, mate?
Airforce: The Royal Rhodesian Airforce consists, or will be consisting, of this.

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: Agricultural and industrial, though the former is much more important currently. Rhodesia is the breadbasket of Africa, producing food and cash crops aplenty. Urban centres such as Salisbury house the growing industry of the nation. Trade is practised with most western states, especially Britain and those of the Commonwealth.
Goals: Britain leave me alone please let me white minority.
History:

Until after World War II, the landlocked British possession of Southern Rhodesia was not developed as an indigenous African territory, but rather as a unique state which reflected its multiracial character. This situation certainly made it very different from other lands which existed under colonial rule, as many Europeans had arrived to make permanent homes, populating the towns as traders or settling to farm the most productive soils. In 1922, faced with the decision to join the Union of South Africa as a fifth province or accept nearly full internal autonomy, the electorate cast its vote against South African integration.

In view of the outcome of the referendum, the territory was annexed by the United Kingdom on 12 September 1923. Shortly after annexation, on 1 October 1923, the first constitution for the new Colony of Southern Rhodesia came into force. Under this constitution, Southern Rhodesia was given the right to elect its own thirty-member legislature, premier, and cabinet—although the British Crown retained a formal veto over measures affecting natives and dominated foreign policy.

The Rhodesian authorities provided compensation when the government nationalised enterprises such as the country's railroads, consistently refused to radically alleviate unemployment, and shied from filling civil service posts with partisan appointees. By colonial standards, public services were well-organised and praised for their efficiency.

In 1953, Southern Rhodesia merged with the two other British Central African states to form the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland – a loose association that placed defence and economic direction under a central government but left many domestic affairs under the control of its constituent territories. As it began to appear that decolonisation was inevitable and indigenous black populations were pressing heavily for change,the federation was dissolved in 1963. Now the Colony of Southern Rhodesia sits in a position surrounded by African States, an increasingly hostile Britain and the threat of international sanctions. She stands alone, save for South Africa at her side and the tide of Communism, Nationalism and Foreign Intervention reaches for her soil.

Thank you, Wikipedia.
RP Sample: Kisi pls.
Codeword: Events.
429 - Do not remove. This is for tracking purposes.

[Kisinger]

Generic Info
Nation Name: Colony of Southern Rhodesia | Rhodesia | Colony of Rhodesia.
Symbols: Flag, Coat of Arms, Anthem
Homeland Population: Roughly 6,000,000 ~
Map: Is on the map already.
Capital City: Salisbury

Government Info
Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy.
Brief Explanation of Government: Southern Rhodesia is a self-governing colony of the British Empire. Militarily and in foreign policy, Britain holds the reigns over Rhodesia's governance but domestically she is left to much of her own devices. She elects her own Prime Minister, whom is now Ian Smith, and the colonial Governor is merely a ceremonial office used to represent the authority of the crown back home in the British Isles.
Ideology: Conservatism, White-Minority Rule, Rhodesian Nationalism.
Leader/s: Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of State, Sir Humphrey Gibbs is the Governor and Ian Smith is the Prime Minister.

Population Info
Brief Description of your people: God Bless White People
Religion: Anglicanism, predominantly, followed by minorities of Dutch Reformed and Roman Catholicism and even smaller minorities of native religions.
Ethnicity: The people of Southern Rhodesia are set up into white British, native africans of the area, and 'Rhodesians'.
Main/Accepted Culture(s): Rhodesian, White British, White Commonwealth
Other Cultures: African Natives such as the Shona, Sena, Kalanga, Xhosa, etc.

Military Info
Army: Roughly 10,000 active soldiers, both of white and of colour. A further 15,000 reservists. The Rhodesian Army is excellently trained in jungle warfare and it is well equipped with British weaponry of the era, including their own break-throughs in technology. Additionally, the main bulk of the army finds itself in the Royal Rhodesian Regiment, who's Colonel-in-Chief is Her Majesty, Elizabeth II.
Navy: What the fuck is a boat, mate?
Airforce: The Royal Rhodesian Airforce consists, or will be consisting, of this.

Other Info
Brief Description of your Economy: Agricultural and industrial, though the former is much more important currently. Rhodesia is the breadbasket of Africa, producing food and cash crops aplenty. Urban centres such as Salisbury house the growing industry of the nation. Trade is practised with most western states, especially Britain and those of the Commonwealth.
Goals: Britain leave me alone please let me white minority.
History:

Until after World War II, the landlocked British possession of Southern Rhodesia was not developed as an indigenous African territory, but rather as a unique state which reflected its multiracial character. This situation certainly made it very different from other lands which existed under colonial rule, as many Europeans had arrived to make permanent homes, populating the towns as traders or settling to farm the most productive soils. In 1922, faced with the decision to join the Union of South Africa as a fifth province or accept nearly full internal autonomy, the electorate cast its vote against South African integration.

In view of the outcome of the referendum, the territory was annexed by the United Kingdom on 12 September 1923. Shortly after annexation, on 1 October 1923, the first constitution for the new Colony of Southern Rhodesia came into force. Under this constitution, Southern Rhodesia was given the right to elect its own thirty-member legislature, premier, and cabinet—although the British Crown retained a formal veto over measures affecting natives and dominated foreign policy.

The Rhodesian authorities provided compensation when the government nationalised enterprises such as the country's railroads, consistently refused to radically alleviate unemployment, and shied from filling civil service posts with partisan appointees. By colonial standards, public services were well-organised and praised for their efficiency.

In 1953, Southern Rhodesia merged with the two other British Central African states to form the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland – a loose association that placed defence and economic direction under a central government but left many domestic affairs under the control of its constituent territories. As it began to appear that decolonisation was inevitable and indigenous black populations were pressing heavily for change,the federation was dissolved in 1963. Now the Colony of Southern Rhodesia sits in a position surrounded by African States, an increasingly hostile Britain and the threat of international sanctions. She stands alone, save for South Africa at her side and the tide of Communism, Nationalism and Foreign Intervention reaches for her soil.

Thank you, Wikipedia.
RP Sample: Kisi pls.
Codeword: Events.
429 - Do not remove. This is for tracking purposes.

Accepted

So the Vietnam war is going to be the Commies upnorth trying to drive the Colonial Frenchmen from Vietnam while the south is trying to break the rebels and bring them under heel, sounds fun.

It's basically an extended Indochina War

[PLESSUR]

Generic Info
Nation Name: Portuguese Republic in Mozambique / República Portuguesa em Moçambique
Symbols: Portuguese flag, Coat of arms
Homeland Population: 9 million
Map: Mozambique on world map
Capital City: Lourenço Marques/Maputo

Government Info
Government Type: Authoritarian corporatist semi-presidential republic
Brief Explanation of Government: The President is the nominal head of state and government, elected on a five year term with near limitless executive and legislative powers. The Prime Minister is de facto equal if not greater in power to the President. The unicameral National Assembly, dominated by the National Union party, is the state legislature; since the government's exile to Mozambique the legislature has been reduced with many powers revoked, making the government relatively free from any obstruction.

The local governmental institutions of Mozambique proper remain as they were, but their activities have been curbed due to the fact that the national government only governs Mozambique. However, more and more Africans have been appointed on a local level as Post Administrators or Governors of districts, highlighting the comparative lack of racial discrimination in the Portuguese administration.
Ideology: Portuguese nationalism, conservatism, pluricontinentalism, Lusotropicalism, multiracialism (you get the idea with those 3),
Leader/s: Head of State - President Américo Tomás (who's pretty much a nobody); Head of Government - PM António de Oliveira Salazar (who is everything), Governor-general Armindo Cabeçadas (de jure governor of Portuguese Mozambique, now an important figure in assisting the government in Mozambique)

Population Info
Brief Description of your people: The vast majority of the population of Mozambique are indigenous Bantu people, with many still forming local based tribes across the country. The growing white Portuguese population is around 800,000 strong, having increased sharply following the revolution in Portugal that led to the European invasion and annexation. There is a growing number of African people, mostly urban-dwelling, who are more integrated in the Portuguese administration and culture, known informally as Lusoafricans.
Religion: Majority Roman Catholic, around 15% Muslim (predominantly in the north), and animism and other tribal beliefs are still popular religions, with around 20% of the population practising them.
Ethnicity: The indigenous people are mostly Bantu, with the main ethnic groups being the Macua, Sena, Shona and Tsonga. The Portuguese are... Portuguese.
Main/Accepted Culture(s): The government's ideas of pluricontinentalism and Lusotropicalism may be viewed favourably in contrast to the nearby apartheid regimes that operate racial discrimination, but one of the core tenets of it is enforcing Portuguese, and more generally European, culture on the indigenous Mozambicans. The small urban areas and immediate area around Lourenço Marques are the most influenced by this, with many educated and wealthy Lusoafricans living like Portuguese.
Other Cultures: Indigenous people have a wide variety of cultures, mostly centred around tribal heritage and animist beliefs. Cultures vary between valleys across Mozambique.

Military Info
Army: The Portuguese Army is composed of the colonial armies and those divisions that defected from metropolitan Portugal following the EF invasion and annexation of 1956. The colonial armies consist of the active units - the permanent territorial divisions responsible for recruitment and training in military districts - and the units raised in other parts of pluricontinentalist Portugal, known as the reinforcement units. The active units were temporary and drawn from conscripts. Light infantry units formed the majority of these active units, known as caçadores. At the regimental level there were the agrupamentos, with headquarters and special units. More irregular forces have been raised in recent years to combat FRELIMO in northern Mozambique as well as launch amphibious assaults on the Comoros.

Recent reforms have led to the Portuguese army being more rapid at deployment and engagement, as well as adapting to the new reality the regime faces in its exile in Mozambique. However, overall the Portuguese Army is relatively weak following the European Invasion and further reforms to strengthen it are urgently required. The Army is now intensely engaged with the new FRELIMO insurgency in northern Mozambique.
Navy: Mainly based around the harbours of Lourenço Marques, Beira and the Zambezi delta, the Portuguese Navy is in a better position than the Army in many ways. With most colonial ...
Airforce: (branches, number of troops, quality of airforce, etc,)

Other Info
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Goals: (What are your goals?)
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Very WIP

[Vredlandia]

Generic Info
Nation Name: German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany, DDR)
Symbols: Anthem (Short instrumental), Anthem (Official, so with lyrics and with English translation),The Internationale, Coat of Arms, Flag, Hammer & Sickle and a wreath of ears of corn who symbolize the working class, the colour red
Homeland Population: 19 million, which is more than it had at any time irl, but here we also have West Berlin and less migration into West Germany due to various factors such as there not being a single West German nation or a West Berlin that could serve as gate to the West. I will reduce it if need be, just thought that might be a realistic approach.
Map: Basically East Germany in this (which includes West Berlin)
Capital City: Berlin

Government Info
Government Type: Real socialist One-Party "Republic"

Brief Explanation of Government: The GDR is difficult in the way that the way it functions isn't that obvious. Officially the State Council serves as joint Head of State, but its Chairman is de-facto Head of State. In addition, there's a Council of Ministers that serves as government. Both Councils are elected by the People's Chamber, the Volkskammer, which consists of SED-members. The SED is the ruling Party and lead by Walter Ulbricht. Elections for the Volkskammer are not fair, but they happen.

Ideology: Socialism, though again: Real socialism
Leader/s: De-facto General Secretary of the SED Walter Ulbricht and Chairman of the State Council

Population Info

Brief Description of your people: East Germans are hard working and generally have an easy mindset, but that shouldn't blind you. They're also very innovative and when it comes to the youth, they aren't much different from teens their age. They want to have fun, secretly listen to strange music and watch TV shows from the West. East Germans also have a tendency of heavy drinking and their own, sometimes odd, food Culture. Individualism is not seen favourably by the government, and thus most activities are done together with others, may it be through one of the SED's organizations or local clubs. Sport is very important.

Religion: None! The GDR is gloriously atheist, although there are smaller Catholic and some larger Protestant minorities.
Ethnicity: German

Main/Accepted Culture(s): German, obviously, and regional German cultures, who in an effort of centralization might have lost much of their significance, but yet local dialects where somewhat encouraged as they were seen as the way a worker would talk. e.g., Honecker was from West Germany but tried to use East German dialects (which sounded horrible for both East and West). Russian is encouraged and a very common, often even mandatory language at school, and cultural exchanges with Russia mean that their Culture is not just accepted but also encouraged. And of course the GDR accepts the cultures of thousand's of international workers and friends who live, learn and work in the GDR due to exchanges or for whatever reason... As long as it's not English.
Other Cultures: Sorbic. They're just not really liked and the government would rather see them assimilated. Nevertheless, Sorbs are a recognized minority.

Military Info

Army: Around 100.000 soldiers, 180.000 paramilitary members of the Combat Groups of the Working Class, 60.000 border troops and several thousand labour soldiers, who did not have to serve with arms, but instead worked in industry. While not incorporated in this calculation, another 30.000 Stasi (Ministry of State Security) agents exist and have military ranks. The Stasi has another 100.000 inofficial members, though of a great variety of use. As one of the major blocks between West and East, the GDR not onyl has good quality armour itself, but is equipped with modern Soviet armoury.

Navy: 15.000 sailors, who are mainly employed for defense of the Baltic Sea. Its modern task is mainly guarding the Sea to make sure nobody flees the country via sea.
Airforce: Around 12.000 soldiers, who are distributed into three divisions.

Other Info

Brief Description of your Economy: Overall, the GDR is highly industrialized. Suffering from far higher reparations than the West Germans, the GDR never had an easy time. Until recently their planned economy managed to bridge time very well and they found several new sources of development. But as the system seemed to fail, Ulbricht introduced new economic strategies in 1963, allowing some elements of market economies for greater innovation and productivity. And while that works very well now and the GDR established itself as extraordinarily strong among Warsaw Pact economies, having the highest standard of living among them, there are still some substantial troubles with the GDR economy. Science is mainly related to practical issues and benefits the industry.

Goals: For the RP, essentially surviving and making the GDR great.

History: Occupied by Soviets after the 2nd World War, the territory of the GDR was elevated to its own nation in 1949 and closely followed its socialist brother ever since, relying heavily on the Soviets. They were eventually allowed to have an own military and while they're still being checked by the USSR, they're at least a little independent by now, sometimes bodly so. As East Germans sang and debated about German unity, West Germany was incorporated into a federal Europe - a thorn in the eye of the GDR and its people even more so. Nevertheless, as one of the concessions for the West German incorporation, East Germany received all of Berlin. Right now they're struggling with internal issues, while both trying to appear strong to their own people and external enemies.

RP Sample: Kyluminati
Codeword: Already wrote that in my reservation.
Other: I will write more about military if necessary. I don't like to research or write about it, though, so I'd refrain from that for now.
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[Kisinger]

Generic Info
Nation Name: German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany, DDR)
Symbols: Anthem (Short instrumental), Anthem (Official, so with lyrics and with English translation),The Internationale, Coat of Arms, Flag, Hammer & Sickle and a wreath of ears of corn who symbolize the working class, the colour red
Homeland Population: 19 million, which is more than it had at any time irl, but here we also have West Berlin and less migration into West Germany due to various factors such as there not being a single West German nation or a West Berlin that could serve as gate to the West. I will reduce it if need be, just thought that might be a realistic approach.
Map: Basically East Germany in this (which includes West Berlin)
Capital City: Berlin

Government Info
Government Type: Real socialist One-Party "Republic"

Brief Explanation of Government: The GDR is difficult in the way that the way it functions isn't that obvious. Officially the State Council serves as joint Head of State, but its Chairman is de-facto Head of State. In addition, there's a Council of Ministers that serves as government. Both Councils are elected by the People's Chamber, the Volkskammer, which consists of SED-members. The SED is the ruling Party and lead by Walter Ulbricht. Elections for the Volkskammer are not fair, but they happen.

Ideology: Socialism, though again: Real socialism
Leader/s: De-facto General Secretary of the SED Walter Ulbricht and Chairman of the State Council

Population Info

Brief Description of your people: East Germans are hard working and generally have an easy mindset, but that shouldn't blind you. They're also very innovative and when it comes to the youth, they aren't much different from teens their age. They want to have fun, secretly listen to strange music and watch TV shows from the West. East Germans also have a tendency of heavy drinking and their own, sometimes odd, food Culture. Individualism is not seen favourably by the government, and thus most activities are done together with others, may it be through one of the SED's organizations or local clubs. Sport is very important.

Religion: None! The GDR is gloriously atheist, although there are smaller Catholic and some larger Protestant minorities.
Ethnicity: German

Main/Accepted Culture(s): German, obviously, and regional German cultures, who in an effort of centralization might have lost much of their significance, but yet local dialects where somewhat encouraged as they were seen as the way a worker would talk. e.g., Honecker was from West Germany but tried to use East German dialects (which sounded horrible for both East and West). Russian is encouraged and a very common, often even mandatory language at school, and cultural exchanges with Russia mean that their Culture is not just accepted but also encouraged. And of course the GDR accepts the cultures of thousand's of international workers and friends who live, learn and work in the GDR due to exchanges or for whatever reason... As long as it's not English.
Other Cultures: Sorbic. They're just not really liked and the government would rather see them assimilated. Nevertheless, Sorbs are a recognized minority.

Military Info

Army: Around 100.000 soldiers, 180.000 paramilitary members of the Combat Groups of the Working Class, 60.000 border troops and several thousand labour soldiers, who did not have to serve with arms, but instead worked in industry. While not incorporated in this calculation, another 30.000 Stasi (Ministry of State Security) agents exist and have military ranks. The Stasi has another 100.000 inofficial members, though of a great variety of use. As one of the major blocks between West and East, the GDR not onyl has good quality armour itself, but is equipped with modern Soviet armoury.

Navy: 15.000 sailors, who are mainly employed for defense of the Baltic Sea. Its modern task is mainly guarding the Sea to make sure nobody flees the country via sea.
Airforce: Around 12.000 soldiers, who are distributed into three divisions.

Other Info

Brief Description of your Economy: Overall, the GDR is highly industrialized. Suffering from far higher reparations than the West Germans, the GDR never had an easy time. Until recently their planned economy managed to bridge time very well and they found several new sources of development. But as the system seemed to fail, Ulbricht introduced new economic strategies in 1963, allowing some elements of market economies for greater innovation and productivity. And while that works very well now and the GDR established itself as extraordinarily strong among Warsaw Pact economies, having the highest standard of living among them, there are still some substantial troubles with the GDR economy. Science is mainly related to practical issues and benefits the industry.

Goals: For the RP, essentially surviving and making the GDR great.

History: Occupied by Soviets after the 2nd World War, the territory of the GDR was elevated to its own nation in 1949 and closely followed its socialist brother ever since, relying heavily on the Soviets. They were eventually allowed to have an own military and while they're still being checked by the USSR, they're at least a little independent by now, sometimes bodly so. As East Germans sang and debated about German unity, West Germany was incorporated into a federal Europe - a thorn in the eye of the GDR and its people even more so. Nevertheless, as one of the concessions for the West German incorporation, East Germany received all of Berlin. Right now they're struggling with internal issues, while both trying to appear strong to their own people and external enemies.

RP Sample: Kyluminati
Codeword: Already wrote that in my reservation.
Other: I will write more about military if necessary. I don't like to research or write about it, though, so I'd refrain from that for now.
429 - Do not remove. This is for tracking purposes.

Accepted And your assumption regarding the population is right.

[Elepis]

hay hay, hay Liec. My socialist backed dictatorship is better than your white minority rule, what ya gonna do about it?

hay Liec

[Liecthenbourg]

hay hay, hay Liec. My socialist backed dictatorship is better than your white minority rule, what ya gonna do about it?

hay Liec

I'll call you out on your lie.