STRANGE NEW WORLD (2025 ALT-HISTORY RP) - OOC

by **Sao Nova Europa** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 9:50 am

Strange New World

Strange New World is a geopolitical RP set in January 2025, but with a twist: history has diverged from ours. This opens up endless possibilities as the world can change considerably.

Point of Divergence

The Point of Divergence (PoD) is the birth of human history. It is up to the players to decide if they want to create a completely different world or one closely resembling our own. While there is broad freedom given, some events still take place:

Roman Empire
Spread of Christianity in Europe
Spread of Islam
Mongol conquests
European colonization of the Americas
Reformation
Karl Marx and Marxism existing
1931 financial crash
Decolonization
2008 global financial crisis

Players will be given a lot of freedom in shaping the events and history of this world, but there should be common sense and realism. Bavaria uniting Germany? Sure. Ulm uniting Germany? No. Chinese colonizing the Pacific coast of the Americas? Yes. Chinese conquest of Europe? No.

I will also not allow colonial empires to still exist (though I will allow limited overseas territories). Anticolonialism was still a thing in this TL.

Reports

Every IRL month equals four IC months. At the end of each IRL month, I will be releasing a report that will:

- show the consequences of your actions: if you implemented an economic policy, the report will mention if it succeeded or failed.
- offer events: the world will be a live one. Those can range from local conflicts to terrorist attacks to protests to natural disasters.

Rules

1. Be realistic: Use common sense when it comes to undertaking actions.

France invading Algeria to topple a dictatorship and install a democracy will be allowed. France invading Algeria to annex it into France proper or turn it into an official colony will not be allowed.
A middle-sized country with very high debt spending tens of billions of dollars without raising taxes or accounting for the huge deficit will lead to an economic crisis.

2. This is not a map-painting game.

If you start invading countries left and right (especially if you do not have a good reason), you will suffer from sanctions or outright intervention. If I feel your actions are far too unrealistic, I might even block them.
Even if you invade to "bring democracy to X country", you still need proper justification and might still face public opposition. You need a good reason to intervene and your citizens - especially if you are a democracy - will not be cheering on if you do not justify it properly to the public.

3. Wars

Ideally, the result of wars should be decided by agreement between the players. This is a collaborative RP, not an antagonistic one. In cases where this is not possible, though, I will be deciding the results based on numbers, logistics, tactics, and post quality.

SIGN UP

Fill out the application to join. You can post in the IC only if you have been accepted. Reservations last a week. You can renew them only once. If you do not renew your reservation or fail again to app, then your nation will be free once again to be taken by another player.

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ACCEPTED NATIONS:

Socialist Republic of Macedonia - Sao Nova Europa
Union State of Norland - Malorossi
Kingdom of Russia - The National Dominion of Hungary
Republic of China - Tracian Empire
State of Japan - Shohun

RESERVED NATIONS

Third Bear Flag Republic - Benuty
Republic of Ireland (Éire) - Alvosa
United States of America - Turkducken
Republic of India - Crpostran
United Republic of America - Orostan
Seventh French State - Newne Carriebean7
United Mexican States - Singgasana
German State - Upper Magica
Socialist Republic of the Levant - Deblar
Republic of Korea - America1775
Great Britain - Arvenia

by **Benuty** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 9:52 am

Oh you are back, good its time to begin again.

by **Benuty** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:00 am

APPLICATION

The Union is Dead Long Live the United Republics!

NS Name: Benuty
RP Name: The United Republics of Columbia
Flag:
Capital: Philadelphia Capital District
Territory: Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Washington D.C, and West Virginia.
Population: 60 million.
Official Language(s): English.

Type of Government: Confederative Commonwealth
Head of State: Federal Executive Howie Hawkins
Head of Government: President of the Continental Congress Mitt Romney (Former Governor of Massachusetts).
Legislature (the name of your national legislature): The Continental Congress
Legislative Houses (if your legislature is bicameral): The Continental Congress is one unified legislative body.
Party in Power: Federalist Greens Party: A fusion party between the Greens from the Atlantic Union and the Socialist Republic of New England.
National Issues:
1. Unionist Groups: As with all former U.S. statelets the ideology of a dead nation still holds strong in remnants who remember it. The U.S. failed because it was inefficient and unable to adapt to the modern world and by the time it tried it was too late. Nevertheless, these groups could prove to be a problem if they are allowed to go undeterred for too long. These groups are united in cause if not in ideology and will no doubt have very different views on how to bring about the restoration of the United States.
2. Nationalist Forces: New England was one of the first regions to effectively break away from the United States during those fateful years. Some paramilitaries operate very proudly on that fact, and they are a force to reckon with. They claim a legacy to the true revolutionary spirit found at Lexington, Concord, Boston, and so many other sites that served to stir the American cause against Britain. Just as importantly they claim a legacy of independence against attempts to resurrect the former United States.
3. Administrative Restructuring: The six states of New England made sense when they were six states in a region. Now there are six states in a country, and there is some murmuring discontent that a breakup of states is needed to better accurately represent the needs of constituents.
4. Electronic Government: To set itself apart in the quest to become a new nation New England and consequently the URC focused on the advancing fields of computerization and digitization. The focus on this was financially expensive, but worth it over the long run to set up a new legacy independent of the Former United States. International critics and others often speculate if this E-Government system could be expanded even more.
5. Privatized South: The States of the Former Atlantic Union were heavily privatized to the point their quality of life and institutions were affected by the tactics of shock therapy. It brought a selection of people wealth but left the majority struggling to get by paycheck to paycheck.
6. Rebuilding Philadelphia: The City of Philadelphia was irrevocably damaged during the uprisings that occurred as the Republic of Pennsylvania ceased to be an entity and was annexed into the Atlantic Union. The city's rebuilding was stymied by the Atlantic Union's realization it was facing a massive budget crisis.
7. The Demilitarized Zone: It would be an understatement to say relations with the Confederate States are not tense. The border between the CSA and the URC is one of the most militarized in the world. With the United States gone the powers that came from its corpse eye the Confederacy warily for the day they try to march north.
8. Aftermath of the Cincinnati Flu: The Flu killed millions of Americans, and millions more globally. In the URC alone 4 million citizens have died and the after effects are going to be felt for a generation if not more.
9. Seperate, but Equal: The old spectre that has plagued us since the American Civil War, the Death of JFK, and the failure of the former United States. Several areas engage in a practice that should have been stomped out, but seemingly just won't die. While in New England segregation is illegal much of the Atlantic Union practices it with their full heart, and any move against it has become contentious. This has created a clearly unequal situation within the Republics.
Public Goals:
1. The Pan-American Confederation: It's no secret that supranational organizations have arisen as methods to resolve conflicts. The post-Union landscape is not one of peace, but one marred by conflict, border tensions, economic wars, envy, and spite. An organization modeled on American Unity might be the first step in working toward diplomatic solutions to the current conflict. Just as importantly it would represent an American bloc that needs to be taken seriously by the Soviet, European, and Asian powers that currently dominate the world.
2. American Energy Independence: The Oil Crisis of the 1970s taught the citizens of the Union and its successor nations the folly of relying on foreign nations for oil. The Pan American Energy Coalition is an idea that regardless of ideological concerns between the statelets of the former Union the energy security for all Americans must be maintained. To this end, nuclear, solar, wind, geothermal, and other sources of energy must be explored on top of fossil fuels.
3. The P.A.S.T: It's no secret a divided Union is prey to the stronger outside powers, and a common defense strategy and tactic is needed for all statelets. The Pan-American Security Treaty would in effect serve as a continental form of NATO for all signatories.
4. The F.U.T.U.R.E: A government innovation project to help bring the URC beyond its status as a regional power, and help reclaim some of the prestige of the former United States.
5. The Third Constitutional Convention: Ultimately the true form of the Confederation is to have a government that can truly succeed the United States and ensure the injustices which drove it apart are rectified so all citizens might enjoy the rights and responsibilities of their nation.
6. Rectifying the Executive: The New Jersey Plan of the First Constitutional Convention argued for a Federal executive council in place of a sole executive. Compromises were made and ultimately the Virginia plan took up a larger chunk of the Constitution. The President should be an equal amongst an executive council not a tyrant who can lead the nation into a tailspin.
7. Adjusting the Judiciary: The Supreme Court of the United States was not always 9 Justices. An effort should be made to balance an independent Judiciary away from the political favoritism and games of the Continental Congress. An effort should be also made to ensure the Court acts in equal moderation rather than a tyranny majority.
8. Adequately representation of the People: The Congress and Senate of the Former United States was capped at 435 people in total in a nation of millions. Obviously, such a system was impractical and prone to failures of representation and two-party tyranny. The better solution would be to expand the number of people considerably to ensure fairness.
9. A True Capital: Washington D.C. was made as a compromise between the Free North, and Slaveholding South. Philadelphia became the capital of the United States due to the impracticality of holding government so close to enemy territory. Compromise is necessary, but also is practicality. Vast portions of the country felt underrepresented by the elite East Coast establishment, and a new capital would need to meet in the middle.
10. Distributing the Bureaucracy: Federal bureaucracy overwhelmingly met in Philadelphia and other offices in the East Coast. A better nation would distribute these agencies and bureaucrats across the Midwest and West Coast as well.
Private Goals:
1. The Southern Question: Ultimately the issue of the secession crisis can be traced directly to what is now the Confederate States of America. A nation that has for much of its history not been a true Confederation with periods of tyranny, and wartime socialism to preserve its economy in war. The question is what do we do with them? By all accounts, they have been independent of the United States for 159 years and trying to appeal to a common past with such a huge gap is a herculean task.
* Southern Containment: Some strategists suggest a cordon sanitaire over the Confederacy and a blatant refusal to interact with them as the course forward.
*Southern Reconciliation: Others recognize that despite their origins they are a nation that is here to stay, and trying to continue the futile struggle of the old Union is pointless.
* Southern Reclamation: Some offer a third option that it is high time to finish the job that Lincoln and others failed to do.
2. The Soviet Hegemony: The Soviets emerged triumphant from the Cold War and any issue of reunification with the former U.S. will ultimately have us asking the question what do we do with the Soviets? There might be some use in contacting the old allies that still exist, but we would clearly be in a losing position if any attempt was done to try and restart up tensions. If we are lucky then perhaps the Soviets will go through some sort of internal decay and begin to prove less troublesome.
3. The Squabbling Pacific: The truth of the matter is the collapse of the United States effectively forced nations to work together with regard to the Soviet threat. Yet the Empire has often proven to be an ally of conditionality. The true mark here might be to make the peace in the Pacific more long-lasting.
4. Fighting the Oligarchs: Its no secret that the corpse of the United States was a prize worth picking over. Foreign and Domestic individuals with dubious morality, opportunistic attitudes, and callous disregard for human life preyed on the economic collapse of the Former U.S.
5. Fighting the Cartels: Americans before the collapse were what one would call a drug-consumption country. Drugs were made in South America, shipped via Mexico, and consumed in both the Confederacy and the Union. The old established mafias and the newly established cartels have carved out chunks of influence, bought politicians, paid cops to look the other way, and either terrorized citizens into submission, or brainwashed them into loyalty via culture, and codes of silence. Former President JFK had plans to fight the influence of the Mafia, but those plans never took off the ground, and now these criminal groups operate across the former U.S.
6. Fighting the Idealogues: Anarchists, Marxists, Fascists, and others of any ideological stripe have found ample feeding grounds in the Former U.S. to gather sympathy, donations, resources, manpower, or weaponry for a cause. Cults both secular and religious give meaning to people who try to find meaning in their lives.
7. Ending the Golden Age of Terrorism: The Former U.S. has even before its collapse been synonymous with warnings about checking your cars for planted bombs, being cautious of white powder in the mail, bank robberies by highly armed gangs, plane hijackings, and so much more. Domestic terrorist groups are abundant here, but also foreign groups who work with individuals look the other way to launder money that European and Asian banks won't take. It isn't uncommon for individuals labeled terrorists abroad to find respite in one of the former U.S. areas so long as they don't make trouble for the host country. An important aspect that needs to be nipped in the bud is disgruntled American youth serving as ample recruits for foreign wars of ideology, resources, and religion.
8. Deaths of Despair: Since the collapse of the Former United States it is estimated that deaths of despair due to drugs, alcohol, and suicide have risen nightmarishly across the Former U.S. with some historians speculating that at least two to three million people alone have died as a direct result of the collapse of the United States.
GDP (nominal): $3.5 Trillion.
Currency: The Columbian Dollar.
Economic System: Market Socialism.
Defense Budget (USD): $75 Billion.
Alliance(s): Neutral officially, but more than willing to negotiate with other American powers regarding the future of the former U.S.

Military: The Continental Armed Forces represent the merger between the troops of the Socialist Republic of New England and the Atlantic Union. The current reserve pool is three million while active duty consists of 400,000 members split between the branches.
*Continental Marines: The Continental Marines are made up of the U.S. marines that were formerly split between the Atlantic Union and SRNE after the United States Collapsed.
*Continental Army: A depoliticized force subject to the civilian government following the events of the August Coup in 1991. The Army is comprised of units that went with their specific states during the collapse. While Both republics hold on to their national guard equivalents the units that belonged explicitly to the former U.S. Army have been nationalized into service for the Continental Army.
*Continental Navy: Focused on defending the coasts of the URC and ensuring trade can be conducted without hindrance.
*Continental Army: A combination of each Republics National Guard, Militias, and the former armies of the Socialist Republic of New England and Atlantic Union.

History: The history of the collapsed United States is complex and multifaceted with many historians arguing over whether or not the country could have taken steps to avoid its collapse. With the election of Richard Nixon in 1968 his term in office would be short, but poignant marked by one of the most high-profile political assassinations since President JFK died during an attempt to calm secessionists in Los Angeles. This assassination struck in the heart of Nixon touring Washington D.C. leaving the political establishment in Philadelphia utterly stunned.

The Declining Years (1970-1991)

1970- Starting Point of the Years of Lead

Vice President Spiro Agnew suddenly found himself the head of a global superpower and his boss dead. Many eyes looked South to the Confederacy, but truth be told the Union was fracturing under the surface without the Confederacies help. Socialist, Communist, and Anarchist militias, gangs, and others fought with both the U.S. government and their ideological counterparts. Paramilitaries dedicated to patrolling the Southern Border against fleeing African Americans trying to find a better life from the segregation of the South found various forms of racism of their own in the Union. Some states were openly racist modeling laws after their southern counterparts while others gerrymandered, redlined, and sanctioned their neighbors from having any real economic or political power. Local African American neighborhoods that had existed since the Union and the Confederacy went their separate ways often didn't exactly sympathize with one another viewing these immigrants as detracting from the struggle.

The Union was in the middle of an ideological battle on how to resolve the segregation crisis as any attempt since JFK was halfhearted particularly when attempts to enforce them led to nasty race riots in cities such as Boston.

1970-1973:The Spiro Agnew Presidency

Born in a state that had it not been for President Lincoln's militarization of and martial law lockdown it might very well have left the Union. He represented traits that even President Nixon for all his paranoia couldn't have imagined. His rabidness was useful to deflect any criticism from the late President on his then VP, but what happens when the mad dog becomes President? Quite a lot of things.

The Agnew Presidency would have likely ended as a mixed bag had he not been couped. The man on one end tried to work with groups he considered legal forms of activists having his media allies spin narratives between those who acted legally in the pursuit of civil rights and those who acted illegally. Some historians refer to this in a more gradualist terms while others don't believe he planned to implement civil rights at all given how unsecure his presidency (or ego) was. Others however pointed to his time in Maryland where he did try to improve the lives of African-Americans, but simply believe the United States wasn't in a time or place for it (contributing to one of the causes of its death). One thing historians do note is that his excessive use of security measures on American territory seriously degraded the ability for militant activist groups to conduct any major operations.

1973-1975: The FBI Coup

By 1973 persistent reporters, opportunistic politicians, and others simply interested in the idea of the President being a force for decency aligned themselves into a coalition that sought to remove the ever-growing totalitarian from the Presidency. It came to the attention of a few inquisitive people whether by luck or "coincidence" years worth of records during Agnew's tenure as governor of Maryland both of his corruption, and his use of force to suppress separatist sentiment. Combining this with his use of military force to suppress various peaceful groups violently and the media suppression campaigns the process of impeachment began. One of the most interesting times as historians examine it due to how suddenly the media seemed freer to criticize the President during this time. Yet this media openness allowed Agnew to appeal to what he termed the silent majority who in turn appealed to their constitutional representatives and the pro-impeachment faction found themselves outgunned and the process lost.

This was not to be the end of the debacle as on October 10th, 1973 the President arrives in Baltimore to contest corruption charges filed against him. During this process, the FBI for the first time in American history arrested a sitting president of the United States. This shocked the nation particularly as President Agnew had no VP assigned leaving Philadelphia in a massive lurch. The National Guard mobilized in Pennsylvania, Maryland, D.C., and Delaware to ensure what would be considered a peaceful transition of power. The acting head of the FBI Clyde Tolson ensured that the Presidential Cabinet kept the nation running while Congress prepared to figure out the new President. This time was often referred to as the Troika due to its instability, but ultimately politicians made the necessary moves and ensured the rise of Gerald Ford to the office of Presidency. Acting head Tolson held a major supervisory role with President Ford until his death in 1975, and in a move that many deem an attempt to rectify the highly undemocratic nature of the organization with a need for American democracy: Ford ordered the FBI dissolved.

1975-1984: The Latter Years of Lead
In 1975 the FBI was reorganized into the much smaller and pacified American Bureau of Security a move historians credit with giving Ford legitimacy against potential law enforcement coups, but hamstringed the governments ability to suppress militancy that would keep ballooning domestically. President Ford arranges for the first visit to Imperial Japan to be done by the U.S. since President Theodore Roosevelt marking a turn towards hope of economic cooperation. With the collapse of the improvements in the Mexican economy the PRI party dominance in the state is threatened, and in the 1976 election often referred to as one of the most corrupt in Mexican history the U.S. declares it has no choice but to watch its other southern neighbor carefully. President Ford noted with increasing concern the rising attacks by Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre a movement formed in response to the Mexican militaries massacre of students in Corpus Christi back in 1971. Eventually the fears came true as various militant groups left and right began to become very active to and form parallel governments to Mexico City.

President Ford has thoroughly defended his actions in sending American military to seize Baja California in 1977 following the first battles in Mexico City as it was only meant to be a temporary action. This temporary action eventually expands into military advisors for the PRI government, and eventually boots on the ground for a war remembered by most Americans as utter folly. The Mexican Civil War (1976-1992) would drag on past American involvement, but most historians agree the involvement of the U.S. lengthened the conflict significantly. Domestic people note it is 1976 and 1977 where the Years of Lead start to balloon into major problems for the American Government.
*New World Liberation Front: A Northern Californian activist group turned bombmakers responsible for multiple bombings across the U.S.
*Chicano Front: A Secessionist group focused on Chicano heritage dominant in Southern California. Possibly becoming a thorn in the side of the Pacific Federation.
*Weather Underground: A marxist group most notable for its bombings of the Pentagon killing hundreds, as well as bombing of the United States Capital Building in Philadelphia, and the destruction of the Washington Monument on live television during a news segment which was going over the history of the monument.
*George Jackson Brigade: Communist/Anarchist group operating in the State of Washington combining militants from various backgrounds that engaged in bombings and bank robberies
*Armed Resistance Unit: Protesting the invasion ongoing in Mexico they bombed the U.S. Senate and aided Mexican communist groups in bombing U.S. Garrisons.
*Army of God: A group noted for its heavy use of assassinating abortion doctors, bombing clinics, and other tactics.
*Rajneeshee: An indian mystic cult which murdered the U.S. Attorney General for Oregon (Charles Turner) in Oregon in 1984 and was responsible for past poisonings in the state.

In 1983 the U.S. Senate itself was bombed as part of a protest by the group the Armed Resistance Unit and this signaled the last major action of many terrorist groups as following such a high profile death of multiple senators Ford was forced to expand the role of the American Bureau of Security in domestic affairs to conduct one of the largest counter terrorism operations in American history. Several high profile individuals would be arrested, but Fords polling numbers wouldn't recover, and he would choose not to run in order to allow fresh blood in. Then former Governor Reagan of California would wide on a wave of populism with the majority of states voting him into the White House.

1985-1991: A Reform for a Better Tomorrow (or not?)
President-Elect Reagan came into office in the United States on a program attempting to end the economic malaise with a focus on hope and progress. His attempt at repeating the successes of President FDR in revitalizing society and the nation seems to start on a good note. By 1986 he issued a withdrawal of American troops from Mexico and other sites of conflict across Latin America and Africa due to the huge hole they were eating the budget. This doesn't mean Reagan is adopting a policy of complete abandonment instead the CIA handles weapons and money shipments to several anticommunist forces and countries embroiled in conflict. One in particular caused a massive scandal, and after congressional hearings, he resigns on March 4th, 1987. His vice president George HW Bush takes over but chooses not to run for office in an attempt to salvage something of the Reagan platform.

Beginning in 1988 however the signs were unavoidable as open dissension occurred between states and Philadelphia first starting as tax protests then road blockades, and then Governors openly discussing what had been a forbidden topic until this point: Secession. President Dukakis's attempts to recenter the U.S. military budget, crime reforms, and attempt to salvage the American economy led to a recognition by academics and others that the U.S. cannot afford to keep fighting the Cold War. Major withdrawals of American troops from abroad in active conflicts they had been involved in is a major signal of this. The Border States near the Confederacy begin to report open fighting between Union loyalists, and Confederate sympathizers as people try to stage secession referendums. Kentucky openly split between two governments in the 1990 election, fighting occurred in Missouri, and the Governor of Maryland is finding it hard to keep control. The members of the Armed Resistance Movement are arrested, and put on trial for their actions back in 1983.

Hawaii and Alaska the farthest reaches of the U.S. effectively issue orders of secession and the Federal government tries to economically counter them. Civilians protesting on the West Coast are shot at or crushed by tanks leading to international condemnation while increasing separatist sentiment (laying the groundwork for the Pacific Federation). Uncertain of what to do and trying to appeal to the popular idea of the silent majority President Dukakis begins a series of measures to try and preserve the Union under a more egalitarian framework. Outside of states that boycott the referendum, the March 1991 referendum on the Union's preservation has a highly positive outcome. Talks regarding the relocation of the Capital from Philadelphia to represent the Union on better terms is brought up, Constitutional changes are mentioned, and other provisions manage to pass the highly divided House of Representatives and Senate (which saw for the first time in modern U.S. history the election of a Communist from Indiana). Ultimately the Second Constitutional Convention is cut halfway before it can fully get off the ground following a coup by the U.S. military in Philadelphia.

The 1991 Crisis In an attempt to curtail the disastrous reforms and the ongoing Parade of Sovereignties of states that went from openly defying the Union to seceding Conservative and Nationalist elements of the military and government along with sympathizing Governors begin in August by declaring states of emergency in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. The National Guard begin to lock down cities and units nearest to secessionist states begin mobilizing in an attempt to overthrow the secessionist governments. The height of the action is President Dukakis being locked down in his family home back in Massachusetts. U.S. media is censored and forced to hand out reports urging citizens to stay calm and stay at home. The National Emergency Committee appears on television explaining that the U.S. is in a state of civil emergency and martial law. The scene in Philadelphia turns into chaos as citizens loyal to the Reformist government fight with the National Guard on the streets of Philadelphia.

President Dukakis returns to Philadelphia with a warm welcome, but by this point, the damage has been done with the Second Constitutional Convention never getting back off the ground. Governors of the various states begin clamoring for secession with attempts at preservation being half-hearted at best. In an overwhelming majority, the state of Massachusetts voted for independence on December 1st, 1991. States on the West Coast and the Border states begin their process of secession as well. By Christmas President Dukakis delivered a speech on the crisis and stated that he had done all he could following that he resigned and headed back to his home state. A skeleton crew ran Philadelphia until the end of the year handing it over to an independent Philadelphia government who shortly joined the new Republic of Pennsylvania.

The Post Collapse Decade (1992-2002)

*1992: The SRNE drafts the Hartford Articles as its Constitution with the Socialist Party leading the outcome of the Convention. With the collapse of the previous capitalist system, momentum gathers to try for a new system. The succeeding nations of the Former United States sign the Currency Agreement Pact to try and stabilize the value of the U.S. Dollar. Major industries are nationalized and price controls introduced as runaway inflation and price gouging causes the formation of food lines and general strikes across the Former U.S. The Nasdaq, Dow, and Wall Street report record numbers of unemployment (40 to 50 percent) and losses ranging from 70 to 90 percent across the Former U.S. The first major election of the Office of Presidency resulted in the victory of Bernard Sanders from Vermont.

In the Republics of Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and District of Columbia representatives meet to discuss the formation of a new nation calling it the Atlantic Union. New York City is chosen as the capital of this Union splitting it off from The Republic of New York which is renamed the Republic of Hudsonia. Then President of New Jersey James Florio is elected Chancellor of the Atlantic Union and promises to help the Republics recover via a privatization shock policy that will bring about funding. In Mexico the PRI government is toppled with communist militias entering Mexico City after a fierce siege and house to house fighting.
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*1993: The Socialist Party of New England begins to form different camps based on the outlooks and paths different factions wanted to employ. The former U.S. healthcare system has been nationalized to address quality of care issues. Education across all six states of the Republic is standardized via curriculum and free to all citizens. The Republic Housing Authority is established to address the homelessness and landlord crisis.
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*1994: The SRNE transitions from the U.S. Dollar becoming one of the first nations to leave the Currency Agreement Pact after testing out an experimental currency in the Berkshires region of Massachusetts. The Dollar Zone starts to have countries leave it one by one. The SRNE begins negotiations with the Soviet Union regarding diplomatic recognition and trading rights. This diplomatic maneuvering expands to other states. Meanwhile, economically the markets across the Former U.S. begin to finally stabilize and in some cases show signs of improvement. Environmental sustainability policies are enacted due to the rising protests from the environmentalist movement. This year begins to mark the start of the Native American Insurrections as a general trend across the Former U.S. Its one of many ethnic movements that spring up.

The abolishment of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and malaise in civil rights left Native American groups feeling little to no representation or voice against the States (turned Republics) or even local governments gone made with power. Tribal reservations and authorities felt they had no choice, but to fight back and establish their sovereignty the militant way. This conflict was a low-intensity one with regular fights between National Guard units, and militias on reservations.
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*1995: Protests erupt over a scandal regarding the custody of a child who was illegally brought to New England from another former U.S. successor. The move is ultimately made to keep the child in New England at the request of family there sparking a diplomatic incident with the Republic of Kentucky. The Wabanaki Alliance in Maine begin raiding towns for supplies and the Republic of Maine mobilizes its national guard to siege their reservations.
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*1996: Economic recovery statistics by the Department of Economy reveal government programs have yielded a return on investment. Scholars believe the death tolls in New England by the end of the Native Insurrection is in the thousands. While the conflict ends on a good note in New England, the Atlantic Union enters a portracted frozen conflict stage.
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*1997: The last American succession state leaves the Dollar Zone and it falls out of use. The Department of Culture and Tourism is established in order to promote cultural preservation, and sustainable tourism from global audiences, and highlight New England on the global map.

The Native American Civil Rights Act[/b] was passed within the Socialist Republic of New England by the government in attempting to finalize the issue of Native rights, autonomy, and overreach by local and state authorities. The leaders of all tribal lands present in the Republic as well as leaders on the government end finalized the issue in what has become known as the All Souls Day Accords. The significance of that date was chosen as a way to honor the dead on both sides and bring an end to the conflict. The Native American Graves Protection Act was put into place as a gesture of goodwill forcing museums to hand back Native American dead and objects that had been taken over the centuries without their permission.
The Native American Religious Freedom Act also helped the process of identifying sacred lands for Native tribes, and allowing them to practice their religious rituals without interference from outsiders. All of these acts and the Accords would be supervised under the newly established Department of Native Affairs.
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*1998: Economic recovery statistics show growth and a slow climb back up to pre-collapse standards. The Lakota tribes present in the Dakota Union win the right to representation on a national scale following years of conflict. Their tribal reservation lands are granted autonomous statehood within the Union marking a significant change in Native American policy in other successor states. In the Republic of Ohio President George Voinovich ends the state of emergency, choosing to retire at the end of his term and allows elections to resume.

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*1999: The SRNE begins to form outreach groups with various republics in the Midwest in order to encourage trade deals with Republics and prevent the same amount of damage they see Privatization causing within the Atlantic Union. The Shinnecock Reservation mobilizes a militia that cuts off Long Island from the Atlantic Union, their demands for greater rights are broadcasted by international media to the wider Union. What happens is a the mobilization of the Atlantic Unions military in a move that proves scandalous after artillery hits and kills hundreds of children attending a school on the unoccupied part of Long Island. Ultimately despite the PR disaster the military is launched and after a five day battle Long Island is reconnected to the union, and the reservation occupied.
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*2000: In the Atlantic Union mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani chooses to resign in order to dedicate his time running for Chancellor of the Atlantic Union. He runs off a record that shows profitable rises in standards of living in New York, and the results of crime going down as a result of his tough on crime approaches. He holds an appeal to the public as the "Unions Mayor" due to his fights against Cartels and Oligarchs via campaigning to make money laundering illegal and ensure acts of corruption are severely penalized.

For the SRNE the year is spent showcasing the first examples of electronic government. Classrooms are fitted with the latest models of computers and teachers are trained to help students understand them. The plan is to expand this to the government bureaucracy next, and then basic facts of life such as voting, divorce, marriage, and declarations.
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*2001: The SRNE begins a petition to become a member state within the United Nations. The nations remaining on the Security Council wonder which American successor state will take the place of the former U.S. on the security council.

*2002: A decade has passed since the collapse of the United States. Nations are either embroiled in active conflicts, frozen conflicts, or are stabilized.

2002-2012 The Last Decade of Independence

2002: The Boston Red Sox, and New York Yankees play their first game together since the collapse of the United States. A July heatwave leaves many scientists concerned due to how severe it was this summer season.
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2003: The first republic to allow same-sex marriage (Massachusetts) within the SRNE reaches popular vote, and is approved. Tropical Storm Henri affects Vermont and Massachusetts. Both the Atlantic Union and SRNE are affected by the Great Blackout with electric grids in both countries being offline temporarily in August of that year.
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2004: The New England Department of the Environment surveys ecological damage within the country as a result of previous state policies from the U.S. era. There is major concern that the Industrial Revolution has produced major affects on the environment. The groundwork is laid for the first major international actions taken on the American continent since attempts by President Dukakis to reignite the platform of Nixon. On June 5th disgraced former President Reagan is reported to have died due to complications from Alzheimers.
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2005: Hurricane Katrina hits devastating the gulf coast states in the Confederacy. The SRNE sends humanitarian aid in an effort to aid Confederate citizens as a show of goodwill. The severity of the hurricane and unpreparedness that lead to thousands of deaths lead to discuss by multiple American Republics including the Confederacy to establish the Inter American Weather System.
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2006: Former U.S. President Gerald Ford's death is reported from California in the Pacific Federation on December 26th, 2006.
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2007: The SRNE hosts several nations in the United Nations to discuss policy on environmental regulation and restoration. In what become known as the Providence Protocols with aims and goals signed by most nations even if some were more delayed on their actions than others. There are pilot tests in Portland, Maine, and New Haven, Connecticut for a Universal Basic Income strategy that have positive reception.
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2008: The Great Recession as it stands marked the beginning of the decline of the Atlantic Union as an independent entity. The rapid neoliberal reforms of shock therapy and privatization it had undertaken to buy itself into abundance came at a cost. Prices for groceries, fuel, water, and utilities had risen to cut into each check a worker in the Atlantic Union earned. People were kicked out of their homes, businesses shut down, and general discontent emerged in multiple cities. The military of the Atlantic Union fresh from the final days of dealing with Native American insurrectionists in New York reservations was deployed to keep the peace in the face of a potential uprising. President Rudy Giuliani loses out on a third term as President due to revelations of improper payments, corruption, and allegations of covering. He resigns before he is impeached, but the damage to his legacy is done.

In New Englander elections the Socialist Green faction puts forth Bill McKibben a college teacher and environmentalist from Vermont who became prominent due their concerns about environmental damage in New England and the former U.S. in general.
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2009: In the SRNE the government begins to assemble funds to help local cooperatives and small businesses stabilize as the market remains uneasy within the Great Recession. Their neighbor to the south the Atlantic Union begins to experience unemployment rates of 30 to 40 percent. Universal Basic Income becomes proposed and adapted for all citizens within the SRNE to ensure they have extra money in this trying time and to begin to restore confidence in spending. A similar measure is attempted and failed within the Atlantic Union after fiscal conservatives begin sieging key parts of the government to enact a program of austerity.
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2010: In what is termed the Days of Malaise by economists the privatization strategies of the Atlantic Union have come due for the Atlantic Union. Its recovery is weak and half hearted as parties in the Union mudsling one another over blame. Strikes occur in major cities, the government shuts down over disagreement on a budget meeting, and criminal activity spikes across the Union. The Atlantic Dollar hasn't recovered to its full value resulting in a black market of foreign currency to develop. In an effort that will cement cooperation down the line aid packages flow in from citizens in the SRNE, and a debt relief scheme is offered by the SRNE government to aid the Atlantic Union. Grocery shipments aid citizens in food lines in major Union cities, and the Peoples Navy makes visits at ports of entry to hand out relief packages in Union territory.
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2011: What started at first as an idea came forth in strides. First the borders between the Atlantic Union and the SRNE were opened for the Lenten season as a sign of goodwill in order to citizens to come in and purchase needed goods, and visit families. In May a common currency proposal passed in both countries to allow for easier buying without going through the process of changing over currency. Trains and Bus systems between the two countries were connected, and eventually citizens were allowed to cross the border using a special passport instead of two different ones. Come September the Chancellor, and President began to engage in serious talks about a Confederative government between the two countries. Later that month a referendum was held in the Atlantic Union, and in October for the SRNE with both passing by a majority.

The Unification Summit was held in October and November with Constitutional Scholars, Policy makers, and Academics on both sides ironing out details of governance, judiciary, and politics. The two sides chose to conduct a same day referendum on December 1st, 2011 and it succeeded in a majority of areas.

Discussions on matters of governance, judiciary, and politics went on through May into July. Finally, enough momentum occurred for there to be a second referendum held on the same day for each country (December 1st, 2011). The results proved positive in a majority of areas, and on December 26th the two countries began the formal process of merging. After debating what the name of the common country would be a title was chosen: United Republics of Columbia.
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2012: On January 7th, 2012 the URC is officially born. The newly created media Columbia Broadcasting Network plays the song Hail Columbia after a poll vote by viewers. It is picked up and chosen as the national anthem. Bill McKibben resigns from the Presidency of New England to demonstrate impartiality as the newly elected Federal Executive from the Federal Council. He chooses not to run in the November elections to allow a chance for both republics to have an opportunity to field leaders. From the Republic of Delaware comes Joe Biden, and from the Republic of Massachusetts comes President Mitt Romney. After an interesting election season, Joe Biden is announced as the winner for the seat of Federal Executive.

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2012 to 2020:Affirming the United Republics

2012-2020: Federal Executive Biden's term was one that saw a great amount of progress towards the unification internally between the former Atlantic Union and Socialist Republic of New England.

*2013: Adoption of a Unified Currency- The Columbian Dollar was instituted allowed shopkeepers, citizens, and businesses across Columbia to switch out former currency and allow for nationwide business transactions. The Health Departments of both republics invest in forming the Columbian Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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*2014: Creation of the Columbian Department of Education- to ensure equal access to education across all states efforts began to see that the former nations had a matching curriculum.
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*2015: The Civil Rights Commission is established by the Columbia Department of Justice to address complaints of redlining, segregation laws, gerrymandering, and voting rights denial. Months of live televised broadcasts regarding the issue caused a scandal within the URC but allowed the process to begin in earnest what the late U.S. President JFK tried to do. As a result of the investigations the Civil Rights Bureau as an extension of the DOJ.
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*2016: Federal Executive Biden wins a second time in the seat. A decision is made to begin centralizing the executive seat in one capital instead of switching between New York City and Plymouth as per the initially agreed upon rotation. After a popular vote is issued the capital is chosen as Philadelphia with the city being carved out of Pennsylvania as a Capital District. To commemorate the 240th founding of the Former United States on July 4th, 2016 Federal Executive Biden convenes the First Continental Congress as the national legislature of the URC. The legislative session enables the Civil Rights Bureau to enforce the Voting Rights Act, Fair Housing Act, Fair Education Act, and Civil Rights Act.
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*2017: The National Legislative Sessions of the Socialist Republic of New England and Atlantic Union fail to reach a consensus on applying the ability for the Civil Rights Bureau to enforce rulings in their territory.
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*2018: Constitutional Scholars and others inform the Federal Executive of his ability to test out the Civil Rights Bureau in Philadelphia due to it being a national territory rather than belonging to one of the republics. The experiment begins with all schools in Philadelphia being desegregated, banks being regulated, apartments being prevented from discriminating against applicants, and all white neighborhoods being prevented from allowing nonwhite residents to move in.
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*2019: The 4th session of the Continental Congress focuses on the issue of Universal Healthcare. Its presence in New England and absence in the Atlantic Union has proven a glaring disparity. After much debate especially in the court of public opinion a form of single-payer healthcare is established. It gained the nickname Bidencare and is ratified in both New England and the Atlantic Union. In November cases of an unknown infection are reported coming out of Ohio that are resistant to typical treatments for the Flu.
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*2020: By January cases are being reported across multiple nations including the Confederacy and Pacific Federation. In February testing of a patient at an emergency room in West Virginia reveals the Cincinnati Flu has reached URC territory. A family visiting from Japan on a cruise ship at a port in New York carries with them the virus abroad. New Jersey is forced to quarantine another cruise ship full of passengers who came down with the Cincinnati Flu. In March a nationwide lockdown is put into effect to combat the virus which at this point has reached China and Japan.

2020 to Present Day

2020-2024: The 2020 election saw the Federalist Greens candidate Howie Hawkins come into the office.
*2021: The middle phase of the Cincinnati Flu is ongoing with the CCDC estimating work towards a vaccine can finally begin.
*2022: The finalized death toll for the Cincinnati Flu in the territory of the URC is listed at 4 million citizens. A national day of mourning is instituted for March 19th due to the severe damage caused by the aftermath of the flu.
*2023: The Atlantic Union begins to break apart in two over issues that over the years have grown increasingly irreconcilable. The southern republics of the Atlantic Union begin the process of formal secession from the Atlantic Union and form their own national republic entity within the URC. After an intense legal battle permission is granted on the condition of referendums being allowed.
*2024: The United Republics of Columbia will be approaching its twelfth year as a nation-state in 2024. The goal is to help the other American statelets consolidate power and work towards a legitimate pathway. Some experts argue that the best way forward is the reunification of all territories of the Former United States. Others argue the best idea is to accept the status quo and embrace being a regional power. Regardless there is a momentum amongst legal scholars, academics, economists, and others to host the first Pan-American Conference which will be the first serious effort by Former U.S. citizens to begin reaching across the aisle in over thirty years.

RP Example(s): You know who I am.

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by **Alvosa** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:05 am

RESERVATION
NS Name:Alvosa
RP Name:Celtia
Territory:Ireland and Scotland.

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by **Tracian Empire** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:12 am

RESERVATION
NS Name: Tracian Empire
RP Name: Republic of China
Territory: Modern territories of the PRC, with the addition of Taiwan, Mongolia and Tannu Tuva

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by **Sao Nova Europa** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:18 am

Trace and Benuty, reservations accepted.

Alvosa, since I'm hoping we get a UK player and you are a new RPer, I would prefer if you reserved Ireland only.

by **The National Dominion of Hungary** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:34 am

RESERVATION
NS Name: The Kingdom of Russia
RP Name: The National Dominion of Hungary
Territory: This

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by **Tracian Empire** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:38 am

APPLICATION
NS Name: Tracian Empire
RP Name: Republic of China (中華民國|Zhōnghuá Mínguó)
Flag:

Capital: Nanjing
Territory: All the territories claimed by the ROC in the present day, including the territories of the PRC, Mongolia, Taiwan and Tannu Tuva
Population: 1,515,207,548
Official Language(s): Standard Chinese is the sole official language. Mongolian, Uyghur, Tibetan, Zhuang and others are recognized as regional languages.

Type of Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic under a five-power system with dominant party state tendencies
Head of State: His Excellency, Eric Chu, President of the Republic of China
Head of Government: Her Excellency, President of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China, Wang Ju-hsuan
Legislature: The legislature of the ROC lacks a specific name, as the separation of the five powers doesn't formally recognize a parliamentary body, with several citizen-elected bodies having legislative authority.
Legislative Houses: The National Assembly (國民大會|Guómín Dàhuì ), the Legislative Yuan (立法院|Lìfǎ Yuàn) and the Control Yuan (監察院|Jiānchá Yuàn)
Party in Power: The current ruling coalition is formed by the Chinese Nationalist Party (中國國民黨|Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng), usually referred abroad as the Kuomintang or simply as the KMT, and the Young China Party (中國青年黨|Zhōngguó Qīngnián Dǎng)
National Issues:
Without the Kuomintang, There Would Be No New China! - The Kuomintang is in many ways synonymous with the Republic of China that was founded after the success of the Northern Expedition, and the Republican Government that has existed in the spirit of the ideals of Sun Yat-sen, the Eternal Premier of the Kuomintang. As the song inspired by the slogan of Chiang Kai-shek says, the Chinese state as it exists today couldn't have been created without the KMT, and as such, the influence of the Nationalists in most areas of politics and government are still overbearing, which has led to China being considered by many to be a dominant-party state. KMT affiliation has historically been important in earning government jobs or positions in the bureaucracy and the administration, and many so called "political dynasties" were formed by families with long KMT membership histories. Even with the end of the Dang Guo, the party-state, the period of political tutelage during which the KMT was supposed to lead the nation and prepare the ground for a full democracy, to which the ROC did transition during the 1980's, the KMT and its various coalitions have been in power ever since the end of the Second World War with the exception of several four year periods between 2000 -2004, 2008-2010, and 2018- 2024, when a coalition of various opposition forces unified in the so called Pan-Democratic Coalition managed to win majorities in the Legislative Yuan. Their time in power was troubled however, and with new political leaders reforming the KMT and being poised to launch a massive effort against corruption and cronyism, the KMT was once again elected to power, giving the people of China four more years of living under the Nationalists.
Five Races Under One Union - From its very creation, the KMT has been supportive of concepts of racial integration, considering that the other non-Han ethnic groups in China are still Chinese and should be integrated into the Chinese nation. While the Manchu people are a small minority, the Mongolians, the Tibetans and the Chinese Muslims and the Uyghurs are all ethnic groups with a complicated relationship towards the central state in Nanjing, which has often led to a certain degree of opposition towards the ROC. The situation in Mongolia is complicated, with the regional KMT there never having gained much popularity, but Mongolia's large nomadic population has ensured that the ROC can portray its capital city of Kulun as a model city, while the rest of the region is mostly left to its own devices. In Tibet, the local Tibetan religious authorities have often been a symbol of resistance against the ROC, even if several projects for granting Tibet a degree of autonomy have been proposed in the past. The most complicated situation right now is in Xinjiang, where ethnic tensions between the Muslim Uyghurs and the Han, religious tensions and a few terrorist attacks organized by Islamic fanatics have led to an increased campaign of repression and of Sinicization organized the government.
A shadow of statistics? - The National Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, commonly known as the Juntong, is officially the military intelligence organization of the Republic of China, but in practice, ever since its creation in 1927, it has served as a secret police for the Kuomintang regime. While the years of its worst crimes and excesses during the White Terror are long gone, and the agency has been repeatedly reformed in order to better fit within the democratic role, it is still believed by many that the Juntong have a strong influence within various aspects of the government, and the democratic opposition and large parts of the civil society are increasingly demanding for an end to this organization.
Public Goals:
Nationalism, Democracy, Welfare - The Republic of China remains committed to the ideals of Tridemism, the Three Principles of the People of Sun Yat-sen. The Principle of Nationalism (民族主義|Mínzú Zhǔyì), the Principle of Democracy (民權主義|Mínquán Zhǔyì) and the Principle of Welfare (民生主義|Mínshēng Zhǔyì) are enshrined into the constitution of the Republic of China and have remained the stated goals of all governments ever since, as they have remained after the creation of Sun Yat-sen and the added explanations of Chiang Kai-shek. Nationalism includes the ideas of independence from foreign and imperialist powers, and the current desire of China to exist as an economic and military superpower that can continue to exist and to prosper even in the face of hostile relations with other parts of the world, and the concept of the Chinese nation (中華民族|Zhonghua minzu), a concept of Chinese nationalism that transcends ethnic nationalism and which can integrate the various non-Han ethnic minorities of China. The Principle of Democracy represents Sun's vision for a democratic state. The Constitution of the Republic of China guarantees four major rights, the right to election (選舉), recalling (罷免), initiative (創制), and referendum (複決). Inspired by this principle, and critical of the three branches of government in Western states, Sun developed a five-power system, divided into five courts, with each of them known as a Yuan, the Legislative Yuan, the Executive Yuan, the Judicial Yuan, the Control Yuan and the Examination Yuan. The principle also called for the concept of political tutelage, with the KMT having formed a party-state to prepare the Chinese people for democracy. This period of tutelage was officially declared over in the 1980's, but due to the continued influence of the KMT many political thinkers have argued that the KMT should retain a guiding role in the nation, and regardless, in practice, the ROC is firmly committed to the concept of democracy despite certain authoritarian tendencies, and the government of the ROC seeks to expand and further develop this democracy. The Principle of Welfare has been perhaps the least understood and the most debated, with the current interpretation of the ROC, developed by Chiang Kai-shek, arguing against any sort of parallels with socialism and communism, and instead simply arguing for social welfare programs and a regulated form of capitalism, with the government being responsible for ensuring that its citizens have a guaranteed access to clothing, food, housing, mobility, education land and leisure. With the first parts of this principle having been implemented with the land reforms of the 1950's, various successive governments have expanded on the social welfare system that was firstly implemented in urban areas and which then also included rural areas. In the past few years, a great effort has been focused on improving the retirement plans and on encouraging the increasing of the birth rates.
It is the common wish of the people that the autocratic rule be overthrown, that republican rule be strengthened, and that people's livelihood and welfare be pursued! - ever since the speech of Chiang Kai-shek which paraphrased an earlier speech by dr. Sun, the Republic of China has been dedicated to exporting the ideology of dr. Sun, the Three Principles of the People, also known as Tridemism or the San-min Doctrine. This has led to disagreements with the Western democracies, which were proven correct from a Chinese perspective by the collapse of the United States, opposition to authoritarian states and monarchies the world over as China has tried to take on the mantle of the leader of the free world in the name of dr. Sun's ideals.
Down with the Macedonian bandits, oppose communism! - As President Chiang once said, communists are a disease of the heart. As such, the Republic of China and the Kuomintang remain firmly committed to their complete opposition to communist countries the world over. - With the elimination of communism in China in the late 1940's, the ROC under its successive KMT governments has championed the cause of anti-communism worldwide, supporting nationalist states, anti-communist rebels, and seeking to limit the spread of communism and of communist influence under a doctrine of containment, giving Chinese military and economical support to nations threatened by communism - the disease of the heart, as described by Generalissimo Chiang. This has been the main directive of Chinese foreign affairs ever since.
In order to confront external threats we must unify internally first - Ever since the speech given by Chiang Kai-Shek in 1931 after the Japanese annexation of Manchuria, the Republic of China has considered its internal unity and internal stability to be of paramount importance. It has been a fundamental principle adopted by all governments ever since, which has seen the Chinese government prioritize its own internal affairs over incidents abroad when the need arose, and it is tied to the constitutional amendment which forbids political discontent and chaos in times of war. As such, even if project Chinese power abroad and developing relations and a sphere of influence is very important for the ROC, considerations of internal stability will always prevail.
China's peaceful rise - Tied to the previous goal, the concept of "China's peaceful development" was developed by the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics in the 1990's, and represents a wast operation of influence and propaganda which seeks to portray China as a responsible and non-threatening great power which prioritizes its own internal stability over external affairs and one that is not aggressive in regards to changing the global status-quo. Even so, it has been repeatedly stated that China considers its position and sphere of influence to be something that it needs to continue to expand.
Prosperity at home, prosperity abroad - One of the stated goals of ROC Governments in recent decades has been the expansion of a global infrastructure development strategy, using China's economical power and knowledge to invest in the economies, infrastructure and industries of other nations, with the stated goal of benefiting both China and the nation that China invests in, and also to develop trade routes between the rest of the globe and China.
Private Goals:
Train an army for a thousand days, use it for one morning - The National Revolutionary Army has never forgotten the humiliation of the first part of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, when it was caught off guard, nor the humiliation suffered by the Qing during the First Sino-Japanese War. As such, the readiness of the armed forces, their development and modernization have been of the utmost importance regardless of government. This process of expansion and development is clearly a private goal of the current KMT government, with a particular emphasis being placed on the navy, the air force and the strategic nuclear forces.

GDP (nominal):$17.700 trillion
Currency: Yuan (¥)
Economic System: Capitalism
Defense Budget (USD):$510 billion
Alliance(s): The Asian Treaty Organization

Military:

Republic of China Armed Forces
中華民國國軍

The Republic of China Armed Forces (中華民國國軍| Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guójūn), also sometimes symbolically known as the National Revolutionary Armed Forces, are the armed forces of the Republic of China, and one of the largest armed forces in the world, both by size and by its military budget. A modern but still rapidly modernizing force, the ROCAF are a rising military superpower, with significant capabilities in defending China's interests and projecting China's force abroad. It is built upon a combination of voluntary professional soldiers with the addition of a compulsory military service. Men and women between the age of 18 and 28 have to perform this service, with its length dependent on their gender, personal situation, and the branch they qualify into, but it generally varies between a year and a half and two years. After their service, conscripts who excel can choose to remain in their branch as professional soldiers, while the rest are moved for four years into the primary reserve forces, then for ten years into the Armed Forces Reserve, the so called mobilized reserve forces.

Republic of China Army
中華民國陸軍
Also known as the National Revolutionary Army, the Republic of China Army is the ground force of the ROCAF and the largest of its branches. With 1,100,000 active men and women, 800,000 in the primary reserve forces, and millions more in the mobilized reserve forces, the ROC Army is one of the largest military forces in the world. Its core is formed by professional volunteers, especially following the past decade's attempt at further increasing the quality and professionalism of the Chinese military forces, it nevertheless benefits from conscripts due to the existence of a compulsory military service. In terms of organization, the ROC Army is divided into five theaters, Eastern, Southern, Northern, Western and Central. The army is transitioning from the old division system into using the brigade (旅|Lǚ) as the main structure group. The main forces are specifically organized into combined arms brigades (合成旅|Héchénglǚ), with variations including heavy, medium, light, amphibious, and mountain combined arms brigades.

In terms of equipment, the ROC Army employs around 8000 tanks, with the modern core of the force being represented by the new Type 100 model, with around 2000, and the Type 99A, with around 3500. The rest of the tank force is represented by third generation tanks like Type 99, and second generation tanks like the Type 96, with even older tanks like Type 88 being phased out. Over 500 ZTQ-15 light tanks are also used.

The rest of the equipment is roughly formed as follows:
Infantry fighting vehicles
ZBL-08 IFV - 3000
ZBD 04A - 1900
ZBD 04 - 400
ZSL-92/B - 1150
ZBD-86A - 650
ZBD-86 - 600
Amphibious assault vehicles
ZBD-05 - 750

Armored personnel carriers
ZSL-10 - 1900
ZSD-05 - 3750
ZSD-89/A - 11750
ZSL-92A - 700
Type 63/C - 950

Anti-tank/anti-structure vehicles
ZTL-11 - 1200
ZTD-05 - 750
PTL-02 - 250

Missile carriers
AFT-10 -340
AFT-9 - 950

Artillery
PCL-161 - 300
PCL-171 -120
PLL-09 - 350
PLZ-07A/B - 750
PCL-09 - 300
PLZ-89 - 600
PLZ-82/83 - 150
PCL-181 - 630
PLZ-05 - 450

MLRS
PHL-16 - 150
PHL-03 - 175
PHZ-11 - 100
PHL-11 - 350
PHZ-89 - 375
PHL-81/90 - 550

Anti-aircraft artillery
PGL-12 - 250
HQ-16/B - 40
HQ-17 - 1400
HQ-6D - 60
HQ-7A/B - 200
PGZ-95 270
Type 92 Yitian - 600

Republic of China Navy
中華民國海軍
The ROC Navy is the main naval force of China, and is tasked with defending China's coastlines, territorial waters, and with projecting China's power abroad. Initially created as a purely defensive force, to ensure that the Japanese would never again threaten Chinese shores, the dual objectives of liberating Taiwan and of projecting power abroad in the context of the Cold War led to a gradual but marked and continuous increase in the numbers, ability and power of the ROCN. 350,000 men and women serve in the Navy, and in terms of ships, the navy is currently equipped with:

aircraft carriers - 5, with 2 more in construction and slated to commence service in 2025,
Landing helicopter docks - 3
Amphibious transport docks - 8
Landing ship tanks - 36
Ballistic missile submarines - 15
Nuclear attack submarines - 12
Attack submarines - 58
Destroyers - 60
Frigates - 43
Corvettes - 72
Missile boats - 107
Submarine chasers - 26
Gunboats - 17
Mine countermeasures vessels - 36
Replenishment oilers - 16
Auxiliaries (various) - 233
The Navy's aerial arm also employs around 700 planes of various models.

Republic of China Marine Corps
中華民國海軍陸戰隊
The Marine Corps are the amphibious arm of the Republic of China Navy, and is the primary force that is to be used in amphibious operations, both offensive and defensive. It numbers 40,000 and is considered to be an elite force.

Republic of China Air Force
中華民國空軍

The ROC Air Force is the aerial branch of the ROC Armed Forces, and one of the largest air forces in the world. With 400,000 active personnel and over 3500 aircraft, with around 2500 of them being combat aircraft. It is responsible with the protection of China's airspace and with the projection of Chinese air force abroad.

Republic of China Military Police
中華民國憲兵

The ROC Military Police is a military law enforcement force which remains under the broader authority of the ROC Ministry of Defense. It is divided between a larger force, operating as a paramilitary organization with internal troops, riot control, counter-terrorism, and disaster response attributes, and a more elite force, tasked with guarding strategic facilities throughout the country. 1 million men and women throughout the country are affiliated with the ROC Military Police, with around 200,000 of them being tasked with strategically important defense tasks. It also includes the Republic of China Military Police Special Services Company, a rather secretive special force unit with a counter-terrorist role.

Republic of China Strategic Forces
中華民國戰略部隊

The ROC Strategic Forces, also known as the Rocket Forces, are responsible for operating the missile arsenal of China, both conventional and nuclear. Around 120,000 men and women serve in the Strategic Forces, and the largest organization structure of the ROCSF is that of so called "bases", comparable to an army group, which are organized in line with the broader theater commands of the ROC Armed Forces. A considerable number of rocket forces are placed to counter Japanese forces in Taiwan and Korea, while the nuclear are more scattered in line with the second strike strategy.

Republic of China Armed Forces Reserve
國防部後備指揮部

The ROC Armed Forces Reserve is an organization under the Ministry of Defense tasked with the management and organization of the military reserves of the Republic of China, in particular with the recruitment, education, and training of effective reserve forces. In times of peace, the Armed Forces Reserve is tasked with everything related to the reserve forces, including their training and the preparation of mobilization plans, and it also uses the reserve forces under its command for civil defense and humanitarian works. In times of war, it is meant to aid the national defense and war effort by mobilizing reserve brigades that can be later integrated in the operational command of the ROC Armed Forces or which can be used for national defense.

History:
1927: Establishment of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing. Beginning of the April Counter-Revolutionary Purge against the CCP by KMT forces, and the end of the First United Front. The CCP tried to fight back with the Autumn Harvest Uprising, but their invasion fails, and the commander-in-chief of the CCP's Red Army, Mao Zedong, is killed in the fighting after one of his regiments deserted to the KMT. Later in the year, the split between Chiang Kai-shek's government in Nanjing and the KMT-Left government in Wuhan is mended.
1928: Overthrow of the Beiyang government, and reunification of all China under the Nationalist government, which is afterwards recognized as the legitimate government of China. With the beginning of the phase of political tutelage, a provisional constitution of the Republic of China is promulgated. Great progress was made on all fronts, with important developments in the creation of new civil and penal codes, the granting of more rights to women, the formation of the Academia Sinica and the Central Bank of China. The KMT threw its support behind the Rural Reconstruction Movement and began moderate land reforms in certain areas under its control. A Chinese industry begins to further develop, and the economic situation improves.
1929-1931: Several more wars were fought in this period, including fighting against several rebellions, but most important of those was the Central Plains War, and anti-Chiang coalition of various warlords, in response to the KMT's attempt to demobilize the warlord armies. Most warlords broke off with the Nanjing government and declared war. The Central Army under Chiang himself responded with a series of offensives, taking advantage of the lack of coordination among the warlord forces. Faced with larger warlord forces however, the KMT reorganized this campaign into one with a stated goal of ending all warlordism - attempting to gain the support of the population under the slogans of Unite China, Eliminate Warlordism and End the Chaos, Establish Order. Early victories by the KMT led to a slow but steady bleeding of deserters coming from the warlord forces, and defeated the unified forces of the Shanxi Army and the Northwest Army. Followed by a swing which defeated the Guangxi Army. Seeking to punish Zhang Xueliang and the Northeast Army for their neutrality, Chiang then moved his forces towards Manchuria and decisively defeated them. By early 1931, Chiang was victorious. Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Xueliang, Li Zongren and Zhang Fakui, and other warlords were arrested and removed from their positions of power, while others like Chen Jitang were executed, and most of their forces were demobilized, with the National Revolutionary Army being reduced to 65 divisions of 11,000 men or 715,000 soldiers. KMT members of suspect loyalty were assassinated in the following months by the Bureau of Investigations and Statistics.
1931: The Mukden Incident. Taking advantage of the reduction of forces of the NRA and the displacement of the earlier Northeastern Army from Manchuria, Japan staged the Mudken Incident and invaded and later occupied Manchuria. Chiang, feeling more confident after his victories in the past few years, decides to oppose resistance - all KMT forces in Manchuria attempt to resist but are defeated. Pressed by a resurgence of communist activity, Chiang agrees to a truce.
1932-1934: After the defeat against the Japanese, the KMT switches towards a massive reorganization process of the NRA and attempts to develop its own domestic military industry, with varying levels of success. In particular, the NRA hires advisors from Germany, and with them, they develop the concept of encirclement campaigns to dislodge the communist forces. In response to the first encirclement campaign against the Jiangxi Soviet, the communists used their 40,000 men to strike Nanchang and Jiujiang, attempting to force the Nationalists into the defensive, but their offensive operation was a failure and ended with the encirclement and destruction of their forces, with the death of commander Zhu De. The communists, now surrounded, attempt to escape, but the KMT perimeter holds. By 1933, the communists were in disarray, and KMT forces massacred most of them. While other communist partisans and units throughout the country continued to fight, the CCP as an effective organization was gutted.
1934-1937: With a certain breathing space, Chiang declared that the country had been sufficiently stabilized internally to face the Japanese. While not provoking a conflict outright, his comments were meant to calm those KMT members which had opposed his truce with Japan. With European help, the NRA continued to modernize. Large reforms had already been started before the wars against the Communists, warlords and the Japanese and were continued with greater intensity, like the New Life Movement, a focus on education, attempts to eradicate famine, the development of fiscal measures, industrial and infrastructure development, and so on. The years between 1928 and 1937 were often called "the Golden Years", as despite the wars, the progress began to be felt. Emboldened by the conquest of Manchuria, the Japanese Kwangtung Army began to organize clashes to test the resolve of the Chinese forces, which were quickly responded by the reorganized Northwestern Army Group of the NRA - which was eager to avenge its earlier defeat. Rising tensions were combined with the relative independence of these forces, as both Nanjing and Tokyo struggled to effectively control these units, and with the failure of diplomatic attempts at a detente. A particular incident quickly spiraled out of control in 1937 however, near the Marco-Polo Bridge, which began the Second Sino-Japanese War, which each country accusing the other of having been the aggressor.
1937-1942: The War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression as it became known in Chinese history. The Japanese forces made a lot of early progress, but stumbled in Shanghai, were NRA forces resisted to give their government time to move vital industry to the interior, and in hopes of receiving foreign support. With foreign support unlikely to come however, Chiang made the decisive decision to withdraw in early October, saving a portion of the NRA's best troops, and fighting a delaying retreat towards Nanjing. As the war continued, the Japanese conquered large portions of China and established several puppet governments, but were unable to break the ROC resistance. The government retreated to Wuhan after the Japanese captured Nanjing. With considerable conventional forces and parts of its strength intact, the best divisions of the NRA opposed a stiff resitance and defeated the IJN in the Battle of Taierzhuang, shocking Tokyo. Withdrawing Chinese forces made a longer stand during the Battle of Wuhan, with great casualties on both sides. Ultimately the city resisted, but the war overall slowly settled into a stalemate. Chiang's government adopted a new strategy that was meant to conserve the existence of the well trained conventional divisions that the NRA still had, while reactivating former warlord divisions to serve as partisans in the communist model, to harass the Japanese from the rear, with the continued larger objective of forcing the Japanese into a war of attrition while developing China's military forces. Concepts such as magnetic warfare were employed.
By 1939, the NRA was able to inflict several defeats on the Japanese in the Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang, 1st Battle of Changsha, Battle of South Guangxi and Battle of Zaoyi, while Hui forces in Suiyuan defeated the Japanese advance. With limited foreign support, and a domestic military industry in the interior that was still struggling to catch up, the NRA decided to organize several smaller counter-offensives in 1940, which generally failed but gave them important knowledge and experience. Japan however struggled to make further gains or to effectively control the large swathes of territory that it had occupied. The situation continued throughout 1941, 1942 and early 1943, with the NRA repelling Japanese offensives despite its materiel issues. In 1942, a KMT reserve was used to occupy Tibet and to liberate Xinjiang from its warlord, which allowed them to receive limited support from further abroad. With the Japanese forces pressed hard elsewhere in the Pacific, Japanese began to withdraw. The NRA took advantage of this and began its first counter-offensives, which largely failed, but some of them were successful, particularly towards Burma, which opened a new artery for foreign military support. From 1944 onward, the situation begins to turn increasingly against the Japanese, as their problems with resources begin to somewhat even the odds and limit their use of aircraft and armored units. The withdrawal of the Japanese and their brutal scorched earth policy also led to more people joining the partisan units, and it also led to several uprising behind the Japanese lines. By late 1944, the NRA pushed Japan out of southern China. Subsequent counter-offensives in 1944 led to great progress in Shanxi and the liberation of Taiyuan, which threatened the northern flank of the Japanese forces. Early 1945 witnessed a general withdrawal of the Japanese forces, and the liberation in quick succession of Nanking and Shanghai, and then just a month later Beijing was liberated. By summer, the first NRA forces pushed into Manchuria, dispelling any hopes of some Japanese commanders of retaining it. The Chinese liberation of Manchuria was difficult however as its territory allowed the Japanese to use their armored reserves, and the Japanese resistance stiffened, but by July 1945, Harbin, Kirin and Mukden were liberated, with the IJA forces withdrawing towards Korea where a daring attack by the NRA's armored units pushes into the Korean Peninsula and denies the Japanese the opportunity to create new defensive lines. Fearing a potential joint Chinese-American offensive into Japan, the Japanese government negotiates for peace. Chiang and the KMT are celebrated as the victors of the Ten Years of Resistance - and the preliminary peace agreement restores Taiwan to Chinese rule.
1945-1958: The first decade after the war was a complicated one. Significant portions of the land were ravaged, millions had died, and the situation remained volatile, as the end of the war proved to be a new beginning for the communists. In order to limit their potential growth, Chiang issued the Three Promises, which were the end of political tutelage, land reform, and the reparation of the country. Land reform in particular quickly became one of the greatest objectives of the government in their attempts to limit communist influence among the peasants. With many of the landlords and other such elites having been displaced by the war, the KMT began a gradual land reform program, firstly by capping land rents, secondly by giving public land for farmers, and thirdly, through the "Land to the Tiller" program, which broke up large proprieties and gave them to the farmers, while compensating landowners with giving them shares in government-owned commercial and industrial interests. With the help of foreign aid, the KMT also encouraged economic development and in particular the development of industry, attempting to catch up with the Western nations, with mixed state and private ownership, and a certain level of economic planning, but with a general focus on economic liberalism with the help of advisers such as Sho-Chieh Tsiang. The earlier focus on education was also continued, with the implementation of nine years of education. A rapid economic growth accelerated by the end of this decade, earning China the title of Asia's Tiger.
Relations with Japan remained complicated however. The strained economies of both states did force them to engage in a certain level of trade however, but the NRA, nor the Chinese people would ever again forget the war, and the military focus was, for most of the decade, placed on ensuring the fortification and defense of the coast of China and of the border in Korea. Believing that not to be enough, Chiang authorized the beginning of a Chinese nuclear program.
Diplomatically, China initially attempted to create an anti-Japanese sphere in the Pacfic, continuing the development of good relations with the rest of South-East Asia. Relations continued to degrade with syndicalist Macedonia, compounded by the ROC's continued anti-communist policies and its persecution of the CCP, which remained banned within China. In 1948, a new Constitution was established, but the political tutelage of the KMT was continued.
1958-1975: With the economy developing, China began to once again assert itself on the global stage. Japan's nuclear test led to panic in Nanjing, and the Chinese redoubled their efforts - with the ROC finally testing its first nuclear bomb in 1964. Chiang's continued opposition towards communism led to more internal repression in China proper. In 1965, Chiang adopted the program of "eliminate communism, build a happy world", which emphasized that the ROC would oppose communism at a global stage. This was widely considered to be a new stage in the global Cold War, with China taking a leading role among the capitalist nations, supporting anti-communist groups and nations.
Towards 1963, China finally managed to overtake Japan economically, with its economic development managing to continue incredible growth rates, being categorized as the so called "Chinese Miracle". China became an industry-oriented economy, and fueled an export-led growth. Japan's economic woes led to a certain detente between the two countries, encouraging trade, but the political situation remained tense, particularly after Japan's development of ICBM's, with China following suit.
Chiang strengthened the party state and effectively turned the country into a KMT dictatorship, with his popularity due to the economic success and the ultimate victory against Japan allowing him to build a cult of personality around himself. KMT rule was also strengthened by the Bureau of Investigations and Statistics, which ruthlessly hunted political opponents, while martial law was used repeatedly. Chiang Kai-shek died in 1975, and he was succeeded by his son Chiang Ching-kuo.
1975-1988: Chiang Ching-kuo was very different from his father, and began to slowly tolerate political dissent and to ease the authoritarianism. The white terror was slowly phased out, and the freedom of assembly was once again recognized. Labor rights were reformed under his rule, and great steps were taken to loosen anti-strike laws. Finally in 1981, martial law was suspended, opposition parties with the exception of communists were allowed to organize themselves, and Chiang Ching-kuo led a comprehensive program of political and constitutional reform, including freer elections. Opposition parties entered parliament for the first time, and while no party was able to overtake the KMT, this led to a significant improvement in the country's democracy. Chiang also led a campaign against the corruption and cronyism that he claimed was ruining the KMT and pushing it away from Sun's legacy. The policy of tutelage was officially ended in 1981, and the constitution was rewritten to enter the second stage of Sun's plan for China, a full democracy.
The second Chiang's regime also continued the economic development of the country, with the "Ten Major Construction Projects" and the "Twelve New Development Projects" which improved the country's industry and infrastructure even further. His policies also led to economic modernization and an increase in the country's foreign reserves.
Nevertheless, the younger Chiang followed his father's foreign policy goals overall. The expansion of Japanese military forces was met with a parallel expansion of the now reorganized ROC Armed Forces with the stated goal of allowing China to fully overtake Japan and Macedonia militarily. China's international presence also expanded, with China providing direct military help against communists in several areas around the world, and the ROC expanded its navy and nuclear arsenal with the stated intent to increase its power projection.
1989-2004: After his death, the KMT lost its majority in the legislative assemblies for the first time, but managed to retain a slight majority with the help of a coalition of other center-right forces, the First Pan-Blue Coalition. The powers of the Presidency were somewhat weakened, and the Chairman of the KMT, Lien Chan, became the next Premier. He led a continued relaxation of policies and a further development of democracy, and economically, he focused on the privatization of government enterprises and investments in technology and advanced electronics. By the early 1990's, China was officially confirmed as one of the largest economies in the world.
China managed to weather the collapse of America somewhat better than other nations did. While the collapse of the US did remove one of the largest economic partners of the country, the Chinese were eager to continue and establish trade relations with the various nations that appeared in the former US - both for economic reasons, and in order to attract as many skilled immigrants as possible to Chinese shores. Made possible by the extensive economic relations that had already existed between the two nations, China organized several programs to attract the top American talent that was fleeing the collapse. The economic woes were however still felt, which emboldened the anti-KMT opposition.
In terms of foreign policy, Lien Chan was a man of detente, adopting an official policy of detente with various socialist nations, most importantly Macedonia, and also being the first Chinese leader to visit Japan ever since the war, supporting detente and the expansion of trade relations with both Japan and America, while he supported the liberalization of Japan and the limiting of the military influence in the ROC. Relations were further improved with Russia, and the ROC somewhat limited its active anti-communist role globally.
In 2000, the Democratic Progressive Party and a democratic coalition won the election, beginning four years of further democratization and a continuation of the policies of detente adopted by Lien Chan, with the ROC attempting to negotiate new treaties with Macedonia and Japan.
2004-2018: The KMT managed to regain its majority in 2004, mostly riding on a wave of discontent following the poor DPP reaction to several naval clashes along the sea with Japan, and a general perception, strengthened by the KMT electoral machine, that the DPP was pro-Japanese. Ma Ying-jeou followed Lien Chan as both the Chairman of the KMT and the Premier of the ROC. Ma was less concerned with international accusations of China being a dominant-power state, and he had run for election under a nationalist platform, vowing to increase China's military and to put pressure on Japan in regards to the Senkaku islands. Most of this was however limited to rhetoric, as the KMT soon reoriented itself towards opposing Macedonia, fueled in part by a panic started by an attempted terrorist attack in Shanghai which was blamed on Macedonian-supported communist terrorists.
China was hit by the 2008 Crisis, which led to the KMT losing power again to a democratic coalition, with managed to lead the country through the economic recovery, but not well enough to satisfy the people, leading to Ma Ying-jeou returning as Premier from 2010 to 2014, and after winning another election, from 2014 to 2018. At the end of his rule however, Ma was hit by several corruption scandals and withdrew, the damage done to the KMT's image leading to another electoral loss in 2018.
2018-2024: The democratic coalition initially attempted to once again propose a policy of detente to Japan, but the failure of negotiations and public outcry soon led to an end to such attempts, and to the DPP and its affiliated parties continuing Ma's military policies, which alienated the voters who had supported detente. Even if economic development continued, cracks appeared in the coalition, while the KMT rallied under Eric Chu, the sun of exiles from Taiwan who sought to reform the party to fight against corruption, and to present a new KMT that would be more effective against Japan. The KMT-led coalition won the 2024 elections, with Eric Chu chosen as President by the National Assembly, and with him naming Wang Ju-hsuan as Premier.
2025 The new years starts with the KMT government attempting to achieve its first electoral promises.
RP Example(s): Here

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by **Alvosa** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:41 am

Sao Nova Europa wrote:Trace and Benuty, reservations accepted.

Alvosa, since I'm hoping we get a UK player and you are a new RPer, I would prefer if you reserved Ireland only.

Can I have the Isle of Man then?

by **Arvenia** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:45 am

We definitely need a communist great power.

by **Benuty** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:46 am

Arvenia wrote:We definitely need a communist great power.

Most likely the Soviet player will return unless for extreme irony the Soviets collapses as well.

by **Sao Nova Europa** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:46 am

Benuty wrote:
Arvenia wrote:We definitely need a communist great power.

Most likely the Soviet player will return unless for extreme irony the Soviets collapses as well.

Macedonia is a communist power, actually.

by **Arvenia** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:47 am

Benuty wrote:
Arvenia wrote:We definitely need a communist great power.

Most likely the Soviet player will return unless for extreme irony the Soviets collapses as well.

Well, NDH is going for a royalist Russia, it seems.

by **Sao Nova Europa** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:48 am

Alvosa wrote:
Sao Nova Europa wrote:Trace and Benuty, reservations accepted.

Alvosa, since I'm hoping we get a UK player and you are a new RPer, I would prefer if you reserved Ireland only.

Can I have the Isle of Man then?

Sure.

by **Arvenia** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:48 am

Sao Nova Europa wrote:
Benuty wrote:Most likely the Soviet player will return unless for extreme irony the Soviets collapses as well.

Macedonia is a communist power, actually.

Where is it located?

by **Sao Nova Europa** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:49 am

Check the map. The big red blob.

The National Dominion of Hungary wrote:
RESERVATION
NS Name: The Kingdom of Russia
RP Name: The National Dominion of Hungary
Territory: Modern Russia (Excluding Tuva) / Eastern Ukraine / Belarus / Kazakhstan - Detailed map coming

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Reservation noted

by **Sao Nova Europa** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:51 am

APPLICATION
NS Name: Sao Nova Europa
RP Name: Socialist Republic of Macedonia (Σοσιαλιστική Δημοκρατία της Μακεδονίας)
Flag:

Capital: Babylon
Territory: Map
Population: 581,786,152
Official Language(s): Greek

Type of Government: One-Party Syndicalist Republic

The head of state is the Chairman of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. He is elected every five years by a joint session of the Workers' and Peasants' Assembly. In practice, though, he is chosen by the Politburo of the Communist Party of Macedonia. The Chairman is responsible for appointing the Premier and the Ministers of State Cabinet. He is the Commander-in-Chief of Macedonia, appoints Justices to the Supreme People's Tribunal, can propose or veto legislation, and directs domestic and foreign policy. He is, in essence, the supreme leader of Macedonia.

The Premier is the head of government, though in practice he has a secondary role to that of the Chairman. He is appointed by the Chairman. The Premier is responsible for coordinating the cabinet and acts in essence as a technocrat responsible for turning the Chairman's grand vision into actual policy. The Chairman can dismiss the Premier at any time.

The Supreme People's Tribunal is the highest court of the land, responsible for judicial oversight of the government. The Chairman appoints the seven Supreme Justices, who serve a term of ten years but can be renewed infinitely. The Macedonian Citizens Militia (MCM) is the police force of Macedonia, responsible for maintaining law and order. It is split into specialized divisions: the Constabulary (responsible for expenses and bookkeeping), the Counter-Truancy Task Force (looks for junior delinquency), Criminal Investigation (investigates crimes), the Searchlight Division (locates missing persons), the Ethics Division (punishes political crimes, such as reactionary or bourgeoisie activities), and the Inspectorate General (in charge of internal affairs). MCM forces are divided into Precincts, each with its own Station.

The Communist Party of Macedonia (CPM) controls all aspects of the Macedonian state. Technically, there is no requirement to be a CPM member (or indeed belong to a political party) to become a representative in the Workers' and Peasants' Assembly: in practice, though, everyone is a member of the party. Despite claims of workers' and peasants' self-government, only those favored by the CPM are candidates in union elections as 'reactionary', 'monarchist', and 'bourgeoisie' candidates (all those disfavored by the ruling party) are barred from participation according to the 1938 Law for the Protection of the Socialist Republic. Almost all adults are members of the CPM, though only the committed members (those who according to the Politburo have proven their commitment to party principles) have the right to vote in internal party elections. The committed members elect the Central Committee of the CPM, which directs all party activities. The Central Committee, in turn, elects a Politburo (Political Bureau) in the aftermath of a party Congress: members of the Central Committee are given a predetermined list of candidates for the Politburo, so the election is a symbolic affair. The Politburo is the dominant decision-making body in the CPM.

The CPM also maintains the Organization for Public Safety (OPS), a secret police answering to the CPM itself which is used to determine 'reactionaries', 'counterrevolutionaries', and other threats to the Revolution. Its responsibilities often overlap with the Ethics Division of the MCM: when the two organizations clash, the OPS has the upper hand and prevails. The OPS also doesn't bind itself to the same regulations and rules as the MCM.

Head of State: Chairman Georgios Papandreou

Head of Government: Premier Stefanos Kasselakis

Legislature (the name of your national legislature): Workers' and Peasants' Assembly
Legislative Houses (if your legislature is bicameral):

The Workers' and Peasants' Assembly is comprised of three chambers:

Chamber of Workers:
Each industry in Macedonia is organized into a union (Dockworkers' Union, Railroad Workers United, United Construction Workers, Air Employees Union, etch). The legal age someone can join a union/enter the workforce and have a vote in union elections is sixteen. Each year, all employees of an industrial union vote for a Union Council, the number of councilmen varying depending on each industry. In turn, those councilmen vote for a Council President. The President and the Union Council are responsible for managing the affairs of their particular industry, such as regulations, wages, prices, working hours, production, etch. The President also appoints individuals (ranging from two to fifteen, depending on the membership of each union) to represent the Union in the Chamber of Workers. There are no term limits: instead, those representatives rely on the support of the President of the Union and remain in office as long as they have his confidence. As such, some representatives may retain their office for years whereas others may last only a few months.

Chamber of Peasants:
Peasants are organized into a number of unions (the Distillery and Wine Workers Union, the United Farm Workers Union, the Dairy Workers Union, etch), just like their industrial counterparts. Those trade unions operate like their industrial counterparts, each year electing a Union Council and a Council President. In turn, the Presidents of those unions appoint indivinduals (ranging from two to fifteen, depending on the membership of each union) to serve in the Chamber of Peasants. This chamber aims to allow the rural population to have a specialized chamber to promote rural interests and shape agricultural policy.

Chamber of Localities:
Macedonia is organized into 182,826 Communes. Locals elect a Communal Council, who in turn elect a Mayor. Communes in turn are organized into 681 Departments. Departments are governed by a Departmental Council, which is elected by the mayors of the Communes. The Departmental Council is headed by a Prefect. Departments are organized into eleven Governorates:

Hellas
Thrace
Anatolia
Caucasus
Syria
Mesopotamia
Media
Persia
Parthia
Bactria
India

Prefects elect a Governorate Council which is headed by a Governor. The Governors of the eleven Governorates in turn each appoint ten representatives to serve in the Chamber of Localities. Those representatives are meant to represent local interests.

Party in Power: Communist Party of Macedonia

National Issues:

Economic Ineffiecies:

State planning, despite significant reforms in the late 1990s and early 2000s, continues to suffer from significant inefficiencies. Quotas and targets are often set without regard to actual consumer demand or local conditions, leading to the misallocation of resources, bottlenecks, and waste.

Luxury Consumer Goods:

While Macedonia has low levels of economic inequality and Macedonian households have affordable access to basic consumer goods, luxury consumer goods are practically unheard of. The average Macedonian uses a car dating to the late 1990s, lacks access to new PCs, and cannot afford latest trends afforded by the middle and upper middle classes in other advanced nations.

Multiple fronts:

Macedonia is one of the largest countries in the world, but this has the drawback of having to deal with possible security threats from multiple fronts while maintaining high military spending.

Public Goals: Macedonian supremacy in the Middle East, Economic Growth
Private Goals: Same

GDP (nominal): $4.2 trillion
Currency: Drachma
Economic System: Syndicalist Socialism

The principles upon which the Socialist Republic of Macedonia was founded were socialism, syndicalism, and Marxism. Macedonia practices 'workplace democracy', with the workers owning the means of production. There is no private property (aside from homes and personal goods). Rather, Macedonian workers and peasants are organized into unions (participation in unions is mandatory). Each union is led by a Union Council and a Council President: together, they are responsible for managing the affairs of their particular union, such as the workers' wages, prices, production, working hours, workplace regulations, etch.

The State Planning Committee (whose President is appointed by the Premier of the Republic) both coordinates the unions (ensuring they work together as a whole instead of making independent decisions and antagonizing each other) and creates comprehensive five-year plans that outline production targets, investment priorities, and resource allocation for various sectors of the economy.

The Bank of Macedonia is the central bank of the Macedonian Republic, and is responsible for monetary policy. The Bank is nationalized and under government control, and its director is appointed by the Chairman. As such, the central government has full control over monetary policy and interest rates. The Bank of Macedonia is also the only bank franchise in Macedonia, as private banks have been nationalized and placed under the control of the Bank of Macedonia. The monetary policy of the Bank of Macedonia has two roles: fulfillment of economic plans and controlling households' purchasing power. The economic plan (formulated by the State Planning Committee in consultation with the unions) defines how much of each good has to be produced and sets its price. It serves as the basis for the credit plan, which assigns earmarked credits to each union. Lending rates are administratively fixed, and investment funds are allocated by the branch ministries. Interest rates are low and rarely change. The government issues bonds sporadically, and the amounts placed are small. The Bank of Macedonia formulates and executes both credit and cash plans. It also finances budget deficits. Thus, it is a hybrid institution, carrying out functions that in market economies are split between the central bank and commercial banks. The Bank tightly controls specialized banks, setting ceilings on their credits and providing most of their funding.

Macedonia is a global oil and gas superpower. It controls oilfields in Mesopotamia and Persia and the Caspian Sea's oil and gas reserves. The Mediterranean regions produce olives, grapes, and citrus fruits, while fertile regions in Mesopotamia, Persia, and Macedonian India grow wheat, rice, and cotton. The textile industry, metallurgy, and the exploitation of mineral wealth are also important.

Prices are essentially set by the state (in theory by the unions but the unions are de facto controlled by the central government and the State Planning Committee). Prices are often kept artificially low to ensure affordability for the population, but this has led to chronic shortages and inefficiencies in resource allocation. The Macedonian state levies high income, consumption, and property taxes. There is an extremely high inheritance tax to prevent the accumulation of wealth. Macedonian citizens also pay mandatory social security contributions and a health tax (to finance the Macedonian National Healthcare System).

In return, the state offers free public education (primary, secondary, and tertiary), a national healthcare system (the NHS) that covers most medical conditions (though, for reasons of cost efficiency, those who are seriously ill or injured are prioritized and there are long waiting lines), public housing to eliminate homelessness, pensions for old age, welfare support for the disabled and widows with children, and welfare aid for low-income families (in the form of free food rations). Able-bodied men who refuse to work and participate in a union, though, are exempt from all those benefits: "those who refuse to work for the community, despite being able to do so, shall not receive the benefits of the community". Macedonia is a full-employment economy as unions - which are de facto controlled by the state - are instructed to be generous with their hiring practices. Child labor is banned, and the minimum legal age for joining the workforce (and the same age someone earns political/voting rights) is sixteen.

The Macedonian state, unofficially and with some level of secrecy, uses slave labor in the form of political prisoners sentenced to work camps. This labor is used for the construction of infrastructure projects, whether for public or military use. In public, this is propagated as the Macedonian state reeducating reactionaries through honest work.

Defense Budget (USD): 3.7%
Alliance(s): -

Military:

1,232,000 soldiers-at-arms

Land:
938,000 men
5,942 Tanks
25,000 Armored Vehicles
2,598 Self-Propelled Artillery
3,839 Towed Artillery
3,536 Rocket Projectors

Sea:
173,000 men
37 Destroyers
15 Frigates
13 Corvettes
41 Submarines
53 Patrol Vessels
21 Mine Warfare

Air:
121,000 men
957 Fighters/Interceptors
483 Dedicated Attack
382 Transports
274 Special Missions
963 Helicopters
378 Attack Helicopters

WMDs: Macedonia is a recognized nuclear state with 985 nuclear warheads

History:

Alexander's Empire (334 - 143 BC)
In 334 BC, Alexander of Macedon invaded the Achaemenid Empire (Persian Empire) and began a series of campaigns that lasted 10 years. Following his conquest of Asia Minor, Alexander broke the power of Persia in a series of decisive battles, including those at Issus and Gaugamela. He subsequently overthrew King Darius III and conquered the Achaemenid Empire in its entirety. At that point, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River. Alexander endeavored to reach the "ends of the world and the Great Outer Sea" and invaded India in 326, achieving an important victory over King Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes. He eventually turned back at the Beas River due to the demand of his homesick troops.

Once he returned in Babylon, the task of governing the vast Empire he had created meant that he could no longer afford to wage any more wars of expansion. Alexander in the next few years instituted a series of important administrative reforms. He standardized the monetary system of Empire: the unified silver coinage boosted trade. He enforced Persian Court etiquette on all his subjects, including the Greeks who had previously remained exempt. He adopted the Persian administrative structure of the Satrapies, appointing loyal commanders and aristocrats as Satraps of the various regions of his grand empire.

Alexander also promoted a cult of personality. He had for years promoted the story that he was the son of Zeus-Ammon, and he officially declared himself a God in 315. This Cult of Alexander became even more prominent under his successors, who built grand temples in honor of Alexander and placed him above all other traditional Greek Gods, in order to strengthen their hold on power.

When Alexander died in 303, the Empire was stable and prosperous. Alexander IV, son of Alexander the Great and Princess Roxana, ascended smoothly in the Imperial Throne at the age of 20. Alexander IV promoted trade and commerce. He also crushed a number of Satrap revolts against the central government, further stabilizing the realm. He expelled nomadic raiders from Central Asia, restored ravaged cities, rebuild the citadel of Marv and constructed a rampant of beaten earth and brick (20 meters high and 270 km long) in Marv oasis. In 275 he defeated the Gauls, who raided Minor Asia, with the use of elephants.

Between 270 (when Alexander IV died) and 220, the realm prospered under the guide of three Basileis. Agriculture and commerce were encouraged by the Basileis. They granted hereditary possession of land to farmers who planted on that land. They also undertook public projects of improving roads and harbors and canalized the river Eulaios (Karun), thus establishing a route between Susa and the Persian Gulf. Land was divided into three categories: royal land, which was owned by the Basileus and sometimes granted to farmers, land which belonged to the citizens of the Greek cities, which was allotted to them in exchange for military service, and land allotted to holy temples. The countryside of was dominated by villages where the native peoples (Babylonians, Iranians, Sogdians, etch) lived and were the main fiscal and economic unit. Underground irrigation canals (qanats) played a major role in the economy and agriculture. The native chieftains continued the exploitation of peasants as they had done before the Greeks came.

The native aristocrats were charmed by Greek civilization and accepted nudity in male statues, Greek plays and learned the Greek language. Gradually, the native peoples in the villages also began to learn Greek as the language became essential to taxation and administration, and because their cultural elites had been Hellenized. This spread of the Greek language was gradual and would take many centuries.

However, while the Empire prospered economically and culturally, it suffered a number of setbacks too. Pergamon became an independent power under its ambitious Satrap Eumenes while imperial influence in the Greek mainland also waned.

Nikonas II (220 – 187) followed a more active foreign policy, not content with simply ruling his realm. He began to discreetly aid Hannibal, leading to a war with Rome in 214. Roman maniples (aided by allies from the Aetolian League and Pergamon after 211) did little more than skirmish with imperial forces and seize minor territory along the Adriatic coastline in order to "combat piracy". Rome's interest was not in conquest, but in keeping the Empire busy while Rome was fighting Hannibal. The war ended indecisively in 205 with the Treaty of Phoenice. Nikonas opened the bazaars of India to Greek merchants thanks to his military campaigns in the East (205 – 201) and launched an expedition against the Gerrhaens in Arabia to divert spice trade routes from Arabia to Sousa. Spice from Arabia and India came to Susa and proceeded to the West while western merchandise proceeded from Susa to the East.

Nikonas then turned his gaze on from Pergamon and Rhodes. The two Greek states asked Rome to intervene on their behalf. Roman troops led by then consul Titus Quinctius Flamininus reached the plain of Thessaly by 198. In 197 the Romans decisively defeated Nikonas at the Battle of Cynoscephalae, and he sued for peace. The result was the Treaty of Tempea of 196.

While Nikonas had to cease interfering in the Greek mainland as a result of that treaty, he violated its terms leading to renewed war with Rome in 192. A major Roman-Greek force was mobilized under the command of the great hero of the Second Punic War, Scipio Africanus, and set out for Greece. After initial fighting that revealed serious Imperial weaknesses, Nikonas tried to turn the Roman strength against them at the Battle of Thermopylae but he was defeated and forced to evacuate Greece. The Romans pursued the Imperials by crossing the Hellespont, which marked the first time a Roman army had ever entered Asia. The decisive engagement was fought at the Battle of Magnesia, resulting in a complete Roman victory. Nikonas was forced to hand over Macedonia and Western Asia Minor to the Romans in 188.

Nikonas’ death in 186 left the Empire weakened and humiliated, as it had suffered multiple defeats and loss of land at the hands of the Romans. Nikonas’ two sons, Alexander VI and Nikonas III, fought a destructive civil war between 186 and 181 for the succession of the Empire. This allowed Egypt, under the rule of the ambitious Satrap Ptolemy VI, to declare independence. The loss of Egypt meant the loss of valuable revenue and manpower that further weakened the Empire.

The Parthian King Mithridates I (171–139/8) took control of Bactria from the Empire, exploiting the weakness of the Empire. He then expanded westwards, conquering Media and invading Mesopotamia. Basileus Philip V, in order to save the Empire, had to legitimize Mithridates’ conquests by granting him the office of ‘Strategos-Autokrator’ (Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces) in 143.

Parthian and Kushan Domination (143 BC - 654 AD)
In 141, Mithridates launched the 21 August Coup, which allowed him to become the real ruler of the Empire. Philip V was confined to being a ceremonial figurehead. He was still accepted as Basileus, he was still paid respect by Mithridates, and orders were still given in his name, but it was Mithridates that governed in practice as a military dictator. Mithridates had chosen this approach because it would legitimize his rule and unify his vast Empire, especially since the Cult of Alexander had gained wide prominence and had turned the Argead Dynasty into a symbol of Divinity.

The Parthians adopted Greek language in court and administration, wrote their edicts in Greek and had their children be educated by Greek scholars. Thus, while the Greeks were no longer the ruling caste, Greek language and culture remained dominant among the governing elites. The Parthians also adopted Greek clothing and way of life, moving away from their nomadic roots.

Arsaces III, successor of Mithridates in the office of Strategos-Autokrator, came into conflict with the Romans over Armenia. In the first Roman-Parthian War of 124 – 121, Roman legions invaded Imperial Syria and Palestine and conquered them in a blow to the Parthian regime. Arsaces spent his next years in office putting down revolts and strengthening the Parthian military in hopes of getting revenge. While he himself would not be able to do so, his successors would. Arsaces also made Ctesiphon the real capital of the Empire. While the Basileus and the Imperial Court would be in Babylon, Arsaces would maintain his own Court in Ctesiphon. This allowed Arsaces to further solidify the Parthian regime.

The Parthians destroyed the army of Marcus Licinius Crassus at the Battle of Carrhae in 53, and in 40–39, Parthian forces captured the whole of the Levant except Tyre from the Romans. However, Mark Antony led a counterattack against the Empire, although his successes were generally achieved in his absence, under the leadership of his lieutenant Ventidius.

For the next decades, peace reigned between the Romans and the Empire. While the Western borders were secured, in the East the Empire faced new challenges. The Kushans, one of the five branches of the nomadic Yuezhi people, migrated from Xinjiang westwards into Bactria. Under their King Kujula Kadphises, between 30 and 67 AD the Kushans inflicted one defeat after the other upon the Imperials. The Strategos-Autokrator Vonones II had to grant Kujula the Satrapy of Bactria officially, thus legitimizing the Kushan conquests but also incorporating the Kushans into the Empire as a subject people. The Kushans, in firm control of the Imperial East, repulsed the Alan invasions.

Hostilities between Rome and the Empire were renewed when Strategos-Autokrator Osroes I deposed the Armenian king Sanatruk and replaced him with Axidares, without consulting Rome. The Roman emperor Trajan had the next Parthian nominee for the throne, Parthamasiris, killed in 114, instead making Armenia a Roman province. His forces, led by Lusius Quietus, also captured Nisibis; its occupation was essential to securing all the major routes across the northern Mesopotamian plain. The following year, Trajan invaded Mesopotamia and met little resistance. Trajan spent the winter of 115–116 at Antioch, but resumed his campaign in the spring. Marching down the Euphrates, he captured Dura-Europos, Ctesiphon, and even subjugated Characene. In the last months of 116, Trajan captured Susa. On Trajan's return north, the Babylonian settlements revolted against the Roman garrisons. Trajan was forced to retreat from Mesopotamia in 117, overseeing a failed siege of Hatra during his withdrawal.

The Empire fought another war against the Romans in 161–166, which began when the Strategos-Autokrator Vologases invaded Armenia and Syria, retaking Edessa. Marcus Aurelius had co-ruler Lucius Verus guard Syria while Marcus Statius Priscus invaded Armenia in 163, followed by the invasion of Mesopotamia by Avidius Cassius in 164. The Romans captured and burnt Ctesiphon to the ground, yet they were forced to retreat once the Roman soldiers contracted a deadly disease (possibly smallpox) that soon ravaged the Roman world.

In 167, Huvishka (the Kushan Satrap of Bactria), revolted against the Strategos-Autokrator. The weakened Parthians could offer little resistance and in 171 the Kushans entered Ctesiphon and Babylon. The Basileus Strato III had to name Huvishka as the new Strategos-Autokrator, ending the Parthian period and beginning the Kushan one. In return, the Kushan Satrap respected Strato III as his nominal ruler and paid respects to him, much like the Parthian rulers before him.

The Kushan period lasted until 681. During this period, the Kushans fought a series of wars against the Romans (337 – 363, 421 – 422, 440, 502 – 506, 526 – 532, 541 – 562, 572 – 591 and 602 – 628). The Kushans also lost control of their Indian holdings due to invasions by nomads from the North and the Gupta Empire in the South.

Under Kanishka I the Great (590 – 628), the Kushans captured much of the Roman Empire's territories, earning the Strategos-Autokrator the epithet "the Victorious". The imperial military successfully besieged Constantinople in 626, capturing the Second Rome and forcing Emperor Heraclius to capitulate. The Avars were rewarded with most of the Balkans while Thrace, Anatolia, Syria-Palestine, and Egypt came under Kushan control. Kanishka I was assassinated in 628 by orders of his son, who ascended as the new Strategos-Autokrator.

Kanishka II (628 – 651) was an equally brilliant leader. He put down revolts against his rule and incorporated White Hun nomads into his army to make up for the losses in manpower during his father's campaigns. Despite his efforts, though, the Empire was too weak due to the long war against the Romans to defend against the onslaught of Arab invaders in 633. Egypt and Palestine-Syria were quickly conquered by the unstoppable Arab armies. Khalid ibn al-Walid conquered Babylon in 636, forcing the Basileus and the Imperial Court to abandon the ancient Imperial Capital and follow the Strategos-Autokrator in Susa, Persia. In the Battle of Susa, 639, Kanishka defeated the Arabs. That same year an Arab invasion of Anatolia was repelled in a pitched battle near Issus. In 640 both sides agreed to a truce.

Kanishka spent his remaining years rebuilding Imperial power in Persia and defending the Imperial possessions in Central Asia from nomadic raiders. In 652, Basileus Timotheos II married Princess Atikah bint Yazid, granddaughter of Caliph Mu'awiya I. Timotheos died in 654, leaving Atikah as the Basilometor (Βασιλομήτωρ – Empress Dowager) of their son, Basileus Ioannes II.

Imperial Restoration and Seljuk Domination (654 - 1219)
Ioannes II was educated as a Muslim. Many Imperial courtiers too embraced Islam, under the influence of the Empress Dowager. When Ioannes became eighteen years of age in 670, he wanted to both reform the religion of the Empire and restore Imperial direct rule. In his quest, he was aided by the fact that the turmoil of the last decades had caused religious uncertainty and the rise of various religious sects, undermining the traditional religion. Ioannes publicly adopted Islam as his religion and issued edicts strengthening the office of Basileus and the Imperial Court at the expense of the Strategos-Autokrator.

Ioannes’ reforms though did not pass unchallenged. The Strategos-Autokrator Kipunada attempted to depose the Basileus in 671, but with the defeats that the Empire had suffered under Kushan rule, the Strategos had lost much of his prestige many generals sided with the Basileus. Kipunada was captured and beheaded, and direct rule by the Basileus was restored.

In 674 Ioannes led an Imperial army into Mesopotamia. He recaptured the lost Imperial lands of Mesopotamia and Syria. In 677 the two sides agreed on a truce. This victory by Ioannes allowed him to solidify both his rule and his religious reforms, as he could claim divine favor. He funded the training of a native Islamic clergy and built several impressive Mosques. He also restored Babylon as the capital of the Empire.

Ioannes ushered a period known as the ‘Imperial Restoration’ lasting from 671 to 981. During that time period, the Basileus was once again the real ruler of the Empire. Centralized control was strengthened further by the reforms of Basileus Alexios II (701 – 745) who stripped Satraps of their military power; instead, the provincial military would be under the command of a Merarchos. This weakened provincial autonomy.

This period was also a Golden Age in the economy and culture. Commerce flourished and there was greater urbanization than ever before. The medieval Macedonians were pioneers field of water management, developing innovative techniques for irrigation, water storage, and distribution. They built large reservoirs and canals that helped increase agricultural productivity and improve the lives of people in rural areas. The volume of trade with both the West and the East increased substantially. On culture, this saw the construction of thousands of mosques, a flourishing of Greek literature and plays, a revival of Greek philosophy, important works on mathematics and geometry, and the establishment of the House of Wisdom, a grand public library and intellectual center in Babylon.

This period also saw Hellenization completely prevail in Persia. In the past, the efforts at Hellenization had been successful at Hellenizing the native elites and also many cities and villages, but parts of the countryside had resisted that process. But in this new golden era for Hellenism, Hellenization in Persia intensified and prevailed completely.

Imperial armies extended Macedonian rule into Greece itself. Ever since the reconquest of the West by the Kushans, imperial control had been limited to Thrace - with the great city of Constantinople being the only European holding firmly under imperial control - while the Balkans had been left to the Avars and the Slavs. In the first half of the 700s, though, imperial armies initially subdued the Slavs of Macedonia and then reconquered southern Greece. Control of the Greek islands was contested with Arab corsairs but by 820 all of them - including Crete and Cyprus - were firmly under Macedonian control.

This period saw the beginning of Islamic expansionism in India. Imperial armies campaigned in Makran and Zabulistan in the later half of the seventh century, while Muslim expansionism ramped up in the next century. In 710, general Nikiphoros conquered Sindh. Between 720 and 810, a series of wars took place in the Indian frontier but the native Hindu dynasties managed to successfully resist Imperial incursions deeper into India itself. This led to the loss of control of Sindh, as local Muslim Rajput dynasties emerged and became independent of Imperial control.

In the ninth century, the decline of the Empire began. Court factionalism and a series of incompetent Basileis with little interest in ruling meant that the influence of the central government waned once more. The Merarchoi, the leaders of military units in the Satrapies, saw their influence grow. One such Merarchos, Theodoros of Smyrna, rose in open revolt against the Imperial Court in 981 and captured Babylon. The Basileus had to name Theodoros Strategos-Autokrator; the era of direct rule by the Basileis was over.

From 981 to 1037, the dynasty of Theodoros ruled as Strategoi-Autokratores. They restored centralized control but they also lost a number of cities in Central Asia to Turkic nomadic tribesmen (who converted to Islam and launched raids deep into India). They also failed to check corruption in government. The Seljuk Turks, led by Tughril Beg, abandoned their homeland near the Aral Sea and descended on Persia through Central Asia. They defeated the Imperial armies. With the Empire facing the prospect of annihilation, Basileus Alexios IV deposed the Strategos-Autokrator Nikolaos and offered the title to Tughril Beg. Tughril, who had converted to Islam, accepted the title as it would offer him control of the entire Empire and legitimize his rule.

Turkic warriors - with Seljuk support - conquered Northern India and Bengal between 1175 and 1205. However, this Ghurid Empire (as it became known) refused to accept Imperial control and became an independent polity, despite some attempts by the Seljuks to impose their control over them. The Ghurid Empire soon evolved into the Delhi Sultanate and Islam spread across most parts of the Indian subcontinent.

Mongol Domination (1219 - 1658)
Under Seljuk domination, the Empire initially experienced a period of renewed prosperity and martial prowess, managing to fend off Arab incursions. But this was not to last. Strategos-Autokrator Toghrul III refused to submit, so Genghis Khan declared war in 1219. The Mongols overran much of the eastern part of the empire, occupying many major cities and population centers between 1219 and 1221. Eastern Persia was ravaged by the Mongol detachment under Jebe and Subutai, who left the area in ruin. With Toghrul III dead, the Imperial armies rallied behind the leadership of Basileus Alexander XVI. Alexander repulsed the first Mongol attempt to take Central Persia. However, Alexander was overwhelmed and crushed by Chormaqan's army sent by the Great Khan Ögedei in 1231. The whole of Persia came under Mongol rule and Alexander had to retreat with the Imperial Court to Babylon, in Mesopotamia.

In 1244, the Mongols stopped raising revenue from districts in Persia and offered tax exemptions to others. Möngke Khan prohibited ortog-merchants (Mongol-contracted Muslim traders) and nobles from abusing relay stations and civilians in 1251. He ordered a new census and decreed that each man in the Mongol-ruled Middle East must pay in proportion to his property.

Hulagu Khan, third son of Tolui, grandson of Genghis Khan, and brother of both Möngke Khan and Kublai Khan, was an ambitious man. Immediately after his brother Möngke's accession as Great Khan in 1251, Hulagu was appointed as administrator of Mongol Persia and was given a fifth of the entire Mongol army. In 1258 he besieged Babylon, intent on conquering the whole of the Greek Empire. After months of siege, Hulagu captured the Imperial Capital. While it was common practice for Mongols to sack cities that resisted them, Hulagu restrained his men. He spared the city and had Basileus Markos II brought before him. Hulagu was not content with being a vassal for the Great Khan and knew that in order to become independent he needed some justification: his Muslim Persian advisors had counseled him to seek the office of Strategos-Autokrator. This would legitimize his rule and pacify the population, which was still hostile to Mongol rule. It would also mean that Hulagu would no longer be a vassal of the Great Khan. Hulagu heeded their advice and accepted Basileus Markos as his nominal sovereign while he got the title of Strategos-Autokrator. With the Great Khan too busy with the Song Dynasty of Southern China and internal troubles, Hulagu’s move went unchallenged.

Now legitimized as a proper Strategos-Autokrator, Hulegu demanded and got the submission of Macedonian Satraps of Anatolia. Bolstered with their troops in addition to his own formidable Mongol army, he crossed into Europe and subdued the Satraps of Greece, who had refused to submit to Mongol rule. So the Empire was once more unified, under Mongol domination. Hulagu’s first move after the conquest of Greece was to reorganize his administration, by adopting the traditional administrative structure of the Macedonian Empire. He also employed a number of Muslim Greek advisers. His court and administration adopted the Greek language. The realm was stabilized after decades of warfare. Hulagu fell ill in February 1265 after several days of banquets and hunting. He died on 8 February and his son Abaqa succeeded him in the summer.

Abaqa converted to Islam, and so did most of the Mongols. This further reinforced Mongol rule over the Empire. Abaqa and his successors issued new coinage, reformed the tax system to make it more efficient and fair, undertook a number of irrigation projects, and reconstructed the cities ravaged by the Mongol invasions. The Empire was once more prosperous as commerce and trade flourished while agricultural production returned to pre-conquest levels. The population in turn grew too.

In the 1330s, the Empire was ravaged by the Black Death. This caused a new period of instability known as the Times of Trouble (1331 – 1367), during which a number of Strategoi-Autokratores succeeded each other in rapid succession, often by murder and or coup. In 1367, Bahador launched a successful coup against his brother and became the new Strategos-Autokrator. He spent the next two decades putting down revolts and reimposing centralized control while also keeping foreign enemies at bay.

This ushered in a new era of reconstruction. Commerce once again flourished and the Strategoi-Autokratores patronized arts and culture. New roads were paved while the monetary system was stabilized once more. The era of increased prosperity, though, also saw increased decadence in the Court. In the latter half of the 15th century, Satrapies became semi-independent. One ambitious Satrap was Jenkshi, a man of Mongol origins and Satrap of Fars. He revolted against the Strategos-Autokrator and in 1501 captured Babylon. The Basileus recognized Jenkshi as the new Strategos-Autokrator of the Empire.

Jenkshi reformed the administrative system of the Empire. Provincial administration would now be fourfold: a Satrap as a political overseer, a Merarchos as military commander, a Dikastes as High Judge and in charge of the judicial system, and an Oikonomikos responsible for tax collection. Unlike in the past, those offices would not be hereditary and would be appointed by the central government. Tenure in those offices would also be restricted to a maximum of ten years, to prevent someone from building up a local power base. This reform centralized administration in a way that had never been done before. Jenkshi and his successors promoted a system of meritocracy. Whereas in the past aristocrats were guaranteed administrative positions, now they had to prove themselves worthy of the position. This fostered professionalism in administration and reduced corruption.

The period between 1501 and 1658 is known as a ‘Golden Age’. Economic growth was fueled by renewed political stability, which allowed agriculture to thrive as well as trade to flourish as the Empire’s geographical position meant many goods passing from East to West and vice versa moved through the Empire. Good roads were constructed by the Strategoi-Autokratores to support the expanded international commerce. During this time period, the Empire fought a series of wars in Sindh and enforced imperial dominance in what was called "Greek India".

Early Modern Empire (1658 - 1855)
1658 was the year when Suleiman died. His successors were weak-minded and unable to enforce the centralized control of past Strategoi-Autokratores, leading to a number of revolts and coup attempts by ambitious provincial leaders and military commanders. In 1691, the Strategos-Autokrator Toggontomor was successfully deposed by General Andragoras who took the office for himself. But Andragoras faced a coalition of generals who opposed his coup in a civil war that lasted ten bloody years and saw widespread massacres and destruction. While Andragoras prevailed, the Empire was but a shadow of its former self.

So when Pashtun tribesmen in the Satrapy of Bactria rose up in revolt under the leadership of the brilliant and ambitious Nader Afshar, the Strategos-Autokrator Andragoras II had to recognize their rule over Bactria. But Nader was not content with being the ruler of Bactria. In 1724 he declared himself the rightful Strategos-Autokrator. In a series of campaigns lasting up to 1736, Nader defeated both the armies of Andragoras II and a number of provincial rival military and political leaders. So when his army entered Babylon in 1736, the Empire was completely his. Basileus Manuel II recognized him as Strategos-Autokrator and centralized control over the Satrapies was restored.

Nader launched an invasion of India in 1739. His ingenious military tactics allowed him the conquest of a large part of Punjab and the sack of Delhi, which brought valuable loot to adorn the Imperial capital. As a result of his brilliant military campaigns, Nader was given the nickname ‘Second Alexander’. Nader’s increasingly tyrannical behavior and arbitrary executions led to his assassination in 1747 by disgruntled courtiers.

His nephew, Adel, tried to maintain control but he was overthrown in 1756 by General Anastasios. Anastasios, now Strategos-Autokrator, would prove a competent administrator. Unlike Nader who enforced centralization through military campaigns, Anastasios preferred to coopt local elites by offering tax exemptions and government offices until he could become powerful enough to gradually strip them of those benefits. This gradual approach worked better at enforcing the control of the imperial center over the Satrapies.

His son, Aristeides (1767 - 1771) oversaw a more restrictive policy towards foreign trade, as he became distrustful of Europeans, but he was forced to reverse policy due to gunboat diplomacy by European powers. He had to accept a number of unequal treaties and free passage through the Bosporus straits by European merchants. This humiliation led to a military coup in 1771. The officers executed the Strategos-Autokrator and abolished the office. Instead, Basileus Themistocles VII would rule directly the Empire - the first time in centuries a Basileus would have actual control over the Empire.

Themisocles VII would reign as an absolute monarch from 1771 to 1799. During this period, he would oversee the implementation of significant reforms to stabilize the Empire. He would reduce unnecessary government expenses and crack down on government corruption. He would also finance a number of infrastructure projects in an attempt to revitalize the economy. His foreign policy would be a pragmatic one; instead of hostility towards the West, he would choose accommodation and cooperation.

Konstantinos V (1799 - 1821) created the Academy of Constantinople to promote Greek culture and the Antiquities Institute, under the management of European academics, to promote archeological work in Greece, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Persia. He would also begin the process of modernizing the Imperial Army by sending select officers to study in the West. The increased Westernization wasn't without its challengers, and Konstantinos had to put down multiple revolts by groups opposed to his reformist agenda.

Konstantinos VI (1821 - 1857) was a more conservative Basileus compared to his father. While he accommodated Westerners - because he recognized that he did not have the choice to confront them - he would refuse to implement any meaningful reforms. A group of reformist military officers who had studied in the West formed the ‘Society of Progress’, a secret organization for military officers who believed the Empire was stagnating under the current regime. Many of them had been inspired by the ‘Democratic Movement’, an intellectual movement that studied and idolized Ancient Athens and its democracy.

In 1853, these officers launched a military coup and forced the Basileus to grant permission for a Constitutional Assembly. This Assembly would draft the Constitution of 1854, which established a constitutional monarchy. All tax-paying males aged 21 or older would have the right to vote. The first elections were held in 1855, in order to give time for the formation of political parties and the civic education of the population. The 1855 elections resulted in a fragmented parliament but after a period of seven months, a coalition government was formed.

Modern Empire (1855 - 1937)
In theory liberalism and democracy won. In practice though the lack of democratic political traditions meant that political parties were centered around either a charismatic personality or in support of regional interests rather than an ideology. Parties would gain and expand their support by offering to their supporters various benefits including tax exemptions for certain regions and appointment to local and national offices. Elections became a competition for the ‘spoils’ of the state rather than a debate between policies and ideas.

Some progress towards modernization was made during this period. Foreign-language schools were established in 1862, modern arsenals were established in 1865, and a modern naval dockyard in 1866. Yet the constant squabbling and political instability led to growing dissatisfaction with the status quo that threatened democracy, and indeed there was a military coup attempt in 1867 that was barely foiled. Thankfully for the democratic institutions, charismatic liberal politician Charilaos Trikoupis emerged during this period. Unlike most other Imperial politicians, he actually had an intellectual basis for his beliefs, but he was also practical enough to offer political patronage and bribery to amass the necessary political capital to push through necessary reforms.

As Prime Minister (1869 - 1887), Trikoupis pushed through a radical reformist agenda. Using loans, revenue raised from a modernized and expanded system of taxation, and the wealth that came from the newly-discovered oilfields of Baku, he invested heavily in the construction of railways that sped up commerce and travel within the Empire. A machine factory was established in 1870, and students were sent for advanced education to the West starting in 1872. A system of budgets similar to that of Western governments was implemented. On the local level, the Kallisthenis system was implemented, which included the establishment of a modern police system and the expansion of local organizational functions. Autonomous research institutes were set up in the urban areas, to promote modern Western-style education. A new code and judicial system came into law. The Bank of Macedonia, founded in 1877, used taxes to fund the construction of modern factories. Other economic reforms passed by the government included a unified modern currency, commercial and tax laws, stock exchanges, and a communications network. The establishment of a modern institutional framework conductive to an advanced capitalist economy took time, but was completed by the 1890s. By this time, the government had largely relinquished direct control of the modernization process, primarily for budgetary reasons. The Westernization reforms primarily benefitted the Western part of the empire, which saw increased industrialization, while the eastern part of the empire (especially in Punjab) remained primarily rural and under the control of a few wealthy landowners.

The army was reformed, with Western-style education for officers, many of whom were sent abroad for education. Wages for soldiers were increased to combat corruption. Most importantly, Trikoupis invested heavily in the navy as he believed a strong navy was what allowed European powers to expand their influence across the globe. Trikoupis was also able to successfully deal with two reactionary coup attempts by ultraconservative military officers who opposed his Westernizing reforms - in 1872 and 1885. The coups were foiled with the support of younger officers who supported Trikoupis' reform of the military and saw those coups as chances to sideline older, conservative officers.

The modernization reforms of Trikoupis paid off, and the Empire entered a period of renewed prosperity even after his death in 1887 due to a heart attack. Under Theodore Diligiannis (1903 - 1911), the idea of the National Renewal Movement (Κίνημα Εθνικής Αναγέννησης) gained prominence. A nationalist movement called for a strong centralized state to push through radical Westernizing reforms, a strong military and a culture of discipline and war, veneration of the Basileus and an attack on "corrupt particracy", and Greek nationalism. Although many of the early proponents of the movement were Trikoupists, they had abandoned liberal progressivism for an authoritarian and nationalistic form of progressivism - progress in the service of strengthening the "national body".

Theodore Diligiannis was a moderate proponent of those ideas. Although he believed in the need for strong government and a greater role of the Basileus in political affairs, he rejected outright authoritarianism or absolute monarchism. Despite his orations on morality and attack on "particracy", he would utilize political patronage to maintain control of a fractured parliament. In other ways, though, he embraced the new radical ideas of the movement. He expanded the centralized public educational system - which had been founded in the 1860s - and pushed for Greek nationalist curricula. This was accompanied by the funding of ‘Cultural Festivities’, which promoted Greek cultural activities, and the ‘Summer Camps’ in which children in urban centers (and even some rural centers) would spend their summer in government-managed camps where they would be indoctrinated in the values of Greek nationalism.

This promotion of Greek ultranationalism solidified among the younger generation a sense of a common national identity and while it did not fully erase regional differences, it ensured greater cultural unity. It also created a generation of ultranationalist radicals not content with the moderate politics of Diligiannis and his uninspired successors. In the 1920s, numerous far-right organizations would form, clamoring for an end of "corrupt particracy" and a return to a glorious ancient past. This was reinforced by the stagnation of the 1920s. While the modernization reforms of the Trikoupis era had resulted in explosive economic growth in the 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, and much of the 1910s (which saw the creation of an educated middle class and rising wages), the 1920s saw economic growth slow. As such, unlike their parents, many younger people felt increasingly dissatisfied with the status quo and their future prospects. Ultranationalists weren't the only ones who benefitted from dissatisfaction with the status quo. Trade unions grew in importance, especially in the increasingly industrialized Western Satrapies of the empire, with hundreds of thousands of members. Socialist ideas were becoming increasingly popular on the left, though Macedonian socialists embraced a synthesis of Marxism with Greek nationalism and anti-colonialism.

The situation worsened with an economic crash in 1931, resulting in years of steep recession. Workers' strikes were organized and the "corrupt political elites" were blamed. The young and newly enthroned Basileus Antigonos XVII, seeking to distance himself from the failing establishment, attacked the parliament in public - adding fuel to the fire and giving credence to nationalist radicals. Some argued for the need for a strong government to wage war and expand the border of the Empire to alleviate the crises of economic recession and overpopulation - through acquiring living space and new sources of materials.

An ultranationalist coup attempt in 1933 was foiled, but it terrified conservative and even some liberal politicians into seeking some way to control popular outrage. With the blessings of the Basileus, most conservative and many liberal politicians formed a new political party - the League of National Rejuvenation (LNR). In 1935, the LNR was declared the sole legal political party. An executive act by Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas suspended the Constitution, imposed martial law, and granted emergency powers to the Basileus.

Trade unions reacted to this development with massive strikes against the "authoritarian" and "corrupt" government. Metaxas sent military units to enforce martial law and break up the strikes. What he did not expect was that elements of the military - led by the so-called "Young Officers" (a secret organization of Marxist-leaning military officers who had managed to rise through the ranks thanks to the purge of ultranationalist officers in the aftermath of the failed 1933 coup) - would side with the trade unions. Trade unionists and sympathetic soldiers stormed the Parliament and the Imperial Palace in Babylon, executing Prime Minister Metaxas and Basileus Antigonos XVII.

The 'Socialist Republic of Macedonia' was declared on November 15th, 1935. Many of the Western satrapies - which were highly industrialized and more sympathetic to socialism - saw their own socialist revolutions and defection to the new socialist government in the coming months whereas in the conservative, rural Eastern satrapies royalists formed an anti-communist government. A civil war followed between 1935 and 1937, with the socialists emerging victorious and reunifying Macedonia. The era of the empire was over.

Socialist Republic (1937 - Present)
Nikos Zachariades had emerged as the leader of the revolution, and in 1938 he was elected the first Chairman of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. He tried to unite the different factions of the left - anarchists, syndicalists, revolutionary socialists, democratic socialists, agrarian socialists, and progressive nationalists - into a single political organization: the Communist Party of Macedonia. He also approved the 1938 Law for the Protection of the Socialist Republic, which instituted press censorship, the criminalization of conservative and bourgeoise ideas, and barred 'reactionaries' from having political rights. This law was meant to guarantee that Macedonia would not descend again to civil war or that the reactionaries would undermine the revolution from the inside.

Large-scale industries, banks, and transportation networks were nationalized, and private businesses were gradually replaced by state-owned enterprises. Labor laws were implemented to protect workers' rights, including the eight-hour workday, minimum wages, and workplace safety regulations - at least in big urban centers as conditions in the countryside remained horrific. Measures were taken to provide free healthcare and improve access to education in rural areas, by investing in more schools and teachers in rural regions. Islam was repressed, and many clerics (who had sided with the royalists in the civil war) were liquidated.

Zachariades also initiated a series of Five-Year Plans to rapidly move the country past the recession it had suffered in the aftermath of the 1931 economic crash. These plans set ambitious production targets and were marked by extensive state control and centralized planning. The plans achieved significant industrial growth, but they also caused disruptions in agricultural production and social unrest. Zachariades also oversaw a significant agricultural reform, which primarily affected Macedonian India. The reform involved collectivizing agriculture, forming communes, and mobilizing agricultural labor.

A cult of personality was developed around Zachariades, who was proclaimed the "First Worker", "First Peasant", and "First Patriot". Macedonian socialism combined traditional Marxism with strong Greek nationalism. Zachariades purged those in the party who supported internationalism in favor of those advocating socialism in one country. Public education propagated not just socialist values but also Greek nationalism, which was seen as an anti-colonial movement in opposition to the 'imperialist' nationalism of European countries.

The Five-Year Plans, though they came at human cost, were successful at steering Macedonia out of the recession and in completing the process of industrialization that had begun under the old empire. Macedonia used its newfound industrialization to expand its military capabilities and foreign reach, supporting anti-colonial movements in Asia and Africa and presenting itself as the voice of the 'exploited' nations of the world. In 1954, Macedonia managed to achieve nuclear power status. Zachariades remained Chairman until his sudden death in 1957.

He was succeeded by Georgios Papandreou Snr. In the 1950s and 1960s, Macedonia experienced explosive economic and population growth. Massive investments into infrastructure, the development of hard industry and manufacturing, and the growth of the tourism sector contributed to economic growth. A lot of those investments were financed by increasing exports of Macedonian oil - with Baku, Mesopotamia, and Persia producing much of the oil exported abroad. Georgios Papandreou invested in the modernization and expansion of the Macedonian military, making Macedonia one of the foremost powers of the world. He also liberalized state repression over organized religion, and focused on funding and training an Islamic clergy that would be supportive of the communist government.

In 1971, Georgios Papandreou died and was succeeded as Chairman by his son, Andreas Papandreou. The 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s saw increased investments into the NHS, ensuring that free healthcare (which until then was really free and accessible only in urban areas) would reach the rural countryside. It also involved massive investments into free social housing, which accommodated the increased migration of peasants to urban centers. These tangible expansions of welfare benefits made Andreas greatly popular and loved among the people.

In 1996, Andreas Papandreou died and he was succeeded as Chairman by his son, Georgios Papandreou Jnr. The Papandreou political dynasty had solidified control over the Communist Party and had managed to cultivate a strong cult of personality, so this succession was smooth. His Chairmanship can be divided into three periods. From 1996 to 2008, he worked on efficiency measures over (state) enterprises by imposing greater control over unions and purging them of corrupt and incompetent elements. From 2008 to 2017, Papandreou reduced military spending (from about 5.3% of GDP to 3.7%) while prioritizing shielding the Macedonian economy from the effects of the 2008 economic crisis. His move was successful, and Macedonia did not suffer as much as other large economies did. From 2017 onwards, Papandreou has been focusing on boosting economic growth through increased infrastructure investments.

Nowadays, Macedonia has an advanced economy and moderate standards of living, but it faces inefficiencies (despite Papandreou's reforms) associated with a socialist economic system. It has been able to counteract a lot of those inefficiencies thanks to its export of oil, but the lack of luxury consumer goods remains a constant thorn in Macedonia's side.

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by **Alvosa** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:55 am

My POD will be the Jacobites winning the Battle of the Boyne and James the 2nd becoming king of Ireland. Later the monarchy was removed and Republica Eire was established.

by **Sao Nova Europa** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:56 am

Alvosa wrote:My POD will be the Jacobins winning the Battle of the Boyne and James the 2nd becoming king of Ireland. Later the monarchy was removed and Republica Eire was established.

Please make a new reservation post (without quoting the OP) stating you only own Ireland and Isle of Man, so I can add you to the roster.

You click the select all and then copy paste it on the post. Thanks

by **Benuty** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:58 am

Alvosa wrote:My POD will be the Jacobins winning the Battle of the Boyne and James the 2nd becoming king of Ireland. Later the monarchy was removed and Republica Eire was established.

Jacobins or Jacobites?

by **Alvosa** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 11:08 am

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NS Name: Alvosa.

RP Name: Republica Erie.

Territory: United Ireland and the Isle of Man

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by **Sao Nova Europa** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 11:11 am

Alvosa wrote:
RESERVATION

NS Name: Alvosa.

RP Name: Republica Erie.

Territory: United Ireland and the Isle of Man

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Reservation noted

by **Turkducken** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 11:13 am

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NS Name: Turkducken
RP Name: Confederate States of America
Territory: the Confederacy, with perhaps some of the golden circle realized...

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by **Sao Nova Europa** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 11:14 am

Reservation noted.

Also, I've updated reservation roster and map (aside from CSA which will be added shortly). Please check to see if the map has any mistakes.

by **Arvenia** » Mon Nov 11, 2024 11:15 am

I might either go for the United Arab States (UAS), the Pacific States of America (PSA), an alternate UK, France, Germany, Gran Colombia, India or Korea (with Liancourt Rocks and Tsushima Island).

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I have to fix a few things with my app before finalizing it.

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