NPC: Mayan Republic
The Mayan Republic is a state in crisis. Gaining independence in the 1860ies after a prolonged war for independence against Spain, it was immediately invaded by the forces of New Spain in their aim of unifying the former colony of New Spain and conquering the Yucatan. However, it was able to fight them off, gaining independence while severely weakening the New Spanish state.
With New Spain still a present threat for the Mayans, they began to build closer ties with the United States of America and their former colonial masters in Spain. With the outbreak of the Great War in 1905, the Yucatan then found themselves fighting with their former enemies New Spain against the Spanish, along with the United States. The Mayans fought bravely, assisting the Americans in the invasion of Aztlan, and were rewarded with half of the former colony at the close of the war.
However, for the Mayans the war was not over. The former colony of Aztlan was rife with Aztec nationalists, who were joined by the former Spanish soldiers who fled to the hills. The Aztec guerillas bled the Mayan occupation force dry, until 1910, when they rose up in revolt against the Mayans. The Mayan army was crushed, but the war continued until 1913, with the Mayans unable to make any headway against Aztec forces. The Mayan Republic eventually granted Aztlan its independence, turning their back on their acquisitions during the Great War.
During the same year, the Caribbean was struck by an immense hurricane, which savaged the coastlines of Cuba, Jamaica, and the Mayan Republic. The capital of Belize was struck, and was almost destroyed by the hurricane, which killed 15,000 people in the Mayan Republic alone.
On the back of dissatisfaction with the government's rebuilding program, as well as the loss of Aztlan, the Mayan military under General Ceh Pech launched a brutal military coup in the capital against the elected government. However, his coup attempt was foiled by the Republicans, who gathered themselves in the major urban centres and resisted Ceh Pech. The country was plunged into a several month long civil war, which only ended when the military finally crushed the Republican forces in a week long bloodbath in Belize. With the civil war over, Ceh Pech was now free to rule.
The government of Ceh Pech, however, is still dangerously unstable. Almost immediately after his victory, the people of the Mayan Republic came out en masse to protest against the new curfew that was put in place. This swiftly turned into a brutal riot, which was put down by the military. To pacify the country, Ceh Pech arrested the Republican movement en masse in 1915. However, they managed to escape prison in 1917, remaining at large in the country's jungles that served it so well during the War of Independence.
Now, as the third decade of the 20th Century looms, Ceh Pech marshals his forces and clings to his weakening hold over the country, the Republicans gather their loyalists and arm themselves, and many in the Mayan Republic fear that another civil war is imminent.
Formal Name of Your Nation: Yucateca Repúblicha
Formal Name for the Army: Wach Yucateca (Soldiers of the Mayans)
Formal Name for the Navy: Ha'Wach Yucateca (Water Soldiers of the Mayans)
Status of the Air Force: n/a
Status of Labour Unions: Illegal, under the Curfew Directive of 1913
