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[TheGryphonPrince]

Finished the app for the commonwealth.

 

[SouthernKing]

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United Arab Republic

Capital: Baghdad
Shortform: UAR, Iraq (not accurate, but neither is England or Holland)
Other Major Cities: Amman, Aleppo, Damascus, Mosul, Basra, Arbil, Abu Dhabi, Dubai
Conscription: voluntary
Government: Federal Republic

History: Iraq in the 1970s was blossoming. Under the largely benevolent Ba'athist dictatorship of Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, oil revenues flowed into the country and fueled great civilian development. As al-Bakr grew older, weaker, and more incapable of performing his duties, his vice president, a ambitious man with grandiose dreams of empire by the name of Saddam Hussein, took more and more power. By 1976, however, al-Bakr had decided that Saddam was gaining too much too quickly. And so he denied Saddam command of the Iraqi armed forces. Saddam was enraged, and a rift grew between the two figures. In March 1977, Saddam attempted to use his supporters to storm the streets of Baghdad. The army, still loyal to al-Bakr, was able to intervene and restore order. al-Bakr had Saddam removed from office, imprisoned, and his security forces purged to prevent such a thing from ever happening again. A brief period of emergency rule ensued, with political dissidents (and, increasingly, Islamists) finding themselves imprisoned and persecuted. al-Bakr continued ruling, if lethargically, until his death in October 1982. In his last years, he reinforced the Iraqi friendship with the Soviet Union.

Meanwhile, neighboring Syria entered a period of chaos. Uprisings by the local Muslim Brotherhood starting in about 1976 severely weakened the Ba'athist government of the al-Assad brothers. Especially after the Hama massacre of 1981, when the Syrian army entered the city and randomly executed 400 male inhabitants of the city in retaliation for a Muslim Brotherhood uprising in the city, opposition to the increasingly brutal regime mounted. Enter Iraq, who had little desire to see Hafez al-Assad continue as President of Syria. In December 1981, an Iraqi-supported general, conducted a coup against al-Assad. To the south, Jordan found itself undergoing similar turmoil In something of a larger-scale repeat of Black September (1970), an anti-monarchist uprising erupted in 1983, backed by a resurgent PLO and bankrolled by Iraq. In January 1984, King Hussein was overthrown and the monarchy abolished. Both Syria and Jordan after 1985 found themselves drawn closer and closer into the Iraqi orbit, becoming satellites in all but name.

During this tumultous period, a collapse of authority and ensuing civil war in Saudi Arabia in 1985-1987 led to Iraqi intervention, and the absorption of the oil-rich eastern provinces of the country directly into Iraq, and parts of the northwest into Jordan. In the process, Iraq absorbed Kuwait in 1985 and Qatar and Bahrain in 1986 as Iraq moved to establish control over the Persian Gulf. Similarly, a brief war fought over a border conflict in 1989 led to the absorption of largely Arabic-speaking Khuzestan from Iran into Iraq.

And, so, effective 1 January 1990, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan united into a single state - the United Arab Republics. Ostensibly, the UAR was a federal republic with Iraq, Jordan, and Syria all given equal treatment. Nevertheless, it was clear from the start that, despite its lofty goals on paper, the UAR was little more than an embellished Greater Iraq. Syria and Jordan had little autonomy or say in the affairs of the government, and all important decisions were handled from Baghdad. Making the situation even more unbalanced, the UAR in the 1990s was a de facto one party state under the Ba'athists.

What ultimately changed this status quo was the Arab Spring of 2003. As the UAR had grown increasingly wealthy and developed throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, its younger denizens found themselves demanding more rights, especially for a government popularly seen as hopelessly corrupt. An undercurrent of Islamism had too begun to spread through the country starting in the 1990s, undermining the Ba'athists' support. In the summer of 2003, the tinderbox sparked, and a minor student strike at several Baghdad universities blew over into a far larger wave of protests that enveloped every major city in the country. In August 2003, after a long, hot summer of discontent, the Ba'athists resigned. A new consitution was created and ratified in 2004, and the first elections were held in February 2005.

Politics: Under the 2004 constitution, the UAR's federal structure had been reformed. Iraq, Jordan, and Syria had been retained as the country's three states, but Bahrain, Qatar, Jawf, Dammam, and Khuzestan were spun off into "union territories" with a level of autonomy in internal affairs, separate from the main three. (Kuwait, Iraq's 19th province, was kept as part of Iraq, mainly for political reasons) When the former UAE was incorporated into the UAR in the 2020s, Abu Dhabi and Dubai were added as the sixth and seventh union territories.

The National Assembly of the UAR, unicameral between 1990 and 2004, is now bicameral as per the 2004 constitution. The lower house, the Majlis al-Jamahiriya (Council of the People), consists of 1000 members popularly elected from constituencies, no longer than every five years. The upper house, the Shura al-Muttahidah (Union Consultative Council), consists of a mere 25 representatives nominated by the subdivisional governments, six from each state government and one from each union territory government.

 

[Terran Empress]

subbing still thinking about where to join

but so far reserving poland/eastern europe and Deseret area

 

[NinjaCow64]

Sub post will make something soon.

 

[KaiserElectric]

Also sub post, I'm mostly looking at something in the Continental US.

 

[Arrow Gamer]

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Country Name: The Imperial Union of Canada, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Finland and Norway
Shortform Name: Vinland or The Northern Union/Empire
Capital: Stockholm
Major Cities: Montreal, Vancouver, Oslo, Copenhagen, Toronto
Conscription Law: Vol. The Empire has a long history of neutrality, though nearby threats have frightened them into slightly expanding their armies.
Description: The Imperial Union was forged following the chaos of the American split. Refugees fled across the country, and the Scandinavian countries had a long history of accepting immigrants that they could not ignore. However, the swift unbalancing of demographics across the northern Atlantic pushed semi-aligned conservative parties into the legislatures of Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Canada and Denmark-conveniently, all this happened before the immigrants were granted citizenship. These governments managed to form a loose economic and defensive alliance distinct from the failing NATO which was pushed together with joint ventures into space, though they came of nothing. In the 50 years since its formation, the union was unified by a charismatic orator by the name of Snorri Snorrison, hailing from Norway. While the component states still distrust one another, a resurgent US, the dawn of a new era of industry, and further forays into space, the value of working together has overcome opposition. With a state spanning an ocean, the Union has focused on transportation technologies, and planes that go into low-earth orbit and use the reduced air resistance, new propulsion systems and the spin of the earth have become the norm allowing fast travel that otherwise would have hindered the Union. It is for this reason the Union is regarded as having one of the best air-forces in the world, though they are as of yet untested.

 

[Sonereal]

Spoiler Draft Timeline :

1975 (General) - Erich Honecker is assassinated. Over the next fifty years, especially as instability in the Soviet Union mounted, the German Democratic Republic gradually resulting in a more or less truly democratic DDR.

27 January 1975 - The USSR and USA are forced to recreate the Outer Space Treaty as the realization that the Space Race's naturally evolution would lead to the militarization of space regardless of any "ink on paper."

19 May 1975 - The Second Great Kantō Earthquake, one of the most powerful earthquakes on record, rocks Japan. To quote a recent edition of a Japanese history book on the matter:

The Second Great Kantō Earthquake [第二次関東大震災] was an event so devastating to the State of Japan that it threatened to tear the entire nation asunder, to collapse its spectacular economic growth and technological advancement. The damage done was astounding. Half of Chiba Prefecture [千葉県] was levelled, including the in-progress Narita International Airport [成田国際空港] and most of Chiba City [千葉市] itself. The southern portion of Ibaraki Prefecture [茨城県] sustained heavy damages as well, though luckily its capital, Mito [水戸], went relatively unharmed by the quake and its subsequent waves and aftershocks.

The massive economic and societal dislocations that followed would, eventually, lead to the Japanese's People's Republic.

1976 (General) - Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, leader of Iraq, denies Saddam Hussein command of the country's armed forces. The Muslim Brotherhood of Syria uprisings begin.

March 1977 - Saddam Hussein launches a coup against the government. Lacking the support of the military, Saddam's uprising is crushed and imprisoned. Following the March Putsch, the security forces are purged of Saddam's supporters and a state of emergency is declared as political dissidence is crushed by the government across the country. Ties between Iraq and the USSR grow following the incident.

~1980s - Charismatic Paul Biya becomes President of the Republic of Cameroon. With alleged Western-backing.

1980 (General) - The first Soviet and American moon bases are established.

1981 (General) - The Hama Massacre in which Syrian security forces enter the city of Hama and massacre four hundred males as punishment for uprisings by the Muslim Brotherhood trigger a chain of events which by the end of the year would see President Hafez al-Assad deposed by a Iraqi-backed general.

October 1982 - President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr dies a natural death.

1983 (General) - An anti-monarchist uprising begins in Syria on the back of a PLO bankrolled by Iraq. By the spring of next year, King Hussein will be deposed and the Republic of Jordan declared.

1985 (General) - The Saudi Civil War (1985-1987) breaks out due to a hotly disputed succession. Jordanian and Iraqi interventions results in territorial expansion for both those countries. Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait fall under the umbrella of Iraq.

1989 (General) – A brief Iraq-Iran War ends with Iraq gaining Khuzestan from Iran.

1 January 1990 – The United Arab Republic is declared consisting of Jordan, Syria, and Iraq, with Iraq becoming the dominating partner of the new republic. Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait are annexed by Iraq.

1994 (General) - President Paul Biya dissolves the republic and declares himself Emperor. Nominally only a figurehead, Emperor Biya operated behind the scenes and had most of the National Legislature in his pocket up to his death in the late 2010s.

1997 (General) - The USS Columbia, the world's first Military Space Installation, comes online.

1 July 1997 - The day comes and goes, and British control of Hong Kong is maintained despite heavy objections. Nationalist elements in the People's Republic of China organize protests in major cities across China, and threaten to storm the British embassy.

2000 (General) - The new year is marked by the realization that the age of the ICBM is coming to an end. The nuclear bomb, long a symbol of absolute hard power, begins to fall to the wayside as attention turns to the MSI. The Soviet economy enters the new year lurching, dying, while the American economy is experiencing robust growth thanks to the Internet, unaware of the coming turmoil that will mark the first half of the twenty-first century.

2003 (General) – A small university protest in Iraq escalates into the Arab Spring. By the end of summer, the Ba'athists resign.

2004 (General) – A new constitution is ratified in Iraq by a National Constitutional Assembly.

February 2005 – The first free elections in the UAR are held.

2014 (General) - The Empire of Cameroon sends troops into Nigeria, officially as an humanitarian mission to assist in efforts to contain an outbreak of Ebola in that country.

~2010s - Emperor Paul Biya dies and is succeeded by Judicaël Biya.

~2020s - The decade is rocked by the Anheuser-Kennedy Controversy. During this time, the Empire of Cameroon expands militarily. The first automated law enforcement machines hit the streets in the West.

2020 (General) - The first completely automated factory comes online in the Soviet Union. Western companies quickly follow suit.

2023 - Automated Law Enforcement Machines, or ALEMs, suffered a catastrophic malfunction (possibly caused by hackers) in the slums of Prague, resulting in dozens of deaths, hundreds of injuries, and the calling of the country's army to quell the "robot uprising". A flurry of legislative activity followed which effectively declares an end to the country's technological growth in the fields of AI, cybernetics, and robotics.

~2030s - The South American Confederation is formed with Argentina as the center of the Confederation's economic, military, and political power. Italy collapses during this time, with the Federation of Alpine Republics forming the most powerful country to emerge from the collapse. Austria forms the heart of a newly formed Danubian Republic.

~2040s - The USSR suffers a partial collapse and civil war. The USSR is reformed into the Amalgamation of Russian Soviets.

4 May 2045 - Emperor Judicaël Biya is assassinated by a communist radical. There is a short succession crisis, followed by the accession of Judicaël Biya II.

2046 (General) - Jochen Ingelmann elected to be the Staatssekretär in the DDR.

@ArrowGamer: Capitals must be marked on the map.

Edit 2: Scandinavia has been claimed earlier.

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[W|M]

TURKESTAN

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Country Name: The Republic of Turkestan
Shortform Name: Turkestan
Official languages: Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Uyghur, and Russian (Although Russian is not native to the region, it is taught as a second language throughout Turkestan to facilitate communication between all the parts of the nation)
Capital: Samarkand
National subdivisions: Federal Capital, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uyghuristan
Local political capitals (cities with over one million people are in bold):

Uzbekistan

-Tashkent
-Namangan
-Andijan
-Bukhara
-Nukus
-Qarshi
-Fergan
-Urgench
-Jizzax
-Termez
-Navoiy
-Guliston
-Toytepa

Kazakhstan

-Almaty
-Akmola
-Shymkent
-Karagandy
-Taraz
-Aktobe
-Pavlodar
-Öskemen
-Oral
-Kostanay
-Petropavl
-Kyzylorda
-Aqtau
-Atyrau
-Kokshetau
-Taldykorgan

Turkmenistan

-Ashgabat
-Türkmenabat
-Dashoguz
-Balkanabat
-Mary

Kyrgyzstan

-Bishkek
-Osh
-Jalal-Abad
-Karakol
-Naryn
-Talas

Tajikistan

-Dushanbe
-Khujand
-Qurghonteppa
-Khorugh

Uyghuristan

-Ürümqi
-Fuqang
-Shixenze
-Kashgar
-Aqsu
-Krorain
-Ghulja
-Sanji
-Qumul
-Xoten

Conscription Law: Every man must do at least two years of military service between the ages of 20 and 45
Description: Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, several states emerged in Central Asia, which started fighting between themselves so as to establish regional hegemony and dominate the others. After two years of fighting, a little-known Uzbek warlord known as Nurmukhammed Bey led a small band of around 240 troops to annihilate a rival army of over two thousand soldiers, brilliantly making use of local mountains and deserts to outlast and pick off his opponents. This got the attention of another warlord - a Kazakh known as Aslan Nazarbayev - who was himself on his last legs, desperately trying to hold off enemy armies. Nurmukhammed Bey was hired to help save the man, and following a series of vicious battles around the Aral Sea, Nurmukhammed Bey successfully repealed his opponent, and started a brutal campaign of conquest throughout Central Asia on behalf of his warlord. The amount of deaths is unknown, but the damage done is still visible today. Although all of Turkestan would be conquered, including the region of Uyghuristan - formerly a part of China, not the Soviet Union - Nurmukhammed Bey would not live to see his legacy come to life, as he was quietly assassinated by Nazarbayev. Although the peoples of Turkestan would eventually see themselves united in one state, this was not how it was at the time - Nazarbayev used massive displays of force and brutality to enforce his rule. This was not to last. Nazarbayev would be toppled in a massive revolt only a year after he came to power, leading to Turkestan being separated again. The separate states would unite again in 2042 - this time, peacefully - following the start of public perception about the very real security threats around Turkestan's borders, and the propaganda campaigns highlighting the similarities between Turkic peoples throughout all of what would become Turkestan.

 

[KaiserElectric]

American Federation​

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(Special thanks to bair for the lovely map)

Country Name: American Federation
Shortform Name: America
Capital: Washington DC
Major Cities: New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, Boston, Des Moines
Conscription Law: Voluntary
History: Emerging from the quagmire of the Second World War as a undeniable superpower, the United States of America soon found itself embroiled in a Cold War with the Soviet Union that would stretch into the new millennium. The threat of nuclear war always loomed overhead, but by the end of the 1970's, the US strategy of détente with the Soviets had led to landmark treaties such as the SALT pact, the Helsinki Accords, and the revised Outer Space Treaty. Then a month before the new year and a new decade, Soviet tanks began rolling into Afghanistan. The wonton aggression of Soviet forces outraged Americans and convinced them that the policy of détente was a failure, and that strong action was needed to check Communist influence. It was on this promise of confronting the Soviet menace that a governor of California named Ronald Wilson Reagan was elected to the office of president in 1980, swept to victory on the promise of economic prosperity and checking communist aggression on a global scale. Then, on March 30th, 1981, Ronald Reagan was shot three times outside of the Washington Hilton Hotel by John Hinckley Jr. He was rushed to the hospital, but tragically died from his wounds, a mere 69 days into his presidency. The presidency was succeeded by his Vice President, Iowa Senator and World War II veteran Norman Ellison. The newly sworn in President Ellison promised to institute the supply-side economics that his predecessor promised, but quietly ignored Reagan's intents to aggressively counter Soviet actions in the world, personally believing that such actions would inevitably lead to a nuclear war. While many Americans balked at Ellison's continuing of peaceful negotiation, his economics policy proved to be wildly successful, just winning him a Second Term against Walter Mondale in 1984. His successors would continue the policy of détente into the turn of the century. While the Soviet juggernaut was beginning to show cracks in the foundation at this time, all was not well back at home either.

While foreign issues were generally peaceful following the turn of the century, the home front was a different story altogether. (to be continued)

 

[arya126]

Tentatively claiming the 'Western Confederation', including California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, Montana, Idaho, and Arizona, as well as Northwestern Mexico. Map shall be coming within the next couple of days. Lec, I am interested in cooperating on a background to establish why the heck a prosperous USA suddenly split into 2+ states and what the heck happened. Capital will tentatively be in Anchorage.

 

[christos200]

Added history.

 

[Civ'ed]

Added a bit on Culture of the DDR

 

[Polyblank]

THE SCANDINAVIAN FEDERATION​

Claims:

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Shortform Name: Scandinavia
Capital: Stockholm
Government: Federal Republic
Federal President: Emanuel Holmlund
Federal Minister: Torolf Rogstad
Major Cities: Oslo, Copenhagen, Reykjavik
Conscription Law: Voluntary
Parties:
Governing Coalition
The Rational Movement
Northern Social Democrats

Opposition
The Federalists
Scandinavian Resistance
Struggle of Scandinavian Independence Party

Other Parties
Scandinavian's People Party
The Green Future Party

History and Description: After the American and Soviet influence began waning in 1990, the Scandinavian countries used the chance given to them to form a loose economic union, one somewhat resembling the European Communities that had failed. However, there was hope now, as the Scandinavian states were more closely related to one another, including their fears of entities who might have wanted them to become subordinates. As time passed, and the world entered once again into a phase of competition between the two Superpowers of old as of the 2000s, the need for a stronger, more coherent union was realised between the Scandinavian countries. Following a pan - Scandinavian referendum, the people of Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland decided to join. Greenland, having been granted excessive liberties by Denmark, refused to join and retained its independence, but still kept close economic and political ties with the Commonwealth. As such, the very first Scandinavian Federation was born in October 9 2007, which is still celebrated in Scandinavia as " Brotherhood day ". With the Scandinavian dream of unification realised, it was now time to put the foundations that would constitute this new political entity. Elections were had, and, after the dominance of the Democratic Future of Scandinavia in the United Parliament, a new constitution was drafted , one under which the states of the Scandinavian Federation retained a measure of sovereignty. Specifically, the Constitution of Scandinavia states that the structure of each State must "conform to the principles of democratic and social government, based on the rule of law". Most of the states are governed by a cabinet led by a Minister, together with an elected legislative body known as the State Diet. The states are parliamentary republics and the relationship between their legislative and executive branches mirrors that of the federal system: the legislatures are popularly elected for four , and the Minister is then chosen by a majority vote among the State Diet's members. The Minister appoints a cabinet to run the state's agencies and to carry out the executive duties of the state's government. However, matters of national defence, foreign affairs, and of economy are decided by the federal government. There is also the National Parliament, where all the parties that gain over 5% of the votes are represented through a system of propotional representation. The Parliament, as it is often called, also elects the Federal President, who is the head of the state, and the Federal Minister, who is the head of the government. The President has only nominal jurisdiction, but he can override a proposal through a veto if it does not have the backing of 2/3s of the Parliament. In case of a vote of no confidence, a viable candidate must be found during the same session, or otherwise the vote of no - confidence, no matter the percentage of the Parliament that votes for it, is cancelled. This measure is mentioned in the constitution as part of a scheme to make the Federal Republic more stable. Changing parts of the Constitution requires once again 2/3s of the Parliament.

Once the first Soviet automated industries came online in 2020, the Western companies started making gains in the sector of robotics and shortly followed suit. In Scandinavia, this was accepted wholeheartedly by the Governing Coalition of the Struggle of Scandinavian Independence Party and of the Unitarian Scandinavian Party. Coming en masse, these new machines began replacing human working hands all over Scandinavia and ushering a new age of economic success for the people of the North, making Scandinavia a place of great promise for immigrants all over the world. Being a mostly isolationist nation, the amazement with robots and new technologies in general began appearing in all sectors of the Scandinavian society as of the 2030s. There were even plans under the guise of an innovative program to include computers and programming in the Scandinavian schools by the state governments, but the extent of the program was scaled back because of the costs. Generally, a peaceful decade in the Federation led to the domination of science fiction themes in the 2030s and 2040s. However, the Russian Civil War has come, and fears of it spoiling over the borders might destroy the long - lasting peace of the Scandinavian Federation.

 

[Sonereal]

Unit costs have been tweaked because Jesus.

UNIT | OLD COST | NEW COST
Brigade | $300 | $3,000,000
Squadron | $900 | $9,000,000
Wing | $600 | $6,000,000
MSI | $1,800 | $180,000,000
Intel Group | $560 | $56,000,000

 

[NinjaCow64]

Country Name: Commonwealth of Australia
Shortform Name: Australia
Capital: Canberra (de facto)
Major Cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Victoria, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin.
Conscription Law: Voluntary (most of the serious military are PMCs under the control of the Unlimited Frontier Corporation)
Description: The Commonwealth of Australia is theoretically a democracy. However, it is really a corporate dictatorship, where the Unlimited Horizons Corporation makes every important decision by virtue of owning almost everything.

Capital is in yellow, will post a history tomorrow as it is 4am and I am tired.

 

[Sonereal]

Map

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Note: Sign-Ups Close Tuesday.

 

[VGL]

The Federal Republic of West Germany

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Government: Federal government. Uses the STV system and has 2 houses: House of Representatives (for now, 49) and House of States (each state 4). Both are elected but senate has a 8 year term while the house has a 2 year term. The president has a 4 year term. The head of state and the head of government is separate and the head of government is elected by the legislative branch and approved by the president. If rejected, they can override it by a 2/3 majority. States can put any laws unless it conflicts the federal constitution or the federal law
Conscription Law: Voluntary
Capital: New Berlin
Parties:
Major:
Capitalist movement: A right wing conservative party.
Libertarian party: A right wing liberal party.
Green party: A center environmentalist party. Liberal.
A radical green party: A radical center environmentalist conservative party.
Minor:
Socialist party: A left liberal party
Netherlands Independence party: a party to gain Netherlands Independence
Luxembourgs Independence party:a party to gain Luxembourgs Independence
Belgiums Independence party:a party to gain Belgiums Independence
Nazi party: A party to restore the Third Reich
MORE LATER

 

[Sonereal]

1. The Nazi Party is banned in Germany. Period. Shooting that in the bud quickly.
2. Given you somehow control the Lowlands, you're going to need to write an acceptable history before acceptance.

 

[W|M]

Turkic regions and regional capitals:

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Purple: Capital Region (Capital: Samarkand)
Light Blue: Uzbekistan (Capital: Tashkent)
Light Green: Kazakhstan (Capital: Astana)
Dark Green: Turkmenistan (Capital: Ashgabat)
Yellow: Kyrgyzstan (Capital: Bishkek)
Red: Tajikistan (Capital: Dushanbe)
Dark Blue: Uyghuristan (Capital: Ürümqi)

The black stars are where regional capitals are.

 

[GreekAnalyzer]

The Egyptian Communist State​

Claims (Capital in Orange):

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Shortform: Egypt, The ECS
Capital: Cairo
Major Cities: Alexandria, Abu Simbel, Benghazi, Khartoum
Conscription Law: 1
Description: While originally supposed to be a paradise for the proletariat, instead it turned out to be the personal fiefdom of Abdul Aziz Thaabli, commonly called "The Man." Modeled after Soviet Russia, The Man controls all means of production and all goods manufactured or imported. Much of the government's income comes from its control over the Suez Canal. In a manner similar to Cuba, Thaabli revolted against a regime propped up by the USA. After a 5 year civil war he installed himself as guardian of the people and promptly rubber-stamped a constitution appointing him Head of Basically Everything. He annexed parts of Libya, Sudan due to their rich natural resources.
Language: Arabic
Religion: Officially Atheist, however Islam is still the predominant religion of the area. Unlike Soviet Russia, The Man does not persecute religions as this could spark a revolution among the majority of religious persons.
Currency: The People's Dollar (PD)