Revolution IOT History Thread

[Mathalamus]

Atomic bombs aren't really that bad...

Two million people you killed would say otherwise.

 

[Double A]

Spare me, that's much less than the number of civilian casualties from the war the Jews inflicted on my people.

 

[Sonereal]

History of the Mathalamus Republic
Except from state-mandated history textbooks

Like many other nations, the Revolution knocked Spain onto its back. However, Juan Carlos I lead his army against the Fascist seat of government in Madrid and took power. By 1955, Spain had, for the most part, recovered its lost territory. Sadly, Portugal came to be ruled by a Fascist emperor. That did little to hurt Spanish resolve! Twenty-years later, we bought Portugal on the cheap from the Hegemony.

Our early history as New Spain saw our nation lead by Juan Carlos I as Emperor. Juan Carlos was a great ruler. However, Aristocracy ran important parts of the government. Over time, this resulted in Spain being drawn out of isolation into the international world to dire consequences. The Aristocracy's interests often conflicted the government's, leading to governmental indecision in world affairs. This had the effect of making our proud nation a laughingstock internationally. At one time, even the Holy Landers looked down on us. This lasted fourteen years until Juan Carlos I forced the Aristocracy out of government completely, adopted English Socialism, and reformed the government as a republic.

The Holy Land, ruled by tyrannical theocracy, grew jealous of our growing power and attacked us with every speech made by a member of their Clergy. We, like many, grew tired of this and thus gave Egypt the weapons they would need to retake land stolen by the Holy Land in the Nile War. Khitan invaded before the Egyptians were in place. The Holy Landers, in their final act of spite, declared the Second Jewhad against us.

The Egyptians, traitors, and the Marylanders, a weak people, took it upon themselves to try to conquer Spain. During the Night of Stars, the Egyptian-Marylander Alliance dropped ten atomic bombs across Spain, killing millions. Furthermore, the Marylanders and their marines attacked us at Gibraltar and took control of it while the Egyptians began to take all of Italy in the late 1960s.

The Soviets and Khitan aided Spain by invading Egypt and destroying Maryland.
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[CELTICEMPIRE]

are you going to update Japan

 

[Sonereal]

are you going to update Japan

That article doesn't need updated. I made references to the date of publication a few times in that article, preventing the need to retroactively edit it. Besides, it only covered the history of Japan up until the Zaibatsu.

 

[Sonereal]

The Amurian Soviet Republic

Introduction

The Amurian Soviet Republic (ASR or simply Amuria) was a socialist state in Northeast Asia. Colonel Sung of the Korean People's Army lead the communists and socialists fleeing the remains of the Soviet Union, Communist China, and North Korea to meet in Khabarovsk on the Amur River in 1955. Ten years later, the Amurain Soviet Republic would reorganize and become the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics with the original areas controlled by the ASR being divided into the Amurain and Korean Soviet Republics and the capital moved to Moscow, the Union Capital Territory.

History

Near the end of the Second World War, the world descended into the violent political upheaval called the Revolution. Unlike the idealistic predictions of Marx, this political upheaval did not lead to the workers rising up and establishing communist regimes in industrialized nations the world over. Instead, the people rose up and simply dismantled governments. This anarchy destroyed not just the capitalist United States of America but the communist Soviet Union, People's Republic of China, and Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Government officials fled the country to the Amur River, where Colonel Sung created a new order.

Internationally, the Amurian Soviet Republic kept itself isolated, signing alliances only with two other socialist nations, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Proletarian Commonwealth of Great Britain. This didn't stop Amuria from having international issues to resolve, such as the Lake Baikal Crisis which occurred in the summer of 1956.

The Great Qaghanate of White and High (Khitan) demanded Lake Baikal but the Amurians demanded the Liao stay south of the former Russian border. This crisis triggered a massive migration of former Soviet citizens from Western Russia and Central Siberia that resulted in over 800,000 men, women, and children entering Amuria along the Transsiberan Railroad. Soon, immigrants from the failed state of Japan were fleeing to the stable Amurian Republic as well. Red Army units screened many of the refugees and while most were allowed entry, nearly 15,000 were denied entry or confined to makeshift camps near the border for further investigation. This served to increase tensions between Amuria and Khitan but also handed Amuria a good number of scientists who would otherwise flee west to Yugoslavia or Ukraine. The Khitan declared this report propaganda.

When the fierce winter of '55 melted away into 1957, the issue still hasn't been solved. The chaos reigning in Japan still existed and the DB Corporation started sending corporate executives to the nation to figure out what's going on and how to exploit the situation. Meanwhile, the Ukrainians, fearing a resurgent "Communist Empire" in the east, underwent a massive militarization program.

Despite these early problems, the refugee problem started to solve itself. The new migrants settled in Manchuria and three notable refugees, Ilya Rubin, Nataliya Kulikova, and Lang Shen, brought significant innovation to the Amurians such as an effective diesel engine which cut fuel consumption up to 40%. This technology was exported to the Yugoslavians, who would use it to spread their influence in Central and Eastern Europe.

In April, the Lake Baikal Crisis came to a head when the Great Qaghanate of White and High mobilized its massive army on the Amurian-Khitan border. This embarrassing incident for Khitan was the result of a poorly-educated populace combined with war propaganda which resulted in villagers believing the murderous Red Army was fast approaching. War was averted at the last minute only for another border dispute to arise far west of Lake Baikal in Central Siberia. This extremely vital Transsiberian Railroad passed through the disputed region and the case was brought before the UN in 1958.

The DB Corporation and Khitan, of course, voted for Khitan in the land dispute but most other nations believed that since Amuria is the legitimate successor state to the Soviet Union, the Transsiberian Railroad belonged to them. Surrounding by enemies, Amuria edged out of its isolationist shell further and signed a mutual-defense treaty with the Spanish Empire.

Amuria won the vote.

By 1959, the Lake Baikal Crisis was no longer an active crisis and the world's attention was turned on the Civil War in France between Nationalists and the English Socialists of Northern France. The Hetmante (Ukraine) collapsing was a blimp to most of the world and the Amurians and Yugoslavians agreed on a common border in Europe now that the Ukrainian bulwark between them has dissolved. The remaining part of Ukraine the government controlled asked to be annexed by the Amurians in 1960.

The Lake Baikal Crisis and border disputes between Khitan and Amuria ended in 1961 with the signing of the Treaty of Irkutsk. The former Sino-Soviet border was used a marker between Amuria and Khitan and two Khitan cities fell under Soviet control. Meanwhile, Port Arthur was ceded by Amuria to Khitan. The treaty also marked a mutual-defense treaty, trade relations, and open borders between the two nations.

Khitan pledged to protect the rights of the working class and trade unions and the Soviets agreed to recognize the Imperial Cult of the Qaghanate as a legitimate religion.

As the years went on, and the Nile War escalated, relations between Amuria and Spain strained when Spanish leadership, not know for effective diplomacy, voiced fears of forcibly spreading the Worker's Revolution into Spain and implemented a flat tax. Of course, nothing came of this argument.

In 1965, after massive westward expansion, several years of administrative reforms resulted in Amurian Soviet Republic becoming the USSR and the capital being moved to Moscow.

Economy

Needless to say, the Amuria wasn't a global economic power until a decade later when it gained control of valuable industry and farmland in the former Soviet Union. The government often ran a deficient but after several agriculture reforms, it was able to meek out a stable economy with agricultural exports. This was a temporary problem until the factories came back online. By 1965, the Amurian economy was booming.

Military

The early Red Army of Amuria relied on Second World War-era Soviet weaponry. Tanks, planes, and significant ships were in short supply because of the lack of significant industry. However, there was no shortage of AK-47s and ammunition for those. Amuria, up until recovering former industry, relied on a Human Wave doctrine not at all dissimilar to the one practiced by the Soviets during the Second World War.

Legacy

Amuria, founded in a war torn part of Asia, surprised the world by emerging as a global power in 1965. The USSR is considered by many historians to being the only true deterrent to Hegemonic aggression in the later years. The thirty years between the Second and Third Revolution was a golden age for Soviets as they enjoyed unmatched power in the early years until the Rise of South Africa and the DB Corporation.

 

[Double A]

In Soviet Amuria, massive RP post writes you.

 

[Tee Kay]

I'd say making peace with the Qaghanate was probably the crucial turning point for Amuria and indeed for the game. Through the Soviet-Khitan Alliance and the Khitan-DB Alliance the three most powerful nations a world-ruling triumvirate was formed, in response to which the Hegemony was created.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

I want a SFRJ History

 

[Sonereal]

I want a SFRJ History

There'll be one.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

Its a shame it ended, it didn't even make 1980, I was planning on Tito dieing and making a Socialist Federative Republic of Europe

 

[Tee Kay]

And the Eurasian Union out of the Soviet Union too (can you make that canon? I made Lysenko so that he could be killed in a bloody counter-counter-counter-counter-revolution, not so he could reign like a more-stupid Stalin for the next three decades).

 

[Turquoiside]

Its a shame it ended, it didn't even make 1980, I was planning on Tito dieing and making a Socialist Federative Republic of Europe

I was planning to have a great time extending the Qaghanate's name if I ever conquered Germany+Italy. Al-Most Serene Khitan Reich of Pure and High under Heaven would have been the expected form of address .

 

[Omega124]

I was planning to create a Nordic Empire...

 

[Double A]

I was planning on not getting invaded for a... wait, do nukes count as invasions? If they do... I was planning on not get invaded a 5th time.

 

[CELTICEMPIRE]

I was planning to create a Nordic Empire...

remember the IOT VI Nordic Empire

 

[Turquoiside]

There'll be one.

By the way, were you expecting me to post the Liao Gaozu article or were you waiting until the Khitan history article to do so? Either way, I could always write the article if you wanted.

 

[Sonereal]

By the way, were you expecting me to post the Liao Gaozu article or were you waiting until the Khitan history article to do so? Either way, I could always write the article if you wanted.

I was going to post it once I did the Khitan history article but I haven't even started that one.

I would be thankful if you wrote it though.

 

[Turquoiside]

I was going to post it once I did the Khitan history article but I haven't even started that one.

I would be thankful if you wrote it though.

I'll write it then, but domestic one will be difficult. To avoid this I'll start with an article on the public's view on other nations and then contine with a military article.

 

[Turquoiside]

I'll start with an article on the public's view on other nations

And here it is:

The Great Qaghanate of White and High, despite Liao Gaozu’s right to exercise absolute control over the people, embraced freedom of the press. As long as the Son of Heaven remained in high esteem, criticism of the government and other nations was unregulated. The Khitan public more or less could form opinions about other nations that were contradictory to the stance of the government.

The USSR:
The Liao government was always courting the good favor of the USSR, but they were overall viewed negatively by the Khitan. To the Khitan, a Soviet-Liao alliance was necessary for the betterment of both parties, but the problem with the USSR was its seemingly eternal moral struggle with Communism and their role as the foremost representative of the ideology. It was cumbersome and illogical to prefer multiple Communist states when the creation of a single one was within one’s grasp. The hesitation to move against another communist state was an alien idea that simply didn’t popularize the Soviets to the Khitan population and even strained relations diplomatically. The Soviet space program, for all its innovation, earned them no clout as well. The ‘historian’ Fan Xunace: “[the Soviets] waste their days in vain securing what can’t be secured in the next world when they should be involved in the infinitely more practical business of securing their status in this world”. That is to say the Soviet space program was a waste of Russian resources, resources that ought to be put towards improving their decaying political situation domestically and abroad.

DB Corp and Japan:
Initially, the Khitan supported DB Corp above all other nations. Its unmatched navy perfectly complemented the Khitan army and gave them a crucial and much-appreciated advantage of over the Amurians. With the sale of northern Afghanistan and Iran to the Qaghanate, DB Corp popularity soared even higher. In every city, stories of the noble businessman reached wide circulation and the market for Corporation goods was higher than it is even today. This image only began to fade during the Khitan Wars (local name for the Khitan-Soviet-Federation invasion of the Middle East and Maryland) and the great debacle in the Mediterranean that saw the destruction of a significant number of Corporation ships. The revolution in Japan and DB Corp’s subsequent failure to reestablish order raised serious doubt as to whether or not corporation could remain a Great Power in the coming years. As of publication, the great majority of the Khitan are in favor of an invasion of and establishment of Khitan rule in the Japanese archipelago, land promised to them in the Treaty of Irkutsk.

The American Federation:
No nation was to ever remain as popular in the Great Qaghanate of and High as the American Federation was. Although generally unknown before their entry into the Khitan Wars, the Federation jumped into Khitan hearts and minds when it successfully annexed most of core Maryland and effectively ended the threat of the atomic bomb for the time being. This favor reached all the way to the top of Khitan society, with the threat of replacing the USSR or DB Corp with the Federation in the Khitan’s alliances always a favorite among the diplomats of the Great Qaghanate of White and High.


SFRJ:
The SFRJ’s relatively quiet movements on the world stage did little to arouse Khitan contempt. However, this also lead to them being viewed as particularly vulnerable by the government and in the years after the Khitan Wars, the SFRJ was a leading favorite target for an attack by the Khitan and Soviets. However, the latter utterly refused to attack a fellow communist nation and the Khitan begrudgingly ignored the SFRJ. There was traditionally only room for one communist trading partner and the position was claimed by the USSR. Their biological weapons and colonies in America, however did make them wonderful coalition partners in a possible war against the Hegemony.

Spain, the WEU states:
Khitan public opinion of western Europe had a tinge of racism to it; before the Khitan Wars the region was viewed as weak internally and isolated externally. Upon the enlargement of the WEU, it was assumed that Spain and Nordica had both been assimilated into the union on the grounds that Spain couldn’t support itself and was already heavily dependent on the other communist nations to stay afloat, or so Khitan generally thought. Although far from the truth, it became popular to link the collapse of the French and British states to the problems faced by the Spanish, and that the fact Spain continued as long as it did was an anomaly. Western states were simply viewed as failed ones in the making.


Portugal:
The people of the Qaghanate never truly came to terms with the Portuguese nation. Their denial of interior India to the Khitan left a permanent stain on their image. However, since they stuck to the coastline in the IndoKhitan peninsula and because significant population centers in the subcontinent still fell to the Khitan, the government felt no need to challenge them after a pathway to the Middle East was secured from DB Corp. The public rejoiced when Portugal suffered general political instability, as it meant that there was no longer any serious threat from the south (Portuguese military strength for the greater part of time they interacted with the Khitan was unknown).

Egypt, Maryland, and the Holy Land:

As Khitan enemies for the greater part of their interactions, the latter two of these nations were never viewed very positively. The Khitan arrived to the Middle East expecting a Caliphate in the style of the Islamic empires of old. Although disappointed that this was not the case, the Khitan proceeded to march on the Jewish land without serious resistance. The public became elated at the news of the great successes the Khitan armies continued to win in the far off east. To them, the following destruction of Egypt and Maryland had been their reward for attempting to deny the Khitan of the port on the Mediterranean they so desperately desired. Incidentally, there is little room to refute this version of the story. Maryland’s diplomacy reverted to a salvo of insults that only removed any chance they would receive the sympathy of the Khitan armies. Egypt unfortunately became the outlet of Khitan retaliation because it was the only enemy they could get their hands on, but the admirable resistance of Egyptian forces throughout Arabia received sympathy from the Khitan public (this is quite different from the anger it’s said to have caused Liao Gaozu). Public opinion played a significant role in the Treaty of Cairo, which restored the greater part of Egyptian Africa and allowed the nation to potentially dominate the African interior. After the war, Egypt’s image in the Great Qaghanate of White and High became one of the more favorable ones, although sympathy for their ‘predicament’ has more or less faded.

America:
The Khitan barely distinguished the Federation and League before they lined up on opposite sides in the Khitan Wars. The American League seldom exchanged diplomats with the Qaghanate and the result was that the public had little to say about them, positive or negative.