Slavic Union

Slavic Union Славянский союз Slavyanskiy Soyuz
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  "Vozhd' nad Soyuzom, Soyuz prezhde vsego!" (Russian) "The Vozhd above the Union, and the Union above all!"
Anthem:  "Error {{native name}}: a name as parameter {{{2}}} is required (help)" Hail to the Vozhd
Capital	Osipovgrad
Official languages	Slavic
Ethnic groups	Slavic
Religion	Orthodox Christianity
Demonym(s)	Slavic
Government	Unitary One Party Dictatorship
• Vozhd	Maksim Borosov
• Minister of Foreign Affairs	Anton Vinogradov
• Minister of Defense	Matvei Pavlov
• Chairman of the Duma	Georgii Federoff
Legislature	Duma
Establishment
• Slavic Empire Declared	March 12 1813
• Slavic Union Declared	October 18 1938
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	333 billion
Currency	Ruble
Driving side	Right
Calling code	+327

The Slavic Union (Slavic: Славянский союз, Slavyanskiy Soyuz) also commonly known as simply The Union is a nation located [insert location] in the Coalition of Crown Albatross. [Other facts about location]

The nation's capital is located in Osipovgrad, with other major cities in Ivanovgorod, Moscow and Zhukovgrad. The nations west is heavily populated, with the majority of the east's population living in small towns.

For centuries the Slavic Union was a series of small, constantly warring princedoms, until they were united into the Slavic Empire by Tsar Ivan I in the 18th century. Eventually in 1917 the Krasnyy attempted to overthrow the monarchy, starting the 12 year Slavic Civil War, which would eventually be won by the white army, and the Slavic Republic would be established. Eventually in 1938 the tsardom would be abolished by Nikifor Osipov, who would take complete control of the nation and establish the Slavic Union with himself as Vozhd.

While technically a democracy due to the Duma the Vozhd is a dictator with almost complete control over the Union, with the nation also being a one party state. The military has massive sway in the politics of the nation, with its interests often coming before the interests of the people.

The Slavic Union has often been criticized for its blatant human rights abuses, suppressing any criticism of its regime, and how much power the military has over it, essentially acting as another branch of the government.

History

Early History

The first settler of the modern day Slavic Union were the Rodnyye, who came here during Second Great Iearth Migration dated to approximately 50,000 years BP. The first settlers came form Zamastan and were primarily hunter gatherers. The mountains near the middle of the country meant that settlement of the east was sparse.

Early on the land that now makes up the Slavic Union was divided among small princedoms in a near constant state of warfare, over time as technology advanced Slavs were able to connect more with outside nations, the constant warring lead to many young boys being trained from birth to be a soldier, gaining Slavs a reputation for being good fighters, with many being hired as mercenaries.

Portrait of Ivan I, 1815

The constant warfare kept the Slavic nations behind technologically and culturally, with the average lifespan being incredibly short and the Industrial Revolution passing them by. In 1802 Ivan I was crowned king of Moskva, and by 1813 he had brought all Slavic lands under his control, he was crowned Tsar of the Slavs by the Patriarch of the Orthodox church.

Slavic Empire

Slavic Peasant Women

Despite the unification of Slavic lands the Empire remained behind other nations in the world, with old practices such as leaving newborns perceived as weak out to die being maintained for centuries before slowly dying out in the late 1800s. Slavery was abolished in 1822 but serfdom remained until 1877.

Slavic tsars often preferred to party and display their wealth as much as they could, mingling with the rulers of foreign nations more than their own people. The Slavic Empire's backward state often had them perceived as the odd man out among other nations, despite this a strong nationalist sentiment formed among the people.

Over time the lower classes polarized into wildly different ideologies, when Pyotr Laskin wrote his book A Critique of Capitalist Economics better known as Capital, it was wildly popular, but things weren't universal, with several right wing thinkers publishing their own writings, and right wing nationalism rising up in reaction to the communist movement.

Bolotin in 1915

In 1909 the Slavic Social Democratic Party, better known as the Krasnyy (Slavic for red after the red arm bands they wore at rallies) was formed, and quickly became the dominant socialist party in the Empire under the leadership of Arseni Bolotin.

Slavic Civil War

Main Article: Slavic Civil War

Tsar Aleksei II and his family in 1916

On September 12 1917 Russian police opened fire on peacefully protesting Krasnyy members, starting a riot which lead to the deaths of 9 Krasnyy and 2 police officers, with several more injuries. After this Tsar Aleksei II declared the Krasnyy a terrorist group, which lead to hundreds of Krasnyy taking up arms and storming the capital building in the Battle of the Winter Palace, where Aleksei and his family were rounded up and executed via firing squad before being hung by lampposts in the city streets.

With the Krasnyy quickly taking control of the Slavic capital of Ivanovgorod (The name of which would soon be changed to Bolotingrad) and establishing the Slavic Socialist Republic in the nations north, with a provisional government being established in the south with the capital in Adrikagorod (Modern day Osipovgrad).