Revolutionary Recovery Program

The Revolutionary Recovery Program, also known as the Great Redux or the La Recaperacion, was a massive rebuilding and industrialization/modernization program for Chilicxqua immediately following it's independence. Proposed and put forward by Sewati Montilla, a prominent revolutionary officer, war hero and career economist, Montilla described the entire plan as an effort to "-mobilize the entirety of a force meant for war to put all of their effort into preparing a country meant for peace.". The plan involved three loosely timed phases that was meant to prepare Chilicxqua to be an independent nation, an especially high priority as Chilicxqua was a pariah state at the moment of it's independence, with its new government having little legitimacy in the eyes of the world. On the surface, it was simply to industrialize and modernize Chilicxqua after decades of war, which it did, but underneath, and with protracted review, it was determined the plan was to immediately mellow out a population that was surrounded by weapons and strong-willed minds. Militia leaders were either put into important yet harmless positions or put into work camps, while unwanted nuisances in the government were sentenced to oversee far-off infrastructural projects that would take years, effectively exiling them from government forums in Cilicamanca.

The Revolutionary Recovery Program was proposed immediately after independence in the summer of 1973, and was put into effect in the late autumn of 1973. The entire plan would last until 1988, with experts believing that in all technicality, the Revolutionary Recovery Program truly lasted until 1991 due to various projects being overdue for their deadlines and the government seeking to make the entire program seem 'smooth-going'. Phase one, "Rejuvenecimiento", lasted from 1973 until 1982. Phase two, "Construir Sobre", lasted from 1982 till 1986, being the shortest phase officially, but also being where many experts and commentators believe there were hold-ups. Phase three ,"Polaca", officially lasted from 1986 to 1988. The entire program was wrought with problems ranging from food shortages from bad logistics, corruption, and bad management leading to some projects being below standards, necessitating later programs to repair bad workmanship.

Foundations

With the Final Chilican Uprising coming to a close and Northern Chilicxqua slowly falling to revolutionary forces, the Southern Chilican Provisional Government began thinking on post-war plans and how to handle immediate issues following independence. The country, by this point, had been tackling problems regarding getting food to villages and towns, as the troops were taking most of it to fight. Other problems, like getting appropriate equipment to farmers and a breakdown in the entire country's infrastructural network after myriad bombing campaigns by the Sylvans were identified as being a potential cause for initial unrest following the takeover of the country by the Chilican Communist Front. It's believed that these debates took place in Secasvalle in the spring of 1971, and that a small group of reconstruction programs were begun in the south using penal laborers and reservist units that the southern government was able to draw from. Most works undertaken by these bands of laborers were very minimal in nature. Irrigation networks, repairing bridges, putting up telephony and repaving old roads constituted the peak of what these programs were successful in doing. All-in-all, however, these programs were mediocre and unable to complete their tasks, owing to a lack of equipment and thusly, a lack of manpower needed for actual change to be felt. A lack of organization was also cited with after-program reviews, with officers overseeing these projects showing great initiative but having little skill in public works, being thusly ineffectual.

The southern government took this in stride, however, and began an education program for reservist officers, political commissars and select militia leaders in the realm of civil engineering, labor management, etcetera. Running alongside this, a separate program was instituted that offered reward ,to anyone who had skills in these relevant areas, to propose and oversee plans for post-war reconstruction. One of the most prominent of these applicants was Sewati Montilla, a CCF Main Force officer that was educated in Sylva, with an economics degree and some experience in civil projects. Immediately impressing a council of reviewers, Sewati was able to convince them in 1972 that he had a plan to repair Chilicxqua. He was kept from the lines because of this, being deemed too important to see further combat, and was given space to mull over his plan. When independence came in the spring of 1973 and the country celebrated, Sewati proposed his plan to the party, and it was approved.