Association for International Socialism

The Association for International Socialism (AIS) is an intergovernmental organisation comprised of states with the aim of promoting and strengthening socialism around the world. It has 9 members, located on all continents except Glacia, and headquarters in Harimisaareke, Kirenia. AIS ties are broad in nature, encompassing military, scientific, diplomatic, cultural, economic and other elements. The organisation also has relationships with a number of other international organisations and bodies, such as the Workers' International. It was founded in 1980, in response to events and trends such as the apparent longevity of de facto nation-state-like structures even after revolution, the decline of the Association of Emerging Socialist Economies, and the Irvadistan War.

Today, most countries that claim to be socialist are part of the AIS; it may be considered one of the primary political blocs in global politics. Around 550 million people and about 10%-15% of world GDP as well as military spending are in AIS states.

Name

The Association for International Socialism is usually referred to by that name in the Estmerish language, and abbreviated as AIS. Its members are highly diverse linguistically, with a few major languages which the organisation operates in including Gaullican, Estonian, Ziba, Narodyn and Weranian. Different names and abbreviations exist in all of these.

Members

State	Joined	Capital	Languages	Population	Area
Arthasthan	1980	Nadipatnam	Samundrese	107,281,772	625,945 km²
Chistovodia	1980	Volosovo	Narodyn	73,491,200	2,399,981 km²
Dezevau	1980	Bazadavo	Ziba	190,902,213	2,000,000 km²
East Miersa	1980	Żobrodź (de jure) Dyńsk (de facto)	Miersan	21,740,000	197,568 km²
Hullivia	1980	Die Friede	Weranian, Avanyee	21,570,000	-
Kirenia	1980	Harimisaareke	Kirenian	52,853,207	459,800 km²
Lavana	1980	Pers	Lavanan	86,842,742	713,879 km²
Lemovicia	1992	Topagunea	Lemovician	1,014,866	13,548 km²
South Kabu	1980	Ayukarta	Kabuese	7,841,984	44,154 km²
Former members
Piraea	1982-1994	Alikianos	Piraese	7,484,889	86,679 km²

History

Background

The Association of Emerging Socialist Economies (AESE) was an organisation of pro-socialist countries all across Coius and the Asterias, sponsored by countries in Euclea. It had gained particular momentum in the wake of decolonisation, and was particularly strong in central and northern Coius. Around the world, a great deal of socialist thought and attention was on the subject of decolonisation, and the new and unique structures and systems that came with it.

However, as the decolonial process came to an end, its internal contradictions came to the fore. Many of its members pursued heterodox forms of socialism, or were in fact not at all socialist but in name; the AESE and its members were very catholic about what constituted socialism in the developing world. The geopolitical turmoil of the Satrian Wars, the Dezevauni-Zorasani War, the unification of Zorasan (including the Irvadistan War), the fall of Equalism in Amathia and more combined with the effects of the 1980 recession to produce widespread regime change and realignment.

Socialism in the developing world was one of the big losers from these changes, which would later produce the conditions for globalised neoliberalism to come to the fore. Many regimes abandoned the trappings of socialist ideology as it was no longer useful for shoring their popularity up, while in others, changes in voting patterns, internal conflict, or even civil war dispossessed the socialists. In many countries, socialism was taken as having failed to produce progress, and as the ideology of the ruling classes (whether fairly or unfairly). Groupings opposed to socialism such as ROSPO, COMSED and the Euclean Community supported these changes.

With the existence of socialists in the global order under threat, the Association for International Socialism was formed in 1980 when it was clear that the AESE would soon cease to function. While there were fundamental and long-term issues with various socialist regimes and factions around the world, the AIS' priorities were on reactive, defensive, often military measures to guard against further losses. Its early development reflected this function, but wider links were rapidly developed as countries which remained socialist sought to find their new places in the global order. Insofar as the AESE was centred on Coius, where the greatest number of socialist regimes collapsed, Euclean socialism became proportionally stronger in the global context.

Function

There is a high level of cooperation between the states of the AIS on a wide range of matters, including science, diplomacy, defence, culture and economy. Many institutions or bodies are part of or linked to the AIS, operating with relation to those topics; many institutions were adopted by the AIS after having previously been independent or affiliated with the AESE or other defunct socialist organisations, while many others were founded by and as part of the AIS itself.