Posadastan

Glorious People's Republic of Posadastan Κ̀ανδο Rενμιν Γοηκяατ́α δε Ψοcαδαcταν Kwando Ŕenmin Gonkřatya de Posadastan
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Ψοcαδαc Yϫчικ Μανcοι! Posadas Yüchik Mansoi! Long Live Posadas!
Anthem: Ψακμαν Υιηλει Pakman Yinglei "Millions of Miles"
Map of Posadastan
Capital and largest city	Kamyun City Καμ́υν Δειгοκ
Official languages	Posadi
Religion	State-sponsored Atheism
Demonym(s)	Posadi, Posadastani
Government	Unitary Trotskyist-Posadist One-party Communist Republic under a Totalitarian military dictatorship
• Generalissimo	Gadzi Hao-ma
• Party Chairman	Lin Zakyan-po
• Commandant	Poika Kang-po
Establishment
• City-State of Amo	1698
• Kingdom of Amon	1794
• State of Amon	1850
• 2nd Kingdom of Amon	1890
• Republic of Amon	1929
• People's Republic of Amon	1933
• Federation of Communes	1942
• Posadastan	1975
Area
• Total	596,934 km2 (230,478 sq mi)
Population
• 2025 census	53,401,600
• Density	89.46/km2 (231.7/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$ 736.78 billion
• Per capita	$13797
HDI (2025)	0.774 high
Time zone	UTC+01:15 (PST)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+75
Internet TLD	.po

Posadastan, officially the Glorious People's Republic of Posadastan, is a relatively small nation located on the eastern coast of Elisia, on the planet Telrova. It is a nation renowned for its autarkist policies and commitment to ideological fervor. Posadastan also maintains a relatively well-developed dictatorial government, as they manage to prevent hereditary dictatorships. It also maintains a high amount of technological literacy among its population, and has carried out multiple initiatives towards establishing itself as a technological powerhouse; however, this is typically overlooked due to Posadastan's abysmal human rights record, foreign interventionism, and its Orwellian government structure. It is also a nation heavily committed to global environmental protections, having set aside vast swathes of terrain for preservation and building multiple nuclear and hydroelectric power plants.

Etymology

The namesake of Posadastan comes from a collective pen name of anonymous Trotskyist writers who emerged in the late-1950s to early 1960s calling themselves J. Posadas. It started out primarily as a fringe movement within the ruling Trotskyist party, the Revolutionary Worker's Party (RWP). The group and all those who associated with the caucus were formally expelled from the RWP in 1967, where they began forming their own underground party, the Posadist Revolutionary Union (PRU). After siding with the military during the 1975 coup d'état, the PRU was established as the ruling party of what they began to call "Posadastan." According to the PRU itself, the namesake of the original collective was an early bandit who fought against the monarchs in the late 18th century, those there is some speculation to the historical accuracy of these claims.

History

(under revision)

Pre-History

Due to the lack of ancient texts and writing systems in the region, not too much is known about ancient history of Posadastan. However, archeological evidence points to human settlements in the mountainous regions dating back to nearly 7,500 years ago, with the lowland coastal region, being surrounded by the mountains, exhibiting evidence of human settlement no more than 600-800 years later. Many of the groups that settled in the mountains and valleys retained their own unique cultural and linguistic diversity, but the openness of the plains and hilly areas along the coast saw more intermingling among settled groups, who largely formed the people now known as "Posadis" (formerly Amonians) that we know today.

However, modern Posadastan finds its true origins in the ancient Dzul Empire, which began around 1590BC in the northern parts of modern Posadastan, but the empire collapsed after only 200 years later, leading to a long 1100 year period of local clans who slowly spread south along the coast, founding the "Dok" confederation to combat an alliance of early Chikyam kingdoms and tribal confederations in the mountains. This confederation lasted on and off for a few hundred years, ultimately factionalizing into the early Angomian kingdoms around 300AD. These kingdoms where largely collapsed around 780AD after a united Chikyam empire invaded and occupied the region for nearly 150 years before themselves collapsing. However, the Chikyam occupation saw the true development of many early coastal cities as rural populations fled the areas most affected by fighting towards the more peaceful coast. This meant that multiple city-states emerged from the liberation, many uniting to push the Chikyam back to their 17th and early 18th century borders. But this coalition fell apart soon after leading to the chaotic city-state period that lasted through the early 17th century.

Age of Discovery

The modern capital city, Kamyun City, was “founded” during the “age of discovery,” a period when many empires were forming and beginning to trade across the seas. Modern day Posadastan was full of moderately rich, semi-strategic ports, and many of these port cities begin to create their own governments. In Kamyun City, then known as Amo (‎ܐܑܡ̄), a rich lord, known as Lord Zhanci managed to take over the small city after years of it suffering from both maritime piracy and land-based raids by indigenous “mountain people” to establish a state of peace. This occurred in 1698. He used the import of religion to the region from abroad to establish and consolidate his rule, and used his acquired riches and promises of security to garner support and an early military. This was the basis of the city-state of Amo, later called Amon (‎ܐܑܡ̄ܢ).

After establishing himself as “Lord of Amon" (ܐܑܡ̄ܢ ܬ̱ܰܠ̈ܗ̇ܛܶ), he went on to make alliances and war with other nearby coastal city-states. Upon his death, in 1739, his son, Lord Khan took power and continued expanding the reach of the city of Amon and its allies. This gradual consolidation continued on until his own death in 1775, wherein his own son took over. This son, Lord Jonwa began to consolidate the Amonian identity, and ended up forcefully merging all city-states into a single kingdom, during this process he crowned himself King, or ‎ܬ̱ܰܛܶ. With this, the early “Kingdom of Amon” forms, officially founded in 1794 after 19 years of “divine conquest”. This era was marked by extreme violence and King Jonwa attempted to seize as much land as he could. Approximately 30k indigenous people were killed by the Amon Royal Army in the kingdom’s 53 year rule, along with many thousands of internal dissidents.

By the death of King Jonwa in 1829, his son took over for a short while, being killed in 1843 during an indigenous rebellion. Upon his death, his own son, who was only 16 at the time of his father's death, took on the title of king, becoming King Monr̃a. His father's consuls largely ruled for him, breeding corruption and mismanagement of the country, leading to the famine of 1848-1849, killing nearly 6% of the population during that time, and forcing another approximately 10% to flee the country.

Early Liberalization

In 1850, disaffected military officers (mostly lower-ranked officers and soldiers) and local lords decided to overthrow the monarchy in favor of a “democratic system.” The new state was called the “State of Amon” or “Democratic Amon.” And with this, the monarchy was exiled abroad, where the monarch took on the title of “emperor-in-exile.” For the first 11 years of this “democracy” only land-owning and military men could vote (all non-Amonian people and women could not vote). This ended with the “Brown Revolution” of 1862, where women, indigenous peoples, and workers' unions banded together in protest. The “brown” comes from the color of the shirts they’d wear, representing the poverty in which they lived. The month-long Revolution ended the military domination over the democratic system, though it resulted in nearly 3,000 dead or missing and many more injured. As a result, the Amon Communist Party (ACP) was founded in 1862 and took part in the elections, but it only gathered ~2,000 votes nationally. This period saw the ruling coalition institute a policy of “general amnesty” for many foreign political advocates (mostly communists) and, briefly, saw the nation flourish socially, politically, and economically. However, the “democratic coalition” in parliament started to become corrupt after over a decade in power consolidated power among the rich donors and main figures in the coalition.

After another 28 years of democracy, three main factions formed: democrats, royalists, and communists. And after a subsequent series of assassinations and an investigation into the ruling Democratic Party’s corruption, the “emperor-in-exile” came back in 1890 to reclaim his throne, this time with the support of the military, citing anti-communism and the failure/corruption of democracy, which he claimed was inherent to “the institutionalized system of mob rule.” The policy of general amnesty was ended, and many political opponents were jailed, executed, or exiled, creating a general frustration among the working and academic classes.

2nd Kingdom & Civil War

This period led to the 1891 ban on the communist party and the establishment of a “constitutional monarchy," known as the 2nd Kingdom of Amon This new monarchy was largely propped up by the rich and some foreign maritime powers. While the Amon Communist Party (ACP) operated in exile, the Democratic Party was rebranded as the “Social Democratic Party of Amon,” becoming a controlled opposition party to the official monarchist/royalist caucus. Communist organizing remained a largely underground activity from this point on. With unions, protests, and most forms of party-organizations being banned outright.

But, by the rule of King Monr̃a's son, which started in 1910, things had started to go downhill, and the political climate in Amon continued to decay. King Pyaro attempted to bring in a wave of liberalization and reforms, including granting more autonomy to the Social Democrats, but this was very short-lived as they immediately turned against him in parliament causing their leaders to be jailed or exiled. This all climaxed on February 22, 1921, when the government forcefully put down a general strike outside the capital city, killing nearly 230 striking workers and civilians. This was the start of the Amonian Civil War. This event is known in Posadastan as the 222 incident.

The Civil War was drawn out into 4 phases of conflict over nearly 12 and half years between March of 1921 and September of 1933. During this war, the monarchy was officially absolved in April of 1929 when its main forces abdicated to the Republican forces, and the entire royal family escaped to the south where they were later captured and brutally killed by communist militias later that year. With the republicans having seized most of the country, and the capital, the turned to fight the communists, who had initiated the war. But the Republic of Amon fell apart internally due to many unwilling warlords, internal unrests, strikes, and corruption; all of which forced their government to concede its final strongholds to the communist government in September of 1933.

Rise of Communism

With the surrender of the final Republican stronghold on 13 September, 1933, the “People’s Republic of Amon” was founded by a loose coalition of labor unions, anarchists, syndicalists, tribal groups, the communist party, and various smaller factionalist and regionalist groups. This early republic witnessed many mutinies and rebellions in its early years, most of which came from warlord armies (former Royalists and Republicans) who had been integrated into the weak and fragmented “People’s Army”. The most notable of these mutinies was the Faimyo Rebellion, in 1940, where approximately 5,000 soldiers, backed by a former warlord, announced an independent “Noha Republic,” made up of the two northernmost regions. In this rebellion, which lasted nearly 14 months and saw nearly 3,000 die on each side of the conflict. As control of the nation was weak and uncertain, many landlords, tribal leaders, and former warlords retained control over local affairs, taking advantage of the lack of government control. The death of Chairman Lenin in 1940 and his unpopular successor, Chairman Galing, also made the situation even more unstable. So, in 1942, in direct response to the Faimyo Rebellion, a coalition of Troskiites, Syndicalists, and military officers overthrew the ruling Leninist government, claiming it was insufficient. They subsequently renamed the nation to the “Federation of Communes” (FoC).

The FoC began to centralize governmental control, focusing less so on the party and military. While this was only a minor issue, the FoC government did quell most conflicts during the duration of its reign and helped to develop and industrialize the nation by the early 1960s. They also helped to re-integrate many civil war veterans as a means of preventing further internal armed conflicts. However, efforts at centralization were met with difficulty as many communes in the Northwest maintained their own federated armies and defied some party orders, creating contention. Moreover, the military considered itself underdeveloped, and the isolationist nature (as well as lack of other communist allies) of the FoC left it in a perpetual state of relative poverty. But, the FoC did do extensive research into missiles and rockets as a means of deterrence, though it never credibly amounted to anything. This weak and decentralized military system, as well as the existence of multiple factionalist communist paramilitary groups didn’t help, as some tribal groups (mostly those whose traditional ranks where threatened by revolutionary reforms) continued to rebel. Most Leninist groups also maintained arms, but rarely took up arms against government forces, which led to an era called “The Long Struggle”.

The exact starting date of “The Long Struggle” is heavily debated, though most historical accounts put it at 1955, when the Leninist Faction carried out a month-long armed occupation of parliament building and the Troskiist party HQ due to the arrests of several high-ranking Leninist leaders. The Long Struggle did see some low-level conflicts, mostly among former tribal leadership and some small “counter-revolutionary” movements, but these conflicts never saw more than 100 deaths per year (about 1,800 people died of armed conflict within Posadastan during the period of 1955-1975).

Posadism

Around the mid- to late-1960s, a collective of authors calling themselves “Juan Posadas” (“‎ܝܑܱܢ ܒ̄ܫܑܛܑܫ”) began publishing multiple articles and zines, before creating an official caucus within the Troskiist “Revolutionary Workers Party”, called the “RWP-Posadist”. Though small at first (getting only 0.8% of the vote in 1962), the quickly grew, getting almost 5% of the vote in 1966 before being expelled in 1967 from the RWP for creating a “subversive apparatus” (that is, their own labor unions, “party” congress, and a small paramilitary group). By 1972 the group had modified its platform to include a “willingness to work with all communists and willing nuclear nations to put an end to the perils of capitalism and imperialism,” which proved popular as a means to overcome the political Balkanization of the FoC. The ruling Trotskyists in the RWP started to become unpopular as the Posadist's power grew, and the military disliked the focus on a party-based paramilitary overtaking the actual military in power, but the military didn’t possess the capability to rule the country by itself, and needed political backing for a coup, something the Posadists gave it in 1974 after a clash between the RWP and PRU (Posadist Revolutionary Union, the Posadist political party). In early 1975, with the support of another semi-capable party, the "Revolutionary coup" was launched, in which nearly 75% of the military took part. While shots were fired, only around 2,000 died and it all lasted less than a month. Many of the communes joined in too, believing it would bring them more autonomy and control.

It ended on 25 March 1975 with the PRU and the military (rebranded as the Red Liberation Army (RLA)) proclaiming a victory over the RWP. The RWP was then banned as being revisionist, with a new puppet “Trotskyist Party” being formed to house some of those who didn’t want to join the PRU, all as a means of maintaining a controlled opposition. The loyal remnants of the RWP did reform into the reformed-RWP (r-RWP) and continued fighting until the modern era, mostly in remote mountainous areas.

The position of "chairman" was superseded in 1986, after the assassination of Chairman Hakoit, by the position of Generalissimo, which was utilized by Generalissimo Hao from 1986 to 2008 to denote a position over both the party and the military, largely as a way to maintain complete control. This has led to the military being mostly ideologically aligned with the party in modern times, though conflict can still arise. Modern day Posadastan now maintains a loose policy of Autarky while also actively pursuing its own place on the global stage. It is broadly considered one of the most unfree and dictatorial governments in all of Telrova, but manages to maintain itself through wide-reaching and successful propaganda and educational campaigns, something described as creating "two types of Posadis: those who are aflame with ideological fervor, and those whose apathy towards politics could only be matched by the dead."

Government & Politics

Government

The government of Posadastan is a unicameral one, with a "council of communes" that holds 400 seats. The Council of Communes (CoC) is dominated by the largest party, the PRU. There also exists a higher "Central Council" that sits above the CoC, but it is comprised entirely of individuals appointed by both the party and the military. The CoC, given its status, proceeds to act as a mediator between the PRU and the Red Liberation Army (RLA). However, with the 1986 ascension of General Hao to the position of chairman of the PRU, he established a new, higher, executive position as "Generalissimo," who acts over the Central Council and finalizes all decisions, meaning the Generalissimo is the controller of both the party and the military. Generalissimo Hao also reformed the Central Council to become more of a judiciary institution that is still made up of party and military elites, though, since the 1980s, the military has increasingly come under control of the Posadist ideology, at all levels, lessening conflict.

The PRU still maintains a paramilitary wing, who often come into a conflict of interest with the military, but the paramilitary now only carries out policing and purging roles, as well as operating abroad. Since the Hao dictatorship, the military and the government are largely considered one in the same.

Even with some functions of the state shifted onto the PRU party structure, the overall apparatus of authority remains one of the most oppressive in all of Telrova. The Ministry of State Security operates jointly as a program run between the government and the party, and its many constituent bureaus maintain what is broadly considered the most extensive and in-depth surveillance states in Telrova. One specific bureau, the Internal Security Bureau (ISB), is believed to have records on 75 to 85% of the entire population of Posadastan, as well as having directly extracted information at least once from nearly 17% of the population (approx. 3 million people).

There are also strict limits on what is able to reach Posadastan internally, as the government being "principally autarkist" refuses to allow most foreign commercial goods, media, and internet access into the country without a stringent and abundant amount of censorship, blocking, monitoring and vetting.

Political Parties

While Posadastan is notoriously a one-party state, there do exist other political parties. Most notably, 10% seats from the parliament are reserved for "approved Indigenous representatives," and another 10% of seats are set aside for the military, with many other smaller state-approved parties and caucuses operating within the nation.

Human Rights

Posadastan is considered an LGBTQ+ neutral state, with the decriminalization of homosexuality being put into place once in 1933 (repealed in 1940) and again in 1980. The legalization of homosexuality and recognition of gay marriage came in 2001, and discrimination against said groups was banned in 2005, they were also forced to take part in the draft in 1986. This is all largely due to the fact that the Hao dictatorship (1986-2008) had close family who were openly gay. The recognition of transgender and non-binary identities was made in October of 2026, with government documents beginning to allow changes to gender and a third option to gender in January of 2027, but only with medical screening first.

Indigenous representation is also guaranteed in the parliament (though all candidates must be state-approved), with some efforts being made to preserve indigenous languages. However many indigenous cultural practices are still prohibited and punished for being counter-revolutionary or "unsafe".

All forms of cannabis are legal, as it grows in abundance naturally in some southern areas, but it is highly regulated. Tobacco is also legal, but most other "addictive substances" (including foreign alcohol) are banned completely. Alongside drugs, weapons are banned for recreational use and personal ownership (outside of designated groups). The RLA and PRG maintain many local arsenals from which they lend out weapons during times of "declared crisis." Only active duty soldiers, police, security personnel, and party members can carry firearms. Knives are permitted for public carry so long as the blade is less than 3 inches (~7.5cm) and it has to be opened with two hands, though some cities are even more restrictive with outright bans on the public carry and use of non-utility knives.

Prostitution is a mostly legal affair, as sex workers are allowed to organize and unionize under party and government guidance, but prices and safety practices are heavily regulated and mandated, going so far as to put a daily curfew on prostitution, as well as zoning laws. Sex workers in Posadastan are notorious for working alongside the state intelligence agencies to drug and/or seduce individuals for intelligence purposes, but this has led to many seeking black market alternatives, which are often infiltrated and cracked down upon violently by authorities.

Abortion is mostly banned after the end of the first trimester. Exceptions are made in such circumstances as rape, disease, potential harm to mother or child, and other extenuating situations. However, access is made difficult despite the free access to healthcare due to policies designed to limit abortions and "increase the population." It is also believed that many thousands of infants have been taken from families deemed "unstable" or "unfit" (often meaning not ideologically-aligned) and handed over to families who are friendlier to the regime.

Both capital and corporal punishment are of regular practice in Posadastan. It is estimated that more than 3 people are executed daily by the judicial system, with an unknown number of others killed by the state services and paramilitary forces in extrajudicial manners. Torture and public humiliation are also commonly used, though typically under different circumstances, such as the beating of black marketeers and former landlords which are met with public floggings and bouts of yelling and public humiliation, though this practice has subsided since the late 1980s.

Religion is officially banned, though this ban is not entirely enforced (it is often used selectively against political opponents or potential political opposition). The ban on missionaries and the propagation of religion is enforced however, meaning one cannot preach or show religious paraphernalia in public spaces, nor can they travel to, from, or within Posadastan with the intent of spreading religious doctrine. Most religious documents in circulation in Posadastan have also been moderately edited and revised by party censors to make those remaining religions within Posadastan appear to be mostly in principle with the party platform, going so far as to hint at aspects of Christianity and the bible as "extra-terrestrial," and other things as signs of nuclear war or proto communist ideals.

Bans are in place for "outlandish" and "indecent" hairstyles and non-natural coloring of hair, as well as "distractive and/or subversive piercings, tattoos, and other bodily modifications."

There is no right to public assembly (without state approval, which is rare and limited), nor is there a right to petition. Strikes are typically banned as being "counter-revolutionary" and free speech is considered broadly non-existent, even in private circles as the panopticonic state apparatus is almost everywhere. In spite of this, many pirate radios are operated abroad by Posadi diaspora and exiles, though most are banned and jammed by the government. Protests also do take place from time to time, usually in the form of orchestrated pro-regime activities, but they can be common during times of inter-governmental conflict or foreign interventions.

Infrastructure

The nation of Posadastan is renowned for its progressive and decades-long infrastructural boom. And having inherited a relatively well-adjusted nationwide infrastructural system from the preceding governments (mostly in urban areas, as where most rural infrastructure was dilapidated or ruined by earlier conflicts), the post-1975 reconstruction has seen a large emphasis on public transportation and secure, independent telecommunications.

Telecommunications

Posadastan's space program is currently working alongside the RLA Missile Forces and the RLA Strategic Support Forces to establish a regional, and hopefully one day global satellite navigation system. The system, currently termed "Ghado," achieved regional navigation capacity to most of Eastern Elisia in 2024. Posadastan also maintains a few of its own research and communication satellites.

According to external estimates, approximately 98% of households in Posadastan possess TVs, and around 80-85% of the population have mobile phones (this increases to 96-99% in all urban areas). With the exception of the autonomous regions to the northwest, most of the nation has access to 4G and 5G internet, with most internet access being provided through nationwide and regional SOEs.

Transportation

Posadastan maintains strict regulations on the use and ownership of automobiles throughout the country, but it is especially enforced in the major cities. They achieve this by limited imports and local prpdouction of civilian vehicles. Most rural areas do have 1-2 automobiles per household, largely for agricultural purposes and the dispersed nature of rural communities, but Posadastan's major cities all have extremely low ownership and use of small vehicles. The focus on public transport has been a major policy for maintaining clean cities, the cybernetization (automation/computerization) of public transport and allowing for more of the national budget to go towards military and other infrastructural ventures. Nearly all cities in Posadastan maintain their robust systems of public transportation through the use of buses, metros, tram networks, and state-provided taxi services. Bicycles and motorcycles have become popular in cities due to the restrictions on car and truck ownership, it is estimated there are between 10 and 20 million bikes throughout the country.

Posadastan also has a large network of trains, with its primary rail lines running north-to-south along the coast, where most major cities and ports are. Posadastan also completed its first high-speed rail line in 2022, connecting the cities of Gédoi in the north with the capital of Kamyun City in, approximately 507km apart, with a ride that lasts just under 2 hours. In 2024 this line was connected to the city of Jahyo, and in 2025 to Cëng. The government expects to have all major coastal cities connected by high-speed rail lines by 2029 or 2030.

The country also has 8 major seaports (which account for over 90% of its maritime trade), with around 30 smaller river and seaports, mostly for internal use. This is accompanied by a small commercial fleet of ekranoplans and a large state-owned merchant fleet called Seinohé, which has been at the center of many scandals.

Energy

Posadastan has, for the longest time, relied on coal and hydroelectric power plants to supply its power, but since the late 1980s, a focus was started to pursue more sustainable means of wind, solar, and nuclear power. To date, 2 nuclear power plants have been constructed with third under construction, and another 2 have been proposed for construction. Wind and solar are especially popular in rural areas, with wind energy supplying between 11 and 23% of all energy to rural areas, the highest is in the outer mountainous areas of the nation, as well as some coastal areas; with wind accounting for 7% of the overall national energy production, the government has set a goal to make this 10% by 2030.

Solar energy accounts for around 5-6% of all national energy production, behind wind. Coal is still the largest at 34%, with hydroelectric at 27%, and nuclear at 26%.

Water supply & sanitation

It is believed that around 25% of the rural population (10-11% of the overall population) lacks consistent access to clean drinking water and improved sanitation, but efforts are underway to alleviate this, with the government promising its complete elimination by 2032.