Sosymet Republic
State of Seketan Ytan á Sécytanja | |
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| 1918–1923 | |
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| History | |
• Declared | 1918 |
• Collapsed | 1923 |
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The Sosymet Republic (Seketese: République sosymeteça), officially known as the State of Seketan (Seketese: Ytan á Sécytanja), was a proto-state declared independent from the Nelbec Empire during the Seketese Revolution. It was established by the Sosymets under the principle leadership of Josef Tinyrdam, in the midst of the Nelbec Empire's participation in World War I against the Allies.
The republic was established in an 1918 declaration. By then, the Sosymet Party was a highly organized organization with a powerful paramilitary. Upon declaration, the Seketese War of Independence erupted in which Sosymet troops began to seize area, beginning in Djenibek and later across lands in Gjenor outside Conelibek, as well as considerable gains in the north. The state was highly ideological, adhering to the tenets of Sosymetism, a socialist nationalist ideal. Those critical of the state or Ssosymetism were harshly punished, and non-ethnically Seken people were significantly disadvantaged and often oppressed.
After the collapse of the Nelbec Empire in 1919, the Sosymet Republic entered into further conflict during the Seketese Civil War, in which it was at war with the Hervynsken Republic, the recognized legal successor to Seketan's governance under the Treaty of Glasgow. The republic initially performed very well militarily, occupying most of Seketan's area with the notable exception of Conelibek and Wilskland. The two sides skirmished for years with little change, and the Sosymet Republic garnered limited recognition from other revolutionary states of the time. Despite this, a successful counter-offensive in 1923 ultimately led to the collapse of the Sosymet Republic.
Its destruction marking the definitive end of the Seketese Revolution, its ideology of Sosymetism quickly became a taboo belief in Seketan. Although the Seketese public does not view the late republic favourably, there are several fringe political groups that advocate for a continuation or re-establishment of a Sosymet republic in Seketan.