Socialist Republic of Slirnia
Socialist Republic of Slirnia Socijalistička Republika Slirnija | |||||||||
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| 1936-1980 | |||||||||
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| Motto: Bratstvo i jedinstvo ("Brotherhood and unity") | |||||||||
| Status | Sponsor of the AESE (1936–1980) | ||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Drazovice | ||||||||
| Official languages | Slirnian | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Slirnians | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary socialist council republic under an authoritarian regime | ||||||||
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• 1936-1942 | Stojan Georgijević (First) | ||||||||
• 1979-1980 | Petrija Kuzmanović (Last) | ||||||||
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| History | |||||||||
| 3 November 1936 | |||||||||
| 1 January 1980 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• Total | 136,730 km2 (52,790 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1976 | 3,418,237 | ||||||||
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| Driving side | right | ||||||||
| Calling code | +578 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Slirnia | ||||||||
Slirnia (Slirnian: Slirnija), officially the Socialist Republic of Slirnia (SRS; Slirnian: Socijalistička Republika Slirnija) was a former socialist republic that existed between 1936 and 1980. It was established after the Slirnian Revolution of 1936, which overthrew the monarchy, and described itself as a socialist republic following the Kirenian councils model of governance. During its existence, it has bordered Gaullica, the Amathian Equalist Republic, the Soravian Second Republic, West Miersa and East Miersa.
Following the end of the Great War, the Principality of Slirnia was established under the terms of the Treaty of _, backed by the Community of Nations granting Slirnians with the historical territories of the Duchy of Drazovice and the northern regions of Pljevlija and Radovljica. Although stable at first, economic depression and inequalities made the Principality rapidly fell in discontent and the population was divided in a civil conflict and later revolution, which managed to advance from rural areas to industrial centres, gaining the sympathy of workers and peasants that joined an irregular front to fight against royalist forces. The revolution reached Dražovice in November 1936 and after an intense fighting, the revolutionaries took the Princely Palace of the capital, where they overthrew the crown and established a provisional government under the leadership of Stojan Georgijević, who later was the first Chairman of the Council of Ministers. The Socialist Republic of Slirnia kept its form of councils similar to that of Kirenia or the Amathian Council Republic under the leaderships of the Slirnian Socialist Labour Party, from 1936 to 1960, year in which the socialist party was absorbed by the Slirnian Section of the Worker's Internationale during the Congress of Krško.
During its first years, economic difficulties marked life in the SRS. Dependency on foreign credits, electricity and daily consumption products forced the government of Mijat Marinković to develop a series of plans to re-organise the Slirnian economy; the policies, continued by Zdravko Hristov proved its success and by the decade of the '60s, Slirnia had advanced on the development of its industrial capacity, standing out the factories of Škavak Auto, and improving living conditions by increasing urbanisation, creating housing solutions, providing universal healthcare and eradicating illiteracy. In 1960, the absorption of the Socialist Labour Party by the SSWI made the republic to shift towards an authoritarian model of governance. The government of Slobodan Bijedić imposed stricter controls over the media and different social movements that did not aligned with the state's policy; although the period was heavily marked by an alignment with the Amathian Equalist Republic and a distancement from Kirenia, the SRS remained severely isolated from the Euclean scenario. In 1974, the Arsenije Karanović Nuclear Plant suffered an fire that caused a release of contamination and later forced the Chairman of the Council, Ratko Vukašinović to dismiss from the office. The decade of the '70s was noticeably decisive for the SRS, with numerous social and student's movements sparkling across the country to demand a liberalisation of the regime. Largely oppressed by gubernamental forces at first, the continuity of social unrest took the government of Pavle Vukomanović to agree in a gradual open up, which was led by the Socialist Democratic Party with a short term in the Chair of the Council of its leader, Petrija Kuzmanović. During December, Petrija announced the dismantling of the Socialist Republic, the Council and the liberalisation of the country, consolidating it the 1 January 1980 with the establishment of the Republic of Slirnia.