Satrian Commandery
West Shalegho Commandery | |||||||||
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| 1934–1951 | |||||||||
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| Status | Partially recognized quasi-state | ||||||||
| Capital | Taglikend | ||||||||
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| Government | Socialist stratocratic confederation | ||||||||
| Legislature | Assembly of the Pardals | ||||||||
| Historical era | Late Colonial Period | ||||||||
• Declaration of the Commandery | 1934 | ||||||||
| 1936 | |||||||||
• PLA internal conflict | 1947 | ||||||||
• National Revolution | 1948 | ||||||||
• Declaration of the Republic | 1951 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Chanda | ||||||||
The West Shalegho Commandery was a Pardal Republic in Chanda controlled by the People's Liberation Army between 1934 to 1951. It originated during the Great War when the PLA rose in revolt in 1934 against the Heavenly Xiaodongese Empire and declared independence. Like other Pardal Republics, it was not a state in the conventional sense, but rather an alliance of PLA paramilitaries and their civilian supporters, who sought to establish a pan-Coius state.
The Commandery was declared after the 1934 Gurkhan Offensive drove out the Xiaodongese garrison in Taglikend during the Great War. The People's Liberation Army continued to fight with Xiaodong even after the Treaty of Keisi until the late 1930s. Due to the international notoriety of the Green Pardals, no country established diplomatic relations with the Commandery. Instead they recognized the Provisional Government of the Chandan Republic backed by the Grand Alliance. As a result, it had mostly hostile relations with rest of the world and occasional border clashes with its neighbors, especially Xiaodong. By then, the defeat of all the Pardal movements, lead the Commandery to focus on survival.
In the late 1940s, the PLA began to suffer from infighting caused by ethnic tensions, dispute over national allegiances, and ideological disagreements. In late 1948, a faction of the PLA lead by Nurlan Sabir, defeated rival factions in a power struggle known as the Chandan National Revolution. After securing power, he embraced the establishment of a state to end their status as an international pariah. In 1951, Sabir formally Declared the Republic of Chanda, which marked the end of the Commandery.
As the direct predecessor of the current Chandan state, the legacy of the Commandery is significant in the country. During the establishment of the Republic, most of the PLA leadership transitioned to domestic politics, where they developed Birlikism. The People's Liberation Army was incorporated into the Republic where it continued to have significant influence in the country's domestic affairs.