War of the Council

War of the Council
Zhoushi soldiers rise flag over Council Rada
Date May 9th 1937 - September 5th 1942 Location Western Bogmia (present day Western Zhousheng Result Council State defeated Unification of Zhousheng The Communist Trials
Belligerents
Bogmia Zhengia (later Zhousheng) Gadorien	Council State Haldenian militas
Strength
2.5 million troops	700 thousand troops
Casualties and losses
~250,000 killed	~200,000 killed

War of the Council, at the time called the Bogmian Civil War, was a conflict in present-day Zhousheng.

Historical background

Before 1937

After the breakup of the Empire of Three Kings, total of three big countries arose from the imperial ashes: Monte Blanco, Zhengia and Bogmia. Monte Blanco, the biggest of those, quickly set up isolationist policies. Zhengia and Bogmia quickly fell into a economic downturn caused by the collapse of unified economic institutions. By 1912, a Zhoushi Union was formed by a cooperation charter in Zhousheng City (Bogmia), trying to integrate the two country economies into one and quickly develop industries. Although this system perfectly worked in the East and in the South, but across the mountain range in the West, Bogmian territories were still lacking behind, mostly because the remnants of Haldenia continuously raiding northern Bogmian lands as well as Eastern Gadorien. That also caused many riots and breaking of industrial machines, causing even more economic downturn.

Red Spring

Union of Council States Svaz Radovyȝ шtatu
Flag State Emblem
Motto: Proletars of all countries, unite! (Bogmian: Proletaꝛi vшєȝ zemi, spajte sє!)
Anthem: The Internationale
Capital and largest city	Orlobirg
Official languages	Bogmian, Louzenish
Ethnic groups	Bogmian, Gradi
Demonym(s)	Council
Government	Federal Constitutional Republic
• President	Sergej Napiчu
• Prime Minister	Jeliþo Pogөf
Area
• Total
• Water (%)	5
Population
• Estimate	17,000,000
HDI (2019)	0.934 very high
Currency	Council Xailis (stamped Bogmian Xailis)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PST)
Driving side	left

In early February 1937, the failing regional administration in Haldenia fell apart and the political vacuum was filled by communist sympathisers. The new "Halderian Commune" tried consolidating its pre-imperial borders (Bogmian-Gadori border was unspecified eversince the collapse of the Empire of Three Kings, but was relatively calm, following ethnic boundaries (although de-facto control of the area was discutable as local Halderian separatists were de-facto either directly or indirectly administering local cities).
In late April, similar revolution occured in the rest of Bogmian territories, declaring the "Union of Bogmian Councils" as the legitimate worker-farmer proletar government. Haldenian Commune took the opportunity for the recognition and power and joined the Council State as of early May. On May 9th, early in the morning, Bogmian police, post, railroads and administrative institutions were attacked by untrained Council militiamen. Although better trained and far better equiped, Bogmian officers were quickly overrun by a body of revolutionaries. This act is seen as a official declaration of war.