Dzakwanist Gabrielland
Great People's Gabrielt Revolutionary State of Dzakwanists Gadza Golvena Dzukana Vannyarganna Rul e Dzakwanoni | |||||||||
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| 1976–1980 | |||||||||
 Flag | |||||||||
| Motto: Dzakwan Pezigat Mala, Gyiligat Mala Dzakwan our saviour, our hero | |||||||||
| Anthem: Dzakwan Talmiri i Manahannyi Glorious, Auspicious Dzakwan | |||||||||
 Areas under Dzakwanist control (1977) | |||||||||
| Capital | Vailhims | ||||||||
| Common languages | Gabrielt | ||||||||
| Religion | Dzakwanism | ||||||||
| Supreme Leader of the Dzakwanists | |||||||||
• 1976-1980 | Mariyan Galli | ||||||||
• 1980 | Tuzbi Hattan | ||||||||
| Chancellor | |||||||||
• 1976 | Lailan Torima | ||||||||
• 1976-1979 | Gosta Lannyarni | ||||||||
• 1979-1980 | Imrin Kandas | ||||||||
• 1980 | Milintir Gibran | ||||||||
| Legislature | Communion of Loyal Dzakwanists | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Dzakwanist Military Coup | 11 February 1976 | ||||||||
• Established | 12 February 1976 | ||||||||
• Molivian Uprising | 17 July 1977 | ||||||||
• Bombing of Vailhims | 20 December 1979 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1 May 1980 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1976 | 1,104,873 km2 (426,594 sq mi) | ||||||||
| 1980 | 1,098,918 km2 (424,295 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1976 | 48,300,847 | ||||||||
• 1980 | 44,719,158 | ||||||||
| Currency | None as currency was abolished | ||||||||
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Dzakwanist Gabrielland, officially the Great People's Gabrielt Revolutionary State of Dzakwanists (Gabrielt: Gadza Golvena Dzukana Vannyarganna Rul e Dzakwanoni), was a partially recognized state established after the Dzakwanist coup of 1976 containing the entirety of the Gabrielt realm and most of the new frontier which operated unter a totalitarian one party theocratic government with sole faith in Dzakwanism. It was controlled and administered by the People's Dzakwanist Party (PDP) from its establishment in 1976 until its political collapse in early 1980, forcing the democratically-elected Gabrielt republican government into exile in Arsya, establishing the Arsyan Republic.
During its rule, the state and its ruling PDP party were responsible both directly and indirectly for the deaths of between two and four million Gabrielts either by forced labor, executions, starvation, or disease. The PDP envisioned a utopian state based on the principles of Dzakwanism and its implementations on everyday life, and sought to transform Gabrielt society by forcing the return of peasant-agrarian life coupled with a rudimentary form of manufacturing. In January of 1980, the PDP collapsed due to tumultuous pressure from the new years' eve protests known as the people's uprising and numerous rebel guerillas present since the inception of Dzakwanist Gabrielland.
In its history, Dzakwanist Gabrielland was mainly seen by foreign powers as a rebellious and separatist movement from the legitimate Gabrielt government now in exile within the borders of its own country, and was still treated as a part of the Arsyan Republic when it officially changed its name on the 1st of January 1977. The Arsyan Republic is considered the sole successor of the Gabrielt and Arsyan Republic, which is succeeded by the Federation of Gabrielland and Arsya upon reinstallment of power in 1980, however in practice, were two separate countries under different sets of laws, and many suggest the legitimacy of Dzakwanist Gabrielland as embassies from around Anteria have opened branches both in Vailhims and Sangur, the capital of the Arsyan Republic.
The state formally ceased to exist on 1 May 1980 when the newly democratically elected government of the Arsyan Republic was sworn into office, and the reunification of two sides happened.
Context
The People's Dzakwanist Party (PDP), after gaining some political power in the early 1970s through various support of the farmers and the workers, planned a takeover of the government then dominated by Arsyans, who were not Dzakwanists, and return Gabrielland into the ideal utopia and paradise that was envisioned in the teachings of Dzakwan through agrarian renewal and embracement. With such heavy support from peasants, farmers, and workers, the PDP won a landslide election within Gabrielland and controlled a majority of seats in the parliament. On the 11th of February 1976, with the help of military forces loyal to the Mariyan Galli, the party leader, seized control of Vailhims and other strategic points within the realm of Gabrielland, and quickly captured towns and cities, emptying them of any influences of past governments.
The PDP used the pretext of neocolonialism from inside the country as the base of their operations, sacking any non-Gabrielts from official posts and high-ranking titles, while using racial purity and the continuation of Dzakwan's helpers as a justification to remove the "unwanted" people, mostly those who opposed the PDP, intellectuals, and city folk. The context of self-sufficience and the utopian dream of self-production across all fields was achieved through forced labour both in the fields and factories, though the factories were reserved for people with higher statuses. With these pretexts in mind, the PDP enabled itself to commit the atrocities and violations towards the Gabrielt people.
The actions of the PDP were only present in the Gabrielt realm. Within Arsya, the PDP failed to gain a single seat both in the national parliament and the regional parliament. After the fall of Vailhims on the 11th of February 1976, Mariyan Galli became the supreme leader of Dzakwanist Gabrielland, while appointing Lailan Torima as the chancellor, though he fell out of favor quickly and was sacked off his position before July 1976. Mariyan Galli initially sought to bring the entire former Gabrielt and Arsyan Republic under the PDP's rule, however realized with lack of support from the local population and most high-ranking officials, the task was deemed impossible, and operated under the pretext of "the motherland divided within political lines."
History
The historical contents of Dzakwanist Gabrielland in the context of modern day Gabrielland is a sensitive issue, and has been regarded by the federal government to be "the darkest times ever since the act of union". It is still illegal to support the PDP in any form or manner in some parts of the country, most notably Arsya and the New Frontier.
Rise to power
The PDP was formed in 1968 as a far-right Gabrielt nationalist party strictly adhering to Dzakwanist principles as a response to the growing Arsyan hegemony both in political, social and economic contexts. A lot of their base of support comes from small farmers, herders, factory workers and other disenfranchised people. Gaining political traction quickly, the PDP managed to win four seats in the Gabrielt and Arsyan People's Communion. The PDP continued to campaign massively in the countryside and in rural settings, and their popularity and electability soared.
In 1974, Mariyan Galli was imprisoned after his remarks towards Arsyans and non-Gabrielts in general, sparking massive protests in various cities across Gabrielland, demanding the release of Mariyan Galli. Support for the PDP was miniscule in the cities, and many city residents resisted these protests in counter-protests demanding rural protesters to exit the city immediately. Many cite the use of the city and urban environment to their advantage and destroying public facilities in the process. Martial law was declared on the 28th of June 1974, and protests subsided. In early 1975, Mariyan Galli was released from prison with new-found support, still mostly rural voters, and the popularity of the PDP reached an all time high.
In the 1975 general elections, the PDP won a landslide victory and a big majority of the seats in the Gabrielt realm parliament, effectively controlling all aspects of government and bureaucracy while controlling the bare majority in the national parliament. President Lilgyir was put in a state of no-confidence and was subsequently removed from office, and two months following the general elections, snap presidential elections were held, with Mariyan Galli being the only candidate. The elections have been criticized by the international community as a sham election, however was carried out anyways. Mariyan Galli thus became President of the Republic, appointing Gosta Lannyarni as the new prime minister. Many officials of the previous government were sacked of their position and replaced by loyalists of the PDP regardless of their ability.
Even though the PDP has secured a majority in the national parliament and in the Gabrielt regional parliament, their powers are effectively only limited to the Realm of Gabrielland and some areas of the new frontier, areas which have the PDP as a majority in their regional legislatures. Due to the federal nature of the Gabrielt and Arsyan Republic, the PDP had very little control over Arsya and some regions of the new frontier all regions in Arsya do not have a single PDP representative in the realm parliament nor the regional parliament.
On the 19th of December 1975, a massive student movement occured in Vailhims protesting the authoritarian moves of the PDP and its plans to limit political and personal freedoms. The protest, known as blue December in reference to the blue uniforms worn by the students, would mark a turning point in the future policies of the PDP. Mariyan Galli, along with Prime Minister Gosta Lannyarni, adopted more stringent prohibitions and regulations on day-to-day life, fearing opposition and potential usurpers to the leadership of the country.
Dzakwanist Coup
The high consortium of the PDP had discussed the idea of a staged coup in order to fully control the entire nation as early as December of 1975 as the aftermath of blue December. A staged military coup in both Gabrielland and Arsya would suffice, "overthrowing" the current Dzakwanist government with military rule. Army General Golirdin Tanjar and his aides agreed to take part in the plan and began preparing various scenarios for the future coup. Meanwhile, Mariyan Galli attempted to convince some Arsyans to join the ranks of the PDP by making an ethnic Arsyan the vice of the PDP. Many Arsyans at the time saw this as an attempt to induct members into the PDP, and Mariyan Galli's efforts for the most part had failed.
It had been agreed upon that staging a coup in Arsya would be very difficult to achieve without any real support from the population and politicians. Mariyan Galli installed several new heads of regiments and brigades in Arsya to ensure that the coup attempt in Arsya would succeed, inaugurating them officially in January 1976. General Golirdin Tanjar also advised stationing ethnic Gabrielt soldiers loyal to the PDP and the current government to ensure that all participate in the coup to counter-balance the massive opposition in Arsya. He toured Gabrielland and the New Frontier to discuss the flow of the coup on a later planned date, motivating the soldiers to perform a coup "in the name of Dzakwan and the safety of the Gabrielt state." Many agreed to the coup attempt as it has been endorsed by both the General and the president himself. Golirdin Tanjar visited Arsya a couple of times, mainly talking about the coup with ethnic Gabrielt soldiers who were stationed in Arsya recently.
Preparations of the coup could be seen and noticed since late January of 1976, with massive movements of tanks, armored vehicles, and other military apparatus being moved at a large enough scale across the country. Numerous strategic points and cities had been marked, and several provocators in the countryside had been hired to move the masses against the "corrupt" government.
The 11th of February 1976 was chosen by Mariyan Galli and General Golirdin Tanjar. All the instruments necessary for the coup had been stationed in their respective posts. On the early morning of the 11th of February, Mariyan Galli was "arrested" by General Golirdin Tanjar himself, and was broadcasted live in TV. At 06.00, the military had encircled the national parliament in Vailhims as well as forced themselves into the cities and towns of Gabrielland, taking into hostage non-PDP polticians and bureaucrats. The provocators quickly evoked the masses, and many farmers and peasants from the surrounding Vailhims municipality marched their way into the Capital, encricling the parliament along with the military forces.
In various parts of Gabrielland, local military leaders have seized the regional heads and governors, both PDP and non-PDP affiliated, and declared a state of martial law under their new area of command. According with the principles promulgated by Mariyan Galli during the talks, all the cities and towns were emptied of their residents, and these residents were forced to march tens or even hundreds of kilometers to designated places set by the PDP for them to work in state-run farms and institutions to achieve a peasants' and agrarians' paradise and utopia. In accordance with strict Dzakwanist interpretations on money, currency was abolished, and all forms of money were either burnt or destroyed. As a result, the banking industry of Gabrielland collapsed in a matter of days.
The coup in Arsya was a failure. Gabrielt forces stationed in the area and loyal to the PDP could not mobilize enough men and vehicles to perform a coup. Their attempt was halted by ethnic Arsyan regiments of the national Gabrielt Army on the streets, and Arsyan citizens blockaded tanks and vehicles from entering cities and towns by forming a human barricade. With minimal support, Mariyan Galli instructed to withdraw all forces from Arsya, and had general Golirdin Tanjar executed for his failure in caputring the Arsyan Realm. The execution was done in secrecy in order to hide from the rest of the armed forces.
Many politicians and businessmen fled to Arsya before they could be apprehended, including a majority of the national parliament.
Establishment of Dzakwanist Gabrielland
Mariyan Galli emerged from his alleged holding cell at 17.30 and declared the coup attempt a "failure". He quickly established the Great People's Gabrielt Revolutionary State of Dzakwanists along with his allies that very same night. An emergency parliament with Gosta Lannyarni as the speakers, whose members are chosen by Mariyan Galli himself, swore Mariyan Galli in as the President. He then appointed Lailan Torima as the chancellor of this new state. He then declared the victory of the Gabrielts rooted in traditional Dzakwanist understandings of the world and interactions as the base of the PDP's new ideology, a harder, more radical variant of Dzakwanist teachings, seeking to build a paradise for the Gabrielts whilst in the guiding arms of Dzakwan to achieve the utopia promised by Dzakwan to whoever fulfills and performs his teachings on the mortal world.
The PDP's first actions in power was removing all the residents in the city and towns of Gabrielland to be sent to work in an agrarian setting. Many of these massive evacuations have taken place before Mariyan Galli declared Dzakwanist Gabrielland with the military evacuating millions of people from cities as soon as they entered the city. These actions were very opposed by the student body, who organized massive protests against Dzakwanist Gabrielland on the 12th of February 1976. Many of these students were massacared and killed by the newly-formed Dzakwan's Forces in Gabrielland (DFG), with the justification behind their killings being that they were against Dzakwan, and they deserved to die. This would become the stereotypical reason for murder, torture, or execution in Dzakwanist Gabrielland over the next few years. The massive student massacare instilled a deep fear of the government for most peasants, even those in support of the PDP, something Mariyan Galli wished for to eliminate all kinds of oppression.
Overnight, Gabrielland was transformed into a completely agrarian society, with some factories manufacturing weapons and other essential goods being permitted to remain open so long as they submit and obey the PDP. Many of the city dwellers who now have to work long hours in the fields contracted malaria, and many died during the first few months of Dzakwanist Gabrielland. Due to a complete overhaul in the farming and agricultural system in Gabrielland, Gabrielland suffered a famine in 1977 as previous food stocks had been depleted. The famine was a major cause of the Vailhims uprising in 1977, which was crushed by the government, but sponsored a massive purge both in the ranks of the PDP and in daily life.
Arsya was regarded by Dzakwanist Gabrielland to be a part of Dzakwanist Gabrielland that was unadministered by the Dzakwanist government based in Vailhims. After the staged coup attempt on the 11th of February 1976, Mariyan Galli would occasionally try and stir the political condition in Arsya with little to no success. Mariyan Galli had not anticipated the fleeing of a majority of the Gabrielt and Arsyan People's Communion. Initially, he thought that they have been killed by the military, only realizing such when the declaration of a Gabrielt government-in-exile in Sangur occured on the 17th of February 1976. This state would later be known as the Arsyan Republic starting from 1977. In 1977, Mariyan Galli abandoned his goals to unite the entirety of the Gabrielt and Arsyan Republic under the helm of the PDP and officially recognized the Arsyan Republic as a legitimate country in a surprising turn of events, agreeing a set border and instructing soldiers to build a wall separating Dzakwanist Gabrielland from the Arsyan Republic. This wall is known as the Inter-Gabrielt border. The border wall was considerably less defended than other border walls around Anteria, with guard towers only present in selected points of the border.
Organization of Dzakwanist Gabrielland
In June 1976, the Communion of Loyal Dzakwanists approved the new constitution of the Great People's Gabrielt Revolutionary State of Dzakwanists. The constitution mandated the existence of a democratically-elected legislature representing the will of the people as Dzakwan's helpers on earth via secret ballot in free and fair elections to maintain the quality of these representatives. In practice, the only election to ever be held in Dzakwanist Gabrielland occured in 1977, and was regarded by many parties as a show-election with only one party (PDP) and only one candidate for legislature per cosntituency. These candidates, which numbered 300, were carefully selected by the high consortium of the PDP and all individually approved by Mariyan Galli.
Dzakwanist Gabrielland officially adopted Dzakwanism as its state religion, adhering to Dzakawanist principles put into practice in virtually all aspects of life. All Gabrielts are considered Dzakwanists, and regular attendace of religious services is mandatory. Failure to comply would result in jail senteces at best and executions at worst. Executions regarding the failure to show up at religious ceremonies is common. All other religions were banned, and professing or practicing another faith other than Dzakwanism is punishable by death.
All power was essentially concentrated on the high consortium of the PDP, with Mariyan Galli having a veto on all matters. The membership included the supreme leader of the Dzakwanists, a title the Communion of Loyal Dzakwanists bestowed Mariyan Galli upon swearing into office, the speaker of the Communion of Loyal Dzakwanists as well as the chancellor of Dzakwanist Gabrielland. They reportedly work from a site in Vailhims that used to be the Vailhims city hall.
Administrative
Dzakwanist Gabrielland erased all previous administrative divisions enacted by the previous government. Instead of regions and provinces, Dzakwanist Gabrielland was comprised of sectors, divided into zones. Each zone was further divided into communions, with each communion containing several farms and institutions. Each farm or institution contained 10-25 families, led by the communion head (Tilgirminnyar). There were 9 sectors, namely Sectors 1-9. There was also the a special sector encompassing the entire span of the New Frontier under Dzakwanist Gabrielt rule. Each sector was led by a general, appointed by the high consortium of the PDP.
Legal
Although the constitution of Dzakwanist Gabrielland mandated the existence of free and fair courts with a universal right to a free trial, formal courts were never established and previous courts and other legal institutions were banned and destroyed by the Dzakwanists. Many offences were simply treated with interrogation and in most cases extra labor or even instant execution.
Economy
The national economy under Dzakwanist Gabrielland collapsed in a matter of days. All banks, unions, stock exchanges and most factories were destroyed by Dzakwanist forces after the takeover of the country. Money was abolished on the 12th of February 1976, and the existence of markets, shops, and trading centers were banned, with most former buildings converted into warehouses for storing goods and rations. Private property was greatly reduced, and many only owned their clothes and a few personal belonging. The economy followed closely on a strict interpretation of Dzakwanist teachings, which resemble total communism in some aspects. The economic output for Dzakwanist Gabrielland was hard to measure with the abolition of money, but some estimates put the national economy at $1.4 billion dollars by 1977 using estimates of crop and agricultural prices.
International Relations
Dzakwanist Gabrielland branded itself as a legitimate state with its own executive, legislative and judicative branches of government as well as a set constitution and laws readily available to any sovereign nation, however, many nations do not recognize formally the existence of Dzakwanist Gabrielland and treated it as a part of the Arsyan Republic, although several nations maintained informal relations with Dzakwanist Gabrielland whilst moving their embassies to Sangur.