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| Maꞇчina | |
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| Also known as | The Motherland[1] |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Igor Menzel |
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| Opening theme | "Death March" by Шimon Guþ |
| Country of origin | Zhousheng (Mustelaria) |
| Original language(s) | Edited Zhoushi[3] |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 65 minutes |
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| Distributor | Nartel |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nartel |
| Picture format | |
| Original release | August 20, 2019 – Still on air |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Council in true Colors |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Maꞇчina (Zhoushi term for "The Motherland")[1] is a 2020 alternate history TV series, in which the War of the Council ended with defeat of the Zhoushi Union and creation of the strict dictatorship of the proletariat.
The Universe of Maꞇчina
Union of Council States Svaz Radovych Sztatu[a] | |
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 Flag
 State Emblem
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Motto: Workers of the world, unite! Bogmian: Proletarzi vszjech zemi, spajte sje![b] | |
| Capital | Ukadsk |
| Official languages | Bogmian[d] |
| Demonym(s) | Council |
| Government | Dictatorship of the Proletariat |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 96,000,000 |
| Currency | Council Xailis |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (PMT) |
| Driving side | left |
Alternate history behind the story
The plot is set to 1986, in the Union of Council States. The point of divergence from our timeline is set to be 4th November 1938 during the Second Battle of Ukadsk. In this timeline, one of the Council planes (Red 313 of 21st Squadron) conducting bombing raids was not shot down and successfully bombed Zhengian military HQ, killing the President of Zhengia and crippling Ukadsk defence forces. By December 1938, Zhengia effectively ceased to exist, as council troops occupied the provisional capital of Kandan and moved north to cut away Bogmian territories. Meanwhile in the south, Bogmian forces are pushed out of Minimalstrit and are slowly evacuated away from Mosterec into Gadorien.
On January 3rd, 1939, the Republic of Bogmia officially surrendered, as their provisional capital of Lonking was encircled by Council troops, effectively ending the war in the east with a Council victory. Gadorien quickly moved to sign a white peace with the council, officially recognizing the regime. About 3 divisions of evacuated Bogmian infantry and 2 divisions of Zhengian infantry were integrated into Gadori forces.
Not much is known about the 40's and early 50's, but it is known, that in 1962, Council attempted taking Monte Blanco by force, being halted by Monte Blancan army and forced to sign a peace treaty. In 1974, during the civil war in Prei Meas, Council intervened on behalf of Communist forces, defeating the Nokorite army by 1975 and creating another socialist country. Sometimes in mid 70's, a defensive union was created between Gadorien and Velharia, de facto creating a political union between the two.
The world as of 1986
Union of Council States, consisting of 3 socialist council states (Bogmian Socialist Council Republic, Zhengian Socialist Council Republic and Haldenian Socialist Council Republic), has decided on its capital to be in Ukadsk. Former city centre was leveled and replaced by a Pallace of the Worker, a 76-meters high monumental structure combining Brutalist and Roman architecture. Border with Gadorien, although called the "Trucial border" by the regime, is one of the most armed borders in all of Anteria, having a total of 3 four meters high electric fences constructed on it.
Although no law enforcing this was signed, standard Bogmian became official language of the region, including Zhengia and Haldenia. Bogmian in the series is written using digraphs instead of diacritics or character symbolism.
Characters
| Character | Position | Personality | Allegiance |
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| Peter | Main character, student, Irina's boyfriend | Orphan, melancholic and comformist | Shifting |
| Irina | Main character, student Peter's girlfirend | Actively trying to do the best thing | Shifting |
| Agent Sokol | Main villain of the story, secret police commander | Won't stop until he get things done | The Council |
| Lukash/Agent Buresh | Peter's friend and secretely a undercover secret police agent | Seems friendly, but his career is more important than friendship to him | The Council |
| Ms. Pavlina Rukachova | Owner of the public library on the University and a secret Samizdat distributor | Extremely secretetive and careful person | The Underground |
| Ivan Gondjin | Organizer of the Ukadsk underground cell | Willing to fight until death for the ideals he deems as trues | The Underground |
| Karolina | Mother of Irena | Conformist trying to hold the family together | Unalligned |
| Marcel | Father of Irena | Secretly planning to escape to Gadorien | The Underground |
| Mr. Carl Lukavich | Applied science profesor on the university, operates a radio station | Works as a connection nod between Bogmian legions in Gadorien and underground cells | The Underground |
| Ms. Lenka Kornilova | Mathematical analysis teacher on the university, spies on her colleagues on the university | Really strict teacher giving warning signs and punishments even for minor inconveniences | The Council |
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | |||
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| First released | Last released | ||||
| 1 | 10+1 | August 20, 2019 | October 29, 2019 | ||
| 2 | 10+1 | January 1, 2021 | March 12, 2021 | ||
| 3 | 10+1 | Est. Dec 2021 | Est. Feb 2022 | ||
Season 1
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Flowing" | Igor Menzel | Lara Surova (based on Viktor Minc's book) | August 20, 2019 | |
| Peter and Irina (a couple) are high school students on a school in Ukadsk, close to the Palace of the Worker, which was built on the ruins of the old city and established a HQ to the communist nomenclature. Because of a Irina forgetting her homework in her room, the two are forced to return to their dorms and due to a traffic jam, they come in late for classes. They, however, can see a secret police raid on the high school library. The librarian, Pavlina Rukachova, is arrested. Later in the afternoon, when they go around in the hall, still unable to wrap their head around what has transpired, Pavlina calls them into library and warns them, that they have become suspects in the case of multiple dissident scripts being discovered in the school library, as they were at the wrong place at the wrong time. Eventually, Pavlina slips them a small paper with a name of a café and a time. The episode ends with them waiting in the café. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Far" | Igor Menzel | Lara Surova (based on Viktor Minc's book) | August 27, 2019 | |
| The episode begins with a shot on a heavily fortified border. A man in his 50's tries to escape across the border and eventually manages to cut through the wires, although being shot on in the process. The main story resumes with Pavlina entering the café with the two students and having a small coversation. Although being vary of the possibility, that the two are secret agents by the regime, Pavlina decided to give them a phone number before leaving. Later that night, Irina is arrested by secret police as her father fled the country. In the morning, Peter realized that Irina hasn't arrived to the tram station and runs to check on her, finding that her room has been searched through by the secret services. Peter quickly backs out, being scared of the situation. Later that day, he decides that he wants to call the number he was given to find out what has happened, not knowing that Irina was arrested for unrelated events. The episode ends with a male picking up the phone on the other side. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Futile" | Igor Menzel | Lara Surova (based on Viktor Minc's book) | September 3, 2019 | |
| The episode begins with a flashback onto a frontline. Multiple tanks roll across a field, being shot on by artillery. After a while, one soldier is badly hit by a shrapnel, losing a right leg and being quickly dragged into a transporter. The story proper resumes with Peter sitting in a back seat in a car driven by Pavlina, explaining that he doesn't know, what happened to Irina, but whatever happened, he wants it resolved. Pavlina explains him, that she is sorry that this happened, but she and the man he spoke to are a member of a underground democratic resistance aiming to overthrow the Communist regime and that the secret police probably assumed the position bad and linked to dissident books to Irina. Peter desperately asks to resolve the situation, but is told that the safest way is to not do anything, else they may endanger not only themselves, but their families and friends. Peter is asked to continue going to school as usual, but keep the contact. Peter eventually agress, reporting to the resistance anything in his surrounding. Eventually, his friend Lukash grew concerned over Peter's sanity and asked what is going on, especially with Irina. Eventually, Peter decides to explain the situation to Lukash. The story ends with both Peter and Lukash entering the base and being greeted by a man with only on leg. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Followed" | Igor Menzel | Lara Surova (based on Viktor Minc's book) | September 10, 2019 | |
| The episode begins with a flashback of a old cinema broadcast. The old newsreel shows the the text "DEFENCE OF SOCIALISM" and shows a bunch of revolutionaries waving red banners running across a heavily damaged street. Narator explains, that the government has proven to be contrarevolutionary and that a righteous faction of the true communists lead by Jelitho Njihilnyj has decided to defend socialism from contrarevolution. The story proper resumes with Irina being bound to a chair, with agent introducing himself as "Agent Sokol" investigating her. The coversation later confirmed, that Irina is innocent later that day, Agent Sokol decides to release her after her 72 hour incarseration ends in the night. At the same time, Peter is pushed by Lukash to do something about it, to fight for his girlfriend, and offers to support him. They eventually call the safe number and ask for a meeting. Eventually, Peter agrees to join the resistance and start working for them, while Lukash decides to stay in contact. The episode ends with Lukash calling a cellphone in Agent Sokol's office and Agent Sokol asking: "What is new with those revolutionaries?" | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Flagged" | Igor Menzel | Lara Surova (based on Viktor Minc's book) | September 17, 2019 | |
| The episode begins with a flashback of a multiple newspapers. Among the headlines, there are articles such as "Peace with Monte Blanco signed!", "Preimeai revolution for communist utopia" and "Kentalian communists on the offensive". The proper story begins with Irina being let out of the prison. She quickly walked to the nearest tram station and bought a ticket to the stop next to her dorm. Peter is happy he see her and hugs her. Then, he goes all pale and asks her, if she wants to go for a walk. She eventually agrees and on the walk, Peter sums up why he joined the resistance and he probably cannot leave now. To Miss Rukachova in the tutors' and teachers' meeting is said, that the school would be set under investigation by the regional council to see, if contrarevolutionary ideas do not spread. This briefing is done by Miss Lenka Kornilova, which eventually called miss Rukachova after the briefing and warned her, that she knows something is wrong with her, and that she hopes to discover what the thing is. Around the same time, Ivan Gondjin prepares a special mutiny in a PTO (Support Technical Corps) unit north of Ukadsk, hoping to destabilize the regime in the region. The episode ends with Peter and Irina finding out, that a commune shop next to their dorms has been set on fire with a explosive charge. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Friendly" | Igor Menzel | Lara Surova (based on Viktor Minc's book) | September 24, 2019 | |
| The episode begins with a flashback of multiple soldiers speaking in Preimeai (subtitled) about the desperate situation Nokorites are in, with the new Council State offensive into Dei Neak. The story proper begins with Irina watching a news segment on REVTEL (reference to NARTEL), speaking about the need to establish a temporary military tribunal control in the Ukadsk city in the eve of the terrorist attack on the community centre. Then, the TV starts speaking about the everlasting war in Kentalis, so she turns it off. At the same time, Ivan Gondjin is frantically communicating via the phone with other underground cells, making sure that the action wasn't done by some of the revolutionary cells. Eventually, they find out that the attack was not made by their organization and that they should probably speed up the mutiny plan if possible. Marcel, the father of Irina which fled to Gadorien tries using the radio wave operated by the liberty units stationed in Gadorien, making a contact with multiple Louzen operators. Agent Sokol is congratulated for carrying the false flag attack and is asked to destroy any evidence of governmental involvement. Later that day, he informs Lukash, that the infiltration plan must speed up "because the terrorists are way dangerous than thoughts". The episode ends with Irina finding a weird shrapnel in the dirt next to her flower pot and decided to take it. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Frustrated" | Igor Menzel | Lara Surova (based on Viktor Minc's book) | October 1, 2019 | |
| 8 | 8 | "Finished" | Krisjan Sulta | Lara Surova (based on Viktor Minc's book) | October 8, 2019 | |
| 9 | 9 | "Fasting" | Igor Menzel | Lara Surova (based on Viktor Minc's book) | October 15, 2019 | |
| 10 | 10 | "First" | Igor Menzel | Lara Surova (based on Viktor Minc's book) | October 22, 2019 | |
| 11 | BONUS | "In the State of Maꞇчina" | Igor Menzel, Krisjan Sulta | Lara Surova, Viktor Minc | October 29, 2019 | |
Season 2
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | "Growth" | Igor Menzel | Lara Surova (based on Viktor Minc's book) | January 1, 2021 |
| 13 | 2 | "Gambit" | Igor Menzel | Lara Surova, Viktor Minc | January 8, 2021 |
| 14 | 3 | "Global" | TBA | Lara Surova, Viktor Minc | January 15, 2021 |
| 15 | 4 | "Glow" | Krisjan Sulta | Lara Surova, Viktor Minc | January 22, 2021 |
| 16 | 5 | "Grapple" | Krisjan Sulta | Lara Surova, Viktor Minc | January 29, 2021 |
| 17 | 6 | "Goal" | Im Sovaneary | Lara Surova, Viktor Minc | February 5, 2021 |
| 18 | 7 | "Gravity" | Igor Menzel | Lara Surova, Viktor Minc | February 12, 2021 |
| 19 | 8 | "Glance" | Szczeosny Majewski | Lara Surova, Viktor Minc | February 19, 2021 |
| 20 | 9 | "Gone" | Igor Menzel | Lara Surova, Viktor Minc | February 26, 2021 |
| 21 | 10 | "Goliath" | TBA | Lara Surova, Viktor Minc | March 5, 2021 |
| 22 | BONUS | "In the World of Maꞇчina" | Igor Menzel, Krisjan Sulta | Lara Surova, Viktor Minc | March 12, 2021 |
Season 3
Season 3 was announced on the end of the pseudo-documentary "In the World of Maꞇчina"
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 23 | 1 | "Symphony" | TBA | TBA | Estimate: December 2021 |
| 24 | 2 | "Sparrow" | TBA | TBA | Estimate: December 2021 |
| 25 | 3 | "Splitting" | TBA | TBA | Estimate: December 2021 |
| 26 | 4 | "Sacrament" | TBA | TBA | Estimate: January 2022 |
| 27 | 5 | "Service" | TBA | TBA | Estimate: January 2022 |
| 28 | 6 | "Sorrow" | TBA | TBA | Estimate: January 2022 |
| 29 | 7 | "Surrender" | TBA | TBA | Estimate: January 2022 |
| 30 | 8 | "Stratos" | TBA | TBA | Estimate: February 2022 |
| 31 | 9 | "Salamander" | TBA | TBA | Estimate: February 2022 |
| 32 | 10 | "Salvation" | TBA | TBA | Estimate: February 2022 |
| 33 | BONUS | "The global story of Maꞇчina" | TBA | TBA | Estimate: February 2022 |
Reactions
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Term "Maꞇчina" is a Zhoushi term for the "Motherland". Some countries translate the name from Zhoushi to Common, as characters from the Zhoushi alphabet may cause problems to non-Zhoushi people trying to read them.
- ↑ Actress Lucie Maȝ and the former leader of the Council State Vladimir Maȝ are 1st cousins, 5 times removed (see the video & chart made by CGP Grey on the issue →link←). Acting of Lucie Maȝ as one of the main protagonists therefore created a controversy in the media, which was eventually sorted by Lucie Maȝ condemning the Council State and the War of the Council on live TV
- ↑ Unlike the Standard Zhoushi, the language used in the series comes from Zhoushi, but has been edited to fit the alternate history lore, such as ignorance of the New Year's reforms of 1985