People's State of Veleaz

The People's State of Veleaz El Estado Popular de Véleaz
1922–2019
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Motto: "Para los Trabajadores" "For the Workers"
Anthem: "Hijos del Pueblo" "Children of the people"
Status	Dissolved
Capital	Tolvas
Largest city	Velacruz
Official languages	Veleazan
Ethnic groups	Unspecified
Demonym(s)	Veleazan
Government	Federal Marxist–Leninist (?) one-party socialist
• Generalissimo	Enrique Vincente
• Supreme Political Commissar	Ferdinand Conti
Establishment
Historical era	The Great War Triskaideka War
• Veleaz Revolution	18 December 1922
• Integrated into ASU	12 September 1929
• Gained Independence from ASU	1981
• Collapse of the State	23 June 2018
• Jualin Constitution ratified	March 23 2019
Population
• 2015 estimate	62,321,921
Gini (2014)	28.4 low
HDI (2014)	0.756 high
Currency	Florin (FLN)
Date format	mm.dd.yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+94
Internet TLD	.vlz
Preceded by Succeeded by Aeian Socialist Union Kingdom of Veleaz Veleaz

Veleaz, officially the The People's State of Veleaz (Veleazan: El Estado Popular de Véleaz pronounced: /esˈtaðo popuˈlaɾ deˈβeleaθ/)was a socialist state in central Asura, located on the planet Aeia. It operated as a single party socialist state, with the ruling Communist party being responsible for electing the Generalissimo, who leaded the Party until either his passing or when he chooses to step down from the position. The capital of the The People's State was located in Tolvas, which was partially responsible for the foundation of the modern state.

Veleaz in the modern era was a pariah state, it's refusal to undergo democratisation or drop its authoritarian government had essentially frozen relations with almost every Aeia nations, particularly those that neighboured it, with militarized borders being common. Despite the excessive socialist propaganda, Veleaz was the home to a number of historical sites and ruin, ranging from early prehistoric monuments to the modern Hall of the Proletariat, home to one of the largest public collections of art in Asura. It's lack of trade with the outside world had resulted in Veleaz entering the lower half of international rankings in most categories, especially in access to clean water and access to higher education.

History

The debt of Veleaz after the Great War proved too much for the continued lavish spending of the Monarchy, with the initially weaken Senate slowly making more and more political power, in exchange for whittling away that of the Monarch. However, even the progress of the Senate proved too slow for many Veleazans, who had flocked to a variety of political extremes, with political street fighting between various groups becoming commonplace as the government lacked the ability to properly enforce the laws, these fights being the onset of the Veleazan Years of Trouble, where numerous Veleazan subdivisions of the state would become effective autonomous states, many running their own militaries. The 1920s saw the decline of the separate autonomous zones, the emergence of the Red Guards, a communist militia and political part, saw the zones effectively dismantled by millions flocking to the Red Guards, allowing it to become the largest political faction in Veleaz at the time. With an advantageous position secured, the Red Guards sparked the Veleazan Revolution that toppled the Monarchy and the Senate on the 18th December 1922. The Communist State of Veleaz was subsequently founded by the Red Guards, headed by Alexandre Dueñas, which saw radical changes to Veleazan society, most notable of which being the mass executions of those that were suspected of harbouring anti-communist thoughts and monarchical alignments, in a bloody attempt to ensure the survival of the revolution. Following his death at the tail end 1923, with many of his planned reforms not even started, an attempted coup was launched by the more socially liberal members of the Red Guards, headed by Etelvino Grimau, who feared the more conservative Blas Hernández Gilabert. This act proved to be the spark for the three month Veleazan Civil War fought between the socially liberal Red Guards and the conservative Red Guards, who took on the name Loyalist Guards to differentiate themselves. The victorious Loyalists continued Dueñas' legacy by executing the Red Guards that had been unable to escape Veleaz.

With Gilabert at the lead of the People's State, the nation underwent a conversion to a centrally planned economy, attempted industrialization of underdeveloped rural regions, and serious land reform. Due to the elimination of money in Veleaz, many people were instead rewarded for their work in food, however the disastrous and continuous land reformation resulted in atrocious crop yields, causing the Veleazan famine of 1925-1928, with the availability of food being reliant on shipments from the newly formed Aeian Socialist Union. The situation was worsened by an outbreak of typhoid fever, with 174 people out of every 100,000 infected dying, ripping though Veleaz. With the populace barely eating and the population laid low by typhoid fever, the Communist Party chose to remain neutral during the Second Great War, not risking the spread of the disease by joining the ASU during the war. With the War ending in a stalemate, Veleaz was encourage to be absorbed by the ASU as it had managed to stand against the much stronger capitalist powers, thereby guaranteeing the survival of the People's State, however the debt Veleaz owed the ASU for the food shipments also acted as an incentive. Being the only ASU state to have access to the Asur, Veleaz was host to numerous military facilities throughout the Aeian Cold War, with the southern city of Fruxil being home to the Asur Fleet of the ASU and Tolvas hosting a number of Commissariat Assemblies.

Owing to Vynozihia position as the agricultural base of the ASU and Dreyvisevich being the home to the largest mines of the ASU, Veleaz was rapidly turned into a manufacturing hub to support the rapid industrialization the rest of the Union was undergoing, with whole towns being constructed to support the demand for products across the ASU, with its infrastructure being the envy of many ASU states. Because of the Veleazan state in the ASU seeing itself as the most vital state within the ASU's structure, many representatives began to demand centralization around Veleaz, expecting the states to agree due to the manufacturing power-base being in Veleaz. However, it was quickly rejected, causing serious discontent between Veleaz and the other states, with the representatives frequently clashing when they encountered each other.

Popular opinion in Veleaz eventually turned to the goal of Veleazan independence, with popular demonstrations occurring through Veleaz. The public pressure eventually led to the Veleazan Declaration of Independence in 1977, with Veleazan forces quickly taking control of the wealth of military assets that lay in Veleaz, allowing the state to seize both an early lead and a technological advantage in terms of equipment. A series of Veleazan victories led to in 1977-78 led to the Provisional Government of Brillia to join the side of the Veleazans and, following an invasion of Dreyvisevich led to the Veskoslovia region to join the secessionist side. Western Asura began to fund the secessionist side with both arms and volunteers, with the Veleazan representatives agreeing to drop the communist system in exchange for a western democracy. 1981 saw a Veleazan and secessionist victory, with the ASU being dissolved shortly after.