Buryatia

Buryatia, officilally the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, or Buryat ASSR for short, is a Russian warlord state located in the Far East. It borders the Unorganized Siberian Territories and Yakutia to the north, Chita to the east, Mengjiang to the south and Irkutsk to the west.

Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Бурятская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика - Buryatskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (Russian) Буряадай Автономито Совет Социалис Республика (Buryat)
Flag of Buryatia TAG = BRY
Politics
Capital	Verkhneudinsk
Ruling Party	All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) - Sablinite
Head of State	Valery Sablin
Head of Government	Susanna Pechuro
Diplomacy
Sphere	N/A
Foreign Alignment	N/A
Economy
GDP	$0.23B
Credit Rating	Poor
Market Type	Planned Economy

The Buryat ASSR was established in 1923 as an autonomous republic of Soviet Russia, and remained under Soviet rule even after the collapse of the Soviet Union. However as of 1962 a young Soviet army commisar, Valery Sablin, is leading the ASSR in a mutiny against the Irkutsk regime.

In-Game Description

Yagoda and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet in Irkutsk seem to have learned nothing from the fall of Bukharin's Union. They insist they are the true heirs to Lenin's revolution while the NKVD snuffs out all intra-party criticism. Worse yet, they stifle the local Buryat people's autonomy under a Russo-centric hegemony. After years of Yagoda's tyranny, the various dissidents within his fiefdom have risen up to overthrow him and his Presidium.

They have rallied around the charismatic young idealist Valery Sablin, a passionate Leninist who has called for true freedom and equality for all the peoples of Russia. Everyone from Bukharinites distressed by growing NKVD control, Buryats who desire autonomy, junior officers and women who seek equality have joined his mutiny. But when Sablin wins - if he wins - he will have to come face to face with pragmatic challenges of governing a state. Will Sablin's Union live up to Lenin's ideals? Or will it backslide into Bukharinist dictatorial pragmatism?

History

Dead Country Walking...

1924

On December 30th, 1922, the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR established the Soviet Union. Most Russians would say the Soviet Union was destroyed in 1945, when the Union shattered after the Nazis reached the A-A line. Yagoda and his Presidium claim the Soviet Union was never destroyed, and is still being legitimately governed from Irkutsk.

But Valery Sablin knows that the Soviet Union was truly destroyed in 1924, when Nikolai Bukharin won the power struggle to succeed Lenin and began dismantling everything that Lenin had stood for.

Loyal to a Monster

Sablin didn't always think this way. He used to be a dutiful commissar in Yagoda's army. He'd served valiantly in the Central Siberian War, despite constant NKVD interference in his unit. He was a lifelong believer in the ideals of Lenin, and for most of his life he believed that Yagoda and his Presidium upheld them.

But as the years dragged on and the NKVD tightened their grip on the Soviet state, Sablin began to doubt he was truly fighting for the liberation of the proletariat after all.

...Out of its Grave

The Revolution

Valery Sablin was not alone. He soon began to meet others who questioned Yagoda and his growing securocracy.

He met Buryats who felt their culture was being destroyed by assimilationist policies, Bukharinites who felt that an NKVD securocracy was antithetical to Bukharin's Union, and he met women who felt that their equal share of the socialist society was refused to them because of their sex.

He united these and other disparate groups together to launch a Revolution against Yagoda, seizing control of Buryatia in the process.

The Liberation

Yet, after the Revolution, what next? Sablin is completely committed to liberating the Union and bringing freedom and equality to all Russians. Sablin has also never governed a polity. The Bukharinite wing of his movement will still be strong after Irkutsk is reclaimed. Sablin will have to make difficult choices between Leninist idealism and Bukharinite pragmatism. But for now, all he has to do is end Yagoda's tyranny. After that, the restoration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics will commence.

Gameplay

Buryatia starts with the following national spirits:

Name	In-Game Description	Effects
Idealistic Revolutionaries	The soldiers of the newly reformed Buryat ASSR consist of the young, the idealistic, and the desperate, united as one in their hope for a better life than what Yagoda's reign of terror gives them. Under the direction of Comrade Sablin, they fight with zeal against the enemies of the people.\n\nThough lacking proper equipment, and in many cases, proper training, their faith in a better world and their dedication to their missions ensure even ground with even the most battle-hardened NKVD division.	Division Organization: -5.0% Division Recovery Rate: +10.0%
The Ghost of Bukharin	Nikolai Bukharin's authoritarianism and economic policies may have helped doom his Union in the first place, but in his private moments, Comrade Sablin cannot help but wonder whether his theories had some merit to them. While of course Comrade Sablin is utterly dedicated to his ideals and principles, perhaps ruthless pragmatism is the best way to heal the scars across the Motherland?Whatever Comrade Sablin chooses to do, he knows the weight of his actions will forever rest on his shoulders.	Daily Political Power Gain: -0.15 Stability: +10.00%
The Flight East	Though the West Russian War ended almost a decade ago, Western Russia has never known peace with the Germans. Instead, life has been punctuated by regular bombings from the Luftwaffe, an unending campaign of terror meant to permanently hobble a one-time adversary. Though many Russians have found ways to live amid this violence, others have tried to escape it by fleeing east. This steady stream of refugees has permanently altered the distribution of Russia's population, with many migrating to the far reaches of the country that remain untouched by the Nazi war machine.	Monthly Population: +10.0%

Buryatia starts the game at war with Irkutsk.

Quotes

Capitulation quote

"To the madness of daring, we chant a song."

Origins: This quote is original to The New Order, but it is also partially taken from the short stoyry Song of the Falcon by Maxim Gorky.