Meanwhile, in Sevropia.
It has been only a week, that the National Front, a coalition of left and center parties lead by the Communist Party of Sevropia, has won the elections. This was the finalization of the process that has been going on since the past three years, the process of Sevropia becoming a socialist country. When Listonia was violently torn out from Sevropia, the whole political system, that has ruled Sevropia for decades, collapsed. For a while chaos and violence ruled the country. In face of that, a number of parties, who were in the opposition in the past, formed the National Front, and assumed control of the nation. The coalition managed to restore peace and stability, and began the difficult task of rebuilding Sevropia. In this task, the new leaders realized, they needed outside help. As Sevropia was surrounded by hostile countries, like Vekiayu, Listonia and Vulshain, they could only count on Lazlowia. Lazlowia and Algaisia sent a large amount of economical aid to Sevropia for years, and this aid played a pivotal role in putting the Sevropian economy back on its feet.
It is not surprising, that the Sevropian Communist Party became incredibly popular during these years. The party already enjoyed a significant following among the Sevropian population, especially for their significant role in ending the “Turmoil”, as the period between 2009-2011 was called, and now many associated the economical recovery of Sevropia with the communists. As part of the National Front, the communist shared the government with a number of other non-communist parties. However, the communist were in control of some of the key ministries, most notably the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Defence. As a result, the police and the army was essentially in the hands of the communist. Despite all this, it still seemed unlikely, that the communist would win the majority of the votes in the next elections, therefore, the communist now looked for alternative methods to gain power.
As luck would have it, an ideal opportunity came in the February of this year. Several of the non-communist ministers handed in their resignations to president David Jovanovic, hoping that they can thus force him the call an early election and thus they can reduce the communist influence. Jovanovic however hesitated, and this gave enough time to the communists to mobilize their supporters. The police and armed militias organized by the communists took control of the capital, Kralgrad, while protests were organized in other parts of the country. President Jovanovic, fearful that another civil war would break out, decided to agree to the communists’ demands to dismiss to government and appoint a new one, one which was now completely dominated by the communists.
Early in May a new constitution was ratified, which now turned the Republic of Sevropia into the People’s Republic of Sevropia. In the elections, the National Front, which was now completely dominated by the communists, faced no significant opposition. President Jovanovic is now merely a figurehead, the real power is in the hands of Veselko Zupan, Prime Minister and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Lazlowia.
The first one to congratulate Zupan on his victory was president Mór Preusz of Lazlowia of course, who personally visited him in Kralgrad. Preusz’s visit however was not only a courtesy, and he was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algaisia, Sholto Montgomery.
“-You can see now, comrade Zupan, why we didn’t make any move so far in the Dverian question.” -said Preusz- “The situation here in Sevropia was of critical importance. Besides, if we would have interfered on Dveria’s side, it would have only given and excuse to those imperialist vultures an excuse to attack us.”
“-Besides, Dveria started the war.” -added Montgomery- “I still can’t figure out what made them do such an idiotic thing. They should have know it was suicide.”
“-Alright, but getting back to the point, if I understand it correctly, you have hoped, that Vekiayu, Laiatan, South Hills and the British Grand Pacific would get into war with each other over the control of Dveria?” -asked Zupan.
“-Admittedly, it was a miscalculation on our part.” -said Preusz- “But, in my opinion, there’s still enough friction between these fascist warmongers, that they will be bogged down for a while with carving up Dveria. Our task now is to prepare, as they will inevitably will attack us. What is your opinion on Elphana, comrade?”
“-Elphana is definitely in a dangerous position. For years, Listonia openly threatened them with war, so I would say they would be quite recipient to our offer of alliance. I don’t think we would have to apply any pressure.”
“-And what about Vulshain?” -asked Montgomery.
“-Those fuckers are too stupid to see what is happening around them. And besides, two years have passed since the Elphanian president has visited Vulshain, and even that visit was more of a parade of folklore, than a proper diplomatic meeting.”
“-Alright, so we will make contact with Elphana.” -concluded Preusz- “What about other countries?”
“-Well, for one I think we should make contact with Bachtendekuppen. They’ve been neutral, sure, but they have also condemned the atrocities committed in Dveria, and they are not exactly friendly with South Hills either.” -answered Montgomery.
“-Could work. I leave Bechtendekuppen to your government, comrade Montgomery. Now, there’s one more item, that I would like to discuss, and I must stress, that it is a most sever subject. Considering the fact, that now our very lives are threatened by these fascist, it has become necessary to create further deterrent. We must build up our nuclear arsenal. I realize, that this can be only done in a joint effort of our countries, considering the scale and the cost of the project. But we must start it as soon as possible.”
The two other man nodded.
(OOC: Since Todd has already made Sevropia my puppet, might as well make it formal. Although I guess this retcons some previous RP which nobody cares about.)
