Socialist People's Republic of Greater Scandinavia
Socialistiske Folkerepublik Stor Skandinavien
Socialistiska Folkrepubliken Stor Skandinavien
Sosialistiske Folkerepublikk Stor Skandinavia
Sósíalisti Alþýðulýðveldisins Mikill Skandinavia
"The Fall of Capitalism was a phenomenon that is officially marked with the Dissolution of the United States in the early 1990s, but most historians and political analysts would argue that it began with the Indochinese War. Starting as the Vietnam War, it was initially a conflict between the capitalist Republic of Vietnam in the South against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the North. The United States under the control of the aggressive President McCarthy intervened with the use of military advisers, lend-lease programs, and so-called "patriotic volunteer units," also known as "PVUs", "Blackhats", and their more infamous nickname, "Black Eagles." Initially, the war saw limited televising in America, but after the brutal massacre of several Viet Cong was televised, despite soaring morale amongst the populace, parental protesting allowed for a total media blackout of the war, and soon enough all the information coming out was government propaganda. The war crawled to a stalemate, but to the American people and to America's allies, it was a near victory. So near, in fact, that people cheered when American intervention expanded into Laos and Cambodia, another easy victory against the Red Menace..."
"...The expansion of the Vietnam War into the Indochinese War proved to be a strain on resources of the United States as the Soviet Union began employing the same tactics as the United States, televising their efforts across the Warsaw Pact. In doing so, it became the greatest tool for communism in decades..."
"General Secretary Georgy Zhukov had come in during a period of great unrest following the assassination of Nikita Khrushchev, who was meant to be the next leader of the USSR. Zhukov took over as the leader of Khrushchev's "Anti-Party Coup," seeing it as an obligation to his country to help keep it safe from "imperialist anti-socialist" enemies within. With the purging of the "anti-party," Zhukov became General Secretary, later Chairman of both the Central Committee and the reformed Council of People's Commissars. In a sense this mirrored President McCarthy's rise to power, who used a variety of tapes and witnesses to identify numerous communists in the American government, although many claim the evidence was falsified. Filling their place would be men equally as radically counterrevolutionary as he was, and that catapulted him into a position of power."
"Understanding these parallels, Chairman Zhukov decided that, with McCarthy at the helm of the United States, he needed to match the American's aggressiveness in a policy famously known as the "Checking Doctrine" from a chess analogy made in a British political cartoon. In Indochina, it meant escalating the war. Volunteers, lend-lease, and advisers, he met McCarthy blow for blow. Ultimately, the war was a Soviet-victory in the region, as the Americans over-extended their forces, but it was also a victory abroad as America and its forces became seen as violent aggressors, Soviets as brave defenders, and communism as an ideology of the down-trodden. The Warsaw Pact was revitalized, popularity of the regimes flourishing. More local and popular communists were put into places of power, transforming a previously enforced ideology into a homegrown movement."
"...With the suppression of a communist protest in West Berlin by NATO troops, primarily American, the Red Revolutions began across Europe. The tightening of capitalist markets was the cause, both against communist regimes, and even each other as nationalist tensions flared. It had begun a decline in their economies while the liberalized economies of the former Warsaw Pact, now reformed as the Fifth Communist International, had begun to flourish, stirring unrest. With the House Un-American Activities Committee and other similar groups in the West biting down on any "seditionist beatniks", many young intellectuals and inventors went to communist nations, who welcomed them and paid for their ideas, resulting in the "Red Renaissance". As East Berlin and East Germany suddenly became a cultural hub, West Germans began fighting for reunification, especially socialists. Their protesting turned mildly violent, with only minor looting, but the US took this opportunity to crush the group with excessive force..."
"The German Red Revolution spurred on Revolutions across Europe, particularly in France, Spain, and Italy. Fear of communism spread even more rapidly, and governments began trying to clamp down. In Scandinavia, power was being taken by an unusual source; the monarchies. A league of staunch anti-communists, the Kings of Scandinavia began to use their royal powers to a greater extent as socialist parties began to sweep into legislatures. As anyone can expect, propaganda for the communists was easy, but the monarchs viewed their actions as just. In Sweden, martial law was declared during rioting; in Denmark, a purge was done of communists in government; in Norway assassinations were common place. Soon it all came to a head. The Norse War was the final proxy conflict of the Cold War, with the Soviets funding and training insurgents and the American backing the governments, eventually deploying their own troops..."
"With the death of the Danish and Swedish royal families, the loss of morale brought the Norse War to a close. Soon enough, the Socialist People's Republic of Greater Scandinavia was declared in Stockholm, and as time passed more and more nations would recognize their sovereignty. Eventually the People's Republic of Iceland would join, but Finland, while offered, chose its own independence."
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Pax Sovietica: Rise of the Soviet Century, 2009 Cascadian documentary
"The flag of the SPR of Greater Scandinavia was initially a defaced royal standard of Denmark. The blue was added for Sweden, and the red, blue, and white represented colors found on all the capitalist flags of the Nordic countries. The central symbol of the flag is the Workers' Triquetra, first used by the Scottish Socialist Republic, then the People's Republic of Iceland, and then the Irish Socialist Republic. Soon enough it was the symbol of socialism in Northern West Europe, while the South clung to the common crossed hammers and three-pointed star. The wreath was taken from the German Democratic Republic, considered the first communist state beyond the "American Curtain." Some have protested the cross found on the flag, and that the flag is so reminiscent of the old royal standard, but the majority find it serves as both a common symbol of Scandinavia and as reminder of the past, and what was fought for and against."
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The Little Book of Flags, 4th Ed., 2015