The Recovery After WW1 (1922-1925)
After a long debate and a boycott by the National Democrat movement, the May Constitution is introduced for the Polish state. The act introduced the idea that the state is the common good of the citizens and limits the Senate's and Sejm's power while strengthening the President of Poland to provide for a strong leader, with the president responsible for choosing the members of the government, which is responsible to the parliament and is the Commander-in-chief of the United Commonwealth Army and has a right to issue decrees and veto the Sejm's acts and the president has the right to name his successor in case of war if a 2/3rd majority of the people or the Sejm does not disagree with the choice. It is controversial with some authoritarian features, but now the official constitution of the Polish Republic. The Commonwealth Confederation now has 1/4 of it's seats given to each of the 4 nations and thus creates a parliament of the 4 constituent countries with it representing them in foreign affairs, while they represent themselves in domestic affairs.
The Silesian land was quickly accepted into the confederation as the Silesia Federative Republic enriching the commonwealth as the 5th constituent country but due to their population being smaller and left subsidient on the Polish Republic, they gradually became influenced heavily by Poland. As well as this the Commonwealth parliament decided to reform the 4 separate militaries into one combined military with a centralized military leadership, becoming the "Commonwealth Army" and a common currency, the "Commonwealth Crown" pegged to the gold standard. The Commonwealth Confederation further rebuilt, opening more trade links across the Intermarium alliance and with Czechoslovakia along with inside the country. The Commonwealth Confederation also signed a treaty of friendship with Finland agreeing for mutual trade and a defensive guarantee against the RSFSR.
A policy of state capitalism was implemented in Poland where the economy was capitalist, but the state encouraged production and built new factories to cope with the growing population and it was quickly followed by the rest of the commonwealth confederation. A plan is negotiated for the West, especially France to finance loans to kick start the Commonwealth to turn from agrarian to industrial societies and kick start their industries. This plan is used to finance the first Polish 5 year Plan, created in 1922 by Pilsudski. The Plan is to focus industrial efforts into the hinterland of the Commonwealth, safe from Russian or German aggression, to decrease unemployment and increase the polish industry and starts out with logistical difficulties, resulting in a decrease of it just focusing on the Polish Hinterland due to the other republics fearing what they see as Polish domination over their internal affairs. The plan does have some successes, but it is still being improved and hasn't yet been completed.
Meanwhile the RSFSR, invaded Mongolia, quickly conquering Mongolia and forming the Mongolian SSR in 1923 but the defenders around Vladivostok successfully defended it in 1923 against the attacking Reds in coalition with the Japanese. Large scale revolts by peasants occur across Siberia, angered at the continuation of the War economy, resulting in the Bolshevik army being moved to crush the revolters from Vladivostok, allowing the whites to consolidate their hold and expand across the Pacific Coast with Japanese support and agreeing (under duress) to the Japanese Treaty of Friendship with the Provisional Priamurye Government, with Japan supporting the Provisional Priamurye Government in holding the pacific coast, but de facto the Provisional Priamurye Government became a Japanese satellite.
After a steady expansion, the Reds stalemated the whites at the Amur River and the civil war continued on.
The Russian troops from Mongolia returned but failed to launch a successful offensive in Winter of 1923/1924 and so both sides regrouped for an offensive in the summer of 1924. Vladimir Lenin suppressed the peasant and separatist revolts to try to have the reds only focus on the Provisional Priamurye Government. Meanwhile the Provisional Priamurye Government declared the restoration of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia in 1924 as the head of State and labeled the civil war, a crusade to eradicate communism from the empire. The Restoration of the Grand Duke leads to Allied moral support as they disliked the former premier and especially the UK is pleased with a monarchial restoration
The Mad Baron of Mongolia after futilely defending the nation and seeing himself as betrayed by his people evacuated with his royal government to form the “Mongolian Government-in-exile” in Vladivostok, supporting the Russian troops in return for a liberation of Mongolia and forming a mongolian regiment of the white army.
The Weimar government in Germany failed to pay the reparation payments and so the Ruhr was occupied by Franco-Belgian forces. Gustav Stresemann coming to power, ended the passive resistance, securing germany but was protested against by Nationalists, especially the right-wing disillusioned Freikorps and the far-right NSDAP, but it was also under opposition by the KDP, who condemned the occupation by whom they saw as “Capitalist Oppressors”. The NSDAP after fierce debate decided to postpone the putsch as they decided to not trust the bavarian government, leading to the more radical and impatient members to leave and turn to the communists, but otherwise leads to a gradual unification of the party's factions. France keeps occupation
With the RSRF loss of support for Turkey and their defeat against the Greeks, the turks demoralized retreated to Ankara, which the greeks sieged while the turks in the south failed to halt the advancing French. The Turkish defeat is now nearly certain and the question of defeat now becomes one of when. Soon afterwards, Ankara fell and the treaty of Ankara was signed in 1925, which had the following terms:
1. The restoration of all Treaty of Sévres terms except for when it conflicted with the below terms or they were in addition
2. All land below in black (excluding land not part of Turkey) were to be part of Greece
3. All land which was black and white striped was to be demilitarized by Turkey
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4. The Turkish Border with the mandate of Syria was to be demilitarized
5. The Ottomans to be restored to power of Turkey with Kemal stepping down from power
6. Armenia to be released with the borders below
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The Treaty of Ankara mainly benefited the greeks and the Armenians over the Turks and led to increased popularity of the monarchy and Eleftherios Venizelos won the Greek legislative election in 1923 decisively due to this, leading to the Government being at odds with itself about the issue of monarchy afterwards. As well it led to perpetual hatred by Turkey of Greece and Armenia leading to several border clashes after implementation. The Harsh terms of the Plan also generate international sympathy for the Turks, helping their reputation and harming that of Greece and Armenia
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IRL notes
1. In this timeline, Lenin has not yet died as of 1924/1925