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Rising Tensions (1929-1935)
Rising Tensions (1929-1935)

The period between 1929 and 1935 was later referred to as the era of rising tensions. The Treaty of versailles truly was only an armistice in hindsight.

The Commonwealth is federalized fully and all government are merged into one central government with a central parliament of all votes, amidst protest from the smaller states with Pilsudski in charge to unite the nation better, with a united constitution being drafted, incorporating elements from the various constitutions and making all cultures and languages equal to each other. However some of the other republics experience a rise of nationalism as what they see as Polish imperialism, supported by Soviet and German intelligence agencies

The Commonwealth Army starts preparing to defend against the russians, while the commonwealth government funds the Mins-Kiev Line, a system of fortifications designed to stop any russian advance into the commonwealth though neglecting the line against Germany

The Commonwealth Confederation commits to an anti-comintern pact and invites all states who are anti-communist or join. Finland and Greece both show initially interest but react with caution especially Finland given its boundary with Russia. The commonwealth enters a new program of infrastructure repair that connects the regions better together and 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.

The Polish Government second 5 year plan, focused on industrializing the heartland even more for the next period of 5 years is continued, while the russian system of fortifications is also funded.

August 7th, 1930 the US stock market crashes. This causes a great depression as across the world, though particularly in the US and Europe, stock markets crash with economies entering a deep recession and extremism rising.

The Russian Socialist Federative Republic becomes more radicalized with Stalin violating the treaty of Leningrad in 1930, remilitarizing St. Petersburg and the Azov sea but the opposition, tired of the war, limits its response to verbal protest, though Priamurye alone calls ups it’s reserves.

The Locarno Honeymoon ends and with Nazi lack of motive since not trying the beer putsch, more flock to the red banner, as the communists are the only source of hope and they quickly rise in power, and for the first time in the Weimar Government, the largest party was the KPD winning 273 seats, and being the largest party though not being a majority. New elections are held and with them threatening a strike, they’re finally invited to form the government having around 43% of the vote. They soon form trade unions and start preparing to seize control of the state. The Western allies cannot vastly condemn it yet given that it still is operating under democracy and they are tired of war, only warning sanctions if democracy collapses. Meanwhile Germany publicly demands the Ruhr occupation to end and France given the Great Depression and without British Backing reluctantly withdraws, ending it and increasing support for the leading party

Even the commonwealth is not immune to the various political trends as Christian Rakovsky, a former Ukrainian SSR Leader denounces the polish imperialism from abroad and spreading propaganda that the poverty of the ukranians is due to the polish imperialism and thieving of Ukrainian gold but not giving any gold back. At first he is marginalized, but an underground communist movement is revived in the great depression which advocates for separatism and causes terrorist attacks in the name of the Proletariat of Ukraine against Polish imperialism as it sees the commonwealth as merely a Polish, capitalist ploy to industrialize Poland at the cost of Ukraine. The Commonwealth attempts to repress the movement but it only backfires, strengthening the communists. Similar movements occur in Lithuania and Belarus though at a smaller scale not approaching the same size as the Ukrainian communist resistance.

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OOC Notes: Large overhaul due to the previous version being implausible

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