Alternate Nations

I have a joint TL idea, it works like this: name a nation and give details about said nation, name one nation at a time all these nations have to have a post-1900 POD and are part of the same TL.


Nation: Bavarian Soviet Republic (Bayerische Räterepublik)

Flag:
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Capital: Munich

Founded: April 6, 1919

Government: Soviet socialist republic
President: Albert Mühsam
Legislature: Supreme People's Assembly

Area: 70,549.44 km2

Population: 12,519,312

History:
Founded in the chaos of post war Germany the BSR started as a close Soviet ally in the Lenin years. After Lenin's death in 1924 the BSR grew more and more apart from the USSR largely because of Stalinism. the BSR liberalized over the 30s-40s holding free local elections in 1948. These election lead to the ruling Communist government losing control of most local governments. The Munich Government panicked in the face of Communist losses and overturned the elections and ended voting for the next 30 years. A major coup with-in the Party brought a young Walter Ulbricht to power. Ulbricht ruled with Stalinist power and cult of personality from 1950 till his death in 1973. To this day his body can be seen in Red Square Munich, and his likeness is every where. After Ulbricht's death Margot Honecker took power over the 70s and early 80s she helped weaken the cult of personality, and De-Ulbrichtication of the government. After her retirement in 1986 the Government started single party elections, with the Communist party running. in 1992 more open elections started, the parties have to gain approval of the Supreme Court, non-Socialist parties are ban. Today many see BSR as slowly liberalizing and being more democratic.
 
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