@Remitonov , if you ever do DPRK Chapter, who do you think will voice kim il-sung?
Prussia - A Kaliningrad Story (Post WWII USSR Timeline)
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Hmm... Never really thought that, but the real one sounds pretty raspy, so probably somewhere along those lines.
I can confirm that the Ungern-Sternbergs had nothing to do with Tuva, until Shura. :3
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Interesting posts you made so far. :3
When are you going to do the ones about independent Tuva? How will this impact on the world? I presumed it'll be another of Russian satellite states like the rest of Central Asia.
When are you going to do the ones about independent Tuva? How will this impact on the world? I presumed it'll be another of Russian satellite states like the rest of Central Asia.
More on the relations of the countries of asia with Prussia? China, Korea, Japan seems to have a good amount of ties with Prussia.
They do, though the two Koreas share the most history with Prussia. Historically, the North Korean regime spent considerable resources cultivating ties with the Koryo-saram, as they did with the Zainichi Koreans in Japan. However, it turned out that trying to do so in a totalitarian country, even a friendly one, is much harder than in a pretty racist democracy. The West Baltic government and the central government in Moscow had did much to stifle North Korean influence in the population, including having schools managed by 'joint ventures' (i.e. forced to accept Soviet overseers). Overall, the Soviets deem it necessary to secure the Koryo-saram's loyalty to Moscow than to let it stray into the hands of North Korea, whose loyalties could flipflop to the Chinese if it suited them. And then, when the Soviet Union fell, so did North Korea's network of enterprises. Neither the New Prussia nor Fatherland Front governments who led Prussia during its first decades trusted North Korea, and rapidly shut down the schools, banks and businesses. Those that weren't were largely snapped up by its southern rival. Today, Prussia's relations with the South are far stronger than it is with the North. The North Koreans still have some schools left under its ownership, but they're still being run as 'joint ventures' under old Soviet laws, and thus under heavy surveillance and influence by the UB (Security Bureau, Prussia's domestic intelligence). They're generally waning due to declining student numbers and funding, but reviving fortunes ITTL could change this.
China and Japan's relations were historically more cordial. There weren't any substantial Chinese and Japanese populations in the West Baltic, so it hardly attracted their attention before. After independence, investments from both countries exploded, as did expat numbers. Other than that, pretty normal. The Chinese have even formed a small Chinatown in the outskirts of the city, next to the Dungan enclave of Heihutye (Mandarin: 黑蝴蝶, Hēi húdié; Dungan Cyrillic: Хелхўте). The latter, descended from Chinese Hui exiles during the Qing period, were greatly divided over the growing Han population. On one hand, they welcome the influx of investments from China, but on the other, the Dungans greatly dreaded the assimilation of their culture back into its parent community.
I would say on par with countries like New Zealand and Czechia. Small population but with developed economies.
Army, Navy and Air Force. The Prussian military had to be built from ground up since Russia left practically nothing to the Baltic countries (well, what'd you expect? They seceded). All three are controlled by the Ministry of Defence. The Ministry of the Interior manages the police forces and the Security Bureau (UB).
It must be one of the wealthiest post-Soviet countries then, including the rest of Eastern Europe as well; maybe it's even richer than a few "Western" countries too.
Doh. :3
Nah, it's not that rich. It's probably not even in the top 20. But it's pretty high, no doubt.
Say, mention of Prussia's first PM is a Nordic Muslim, what are the relations of the countries of Middle-East with Prussia? Particularly Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran?
Mostly cordial, though relations with Turkey is quite good due to comparisons with him and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (a personality who has his own share of achievements and blood on his hands)
Special - Tuva: The Forgotten Steppes
While I plan for my next post and get bogged down by work, here's an info dump I made on Tuva some time ago. I figured I'd put this out since I'd probably not be able to finish the omake on it. Anyway, enjoy Russian Far Cry 4. :3
Tuva – The Forgotten Steppes
Beginnings
The days leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union was one of tumultuous change. While some, particularly the Baltic States, celebrate the liberation of their homeland from Soviet occupation, others throughout the country greeted the demise with apathy, uncertainty and even fear. But perhaps the least noticeable of the republics that emerged from the chaos was Tuva, one of the few landlocked countries in the world today. Its geographic isolation allowed the small nation to remain largely unchanged for many centuries, and its modern history, while overlooked by most historians, is every bit as colourful as its age-old steppes.
At 170,500 square kilometres, Tuva is of relatively similar size to other Central Asian republics, between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Bordering the Turkic and Mongolic regions of Russia to the north, and Mongolia to the south, Tuva shares a common heritage and history with the area as a whole. At the turn of the 20th Century, Tuva has largely fallen under the Russian sphere, first as a Tsarist protectorate, and then as a Soviet puppet state. Its incorporation into the Soviet Union in 1944 was greeted with little fanfare or outrage. Stalin himself was said to have thought little of the annexation, simply signing off the directive and granting its leader, Salchak Toka, the title of First Secretary of the Tyvan Communist Party. Its status as a Soviet Socialist Republic was also of great mystery, with widespread support within the pro-Soviet government for downgrading its status into an ASSR. The proposal, which would grant Tuva access to funding for infrastructure and other necessities from the Russians S.F.S.R., was ignored by the Kremlin for obscure reasons. In the end, enthusiasm for ASSR status within the Tuvan Communists waned without a word, and Tuva remained a full SSR up till the union’s collapse in 1991.[1]
Tuva’s independence following the August Coup was yet again met with apathy and ignorance. The nomadic ways of the average Tuvan had changed little since the days of Genghis Khan, and the Turco-Mongolic people have lived in relative peace with Russian settlers who flooded the city of Kyzyl (now Khem-Beldir). However, as 1990 signalled the impending end of Soviet rule, Tuvan national consciousness ignited throughout the small republic. The formation of the Tuvan Democratic Movement, and later, terror attacks against the Russian community, sent shockwaves throughout Tuva. Russian troops were called in to restore order, and Russian settlers began leaving in droves. Throughout the chaos, few analysts who even bothered to notice Tuva were certain it would dovetail back under Russian rule. But what came after proved shocking, and as some Tuvans would attest, miraculous.
The Voice of Buddha
As the Soviet Union’s only Buddhist-majority republic, the Turkic Tuvan nation has more in common with its Altai and Mongolic neighbours than the Muslims of Central Asia. In the turmoil of early independence and political divisions between the still-popular Tuvan Communist Party and the Tuvan Democratic Movement, a new, spiritual force, had began to grow in strength. Calling itself ‘The Voice of Buddha’, the religious movement, rooted in Tuva’s Tibetan Buddhist roots, initially aimed at reviving Tuvan spiritual and cultural roots and reversing what they termed as ‘cultural pollution’ resulting from its influence under the atheist Soviet regime. Aligning with the Tuvan Democratic Movement, the coalition narrowly defeated the communist in Tuva’s first elections in 1992, and rejected an accession deal by the Russian Federation. But its leader, the monk Dorje Rinchen, had far greater plans. As Lamaist influence spread throughout the government and its nascent army, the Voice of Buddha waited out the withdrawal of Russian forces, before staging a bloodless coup.
The Tuvan Republic, barely over a year old by then, was replaced by the Tuvan State in October 1992. A Buddhist theocracy under Rinchen, the Tuvan State sought to model itself after the old Tibetan state. In its rule, the Tuvan State under the Voice of Buddha has had a mixed record. Popular support for the government was burgeoning, and relations between Russia and Mongolia improved. However, Rinchen’s suspension of elections in the Little Khural, dictatorial rule through an advisory council of lamas, and the suppression of religious freedoms (Orthodox Christianity and atheism his primary targets), was met with widespread condemnation among human rights groups in the West. That Rinchen himself was a former Red Army officer and Russian convert, Ivan Bobrov, added a cruel sense of irony. And yet, observers struggled to explain Rinchen’s popularity among the local inhabitants, which ranged for devout belief to an outright cult of personality. Regardless, life under the Lamaist regime had generally improved, with great effort put into modern infrastructure, and preserving and rediscovering Tuvan culture and language.
However, things came to a head in 1999 when the mummified body of the 12th Pandito Hambo Lama, Dashi-Dorzho Itigelov, was reported missing from the Ivolginsky Datsan in Buryatia. Shocked monks found an empty grave freshly unearthed, and a note addressed by Russian members of the Voice of Buddha to the monastery had claimed the supreme leader himself had ‘granted asylum’ to Itigelov, reputing to have dreaded of his fate at the hands of the conservative Orthodox Christian authorities. Rumours of orchestration by Russian intelligence were abound, and Russian forces were poised to invade the rogue state. However, intervention from the UN and vetoes from the United States and its allies prevented all out war. To mediate the crisis, UNESCO’s top artefact recovery expert, Shura Haneda (otherwise known as Aleksandr von Ungern-Sternberg), was sent to Tuva to obtain its return. His recovery of the mummy, and his identity as the Mad Baron's great-grandson, has since become a popular legend, entering the silver screen in the box office hit, ‘Relic Hunter’.
End of Theocracy
“In my time as your leader, I have sought to restore light and peace to the fearful hearts of the Tuva. In turn, I myself have become corrupted by the influence of the material world. Thus, I seek to renew myself in the word of Buddha and devote myself to His peaceful study. I ask only for your blessing, and that you continue to follow the path of enlightenment.” – Dorje Rinchen
The end of the Tuvan State, ironically, came not with a revolution, but by Rinchen’s own word. Declaring his intent to retreat back into monasticism and rededicate his life to Buddhist teaching, Rinchen abruptly resigned as supreme leader shortly after, abolishing the Tuvan State in its present condition. He ordered a draft of a new constitution, restoring the electoral vote and commanding his council to return power to the Little Khural. His departure for his hometown of Kyonigsberg, Prussia, was met by hordes of weeping followers and well-wishers at Khem-Beldir Airport. The reasons for his epiphany had remained murky, though popular legend insisted that in a battle to the death with Haneda, the spirit of Itigelov himself had reached out to Rinchen, imploring him to repent. While unsubstantiated by a lack of witness accounts, the effects of popular perceptions, heightened with the movie hit, had only strengthened since.
His arrival at Povunden International Airport, in contrast to his departure, was met by angry protests worldwide, with some demanding his trial at The Hague for human rights violations. However, charges levied against him on the International Court of Justice were thrown out over technicalities. Rinchen subsequently spent his time in the Kyonigsberg Temple since. And while he lamented that his rule had caused undue suffering to those who did not fit into his vision of Tuva, he had maintained that his actions were in the country’s best interests.
Tuva since his departure had remained relatively calm. Though political deadlock between democrats and Lamaists in the Little Khural had since gripped the country, the nomadic lifestyle of its people remained relatively unchanged. Russian influence in the republic remained largely limited, due to Tuva’s inaccessibility and dependence on Russian ports and airspace for trade. In all, the upheavals of the 90s had made little change to the quiet steppes of Tuva, and while the modernity of the outside world continues to creep in, Tuvans remain confident that their traditions and faith will endure through the 21st Century.
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Tuva – The Forgotten Steppes
Beginnings
The days leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union was one of tumultuous change. While some, particularly the Baltic States, celebrate the liberation of their homeland from Soviet occupation, others throughout the country greeted the demise with apathy, uncertainty and even fear. But perhaps the least noticeable of the republics that emerged from the chaos was Tuva, one of the few landlocked countries in the world today. Its geographic isolation allowed the small nation to remain largely unchanged for many centuries, and its modern history, while overlooked by most historians, is every bit as colourful as its age-old steppes.
At 170,500 square kilometres, Tuva is of relatively similar size to other Central Asian republics, between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Bordering the Turkic and Mongolic regions of Russia to the north, and Mongolia to the south, Tuva shares a common heritage and history with the area as a whole. At the turn of the 20th Century, Tuva has largely fallen under the Russian sphere, first as a Tsarist protectorate, and then as a Soviet puppet state. Its incorporation into the Soviet Union in 1944 was greeted with little fanfare or outrage. Stalin himself was said to have thought little of the annexation, simply signing off the directive and granting its leader, Salchak Toka, the title of First Secretary of the Tyvan Communist Party. Its status as a Soviet Socialist Republic was also of great mystery, with widespread support within the pro-Soviet government for downgrading its status into an ASSR. The proposal, which would grant Tuva access to funding for infrastructure and other necessities from the Russians S.F.S.R., was ignored by the Kremlin for obscure reasons. In the end, enthusiasm for ASSR status within the Tuvan Communists waned without a word, and Tuva remained a full SSR up till the union’s collapse in 1991.[1]
Tuva’s independence following the August Coup was yet again met with apathy and ignorance. The nomadic ways of the average Tuvan had changed little since the days of Genghis Khan, and the Turco-Mongolic people have lived in relative peace with Russian settlers who flooded the city of Kyzyl (now Khem-Beldir). However, as 1990 signalled the impending end of Soviet rule, Tuvan national consciousness ignited throughout the small republic. The formation of the Tuvan Democratic Movement, and later, terror attacks against the Russian community, sent shockwaves throughout Tuva. Russian troops were called in to restore order, and Russian settlers began leaving in droves. Throughout the chaos, few analysts who even bothered to notice Tuva were certain it would dovetail back under Russian rule. But what came after proved shocking, and as some Tuvans would attest, miraculous.
The Voice of Buddha
As the Soviet Union’s only Buddhist-majority republic, the Turkic Tuvan nation has more in common with its Altai and Mongolic neighbours than the Muslims of Central Asia. In the turmoil of early independence and political divisions between the still-popular Tuvan Communist Party and the Tuvan Democratic Movement, a new, spiritual force, had began to grow in strength. Calling itself ‘The Voice of Buddha’, the religious movement, rooted in Tuva’s Tibetan Buddhist roots, initially aimed at reviving Tuvan spiritual and cultural roots and reversing what they termed as ‘cultural pollution’ resulting from its influence under the atheist Soviet regime. Aligning with the Tuvan Democratic Movement, the coalition narrowly defeated the communist in Tuva’s first elections in 1992, and rejected an accession deal by the Russian Federation. But its leader, the monk Dorje Rinchen, had far greater plans. As Lamaist influence spread throughout the government and its nascent army, the Voice of Buddha waited out the withdrawal of Russian forces, before staging a bloodless coup.
The Tuvan Republic, barely over a year old by then, was replaced by the Tuvan State in October 1992. A Buddhist theocracy under Rinchen, the Tuvan State sought to model itself after the old Tibetan state. In its rule, the Tuvan State under the Voice of Buddha has had a mixed record. Popular support for the government was burgeoning, and relations between Russia and Mongolia improved. However, Rinchen’s suspension of elections in the Little Khural, dictatorial rule through an advisory council of lamas, and the suppression of religious freedoms (Orthodox Christianity and atheism his primary targets), was met with widespread condemnation among human rights groups in the West. That Rinchen himself was a former Red Army officer and Russian convert, Ivan Bobrov, added a cruel sense of irony. And yet, observers struggled to explain Rinchen’s popularity among the local inhabitants, which ranged for devout belief to an outright cult of personality. Regardless, life under the Lamaist regime had generally improved, with great effort put into modern infrastructure, and preserving and rediscovering Tuvan culture and language.
However, things came to a head in 1999 when the mummified body of the 12th Pandito Hambo Lama, Dashi-Dorzho Itigelov, was reported missing from the Ivolginsky Datsan in Buryatia. Shocked monks found an empty grave freshly unearthed, and a note addressed by Russian members of the Voice of Buddha to the monastery had claimed the supreme leader himself had ‘granted asylum’ to Itigelov, reputing to have dreaded of his fate at the hands of the conservative Orthodox Christian authorities. Rumours of orchestration by Russian intelligence were abound, and Russian forces were poised to invade the rogue state. However, intervention from the UN and vetoes from the United States and its allies prevented all out war. To mediate the crisis, UNESCO’s top artefact recovery expert, Shura Haneda (otherwise known as Aleksandr von Ungern-Sternberg), was sent to Tuva to obtain its return. His recovery of the mummy, and his identity as the Mad Baron's great-grandson, has since become a popular legend, entering the silver screen in the box office hit, ‘Relic Hunter’.
End of Theocracy
“In my time as your leader, I have sought to restore light and peace to the fearful hearts of the Tuva. In turn, I myself have become corrupted by the influence of the material world. Thus, I seek to renew myself in the word of Buddha and devote myself to His peaceful study. I ask only for your blessing, and that you continue to follow the path of enlightenment.” – Dorje Rinchen
The end of the Tuvan State, ironically, came not with a revolution, but by Rinchen’s own word. Declaring his intent to retreat back into monasticism and rededicate his life to Buddhist teaching, Rinchen abruptly resigned as supreme leader shortly after, abolishing the Tuvan State in its present condition. He ordered a draft of a new constitution, restoring the electoral vote and commanding his council to return power to the Little Khural. His departure for his hometown of Kyonigsberg, Prussia, was met by hordes of weeping followers and well-wishers at Khem-Beldir Airport. The reasons for his epiphany had remained murky, though popular legend insisted that in a battle to the death with Haneda, the spirit of Itigelov himself had reached out to Rinchen, imploring him to repent. While unsubstantiated by a lack of witness accounts, the effects of popular perceptions, heightened with the movie hit, had only strengthened since.
His arrival at Povunden International Airport, in contrast to his departure, was met by angry protests worldwide, with some demanding his trial at The Hague for human rights violations. However, charges levied against him on the International Court of Justice were thrown out over technicalities. Rinchen subsequently spent his time in the Kyonigsberg Temple since. And while he lamented that his rule had caused undue suffering to those who did not fit into his vision of Tuva, he had maintained that his actions were in the country’s best interests.
Tuva since his departure had remained relatively calm. Though political deadlock between democrats and Lamaists in the Little Khural had since gripped the country, the nomadic lifestyle of its people remained relatively unchanged. Russian influence in the republic remained largely limited, due to Tuva’s inaccessibility and dependence on Russian ports and airspace for trade. In all, the upheavals of the 90s had made little change to the quiet steppes of Tuva, and while the modernity of the outside world continues to creep in, Tuvans remain confident that their traditions and faith will endure through the 21st Century.
OOC Notes:
- PoD. I believe Tuva's annexation and downgrade to ASSR may be due to a variety of reasons, but Russian minorities and the promise of Russian federal support and public funding may have a lot to do with it.
- Dorje Rinchen (pictured) (CV: レヴァン・フウ)
- Original Name: Ivan Bobrov (Russian: Иван Бобров)
- Shura Haneda (Japanese: 羽田 修羅, Haneda Shura) (CV: 你 健一)
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A modern Buddhist theocratic dictatorship run by a monk version of Turkmenbashi?
You sir are a genius!
You sir are a genius!
Danke! I first got the idea watching the intro to Far Cry 4, and my binge watching of Gundam Thunderbolt. The latter, in particular, is what inspired me to hive out Tuva, what with the South Seas Alliance and all. I felt it was a waste to leave it as a draft, since I already wrote the whole thing out, so yea. :3
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