[color=#f02030][b][u]+Nation Name:[/u][/b][/color] Proletarii Respublika iz Kataylabinsk (People's Republic of Kataylabinsk or PRK) Demonym (describing an individual of or something belonging to the nation): Kataylan [color=#f02030][b][u]+Leader:[/u][/b][/color] Premier Commissar Yekaterina Velikaya [color=#f02030][b][u]+Allegiance:[/u][/b][/color] Communist International (Comintern) [color=#f02030][b][u]+Government:[/u][/b][/color] Socialist Republic. The foremost leader is the Premier Commissar or Premier, and there is a Supreme Worker's Council made up of an upper house of the following: Agricultural Commissar: Vasiliy Filatov Industrial Commissar: Vyacheslav Starovolkov Welfare Commissar: Angela Garanina Energy Commissar: Leonid Marinkin Political Commissar: Anton Chepurin Foreign Commissar: Miroslav Yerkhov Justice Commissar: Tatiana Mashir Intelligence Commissar: Anjelika Adraneda Treasury Commissar: Adam Aleyev War Commissar: Vladimir Emin Transportation Commissar: Daria Trufanova Health Commissar: Irina Kilesso Education Commissar: Aleksei Sadykov All of these positions are elected by the people working in the various industries, namely teachers for education, soldiers for war, farmers for agriculture, in order to represent their interests to the upper house. The terms for these and for the lower house are five years each. The lower house is represented proportionally by population, and functions similarly to the government of the United Kingdom by which different parties or factions are elected to different proportions of the house. Parties which are labeled "anti-socialist" are not allowed to compete for office. Laws and decisions must pass with a majority vote through both houses, and must be approved by the Executive Commissar unless they have an overriding majority of 75%. This allows the Premier Commissar almost complete control over the final decisions. [color=#f02030][b][u]+Economy:[/u][/b][/color] The economic system of the PRK is a market socialist economy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_socialism) in which farms, factories, and industries are owned cooperatively by the workers that work in them, electing managers democratically. The Agricultural, Industrial, Energy, and Transportation Commissars make up a Central Planning Board that helps to coordinate these cooperatives towards the best interests of the nation, though the primary economic power is held by the workers. Certain of the highest-level industries, mostly those dealing with weapons manufacture, are handled exclusively by the state. The People's Republic of Kataylabinsk is heavily industrialized, but its economy is primarily centered around chemical manufacture and processing and electronics rather than machinery or manufactured goods, being a prime exporter of plastic, helium, artificial fertilizer, various types of fuels, radios and other simple electronics. [color=#f02030][b][u]+History:[/u][/b][/color] In their previous world for about 1500 years, the Kataylabinsk Imperium stood as one of the proudest and most powerful nations. However, in the century leading up to present, following the loss of their colonies, the Imperium decayed politically and economically, unable to adjust to modern life. In its decayed state, the Kataylabinsk Imperium was an feudal monarchy in which the Emperor was merely a figurehead and the interests of petty nobles and a rising capitalist class took precedence. While the Imperium made great technological advances thanks to this partnership of state and industry, barely maintaining pace with the rest of the world, it was unable to function as an effective polity. Despite this progress, the workers of the Kataylabinsk Imperium became increasingly disillusioned with the state of affairs as their hours grew longer and safety regulations virtually disappeared. Very little would likely have happened, however, without the interference of the new Empress, crowned sixteen years ago, who quickly built up support among both the peasantry and the industrial workers for her sympathy towards their plight. With a great deal of diplomatic intrigue, she effectively performed a coup to end the feudal system and remove all capitalist influence from the government. Having been secretly exposed to the books of Kalyrnan (the premier socialist activist in Kataylabinsk) by her uncle, the Empress became a dedicated socialist and upon achieving her coup announced the dissolution of the Imperium and the formation of a People's Republic, believing it better for the people to not have a monarchy at all. However, this decision firmly cemented her popularity and in a marvelous manipulation of events, she was elected the first Premier Commissar of the PRK. She has since then increased her nation's military forces to a significantly greater size, began an extensive spy network to support worker's revolutionary movements in other countries, and opened her nation's borders to refugees and dissenters from across the world. [color=#f02030][b][u]+Culture:[/u][/b][/color] The PRK is a multinational state with a lot of diverse cultures, however the majority of citizens are Kataylan and so the majority of culture tends to revolve around them. They welcome communists and socialists from around the world, as well as any who feel persecuted for any reason, so their culture tends to be a little bit of everything. [color=#f02030][b][u]+Military:[/u][/b][/color] The PRK lacks any tanks or mechanized warfare technology, and so mainly utilizes other methods of remaining competitive on the ground. Most notable among these are their MPRPs (Man-Portable Rocket Projectiles) which are carried in small numbers by most infantry regiments for use if they come into contact with enemy armored formations. These help Kataylan ground forces achieve military parity with armor-supplemented forces, especially in the numbers of troops which the PRK is able to send at their enemies. A second unique aspect of the Kataylan military forces is that they utilize war-trained elephants, armored and outfitted with a small 40mm cannon that fires thermite rounds to disable enemy tanks. These elephants are resistant to machine-gun bullets up to .45 caliber, but tank rounds will quickly kill them, so their effectiveness relies on being able to shoot first. Their ground forces mostly utilize rifles supplemented by submachine guns and light machine guns, which are carried by two people. They usually carry two of each of fragmentation grenades, thermite grenades, and mixed explosive/napalm grenades. The PRK primarily utilizes Katalusha rocket artillery for the ground support role, which is slightly less accurate but significantly more deadly thanks to the explosive napalm warheads each salvo contains. The other main drawback of these artillery is the long reload time between launches. The Kataylan navy is the pride of the People's Republic. Though all of its ships are coal-fueled, they boast considerable power and speed, and are equipped with the latest in composite alloy armor. Every ship has installed radar and relatively recent sonar systems for detecting submarines. However, due to their mostly landlocked position their navy is fairly small. The Kataylan air force was primarily based on airships, but as the realities of modern warfare became clearer they were forced to purchase aircraft from other countries to supplement their currently existing forces, and so they now use a hybrid of the two. Their airships are however some of the most advanced in the world, utilizing a bulletproof plastic fiber called Kievar. [color=#f02030][b][u]+Location:[/u][/b][/color] An exact replacement for the USSR.