I'm trying to get back into posting semi-regularly, so I decided to spruce up the year-old Georgia canon (I'll be editing wiki pages accordingly). My old posts, I've decided, are
not canon anymore but I'll be re-writing from my most
recent post ( because Evan frequently mentioned the events going on in it) and going on from there. I've more-or-less decided where I'm going with the Guards now and maybe that'll help me post moar. Anyway, here is the updated Georgia canon:
Faction: Georgian Guard
Leader: Davit Patarava
History:The First Georgian Republic was founded in 1956, after peaceful yet lengthy talks with the Russian Empire led to their independence. Despite the early days being dominated by policies that kept their former masters happy, The First Georgian Republic had asserted it's own sovereignty by 1965, when it handed the Armenian-majority region of Javetskh to its neighbours. Armenian and Georgian relations were warm throughout the 60's, as both nations worked towards their surprisingly mutual interests. Georgia, at the time, was a relatively poor country with a weak military and an even weaker government yet she plodded through the 60's without any major instability.
The Ottoman invasion in the early 70's marked the end of an era for the people of Georgia as they were subjected to stern Turkish occupation for six miserable years. The Georgian and Armenian militaries were smashed by a surprisingly strong Turkish force and calls for help from Mother Russia went unanswered. Almost immediately after the country was swallowed into the empire, the remnants of the Georgian military formed a resistance to Turkish rule and began a campaign against the occupation of their land. The Georgian Resistance allied itself with several other organisations working within the old Ottoman Empire, including the ASF, Abkhazian separatists and even the Russian Mafia. The Georgian Resistance, assisted heavily by Abkhazian separatists, expelled the Ottomans from Georgia just weeks after the Armenians did in 1976. The Georgian Resistance founded the Second Republic of Georgia in 1976 and served as the Interim Government of Georgia. However, the Interim Government was dominated by military types with no experience in politics or how to correctly run a country. Despite high hopes, the Second Republic of Georgia lasted only fourteen months before disintegrating and leading Georgia into the period of anarchy that it is infamous for. Disagreements with their former Abkhazian allies, an incredibly unorganised government and economic isolation were the main factors that led to the the downfall of the Second Republic and the deaths of the war heroes that led it.
The lack of any central government turned Georgia into a playground for several factions and ideologies. While the world watched the final struggles of the Sick Man of Europe with mixed feelings, Georgia collapsed in on itself. Groups and individuals of all shades and motives now dominate the political field, each claiming to be the true descendant of the former Second Georgian Republic and each fighting tooth-and-nail for control. The Georgian people, no longer feeling safe in their homeland, have flocked across the borders to Armenia and Persia in their hundreds of thousands, forming large diaspora communities across the Near East.
The Georgian Guard was formed in 1978 in the Ottoman client state of the Republic of Adjara, which encompasses the south-east region surrounding the city of Batumi. It's founders, a group of disgruntled war veterans led by Davit Patarava, originally created the group in the hopes of protecting the former citizens of Georgia from the increasingly-oppressive regime in Adjara. This ideal evolved as the militia ballooned in size and the leadership are now toying with the idea of open rebellion against the Turkish-backed regime. The Georgian Guard, which originally only patrolled Batumi neighbourhoods, are now the largest armed paramilitary in Adjara and this title has caught the attention of several Georgian groups with similar views.
The Georgian Republican Brotherhood, operating from Tblisi with the remnants of the espionage unit of former governments, have become particularly close with the Guard and are openly encouraging rebellion against the Turkish-backed Adjaran President, Polat. Another group with ties to the Guard are the Georgian Peoples Liberation Front, a Marxist group who have infiltrated trade unions across Georgia and also encourage open rebellion.
Despite careful reservations from Patarava on the topic of open rebellion, the idea is becoming increasingly popular in the Georgian Guard as inflation, food shortages and poverty grows in Batumi. While total war rages on in Africa between superpowers, an entirely different conflict seems to be brewing in the infamous failed state of Georgia...
