BingTheWing

Born of War(Post-WW4 NRP)

Gaza, Palestine province

Palace of the Republic

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President Youssef al-Naoud was pacing around his desk again. He always did that, especially when so much was going on inside his head. To him, ideas in his head were like gas particles in a container, or like ricocheting bullets - always on the move, never stopping, colliding constantly with his skull.

"Mr. President?"

"Ah!" Youssef was abruptly thrown out of his intellectual reverie when a small, diminutive woman in a red blazer appeared at his door clutching a thin folder.

"Aliyah, Aliyah! Come in. What is it, dear?"

"Aldoran has invaded the Turkestani states, sir." Aliyah handed the folder to the President as his eyebrows went up.

"But that is unacceptable. We have economic interests in that region."

"Vorehm has condemned the invasion, sir, and has sent troops to aid the rebel groups."

"No, no, no, no." The 65-year-old sat down and buried his face in his hands. The day had just started and the world was falling apart already. "We already have trade ties and numerous economic grants with the Turkestani Union. Without their help, we would have never gotten this country on its feet. Contrary to what those buffoons in parliament say, the military alone will not support this fledgling country. I was there during the war, when we took Beirut, and the men we have now aren't half the warriors we were then. Draft a statement of condemnation immediately. Judea will not stand for this."

"Right away, sir. Oh, and one more thing."

"What?"

"Just the other day, sir, in New Ilya, the police shot an imam. In a public market. The people are... somewhat discontent with this form of discipline, sir."

Youssef rubbed his eyes and temples and exhaled deeply.

"Why was he not sent to a reeducation center?"

"The chief of police there, sir, his name is Abdul Shahmeni. He's a hardcore atheist, sir, and has encouraged a sort of... vigilantism among the ranks."

"Appoint a meeting with him immediately. If this continues, the people will see these religious leaders not as misguided people but martyrs. This country is falling apa--Aliyah, what is that?"

Aliyah grasped her hijab tightly.

"I told you, no religious symbols in the palace."

"Sir, this--"

"Oh, don't tell me you believe in God." Youssef stood up in his seat, with a fire in his eyes Aliyah had never seen before.

"I would n-never, sir! I don't know what you're talking about!"

"Give me that."

"Sir?"

"I said give it."

Reluctantly, Aliyah pulled her hijab off her head, letting her curly locks fall to the ground, and handed over the bundle of cloth to Youssef, who took it from her with an abrupt snatch. After a few more seconds, the president spoke in an oddly fierce tone.

"I know your father was an imam, Aliyah, and an ardent Palestinian nationalist, but he has since been reeducated and reformed to serve the Republic. Cultural identity has no place in this country. It is a sense of entitlement, the selfish need to tout your nationality, that caused the great split between the Palestinians and the Zionists. You are neither a Palestinian nor a Muslim, Aliyah, but a Judean. Never forget that."

Aliyah stood silent with her head bowed. "Yes, sir."

"Now go, and draft that statement. Schedule a meeting with the New Ilyan police chief."

"At once, sir."

Aliyah found herself outside the great big cedar doors of the Presidential Office, with two assignments to do and a mental reminder to buy a hair band.

---

The Republic of Judea officially condemns the recent Aldoranian military interventions in the Turkestani Union. Such measures will not serve to stabilize the region, but rather will be the cause of its further spiral into chaos and instability. The recent world war is still fresh in the minds of many all around the world. Would Aldoran want to destroy yet more lives in this meaningless, yet avoidable conflict? We strongly urge the withdrawal of all foreign troops in the area, and war reparations for damage done.

As for any potential Vornehm activities to aid or arm the rebel groups within Turkestan, your actions are well-intended, but ultimately destructive and unhelpful. Do not escalate the situation.

Glory to al-Dalayah. Let us push for peace.

- Office of the President, Palace of the Republic, Republic of Judea

Born of War(Post-WW4 NRP)

@Charles By the way, I have a more political post ready to introduce my head of state and respond to Aldoran's Middle Eastern invasion. Would you mind if I posted it now?

Born of War(Post-WW4 NRP)

@Dinh AaronMk Fair enough.

@Charles Could you direct us to the exact post?

EDIT: I found the list of invaded countries thanks to one of Aaron's earlier OOC posts, but I'd recommend being more explicit IC.

Born of War(Post-WW4 NRP)

@Dinh AaronMk Not always - America came out of both the first and second world wars a powerhouse. War boosts the economy of the victor (if they've never been invaded themselves, of course), or motivates struggling countries to do so (e.g West Germany's Wirtschaftswunder).

Born of War(Post-WW4 NRP)

@Charles

In an earlier post, Sui ran a simulation of a theoretical war between Alderaan Aldoran and ALL the Middle Eastern states - Judea presumably included. Also, Sui mentions earlier threats against the Middle Eastern states to join Aldoran, so my next post will probably feature Judea responding to these threats.

Born of War(Post-WW4 NRP)

On a side note - guys, shouldn't we be more pacifist and war-avoidant? We've just gone through two world wars. I would expect the atmosphere to be tense and coldly diplomatic rather than militaristic and warlike.

Born of War(Post-WW4 NRP)

Republic of Judea

"Only the flag of a new nation, bearing the name of no religion, no creed, no nationality, except that of the people themselves, can restore stability and peace to our shattered homeland."
- Dr. Rahim al-Dalayah, The Nation-state

Encompasses Israel-Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.

Name of Nation:

Republic of Judea

Government Type:

Officially a democratic presidential republic, in actuality a one-party authoritarian oligarchy. In an effort to prevent nationalist parties from usurping power and radicalizing the people, the Judean People's Party is the only political party allowed to run for and hold office.

Military:

The Judean military prefers to call itself the Fear of the Levant, and by many standards can be regarded as such. The centralized spending and the authoritarian interests of the regime have formed the Judean Armed Forces into one of the most effective militaries in Asia just under the span of a year. The Judean army is especially skilled at roadblocks, house-to-house searches, counterterrorist measures, and policing the people in general, skills gleaned from years of experience from Israel's campaign against terrorists. Guerilla tactics of course still exist within the army - the Judean Army's 41st Battalion is feared among the ranks of the world's special forces. The AKX-78, a modified version of the AK-74, is standard issue for the Judean Army. The Judean Air Force mostly uses F-25s, spiritual successors to the F/A-18 Hornets and specializes in bombing runs.

Economy:

Despite just recovering from the Levantine War, Judea's success means that it has more access to more manpower and resources than ever before. Judea's strength lies in nuclear technology and energy, planning to replace natural gas and coal with it. The country's recent militarization program has upped the demand for iron, copper, and other industrial metals. For now, its economy is close to present-day Germany's in power.

Foreign Policy:

Judea is a new state and has just won the entire Levant for state territory, so at the moment its people are not inclined to concrete imperialistic tendencies. However, it is currently undergoing an intense militarization program in preparation for any foes ahead. For now, it wishes to assert itself as the true dominant power in the Middle East.

History:

In 2016, at the height of the hostilities between Israel and Palestine, 31-year-old Palestinian Dr. Rahim al-Dalayah published his book called The Nation-state. In it, Dalayah expressed his views that the extreme fundamentalism and stubbornness of both the Zionists and the Palestinians had led to the polarization of the country, when in fact they should have been able to coexist together by putting aside any mention of jihad or the Holy Land. Dalayah's writings gained a large following in both Israel and Palestine, which eventually reformed into the Advocacy for a New Republic (ANR) in the fall of 2016. Founded by Dalayah himself and other like-minded revolutionary scholars, the ANR aimed to unite both Israel and Palestine into one Republic of Judea, named after the 'exiled' Biblical kingdom of old, since only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the 'true' House of David. The naming of the new nation did not have religious overtones, Dalayah explained, but rather a unifying theme of the two shattered states of Israel and Palestine into one.

In the spring of 2017, the ANR started mass peaceful protests in both Israel and Palestine, but found their ideas were more receptive in the latter. Three years passed, and the ANR had already secured a seat in the Palestinian National Council, been officially endorsed by the Palestine Liberation Organization, and had backing from hundreds of thousands of followers around the globe. However, Israel, ruled by a strong right-wing party, rejected the ANR's policies in congress, shut down their protests, and recognized them as disturbers of the peace. The turning point arrived when a rally in Jerusalem in 2021 ended with a massacre of peaceful ANR protestors by Israeli riot police, on account of a Molotov cocktail being thrown from the crowd at a police car. Dr. Dalayah was accidentally shot and killed by one of his own supporters at a rally three days later. Thus ended the era of the ANR as an activist group and its descent into a terrorist organization.

The ANR renamed themselves the Judean League, in light of the need to reassert their goals. Semi-collaborating with HAMAS, al-Qaeda, and other extremist groups, the Judean League launched one of the most destructive terrorist campaigns in world history. It was said in the summer of 2022, no Zionist could step out of his door without soaking his feet in the blood of his brethren. Meanwhile, the Judean League also increased ties with an increasingly radicalized Palestine. Finally, in 2025, Palestine declared its independence and war on Israel, coinciding with the Third World War.

After the war, the Judean League awaited political clout, funding, and land grants from the new Islamic Republic of Palestine. None of these three they received. Their political power was greatly diminished by the incumbent Islamic Party, and their spent resources in combating the Zionists went unreimbursed. Thus began the Judean League's second campaign against fundamentalists. The enemy switched from the stubborn Zionist to the ungrateful Moslem. This hate extended to the other neighboring Levantine states who refused to thank them for uprooting the Zionist evil.

However, the Palestinians managed to be even tougher than their Israeli predecessors, and, in a campaign that would bring peace and order to the failed Zionist state overrun by terrorists, forced the Judean League underground. For another decade and a half, the sons of Judea operated in silence. That changed when in 2040, a nuclear bomb detonated in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Al-Quds (Jerusalem), killing all of the Palestinian Senate, and angering many other Islamic states in the Levant. Thus began the Levantine War, coinciding with the start of the Fourth World War.

After the dust settled, Palestine and Israel were no more. Neither were Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, or any other of the Levantine states. The Republic of Judea was founded on the ruins of the Levant, sworn to be vigilant against the miry claws of fundamentalism and stubborn nationalism that had caused the deaths of so many. As the 21st century marches on, Judea is burdened with the future of the Levant.

Foes:

Judea was created for one reason alone: to combat the evils of nationalism and fundamentalism. Consequently, any state with strong nationalist, fundamentalist, or any general right-wing tendencies defending a certain race, religion, or nationality tends to earn Judea's suspicion. Therefore, Judea tends to regard highly theocratic, nationalistic, or racist countries with deep suspicion.

Demographics:

13% Jewish
85% Arab
2% Other

Other:

• In the Third World War, the Free Syrian Army was successful in overthrowing Bashar al-Assad's regime. However, they too were also destroyed in the Levantine War.
• In an effort to cleanse Judea from the cancerous Zionist legacy, Arabic is now the national language - though Hebrew is still somewhat widely spoken in former Israel, it is looked down on as a second-rate tongue.
• Two revolutionary groups, the Sons of the Menorah and al-Thawra, are active within Judea. However, their activities as of now are mostly nonexistent.
• Judea, of course, has no state religion, and actively criminalizes religious worship and gatherings.

Born of War(Post-WW4 NRP)

Got a post up. Can be a little confusing, but remember, al-Dalayah said that religion was the reason Israel and Palestine went to war. Expect to see some radical atheism here.

EDIT: Wait, there's war in the Middle East? Whooooooops, forgot to reply to that.

Born of War(Post-WW4 NRP)

Republic of Judea

New Ilya, Palestine province - formerly Tel-Aviv, Israel

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"Mama, why mustn't we tell anyone about Imam Ahmed's prayers?"

"Hush, child." Mama turned on the stove. "And don't call him imam. We don't want the big men with guns to know he's an imam, do we, Aziz?"

"No, mama, but-"

Mama bent down and placed a single finger on the lips of her 8-year-old child. "It's because, when the big men came, they would take away all the imams and rabbis to a dark, dark, place. Then they would not let the imams and rabbis go, even for many, many years, and only fed them on tabbouleh! You know how much you dislike tabbouleh, don't you, little Aziz?"

"Yes, mama."

Mama still felt the child's confusion. "Now go and play outside. Come on. Come on." With a little pat on the buttocks, Mama ushered her son outside to forget himself.

Aziz still had so many questions. Why did they only read their Koran at night? Why did Mama seem so scared when the big men came to search the house? Why did she yell and slap him when he told his friends at daycare that he was Muslim?

Such matters whirled around in Aziz's little mind as he went off to play. As he met up with his friends and played tag in the marketplace, the details of his earlier conversation seemed to disappear. Suddenly, he collided with someone's leg.

"Watch where you're going, comrade!"

Aziz looked up and saw four men three times taller than him. They had khaki pants and shirts, and big brown guns that everyone called eki. He heard that they could massacre ten men in eight seconds. There was a big, brown-eyed man at the front - he seemed to be the leader - and a pointy-nosed, skinny man at his side. Aziz didn't like the look of either of them.

"Here, comrade. Can you tell us where Mr. Ahmed al-Nauri lives?"

Aziz was about to answer when he remembered what Mama said. He didn't want Imam Ahmed to be sent to the dark place. He liked Imam Ahmed! He liked going on Fridays to worship Allah! He wouldn't turn them over to the big men.

"Well, comrade?"

"Ah, um, I don't know, comrade brother." Aziz gulped. "I don't know where he lives."

The big man seemed to pierce his souls with his big, deep, dark brown eyes. He bent down, moving his head so close to Aziz's face that he could smell the tabbouleh he had for breakfast.

"Really, comrade."

"I told you, I don't know!"

Aziz felt a mighty slap on his cheek, harder than Baba's. His vision went blurry for a full two seconds. When he came to his senses, he was lying on the floor. Aziz saw the deep brown eyes, now aflame with rage, pierce into his soul again.

"Insolent boy! The Republic has no need of brats like you."

Aziz felt the dust get into his ears as the heavy boots of the big men marched past him. They questioned another boy - Sadi, the Zionist - and got the answer they wanted. Aziz wanted to beat him to a pulp.

He ran home in tears.

But when he collided into Mama, the embrace he felt was not one of welcome - it was one of fear. Aziz felt nails dig into his skin as Mama whisked him inside.

Mama was screaming. "You stupid boy, I told you not to talk to the big men!" She launched into a rage and began attacking Aziz with anything that could fit in her hand. "I told you, I told you, I told you!"

"Mama! Mama!" Aziz ran to the other side of the room to explain himself. "Mama, it wasn't me, it was Sadi, it was Sadi-"

Gunshots broke off Aziz's sentence. Mama screamed again and held Aziz tightly against her legs. Aziz managed to break free and forced his head around to look outside the window just as the big men were finished dragging Imam Ahmed out of his house. The pointy-nosed man was holding Imam Ahmed's Koran and jeering. Aziz hated him. Aziz hated him so much.

Then Aziz saw the brown-eyed man's gun.

"Death to all religious ministers, who seek to mislead the people and pit brother against brother!"

"Death to the false leader!"

"Just do it here brother, now, to set an example!"

"Glory to the Revolution! Glory to al-Dalayah!"

All he heard were Mama's screams, the spattering of blood, and the frail body of Imam Ahmed being dragged away by the big men.

Born of War(Post-WW4 NRP)

Republic of Judea

"Only the flag of a new nation, bearing the name of no religion, no creed, no nationality, except that of the people themselves, can restore stability and peace to our shattered homeland."
- Dr. Rahim al-Dalayah, The Nation-state

Encompasses Israel-Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.

Name of Nation:

Republic of Judea

Government Type:

Officially a democratic presidential republic, in actuality a one-party authoritarian oligarchy. In an effort to prevent nationalist parties from usurping power and radicalizing the people, the Judean People's Party is the only political party allowed to run for and hold office.

Military:

The Judean military prefers to call itself the Fear of the Levant, and by many standards can be regarded as such. The centralized spending and the authoritarian interests of the regime have formed the Judean Armed Forces into one of the most effective militaries in Asia just under the span of a year. The Judean army is especially skilled at roadblocks, house-to-house searches, counterterrorist measures, and policing the people in general, skills gleaned from years of experience from Israel's campaign against terrorists. Guerilla tactics of course still exist within the army - the Judean Army's 41st Battalion is feared among the ranks of the world's special forces. The AKX-78, a modified version of the AK-74, is standard issue for the Judean Army. The Judean Air Force mostly uses F-25s, spiritual successors to the F/A-18 Hornets and specializes in bombing runs.

Economy:

Despite just recovering from the Levantine War, Judea's success means that it has more access to more manpower and resources than ever before. Judea's strength lies in nuclear technology and energy, planning to replace natural gas and coal with it. The country's recent militarization program has upped the demand for iron, copper, and other industrial metals. For now, its economy is close to present-day Germany's in power.

Foreign Policy:

Judea is a new state and has just won the entire Levant for state territory, so at the moment its people are not inclined to concrete imperialistic tendencies. However, it is currently undergoing an intense militarization program in preparation for any foes ahead. For now, it wishes to assert itself as the true dominant power in the Middle East.

History:

In 2016, at the height of the hostilities between Israel and Palestine, 31-year-old Palestinian Dr. Rahim al-Dalayah published his book called The Nation-state. In it, Dalayah expressed his views that the extreme fundamentalism and stubbornness of both the Zionists and the Palestinians had led to the polarization of the country, when in fact they should have been able to coexist together by putting aside any mention of jihad or the Holy Land. Dalayah's writings gained a large following in both Israel and Palestine, which eventually reformed into the Advocacy for a New Republic (ANR) in the fall of 2016. Founded by Dalayah himself and other like-minded revolutionary scholars, the ANR aimed to unite both Israel and Palestine into one Republic of Judea, named after the 'exiled' Biblical kingdom of old, since only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the 'true' House of David. The naming of the new nation did not have religious overtones, Dalayah explained, but rather a unifying theme of the two shattered states of Israel and Palestine into one.

In the spring of 2017, the ANR started mass peaceful protests in both Israel and Palestine, but found their ideas were more receptive in the latter. Three years passed, and the ANR had already secured a seat in the Palestinian National Council, been officially endorsed by the Palestine Liberation Organization, and had backing from hundreds of thousands of followers around the globe. However, Israel, ruled by a strong right-wing party, rejected the ANR's policies in congress, shut down their protests, and recognized them as disturbers of the peace. The turning point arrived when a rally in Jerusalem in 2021 ended with a massacre of peaceful ANR protestors by Israeli riot police, on account of a Molotov cocktail being thrown from the crowd at a police car. Dr. Dalayah was accidentally shot and killed by one of his own supporters at a rally three days later. Thus ended the era of the ANR as an activist group and its descent into a terrorist organization.

The ANR renamed themselves the Judean League, in light of the need to reassert their goals. Semi-collaborating with HAMAS, al-Qaeda, and other extremist groups, the Judean League launched one of the most destructive terrorist campaigns in world history. It was said in the summer of 2022, no Zionist could step out of his door without soaking his feet in the blood of his brethren. Meanwhile, the Judean League also increased ties with an increasingly radicalized Palestine. Finally, in 2025, Palestine declared its independence and war on Israel, coinciding with the Third World War.

After the war, the Judean League awaited political clout, funding, and land grants from the new Islamic Republic of Palestine. None of these three they received. Their political power was greatly diminished by the incumbent Islamic Party, and their spent resources in combating the Zionists went unreimbursed. Thus began the Judean League's second campaign against fundamentalists. The enemy switched from the stubborn Zionist to the ungrateful Moslem. This hate extended to the other neighboring Levantine states who refused to thank them for uprooting the Zionist evil.

However, the Palestinians managed to be even tougher than their Israeli predecessors, and, in a campaign that would bring peace and order to the failed Zionist state overrun by terrorists, forced the Judean League underground. For another decade and a half, the sons of Judea operated in silence. That changed when in 2040, a nuclear bomb detonated in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Al-Quds (Jerusalem), killing all of the Palestinian Senate, and angering many other Islamic states in the Levant. Thus began the Levantine War, coinciding with the start of the Fourth World War.

After the dust settled, Palestine and Israel were no more. Neither were Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, or any other of the Levantine states. The Republic of Judea was founded on the ruins of the Levant, sworn to be vigilant against the miry claws of fundamentalism and stubborn nationalism that had caused the deaths of so many. As the 21st century marches on, Judea is burdened with the future of the Levant.

Foes:

Judea was created for one reason alone: to combat the evils of nationalism and fundamentalism. Consequently, any state with strong nationalist, fundamentalist, or any general right-wing tendencies defending a certain race, religion, or nationality tends to earn Judea's suspicion. Therefore, Judea tends to regard highly theocratic, nationalistic, or racist countries with deep suspicion.

Demographics:

13% Jewish
85% Arab
2% Other

Other:

• In the Third World War, the Free Syrian Army was successful in overthrowing Bashar al-Assad's regime. However, they too were also destroyed in the Levantine War.
• In an effort to cleanse Judea from the cancerous Zionist legacy, Arabic is now the national language - though Hebrew is still somewhat widely spoken in former Israel, it is looked down on as a second-rate tongue.
• Two revolutionary groups, the Sons of the Menorah and al-Thawra, are active within Judea. However, their activities as of now are mostly nonexistent.
• Judea, of course, has no state religion, and actively criminalizes religious worship and gatherings.