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al-Jumhuriyah al-A'rabiyah al-Ishtirakiyah al-Muttahida
Head of State: President Shahira al-Tikriti (Socialist Worker's Party of Arabia and Kurdistan)
Head of Government: Premier Idris al-Asadi (Socialist Worker's Party of Arabia and Kurdistan)
Government: Federal socialist republic
Capital: Baghdad
Population: 3,800,000 (estimated)
History: In 1932, the decadent, oppressive, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq experienced a funny thing.
A socialist revolution.
The date 5/1/1932 ended a five-year civil war over the oil-rich kingdom, which had begun around 1920. The increasingly imperialist nation had already squashed four other independent countries; Kuwait in the 1880s, Bahrain in the 1900s, and Qatar in the early 1910s, while the rest of the world had been at war and too busy to do anything about it.
During WWI, when the Iraqi monarchy was doing everything it could to become an industrial power, a Communist movement sprang up within the nation's cities. The leader of this movement was Fahd al-Ash'ari, the son of a respected Shi'ite cleric in Baghdad. This wasn't well-liked by his father or the Islamic community. Nevertheless, the name and the funds he siphoned off his father managed to gain him a following in Eastern Iraq, as well as Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar. The Hashemite government made an effort to suppress them, but it wasn't working too well for them. A riot in Bahrain resulted in al-Ash'ari's Socialist Worker's Party of Arabia and Kurdistan taking over the entire island. Over the 1920s, the SWP's guerillas continued to seize land on the mainland and in Qatar.
In 1927, people celebrated. Oil had been discovered in Iraq. They would be rich! The Hashemite government attempted to use it as a "You see! We won't need Communism after all!" But, it didn't work. The people's lives didn't improve, as corrupt kleptocrats siphoned off all of the oil wealth.
At this time, a young Sunni named Idris al-Asadi began to rally his people to al-Ash'ari's cause. Another, a Kurd named Rafiq Mehabadi, did the same. As Qatar and most of Kuwait began to totally fall to the SWPAK, the almost untouched Sunni and Kurd lands broke out in revolution.
Five years later, the entire country was under SWPAK control. al-A'shari founded the United Arab Socialist Republic, which was to be governed as a "federal socialist republic." And, one was. A secular, socialist state, the first in the Middle East, sprung into existence.
However, on March 23, 1933, al-Ash'ari was assasinated by Sunni extremists, and a state of low-key violence between Sunni Arabs, Kurds, and Shi'ites broke out. al-Asadi and Mehabadi struggled for power in the SWPAK, while the UASR went through three different presidents and policy changes that ranged from social democracy to Stalinism, all within the period of less than eight months. The political conflict ended with the more conservative socialist Mehabadi being deported to Iran on 10/31/1933 by order of the Federal People's Security Bureau, where he was originally from, and al-Asadi taking control of the country.
al-Asadi quickly adopted a Titoistic vision of socialism, while beating his opponents into submission with the FPSB. The 35-year old man has ruled the UASR as Premier with the finesse and eloquence of Dr. House since.
The People's Democratic Liberation Army: The armed forces of the UASR, the PDLA is named in silent tribute to an attempted Communist uprising in 1910 by a group of the same name. Every single one was tortured in public, then mass executed. The UASR has no draft policy, and hasn't since al-Asadi repealed it upon stability being restored in the country. Currently, the PDLA in all its branches has approximately 38,000 active troops. It is speculated by some that a number of these troops are active in other Arab and Kurdish areas to assist SWPAK-affiliated guerillas, but this has not been proven.
The PDLAGF (People's Democratic Liberation Army Ground Force) is the army. The largest branch, the PDLA is generally armed with Mosin-Nagant bolt-action rifles and Tokarev TT33 semiautomatic pistols. The PDLAGF possesses a modest amount of tankettes, mainly deployed in Eastern Iraq and Kurdistan.
The PDLAN (People's Democratic Liberation Army Navy) is the navy, and the smallest of the branches of the military (Idris al-Asadi has speculated that this is a direct result of its silly name). It possesses mainly small ships and transport vessels. The centerpiece of the navy is the Fahd al-Ishtiraki (Socialist Panther), an old battlecruiser docked at Umm Qasr.
The PDLAAF (People's Democratic Liberation Army Air Force) is the air force. The PDLAAF has airbases in Dawhah, Manama, al-Kuwayt, Tikrit, Mawsul, and al-Basrah. The PDLAAF mainly serves Polikarpov I-15s and I-16s, both built in UASR airplane factories, although there are a few tactical bombers and close air support planes at Tikrit.
al-Jumhuriyah al-A'rabiyah al-Ishtirakiyah al-Muttahida
Head of State: President Shahira al-Tikriti (Socialist Worker's Party of Arabia and Kurdistan)
Head of Government: Premier Idris al-Asadi (Socialist Worker's Party of Arabia and Kurdistan)
Government: Federal socialist republic
Capital: Baghdad
Population: 3,800,000 (estimated)
History: In 1932, the decadent, oppressive, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq experienced a funny thing.
A socialist revolution.
The date 5/1/1932 ended a five-year civil war over the oil-rich kingdom, which had begun around 1920. The increasingly imperialist nation had already squashed four other independent countries; Kuwait in the 1880s, Bahrain in the 1900s, and Qatar in the early 1910s, while the rest of the world had been at war and too busy to do anything about it.
During WWI, when the Iraqi monarchy was doing everything it could to become an industrial power, a Communist movement sprang up within the nation's cities. The leader of this movement was Fahd al-Ash'ari, the son of a respected Shi'ite cleric in Baghdad. This wasn't well-liked by his father or the Islamic community. Nevertheless, the name and the funds he siphoned off his father managed to gain him a following in Eastern Iraq, as well as Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar. The Hashemite government made an effort to suppress them, but it wasn't working too well for them. A riot in Bahrain resulted in al-Ash'ari's Socialist Worker's Party of Arabia and Kurdistan taking over the entire island. Over the 1920s, the SWP's guerillas continued to seize land on the mainland and in Qatar.
In 1927, people celebrated. Oil had been discovered in Iraq. They would be rich! The Hashemite government attempted to use it as a "You see! We won't need Communism after all!" But, it didn't work. The people's lives didn't improve, as corrupt kleptocrats siphoned off all of the oil wealth.
At this time, a young Sunni named Idris al-Asadi began to rally his people to al-Ash'ari's cause. Another, a Kurd named Rafiq Mehabadi, did the same. As Qatar and most of Kuwait began to totally fall to the SWPAK, the almost untouched Sunni and Kurd lands broke out in revolution.
Five years later, the entire country was under SWPAK control. al-A'shari founded the United Arab Socialist Republic, which was to be governed as a "federal socialist republic." And, one was. A secular, socialist state, the first in the Middle East, sprung into existence.
However, on March 23, 1933, al-Ash'ari was assasinated by Sunni extremists, and a state of low-key violence between Sunni Arabs, Kurds, and Shi'ites broke out. al-Asadi and Mehabadi struggled for power in the SWPAK, while the UASR went through three different presidents and policy changes that ranged from social democracy to Stalinism, all within the period of less than eight months. The political conflict ended with the more conservative socialist Mehabadi being deported to Iran on 10/31/1933 by order of the Federal People's Security Bureau, where he was originally from, and al-Asadi taking control of the country.
al-Asadi quickly adopted a Titoistic vision of socialism, while beating his opponents into submission with the FPSB. The 35-year old man has ruled the UASR as Premier with the finesse and eloquence of Dr. House since.
The People's Democratic Liberation Army: The armed forces of the UASR, the PDLA is named in silent tribute to an attempted Communist uprising in 1910 by a group of the same name. Every single one was tortured in public, then mass executed. The UASR has no draft policy, and hasn't since al-Asadi repealed it upon stability being restored in the country. Currently, the PDLA in all its branches has approximately 38,000 active troops. It is speculated by some that a number of these troops are active in other Arab and Kurdish areas to assist SWPAK-affiliated guerillas, but this has not been proven.
The PDLAGF (People's Democratic Liberation Army Ground Force) is the army. The largest branch, the PDLA is generally armed with Mosin-Nagant bolt-action rifles and Tokarev TT33 semiautomatic pistols. The PDLAGF possesses a modest amount of tankettes, mainly deployed in Eastern Iraq and Kurdistan.
The PDLAN (People's Democratic Liberation Army Navy) is the navy, and the smallest of the branches of the military (Idris al-Asadi has speculated that this is a direct result of its silly name). It possesses mainly small ships and transport vessels. The centerpiece of the navy is the Fahd al-Ishtiraki (Socialist Panther), an old battlecruiser docked at Umm Qasr.
The PDLAAF (People's Democratic Liberation Army Air Force) is the air force. The PDLAAF has airbases in Dawhah, Manama, al-Kuwayt, Tikrit, Mawsul, and al-Basrah. The PDLAAF mainly serves Polikarpov I-15s and I-16s, both built in UASR airplane factories, although there are a few tactical bombers and close air support planes at Tikrit.