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The formation of United Caucasusian Republics began in the early 1980s. At that time, the Caucasus was splintered between three nations, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia. Azerbaijan and Armenia were not friendly to each other, having fought wars against each other. Georgia on the other hand was content to be where it was. That was until 1982. In that year a politician would begin what would become known as one of the greatest political waltzes in history. His name was Andrei Johnson, and he had a wicked ideal. He wanted to unite the splintered countries of the Caucasus under one banner. It would bring peace, wealth, and defense to the nations. There were many major roadblocks in his way, and the first one was his home Country of Georgia. He began to campaign for what he called "The Unification" in late 1982.

At first his ideas weren't well received. Most called him a crack-pot or idiot, and most felt his idea would never see fruition. It looked that way as 83 turned in 84. Although, unknown to him, politicians in the other two countries picked up on this idea and began to spread his idea. It was received roughly the same in the other countries as it was in Georgia. But as the years ticked by and 86 turned in 87, his ideas were receiving some hardy thought around all three of the nations. It was then that he started the OUC, The Organization for the Unification of the Caucasus, with it's headquarters in Tiblisi. Yerevan and Baku also received national headquarters. They all formed a single party from which they ran for government posistions. This party was called the Unity Now Party or The UNP. From 87 to 88 the party saw a large upswing in popularity, especially within the small Middle Class.

In late 1988, Andrei gained his highest Government posistion yet. Diplomatic Head to Azerbaijan and Armenia. Rumors were that it was created just for Andrei, but they were never found to be true or false. He then used his diplomatic power and his contacts within the Azeri and Armenian Governments to push for Unificiation. He came one step closer in 1990, when Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia signed the Caucasus Free Trade Agreement. This treaty would shape the economies of the Nations until Unification. Andrei's dream was coming closer to being reality. It gained a further step when the nations signed the Caucasus Regional Defense Agreement. This brought all the nations militaries closer together.

Andrei spent most of the early 90s travelling around the three nations. Almost wherever he went he was well received. Although a christian, Andrei made sure to find time to go to a Mosque whenever he visited a Muslim dominated community. It was through this campaign of friendship that Andrei culled a large following of people in all three of the nations. When the 1996 Georgian Election came, the Unity Now Party chose him as their canidate for the Presidency. He won in a landslide, beating out many. He spent much of his early presidency finishing what the last President had started and only in 1998 did he work for Unification. That year also saw the rise of Sistani Iran.

In 1999 Andrei was re-elected as President of Georgia. He immediately began to continue his work of Unification, leaving most of the other work to his Secretaries and aides. The hardest part of it all was to get the Governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia to agree with it. He proposed a meeting in Tiblisi to work out how a Unification would work, if it ever happened.

This meeting came to be known as the Tiblisi Accords. It layed down most of the groundwork for the UCR Constitution and other laws. The idea of a Unified Government ruling over individual republics that still had some amount of sovereignity. It was considered very similiar to the American System. After the Accords, the three nations gave their respective nations a Referendum. Unification Or Not. The Referendums would last until December 31st 1999, which was a little over a year away.