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Totalitarian Oligarchy of Laurasia

Flag and Coat of Arms of Laurasia
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Continental expansion  - Africa  - Antarctica  - Asia  - Australia  - Europe  - North America  - South America	6.56% 2.34% 42.48% 6.08% 100% 37.45% 50.46%
Spoken Languages  - Official  - Unofficial	None on federative level Laurasian Semantics Russian, French, Arabic, Spanish, Pacitalian, Dienstadi
Capital and largest city	Eutopia
Oligarch	Vladimir Ivanovich Troskin
Population  - Total (2006)	3,305,000,000
Establishment  - Declared  - Recognised  - Reformed	December 30 1922 February 1 1924 February 24 2006
Government type	Totalitarian oligarchy
Nation type	Jingoistic republic
National animal English name	Ursus arctos Siberian Kodiak Bear
National flower English name	Orchidaceae saphocidae Sapho Orchid
National tree English name	Pinus sibirica Siberian Pine
GDP (2005)   - Total   - GDP/capita	$67,355,503,311,600.02 $24,133.11
Currency	1 phisian (φ) = 100 phasars (Ђ)
Time Zone	UTC +2 to +13
International Abbreviations  - sport  - government	TOL LAUR
Pronunciation (IPA)	/toetalihtearean allihgarkey of loreaja/
Naval Craft Classification   - Military   - Civilian	LMV LCV
National Anthem	Marching to Power
Internet TLD	.tol
Calling Code	+7

The Totalitarian Oligarchy of Laurasia (Totl Oligo Laurasia in Lausem) is a farely new nation in comparison to others. Composed of the remnants of the Soviet Union, Laurasia is what has been deemed by the Party as enlightened or freed. After the Soviet Reformation, the CPSU - effectively rulers of the Soviet state - revealed their true goal: power. Since then, former democratic allies to the Soviet Union have been pushed aside and beaten from the diplomatic sector, causing great international turmoil within the countries formerly allied with the Soviet Union. Yet, throughout this turmoil, the Soviet Union has kept its ally: Delta Green, and has potential to gain support from other totalitarian systems.

Laurasia's political spectrum is ruled by the ideaology of oligarchical collectivism (OLICOL in Lausem) which is embodied in Father and the Party. This totalitarian form of domination has drawn criticism from almost the entirety of the international community, but the criticism generally goes ignored. Due to this tension caused by the new form of government, however, Laurasia continues to operate in some form of bureaucracy while replacing the Political Bureau with the Inner Party.

Laurasians tend to be blissfully ignorant of their own domination. This is mostly due to the complete governing comprised by the Party and its success with propaganda and the creation of a cult of personality around Father. Yet, this was easily accomplished mostly due to the continued mandation of Dystorium, which was discovered to be a psychoactive drug much like Brave New World's soma or Equilibrium's Prozium. The domination of the entire population is still inhibited by the mandation of Dystorium injections - even though there is no specific law mandating it.

Laurasian policies are also controversial. While being completely totalitarian domestically, Laurasia tends to have a bit more open diplomatic policy. The government tends to align themselves with many nations with diverse political, social, and economic doctrines. It is suspected that this is occurs due to ulterior motives within the Party and their thirst for power. It is summed up best in George Orwell's quote from Nineteen Eighty-Four: "The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power."

Overall, Laurasia is a new form of dictatorship found only in the 21st Century. A dictatorship that does not hide or refuse to accept their ultimate goals: power. The German Nazis and the Soviets came very close to them in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. The Party has accepted their ultimate goal and have accepted the fact that they are willing to do almost anything in order to achieve it.

History

The history surrounding Laurasia is skewed into two polar opposites: external and internal. Considering the amount of dictatorial control the Party has over society, they are able to re-write history within Laurasia as they see fit; yet, due to international eyes, an external history has been able to be compiled for comparison. Each history has their own interpretation of events that are generally considered exact opposites, but the external history is the history generally accepted as truth.

External history

The external history (true history) of Laurasia is much less utopian than that of the history fabricated and enforced by the Party. It is generally considered the more factual historical account of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Reformation which created the country now called Laurasia. While not totally proven, evidence show that there is a direct connection between the foerm Soviet Union, the WISEMEN, and Delta Green.

The history of Laurasia begins before the Soviet Reformation during a time of rapid political, social, and economic change. It first began with the ratification of the Theological Ruination Act which allowed the government to forceably shutdown religious organizations and appropriate their property and funds. This caused a massive spike in mental disorders and the creation of dysfunctional households within the country due to the lack of something to believe in. With depression came cynicism and disillusionment. The Communist Party could not allow this to occur, and thus began the steps to other reforms and legislature.

First came the Monetary Control Act. The ture purpose behind the MCA was to hopefully get people to feel as if the Presidium was ontop of things and capable of handling the massive amount of responsibility placed upon them. While successful at first, relations with other countries began to hinder the actual functioning of the legislature and its executive powers. Eventually, it was forced out of function by the Supreme Soviet and Politburo.

Next came a policy of self-sufficeincy. The Soviet Union while vast, did not occupy enough land and resources in order to be considered self-sufficient. Thus, it began a series of pre-emptive strikes and ivnasions in order to undermine non-Soviet nations in Europe and the Americas. First to fall was the Napoleonic Empire and thus its American colonies. After its annexation, the Soviet Union had several former Mississippian lands fall under it control. During this period of time, virtually all remnants of Mississippian society and culture were purged from existence. The remains of the Fabus, Hayden, and MacDonald families were either executed or placed into labor colonies across the country. Once this was completed and the totalitarian control of the Napoleonic lands was insured, the Soviets moved on.

After the annexation of the Napoleonic Empire, fabricated stories of Polish-Soviet tensions began to spread across the internet and Soviet publications. Statements and articles were created in order to make it appear that Poland's Prime Minister was attempting to undermine and eventually invade the Soviet state. In all actuallity, the Soviet Union and Poland had virtually no relations. Yet, due to the fabrication of documents, an invasion force was allowed to enter Poland and allow its annexation. This would open the door for the rest of Westernized Europe.

From Poland, the Soviets moved to Austria, Hungary, and virtually all of the Baltic nations. The Iron Curtain began to stretch through a combination of actual threats and fabricated enemies - for the most part, the latter. Eventually, the USSR was forced into a deadlock with the remains of the European Union. The Soviets decided to take the remains of Europe in two blows: The Holiday Revolution and The Spectre War. First would come The Holiday Revolution - the invasion of Ireland. Ireland was annexed within one month and created a launching platform for the rest of Europe.

On December 20, 2005 - one year after The Holiday Revolution - the Red Army and Revolutionary Armed Forces Abroad struck the United Kingdom. Within several hours, the British House of Commons and Queen were killed, decapitating the United Kingdom's government and forcing it into martial law. Over the next month, the British Isles were struck with a combination of conventional and guerrilla warfare that threatened the stability of the whole of Europe, forcing the remnants of the EU to surrender to the Soviet Union.Within a month after the collapse of the EU, the United Kingdom fell to the Soviets and was annexed.

The war had initially great affect on the nation; however, due to extended tours, depression began to grip the Republics. This forced the Federative Central Government to take drastic measures to curb the onslaught of disillusionment. The answer came in the form of a pharmaceutical product: Dystorium. Dystorium became mandated in the entirety of the Soviet Union and was enforced. Nations around the world (mostly Delta Green and Roach-Busters) cried out that this was a form of control that inhibited enemies of the state to think and caused those with mental or physical deficeinces not to breed. Later, these things would all prove to be true.

The mandation of the taking of Dystorium was the final straw. It kick-started the Soviet Reformation. The bureaucracy began to deteriorate as certain institutions within the government were merged into several sectors. The Commissariats began to disolve into basic syndicates. The Soviet government was rapidly changing into what would become the Totalitarian Oligarchy of Laurasia .

Internal history

As stated before, the internal history is drastically different than that of the external history.Due mostly to the Party's rewriting of history, not much of the truth is actually known (if any) by the actual Laurasians (excluding the Inner Party). The following is the current history portrayed by the Party and the Laurasian government (exerted from a Laurasian student history textbook - with minor adjustments from the purported original):

"At the end of the First World War, the world was divided into three great superpowers: Laurasia, Roach-Busters, and the Mississippian Federation. Each great power held certain domain over the world: Laurasia had Europe and parts of Asia, Roach-Busters had South and Central America, and the Mississippian Federation had North American and parts of Africa. Each one was head-to-head against the others. Eventually, however, a fourth would emerge: Delta Green.

Laurasia was forced to defender herself when the Mississippian Federation attacked, but they were unable to defeat the Laurusians. This defeat for the Mississippians allowed the Laurasians to annex their massive stretches of land around the world. During this time, Roach-Busters remained neutral; however, upon hearing of great Laurasian victories against the Mississippians, Delta Green was forced to attack. The Hyperboreans invaded the southern lands of Laurasia and began to advance to Eutopia. Yet, due to the use of nuclear technologies (but at the loss of Australia), the Hyperboreans were pushed back to Antarctica and Australia (a nuclear wasteland) was abandoned.

From that point forward, the Laurasians and Hyperboreans have been enemies. Each has attempted to destroy the other, but have failed and only seem to fight in the far off lands of the Hyperborean Front (Australia). Yet, technologies are advancing everyday and soon - through the guidance and leadership of the Party and Father - we will be able to defeat the Hyperborean hordes."

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