Nationalist Mongolia
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| Flag of Nationalist Mongolia | |
| Motto: Every Man's Duty, Every Man's Right | |
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| Region | GREACOSP |
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| Capital | Ulaanbaatar |
| Official Language(s) | Mongolian. |
| Leader | General Qulan Bahm |
| Population | 36 Million |
| Currency | Mongolian Yen |
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Origin
After the occupation of Manchukuo and Korea, Japan turned its military interests to Soviet territories. The first major Soviet-Japanese border incident (Battle of Lake Khasan) happened in 1938 in Primorye. The incident began on May 11, 1939 when a Mongolian cavalry unit of some 70-90 men entered the disputed area in search of grazing for their horses, and encountered Manchukuoan cavalry who drove them out of the disputed territory. Two days later the Mongolian force returned and the Manchukoans were unable to evict them.
At this point the Japanese Guandong Army became involved -- a reconnaissance unit under Lt. Col. Yaozo Azuma was sent to engage the Mongolians on 14 May, but they retreated west of the river with few losses. Joseph Stalin ordered STAVKA, the Red Army's high command, to develop a plan for a counterstrike against the Japanese. To lead the attack, Kliment Voroshilov, a personal friend of Iosef Stalin was chosen.
The result was a disaster, Voroshilov sent troops to evict the Japanese, who initially fell back but ame back with armored vehicles and superior air power. The underequiped Russian and Mongolian troops deserted en masse at the first sign of a formidable enemy in what seemed to be a rehersal for the early disasters of Operation Barbarossa.
Emboldened the Japanese used the incursion as an excuse to invade Mongolia. Initially the Soviet Union pledged support for Mongolia. After several embarresing defeats the Soviet Union removed support for the Communist regime quietly, and turned its attention and military toward Finland.
The New Mongolian State
After the Guangdong Army topple the communist regime exhiled General Qulan Bira a veteran White Army General of the Russian Civil war was made prime minister of Mongolia. Qulan Bira was essentially a military dictator, who felt that by militarizing Mongolia it could establish itself on equal footing with Japan, an act that he largely succeeded in. Qulan became a major supporter of the Non-alignment movement, hosting the second NAM summit in 1964.
Qulan Bira began a "Vitalization Campaign" designed to triple the arible land in the nation in 1947. This ambitious plan was to spread irrigation from Hosgoll Nurr into the surrounding plains, creating a total of 1600 sq kms of arable land by 1957.
After Qualan Bira's death in 1980 he became enshrined in a temple and recieved a cult of personality that resembles in some ways that of Mustafa Attaturk. His successor General Qulan Bahm (no relation) continued most of his predecessor's policies and became very active in diplomatic processes, founding the GREACOSP.
