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| | region=Imperial Armies | | | region=Imperial Armies | |
| − | motto= We may not be able to bend Heaven, but we can raise Hell. | | + | motto= Strength from the Soil | |
| | map= No Map Available Yet | | | map= No Map Available Yet | |
| | language= English, Russian, Other | | | language= English, Russian, Other | |
| | capital=Rostov | | | capital=Rostov | |
| − | population=~3.7 Billion | | + | population=~7 Billion | |
| | currency=Spent Casing | | | currency=Spent Casing | |
| | leader=Kagan Viktor R. Dokhturov | | leader=Kagan Viktor R. Dokhturov |
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| | == Introduction == | | == Introduction == |
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| − | In the months following the disentegration of the Soviet Union, strife entered the former socialist republics, tearing apart the bonds which once held strong. The two neighboring republics of Georgia and Armenia soon entered the forefront of the squabbles that arose. Border disputes, slander, and resources led to an all-out war between the two similar states resulting in a war which forced UN and NATO invervention. The conflict was so destabilizing that the Commonwealth of Independent States [the newly created group of former Soviet republics] deployed military forces to counter-act the Western intervention. This led to a conflict of ideals, a meshing of cultures, and what would lead to an unstable region. The situation would evolve until a seperatist government faction rebelled and led the way to a new state, the United States of the Soviet Bloc [USSB], reuniting three seperate states to form a tight-knit group a-la the United States of America. The government would not last before internal strife dissolved the USSB's government, this is where the young and fiery Boris Chlevenkov became immortalized: his heroic charge with two hundred civilians behind him to actually take over the hugely symbolic and newly erected capitol building in Tasji. A photograph by an American journalist captured the soldier's charge up the stone stairway, framed by the confused USSB soldiers and the rotten, destroyed city which surrounded this beacon of hope. The photograph would rally the rest of the nation into war.
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| − | With attacks on government positions every hour across the nation, it was apparant the new government would capitulate ''at any minute''. It occurred at 11:53 AM October 1st, 1992, when Boris Chelevenkov announced that President Vladimr Ulyanov had been assassinated and the Parliament voted to dissolve itself amid armed confrontation with rebels who had gained access to the building. The Parliament confirmed this in a television broadcast.
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| − | Boris Chlevenkov quickly gained control with an iron fist, immediately bringing the country under his control and offering a vast amount of assistance to the military, which had faced terrible losses to the American-equipped and trained rebellion. The military agreed and quickly fell under Chlevenkov's command. Realizing he was surrounded by potential enemies, especially a potentially resentful and revengeful mother nation to the north, Chlevenkov believed a powerful military was a required asset for the nation. That notion has never left the political arena, and the Armed Republic will always have one of the premiere fighting forces on the planet. He quickly deployed newly organized military forces to garrison the northern border with Russia, leaving few forces to protect the other borders. This was poor planning on Chlevenkov's part as the CIS forces were counter-balanced by a NATO force in Turkey which kept a watchful eye on the newly developing nation as it poured money into Chlevenkov's regime, hoping for a friendly, democratic nation. The real enemy was to the east. Azerbaijan looked to the west for expansion and saw it, a nation just recovering from a terrible war with most of its military parked near the Caucusus.
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