Skoric Daugrech

Skoric Peoples Socialist State Sozamz Skora Merstaser Daugrech
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Motto: Janst en Oppen Iron and Blood
Anthem: The Fire Within
Capital and largest city	Suric
Official languages	Skoran
Recognised national languages	Skoran, Obnian, Lanak
Recognised regional languages	Erathnian, Svoglan, Slandian
Religion	Secular state (De jure)
Demonym	Skoric
Government	Federal Socalist
• Leader	Selnak Mynsro(2020-2027)
• Leader	Nera Gor Melanaught(2010-2020
• Leader	Calrion Cygnhaught (2000-2010)
• Leader	Arbenz Rouben (1985-2000)
• Leader	Yor Galanaught (1970-1985)
• Leader	Sarkinzk Laugger(1955-1970)
• Leader	Loyman Ghauss(1911-1955)
Legislature	State Congress
• Upper house	State Supreme Council
• Lower house	State Socialist Diet
Civil War
Area
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Population
• 2024 estimate	138,858,000 (6'th)
• 2020 census	135,354,00
GDP (PPP)	2023 estimate
• Total	$7.7 trillion (4'th)
• Per capita	$54,700 (5'th)
GDP (nominal)	2023 estimate
• Total	$6.5 trillion (9'th)
• Per capita	$46,810 (6'th)
Gini (2021)	11.32020 low
HDI (20)	0.908 very high · 3'rd
Currency	Skigmark (SMK)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+6
ISO 3166 code	SPS

The Skoric State(Skoric: Skoríska Staten), Officially the Skoric Peoples Socialist State(Skoric: Skoríska Folksociále Staten) is a federal socialist state situated in northern Ariethia, making it one of two federally socialist states in Ariethia. With an area of about 6.942 million square kilometers and a population of over 160 million, it is the sixth-most populous country. It was organized as a federal union of autonomous socialist states, the largest of which was the Theamak FAS. The Skoric State shares land borders with Lilabor to the west, and Archalae, Wykonn, Palaen and Zoble to the south. It shares maritime borders with Lilabor and the Deysian Federation through the Trans-Anhlietian and Lars Gulf. Its capital is Suric, although its most populous city and financial center is Theamak. After the end of the civil war in 1911, the Skoric State would become the first ever constitutionally socialist country.

Skoríska was first inhabited in the Paleolithic age, with organized societies emerging in the first millennium on the Black River in modern-day Helnnogard. Up until the 11’th century, Skoríska consisted of various independent kingdoms and city-states up until the 17’th century, when they effectively formed a confederation to fight Lilaborn raids from the west. The confederation would eventually be succeeded by the Empire of Skoríska in the early 18’th century, before being overthrown by socialist revolutionaries in 1911. As a result of treaties made with Lilabor, most of its western territories were integrated into East Lilabor as a way to appease Lilaborn expansionism.

Skoríska went through a period of prolonged warfare in the 20’th century. After the end of its civil war, it underwent rapid industrialization in the 1920’s and 1930’s in what was considered an economic miracle. The restoration of economic stability and the undertaking of massive public works projects alongside a mass re-armament scheme briefly made it the center of all trade on the Ariethnian continent. In late 1939, the Holy Republic began mobilizing its military in a bid to overthrow socialist rule and establish various satellite states throughout the western regions of the Skoric State. Due to this, the Skoric State would launch a pre-emptive invasion in early 1940, launching the Pan-Ariethnian conflict. It would conquer most of Ariethia but failed to achieve most of its strategic objectives within Lilabor, leading to a stalemate in 1947 and an end to hostilities. Its rapid economic development and sphere of influence would cement its status as a superpower.

Tensions with the Lilaborn led Imperial-Bloc led to the First Cold War. The Imperial-Bloc would eventually be expanded into what is known as SOFA in 1955, prompting the Skoric State to create its own alliance, ATNAS in 1956. Although neither side engaged in direct military conflict, they instead fought on an ideological basis through various proxy wars throughout the globe. In the 1960’s, the Skoric State would compete to lead the First Space Race, launching the first space station into orbit, and the first probe onto another planet. It would also build the first permanent research station in 1979, the International Research Station. In 1981, the controversial backing of Mer-Freula in its brutal war against Merakistaq would lead to a long list of sanctions, alongside an internationally-backed blockade supported by SOFA referred to as ‘The Great Oceanic Wall’. These comprehensive economic sanctions would last up until the late 1990’s, when they were lifted thanks to warming relations between ATNAS and SOFA. The end of the blockade paved the way for an increasingly liberal economy, with the switch to a radically different economic model combining market-oriented characteristics of more capitalist societies, while maintaining the best elements of Skoric socialism. This change in economic model, while leading to an initially crippling recession due to the transition, led to unprecedented economic growth in the 21’st century. These economic, but also political reforms helped to reintegrate the Skoric State into the global economy and politics. Since the late 2010’s, the Skoric State has been militarily involved in a number of conflicts within what is considered the Third World, such as its war in Noshkovia in 2005, East Deysia since 2013, and more recently its ongoing invasion of Sigramearsk in 2023.

The Skoric State as of 2023 is classed as a developed country, with a high-income economy and a global leader in science and technology, electronics, and the automotive industry. It has low levels of corruption, environmental issues, and civil liberties, but ranks among the lowest in international measurements of freedom of the press and freedom of religion. It is also one of few countries in the world to implement universal healthcare, alongside tuition-free university education for the youth. The Skoric State also possesses the third-largest stockpiles of nuclear weapons, and the third-largest military expenditure, trailing behind the Deysian Federation and Holy Republic. Despite its weakened influence and economy after the blockade, it is still considered one of the three superpowers of the world. The Skoric State is a member of ATNAS and a founding member of CON, a permanent member of both Security Councils.

War of Honor(1902-1911)

Loyman Ghauss was many things, a farmer, a family man, and a former veteran of the fifty years’ war. He tended a farm within the current Obnian SAS, and though the what-cut troubled him, he was content to live his life in spite of it all. However the death of his own daughter and son due to a drunk Empire officer motivated him to pursue politics, to enact change through civil means if necessary. However violence was not out of the question. Rather unexpectedly, he would somehow become the figurehead of the Skoric socialist movement. He was not charismatic nor had booming speeches, but the people saw him as a genuine, soft-spoken pragmatic man with a vision that resonated with the people.

Socialist militias would pop through much of the country in early 1902, although the country was all but crumbling by mid-1902. It was a full-blown civil war. The mobilizing of the Royal Guard Corupus to fight and crush demonstrations and rebellions alike motivated much of the population to go to war against the Imperial Government. The heads of nobles rolled by the hundred, then thousands. They were attacked and killed where they stood, collaborators were shot and thrown over bridges. The rivers turned red. By 1911, much of the Empire had collapsed into small holdouts of Empire soldiers and collaborators fighting against a horde of angry farmers, city workers, and veteran soldiers. Much of the Empire's west was razed to the ground by the fighting, cities turned to rubble and farmland destroyed by the shelling and intentional crop-scorching.

When 1911 came, 35 million were dead. Millions more were displaced, having run to the Socialist strongholds of Theamak and Skogvarg, the industrial heartland of the Empire. There was no one left, no nobles within the country to deny the people their right to rule by a different hand. By a different man. Emperor Geld Sterafor would be executed by hanging in the city of Geldaborg in December 1911—ironically, marking the end of the civil war. The Empire was fractured, and the neighboring nations of Zoble and Lilabor found no resistance when they took the land that they pleased at the outer reaches of the Empire, much to the disdain of the Skorics.

Post-War Reconstruction and Social Reforms

When January 1912 came, there was a new country on the map, with a strange ideology. The first Socialist nation in the world, the Skoric Peoples Socialist State. At its head, was Loyman Ghauss, alongside a council of ministers made up of intellectuals, most of them former political prisoners of the Emperor. Their loyalty was unquestionable, their allegiance is to their homeland, foremost—and Loyman embodied the homeland more so than most, in his words and in his actions.

The end of the civil war saw great strife among the people. Food shortages were everywhere, due to the razing of the west into a barren wasteland devoid of human life. Despite the critical state of the new fledgling socialist republic, it persisted. The Skoric State would fund important reconstruction efforts, rebuilding the destroyed western cities, while repopulating and re-tilling the farmland to alleviate the chronic issue of overpopulation. The royal treasury proved vital in funding this all, and Skoric ministers managed to convince banks overseas to access the accounts of the former Imperial Skoric State.

By 1920 the Skoric State had essentially recovered from the worst of the war. The west had been completely rebuilt, and the broken lands now farmed for bountiful harvests. Mechanization of farming through imported equipment had a big impact on the Skoric agricultural industry. Manufacturing would also be hugely expanded, the industrial capacity dwarfing that of the former Imperial Skoric State. In so far as reforms are concerned, the Skoric State would take rather progressive actions—such as enforcing equality and repealing borderline apartheid policies. Women would have the right to vote, the right to own and house, and a right to education just as much as any man in any city within the State. This level of freedom would attract many intellectuals and scholars from around the globe, especially scientists, trying to avoid persecution within the Imperial states.

It wasn’t long until it joined the ranks of the other industrialized nations of the world, this time as a rising power. This incredible recovery, this economic miracle so to say, helped embolden socialist groups across the globe. The Skoric Daugrech was thus considered a shining beacon of socialism to the world over. But to the Imperial states, it merely convinced them that the Skoric Daugrech was an existential threat. A godless state which rejected the commonly-held belief that all life was sculpted by the hands of the almighty, so to say. This angered the Holy Republic. More so than the fact they failed to exterminate the Skoric nomads whom they drove from their former lands.

Political Landscape and Suppression of Opposition

There is a famous saying that goes “A fascist is a leftist's second-worst enemy, right behind a leftist's true worst enemy, which is a slightly-different leftist who holds 94% of the same political views.” and never had it been truer in late 1920. Although the Imperial supporters had basically been wiped off the face of the country, or been forced out through political violence, a new threat would emerge; ideological schism. All socialists draw their ideology from a small excerpt written by Anhiet Hages, the father of Socialism. The Socialist ideology which Ghauss spear-headed was an interpretation of this excerpt, however they would soon find political fracturing from others who interpreted it differently. Essentially disagreement over what ‘Skoric socialism’ actually was, and though debates were intense, they were civil. No one wanted another war, not after such bloodshed. However no one could tell for how long this debate would remain ‘civil’ before blood was spilled again. Ghauss was especially worried of this.

This source of anxiety came primarily from groups deep within the government, the so-called ‘True-Socialites’. They had a different idea of how to run the nation, of what policies to implement. They desired to construct a nation in strict accordance with Anhiet’s vision of a modern Skoric State. But the reality is that often countries must make compromises in their ideology so as to reach the most efficient and stable form of governance. Obviously, the True-Socialites didn’t believe in this. However the potential threat of the True-Socialities, despite being a minority, was seen by Ghauss. Alongside the expelling of thousands of suspected and confirmed True-Socialities, the Skoric State would put all media outlets under the control of the state. Allowing for dissenting voices to be systematically silenced and propaganda disseminated to reinforce the belief in the Skoric State.

It didn’t take long until the Skoric state became a surveillance state, with a staggeringly vast network of spies throughout the nation to survey for dissent. To maintain ideological purity, the Skoric education system also made an effort to focus on the study of Socialism itself. This Skoric State attempted to get across that it was a fact that socialism was the optimal way to govern a nation. And that all other ways are inefficient, and of course this was all done in the name of continued stability.

Despite the ruthless crushing of political freedoms, and all the surveillance, the populace was overall rather complacent with it all. For the most part, the quality of life had risen by several times. Many could now buy cars, live in decent houses, and eat good food. They had suffered so much in the past century, and virtually almost all saw no issue in the fact that only the Skoric Socialist Party ruled supreme over the land.

Reinvigoration of the Armed Forces

Pre-emptive Invasion of the Holy Republic

Slandsblik

Tzeyremar

Zoble

Operation 'Shattering Shield'

Cold-war

Great Oceanic Wall

Military Compact

Invasion of Sigramearsk

Politics

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Military

The Skoric Peoples Socialist State maintained a professional army, ranking second in the GSI index in 2005 for defense capability. Spending a total of 7% of its GDP on defense(2015) the Skoric Military ranked second in military spending. The Skoric armed forces, formed shortly after the official proclamation of the Skoric Socialist State, maintains six main branches; Ground Forces, Air Forces, Naval Forces, Strategic Missile Forces, Air-defense forces, and Domestic Security Forces. The various branches of the armed forces, along with military policy, are headed by Skoric High Command. Much of the military bureaucracy occurs in a large military installation called 'Hesher' or Facility B2, which is located at a remote location in the Suraggard SAS.

The Skoric military has largely been a ground and air-focused force, its military largely prepared to repel any potential incursion from its eastern and southern flanks. The Skoric State Air Force aids in the extensive support of the ground forces via the operation of large radar installations, unmanned drones and other surveillance aircraft. The Skoric navy played a large role in the geopolitical importance of the Skoric Daugrech however its effect had largely diminished through gradual cuts in budget and the size of the fleet.The Skoric army has long adhered to the military tradition practiced within the Askorian Empire. Its military past, going back nearly two hundred years, permeates much of Skoric society, thinking and culture. In 2010, there existed some 3 million soldiers, 1.6 million of which served in the Skoric Army. These 1.6 million were divided into 160 divisions, 135 of which served as motorized infantry, with 25 serving as armored divisions. Some 400,000 meanwhile would serve in the Skoric Naval forces. The Skoric Air Force, which mainly existed as a means of air defense and air superiority fields a large fleet of air superiority fighters. Alongside this, it would also maintain a sizable fleet of nuclear-capable strategic bombers. The Skoric Missile Forces operated more than 1300 ICBMs, deployed across some estimated 20 bases, and 178 command centers. In the late stages of the Skoric Daugrech's existence, it would aid the Muwgawana PSR in crushing a revolt in its northeast province. This would mark the last overseas deployment of the Skoric Expeditionary Force.

For much of the Skoric Daugrech's existence, conscription would be continually in effect. Mandatory conscription would be relaxed in the 2000's, by which a pivot in policy led to the transformation of the Skoric army to a volunteer force.

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The Skoric Daugrech spanned an area of over 1,712,500 square kilometers, being the fifth largest country in the world. It bordered (from 193

The Skoric Daugrech spans some 1.712 million square kilometers.

Economy

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Culture

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