Fall of the Manchu Commune

The Fall of the Manchu Commune was a major cross-world military conflict that involved a coalition of countries invading and dissolving the Manchu Commune, a socialist state in the World of Patriot. The war began in April 2024 when a coalition of nations was formed to punish the Manchu Commune for its widespread persecution of religious individuals that was exposed by WikiLeaks, ending in May 2025 with the capitulation and dissolution of the Manchu Commune. In its place, the Cross-World Public Administration of Manchuria (CWPAM) was established as a provisional method of governing the area. The Constitutional Republic of Manchuria was established in October 2025 as the official successor of the Manchu Commune, triggering a wave of anti-authoritarian protests, riots, and revolts across Asia that sought to topple similar authoritarian governments, which collectively became known as the Liberty Spring.
The coalition originally assembled against the Manchu Commune later became known as the Cross-World Peace Organization (CWPO), which in of itself created the Supreme Court of Cross-World Law (SCCWL) to prosecute nations that attempted to commit crimes similar to those of the Manchu Communard government. The CWPO and the SCCWL remain as existing entities, those are both are usually regarded as useless. In spite of this, the CWPO and SCCWL's existence serve as a reminder of the long-term significance of the Manchu Commune's fall.
== Background ==
=== Political violence in the Manchu Commune ===
Main articles: Manchu Civil War, Manchu Resistance insurgency, 2021 political crisis in the Manchu Commune
For decades prior to its fall, the Manchu Commune had been no stranger to political violence. After the end of the triumph of capitalism over socialism in the Cold War, the Manchu Communard government became increasingly paranoid at the prospect of an anti-Communist rebellion. As such, the Communard government began cracking down on the Anti-Commune Party (ACP), the principle anti-Communist political party in the country. Between December 1991 and March 1992, 742 ACP members were jailed by the government. The arrested members of the ACP were treated by the ACP and other anti-Communist political parties, namely the Coalition Party, as martyrs.
As political persecution of the ACP (and eventually the Coalition Party) increased, anti-Communists in the country began to secretly arm themselves out of fear for their survival. An armed band of 2,483 anti-Communists gathered at a compound in Qiqihar, secretly plotting an armed rebellion to overthrow the Communard government and establish a federal republic based on the American model. Government intelligence sources caught wind of the plot and sent 5,000 soldiers to besiege the compound. The subsequent Siege of Qiqihar resulted in the eruption of the Manchu Civil War in April 1992, with the anti-Communist insurgents forming the National State of Manchuria and taking control of large portions of the country.
The Manchu Civil War ended by September 1994, the Communard government emerging victorious. The National State of Manchu was dissolved and the Anti-Commune Party was banned. Supporters and members of the Anti-Commune Party refused to disband their movement, insisting that they had a right to peacefully oppose Communism. The Manchu Communard government refused to acknowledge to possibility of peaceful or nonviolent anti-Communism in the aftermath of the civil war and arrested over 3,000 ACP members. On December 21, 1994, 1,347 members of the Anti-Commune Party were publicly executed for treason in what became known internationally as the Red Winter Massacre. The Manchu Communard government insisted the incident was fabricated and jailed reporters who told the truth about the massacre. Regardless, word reached the outside world, causing both international and cross-world condemnation of the Manchu Commune. With the exception of severe sanctions, no major action was taken against the Manchu Commune by the international community.
Following the 1998 Manchu general election, the Manchu Communard government underwent a change in leadership. On May 5, 1998, the Communard government unbanned the Anti-Commune Party, freed previously arrested anti-Communists, and released arrested journalists. Coverage of the Red Winter Massacre was allowed and an official apology was issued. While well-intentioned, these reforms were quickly reversed after the Anti-Commune Party came in second place in the 2002 Manchu general election. The Communard government panicked at the thought of anti-Communists seizing control of the country and reacted by rebanning the ACP and arresting 15,000 anti-Communists. In the 2006 Manchu general election, the ACP still received 22.3% in write-in votes.
=== Religion in the Manchu Commune ===
As is the case in many Communist civilizations, the issue of religion was a controversial and delicate subject in the Manchu Commune. The country officially practiced state atheism, but maintained Manchu shamanism, Taoism, and Buddhism as officially-recognized religions. The practice of officially-recognized religions was rare due to fear of persecution. Excluding atheism, the most widely practiced religion in the Manchu Commune was Islam. Though less prevalent, Christianity was also practiced to some in the country. Muslims and Christians were often persecuted by the Manchu Communard government, though evidence of and information about this persecution was kept hidden from the public.
On November 8, 1954, the Manchu Communard Armed Forces (MCAF) burnt down a compoud of Catholic Christians three miles southeast of Harbin. All records of the incident were kept hidden from the public. Another incident occurred on July 26, 1973, when the MCAF killed a Christian family of 5 in Hailar. It is widely believed that other such incidents may have occurred, but that evidence of such incidents was destroyed. Muslims had it significantly worse, with known incidents occurring in 1968, 1972, 1979, 1983, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2021. Evidence of these incidents was hidden from the public for many decades, though rumors of some remained.
=== Great Gulian Massacre and WikiLeaks exposé ===
On January 3, 2024, a group of about two thousand Christians and five thousand Muslims banded together and created the Manchu Alliance of Abraham, based in Gulian. The Manchu Communard government was forwarded information by secret police of the organization's founding the following day and the Manchu Communard Armed Forces were secretly deployed to destroy it. On January 6, eleven thousand Communard soldiers arrived in Gulian and surrounded the alliance's headquarters. The MCAF demanded the abolition of the group. The leader of the alliance, Umar el-Jamal, refused to disband the organization and stated that they would continue to promote Abrahamic faith in the country. On January 9, the soldiers briefly opened fire on the headquarters from multiple sides, killing 382 Christians and 594 Muslims. The alliance refused another ultimatum an hour after the firing. Afterwards, President Sioa Chan Han issued an order to storm the complex and kill all alliance members. At approximately 6:14 p.m. on January 9, the MCAF stormed the alliance headquarters and slaughtered the occupants. 4,792 alliance members were killed, as well as 12 soldiers who were accidentally killed in the chaos. In total, 5,780 people were killed that day. An estimated 1,300 alliance members successfully escaped the incident, which made it difficult for the government to cover up the massacre as they had prior incidents.
On January 13, 2024, a band of survivors sent evidence of the massacre to WikiLeaks, prompting WikiLeaks to investigate religious persecution in the Manchu Commune.
=== Assembly of the Coalition ===
== Course of the war ==
=== Coalitionary forces convene in Russia ===
=== Crossing the border ===
=== Battle of Gulian ===
=== Battle of Manzhouli ===
=== Battle of Hailar ===
=== Battle of Yitulihe ===
=== Battle of Bei'an ===
=== Battle of Qiqihar ===
=== Battle of Hegang ===
=== Battle of Jiamusi ===
=== Battle of Mudanjiang ===
=== Battle of Jilin ===
=== Siege of Harbin ===
=== Surrender of the Manchu Commune ===
== Aftermath ==
=== Peace negotiations ===
=== Military occupation ===
=== Restoration of civilian government ===
=== Liberty Spring ===
=== Long-term impact ===
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