West Bistonian Socialist Republic

== About ==
The West Bistonian Socialist Republic (aka. Западнобистонска социалистическа република) was a Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic which lasted from 1987 to 1990. It was essentially a Crimsonian bufer state. The chairman of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic was Georgi Tobuzov, and its capital city was Kagengrad, now called Kagenvechina. Founded in 1987 during the early phases of the Crimsonian-Bistonian War, it expanded to become an independent sovereign socialist republic, although it was under the rule of the People's Republic of Crimsonia, however, the West Bistonian Socialist Republic later collapsed in 1990 and a rump state called the West Bistonian Islamic Republic was established.
== Founding ==
Prior to August 21st 1987, Crimsonia declared war on Bistonia, beginning the Crimsonian-Bistonian War. In just one day, the Crimsonian army had managed to secure the coasts of West Bistonia, as Bistonian troops had attempted to push them back from the coasts to no avail, due to the lack of equipment and a poorly equipped army. Crimsonian troops then pushed them further southwest, and roads were captured. Powerlines, which provided electricity in Kagengrad were cut off, which had deprived civilians of food and water. An hour later, Crimsonian troops surrounded Kagengrad, and demonstrations broke out due to the lack of evacuation efforts by Bistonian troops from the city. Bistonian units, which were surrounded entirely by Crimsonian units, began fighting for long periods of time until they were crushed, and Kagengrad was secured.
On August 21st 1987, after months of military occupation by Crimsonian troops, the West Bistonian Socialist Republic was officially established marking the beginning of the socialist republic, with Georgi Tobuzov, a Crimsonian politician, assigned to the role as chairman of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic. Although it was an independent state, it was essentially an autonomous republic under Crimsonia.
== Expansion ==
After the West Bistonian Socialist Republic was established on August 21st 1987, West Bistonia gradually expanded rapidly in size, with each occupied territory being handed over to them until most of the remaining regions of West Bistonia came under the administration of the WBSR, and aid and funding for the state was provided by the Crimsonian government. During this expansion period, the WBSR was then forced to give up a chunk of territory to the Crimsonian-Bistonian Autonomous Socialist Republic. The West Bistonian administration founded the People's Army of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic, also known as the PAWBSR, as a separate military group for Crimsonia.
==Union proposal==
In the year of 1987, after the establishment of the West Bistonian Socialsit Republic, there were plans by the Crimsonian government to incorporate the West Bistonian Socialist Republic into the Crimsonian-Bistonian Autonomous Socialist Republic, and politicians within the autonomous regions began backing up the plans, including officials from the West Bistonian Socialist Republic. For unknown reasons, decisions were made by the Crimsonian government, and decided not to incorporate the West Bistonian Socialist Republic into the Crimsonian-Bistonian Autonomous Socialist Republic into one single entity.
Another proposal was made by officials from the West Bistonian Socialist Republic, suggesting that the newly created country should merge with the Bistonian People's Republic, including a merge with the Crimsonian-Bistonian Autonomous Socialist Republic. However, along with several radical proposals for the future, it was rejected.
== Revival process ==
In the year of 1988, the Revival process was commenced by the chairman of the People's Republic of Crimsonia, Ilya Zhivkov. The main objective of the revival process was to eradicate Islamic culture and enforcing secular policies towards those who had adhered to Islam, and in the process, millions of people within Crimsonia's borders were either forced to change their names and abandon their religion, or otherwise flee from the country. Although the revival process did not affect most of mainland Crimsonia and their overseas territories, it had greatly affected the West Bistonian Socialist Republic, since the majority of the people there were Crimsons which had converted to Islam during the Beylik periods, and resulted in a years long insurgency from the newly-created West Bistonian Islamic Front, which later contributed to the overthrow of the socialist government.
In the early periods of the revival process, West Bistonian authorities began enforcing policies, such as forcing the majority of the people to change their names, and mosques within Kagengrad were forced to shutdown by the authorities as a result of the policies, which resulted in mass protests in Kagengrad which had later turned violent to the point West Bistonian troops were deployed to the city to crackdown on the unrest, in which over hundreds of people died. Although the urban areas had been less violent after the crackdown, it was much more violent in the villages across West Bistonia, as farmers and villagers began arming themselves and then purposely setting fire on their own villages and ambushing West Bistonian troops. Religious monuments were taken down, and newborns were taken away from their parents and put up to adoption by Crimsonian authorities.
In the aftermath of the revival process, over hundreds of religious monuments were demolished, and thousands of newborns were seperated from their parents and put up for adoption. As a result of the cruelty by the authorities, thousands of people within the West Bistonian Socialist Republic had two choices, either to accept their fate or escape the country. Those in mainland Crimsonia did not accept their fate and were safely allowed to flee to neighboring countries, but the West Bistonian Socialist Republic was a much more different case, as the West Bistonian authorities imposed a policy stopping entry into the country and exiting the country. As a result, thousands of people who had wanted to flee the country from persecution were essentially trapped within its borders, sealing their fate. However, those who had fled the country were also unlucky, as some of them had crossed through the frontlines of the Crimsonian-Bistonian War. As the revival process resulted in the devastating losses, it was stopped, however it would later on result in a insurgency.
== Islamic insurgency ==
After the revival process had ended in a catastrophic blow to the state, several insurgency groups located in the rural areas of West Bistonia emerged, and began rising in numbers and popularity throughout the region. However, in an attempt to further escalate the insurgency and potentially overthrow the West Bistonian government, several insurgency groups united to form the West Bistonian Islamic Front, a large insurgency group aimed to overthrow the West Bistonian Socialist Republic and turn the tides of the war for themselves to establish an independent islamic republic away from the influence of both Crimsonia and Bistonia. 
During the early days of the Islamic insurgency, several insurgency groups then joined the West Bistonian Islamic Front, and the insurgency group gained control over several villages in rural areas. However, it did not take long for both Crimsonia and the West Bistonian government to react, as they began a counter offensive against the West Bistonian Islamic Front, by scorching down several villages along the way and had hundreds of villagers wrongfully arrested and tortured for being affiliated with terrorist groups. Although this had proved effective, the West Bistonian Islamic Front didn't back down easily, and began retreating to the mountainous areas and also began their operations in the urban areas near Kagengrad, the capital of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic, which had threatened Crimsonia's presence over the country.
Although the West Bistonian Islamic Front had been successful in guerilla tactics and gradually overwhelming Crimsonia over the control of the region, the West Bistonian Islamic Front stopped their advancements and efforts in the month long insurgency, after the South Bistonian Offensive by the Free Bistonian Army was launched, which resulted in the loss of territory belonging to West Bistonia. After Crimsonia withdrew from mainland Bistonia after the catastrophic loss of the Vilnius Offensive, the West Bistonian Islamic Front then took this as an opportunity and overthrew the West Bistonian government after weeks of demonstrations, and established the shortlived state called the West Bistonian Islamic Republic, which would fall to Bistonia weeks afterwards. The West Bistonian Islamic Front in the aftermath of the Crimsonian-Bistonian War would continue to operate and would wage an islamic insurgency in West Bistonia till the 2000s. 
== Operation Silo aftermath ==
On May 6th 1988, the Free Bistonian Army and the Bistonian Armed Forces began cooperating with eachother and began Operation Silo, to seize Bistonia's second largest city Mazoji, which was the capital of the Bistonian People's Republic, a Crimsonian buffer state. After over a month of fighting, the Bistonian Armed Forces and the Free Bistonian Army had secured their control over the city of Mazoji, and as a result, the leader of the BPR, Propevich, was executed, and his general eventually took over the role as a leader of the BPR, however, before Crimsonia could potentially negotiate with him to help recapture the city, Helbert then proceeded to sign an agreement allowing the dissolution of the BPR, and as a result the Bistonian People's Republic eventually dissolved the following year. Helbert was eventually overthrown, and in the aftermath of Operation Silo, Crimsonia's efforts in the war against Bistonia showed signs of failing.
The Bistonian People's Republic collapsed into dozens of rival factions each seeking to takeover the remaining territories in order to reestablish the Bistonian People's Republic, and kicked out Helbert from his position. As a result of this, the Crimsonian government took action, and seized the remaining territories, highways and villages for themselves, liquidating the remnants of the Bistonian People's Republic. The Crimsonian government then incorporated most of the remaining territories into the West Bistonian Socialist Republic, however, before they could potentially incorporate some of them, the Free Bistonian Army and the Bistonian Armed Forces recaptured some of the territories, completely liberating most of South Bistonia and restoring order, further frustrating the Crimsonian government. After most of the territories were incorporated, the Crimsonian government then forced rival factions to merge eachother to reform the Bistonian Socialist People's Army, but the division only lasted for 3 days and it ended up being merged into the West Bistonian branch of the CPLA. In the aftermath, the Crimsonian-Bistonian War reached into 1989, and Crimsonia attempts to tighten their grip on their remaining occupied territories. 
== South Bistonia Offensive ==
The decline of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic was further accelerated with the beginning of the South Bistonian Offensive, which was coordinated by the Free Bistonian Army. Prior to the South Bistonian offensive, Crimsonia had planned for an offensive to rush and flank Bistonian units stationed in Northern Bistonia in order to capture the capital city of New Vilnius to win the war, and West Bistonian units were eventually called over to the border of Northern Bistonia, in preparation of the offensive. However, this planned attack eventually became impossible with the fall of the Bistonian People's Republic, which served as a buffer state of Bistonia. As a result of the collapse, the West Bistonian Socialist Republic became vulnerable to an invasion from their southern controlled regions, and the Free Bistonian Army had decided to accelerate things further by planning the South Bistonian Offensive, which was deemed risky. After the Bistonian Armed Forces were informed about the planned offensive, it was opposed by generals and officers, and they had made a decision not to intervene since they had recently eliminated the Bistonian Socialist People's Army, leaving the Free Bistonian Army involved in the offensive.
As the Crimsonian-Bistonian War reached into 1989, the South Bistonian Offensive officially began on March 13th 1989, as units from the Free Bistonian Army stormed and rushed towards the West Bistonian border. As most units from the West Bistonian army were stationed at the Northern Bistonian border, Free Bistonian Army units began advanving deep into enemy territory, and seized Crimsonian villages without fierce resistance including several border towns in which the Free Bistonian Army proceeded to slaughter most of the inhabitants of Crimsonian villages in West Bistonia. Crimsonia and the West Bistonian government was immediately informed of their controlled regions being immediately seized, and Crimsonian troops were deployed to the seized areas in an attempt to push them back, however, before they could potentially recapture the territories, the Free Bistonian Army had secured their control over the seized territories, and the Free Bistonian Army emerged victorious in the war.
In the aftermath of the South Bistonian Offensive, nearly half a chunk of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic was lost, and only controlled most of its northern regions. As the Free Bistonian Army had committed genocide in several Crimsonian villages in West Bistonia, religious monuments were burned down by the Free Bistonian Army, and as a result of the total loss, it became one of the main contributing factors which had forced the Crimsonian People's Liberation Army to rush their efforts and began the Vilnius Offensive into the city of New Vilnius, and inflict genocide against Bistonian villages and destroy the Free Bistonian Army to gain revenge for the genocide.
== Vilnius Offensive ==
On May 8th 1989, the Vilnius Offensive began, and West Bistonian troops along with Crimsonian units crossed the border into Northern Bistonia, however before they could successfully reach to the capital, over a thousand troops died on the way in Northern Bistonia due to starvation, and fierce resistance by Bistonian civillians, with the Free Bistonian Army attempting to destroy their efforts. As a result of this, Crimsonian troops on the way to New Vilnius began terrorizing the region, and mass genocide occurred against Bistonian civilians which resulted in hundreds of thousands dead. They began to burn down several villages with the rest of the local inhabitants and rounded some of them up and shot them before they scorched the village, including women and children. Their charred corpses were then buried in unidentified mass graves scattered in the outskirts of the villages which were burnt down.
During the Vilnius Offensive, West Bistonian troops also committed gruesome crimes, however they were minimal compared to Crimsonian troops. However, their gruesome crimes further worsened when Crimsonian troops arrived to territory controlled by the Free Bistonian Army, where heavy clashes ensued and since units from the Free Bistonian Army units had been outnumbered, they were destroyed in the process. The West Bistonian army also made numerous victories, as West Bistonian army units arrived to the fields near Pezra, where the Free Bistonian Army had been held at in an attempt to defend their controlled territories from being captured further. West Bistonian troops then reached their peak of gruesome crimes, as there were reports that soldiers belonging to the both Crimsonian and West Bistonian armies torturing survivors of the Battle of Pezra.
Later on, the West Bistonian army, now exhausted, would reach to the city of New Vilnius on June 12th 1989, and broke through the buffer zone set up by the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations, putting the capital city at threat of being captured, however, the West Bistonian army had to deal with peacekeepers from the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations, in which they regained control over the buffer zones and destroyed both Crimsonian and West Bistonian units attempting to enter the city, and as a result of it, the remaining Crimsonian troops and West Bistonian troops withdrew, in which they faced counter attacks by the Free Bistonian Army, including local resistance, in which their numbers dwindled.
In the aftermath of the failure of the Vilnius Offensive, Crimsonian troops then proceeded to fully withdraw from mainland Bistonia, and attempt to set up positions in Wilnotarn and Arshturn to rebuild their manpower to invade mainland Bistonia again, and as a result the West Bistonian army was left to fend off for themselves, as they no longer gain support from the Crimsonian government. Although Crimsonia fully withdrew, the war continued and Crimsonia would still send support to West Bistonia, however unfortunately it did not work well for West Bistonia. Afterwards, the Bistonian navy then regained its control over the Bistonian Sea, and surrounded West Bistonia from both sides, trapping everybody inside the country.
== Decline ==
After Crimsonia had withdrew their troops from West Bistonia, the puppet state was left vulnerable to decline and then eventually collapse, as Bistonian troops began advancing into the country as West Bistonian troops attempted to defend it. However, the West Bistonian government saw Crimsonia's withdrawal from Bistonia as betrayal, and cut all ties with the Crimsonian government, sealing the fate for Crimsonia in the war. Since West Bistonia had been gradually weakened, it soon accelerated after the Crimsonian Crimit declined, and their economy was on the verge of collapse.
However, West Bistonian troops would have to face another opposing force, the West Bistonian Islamic Front, which had recently emerged after being idle for over nearly a year, since the West Bistonian army had been weakened, the West Bistonian Islamic Front saw this as an opportunity, and took over half of the territories. However, both the Free Bistonian Army and the Bistonian Armed Forces would later on stop their efforts into recapturing Kagengrad, as they saw the Islamic insurgency as not posing a threat to their country.
== Kagengrad protests ==
In late 1989, days after the New Shingleton Incident which had occurred in the St. Ark Federation, the unstable governmnt of West Bistonia would finally meet its demise, as demonstrations began in Kagengrad in opposition towards Georgi Tobuzov, the chairman of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic, for his failed promises to stop the destruction of the country, and immediately afterwards, Georgi Tobuzov would proceed to deploy all units fighting from both sides to the capital city of Kagengrad to violently crush the protests, which eventually became more violent. As a result, West Bistonian troops was ordered to fire rounds at unarmed protesters, and curfew was imposed in Kagengrad after the massacre.
Protests then eventually escalated, when protestors returned to the streets once again demanding change, and some began supporting the West Bistonian Islamic Front, however, before Georgi Tobuzov could potentially put down the demonstrations once again, violent mobs attacked military bases all across Kagengrad, including local police stations and armed themselves with weapons. The next day, protestors then stormed the West Bistonian parliament, including Georgi Tobuzov's presidential office. Parts of Kagengrad were then set on fire, and Crimsonian monuments which were dedicated had been torn down. As Georgi Tobuzov and his government began panicking as a result of the escalation, Georgi Tobuzov demanded Crimsonia to provide aid or provide additional support in an attempt to put down the violence, however, the Crimsonian government did not respond to his demands, and Georgi Tobuzov was forced to flee the city before protestors could storm his residence.
After Georgi Tobuzov's residence was stormed, protestors had realized that Georgi Tobuzov was nowhere to be spotted inside his residence, and the protestors had assumed that he fled the country. Because of this, the protestors had declared victory in their revolution, and in the aftermath, Kagengrad and the rest of West Bistonia descended into anarchy, as West Bistonian troops mutinied and most villages, businesses and government offices were set ablaze,
== Collapse ==
In the aftermath of the violence which had ensued, the West Bistonian Islamic Front launched an offensive to advance towards the city of Kagengrad, and in the early morning hours, rebels stormed the city along with captured tanks, and then proceeded to seize government offices. During the offensive, the West Bistonian Islamic Front sabotaged radio towers located across Kagengrad, and announced the overthrow of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic. As a result, thousands of people rallied in the streets in support for the rebel group, and the West Bistonian Islamic Republic was established. The following day, as the West Bistonian Socialist Republic collapsed, it left an opportunity for both the Free Bistonian Army and the Bistonian Armed Forces to continue with their operation to secure mainland Bistonia, and an offensive was launched in which the Free Bistonian Army pushed deep into enemy territory, however, they were stopped by the West Bistonian Islamic Front, which had prepared earlier as the Free Bistonian Army had thought. As they defended their territory from further falling into both sides, they mostly left Kagengrad vulnerable to an attack, and weeks afterwards, the Bistonian Armed Forces captured the city of Kagengrad, and as a result the West Bistonian Islamic Republic collapsed, lasting for only a week.
== Aftermath ==
In the aftermath of the fall of Kagengrad, West Bistonia was put under martial law, and the West Bistonian Socialist Republic had no longer ceased to exist. Afterwards, the Bistonian Armed Forces would launch an invasion on both Arshturn and Wilnotarn, forcing Crimsonia to surrender later on and sign the treaty of Kraibrezhen in the year of 1990. Georgi Tobuzov, which had been hiding for over nearly a year, had come clean to the Bistonian authorities, and was executed a year later. The West Bistonian Islamic Front, still active after the destruction of the West Bistonian Islamic Republic, would carry on a year long islamic insurgency in West Bistonia after the Crimsonian-Bistonian War, until it ended in 2005.
== Structure ==
During the West Bistonian Socialist Republic's existence from 1987 to 1989 for over nearly 2 years, the West Bistonian Socialist Republic had it's own military branch, government, and taxes and several many other more. However, it's structure had a setback as Crimsoniahad ruled over its foreign affairs, as it was essentially a puppet state by Crimsonia.
=== Currency ===
In the West Bistonian Socialist Republic, the country did not have their own currency. Instead, they adopted and used the Crimsonian Crimit, which was the official currency used in Crimsonia at the time. Also known by its short term name, CC. It would be their official currency until their collapse in the year of 1989. Other currencies which were used in the country was the Bistonian Provis, used from the year of 1987 to 1988, when it became completely useless and worthless due to the war. However, due to Crimsonia's crumbling economy, the Crimsonian Crimit became worthless aswell, and there were no other alternatives.
=== Population ===
During the creation of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic, it had over nearly 12.5 million people living within its borders, with the most people living in urban areas such as the city of Kagengrad. During the peak of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic, it had doubled to over 21.2 million people within their borders, however, the population in West Bistonia had gradually declined over time, starting with the beginning of Ilya Zhivkov's revival process, which resulted in millions of people within the country to flee to somewhere else, by 1989, the West Bistonian Socialist Republic had over only just 5.6 million people.
In the West Bistonian Socialist Republic, the majority ethnic group of the country was Crimsonian, which had a percentage of over 87% of the population. The Lithuanians inside the West Bistonian Socialist Republic were recognized as a minority group inside the country, taking over 21% of the population, with the rest of the percentage belonging to unrecognized tribes which lived in the rural mountainous areas. However, there was a major setback, as the Lithuanian minority inside West Bistonia faced discrimination and oppression by the authorities, with the majority of them being placed inside prisons or concentration camps where they were forced to work, and unrecognized tribes which lived within the country had their villages torched.
=== Language ===
In a majority Crimsonian West Bistonia, the Crimsonian language became an official language by the government, and became that way till the West Bistonian government collapsed. Although the Crimsonian language became the official language, some within West Bistonia spoke Lithuanian, and the West Bistonian government during the year of 1988 had officially recognized the Lithuanian language, until suddenly months later the West Bistonian government cracked down on the Lithuanian language, immediately banning it from being spoken and being teached in schools, newspapers, issued in the Lithuanian language, were banned, and the names of streets, cities and other monuments in Lithuanian were changed to the Crimsonian language.
=== Religion ===
Since the West Bistonian government was under a socialist system, West Bistonia declared itself a secular state, and advocated for state atheism throughout the country. Despite this, religion in West Bistonia was respected and often left alone by the West Bistonian authorities. The majority of people within the West Bistonian Socialist Republic adhere to Islam, with over a 78% percentage of people who adhere to it. Islam within West Bistonia was recognized by the government, and freedom of religion was advocated. However, this changed, as Ilya Zhivkov's revival process had cracked down on the practice and forcing the majority of them to convert, resulting in the beginning of a year long islamic insurgency throughout the country. The second largest religion in West Bistonia was mostly Orthodox, with 11% of people adhering to the religion. The rest of the percentage goes to those who adhere to Protestantism, and Catholicism.