Republic of Kharakov

A country on the server with no government or leader.

## Information

Kharakov is a landlocked country located in the Xinjiang desert, north of the Himalayan Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau. The former communist nation has benefited from rapid development as the government appear to be putting the population first and making sure they all have jobs, although this could change at any time. The north half of the country is being developed, with a new Northern Highway and farms to feed the population despite the hot, arid conditions.

The country used to be Totalitarian, but after a civil war, the country switched to Anarchist

## Old Capital City

Kharakov's former capital city is Turpan, in the north of the country. Turpan is on a small plot of land, as it is surrounded by hills and some of the useable land has been taken up by a lake. The city is filled with modern housing and a market where residents can buy and sell goods. Just outside the city is a farm to help feed the population. Turpan's Airport has helped the surrounding area economically by bringing people and goods into the landlocked country, as there are no road connections to any other countries, so air freight is the sole way of getting items into the anarchist country.

## 1st Civil War

On the 30/07/2020 at 1PM, the South Australian Government backed an uprising for a no-government rule in Aksu, the countries 2nd biggest city. The uprising, now armed and ready, advanced to the capital city, blowing up all checkpoints and the bridge into Turpan, before advancing and storming the government palace and blowing up the outside of it, forcing ImmAdam to step down on 10/08/2020 and begin negotiating a peace deal between the rebels. The peace deal ended with ImmAdam stepping down as leader, which created a power vacuum which led to an Anarchist Uprising and the country was renamed to the **Kharakov Commune.**

## Anarchist Takeover

After the 1st civil war, Kharakov went anarchist which means that there is no working government or services and the population control everything in the country. Unfortunately, this didn't work very well for Kharakov. Nothing was built or repaired from the violent civil war and there was no order, so shoplifting, robberies and gun violence turned into a big probloem.

Due to of all this mayhem, the United Nations decided to block Kharakov off from the world, making it very hard to get in and out and barring any goods that try to enter or leave Kharakov. Eventually, Pacifica and North Australia were able to get permission to enter Kharakov and visit it. Shortly after, the main goverments had come to Turpan, Kharakov's capital, to see what it was like.

After their visit, Pacifica had decided that because Kharakov was a flat desert, a race track could be built with ease, which could help ease violence and increase tourism in the area, allowing the country to start redeveloping.

## 2nd Civil War

After the democracies had constructed the raceway and the population of Kharakov got a glimpse of what a functioning government looked like, anti-anarchist protests started being held againt the pro-anarchist population. These protests slowly got bigger and bigger, until the anti-anarchists declared the **Republic of Kharakov**, a democratic (*Progressivism*) state that was independent from the Anarchist side. This then erupted into a civil war.

Battle and bombings raged on in all major cities, trying to take power. On 12/10/2020, the Republic pushed into anarchist-controlled Turpan, and after 2 hours of battle, eventually won the battle and began a siege of surrounding areas. This left a gap for the anarchists to take Aksu, and so they did.

On 02/11/2020, after a month of fierce, relentless battle in the hot and arid desert terrain, the Republic found their opportunity, and after many past failed attemps, went for Aksu. The fighting lasted about a day, and on 03/11/2020 just before midnight, the Republic had full control over Aksu, and the anarchists surrendered. This marked the end of a month-long conflict which damaged the nation severely and kiled many on both sides.

## Reconstruction

The damage caused in the 2nd civil war was catastrophic, add that up with the extremely rare F4 tornado that also ripped through the country, and you have a nation in dire need of basic resources. So far, only Pacifica has offered to help in the rebuilding effort, and considering the Kharakov government is in severe debt, who knows if the country will ever get back on it's feet.

Things do look somewhat promising though, as the government have announced the construction of a new capital city that will replace the war-torn city of Turpan should begin soon in the centre of the nation, which should help give the governemt a fresh start. The city will be be called Opento and will have road and air links to the rest of Kharakov and abroad.