Weisendorf

The Flag of Weisendorf

## Economy

### Economy Overview

A large state planning apparatus with needs-based production and distribution, with a small foreign market influence. Strict regulations on private enterprise, with all being state-owned.

### **Overview**

Weisendorf, officially named the People's Republic of Weisendorf, is a country on the western portion of the Eastern Continent. Its capital, Haselau, is regarded as the word's most populated city. Weiss holdings only go as far south as the Jungle island with the province of "Sud-Urwald". The country is divided into 16 provinces, with the Greater Haselau Metro Area being the country's largest. The country has a massive population of 14 million people that is dramatically growing.

### **History**

Weiss can trace their history back to old Teichland, which existed on a previous map with the original Cylaria, now Dovena and the original Ypsidavia. However, history of Weisendorf as Weisendorf started here, along with the second iteration of Cylaria and Ypsidavia's first successor state, Red Rock. Weisendorf's current flag is a communist rendition of the flag that arrived with Weiss settlers on this world.

The first Weiss administration, led by the corrupt despot Ernst Lansa is not looked favorably upon by many Weiss to this day. An administration fraught with corruption, shady backroom dealings, and misappropriation of state funds that caused Weisendorf to severely lag behind the other nations in the Eastern Union at the time in population growth, technology, development and infrastructure. A hollowed out castle that sits in Central Weisendorf is a testament to his failure of administration - spending misappropriated state funds on a hollow shell of a building for someone who didn't care about him in the first place.

### **The Rise of Dovenese Fascism**

Please read The War of Dovenese Fascism to learn more.

### **The Coup**

After the war, the inadequacies of the Weiss administration were on full display. Following a series of foreign policy gaffes where they threatened to nuke any country that sided with Dovena, they turned to a policy of isolationism. The support for the people following the devastation of the war was lackluster, if not nonexistent. Stripping of civilian resources to make up for lost war materials agitated the people, and many in the army took notice.

Then, it happened. Mid-day, a squad of 6 armored trucks stormed across Haselau and surrounded the government building. A group of 6 high-ranking army officers stormed into Lansa's office, and demanded he immediately step down from his position of supreme head of state. Lansa stepped down, and in the interim a military junta took power with the Emergency Internal Senate voting on who would be the next head of state of Weisendorf.

### **The First Revolution, and the reign of Ernst Paul Ludendorff**

The incredible amount of work that Ludendorff did for Weisendorf and the Weiss people can take up an article of its own. Please read it here.

### **Gramlich's Reforms and the events of the Hilltop Massacre**

After the passing of Ernst Paul Ludendorff, his successor was elected by way of the internal senate was Clemens Gramlich, a moderate politician (by party standards) who previously served as the head of the Weiss Department of Transportation. Over the time of his reign, he oversaw a number of crisis events, none more notable than the series of global terrorist attacks that paralyzed the eastern continent with fear.

Gramlich's administration saw even further centralization of the military and command apparatus to defeat the terrorists, which after a combined effort between Ypsidavia, Dovena and Weisendorf saw the terrorists defeated. The victory against the terrorists secured Gramlich his second victory through the internal senate.

What followed is what many in Weisendorf believe to be a series of disastrous mistakes. It is unclear what happened, whether the party approved this or if Gramlich went mad, but he went on a series of liberal reforms. Opening up the Weiss economy to any foreign company that wanted to operate within the country, liberalizing the election process, and laying the ground roots for insidious plots to privatize many Weiss essential services to outside companies. Following this, many companies began operation in Weisendorf such as Stellacorp, Feldstein Corporation's DBCD, McBroken, and Sawrey Holdings.

### **The First and Only "Liberal" Weiss Election**

The liberal democracy style elections that took place after Gramlich stepped down from office could be described as nothing more than a shit-show. Running between 3 candidates- the Libertarian Socialist Helmut Kasche, the Libertarian Socialist with Feminist Characteristics Elise Leitz, and Party Hardliner Fritz Lowe. Lowe dropped out the night before the election, and Leitz dropped out mid-way through election night- with Kasche narrowly winning 6 out of 10 possible internal senate votes. He paid lip service to liberal democracy, lessening term limits and changing election laws to model

### **Kasche's Silent Constitutional Crisis**

Despite the "all is well" Vernier from Weiss Media and international observers, all was not well. As Kasche was a liar, through and through. He manipulated the message of being a libertarian socialist when he was the furthest thing from. His administration saw a rapid decentralization of agriculture and industry, even further loosening the restrictions on foreign companies operating within Weisendorf. Many within the party was fearing that Kasche would betray the revolution and seek to establish a capitalist class within the country. Then, came the silent constitutional crisis.

Kasche attempted to upend the Weiss constitution, and this plot was only known by agents of the ISB, and the inner echelon of the party, as well as some spies in the Yuldustani Ministry of Intelligence. His most egregious changes were to be removing the protections against privatization of assets (as the constitution states "conspiracy to privatize any part of state assets is immediate grounds for impeachment"), removing the protections against foreign racketeering in Weisendorf, and most criminal of all - putting forth a plan to sell Weiss design bureaus into the hands of rising stars already made apparent by the Gramlich administration. This would then cascade into the selling off of Weiss education, the Weiss transportation authority, the Weiss housing authority to those same "rising stars" All then to successfully undermine, axe and dismantle Weissplan, and distribute the assets to those "rising stars". The ISB and members within the Party scrambled to stop Kasche in whatever way they could.

### **The Dominos Present Themselves (The Second Yuldustan Conflict)**

Please read The Second Yuldustani Conflict for more insight.

### **The Second Revolution**

Mass protests started in Haselau. Communist iconography of Ludendorff, slogans calling Kasche a corporate dog, a bourgeois bootlicker being shouted and flown from the protests and UWH. A man walks forward with a megaphone and stands atop a stopped bus. He begins to yell into the microphone, reading an impassioned speech about how capitalist Dovena sold the secrets of Weiss countrymen for profit, how this is what capitalism brings.

Then, a gunshot. Two. Three. The man collapses on the bus, dying not a moment later from his wounds. The protestors are **ENRAGED.** Scores of gunshots from communist and anti-communist sides in the protest rang out, as police completely lost control over the situation in Haselau. The Weiss Army, not an hour later stages a full blown mutiny against the Weiss government. Yuldistani High Command, seeing what's about to happen makes a decisive move and slams 12 divisions through the Weiss border. In the south, civilians do not resist the advancing Yuldistani Army- many march with them, even Weiss Army units roll alongside them. Yuldustani Intelligence along with the ISB then initiated Operation Red Truth, where the entire lid of Kasche's constitutional crisis was blown open. This press was heavily censored by Ypsidavian and Dovenese media.

The protestors declare the Second Revolution, setting up the newly founded People's Republic of Weisendorf under the leadership of Fritz Lowe. Mass defections and mutinies of the Weiss military are seen, changing sides to the revolutionaries. The numbers are staggering. 60% of the army, 95% of the Navy and 55% of the Air Force were in open revolt of Kasche's government, defecting to the People's Republic of Weisendorf.

### **The Weiss Civil War**

Please read the article on The Weiss Civil War here.

### **Weiss Reconstruction**

Yuldustan and Weisendorf worked to maintain good relations after the Civil War, with Weisendorf adopting many of Yuldustan's security laws, such as press censorship and a limit on travel. A parade was held in Weisendorf and Yuldustan to celebrate the communist victory over capitalism. Fritz Lowe set about doing the best he could to revitalize the Weiss economy, mainly with huge public works projects to revitalize employment and rebuild the nation.

The Yuldustani Collapse saw Weisendorf become heavily isolated diplomatically and economically, where they began to branch out. Dovena was still very chilly following the war, however Ypsidavia was surprisingly open to negotiations. Fritz Lowe developed sort of a quasi-friendship with Max Hays, the President of Ypsidavia. They formed a few trade deals, and worked to mend relations between the two nations. Also, without Yuldustan breathing down Weisendorf's neck, Weisendorf was safe to roll back many of its security laws- including loosening press restrictions, loosening travel restrictions, and more.

### **The Rise of Kollner and the Modern Weisendorf**

Fritz Lowe, passing away suddenly was succeeded by a rising star in the Weiss Communist Party, Jennifer Kollner. Establishing a clear line of succession as her first action, she slowly worked to reform the Weiss economy. Under her watchful eye, foreign corporations were allowed to operate within Weisendorf under massive regulations that benefitted the people and ONLY the people. The doubling of Haselau in population and beauty, the construction of the Capitol Complex, the Weissplan Building and the Administrative Buildings. The construction of Embassy Row, the districting of Haselau with laying out future plans for massive expansion, and the division of Weisendorf into provinces. The construction of Ludendorff Tower, the tallest and arguably most beautiful building in the world. The construction of Henning Tower. The construction of the New Haselau. With possibly her greatest victory - amending ties with the FWU, Ypsidavia and Dovena completely - and restarting trade to add a huge boon to the Weiss economy.

The modern Weisendorf stands high and mighty. Achieving a stature only shared by Ludendorff himself, Kollner has revitalized the Weiss economy, renewed the Weiss spirit, and set the nation up for nothing short of greatness. Optimism and happiness among the people of Weisendorf is the highest it's ever been. Recent surveys show that the people of Weisendorf have 93% confidence in Kollner, 95% confidence in the leadership of the Weiss Communist Party, and 95% confidence in the future for the People's Republic of Weisendorf. Kollner has taken her rightful place among Ludendorff - as one of the greatest leaders of the People's Republic of Weisendorf.

### **Trivia**

The first Weiss tank to reach Prescott during the War of Dovenese Fascism, "Sennfeld Machine Works No. 224 'Elsa's Chariot'" is still surviving, operational, and is on display at the Weiss war museum in the Wagner district of Haselau. It was named after the commander's daughter, Elsa.

The Coup of the Weiss Army Officers against the Lansa administration is the event that inspired Mure to depose their monarchy, with their military doing almost the same thing as the Weiss military did.