Veldan Union

*Ashka Fheldan Syshkara Restuan* (Kelryc)

### Motto

Workers of the world, unite!"Olusaln las itka cavanyrn, ashk!"English Lit: "Laborers of all countries, unite!"

## Societal Overview

### Major Religions

None (State Atheism) (See Below Once Written)

### Language

None Official At Federal Level, Primarily Kelryc

## Historical Overview

### Founded

1925

The **Veldan Union** (Kelryc: Fheldan Askhar), officially the **United Veldan Socialist Republics** or the **Union of Veldan Socialist Republics** (Kelryc: *Ashka Fheldan Syshkara Restuan*, *Ashkar las Fheldan Syshka Restuan*), commonly abbreviated as the **UVSR** (Kelryc: *AFSR*) is a nation in Syvanirastir. It possesses overseas territories, however these are limited. It's influence over other nations, however, remains strong despite losses after the events of 1989-1992.

Throughout most of the 20th century, the Veldan Union was politically, economically and sometimes militarily at odds with many of it's neighbors, particularly the members of the Arkasian Confederation. While it sided with the Allies during World War II, it took the side of the Soviet Union for a time during the Cold War before breaking from them and aligning themselves more with Avgrov, the leader of the CommPact and Yugoslavia, one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement. However, after a number of years, these relationships too failed to produce the results that the Veldan government was hoping to achieve, and therefore they founded the Ander Pact, together with the allies they had managed to gain in Syvanirastir after World War II had ended and the Arkasian Civil War had begun. The Ander Pact eventually reached the point of near-collapse due to the events of 1989-1992, such as the collapse of the Soviet Union, the reunification of Germany and the breakup of Yugoslavia, however due to efforts made by some of it's member states it remains to this day, albeit with several members having left after becoming democratic.

The Veldan Union itself nearly suffered catastrophic failure near the end of the 20th century, as civil war broke out in the country after the government decided against democratization. This conflict, known as the Veldan Civil War, resulted in a costly victory for the communist government. However, some of the communist governments amongst their allies were not so fortunate, either being forced to democratize or recognizing the futility of resisting the will of their people and conceding power peacefully. During the conflict, several nations sent troops to aid the anti-communist forces in the Veldan Union and, to a lesser degree, it's allies. These efforts, similarly to the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, failed and were eventually acknowledged publicly by these nations' governments, notably Arkasia, which had managed to quietly organize a number of troops and equipment from several factions in it's civil war to join the other nations involved. These troops even numbered communists, as Arkasian Communists largely believe in free, democratic government in which communism is the chosen ideology, rather than enforced, non-democratic communist government or technically-democratic one-party communist government.