Democratic Republic of Abassia

## **History**

The Democratic Republic of Abassia was founded in January of 1950 as the Mrassian Empire in Africa was beginning to collapse. With the help of native Abassian leader, Musawenkosi, a new democratic republic was established in the South Sahara. He would be sworn in as the first president of the new republic in March of the same year, and Abassia would soon become the first domino to fall in the era of Decolonization. The Musawenkosi would fund and support several more African independence movements for the rest of his term in office, and would be replaced by Jabulani in 1958. Jabulani would take the republic down a more radical path.

Jabulani in 1961 would announce his plans of industrializing and modernizing the Abassian state. In the speech he proclaimed: “Abassia was the first to lead Africa towards freedom. Now we must set an example for the others to follow once again. Africa shall enter a new period of prosperity and modernity.” From 1961 to 1979 the nation would follow through with the original Jabulani plan. New factories were constructed throughout the Southern provinces, which would give a significant rise in the economy.

The late 70s would see modernization, but would see major political setbacks. The democratic socialist administration under Abdul would begin to suppress conservative and right wing nationalistic media and political figures, claiming they would ruin the future of the country. Abdul would quickly develop a cult of personality style of government near the end of term, but he would be voted out of power in 1982. The new president, Kupakwashe would move away from egotism, yet would remain authoritarian. His government would receive political support from the Socialist Republic of Lindonce. Lindoncian investments would further boost the economy and government popularity for the rest of the 80s.

Despite remaining neutral during the 2nd Weltkrieg, Abassia would leave the 1990s an even more divided state. Years of authoritarian and corrupt governance in the Cold War left the traditionalist majority of the country spiteful and oppressed. In the early 2000s, conservative, centrist, and liberal parties began demanding major reforms and a more ideologically balanced approach to government rule. President Mukasa would ignore their complaints and by the end of his term in 2009 he would begin to criminalize what he called “anti-government” practices. This included all opposition parties being criminalized. Tension would continue to escalate between the people and the government as the world entered the 2010s. The 2009 and 2017 Elections would see the conservative parties win a majority, yet the results would be manipulated and as such the left wing would stay in power.

Conservative resistance movements began calling out the government for their corruption and “selling their souls to the socialists in Clacton.” This would be denounced by the Socialist Republic of Lindonce, a longtime supporter of the Abassian government. Things would escalate rapidly in the early 2020s, when the military under General Kareem, would trigger the formation of an anti-government faction within the military. Things would get more tense as the recently formed Democratic League announced their support for the Kareem faction.

In 2023, Lindonce’s chairwoman, Laurine Bettencourt would announce her support for the loyalist Abassians, and the democratic socialist government. Despite her caution, she would end up sending political and military advisors to stop the Kareemists from taking over. In response the Democratic League began sending their own men to help support the Kareemists. Finally in the late summer of 2023, the Kareemists launched their coup. They marched on the Abassian capital of Kazérina. Overthrowing the leftist regime with the support from the people and other anti-socialist mailitias. Kareem would become the official military dictator of Abassia.

Kareem would denounce the Caul Accord, and would force all Lindoncian figures to leave the country, and the actions would be heavily protested against by the government in neighboring People’s Republic of Jacoria, triggering a new geopolitical crisis between Kareem’s Abassia, backed by the Garecian Republic, and the Abassian leftists in exile and the PR of Jacoria backed by the Socialist Republic of Lindonce.