United States of Yugoslavia

Sjedinjene Države Jugoslavije

The **United States of Yugoslavia** (*Serbo-Croatian: **Sjedinjene Države Jugoslavije***) is a federation in southeastern Europe, bordered by the Socialist Republic of Italy to the west, the Republic of Austria and State of Magyaria to the north, the Kingdom of Romania and Tsardom of Bulgaria to the east, and the Republic of Albania and Hellenic Republic to the south. It is the founding member of the Belgrade Pact.

## History

### **The Grol** Presidency (1950-1954)

Milan Grol previously served as the President of Serbia for one and a half five-year terms before the foundation of the USY. After a four-month interregnum under the Temporary National Representation government, Grol was once again elected for a now-four-year term as the first President of Yugoslavia in 1950. Due to potential controversy, though Grol could technically serve a second four-year term, he announced that he would retire after only one term.

Grol was more remembered for his leadership of Serbia during the Second Weltkrieg than his post-unification tenure. However, his post-unification tenure played a significant role in shaping the Belgrade Pact's further integration, keeping the states allied even after the accomplishment of their initial goals to form a neutral, democratic defensive bloc within Europe.

### The Petrovic Presidency (1954-)

Despite the successful tenure of the Republican-Democratic Party of Yugoslavia, it was divided following the Grol Presidency on a course to follow. Supporters of Grol had opted for a moderate federalist union of nations, which defined the postwar constitution. However, various elements of the party, mainly in Serbia, began to advocate for a more centralized state. The R-Ds had their identity split on the issue by the 1954 election, and there was a legitimate risk of the party dividing itself among the issue, with Centralist faction leader Srdan Budisavljevic being accused of aligning more with the Yugoslav Radical Union than their own party.

The only man the party establishment could come to an agreement on was Milorad Petrović, a key general during the Second Weltkrieg, who had been asked to run for office after the war. Initially pressed to run by the Radicals, he disagreed with aspects of their domestic policy and instead, reluctantly, aligned with the R-Ds, later becoming publicly pressured to run as a moderate counterbalance to Budisavljevic's Centralist wing of the party. Petrovic defeated the Radical and Socialist opposition blocs with relative ease, maintaining his post-war popularity as well as uniting the two divided factions of the party.

Since 1954, Petrovic has mostly maintained the policies of his predecessor; focusing on building infrastructure, expanding the Yugoslav road system outside of national lines, strengthening the Belgrade Pact, further integrating the Yugoslav armed forces, and building cordial relations with the Third International, Moscow Accord, Entente, and Cairo Pact.

## Politics

### Republican-Democratic Party

The Republican-Democratic Party, the successor of the Serbian Republican Party, is the current ruling party of Yugoslavia. Reorganized and merged with Croatian and Slovenian parties in 1949 following the unification of Yugoslavia, it has formed an identity around liberalism and Yugoslavism. Leading Serbia and later Yugoslavia since 1931 in either of its forms, since unification, it has split itself into two main wings; Centralists and Federalists. Though it maintains a Moderate wing, its role in the party has shrank over time, now confined to supporters of Petrovic.

Moderate R-Ds are represented by the in-game ideology of Liberalism.

#### Centralist wing

The Centralist wing, a large-scale alliance between the former Croat-Serb Coalition, Bosniaks, Prescani Serbs, and more radical Yugoslavists, have gradually gained power and influence in the Republican-Democratic Party under leading figure Srdan Budisavljevic. Their doctrine is mainly suited in the further integration of south Slavic polities, rejecting ethnic federalism in favor of a singular Yugoslav identity, policy, and administration.

Centralist R-Ds are represented by the in-game ideology of Progressivism.

#### Federalist wing

The Federalist wing, deriving from the tradition of the Grol presidency and 1949 constitution, supports the opposite view of Yugoslavism as the Centralists as a federation modeled after the United States, drawing support from moderate Yugoslavists, Slovenes, Montenegrins, and Macedonians.

Federalist R-Ds are represented by the in-game ideology of Conservatism.

### Yugoslav Radical Union

The Yugoslav Radical Union is primarily derived from the Radicals of pre-unification Serbia, who, after the nation's unification, had further been radicalized into the far-right, particularly rejecting the policies proposed by the Centralists and Federalists alike.

Radicals are represented by the in-game ideology of Authoritarian Democracy.

### Socialist Party of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Party of Yugoslavia is the direct successor of the Socialist Workers' Party of Serbia, which, following its failure to seize power in 1936, as well as the disastrous Vukovar Congress which lost it potential allies in Croatia, had been forced to moderate and reform its power. Now a predominantly social democratic party, it has gradually recovered from the 1950's and is once again growing among Serbs disillusioned with both the Republican-Democratic Party and the Radicals.

Socialists are represented by the in-game ideology of Social Democracy.

### Syndicalist Party of Yugoslavia

The Syndicalist Party of Yugoslavia was created shortly after the failure of the Vukovar Congress, held after the unification of Yugoslavia in the face of the imminent 1950 election. Over criticism of the Serbian Socialist Workers Party for their perceived failure to take power in 1936, the planned merger of Illyrian and Slovene parties with the Serbian party did not come to fruition, leaving them to instead merge into the new Syndicalist Party of Yugoslavia.

Considerably more radical than their Socialist counterparts, the Syndicalist Party has gained considerable influence in Croatia, as well as former Socialists who had also felt rejected by the party's more moderate direction.

Syndicalists are represented by the in-game ideology of Syndicalism.