New Baltic Union

Flag of the New Baltic Union in 2163

The **New Baltic Union**, sometimes called the **New Baltic**, is a rather new state that was founded in 2160.

## History

### Colonisation (2070's-2106)

In the 2070's, baltic people would begin arriving to Earthia on rockets and settling in small scale, founding a few tiny towns around the area they landed in, none exceeding 500 population. In 2080, a new, larger wave of baltic people would arrive to the planet in order to escape the death of the Earth, founding their own new towns and cities. The area would remain mostly depopulated for a long while, taking until 2096 to even grow to a population of over 100 thousand. In 2104, a swift Soviet move to capture the territory would begin, managing to take it over without much resistance by 2106, incorporating it into their state.

### The Soviet Days (2106-2060)

Following the Soviet takeover, the region would be quickly put under the programs of russification, with it's populace facing many deportations to other regions of the Soviet state, being forced to endure under the opressive system. By the 2120's, the Soviet government would grow disinterested in the territory, believing they had managed to russify the local inhabitants enough, ending their policy of russification for around a decade, allowing the baltic people to regroup and regrow, reaching a population of 500 thousand by 2128. In the 2130's, the Soviet regime would reinstate their opressive policies for the coming future, believing the population had gotten out of control and had stopped being "russian enough". The largest deportations took place during March 2133, when around 14 thousand baltic people were forceably relocated from their homes to other regions of the state. The opressive policies of the Soviet state would slowly decrease in intensity, being completely ended in 2150. By that tine, the baltic population had already surpassed 650 thousand due to a sharply increasing birthrate. The territory would later come under the control of  New Africa in 2160 following a war, becoming the New Baltic Union.

### A New Occupier (2160-2163)

After their takeover, New Africa would put Ernst Kopp incharge and General-Governor and then General-President, leaving him to manage the territory for them. Soon after being put incharge, trying to appeal to the baltic population, Ernst would appoint baltic german politician Jonathan Kalniņš as the head of government. Their rule is mostly known for the construction of major cities in the territory, such as the capital New Riga, as the territory's inhabitants had previously been spread out over many smaller towns and cities. Their rule has not lasted long enough for any other major events to yet happen, though they have also began a few economic and cultural reforms, attempting to slowly implement more Fascistic elements into governance, culture and the economy.

### The Fight For Freedom (2163-2164)

***"I don't know? I guess we'll figure out this crap..."** - Nikolai Ryzhkov*
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Even with their best attempts, the state began to slowly collapse, as the baltic people, now more united as ever, began to protest against the government and ask for political reform, which Ernst Kopp was unwilling to partake in, leading the protests to only grow in scale. With New Africa at the same time expierencing it's own troubles and unable to help as much, the state would slowly descend deeper into chaos, with armed militias forming in major cities by October. On October 22nd, the militias in New Riga would unite and storm the government buildings, managing to capture Ernst and force him to step down from leadership, putting Jonathan incharge as a possible replacement, though this quickly would fall apart as more radical militias in other parts of the state would begin an open revolt. New Lithuania would declare independence on November 2nd and being followed by New Estonia on November 19th, while the latvians would remain loyal for a bit longer, only declaring their freedom on December 3rd, forming  New Latvia. The New African forces stationed in the region would finally react to the chaos, pushing back the estonians and transforming the New Baltic Union into Notstandsregierung Estland, putting Abelard Stauss incharge of it. Things would suddenly get worse for New Africa on December 16th, when socialist rebels stormed the New Riga Jail and murdered Ernst Kopp, who was being held there. The war would continue into 2164, seeing many more brutal and bloody battles deciding the fate of the baltic people. When  New Volgograd got invaded by  Orendzhik Soviet Republic, many Baltic people moved back to their original home, as they had moved to escape the New Baltic Union.