Mongolia

Flag of Mongolia

**Mongolia,** officially the **Bogd Mongolian Khanate,** is a small empty country in East Asia. It is a Unitary Autocratic Theocratic Monarchy like Tibet as the two share the same kind of Buddhism, it is ruled by no house given how its succession works. Mongolia took place in several small border wars with Ma and would later lose Inner Mongolia to the Fengtian clique after an invasion by the Guominjun, Mongolia is not as weak as you may assume given it has more power than neighboring Xinjiang. Mongolia was forced independent from China on February 4th 1921 after Roman Von Ungern-Sternberg forced out one of the many cliques in China. Mongolia did not participate in the Second Weltkrieg but it did send some forces with Russia given Mongolia was so heavily tied to Russia as to be basically reliant on them. Mongolia is a member of the Moscow Pact however it is not a puppet to Russia. However this has soured relations with the rest of the world as Mongolia may have to turn to the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere should it wish to survive the coming decade.

## History

In 1936 Mongolia was underneath the control of the Mad Baron Roman Von Ungern-Sternberg, who saw himself as the reincarnation of Genghis Khan and he ruled the nation with an iron fist. However the authority of Russia was the only thing keeping his rule from collapsing and with the Assassination of Kerensky in 1936 Mongolia was cut off by Kornilov's government. This started a massive revolt in the west called locally as the "Western War" but is known across the world as the Mongolian Civil War. This war did not have the same large frontlines as later wars and was rather fought with bands of guerilla fighters and bandits as Roman-Sternberg tried to keep the nation from collapsing entirely. This would fail as the nobles of Mongolia took the oppurunity to rid themselves of the Mad Baron's rule over Mongolia and he was assasinated. It was decided that a regency council of Nobles would take power and they quickly crushed the revolt. However Mongolia would not rest with one of their generals Buyandelger would attack in Suiyuan starting the Suiyuan Border war with Ma. Mongolia would win this fight and gain the region. At the same time the Mongolian state decided to try rapprochement with Kornilov's Russia who would support the young state and Savinkov would continue this policy after Kornilov's death. Eventually Mongolia was able to stabilize but it would still have to fight with the outbreak of the Yushu war between Ma, Tibet, Sichuan, and Mongolia. Mongolia would preform admirably but would not be able to defeat the Ma Clique. However before the Ma clique was able to secure Mongolia under one of their family members, Russia intervened stating that should such a thing occur Russia would attack the Ma Clique. The Ma backed down and a new order was made in the region. However a new conflict was brewing with the Guominjun having seized large parts of Internationally recognized Inner Mongolia. The Fengtian clique also had claims on the Territory and an agreement was made where Mongolia would be forced to cede the territory in return for Fengtian aid and the joint military operation against the Guominjun should war erupt. However when that time came in 1946 Russia would end up destroying Mongolia's reputation by forcing Mongolia to not follow up on their promises and in-fact to straight up fund the Guominjun. This would obliterate Mongolia's reputation with the Chinese States and only Guangzhou would have any hope of rapprochement nowadays. Mongolia is in a precarious situation being a forced "ally" of Russia as Russia takes over more and more of the nations foreign policy. Should Mongolia wish to repair its reputation it will need to find new allies with Japan seeming the most likely option.

## Military

The Mongolian military only has an Army force but this army is well known for its viciousness. The Mongolian army is comprised of very maneuverable divisions capable of quick encirclements and while they are small they are harder to catch. This gives the Mongolians an edge in steppe warfare allowing them to cut off enemy divisions from supply lines and also to slowly but surely chip away at their opponents Strength.