Commune of Briayon

The Commune of Briayon was born from the ashes of the First Weltkrieg during the Briayonish Revolution which lasted from 1921 to 1924. From there, the CoB soon became the leading Syndicalist nation in the world, leading the Pendel Internationale bloc in the Cold War.

## History

1921, Syndicalists attempted to seize power in a coup, but were repelled by the parliament guard forces. Seeing no other option for change, the worker unions rose up against the government, beginning the **Briayonish Civil War**. It wouldn't be until 1924, when all remaining White Army divisions surrendered, ending the civil war in a syndicalist and union victory. Hero of the revolution, **Calvin Harrison** became the first chairman of the **Commune of Briayon**. With the new government in charge, action was taken to make radical reforms. **Adrian Lindoncis**, a Totalist, became the new chairman in 1929, and adopted a more totalitarian and militaristic government. The Lindoncis cabinet pushed forward the ideas of eternal revolution through any means necessary. In 1936, The **Pendel Internationale** Bloc was formed between the socialist powers of Europe in a united front against the capitalist **Berufspakt bloc** that was formed 3 years prior. The Commune of Briayon started sending volunteers to the Garecian Syndicalist Republic, in the first proxy of the **cold war**. Meanwhile, **Montgomery Watts** was elected as chairman, pushing his predecessor's interventionist ideology even further.

Following the defeat of the syndicalist volunteers in Garecia by 1942, the totalists lost a majority of support in the parliament. Not wanting to back down completely, the Watts cabinet supported the **Socialist Republic of Lindonce** in the **Rouchette Affair**, but was embarrassed when his allies were forced to stand down, ending the crisis in the Beruspakt’s favor. In 1946, the government under **Ryan Matthews**, formed the **Briayonish Central Security Agency (BCSA)** was officially established as the new secret services of the government. For its first months of existence the BCSA received a lot of government funds to help boost the organization, and guarantee loyalty to the syndicalist government.

By 1950, Mrassian Indochina collapsed into open revolt between colonial loyalists, republicans, and communists. Answering the call of communist rebel leader, **Nguyễn Minh Kỳ**, the Commune of Briayon immediately began sending volunteers. Along with that, artillery and modern weaponry was sold to the communist militias. This would be the first in line of several independence groups backed by the CoB throughout the 1950s and 60s. Then in 1975, in an attempt to calm down cold war tensions, chairman **Henry Cooke** called for a series of diplomatic conferences with each of Briayon’s cold war rivals, to try and prevent the possibility of a 2nd Weltkrieg ever coming to fruition, however his pacifist attitude would not be taken seriously, and would even be considered by many to be a cover up for alternate motives.

1989 would see **Benedict George** elected as chairman, and began to build up the military industry for war against the Mrassian Empire. On the night of his inauguration, he stated the final war of liberation was drawing closer each day. The JFSSR in 1990, intervened in the Destburgian Civil War to aid the red army which was struggling. Benedict George and his government, eager to seize the opportunity, joined the war as well, beginning the **2nd Weltkrieg**. 1991, the Socialist Republic of Lindonce surrendered as their government collapsed and fled into exile to continue the fight under Briayonish protection.

1994, with help from the **Briayonish Workers’ Navy**, mainland Lindonce was successfully liberated, and the Western front was reopened. Progress in the 2WK stalled when the JFSSR managed to secure the capital of Kulster first. Seeing victory in the European theater, the commune turned its attention to the Garecian Republic. In 1996, Garecia surrendered and the **Treaty of Pendel** was signed, ending the 2nd Weltkrieg in a Pendel Internationale victory, however the state of the nation was terrible. Many cities along the channel coastline were in desperate times and needed government aid.

By 2000, urban life began to improve in Southern cities and the capital. Industry around this time also began to recover as the country resumed the production of civilian goods. Things progressed even more when **Hayden Hughes**, a moderate socialist was elected as chairman in 2005. Further economic reforms would be done, including the introduction of several new construction projects which gave jobs to 2WK veterans, alongside the implementation of new trade deals with friendly states. Then the biggest post-2WK development would come in 2021, when a former BCSA agent, **Hazel Scott** was elected as the first female head of state in Briayonish modern history.

A Briayonish reactionary by the name of **Ralphie Parry** attempted to shoot Hazel Scott and her husband **Richard** while on a tour of a revamped Briayonish History Museum opening ceremony. It was suspected that the assassin was working for the **Jayassian Federation of Soviet Socialist Republics**, flaring up world tension. Then in 2023, it happened. The **Summer Crisis** kicked off after the JFSSR and **Mrassian Soviet Republic** began to remilitarize the border with the SR of Lindonce. To secure its allies and maintain dominance over Western Europe, the Caul Accord was formed between several Western syndicalist and progressive nations. The **Second Cold War** had officially begun.

## Politics

### Heads of State (1921-PRESENT)

1. Calvin Harrison (1921-1929)
2. Adrian Lindoncis (1929-1937)
3. Montgomery Watts (1937-1945)
4. Ryan Matthews (1945-1953)
5. Lucian Clark (1953-1961)
6. Dexter Burns (1961-1973)
7. Henry Cooke (1973-1981)
8. Prince Walsh (1981-1989)
9. Benedict George (1989-1997)
10. Taylor Lee (1997-2005)
11. Hayden Hughes (2005-2013)
12. Zack Mccarthy (2013-2021)
13. Hazel Scott (2021-)