The Communist Federated Republics (CFR)

## The Russian Federation (1991-2041)

In 1991, after the Fall of Soviet Union, the newly formed Russian Federation's promises of a better, more democratic state fell on deaf ears. Due to the fact that its obvious corruption quickly launched the country on a downhill spiral, plunging much of the population into poverty, and fracturing an already damaged economy through various moves that forced it into paying sanctions to the United Nations, such as the invasion of Crimea in 2014.

Russia's population decline also hit an all-time-high, with the national birth-rate dropping to unsustainable levels. Seeing the Russian Federation slowly tear itself apart, the people of Russia began looking towards the past, back at the glory days of the USSR; the Second Great Depression did not help in quashing this mindset.

## A New Nation (2041)

### The July Coup (2041)

On the night of July 16, 2041, the anniversary of the execution of the Romanov family, Russian communists intent on restoring the Soviet Union attacked the government in Moscow. Under the funding of the People's Republic of China and support of much of the public, the Russian government was toppled that same night, and the Communist Federated Republics (CFR) was born.

### Rearmament and Commune War (2041-2055)

China was the first to recognize the new nation and immediately sent in millions of troops to secure the government's sovereignty and prevent another coup. The Chinese also poured trillions of dollars into the CFR in order to repair its shattered infrastructure and joke of a military. During that decade, the CFR made up for its low population by taking advantage of its superiority in technology, innovating military technology by creating the first armored walkers, experimenting with super soldiers, and even creating mind-control technology.

   Ten years into its existence, the CFR decided to put its military to the test with the planned invasion of the former Soviet Republics that broke off in 1991, with the exception of Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltics, which were apart of the European Union (EU); in not wanting to begin World War III too early, the CFR stuck to those outside, taking Caucasus and Central Asian states in a matter of mere weeks. Despite not being victims of CFR conquest, many of the EU's eastern nations saw the writing on the wall, and openly feared potential war with the CFR, which had now formally allied itself with the Holy Islamic Empire (HIE), being one of the first three members of the Pact of Hegemony.

## World War III: The Victorious Years (2055-2064)

### WWIII: Proxy Wars & the American Front (2055-2062)

**Battle of Taiwan:** China set off the "Spark" that started World War III with a surprise invasion of Taiwan. CFR assistance guaranteed a Hegemony victory, as the combined military forces of both powers captured the island in 3 days, and destroyed the entire US Pacific fleet.

    Immediately, at the war's beginning, the European Union declared neutrality, afraid of the CFR to the east and the HIE to the south. This unexpected move left the CFR breathing room to focus the majority of its forces on the Pacific Campaign, assisting China in many its conquests, like the invasion of Korea, the Philippines and Japan, and driving the Allies into retreat all over the world.

**Operation Dragon's Fire:** In 2060, the Hegemony's successful drive east lead it the US mainland. America, already crippled by the war, was thrown off guard as China landed in the remains of LA, San Francisco and Seattle, while the CFR struck at Alaska, and pushed all the way to the Mississippi River and Canadian Wilderness. As the war in America devolved into a bitter stalemate, the CFR and HIE turned their eyes on the still neutral EU. And in the summer of 2062, the CFR diverted troops from the Canadian front for the invasion of Europe.

### WWIII: The European Front (2062-2064)

While the HIE attacked from the south, the CFR attacked from the east, overpowering the Slavic states within a few short months. Organizing a deal with France, the Hamburg Line was out flanked; Germany, Denmark and the low countries fell to the Hegemony, and the remaining Europeans united like never before, resisting in 3 main pockets: the British Isles, Iberia and Scandinavia.

### The Long Attrition

Unable to surpass the Oslo line in Scandinavia, and unconcerned about Iberia, the CFR launched an invasion of Britain, being the first foreign nation to sail an army across the English Channel since the Glorious Revolution during the 1680's. The Russians, with heavy casualties, were able to take over the entirety of Wales and much of southern England

However, despite losing those territories, Britain still held strong, surviving a relentless firebombing campaign and detonation of several tactical nukes on its soil. And with the CFR fighting wars in both Europe and Canada, attempting to crush equally fanatical resistors on their own lands, on two separate continents, the small but formidable Red Army began to break, and its population deficiency started showing itself in full effect.

### Safety Order 2063

Thus, in 2063, not long after the invasion of Britain, the CFR was the only Hegemony nation to abstain from building death camps in their occupied territories, instead using the populations as free labor to make up for its low population. Regardless of these efforts, the CFR's forces were still being spread, as in late 2064, the CFR withdrew from southern Britain.

## WWIII: The Great Jihad (2064-2071)

On December 1, 2064, the Holy Islamic Empire suddenly betrayed the Hegemony, declaring a holy jihad against the godless CFR and China.

Completely thrown off balanced, the CFR quickly saw itself under a full scale invasion by HIE from the southern Caucasus and Central Asia, after being easily pushed out of most of its gain in Europe. It also invaded from the west, pushing slightly east from its new positions in Belarus and Ukraine, making it dangerously close to the capital, Moscow. Ultimately, though, the HIE avoided capturing the city in favor of emphasizing on its campaign from the south.

With forces spread out absolutely thin all over the world, the CFR made the difficult decision to pull all of its forces out of North America. The forces that could be pulled from Europe were evacuated, but divisions completely cut off, like in northern France and Denmark, were stranded, but still holding out against the endless HIE hordes that attempted to destroy the CFR. From 2065 to 2067, the war between the CFR and HIE would show the slow progression of the HIE further into the Russian Motherland.

### WWIII: Battle of New Stalingrad (2067)

    The HIE, attempting to cement victory by first taking out the CFR and its symbolic as well as strategic city of New Stalingrad, amassed a force of 400 million men to take the heavily fortified city. Despite being outnumbered 50 to 1, the CFR held out, inflicted a staggering 10 million casualties on the HIE within the battle's first hour.

These horrendous losses did not stop the HIE, however, as it stubbornly stuck to its mission. The CFR also, against all logic, resisted valiantly against the endless Muslim hordes and human waves. The nightmarish battle lasted lasted seven months, from January to July of 2067. The battle began at the complete wrong time for the HIE, during a historic blizzard that hit far Eastern Europe and Central Asia, killing off many of the HIE invaders, who being from the warmer Middle East and Africa, were unprepared and unequipped for the extreme temperatures on display, with the city sometimes dropping all the way down to negative 50 degrees fahrenheit.

New Stalingrad was destroyed beyond repair and casualties estimates reached over 200 million, but the CFR came out victorious, proving such a decisive defeat to the HIE that they had to retreat on all fronts. In order to purely focus on ending the reign of the Godking and decimate the HIE, the Hegemony and the Allies agreed to a temporary ceasefire, the CFR included.

### The Pandemic & Final Push (2067-2071)

Not long after losing at New Stalingrad, though, the HIE begrudgingly released the HAVA Virus, an altered form of Ebola capable of wiping out humanity through its unique features and tendency to incubate in plants and trees, spreading through the air during photosynthesis.

The CFR, already having a low population as is, found itself suffering more casualties, nearly collapsing from the virus. Like the other nations of the world, the CFR was forced to burn down all of its forests in order to kill the disease at its source.

### Operation Burndown

In 2070, after the HAVA Virus ran its course, the CFR continued its invasion of the Middle East with Chinese assistance. A country which had previously condoned the genocide of foreign peoples, the CFR began exterminating every HIE citizen and soldier caught behind enemy lines or captured, taking no prisoners after the Battle of Baghdad.

### Operation Sunscorched I

Despite extraordinary progress, the Hegemony found itself suffering massive casualties during various vital battles, so the CFR implemented Operation Sunscorched I, the use of White Phosphorus and other illegal explosives on HIE cities to soften up their defenses.

### Operation Sunscorched II

After a brutal battle occurred to capture Medina, it was realized that firebombing wasn't effective enough, so they were forced to detonate several tactical nuclear bombs over every city on the Arabian peninsula in Operation Sunscorched II, using the remainder of its tactical nukes on the HIE. Troops formations and military bases were targeted first, then the CFR decimated the last cities of the Middle East, including but not secluded to Mecca, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sana'a and Jeddah. The HIE's presence in Arabia mostly ceased, and with India's assistance, the rest of the Mideast was carved up, leaving the HIE stuck to Central Africa.

## WWIII: Operation Unthinkable (2071-2072)

### End of the Ceasefire

After waiting through the cold and unforgiving Russian winter, as well as its wet spring, the Allies launched a surprise attack on the CFR mainland, invading through occupied Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltics and Finland. Operation Unthinkable, named after the planned Allied turn on the USSR in 1945, which was never enacted, began on June 6, 2071.

### Second Battle of Baghdad

The CFR presence in the Middle East was easily crushed by Indian forces, fleeing everything south of Turkey not long after losing Baghdad to protect the CFR itself from the European invaders to the south.

### Battle of St. Petersburg

With the CFR slowly crumbling because of its ultimately fruitless wars, its defenses were smashed by Allied forces. St. Petersburg fell, despite attempts to turn the city into a fortress. After the battle, both Allied and Hegemony forces dug in for the timely arrival of winter, halting advance on the front for nearly six months.

### Battle of Moscow

A year into the campaign, the Allies reached Moscow. Defending it tooth and nail only resulted in delaying the city's capture, however. The CFR's president met up with the Allies, and agreed to an unconditional, resulting in the country's complete dissolution. Like of the Soviet Union of old, the CFR failed in its mission to dominate the world under its communist ideology.