Grashian Color Revolution

* Mrassian Empire
* Garecian Republic (limited support)

* Commune of Briayon
* Socialist Republic of Lindonce

**SUPPORTED BY:**

**Mrassian Empire**

* Jens Hartstein
* Samuel Gutfreund
* Hannes Lindemann

**Garecian Republic**

* Declan West
* Warren Page
* Lorelai Finley

**SUPPORTED BY**

**Commune of Briayon**

* Gabriel Green
* Zack Fletcher

**Socialist Republic of Lindonce**

* Évrard Gallois

## **History**

Throughout most of its history, the Shahdom of Grashia had been a dominant power in Central Asia and the Middle East, however as the centuries would drag onwards, the Shah would see his power and control absolutely eclipsed by newly rising rivals like the Kingdom of Briayon, Lindonce and the expansionist Jayassian and Suhlamanian Empires. By the 1900s, the Shahdom of Grashia was a minor power. A long forgotten relic from a golden age long gone. During the Weltkrieg in the 1910s, the Shahdom being led by Prime Minister Dariush Dirbaz, attempted to invade the Albalan provinces to the West, but this would be repelled quickly and with the humiliating defeats on the frontlines, a white peace was signed in 1912, and Dirbaz would be killed the same year. After the Weltkrieg ended in 1918, the Shahdom was in the same place it always was. Isolated. Alone. Without allies. Yet in the 1920s, this would change rapidly as new ideologies arrived from Europe and Kenhai.

### **Desperate Times**

Up until the 1900s, Grashia was a very undeveloped state, falling even more behind the rest of the world. After 1918, only a small series of civilian and military factories had been consrtucted in the more urban areas, yet these were riddled with harsh working conditions and low wages, which would see the ideologies of the radical left begin to flourish. After the syndicalist revolutions in Briayon and Lindonce, the two leading Western powers began to spread their ideology to foreign lands even more, and Grashia was no exception. In 1925, the social democratic party was given a major boost with Briayonish political advisory. Then as the nation continued to slowly industrialize, the popularity of socialism and communism would rise along with it. Things escalated in 1937, when the incumbent prime minister, Zakaria Fathi, was shot by a radical socialist in the crowd. This would push the new ministry under Farzad Khodadad to act before a civil war would possibly emerge. His cabinet approached the Mrassian Empire for possible entry into the Berufspakt in December of 1937. The offer was accepted in 1939 and from there, the Shahdom of Grashia would be under Kulster’s protection.

### **Modernization Attempts**

Throughout the 30s, 40s, and 50s, the Shahdom would begin to modernize its society through its cooperation with the Mrassians and their allies, and on top of that the industrial situation was rapidly improving, as Grashia was once again catching up to the rest of the world’s standards. However things would come crashing down in the 1960s. The left wing in Grashai was still not satisfied with reforms, and in 1963, PM Hashem Vossoughi would be killed in a fire staged by the communist party. The new ministry under Khosrow Adib would use this as justification to ban al, radical left wing political parties in 1970, causing even more instability. There would be an assassination attempt on Adib in 1972 but this would fail and the offender would be arrested and later put to death for treason.

### **Weltkrieg Opportunities**

When the 2nd Weltkrieg broke out in 1990, the Shahdom intervened on the side of the Berufspakt, with many nationalists in the Parliament seeking the opportunity to expand Grashian influence at the expense of the JFSSR to the North.  Throughout the war, life in the Shahdom would change dramatically not seen since the beginning of the century. Martial law would be declared and all “traitorous” media was censored and their leaders arrested and put to death. Having enough of the chaos and authoritarianism, the people rallied to the Social Liberal Party of Grashia, under the leadership of Behnam Azadeh, who would begin to encourage democratic riots all throughout the country, which would succeed from 1991 to 1994. Azadeh would see support arrive in early 1993 when two Briayonish political advisors, Gabriel Green and Zack Fletcher arrived in Ardajan to discuss with Azadeh about helping him overthrow the Grashian government. The offer was accepted. The Commune of Briayon would begin to supply the Grashian liberals against the monarchy, however quickly things would get leaked to the Garecian Republic and Mrassian Empire, who after receiving the news began to put more pressure on the Shahdom to respond.

Meanwhile the 2nd Weltkrieg was still ongoing, the Shah was making little to no progress. The 1993 and 1994 planned invasions of the Jayassian Central Asian SSRs failed miserably which dealt a massive blow to military morale, and to make matters worse, a growing anti-monarchist, pro-liberal faction in the military led by General Hossein Kashkouli began to grow in popularity, and in July 1994, began to officially cooperate with the Azadeh Liberals, putting the monarchy and Prime Minister Hamid Qaderi in danger. The final trigger would come on February 19th, 1995, when an anti-war protest grew violent. The Royal Army was called in to quell the dissent, yet in response the Kashkouli Military Liberals arrived to aid the protesters. The Royal Army demanded the opposition stay back, but the crowd kept coming closer and closer to the royal palace and parliament buildings. Seeing no other option, the royalists opened fire. The Grashian Color Revolution had begun.

### **Igniting a Revolution**

The liberals requested aid from the social democrats and progressives, which agreed to take up arms against the shah and the corrupt prime minister. Seeing the crisis unfold, the Mrassian Empire and Garecian Republic sent last minute aid to the monarchists but to no avail. Support from the Berufspakt was quickly withdrawn, with the Internationale on the brink of victory in the wider war at hand, leaving the Shah and his remaining supporters to their own devices. Soon it would be too late. By May 1995, the government buildings and the capital city of Babyla would collapse and surrender to the liberal resistance. In the following weeks the Shah, Nasrin I Zakaria would be forced to abdicate the throne, and deny any heirs from taking the throne in the future. PM Qaderi would be placed on trial for betraying the Grashian people, and would be executed by squad gunfire.

With the monarchy deposed, the leader, and now hero of the revolution, Behnam Azadeh would be sworn in as the first president of the new Republic of Grashia. After taking power, Azadeh’s government would seek an immediate peace with the Pendel Internationale, which was accepted, and on September 1, 1995 Grashia had officially withdrawn from the war and the Berufspakt alliance. Yet the road towards full recovery was still a long way to go.