Free Domains

## Description and Core Beliefs

Free Domains are typically lower class inspirited governments, that is a political and economic ideology that positions itself in opposition to liberal democracy, free markets, monarchies, imperialism, oligarchies, feudalism, and a various other ideologies and governments that advocate for the "class system". Free Domains advocate instead for a classless system in which the means of production are owned communally and private property is nonexistent or severely curtailed. This version of Free Domains applies to a majority of the subclasses of Free Domains except for the "Workers Domain", which is a social and economic doctrine that calls for public rather than private ownership or control of property and natural resources, but neither believes in the total abdication of private ownership of property or the complete dissolution of the classes. According to the Workers Domain view, individuals do not live or work in isolation but live in cooperation with one another.

**Workers Domain**

Workers Domains were first established in the 1720s A.T.F, through a series of industrial worker led revolutions that sprung up in The Empire of Brettland. Although these revolutions' were quickly put down, the ideas and beliefs surrounding them continued to persist across the world. Worker Domains do not believe in the total eradication of classes, but rather a society that acknowledges that regardless of class everyone is equal under law and thus deserves the basic necessities to life (healthcare, food, housing) from those in power. Workers Domains also believes that whatever anyone of any class makes, they must contribute their fair share to compensate back to society for the betterment of all. Followers of Worker Domains are more liberal to individual beliefs such as religion, and morality, and thus unlike the majority of Free Domain practicers, Worker Domains typically do not bar the worship of religion. Worker Domains also believe in a planned economy, where pricing mechanisms are put in place to prevent one class from dictating the prices of what another class produces. This system of regulation, would further be protected by a tug-of-war style checks and balances, in which unionization and worker alliances would be formed to keep the means of production within the hands of the working class.

**Red Domain**

Red Domains were popularized and first established during The War For Orbis. Red Domains were a more extreme take on the "Worker Domain" ideology, and was peedled by its creator Ivan Balinskie. Ivan had successfully ousted the Free States of The North, and replaced the vanquished state with his new nation state, The United Vics Republics Union. As time progressed Ivan began to make changes to the basis of his nations ideology of a Workers Domain, and began to implement his own policies that would be dubbed "Red Domains". Followers of Red Domains believed that, for the free people of the world to live in a utopia, all land must be publicly owned, protected by the workers, and that all classes and religion must be abolished. Red Domains advocated for the seizure of privately owned assets by a centrally planned government, and to have them equally distributed amongst the common men of The Free Domain. Red Domains stressed the importance of Human Collectivism rather than Individualism, and even went so far as to pander to Human Nationalism, oftentimes turning its members against Non-Human inhabitants of Nara. Some key components of Red Domains was Land Collectivisation, Abolishment of Currency, State Enforced Atheisms, Abolishment of The Class System, and The Collective Effort to Build one State "For all". This collective effort to build one "State For All" would, inturn, reap benefits such as state provided housing, consumables, healthcare, services, entertainment, and employment. Red Domains were considered to be the most hyper aggressive of the three subclasses of Free Domains, oftentimes being a proponent for dictatorships and complete reductions of civil liberties for what followers of Red Domains perceived as "The Greater Good".

**True Domain**

True Domains are a political philosophy and anarchist school of thought that advocates for a Free Domain. True Domains developed from the linear Free Domain ideology during the early 1600s A.T.F, the ideology was mostly peedled by the peasantry and frontiersmen of feudal nations. True Domains called for the abolition of private property but retains respect for personal property and collectively-owned items, goods, and services. Followers of True Domains supports social ownership of property and direct democracy among other horizontal networks for the allocation of production and consumption based on the guiding principle "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs". Some forms of True Domains are strongly influenced by egoism and radical individualism, believing True Domains to be the best social system for realizing individual freedom. Most followers of the True Domain System view True Domains as a way of reconciling the opposition between the individual and society.

## History

Free Domains first began to manifest themselves during the decline of Feudalism, during this age the social hierarchies of Feudal Kingdoms began to shift, and with this change came a large reconstruction of the lower classes social order. The shift from societies dominated by the rich, and predominantly populated by the poor saw a rise in the middle class. The middle class that once consisted of a few, fortunate merchants, commoners, and craftsmen now began to swell in size. Even with the rise of the middle class, living conditions for those seated under the rich in many Danikan, and Orbisian Socitiest did not generally improve. While housing availability and individualism gradually rose, the conditions the middle classes found themselves was barely considered a step up from that of being a peasant. This discontent amongst the middle class resulted in the Free Domain ideology growing very popular amongst the common folk, and the first iterations of Free Domains came during a series of revolts in the late 1600s A.T.F in Franika. One of the leading Peasant Generals named, Mylan Commune, was credited as being the founder of The Free Domain Ideology. These peasant revolts in Franika, although minor, were the first stepping stones for Free Domains.

After the failed Free Domain Peasant Revolutions in Franika, a snowball effect set about only decades after in the 1720s A.T.F, industrial workers inspired by the Franikan Revolts decades prior, rose up in revolution seizing several factories. The Brettish Workers Revolts became so problematic, that the Queen's Royal Army and The Mancaster Retinue were summoned to put down the Workers Revolts. While the Worker Revolts were soundly crushed by the Queen's Royal Army and Mancaster Retinue, the message behind their revolt grew stronger than ever. Pamphlets and entire books, detailing the workers demands and beliefs were compiled together and distributed world wide after the revolt, spiraling the once small and localised ideology of Free Domains, into a large scale ideology with its own subgroups and factions.

The First successful Free Domain State would finally manifest after the successful Free Domain revolt, instigated by Ivan Ivan Balinskie, successfully overthrew the Free States of The North in 1731 A.T.F. After years of abuse and neglect set in motion by the rampant corruption within The Free States of The North, a political idealist named Ivan Balinskie, was able to successfully harness the anger and rage harboured by the working class to instigate a successful Free Domain revolution. This newly established Free Domain, called The United Vics Republics Union, would go on to last almost two decades before the The UVRU was destroyed by an army lead by Arthur Paxton of The Warlord State of Titus in 1758 A.T.F. Throughout the nearly two decades of rule before the UVRU's destruction, The United Vics Republics Union managed to maintain itself as a competent opponent to its neighboring powers, even going so far as to being able to successfully stave off The Realm of Karkos for a time.

With the capitulation and dissolution of The United Vics Republics Unions, a majority of the Far North's Vicish Population began a mass exodus from the Far North, fearing retaliation from their neighboring super powers for their outpouring support of The Free Domain ideology. A majority of the Vicish peoples migrated to Ruzia, becoming the subjects of The Confederated Principalities of Ruzia. The Confederated Principalities of Ruzia, was a Thrallish Confederation of various Principalities who answered to the King of Ruzia known as, the Tsar. These Principalities were ruled with an iron fist, and thus welcomed the new influx of subjects that they could both tax and extort for labor. The Vicish migrants were initially accepted with open arms, but were quickly subjected to harsh and unfair treatment by their new overlords. The Vic's new overlords commissioned their subjects to work in the various gold mines of Ruzia, slowly transitioning the Vics from paid workers to slaves. The harsh treatment, combined with the gradual demographic shift to a Vicish majority finally spurred a Vicish rebellion in 1760 U.O. This Rebellion was known as The Red Winter War, and was inspired by their late leader, Ivan Balinskie. The Red Winter War lasted for two years, and ended in 1762 U.O with a Vicish victory against their Thrallish oppressors. The New Government that arose in place of The Principalities was The Free Domain of Ruzia, a Red Domain, and the most powerful Free Domain to have come into existence.

## Notable Nations Aligned To Free Domains

The United Vics Republic Union (Initially a Workers Domain, but reformed into a Red Domain)

The Free Domain of Ruzia (Red Domain)