Albania

**THIS ARTICLE IS WORK IN PROGRESS**

**Albanian main revisionist concerns:**

1. The lack of Albanians. Albania currently only has one Albanian, and it is a Kosovo Albanian.
2. Albanian red wool border. This is accepted revisionism, as it ensures Albania looks like it does IRL on Google map, and since red color and wool are deemed to be quintessential Albanian concepts.
3. Reliance on foreign farms. Nobody has the time to rectify this.
4. Iron Golems being called "Strongest man in Albania". This is accepted as it is a fun meme, and since they are men of steel like Stalin.
5. Underground party bunker. This is just a fun thing.
6. Lake Shkoder is too big. Tord is working on correcting it.
7. There is a massive mountain in the middle of Albania. This is low priority to remove as Albania is among the most mountainous countries anyway.
8. The Albanian flag in Discord lacks the star.

**Alliance with Juche Gang:**

Albania is currently allied with Juche Gang, however this was always controversial. Tord raised concerns about the following paragraph in particular:

*“On September 7 (of 1956) we arrived in Pyongyang. They put on a splendid welcome, with people, with gongs, with flowers, and with portraits of Kim Il Sung everywhere. You had to look hard to find some portrait of Lenin, tucked away in some obscure corner. (…) the revisionist wasp had begun to implant its poisonous sting there, too.” (Enver Hoxha, The Khrushchevists, Tirana, 1980, edition in English)*.

This is serious business, as nobody puts baby in the corner. Chairperson Willow promised that they would put a picture of Lenin CENTRALLY, and this calmed down the Albanian delegation a little. There were also promises of limiting the amounts of gongs during visits.

Furthermore, this section was also concerning:

*“In order to disguise the export of capital, the imperialist powers also resort to the practice of according credits. Through these so-called credits or aid, the big capitalist concerns and the states to which they belong bring great pressure to bear on the recipient states and peoples, and keep them under control. (…) On the other hand, these credits, which the big monopolies provide for the countries of the so-called third world, in fact, serve the feudal-bourgeois classes which rule these countries. The credits the new states receive are links of the imperialist chain around the necks of their own peoples. (…)*

Based on this, the Albanian delegation also managed to cajole Juche Gang into limiting their reliance on the Chinese (Yan'aninte) trade hall.

**Current projects:**

Awaiting a Whisky class submarine from Proletaria, after which Proletaria will ceremoniously be declared revisionist.

**FAQ:**

**Q: Is this LARP?**

A: No, this is the actual Albania.

**Q: Isn't this a Minecraft commune?**

A: Minecraft is created after the fall of Socialist Albania, and is therefore a theoretical capitalist dystopian concept from a distant future. Albania generally does not recognize the concept of Minecraft or anything else that happened after 1990, other than memes and nostalgia.

**Q: What about the old BSFR Albania?**

A: This has been declared to be Caucasian Albania, and has nothing to do with our Albania.

**Q: What is revisionism?**

A: Albania recognizes 3 types of revisionism:

-Historical Revisionism, meaning you change historical events.

-Geographical Revisionism, such as having an Albania with a big mountain in the middle.

-Marxist Revisionism, meaning that you want to adopt a flexible reading of Marx that fits your liberal or imperialist ideas.

Additionally, "revisionist" can mean "things Hoxha does/did not like".

**Q: My commune has been declared revisionist by Albania, and is experiencing a revolt because of it. How can I prevent this from happening?**

A: Your status as a revisionist is based on Albania's view of you. But this is not set in stone. As an example, Hoxha said this of Korea: *"You had to look hard to find some portrait of Lenin, tucked away in some obscure corner".* By among other things placing a portrait of Lenin in the center, Juche Gang managed to avoid a revisionist label.

**Q: What is the Albanian foreign policy?**

A: Albania supports any ML country that is not revisionist, and in general does not threaten Albania. These 2 mean that Yugoslavians/Serbians/Greeks are generally never supported. Albania reserves the right to declare anyone revisionist. European themed communes are generally revisionist by default, refer to Hoxha's book "Eurocommunism is anti-communism", but by addressing issues as per the example in the question above, even Hoxha's own words can be declared null and void. Albania will generally treat all foreign communes according to what they seem to be, such as Proletaria/BSFR being Soviet, Ostrov being Japanese (?), Yan'an being China, Juche Gang being Korea, even if it does not always fit 100%. It is not clear what the Albanian stance on Ancom is, but this is to be properly Googled.

**Q: Does Albania support self-determination for Albanians?**

A: Albania supports Hoxha, which many said was self-determination for Albanians. Too much self-determination now may lead to historical revisionism, and therefore is not really a supported concept in itself.

**Q: This sounds awesome, can I join Albania?**

A: Albania is so based that you cannot even join it. Not unless you are Albanian anyway. You are however still free to join the Discord shitposting/discussion channel, and build in Albania. Albania currently has maybe 1 member and 10 builders. You are free to self-identify as slave labor or guest worker. There are no real restrictions on non-Albanians versus Albanians, except that if you build yourself a house in Albania as a non-Albanian, it is not technically yours.

**Q: What can I build in Albania?**

A: Any buildings that existed in Albania 50 years ago. This includes e.g. Hoxha's uncle's chicken pen. You have freedom to interpret building locations and designs slightly. You also have carte blanche to build as many bunkers as you like.

**Q: Am I allowed to be religious? Can I build a religious building?**

A: Albania is an atheist country where you could be religious, but not too religious. Building restrictions above also apply. We have rejected a Hellenist temple, as we did not think such a thing existed in Albania, and also because of Albania's strong anti-Greek foreign policy.