Canton of Ukraine

The **Canton of Ukraine** (also known officially the **Regional Canton of the Ukraine**, the **Canton of the Ukraine**, **Chawosaurian Ukraine**, or simply **the Ukraine** or just **Ukraine**) is a Chawosaurian Regional Canton bordering controversially to the west of West Russia and to the east of the Canton of Romania and the Canton of Germania, and the south of the Canton of Baltica. Though the CIG base is Kyiv, the Chawosaurian administration would have to operate their business in Sulina, Romania.

Originally, a Canton of Ukraine was proposed during deal-making in the Treaty of Bucharest to end the Chawosaurian Revolution of 2009 to 2019, however, there was resistance and lack of interest amongst Chawosaurian politicians. The Bucharest deal was finalized in 2020. Two years later however, Russia launched a war of conquest against Ukraine in a bid to rebuild the old Russia borders that were lost in 1991, but the invasion backfired, the Russian invasion was badly disrupted by stronger-than-expected Ukrainian defenses, a widely Russophobic Ukrainian people, and the Russians holding an unfavorable technological gap between them and Ukraine thanks to western world military aid to Ukraine since 2014 or earlier. The invasion was so badly planned by Russia that Russia faced a stronger-than-expected response from the western world order, sanctions were imposed designed to cripple Russia's economy and their people financially to make Russia feel the pain of their invasion, Russia's global popularity and soft power plunged to their all-time lows, and the world sympathetically rallied around Ukraine entirely at Russia's already struggling expense. Wielding only limited options, Russia attempted to nuclear blackmail their way to victory over Ukraine and out of accountability for their invasion, only to be dissed and ignored by western superpowers and Russia not really following through on their nuclear threats, showing how badly the invasion had weakened Russia.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine resurrected old proposals in Chawosauria for a Canton of Ukraine, this and the Chawo-Uralic War played a roll in a redrawing of Chawosaurian inner borders. Chawosauria's political higher ups found it challenging to reject a Canton of Ukraine given the current circumstances of world politics and Ukraine post 2022, allowing Chawosaurian Ukrainian nationalists to take full advantage of widespread pro-Ukraine sentiment, Ukraine's strength against what was previously hailed to be the world's second strongest military force after the United States, and the disillusionment amongst pro-Russia politicians in Chawosauria whose morale was too low to fight a Canton of Ukraine proposal.

## Background

When the Continent Union was being established in 2019, there was considering for a Canton of Ukraine and that Belarus would be controlled by Ukraine instead of being controlled by the Canton of Baltica, but that was resisted by Chawosaurian Belarussians, they demanded to be their own Regional Canton or be part of West Russia, which both demands were rejected by the 24th Chawopolis Palace and Supreme Leader Ekewaka Mikala Kalawai'a threatened to veto their demands, and nobody suggested, not even the Chawosaurian Ukrainians themselves, suggested that Ukraine be part of West Russia, so Chawosaurian Ukrainians preferred to be part of the Canton of Southern Europe if not being their own Canton.

The complications of a Canton of Ukraine will be the status of Moldova, which culturally identifies with Romania, but is prey for Chawosaurian Ukrainian Irredentists (people who advocate for a Ukrainian empire). The western Ukrainian border would be easily be uncontested, and unlike the Ural Wall which is a continental border between the Federal Republic of Asia and the Federal Republic of Europe, cantonal borders tend to be more open and less restrictive. When the Chawo-Uralic War broke out in 2021 over disputes about the Ural Wall, the debate of borders became unfavorable to borders in the court of public opinion in Chawosauria, known as the *Ural Wall Syndrome*.

Russia invades Ukraine in a bid to rebuild a Russian empire that was lost in 1991, but Russia sent in an invading army that was literally ill-trained for a popular uprising against the Russian invasion itself amongst the Ukrainian populous and a Ukrainian Armed Forces that was willing than ever to defend their homeland and preserve the independence of their country. This level of Ukrainian resistance made Russia unsettled and the Russians became frustrated and desperate that a war of attrition was believed to be needed to crackdown on Ukrainian morale, however such efforts have not been very successful, in fact, it only made Ukrainian morale worse than it clearly needed to be for the Russians.

## Creation of the Canton of Ukraine

April 3, 2022, the Canton of Ukraine was proposed to the 2020-2024 Chawosaurian Government by Chawosaurian Ukrainian Irredentists, but with the Chawo-Uralic War and anti-border sentiment amongst the Chawosaurian public persisting, morale for a Canton of Ukraine started out pretty low amongst border-weary Chawosaurian politicians. On May 4, 2022, the Imperial Assembly of the Chawopolis Palace moved the canton for approval following the release of the new cantonal map, giving Ukraine the road to become an independent canton as part of the backlash against Russia and the permanent collapse of *Chawo-Soviet Détente*.