Federal Republic of Guyrungrad

**The Federal Republic of Guyrungrad** (Officially **The Federal Republic of Guyrungrad and Sophistan** and formerly **The Federal Socialist Republic of Guyungrad**), is a Western European island country, it is north of France and south of The United Kingdom and Ireland with a population of around 5.8 million, it consists of two islands, Guyrungrad Island and Sophistan island, the country is under an oppressive military dictatorship, citizens have very few rights and can be legally executed without trial. The current regime came into power after the NATO-backed Nationalist Insurgency of Guyrungrad (NIG) lead by Josef Schwanzfresser won the Guyrungrad Civil War and overthrew the previous communist government. The country is currently lead by Conrad Schwanzfresser, who has made conditions in the country worse, he has converted all the prisons in labour camps where prisoners work 18 hours a day and are confined to cramped rooms for the rest of the day, he has also been accused of committing genocide on the Muslims in Sophistan island.

## History

### Early History (1650-1984)

The Guyrungrad island was first discovered by German explorers during the reign of the Holy Roman Empire (not to be confused with the actual German empire) in around 1650, despite being part of the empire it was virtually ignored and was a semi-autonomous state, it became fully independent in 1806 after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire and remained relatively isolated from the rest of the world. In 1920 after the fall of The Ottoman Empire, Guyrungrad peacefully annexed the nearby island of Sophistan, which was previously owned by the Otttomans and had a Muslim population. In 1935 the island was invaded by Hitler's Third Reich but was otherwise uninvolved in World War 2, after the fall of Hitler it came under the possession of the USSR who installed a soviet-friendly dictator, Nikolas Pornoliebhaber, who imposed restrictions on the media and free speech.

### Guyrungradian Civil War (1985-1988)

In 1985 Josef Schwanzfesser and several members of The Guyungrad military formed a terrorist militia named The Nationalist Insurgency of Guyungrad, or NIG for short,  they believed the socialist government was erasing Guyrungradian culture and replacing it with that of the Soviet Union. The group received funding from the United States and declared war on the government of Guyungrad, this kicked off The Guyrungradian Civil War. The war was extremely violent, all males over the age of 16 were required to join The Guyrungrad army or face execution, Pornoliebhaber tried asking USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev for aid, but he sent minimal aid, it is estimated that around 900,000-1,000,000 people on both sides died, the Guyrungrad army fared horribly against NIG as most of the soldiers were not very skilled due to being forced into the war very quickly. On October 10th, 1988 NIG stormed the Guyrungrad capital,  Hodensackstadt and overthrew the government, militia leader Josef Scwantzfesser proclaimed himself the "Supreme Commander" of the two islands. Every member of the socialist government was executed by firing squad on live television the following week, their bodies burned in a public bonfire, along with many communist monuments and books collected by the militia.

### Josef Years (1988-2015)

Under Josef Schwanzfesser the country became even more oppressive, unlike his predecessor, Schwanzfesser  imposed harsh punishments for any violation of the law, which now included any activity he personally disliked (see below) under the regime Orthodox Christianity became enforced in the island of Guyrungrad (but not Sophistan) the regime prompted calls for sanctions from the international community, a UN committee almost unanimously voted to impose sanctions but this decision was vetoed by the United States.

### Assassination of Josef and Conrad's Regime (2015-present)

On June 20th 2015, while giving a speech at Hodensackstad national park, Josef Schwanzfesser was shot 6 times by Sophistani veteran Oman Alqarf-Alakil, who was then shot dead by one of Josef's elite guards, this was only a day after the government unveiled plans to remove the tax-exempt status from Mosques, 3 hours later Josef Schwanzfesser was pronounced dead at age 61 shortly after arriving at his private hospital, his funeral was the biggest in the country's history, most world leaders did not attend, the only ones to do so were Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, and Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

Immediately following the funeral, Josef's eldest son, Conrad, was declared Supreme Commander of The Federal Republic of Guyrungrad, over the next 7 days 50,000 of the 700,000 inhabitants of Sophistan island were rounded up and executed, the government claimed they were part of an anti-government terrorist group, however, members of the international community highly doubt this, as there is no evidence Alqarf-Alakil wasn't acting alone and accused Conrad and his regime of a revenge-genocide. After the executions Schwanzfesser outlawed Islam, all mosques were demolished and Christianity was imposed across Sophistan, all prisons on both islands were converted into labor camps, currently, it is estimated that around 50% of prisoners die in said camps.

## Legal system

Being an authoritarian militaristic dictatorship, Guyrungrad's legal system is considered to be one of the most corrupt in the world, instead of having a police system, highly trained soldiers called "The Guyrungrad Guard" patrol the streets, they have the legal right to shoot and kill anyone they deem an "Immediate threat" without trial. When someone is arrested by one the Guyrungrad Guard they are thrown into military-style jeeps and taken to a nearby courthouse, trials last an average of 5 hours, Guyrungrad has a 99.9% conviction rate, and punishments are harsh especially since Conrad took power, all executions are shown on live television once a week to serve as a warning to counter-revolutionaries.