Communist Peoples' Republic of Free Halcyon

The Communist Peoples' Republic of Free Halcyon (Euluska: *Zosavelkal Eveäverny kaHalxeiën Lyv* - *ZEHL*) was the communist state that was borne out of Halcyon after the 252 C Winter Revolution and ensuring six-week civil war.

## Overview

After the Winter Revolution and Civil War, a communist Halcyon prospered under peace from Ekei (May) 252 onwards.

It was a communist state, overseen but not controlled by a Commissariat. The workers owned the means of production (factories, farms, and foundries). The Five-Estate social class system had been abolished - all people were equal, regardless of if they were military, clergy, elected officials, or peasantry. The concept of nobility had been abolished - many nobles who didn't want to lose their wealth or status fled to the Vortic Mercatorium or Datria, both states that had attempted to assist the monarchists in the civil war. Private property and private companies were abolished and outlawed - the state nominally owned all means of production, but social ownership theory dictated that surplus profit was used by the state to improve social conditions rather than hoarded by the wealthy. Halcyon became a state with strong borders (the Lionheart model of communism was strongly pro-statehood, in contrast to Marxism) in order to maintain its sovereignty and the identity and welfare of its people. Each gave according to her own ability, and each received according to her own need. The state neglected religious institutions and outlawed mass religious practices. Personal worship and community worship was allowed, but non-believance in the gods was pushed by the state and taught, and god-believers were forbidden from being elected to the commissariat (for in communist theory, religion masks suffering and is a coping mechanism for the distress of the class struggle).

## Commissariat of the Proletariat

The state government was known as the Commissariat of the Proletariat. It was created from the wartime *Proletarian Vanguard*, the group of revolutionaries who led Halcyon through the civil war and the transition from its constitutional monarchy.

The state model was in part inspired from the old Halcyian ideal model of government - having freely elected **Speakers** to represent the concerns of people of city districts, and then hierarchically above them, **Commissars** who would concern themselves with ensuring certain areas of work (e.g. railways, farms, grain, iron) went smoothly. Speakers were elected in free, fair elections, but had no legislative power. However, they and the proletariat had the power and right to take action against the commissars if their governance became authoritarian (in theory).

### Commissars

* **Premier Commissar Tamar 'Tamerlane' Lansenvik** - hero of the revolution and *de facto* leader of the state
* **Labour Commissar Tahlia Kerenka** - the ex-prime minister of Halcyon and ex-leader of the Worker's Party, she held a lot of goodwill among the urban labourers who she championed
* **Agriculture Commissar Vasilya Innëvov** - ex-minister of agriculture, she was placed in charge of Halcyon's agriculture and food supply
* **Social Commissar Renya Eleutheria** - ex-minister of enlightenment, she managed housing, education, and other social issues
* **State Commissar Vertika Lantsov** - ex-advocate of peasant collectives, she managed foreign relations, borders, trade, and the state
* **Interior Commissar Zenya Fortalesku** - ex-chief of police, she became chief of the police, law and order, and the secret police (Hawkshaws).
* **Military Commissar Naraya Litovsk** - ex-chief of the home guard, she was in charge of the military, navy, and city guard.