Sussia

## Democratic Free Republic of the Epic Meme Land of Sussia

The Sussian Flag

**Sussia**, officially the **Democratic Free Republic of the Epic Meme Land of Sussia**, is a country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, the South China Sea to the east, Vietnam to the south, Cambodia to the southwest, and Laos to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Hanoi.

## History

After a South Vietnamese victory in the Vietnam War, the remnants of the Viet Cong led by General Bottom Text rose up in Hanoi in 1969, and with help from the Soviet Union managed to break away from the North, after which a civil war occurred between the new Sussian Marxist-Leninist government, supported by the Soviet Union, and the North Vietnamese government-in-exile, supported by China, which held Maoist principles. After the Sussian victory in the war, a 40-year rebuilding period commenced, where each city was fully industrialized and rice farming became a core element of the state. Text spread it out over a long period of time, as he guessed a gradual transition would cost a lot less human lives than an immediate transition. Once the Soviet Union fell, the country's ideology shifted to Stalinism and the industrialization was sped up at the cost of about 500,000 lives. In 2023 the transition to a planned industrial-based economy was officially marked over as tensions between the now-democratic State of Vietnam and Sussia escalated into Sussia declaring war and commencing an invasion, with the goal to reunify Vietnam under the military regime. Initial Sussian gains were high as they garnered the support of a lot of nations. However, the gains were in danger of being reversed after a bad loss at the Battle of Quy Nhon. Fortunately, the Sussians initiated a masterful naval blockade to prepare for an encirclement of the cities of Quy Nhon and Tuy Hoa on the coast, negating any strategic gain the South Vietnamese may have gained at Quy Nhon, and if they win that battle it would mean a collapse of the South Vietnamese forces would potentially happen, meaning a swift capture of Saigon and a victory for Sussia.

## Human rights

Sussia's human rights are among the worst in the world, being in last place in the Press Freedom Index, second-to-last ahead of Afghanistan on the Democracy Index, and last place on the Freedom Index. However, at least on the international stage, Sussia is very vocal about this and only keeps it a secret to its own citizens. This is a very tightly guarded secret and it is estimated that only Text, his top advisors, and a few among the Sussian elite who are entrusted with that information in the whole of Sussia.

Sussia's Scores in indexes
 Democracy Index (scale of 1-10, lower = less democratic)
 Press Freedom Index (scale of 1-100, higher = less press freedom)

## Foreign relations

Sussia has a very close friendship with North Korea as North Korea heavily relates to Sussia's situation. Once the nuclear program of North Korea succeeded, Sussia was the only country to not condemn the nukes, instead publicly praising them. Due to Belarus also being vocal about how authoritarian it is, Sussia has a relatively close alliance with Belarus and pledged to send troops there if Lukashenko's power is ever threatened. You could see Sussian troops working together with Belarusian ones to arrest protesters during the 2020 anti-Lukashenko demonstrations. They also were the first country to recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, sparking NATO sanctions. Despite this, Sussia and Afghanistan have poor relations due to Sussia vehemently opposing the theocratic nature of the Taliban. Myanmar and Sussia have good relations as they are both military dictatorships in Southeast Asia, although Myanmar has accused Sussia of supporting communist rebels in the civil war.  The Underground and Sussia are rivals due to The Underground supporting Vietnam in the Sussian invasion. Darth Vader and Sussia are allies, and Sussia supports their ongoing invasion of Pakistan. They also have poor relations with Ukraine due to Sussia's support for Russia during the invasion. Sussian troops fought against Daesh in Syria and Iraq, as well as fighting against the SDF at the same time except while the SDF were also fighting Daesh, so the Syrian government has a close relationship with Sussia.

## Gallery

The old Sussian flagThe current Sussian flag