New Latvia

***"I don't know? I guess we'll figure out this crap..."** - Nikolai Ryzhkov*
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Flag of New Latvia in 2163

**New Latvia**, officially the **Reformed Republic of New Latvia (Atjaunotā Jaunlatvijas Republika)**, is a state that was founded during the political chaos and collapse of the  New Baltic Union.

## History

### A War For Freedom (2163-2164)

*Main article: Battle of New Riga (2164)*

Even with the best attempts of the  New Baltic Union to establish New African dominance, their state slowly began to collapse in on itself. This was the result of [Some form of NBU fail?} and revival of Baltic nationalism, which lead to mass protests that only kept on increasing. With  New Africa distracted by it's own internal problems, the NBU fully began to crumble. In November 2163 New Lithuania and New Estonia both declared independence from the state, while latvian politicians began to consider this as the only remaining and beneficial route. Thus on December 3rd multiple important Latvian underground politicians - Kārlis Gustavs Mūrnieks, Marija Zemīte, Roberts Kalnietis, Jānis Liepa and others - met in a theatre in New Riga and declared the independence of New Latvia. Upon learning this, most New African troops immediately began to leave the country as they wanted to reorganise in New African-controlled New Estonia. The only ones that remained were the navy in New Riga and a port in New Lithuania, which was considered a threat by the new government of New Latvia.

The New Latvian government, temporarily located in New Valmiera, declared war on the Operationszone Vidzeme and made a call to people all over the country to inlist in the military, while attempting to cause chaos in New Riga with agents to weaken New African control. By the end of the year, over seven thousand people had joined the army and many arms production facilities had been taken over by the government. The government now finally made the decision to finally make an attempt to take New Riga, preparing positions outside the city and sending an ultimatum to the New Africans to withdraw. The leadership of the Operationszone Vidzeme refused the ultimatum and the New Latvian army began to attack the New Riga, hoping to receive support from the inhabitants. While multiple incidents did occur within the city, the New Africans successfully held off the New Latvians from major gains. The conflict after that point entered to slow city block to city block combat, though the support of the local inhabitants on the frontlines did ease the New Latvian advance. After a week of fighting, the New Latvians successfully made a major breakthrough in eastern New Riga, forcing the New Africans to rapidly retreat to a new frontline deeper within the city. Afterwards fighting stagnated for another half-week, though the New Africans were slowly pushed to the coast and port. After that more artillery was brought in and the port began to be shelled in hopes of the New Africans giving up and retreating. When the New Africans did not surrender (I believe), the New Latvians decided to assault the port to forcefully take it. The New Africans decided to abandon the port and left for New Klaipėda the same day, ending the battle for New Riga. [Too long... will rewrite and cut down after writing the actual battle page... but this is pretty much the lore]

### Rebuilding and Political Turmoil (2164-????)

After gaining independence, New Latvia would begin to make multiple political and social reforms. These reforms would restore Latvians as the primary population of the country and the Latvian language as the official language of business and social life, trying to weed out and reverse the affects of Russification and the short New African rule. New parties, such as the Latvian National Unity and Reform Party, Latvian Socialist Workers' Party, Latvian Social Democratic Party and the Latvian Union of Workers' and Farmers', would begin to form in preparation for the first Latvian General Elections, which where taking place in June 2164. As the elections approached, a wave of political tension and street violence hit the young nation, with everyone from the right to the left fighting eachother, while the police attempted to stop them without much success. The election results would confirm the Latvian People's and Democracy Movement's rule over the country for the next four years, with Jānis Liepa becoming the first elected president of the country. The reforms introduced under his provisional presidency would now continue under the official presidency, with multiple building project also beginning as a way to quickly improve the country's economic standing and help it become less reliant on foreign partners, which it lacked anyways.

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 By October of the same year, the country had finally finished the starting reforms and began a second phase of them, aiming to solidify Latvian as the only language of New Latvia. The LPDM seemingly was only growing in popularity along with the president, which made many on the far-left and far-right worried, as their chances for a successful takeover in the near future were quickly being brought down, which made them begin scheming. On October 14th, as the president was walking down the steps of the Parliament building, he was suddenly shot in the chest three times by an assassin, leading to his quick death. Following the arrest of the assassin and a lengthy interrogation, it was found out he had been hired by a seemingly minor politician in charge of the Latvian Restorationist Party, Kārlis Priede, who had dreams of forming a greater Baltic state which would rule the world as it's hegemon. Just as they began attempting to track the man down, he and a few loyalists from the army attempted to storm the Presidential office to overthrow the prime minister Kārlis Gustavs Mūrnieks, who had become the Temporary President following the assassination of Jānis Liepa. The coup wouldn't work out though, with Kārlis Priede killed in the fighting along with one army general who had sided with him, while the prime minister had managed to escape without major injuries and remained incharge of the state for the moment being.