Zion

The flag of Zion, depicting a menorah on a black background.

### Ideology

Jewish Survivalism, Ultratotalitarian Democracy, Zionism, Genetocracy, Algocracy

### Interesting Fact

Despite being possibly the most Orwellian state to ever exist on Earth, the people of Zion themselves support and demand this form of government, to the point where anyone who has even suggested doing a thaw was voted out a long time ago

**Zion** is an technocratic, totalitarian state located in the Middle East, in what was known as Israel and/or historic Palestine. The state of Zion first arose in response to the nuking of Tel Aviv, and the anti-Jewish pogroms of the 4th World War.

## History

### The Death of Israel

Israel had remained neutral during WW4, and had reaped a fortune in selling weapons and technology to all sides of the conflict, with their defense industry growing in size several times over to make way for all the new orders. It had used this influx of wealth to fund various government initiatives, most notable of which being the Rava Initiative, Which was an attempt to emulate the the Super AIs employed by the United States.

However the Israeli government would not be able to partake in this time of technological achievement and prosperity for long. The day of Nuclear hail came, and despite making a non aggression pact with Eurasia, Israel was not spared. Eurasia, with it's long history of anti Semitism, had initiated a second holocaust, mainly targeted at European Jewry to 'exterminate rootless cosmopolitans', along with there being pogroms carried out in New York, however due to prior evacuations with the help of American citizens, the casualties were greatly lessened.

The French has as well had handed over much of their jewish population to the Eurasians in order to better their relations. The Israeli government had known about this, but had wished to keep it on the down low as to not instigate conflict with the Eurasian sphere which had stretched into the Middle East. However internal factions in the government had become ever more Anti-Eurasianist, with the most outspoken being the the State Comptroller Becker Kishenevsky, and his allies, most notably of which the minister of science and technology Adam Lamech.

Kishenevsky had harshly criticized Israel' unpreparedness to prepare for a possible war with Eurasia, the inaction on the second holocaust, and the government's decision to not build a domestic anti nuclear system. The 'Unity and Progress Party', the ruling party and the defacto only party in Israel had refrained from building ones out of fear that it would make it look like Israel was preparing to act belligerently against Eurasia's Middle Eastern Sphere. However as Eurasia grew more erratic and desperate as the tides were turning, as well as some internal frustration with a major internal corruption scandal involving the Prime Minister at that time, which Kishenevsky had a hand in sniffing out with his position as Comptroller, Kishenevsky's faction would win out, with the Knesset electing him as Prime Minister.

Almost Immediately preparations for a nuclear war were enacted, with massive bunker systems being constructed or modernized, and work on an anti nuclear defense system starting. While the Bunkers were constructed within schedule, the Anti Nuclear system took time, time that Israel unfortunately didn't have. As the Day of Nuclear Hail came, Eurasia threw a barrage at Israel, with most of the missiles being shot down with the regular anti missiles defenses. However these would end up being distractions for what would be Eurasia's last action in their attempt to destroy the 'Civilizational Parasite', with a Eurasian cobalt bomb detonating over Tel Aviv, Israel's capital and largest city. Israel had begun sending it's people underground when the barrage was detected, however 1/4th of the population was estimated to have died from the blast still. The siege mentality of the Jewish people had erupted from the results of the recent events, from the second holocaust to the nuclear bombing of Tel Aviv.

Under the surface of the burnt out and irradiated holy land, Kishenevsky and his clique which had come to be known as the Circle of Seven had begun planning on how to rebuild from the utter devastation. Kishenevsky had declared over the intercom’s of the Interconnected bunker system under the holy land "Never Again". This was the day that Israel died, but the Land of Zion and it's inhabitants would not be destroyed so easily.

### The Rule of the Circle of Seven

The Circle of Seven, was the name of Becker Kishenevsky's Clique post nuking. Like it's name would suggest, it had Seven founding members, although many more figures outside these Seven would be included in the Clique's membership.

The Seven Founding Members were:

Becker Kishenevsky, The Prime Minister

Adam Lamech, The Minister of Science and Technology

Shaul Elazer, Chief of Staff

Gadi Ben-David, the Minister of Religious and Cultural Affairs

Levi Mofaz, Director of the Shin Bet

Rachael Natan, The State Comptroller

Elijah Goldstein, Minister of Demography

These seven would tie in the rest of the Israeli bureaucracy and defense establishment under it's banner, presenting itself as the main force for the survival of the Jewish State. Under their rule, the Circle of Seven was able to tame the chaos of the post nuclear attack bunkers, and actually formulate a functional bunker state. The Circle of Seven gained popular appeal when they were able to effectively manage food distribution in the bunkers, preventing a famine.

Much of Israel's Industry, both state owned and private had been moved underground with the creation of the bunkers. With this, much of the private interests Israel surviving, and the Circle would have to find a way to bring them in line. Fortunately for them, due to the unprecedented crisis, The Corporations and businesses of the pre-bunker world had voluntarily for the most part organized themselves under the Circle's watch into a large Cartel called the "Union of Patriotic Corporations" overseen by the state. Private business through this cartel was brought into line with state interests, while allowing them to nominally operate autonomously. A few businesses resisted, however their assets were seized and given to more loyal private elements.

With rule over the bunkers consolidated, plans over the future of Israel had begun being drawn up. With scouts in CBRN gear being sent to the surface to document the state of the surface, and what infrastructure could be recycled or reused. However, what the scouts going down south to monitor how the State of Judah, the Haredi state centered around Jerusalem to the south had faired, they did not expect to see the Egyptian flag flying over the holy city, and hearing Arabs chant "Death to the Jews, Glory to Al-Aqsa".

While going to war in this current state was not desirable, Kishenevsky found he had little choice, Jewish soil, much more, Jerusalem had been occupied by enemy Forces. It was a slight that could not go unanswered, and so the Circle of Seven called what remained of Israel to war.

### The Shoah War (2068-2069)

The Shoah War would get it's name in large part due to it essentially being fought almost entirely in a radioactive cloud. The war is considered to have begun on August 17th of 2068, about three months after the Day of Nuclear Hail. Israel was not the only one in the middle east to have been affected, with many cities in the region being bombed, however none but Tel-Aviv being bombed with a cobalt weapon. Among the cities targeted, Mecca, Medina, and Damascus, three of some of the holiest cities in Islam. Meanwhile, Jerusalem was spared a similar fate due to it's importance in Orthodox Christianity which former Eurasia followed.

The People's Republic of Egypt after taking devastating losses in the Day of Nuclear Hail, sought to reestablish some semblance of Arab pride and clout with the rest of the Arab world by taking the third holiest intact city in Islam. Some overly enthusiastic Egyptians crossed into the radioactive Negev on their own without protection, only to die to intense radiation poisoning soon after. The Egyptian military would send in soldiers geared in CBRN gear and environmentally sealed vehicles they had acquired from China before the start of World War 4. The Force they had sent into the abandoned derelict that was one the State of Judah was rather small, as they lacked large amounts of CBRN gear. However, the force they did send pulled into Jerusalem, and began celebrations, violent celebrations. The Egyptians ransacked the city for valuables, desecrated and destroyed various non-Muslim religious sites, going so far as to bulldoze the Christian, Jewish, and Armenian quarters of the old city. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in particular was destroyed by Egyptian soldiers who took it apart piece by piece either was war trophies, or to sell them for a quick buck. American Christians and the Catholic church would end up buying the bulk of these war trophies in an attempt to preserve them. With various parts of the Church ending up in differing churches across the glove of differing denominations. The Egyptians went as far as to dig up Jewish cemeteries and claim the bodies inside were the 'body of Jesus Christ' as part of a scam. An unfortunately large amount of Churches fell for this, with Jewish body parts being sold, which would cause a long list of legal battles Jewish communities would initiate to try and get the bodies back in the hopes of reburying them.

The Christian west was of course outraged by this, leading to much of Europe and the Americas sanctioning the Egyptians, which pretty much imploded their economy. However no intervention was staged due to a lack of will of starting another front in Africa after WW4 war exhaustion. The Egyptians continued their activities despite the sanctions, as 'bowing before the west' was considered political suicide. However what the Egyptians, and the world for that matter did not expect was for an unknown force to come out of nowhere, with the battle cry of 'Acharii' and initiate what would be known as the battle for Jerusalem.

The Egyptians were caught with their pants down, not actually expecting to face any armed resistance, they had never actually formed a proper perimeter. Egyptian soldiers were still looting the old city when the battle began, with many of them being separated from their weapons, and executed on the spot when encountered by unknown soldiers. The Egyptian military governor of Al-Quds tried to form some kind of defense, however the undisciplined and disorganized nature of his troops resulted in a forced retreat within hours. The Egyptian flag had been taken down, and the flag that of the Circle of Seven's. Upon seeing the destruction of various gravesites and desecration of holy places, Circle of Seven forces in turn began destroying muslim holy sites all throughout the city. Most notably Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of The Rock were disassembled, with their stones being thrown in a pile outside the old city.

It was from the Battle of Jerusalem that the wider world found out that a Jewish force still existed in the region. This elicited cheer from the global Jewish Community, and a spur of anger from the Arab world. Many foreign volunteers particularly from the Palestinian community who had been expelled during World War 3 had joined up in droves at the prospect of destroying the 'zionist entity' once and for all.

The Primary issue for Egyptian forces and it's foreign volunteers was it's lack of CBRN gear, as going into the radioactive holy land without it would be practically suicide. This lead the Egyptian government into confiscating CBRN gear from Egyptian citizens around Cairo, which was still dealing with the nuclear fallout of the Day of Nuclear Hail. This caused a great deal of radiation induced fatalities, but that, along with donations from other Arab States gave Egypt a moderate stock of CBRN gear of varying quality.

With the Egyptian high command reasonably sure that their forces wouldn't keel over and die just from stepping foot in the area, they began a renewed offensive into the Negev. During their advance, they had uncovered some bunkers Israel had financed for Judah, with residents still alive inside. The Arab forces slaughtered the Jews inside without Mercy, with many women being taken back to Egypt for the soldiers to take out their urges on. However their success against unarmed civilians would not translate to victory on the field, as Jewish Forces frequently outmaneuvered the poorly trained Arab soldiers. However Egypt did still have something of a functioning air force which Jewish forces lacked. This allowed the Arab forces some victories, which boosted morale, however they were rarely ever able to capitalize on it.

On the Jewish side of things, the internal situation was very busy. With reports of the slaughtering of Judah Civilians, the Education and Sports ministries created 'Productive Recreational Activities', which amounted to children essentially partaking in war games and weapons training. The war games could often be described as 'advanced laser tag', to teach children small unit tactics and infantry warfare. The hope was that if a bunker was ever breached the children wouldn't be sitting ducks waiting to die, as well as preparing them for future wars they may have to fight in. Government Child Rearing facilities were also instituted for the children of parents going off to war, or working in the war effort in some way that made them spending time with their kids un-optimal.

On the war front, underground military Industry was put into high gear, with factories churning out ammunition, artillery shells, guns, CBRN suits, and anything else that would be needed for victory. Many stocks of vehicles and aircraft were under varying phases of activation and distribution to units. The Defense Forces were rushing to mobilize for war. Many military projects of the pre bunker period began rushing into production to try and bolster Jewish forces.

On the Diplomatic front, various nations were trying to figure out who exactly was fighting Egypt. The Circle of Seven were debating amongst themselves on what to call the state. Some wished to just continue using the name Israel, however others argued that the name has been too associated with the separation between the north and the south, and that a new more united name should be used. Ultimately, a decision was finally decided on, with a video proclaiming the State of Zion, the rightful successor to Israel and Judah, and the rightful owner the land's of both. So it was, Zion was fighting Egypt, and every Israeli and Judahite was considered rightful citizens of Zion. Unsurprisingly few recognized Zion, as few knew if Zion would survive against Egypt, or were actively opposed to Zion's very existence. However, this is not to say that countries weren't taking sides, as unconfirmed reports had it that a United States ship officially headed to the Black Sea dumbed it's cargo right off the coast of the ruins of Tel Aviv, which Zionite personnel quickly collected. This is of course all rumors, and both sides deny anything happened, no matter how many times the Egyptian's share video evidence of shells having messages written in english on them saying things like "Fuck you goat fucker - Joan Smith" right before they landed.

The Arab war effort began to fall apart as they started running out of CBRN equipment, without much ability to replace them, and an ever stronger Zion as various military programs came into effect, and the stockpiles from the old IDF were activated. Before long Zionite fighters launched from underground hangers, and shot down the Egyptian air forces engaged in the war. With Reinforcements in turn being shot down to the technologically superior and better trained Zionite Air force. The Arab forces on the ground were now facing armored units, infantry clad in exo suits, soldiers with brain chips that regulated fear and guilt, and even genetically augmented battalions. Soon enough Arab forces were pushed fully out of the former Lands of Judah.

Cairo, Alexandria, and other major cities were now facing aerial bombardment from the Zionite Air force. The Egyptian Army was routed, and fleeing into the Sinai with the small but advanced Zionite Military beginning to pierce into the Sinai, and ever more intense bombings of Egyptian cities as more of the Zionite air assets came online. Egypt called for a ceasefire, and requested the international community stop "blatant zionist aggression", however due to the Nuclear Winter and practical collapse of Egyptian foreign relations, those that could come to their aid refused to. Zion would demand a peace deal with Egypt, where they would withdraw from the Sinai, demand war reparations, demand all Judahites that were kidnapped during the war returned, the return of Jewish bodies, as well as recognition of the State of Zion and it's claimed borders. Egypt refused proclaiming that they would never surrender to the zionist entity.... until another round of bombs went off over the nile delta, and Zion effectively occupied all the Sinai. Egypt in light of this, signed the deal, and Zion pulled out from the Sinai.

Egypt would try to claim it as a victory, with them 'driving the invaders out of their territory', however no one, least of all their people believed them. With the sanctions against them, the reparations they were forced to pay, and utter humiliation and collapse in popularity with the government, Egypt was thrown into turmoil. There was fighting on the streets, and mutinies all across the army, with the Palestinian volunteers also joining in the mutiny. The government would hang on by threads with the force of massive crackdowns, but the state capacity to do much more than that effectively imploded.

Meanwhile Zion was busy reburying it's dead, taking in the thousands of women kidnapped by Egypt, and connecting to the Bunkers located in the south of the country. For the first time since the split between Israel and Judah, the lands of Zion were united. The war lasted for around 6 months, ending on March 6th 2069, with it's conclusion leading to large scale recognition of Zion across the world in large part due to it's apparent high tech industrial capabilities employed during the war, and wish for trade relations. However the Arab world for the most part refused, to recognize Zion, and still claims it ass occupied land, with tensions especially flaring when it was revealed Zion had essentially purged the region of Islamic holy sites. However with the military capabilities of Zion put on fully display, and the Arab world's own weakness, there wasn't anything much other than cutting off all relations that they could do about it.

### The Aruka (2069-2075)

The Aruka (A word for recovery in Hebrew) is a period of time where Zion went through many upheavals as it sought to establish and repair itself in the aftermath of it's calamitous birth, and the aftermath of it's predecessors' death. The many events, reforms, and programs involving Zion during this time period are considered part of the Aruka.

#### The Dead Sea Skirmishes (2069)

The Kingdom of Jordan shortly after the seeming collapse of Israel and Judah, had moved to claim all of the Dead Sea for itself. When Zion arose from the Ashes during the Shoah War, Jordan refused to relinquish it's claims on the half of the Dead Sea that Zion claimed as theirs. This resulted in various border skirmishes between Zionite and Jordanian forces during and after the Shoah war, with Jordan even claiming that unless Zion dropped it's claims, that it would hoin the war on the side of Egypt. However as the tide turned increasingly against Egypt and the Zionite military established itself more and more, the threats to join the war became quieter and quieter. When Zion declared victory over Egypt, the disputes over the Dead Sea suddenly became a central concern to the Zionite government.

Jordan for a time refused to negotiate with Zion over ownership of the Dead Sea, officially at least. Unofficially, Jordan didn't put any armed resistance against Zionite patrol boats making routine rounds in the parts of the Dead Sea Zion had officially claimed. This unofficial arrangement would go on some time until November, when some overzealous Jordanian sailors tried to ram a Zionite patrol ship. This caused a brief flair up in tensions where both sides exchanged fire with each other, causing no fatalities, but injuring one Zionite and three Jordanians. This brought the issue of maritime borders in the Dead Sea into the spotlight once again, and while Jordan was reluctant to sign a deal with Zion which would be unpopular back home, neither did the Kingdom wish to get into a military conflict with the new state. On December 1st of 2069, Kishenevsky and the King of Jordan signed an agreement in Amman that recognized the old Israeli and Judahite maritime territory in the Dead Sea as rightfully belonging to Zion, and reaffirmed recognition of the Jordanian half of the Dead Sea. This ended up causing large scale protests in Jordan, as it was seen as a capitulation to Zionist demands, with large scale unrest among the large section of the population of Palestinian descent. However the Jordanian Royal Army crushed the protests brutally, yet efficiently.

#### Northern Security Operations (2069-2070)

During the Shoah War, various groups to the north of Zion tried to take advantage of the war, with the most notable being Hezbollah who had begun work setting up terror tunnel networks up north, and unexpectedly Druz nationalist militias coming in from Lebanon and Syria who saw the Golan as their best shot at making an independent Druz state, with Syrian militias also making a a jump for it. After the Shoah War concluded, Zion had turned It's attention to it's other borders, with the North being one of them.

##### Northern Tunnel Expurgations

Hezbollah had begun setting up a terror tunnel network and bases of operations in north Zion ever since the nuking of Tel Aviv, with Zionite security forces clashing with them periodically during the Shoah War. However with the focus being on Egypt, Zionite security forces settled for the occasional raid to keep them contained for the duration of the war. However, the raids got larger in scale nearing the end as more military assets were activated and organized into units. Hezbollah for it's part fired rockets at various Zionite positions, however with military bases being situated under ground, and the ever deteriorating stockpile Hezbollah had at it's disposal ever since the loss of Iranian support, the damage they could inflict was superficial at best. The organization also suffered from chronic food shortages, which led them conducting raids in Lebanon and Syria, stealing food, water, and medicine from civilian populations. This exacerbated the already desperate food situation in the areas their raids were conducted, but due to Hezbollah being the only effective organized armed force in the area meant there was little people could do to stop them. In fact, this caused them to receive a large amount of new members who were hoping to get in on food raids, as well as a chance at striking at Zion. While conventional wisdom would suggest that striking at a militarily superior enemy in a time of great desperation should not be the first concern of any group struggling to survive. However it is in fact because of the desperation that they did this, as they had nothing left but the hope of harming their great enemy.

Zion was unsurprisingly not amused by Hezbollah's provocation, with their armed forces already sweeping north and destroying their surface bases, with air strikes being conducted all over Lebanon of suspected Hezbollah activity. However the main issue would be their vast underground tunnel systems, which Zion would first have to map out before they could begin dismantling it. However as the mapping process was ongoing, Zionite bombs continued to fall over Lebanon, destroying vital infrastructure, as large Zionite bunker busters and thermobarics began to wreck ever more of Lebanon's already struggling infrastructure, causing large scale internal displacements, and in general making Lebanon's already precarious position worse. Over the two weeks that it took to map all of the Hezbollah tunnels, about 12% of the buildings in Lebanon had been destroyed, with over 1,000,000 Lebanese civilians displaced (It's noted that a likely reason why the number wasn't higher was due to a limited amount of places to go after the destruction of so many housing units), and 200,000 dead from bombings as of internal military estimates.

Once the tunnels were mapped out, the Zionite Armed Forces began a brutal Campaign of tunnel clearance, involving large amounts of poison gas, soldiers in armored exoskeletons carrying incendiary fuel gel launchers, and bunker busters. It would take another two weeks to clear the tunnel systems, with Hezbollah suffering catastrophic casualties in the process. Tunnels that were too deep for the bunker busters to collapse were summarily collapsed by explosive charges once cleared of militants. The Zionite military would take to occupying southern Lebanon for four months, where continued anti Hezbollah raids would occur, as well as operations north deeper into Lebanon, such as a brief occupation of Beirut that lasted for about a week. The anti-Hezbollah operations on Lebanese soil would lead to 50,000 more Lebanese deaths, and 100,000 more displaced. After a few months of the occupation of Southern Lebanon, the Zionite High Command decided to pull out, declaring that Hezbollah had been sufficiently crippled as to not pose a serious threat to Zion for an extended period of time. Meanwhile Lebanon was left in a massive humanitarian crisis, with few willing to pitch in to help their desperate situation. Hezbollah without it's ability to raid for food do to the sheer amount of losses in both manpower and equipment it just took would end up dissolving under the weight of it's own unpopularity, without it's military strength to back it up.

##### The Golan War

The Golan war was a series of engagements between Zion's security forces and various Druze, Syrian, and Lebanese militias. It occurred during the late stages of the Shoah War, and would continue on until the early 2070s. The Conflict started due to the collapse in Israeli border security after the nuking of Tel-Aviv, and the radiation not reaching the Golan. This left the area open to various non-state actors to descend on the region for one reason or another. Various Druze militias wished to take the region as theirs in the hopes of establishing their own state in the area. Syrian and Lebanese militias had irredentist aspirations of taking back the parts of the Golan Heights taken all the way back in 1967, which was at this point over a hundred years ago.

The militias initially fought amongst themselves for the most part, however this began to change as Zionite Magav units began being deployed up north during the Shoah War. The various militia groups active in the Golan would clash with Magav units for the duration, being force into more asymmetric combat against a better armed and trained foe. Initially the Druze attempted to negotiate with Zionite security forces, hoping that the prospects of a friendly Druze state would be appealing, however Zion never acknowledged any attempt at a deal that Druze militias formed. The Magav would crack the main strongholds of the militias within the Golan proper by the end of the Shoah War, with settlements that militias set up, made up primarily of the militamen's family members being destroyed, and their residents forced to flee. The Druze and Lebanese militias would give up their aspirations on the Golan for the most part, however Syrian militias would conduct border raids months after being driven out. Magav units would conduct cross border counter raids into the territory of the Republic of Damascus (a post war government built from the remains of Eurasianist Syria) against militia encampments, with the Zionite military occasionally getting involved with drone strikes. The Republic of Damascus protested the raids, calling them a violation of their sovereignty. However the Magav raids continued with little substantive Damascene opposition. Considering their biggest city and the city of their name sake had recently been hit with an atomic weapon, and their government was barely functional as is, this was not considered surprising. The Syrian militias would eventually run out of steam from repeatedly failing to raid into the Golan, and being repeatedly raided by Magav units. The conflict was declared over in early 2070 after prolonged inactivity on the Golan border.

#### The Judahite Erasure

Despite declaring that Judahites were rightful citizens of Zion, and the rhetoric around saving the Jews of the south from the Egyptians, Zion was ultimately a successor state to Israel. With that, came all the old conflicts between the north and south, with the southern Haredi leaders demanding more in the way of religious autonomy, religious funding, religious exemption from the military and national service, and even demands to control the national rabbinate. Haredi bureaucrats and security forces grew ever more uncooperative with the north, which caused the south to lag ever further behind as administration became near impossible outside military bases. However this only served to sour the opinion of north Zion's society and political elite, who put much of the blame for the atomic bombings of Tel-Aviv on the division the Haredi caused, and how they utterly mismanaged the South, and more importantly Jerusalem into destitution. It was to the point where the Circle of Seven had begun drafting plans on how to deal with their Haredi problem. From these plans came the Broken Tablet Program(BTP).

The first stages of the program involved essentially a mass purge of Haredi bureaucrats and security forces, with the army overseeing a disarmament of former Judahite regiments and law enforcement. The former Judahite bureaucracy which Zion has co-opted during the Shoah war, was effectively dissolved. Civilian governance in the south was abolished, with the Zionite military instituting martial law, with a military governor tasked to keep order in the region, and enforce the rulings of the northern government. Unsurprisingly this move was highly unpopular amongst the former Judahites, with many of them rioting, which military police put down.

With military control of the south, the government began forcefully shutting down Haredi institutions, with their rabbis being arrested, and their Yeshivas being shut down. The enclosed nature of the bunker systems were used to control Haredi movements, with Haredim requiring permission to move between bunkers, with the Haredi population even being computer chipped to facilitate this. These internal borders were also used bar Haredi from moving into the north of the country, cordoning them off in the South. Along with this, the Haredi in the bunkers under Jerusalem were forced to relocate to bunkers in the Negev. This unsurprisingly caused another round of rioting, which brought another round of crack downs. Those who rioted were detained in environmentally sealed above ground prison complexes, and their children were confiscated, and added to the ever growing national child rearing system. In the facilities themselves where dissenters were taken, Zion's Army Bio Engineering Corps implemented and innovated on various methods of memory altercation, deletion, neural network reconstruction, psionic hypnosis, and various other forms of 'rehabilitation'. The fatalities at these facilities were high, however the experiments done there would have long lasting impacts on Zion's society as a whole.

Crackdowns on what was perceived as 'parasitic elements' continued, with more oppressive dictates declared by the military governor. Curfews were instated, and Haredi men and women were conscripted into labor corps that would work in camps above the surface deconstructing Infrastructure for materials, as well as to make way for new projects. This labor corps served the double purpose of keeping the adults away from their children, so that they would be added to the national child rearing system, which was already automating itself to a large degree to keep up with the Ministry of demography’s projects.

With the Judahite's next generation under the thumb of Zion, they sought to now take care of the current generation, with the research done by the Army Bio Engineering Corps, the first 'Teshuva' Facilities came online, and began processing large numbers of the Judahite population. The teshuva facilities took all of what the Bio Engineering Corps learned along with Zion's various biotech firms, and began 'bringing the Haredi back into the fold'. The military governor saw the mass processing of the Haredim with brutal efficiency, with millions going in, and coming out 'reformed'. The Judahites were in effect erased, as they were assimilated by their brethren up north. The BTP was declared successful, with the last of the Haredim being processed, and turned into compliant citizens.

The south was returned to regular civilian government, with the travel restrictions and curfews being lifted. Those in the north noted that those in the South now held extremely patriotic positions towards the government, and began supporting the 'Jewish Survivalist Policies' of the state. In any other society this may have perturbed the general populace, but here, it fascinated the North. The results spoke for themselves, crime in the South was at an all time low, productivity was up, and integration within the bureaucracy and general Zionite society had never been so seamless. It captured the imagination of Zion's society of what could be achieved if they restructured the root of so many social problems: The People Themselves.

#### Rava Initiative Revival

The Rava Initiative which sought out to create a Super AI similar to Liberty and ANGEL in the United States had been put on hold due to the nuclear bombardment of Tel-Aviv. However the research done by the project was more than enough to pick up where it left off once Zion had regained it's footing somewhat. The new Rava Initiative sought to create smaller, but still self aware AIs to function within the bureaucracy. Some of the first AIs produced by the revived Initiative were taken up by the Ministry of Demography in managing the government Crèches, however these AI, while being able to mimic self awareness to an outside observer, were not yet true AI.

Developments in the Initiative in partnership with sections of the 'Union of Patriotic Corporations' would improve on the technology, with newer and more advanced AI entering government service. By 2072, the Initiative unveiled it's first 'true AI', which would be a model that future AI would follow. The Rava Initiative would see the applications of it's AI systems into essentially every part of government, with the Bureaucracy becoming more efficient as a result. However this would also lead to the government becoming more and more intrusive as the capacity to do so increased. The AI allowed for a drastic increase in Zion's already extensive securitization, with the AIs being able to process very large quantities of data. Essentially everything was tracked, catalogued, and examined to either root out dissent, as little of it that there was, gather personal information for social and economic planning, and of course monitoring internet traffic and bolstering Zion's cybersecurity. A massive uptick in surveillance followed as well, with monitoring popping up all across the country, both on the surface and in the bunkers. The government became nigh omniscient within it's own borders, with nothing escaping the eyes of internal security services.

#### Demographic Reconstruction

With the dramatic drop in the Jewish population from the Second Holocaust, the nuclear bombing of Tel-Aviv, and the subsequent radiation cloud, there was a feeling of 'Demographic Anxiety' the gripped not just the higher ups, but ever increasingly the general population of Zion as well. The global Jewish population had only recently recovered from the First Holocaust before being ravaged once more by the Second Holocaust and nuclear devastation. It is from this anxiety that the Ministry of Demography was formed, and long time Kishenevsky ally Elijah Goldstein was placed in charge. Goldstein was always a controversial figure in Israeli academia, namely for his unabashed neo-eugenic beliefs, having written various books and papers where he argued for the 'purification' of the Jewish race through careful genetic selection. He also gained notoriety for his writings on 'Human Capital Growth' which outline various invasive social engineering projects as well as intrusive government involvement in the reproductive and child rearing process in order to maximize Jewish birth rates. He had been put under review multiple times by the Israeli Ministry of Education who had him investigated for 'overly rightist leanings', with accusations that his works encouraged gender based discrimination, intra-Jewish racial divisions, and even Judahite leanings. However the investigations never went anywhere, as there was little evidence for said accusations, as well as being shielded by various allies in politics and academia. However even without the allegations, his extreme views made him controversial, but also gained him a following. With his new position as Minister of Demography, and a great deal of power invested in his Ministry, with full endorsement from the rest of the Circle of Seven, he would finally be able to carry out his vision, and now with a population that was open to the extreme.

Goldstein's first responsibilities as minister was managing the Crèches that the government had set up for the Shoah war. Goldstein's efforts saw the application of new technologies in the Crèches, such as various automatons controlled by cybernetic implant, as well as using technologies left over by the Rava initiative to install various autonomous AI within the Crèches to reduce manpower requirements. Artificial Wombs were also widely applied, essentially using the 'non lethal abortion' popularized in the United States to have pregnancies carried to term in the wombs, and allowing women to get back to work earlier. Goldstein's tenure during the Shoah war was largely seen as successful by the rest of the government and population at large, which he used to further promote his positions.

With the end of the Shoah war, more focus was put on recovering the population, with the Knesset approving crack downs on 'lethal abortions', (even going so far as to make non-lethal abortions mandatory to keep the labor force productive), contraceptives, and even condoms. The Ministry of Cultural and Religious affairs began a social engineering campaign to try to get people to marry younger, and have more kids. The ever increasing amount of artificial wombs filled with the unborn, the Zionite government officially adopted neo-eugenic policies to genetically tailor them. Genes were swapped in and out, disabilities would removed from the genome, gene patterns associated with resilient immune systems, better brain development, and stronger bodies were added in. Even sexual preference and identity was standardized, with the hope that an all heterosexual population would increase population growth in the coming generations. Gene tailoring became mandatory under the authority of the Ministry of Demography, just a few years ago such a policy would have sparked a controversy with the ethics of such an action being brought into question, but now there was no talks of ethics, or rights, or even the right to love by the LGBT community, all that was left was surviving and ensuring a future.

However the most radical policy pushed by Goldstein, and later approved by the Knesset would be the creation of 'Artificial Birthing Facilities', also known as 'Baby Factories'. Genetic material taken from married couples would be artificially grown in these facilities, and gene tailored in accordance to the Ministry of Demography's guidelines. This decision was controversial even in the Government, as it essentially involved creating a whole population of people who wouldn't have parents, only the government to raise them. However with the advancement of Rava Initiative based AI, it was at least deemed plausible enough to enact. Various 'mother AIs' were produced, with them being charged with raising the Vat-born population.

The programs enacted by the Zionite government would see the population growth rate explode, with it far surpassing pre bunker levels. Automated Crèches ran by sentient AI based off the old Rava Initiative were put in charge raising the next generation. All of the population would be raised by an increasingly ever present government, one way or another.