Terra

The flag of Terra.

Terra is a totalitarian dictatorship which controls Earth. It has a mass surveillance system which always watch the population and their activities. This is where the country's motto comes from - "We will watch you to protect you".

It is located in Myliwg.

#### **History**

The story of Terra began with the foundation of the *Socialist Committee of Earth*, later the *People's Movement for Economic and Social Equality* (PMESE), in the UK, with Ewan Gray as its chairman. This movement would later spread to other western democracies due to a greater distrust with their governments on handling issues such as cost of living. Soon a paramilitary wing of the PMESE would be set up in the US called the People's Defence Front, later spreading to other countries. However, a coup in the US staged by a far right branch of the US military took power, causing many left wing and anti-coup groups (including the People's Defence Front) to rise up in revolt, leading to the overthrow of the regime. Ewan was made the leader of this coalition and had control over large parts of the Eastern and Western US, however the United States Provisional Government demanded that all the land be returned to them, threatening war; Ewan declined the demands. What followed was a complicated series of events, with Ewan declaring the Socialist Republic of Earth and causing more left wing revolts to spring up in other Western countries. By the end, the SRE controlled the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia, Iceland, France, Iberia, Germany, Italy, Austria, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Initially, Ewan wanted to make the SRE a socialist democracy, however paranoia and pressure from some of his collogues caused him to transform the SRE into the Republic of Terra, a one party totalitarian state under his control. The left wing groups which had aided the creation of the SRE soon turned to revolt however were swiftly crushed and leading to the Terra Conquest of Earth. As this occurred, China annexed North Korea and Mongolia, creating the Asian People's Confederation. When Terra and the APC invaded and annexed Russia, they were the only remaining countries on Earth. At this point, Ewan had began to implement wide sweeping reforms such as the People's Necessities Programme, which aimed to provide universal healthcare, education and housing to all citizens along with providing daily meals for all, but other government officials had also been given permission to clamp down on any and all unrest, such as the Information Camps (concentration camps designed for the torture and murder of political prisoners). A number of rebellions, protests and movements had also been suppressed that went against the newly formed Party Towards True Prosperity (PTTP). Finally, Terra declared war on the APC which lead to a colossal loss of life on both sides. Eventually, the war ended when Beijing and Shanghai were taken, and the APC was annexed into the republic of Terra.

#### **Ideology**

Terra follows an ideology called 'Radical Ewanism'. This ideology follows the basic principles of Ewanism, a strand of socialism which advocates for workplace democracy and universal necessities (e.g. food and housing), but exists within a country lead by either a one-party state or a totalitarian dictatorship.

People aren't allowed to speak out against the party and if the do so then they will be executed or, if they were in a group that spoke out against the government, they could be tortured for information (such as within the information camps). However this was more frequent in the early days of Terra as the populous hadn't yet been brainwashed into thinking that the party and Radical Ewanism are the best things in history. Schools teach children to work and fight for the greater good towards what the party describes as 'True Prosperity', and constant propaganda being showed to the public has caused most of the population of Terra to follow whatever the state says to do.

Terra is one of the only left wing dictatorships in history despite being more totalitarian than most.

**Underground Rebellions**

The only rumoured insurrectionist movement is an unnamed group supposedly led by a former politician known only as ‘R’. Any association at all with this group or any like it is highly illegal. It is likely this shadowy organisation is much less of a threat than it is often perceived to be. With no uncensored media to report, news of the so called ‘rebellion’ is only spread in small circles, due to both the high suppression of people and the high support of the government by the people.

Terra is based of of George Orwell's Oceania from 1984.