Bistonian People's Republic

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The Bistonian People's Republic (aka. Bistonijos Liaudies Respublika) or the Mazoji People's Republic (Mazoji Liaudies Respublika) was a shortlived socialist state and an unrecognized state in Bistonia during the Crimsonian-Bistonian War. Established after the Mazoji Revolution in 1987, it was essentially both a puppet and buffer state for the People's Republic of Crimsonia until it collapsed and dissolved officially after Operation Silo and the fall of Mazoji in the year of 1988. The capital was the city of Mazoji.

Background
In the aftermath of the Bistonian Conflict, Bistonia gained independence from the People's Republic of Crimsonia in the year of 1960, much to the disappointment of many communist supporters and members in Bistonia. As a result, Propevich, a commander from the former Bistonian branch of the CPLA and remnants from the CPLA in Bistonia moved to the flat plains of South Bistonia, a few days after Bistonia gained independence. Bistonian authorities tried to investigate into their disappearance, however it reached nowhere. The following day, Propevich and his remnant forces formed the Bistonian Socialist Liberation Army, which would later be renamed into the Bistonian Socialist People's Army. It was a guerilla group and a movement which aimed to restore the socialist union between Bistonia and Crimsonia. They then settled into the plains of South Bistonia and set up base there. They were then funded by Crimsonian intelligence, which had been infiltrating into the country. However, despite being provided arms and support from Crimsonian intelligence, the guerilla group had not expanded a few years after their creations.

In 1974, the Federation War began, in which the St. Ark Federation had occupied most of South Bistonia, including regions which were controlled by the BSPA, it was during this time that the BSPA launched attacks against Federation troops patrolling in the regions, and launched attacks against farmers and civilians. It wasn't until in 1976 that the Bistonian Socialist People's Army gained traction after it expanded into a large network of resistance mainly due to the sudden increase in members, as civilians had been angered by the treatment of the Bistonian government, and joined the resistance group against the Bistonian government to continue the St. Ark Federation's focus into annexing the region. It then further waged attacks against farmers in certain regions across the state, and managed to convince locals in Southern Bistonia to join the cause.

Crimsonian-Bistonian War
On July 1987, the People's Republic of Crimsonia declared war on the Republic of Bistonia, marking the beginning of the Crimsonian-Bistonian War, although the Bistonian Socialist People's Army was a small guerilla group which had gradually increased in size, it did not gain support from the Crimsonian government, and support from Crimsonian intelligence stopped after they were informed that Propevich was recruiting members from South Bistonia, it wasn't until after the establishment of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic that the Crimsonian government had wished to establish a buffer state, mainly to protect themselves against Bistonia, as a result they made contact with the Bistonian Socialist People's Army, and provided them weapons and support in order to establish a buffer state.

Mazoji Revolution
After the fall of West Bistonia to the People's Republic of Crimsonia, the Bistonian Armed Forces, exhausted and devastated after their loss, went to the city of Mazoji to establish a stronghold in the city in order to hold off against the advancing Crimsonian forces. As Bistonian soldiers patrolled the city, many of the inhabitants of the city saw the effects of the Crimsonian-Bistonian War, as Bistonian troops had seemed to be retreating, however as Bistonian forces moved to the city of Mazoji, they heavily fortified the city along with heavily imposed curfews starting from 6 PM much to the dismay of the inhabitants living there. Then, thousands of civilians in Mazoji violated the curfew, and began a demonstration against the curfew and the foritication of the city, claiming that it was a coup d'etat. As thousands began joining in the protests, it escalated into riots and as a result Bistonian troops responded with violence, shooting over 2,000 civilians in the process.

After 2,000 civilians were violently gunned down by Bistonian troops, a memorial was held, but protests still continued against the fortification of the city even after the violent massacre which had occurred. The following day, rebels from the Bistonian Socialist People's Army began their long march to the capital of Mazoji, and dug out a tunnel leading underground the city, entering the city. Propevich and many commanders then gathered infront of the crowd, tinging demonstrators with communist ideals such as the beginning of a revolution against an authoritarian government, claiming that Crimsonia began the war in an attempt to liberate the people, and that the demonstrators should act immediately before they would be crushed. This would eventually mark the beginning of the Mazoji Revolution, as Propevich and many commanders within the BSPA coordinated mob attacks against government buildings and news networks across the city, and stormed the military headquarters the following day, resulting in the city cutting communication from the rest of Bistonia.

The next day, angry mobs which were coordinated by Propevich began raids across several police stations located in Mazoji, which had been abandoned as soon as they arrived, as police officers had fled the city through the underground tunnels to avoid persecution, however they had one setback which had put the city into grave danger, they had left weapons, ammunition and many other things which were useful, and as a result angry mobs were armed with weapons from several police stations. The Mazoji Revolution then began the following day, and hundreds of Bistonian troops defected to the side of the rebels much to the dissapointment of the Bistonian Armed Forces. Several buildings were torched to the ground and political opponents and dissidents were either killed or went missing, and Propevich then directed his attacks against prisons which resulted in hundreds of prisoners being released. They also attacked the headquarters of Mazoji FM, since they were accused of spreading propaganda.

However, during all the chaos, the Bistonian Armed Forces attempted to counter against the rebels trying to take the city, using their remaining forces and defenses to attempt to crush the rebellion, however, they were overwhelmed and the demonstrations were massive, and as a result, it was difficult for Bistonian troops to crush the rebellion, and in the process they were forced to retreat from the city, in which the rebels had completely seized the city and destroyed the fortifications. Eventually, the Mazoji Revolution was a successful revolution, and after the revolution, Bistonian forces were forced to abandon the city and the Mazoji region, allowing for rebels to further expand their controlled territories.

Establishment of the Bistonian People's Republic
In 1987, days after the fall of Mazoji into the hands of rebels, Propevich then hosted a gathering in the city of Mazoji, and announced the beginning of a new socialist republic, the following day, the Bistonian People's Republic was established, which satisfied the Crimsonian government, as a result of the establishment, Crimsonia provided the BPR with support, including weapons to defend themselves. Although they had no flag, they used the Crimsonian flag, until it was replaced with the banner of the Bistonian Socialist People's Army, a red banner with a black bar on the bottom, with revolutionary texts written on the flag in Lithuanian, with the name of the BPR placed in the middle of the flag. After the establishment, Propevich was immediately assigned as the leader of the socialist country, and it essentially became a puppet state under the People's Republic of Crimsonia. Propevich had plans for the newly created state, and he aimed to takeover Bistonia and transform it into an independent sovereign socialist state, although the Crimsonian government had wanted them to only seize South Bistonia for themselves and leave Northern Bistonia to the Bistonian government after they had won the war.

The Commonwealth of United and Free Nations condemned Propevich for establishing the country, and designated the Bistonian Socialist People's Army as a terrorist organization, it then declared that it would not recognize the Bistonian People's Republic, although the People's Republic of Crimsonia jumped into their defense and recognized the BPR as an independent sovereign state. It was also during this period that the Bistonian Socialist People's Army began major offensives, and captured many highways in South Bistonia, and cut off supply from remaining Bistonian cities in South Bistonia, resulting in thousands starving. They also persecuted local farmers in the country, and often scorched many livestock and crops in response to many farmers refusing to cooperate with the BSPA. Several militias in Northern Bistonia also plead allegiance to the Bistonian Socialist People's Army, and joined the Bistonian People's Republic. The BSPA then also encircled a huge chunk of land, including an important port city located hundreds of miles away from Mazoji.

Bistonian Shingleton conflict
On 1987, after the Mazoji Revolution and the Crimsonian offensive in West Bistonia, civilians and militia groups from the eastern districts of East Bistonian Shingleton began taking arms and a similar revolution occurred in an attempt to form an independent state and join the St. Ark Federation. Several paramilitary groups belonging to the seperatists rose up among the ranks as one of the leading groups against the Bistonian government, as a result, the island was partially controlled by rebels and eventually the Lithuanians in Bistonian Shingleton began to counter back with the rise of paramilitary groups belonging to the unionists and aligned themselves with the Bistonian Armed Forces in an attempt to crush the uprising, the following day after the revolution, it plead allegiance to Propevich and wanted to join the Bistonian People's Republic. Eventually, during the midst of the conflict the Bistonian Armed Forces would withdraw from the island after their failure to crush the uprising.

Alignment with the BSS
Weeks after Bistonian Shingleton seperatists occupied the island partially, Propevich arrived to East Bistonian Shingleton to cooperate with the leaders of several seperatist paramilitary groups, and signed an agreement declaring that East Bistonian Shingleton is officially a territory of the Bistonian People's Republic, although they had merged into the BPR, the paramilitary groups refused to integrate into the BSPA, and continued to remain seperate from them, although they had been officially part of the BPR, East Bistonian Shingleton was completely different from the BPR, and disagreements further divided them, and as a result it was run as an autonomous region in the BPR. Propevich had been disappointed, as he thought that the union with Bistonian Shingleton could prove his worth to the Crimsonian government. The Bistonian Socialist People's Army also participated in the Bistonian Shingleton conflict, and had helped the paramilitary groups in clashes against unionists.

Shingleton genocide
On September 3rd 1987, the Shingleton Genocide officially began, in which several seperatist paramilitary groups attempted to massacre innocent civilians accused of being affiliated with unionist paramilitary groups and in an attempt to weaken the morale of the unionists in West Bistonian Shingleton. The massacre officially began when a seperatist paramilitary group attacked a nearby Lithuanian village, massacring all of its inhabitants and burning down the entire village, another 12 Lithuanian villages were scorched and all of its inhabitants were killed. The Bistonian Socialist People's Army also played a role, as they had helped the paramilitary groups locate several villages. In cities, the genocide was in large scales, as bodies were piled up in designated mass graves in Shinglederry, over 50,000 Lithuanians were displaced, this resulted in the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations to respond, and directed most of its war efforts into Bistonian Shingleton, and launch Operation Schon. Over a hundred soldiers from the Bistonian Socialist People's Army were involved in the genocide of hundreds of thousands of Lithuanian villagers, and they were responsible for scorching villages, although they played a minimal role compared to the paramilitaries, which had committed brutal crimes against Lithuanian inhabitants.

Operation Schon
In 1987, the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations commenced Operation Schon, a CUFN led operation in order to establish buffer zones and neutral zones during the Crimsonian-Bistonian War, as a result, most of the regions in West Bistonian Shingleton was partially occupied by peacekeeper forces, leaving central Bistonian Shingleton controlled by unionist forces. During this occupation, CUFN made drastic attempts in evacuating refugees from the island into several countries, much to the discontent by the Bistonian People's Republic. It was also during this period that peacekeeper forces faced discrimination and fierce attacks by seperatists and the Bistonian Socialist People's Army across the borders of the CUFN zone, as it was insecure. In the aftermath of several raids by the BSPA and attacks by seperatists, landmines were set up near mountains and the border to prevent seperatists from entering the zone, and CUFN promised many civilians living within the occupied territory rations and supplies by peacekeepers.

Then, a week after landmines were placed along the mountains and the border of the CUFN controlled territory, Propevich then organized a risky and deadly offensive in an attempt to force CUFN out of Bistonian Shingleton, and in midnight the offensive was commenced, although the offensive had run smoothly, the divisions attempting to storm CUFN peacekeepers were overwhelmed, as casualties rapidly mounted after they ran into forests and fields filled with landmines, they were unable to see landmines, as it was dark and nearly all of the lights had been shattered by CUFN peacekeepers, although they managed to secure some territory, they were pushed back and over 1,500 troops were dead in the process, resulting in a loss.

Aftermath
After Propevich's failed offensive, the Bistonian Socialist People's Army was weakened in the aftermath, and it was suffering internally due to the lack of equipment. The BPR was also exhausting their population and troops, and farmers crops were destroyed which caused dozens to starve and a food shortage had overwhelmed the capital. Civil unrest was rampant in the country, and Propevich was devastated. Although major offensives were made in Southern Bistonia, the Bistonian Socialist People's Army was still weakened and morale had decreased rapidly, including the governments popularity. After the formation of the Free Bistonian Army, the situation in the BPR further escalated, and the BPR's territories reduced to only controlling highways and major cities in Southern Bistonia. In the aftermath of the Central Campaign, the BSPA attempted to create a new offensive in an attempt to conquer territory controlled by the Free Bistonian Army, but they were defeated due to their capabilities, and the BSPA was only a shell of its former self. In the aftermath of the offensive in Central Bistonia, Propevich changed the flag of the Bistonian People's Republic, and the revolutionary banner of the Bistonian Socialist People's Army stopped being used, which marked the end of the morale. The new flag was a tricolour flag, in which the top section of the flag was a light blue colour, with the middle section being red. The name of the Bistonian People's Republic in Lithuanian continued to be used in the middle section. The lower section of the flag was black, which was similar to the old flag. Although they had changed the flag and stopped using the banner, it still continued to be in use by the BSPA, as it was their official banner.

Operation Silo
Prior to the beginning of Operation Silo, the Free Bistonian Army had seeked revenge after the Bistonian Socialist People's Army launched attacks against their own forces in Central Bistonia, and as a result the Free Bistonian Army cooperated with the Bistonian Armed Forces for the first time since the Kriadavia Mutiny to organize an offensive to invade the region and seize the city of Mazoji from the Bistonian People's Republic, after they managed to secure Mazoji from the BSPA, they would then focus on seizing many of the remaining territories of the BPR in order to advance and capture most of Southwest Bistonia in an attempt to overwhelm Crimsonian troops in the frontlines and then use it as an advantage to push the exhausted Crimsonian army off mainland Bistonia, however despite being considered risky, it was possible, as the near destruction of the Bistonian Socialist People's Army in Operation Schon had left the Bistonian People's Republic completely vulnerable to invasion and their army would completely collapse.

On May 6th 1988, after plans for the offensive were organized, Operation Silo was commenced. The Bistonian Armed Forces was stationed west of the Mazoji region while the Free Bistonian Army was stationed north of the Mazoji region. Clashes then officially began with the Bistonian Socialist People's Army and it had become common, however before the BSPA could potentially defend themselves from the offensive, several BSPA divisions were completely destroyed after a counterattack against the FBA and the BAF had gone wrong, and as a result the Bistonian Armed Forces swept through quickly and captured coastal ports in the Mazoji Region, while the Free Bistonian Army followed aswell, leaving Mazoji completely surrounded by two sides. After Crimsonia was informed of Operation Silo, Crimsonia had condemned the act and provided more weapons and equipment to aid the rebels into rebuilding their army once again, however they had failed as one of their routes used to transport goods to Mazoji had been ambushed and intercepted, and the city of Mazoji was cut off from the outside world, in which the Crimsonian government went into a panic. Afterwards, the Free Bistonian Army arrived near Mazoji, and the Bistonian Armed Forces then followed aswell, officially beginning the siege of Mazoji.

Fall of Mazoji
During the beginning of the Fall of Mazoji, the Bistonian Armed Forces then seized several roads and districts near Mazoji, closing the city to civilians and surrounding the city. Bistonian tanks then drove near the city and the Bistonian Socialist People's Army began setting up defensive positions north of the city and began fighting heavily, damaging the city in the process and killing hundreds of people. However, they were outnumbered and they retreated in an attempt to further set up more stronger defensive positions, because of this, the Bistonian Armed Forces then clashed with rebels attempting to capture the roadways leading Mazoji to the rest of South Bistonia, and waited for the arrival of the Free Bistonian Army to aid them into the captue of the city.

As the Free Bistonian Army came to their defense 23 days into the offensive, they then advanced northwest into the city of Mazoji, and more BSPA units flocked to the side of the city to repell them back, initially, plans were for units from the FBA to surround the city and gradually move in so they could force Crimsonian units and volunteers to a cluster in the central pocket of the city and then attack with air and artillery forces, however, this plan was never met, as the Bistonian Armed Forces had more units and the Free Bistonian Army had refused to do so. The next day after the arrival of the Free Bistonian Army, one of their brigades launched an attack on downtown Mazoji and swept through, occupying one of the palaces in a fierce fight against BSPA forces. The Bistonian Armed Forces then attempted to open a new front in Mazoji by crossing a river bridge, however they received heavy shelling from Crimsonian artilley and the bridge to Mazoji was destroyed, and the river crossing was unsuccessful.

The Bistonian Socialist People's Army and Crimsonian troops managed to inflict casualties on the Bistonian Armed Forces from defensive positions but they had suffered severe casualties from air bombardment, within hours of the palace being seized and television coverage of the siege through Bistonia, the Bistonian Armed Forces ordered Crimsonian forces and the Bistonian Socialist People's Army to surrender, or the city would face a full-scale assault, they later on denied, and in the process Bistonian Armed Forces rushed through and swept through the city, with the Free Bistonian Army following them, as a result, on midnight, the flag of the Bistonian People's Republic was lowered on a government building in Mazoji and the flag of Bistonia was raised, ending the full-scale assault. After most of Mazoji fell into the hands of Bistonian troops. On June 3rd 1988, Mazoji was jointly occupied by the Free Bistonian Army and the Bistonian Armed Forces, the following day, the Bistonian Socialist People's Army managed to retreat on June 1988 and continued clashes in west Mazoji along with Crimsonian volunteers, however they were minimal. Much of Mazoji remained unsecured, and fighting continued within the city and its outskirts well into the period of occupation.

Many leaders and commanders from the Bistonian Socialist People's Army either defected, fled or conceded to the Bistonian Armed Forces and the Free Bistonian Army, some of the commanders were executed immediately after being detained, and some political members from the Bistonian People's Republic were also executed in a brutal way. Due to fear of snipers, the Free Bistonian Army bombarded most of Mazoji, leaving the city in ruins, much to the disappointment of the Bistonian Armed Forces. Propevich and his colleagues fled the city and disappeared, attempting to escape to Bistonian Shingleton, however they were captured by Bistonian forces after weeks and they were immediately executed by Bistonian troops.

Dissolvement
After the fall of Mazoji, the Bistonian People's Republic was in a fragile state. It was on the verge of collapse, as Propevich had fled the city and got himself executed in the process. In the weeks following the fall of Mazoji, Helbert, a general in the Bistonian Socialist People's Army, ascended to the top as the leader of the Bistonian People's Republic, instead of attempting to recapture the city of Mazoji as he was intended to do and restore order within their remaining territories, Helbert instead followed his own directions and defected to the Bistonian government, signing a treaty with them and officially announced the dissolution of the Bistonian People's Republic, after nearly one year of existing.

Collapse of the Bistonian People's Republic
After the fall of Mazoji, including a series of devastating events such as the execution of Propevich and Helbert surrendering to the Bistonians, the Bistonian People's Republic collapsed into dozens of rival factions each seeking to takeover the remaining territories in order to reestablish the Bistonian People's Republic, and kicked out Helbert from his position, as a result, the Crimsonian government took action, and seized the remaining territories, highways and villages for themselves, liquidating the remnants of the Bistonian People's Republic. The Crimsonian government then incorporated most of the remaining territories into the West Bistonian Socialist Republic, however, before they could potentially incorporate some of them, the Free Bistonian Army and the Bistonian Armed Forces recaptured some of the territories, completely liberating most of South Bistonia and restoring order, further frustrating the Crimsonian government. After most of the territories were incorporated, the Crimsonian government then forced rival factions to merge eachother to reform the Bistonian Socialist People's Army, but the division only lasted for 3 days and it ended up being merged into the West Bistonian branch of the CPLA. In the aftermath, the Crimsonian-Bistonian War reached into 1989, and Crimsonia attempts to tighten their grip on their remaining occupied territories.

Remnants of the BPR in Bistonian Shingleton
Despite the collapse of the Bistonian People's Republic and the liquidation of the Bistonian Socialist People's Army in mainland Bistonia, the Bistonian People's Republic continued to exist for another year in Bistonian Shingleton as a rump state and the remnants of the former BPR, with several paramilitary groups controlling the country internally, the reason why the BPR continued to exist as remnants despite the BSPA being dissolved and absorbed within the West Bistonian army was that the seperatist military groups, were decentralized and they had cut contact from the BPR despite de facto being in the BPR, and as a result of the situation the BPR continued to survive. After the collapse of the BPR, several paramilitary groups which controlled a portion of Bistonian Shingleton then formed the Bistonian Shingleton People's Republic, although de jure it was still named the Bistonian People's Republic.

Although the remnants of the Bistonian People's Republic managed to survive in Bistonian Shingleton, it suffered from internal conflicts, and it was fragile. Many seperatist military groups attempted to secede from the rump state and units began clashing with eachother over for power, which left east Bistonian Shingleton vulnerable to invasion by unionist military groups in the west. As a result of a growing threat on their doorstep, the seperatist military groups then began to cooperate with eachother and formed a seperatist united front against unionist forces and the Bistonian Armed Forces, and the BPR government was dismantled in the process, although it was dismantled, the state continued to exist for months. However, they lost against unionists forces and the Bistonian Armed Forces and they were nearly at war with the Free Bistonian Army after the Battle for Bistonqwerty International Airport came to a failure once FBA units intervened.

After the Battle for Bistonqwerty International Airport and the intervention by the Free Bistonian Army, the united seperatist front in Bistonian Shingleton then went up in flames again, and as a result seperatist military groups began fighting eachother internally, and in the aftermath the united seperatist front collapsed into rival factions, which officially ended the remnants of the Bistonian People's Republic in Bistonian Shingleton, although some factions attempted to plead allegiance to carry on the torch of the Bistonian People's Republic, most of them were destroyed before they could potentially reestablish the BPR on the island.

Aftermath
After the collapse of the remnant state in Bistonian Shingleton, the Bistonian People's Republic ceased to exist, although many militias in Northern Bistonia had plead allegiance to them, they either collapsed or they were either destroyed completely by the Bistonian Armed Forces and the Free Bistonian Army. In the aftermath and events after the Crimsonian-Bistonian War, the former leader, Helbert, was sent to court after being accused of committing war crimes and accused of taking part in the Shingleton genocide. The Bistonian Socialist People's Army was completely destroyed after the takeover of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic by the West Bistonian Islamic Front.

Structure
Despite being a shortlived state and essentially a puppet state for Crimsonia, the Bistonian People's Republic had its own currency, government, police, army, language and its infamous secret police. Many of these existed as one of Propevich's plans to establish a proper government to distance themselves further from Bistonia, and it gained a certain amount of autonomy, although over the years as part of a transition to Crimsonia, the Bistonian People's Republic no longer had their own systems.

Currency
Although many businesses in Mazoji continued to use the Bistonian Provis, it was later on replaced with the Bistonia Relitas, as their official currency within the unrecognized state, it rolled out a month after the Mazoji Revolution, despite having their own currency, the Bistonian Relitas was completely useless and it had little to no value, and as a result, they stopped rolling out the Bistonian Relitas and began using the Crimsonian Crimit, the currency of the People's Republic of Crimsonia.

Population
Since the founding of the Bistonian People's Republic, it had over 32.1 million civilians when the state began, since it had controlled Mazoji and half of Bistonian Shingleton, the second largest city in Bistonia. However, during its later years, the population of Mazoji began to dwindle, as a result of businesses closing and millions of civilians fleeing the city in order to avoid persecution from the secret police, and before Operation Silo, it had only 12.3 million civillians and it dropped to over 9 million after Operation Silo.

Language
Although Propevich had announced that the Bistonian People's Republic would be a socialist state made by the population equally, the Bistonian People's Republic had no official language, although the majority of the population in their capital Mazoji had spoke either English or Lithuanian. During Propevich's government reforms however, the Bistonian People's Republic declared English as its official language and afterwards it banned the Lithuanian language from being spoken and in schools they were banned.

Religion
In the Bistonian People's Republic, there was no official religion, and most of the BPR government was state atheism. The majority of the population in the BPR were Catholics, while some were Protestant majority near Central Bistonia.