West Bistonian Socialist Republic

About
The West Bistonian Socialist Republic (aka. Западнобистонска социалистическа република) was a Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic which lasted from 1987 to 1990. It was essentially a Crimsonian bufer state. The chairman of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic was Georgi Tobuzov, and its capital city was Kagengrad, now called Kagenvechina. Founded in 1987 during the early phases of the Crimsonian-Bistonian War, it expanded to become an independent sovereign socialist republic, although it was under the rule of the People's Republic of Crimsonia, however, the West Bistonian Socialist Republic later collapsed in 1990 and a rump state called the West Bistonian Islamic Republic was established.

Founding
Prior to August 21st 1987, Crimsonia declared war on Bistonia, beginning the Crimsonian-Bistonian War. In just one day, the Crimsonian army had managed to secure the coasts of West Bistonia, as Bistonian troops had attempted to push them back from the coasts to no avail, due to the lack of equipment and a poorly equipped army. Crimsonian troops then pushed them further southwest, and roads were captured. Powerlines, which provided electricity in Kagengrad were cut off, which had deprived civilians of food and water. An hour later, Crimsonian troops surrounded Kagengrad, and demonstrations broke out due to the lack of evacuation efforts by Bistonian troops from the city. Bistonian units, which were surrounded entirely by Crimsonian units, began fighting for long periods of time until they were crushed, and Kagengrad was secured.

On August 21st 1987, after months of military occupation by Crimsonian troops, the West Bistonian Socialist Republic was officially established marking the beginning of the socialist republic, with Georgi Tobuzov, a Crimsonian politician, assigned to the role as chairman of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic. Although it was an independent state, it was essentially an autonomous republic under Crimsonia.

Expansion
After the West Bistonian Socialist Republic was established on August 21st 1987, West Bistonia gradually expanded rapidly in size, with each occupied territory being handed over to them until most of the remaining regions of West Bistonia came under the administration of the WBSR, and aid and funding for the state was provided by the Crimsonian government. During this expansion period, the WBSR was then forced to give up a chunk of territory to the Crimsonian-Bistonian Autonomous Socialist Republic. The West Bistonian administration founded the People's Army of the West Bistonian Socialist Republic, also known as the PAWBSR, as a separate military group for Crimsonia.

Union proposal
In the year of 1987, after the establishment of the West Bistonian Socialsit Republic, there were plans by the Crimsonian government to incorporate the West Bistonian Socialist Republic into the Crimsonian-Bistonian Autonomous Socialist Republic, and politicians within the autonomous regions began backing up the plans, including officials from the West Bistonian Socialist Republic. For unknown reasons, decisions were made by the Crimsonian government, and decided not to incorporate the West Bistonian Socialist Republic into the Crimsonian-Bistonian Autonomous Socialist Republic into one single entity.

Another proposal was made by officials from the West Bistonian Socialist Republic, suggesting that the newly created country should merge with the Bistonian People's Republic, including a merge with the Crimsonian-Bistonian Autonomous Socialist Republic. However, along with several radical proposals for the future, it was rejected.

Revival process
In the year of 1988, the Revival process was commenced by the chairman of the People's Republic of Crimsonia, Ilya Zhivkov. The main objective of the revival process was to eradicate Islamic culture and enforcing secular policies towards those who had adhered to Islam, and in the process, millions of people within Crimsonia's borders were either forced to change their names and abandon their religion, or otherwise flee from the country. Although the revival process did not affect most of mainland Crimsonia and their overseas territories, it had greatly affected the West Bistonian Socialist Republic, since the majority of the people there were Crimsons which had converted to Islam during the Beylik periods, and resulted in a years long insurgency from the newly-created West Bistonian Islamic Front, which later contributed to the overthrow of the socialist government.

In the early periods of the revival process, West Bistonian authorities began enforcing policies, such as forcing the majority of the people to change their names, and mosques within Kagengrad were forced to shutdown by the authorities as a result of the policies, which resulted in mass protests in Kagengrad which had later turned violent to the point West Bistonian troops were deployed to the city to crackdown on the unrest, in which over hundreds of people died. Although the urban areas had been less violent after the crackdown, it was much more violent in the villages across West Bistonia, as farmers and villagers began arming themselves and then purposely setting fire on their own villages and ambushing West Bistonian troops. Religious monuments were taken down, and newborns were taken away from their parents and put up to adoption by Crimsonian authorities.

In the aftermath of the revival process, over hundreds of religious monuments were demolished, and thousands of newborns were seperated from their parents and put up for adoption. As a result of the cruelty by the authorities, thousands of people within the West Bistonian Socialist Republic had two choices, either to accept their fate or escape the country. Those in mainland Crimsonia did not accept their fate and were safely allowed to flee to neighboring countries, but the West Bistonian Socialist Republic was a much more different case, as the West Bistonian authorities imposed a policy stopping entry into the country and exiting the country. As a result, thousands of people who had wanted to flee the country from persecution were essentially trapped within its borders, sealing their fate. However, those who had fled the country were also unlucky, as some of them had crossed through the frontlines of the Crimsonian-Bistonian War. As the revival process resulted in the devastating losses, it was stopped, however it would later on result in a insurgency.

Islamic insurgency
After the Revival process had ended, the damage was irreversible, and several insurgency groups in the rural areas of West Bistonia began rising in numbers. However, in an attempt to spread the islamic insurgency, these several insurgency groups in West Bistonia began uniting and formed the West Bistonian Islamic Front, a insurgency group which had aimed to overthrow the West Bistonian Socialist Republic and turn the tide of war for themselves, and to establish an independent islamic republic.