Comintern Republic
The Comintern Republic, led by the French Socialist Republic, is a powerful nation in Western Europe bordering Brittany, Germany, Spain, Aragon, Italy, and Switzerland.
History
The concepts of the Comintern Republic began in 1848, with the dissolution of the French July Monarchy and the presidential election of Louis-Eugene Covaignac. During the French Civil War, many within Paris demanded a socialist regime, as they argued republicanism and monarchism had failed them numerous times. Following the end of the war in 1853, Louis Blanc was elected President of the French People's Republic.
During the Great War, France had declared their neutrality. However, this neutrality was not respected by either Holland or Occitania, who drove the French nation into trench warfare. French citizens fought the armies of both sides.
During the conflict, Vladimir Lenin, who had been in exile in Switzerland, entered Paris and began to call for the absolute end of hostilities. This resonated with the French people, and began to disseminate among the Dutch and Occitan forces. As the war raged on, communists began to protest and eventually revolt in Toulouse and Amsterdam as well. The monarchies with the two fell to the revolutions, and communist rule were established. In 1922, the three soviet republics joined as the Comintern Republic. While the Dutch Royal Family managed to escape into exile, the Occitan Royal Family was placed under house arrest and later executed.
The establishment of the union was immediately protested and challenged throughout Europe. Similar uprisings in neighboring nations were crushed by the military, and effectively suppressed. Spain fell into civil war, having split into the Spanish Republic and Aragon. A communist mutiny in the German navy was crushed, as General Paul von Hindenburg effectively became military dictator with Erich Ludendorff and later Chancellor of Germany.
With Italy forming the Latin Bloc in 1938, The Republic demanded Brittany decline entry, as they did not wish to be surrounded by hostile nations. However, when Celestin Laine was appointed Prime Minister of Brittany, he had very strong anti-communist sentiment. Siding with Italy, Brittany negotiated entry into the Latin Bloc in 1940, with territorial claims on the Comintern Republic.
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