Sergiet Republic

"And then when I passed through the gates into Moscow, I saw them - the red flags, carried by marching men in uniforms, or draped from huge buildings, the likes of which I have not seen since New York."

- Dr. John Marshall, upon his arrival to Moscow, 2029

The Sergiet Republic is a large area of Eastern Europe and Asia that is under the control of the New Worker's Party. Although predominatly Russian and Eastern European, a large percentage of people living witin the Sergiet Republic and employed within it's organizations are refugees from other countries who escaped to the Republic, notably from Britian, Australia and the former United States of America. Many of these people are not communists at all, but prefer living in the Republic.

History
The Sergiet Republic was formed gradually, and did not actually come to power by electoral means, but not revolutionary means either. Instead, it was formed when the government of the Russian Federation began to slip back into communist ideaologies, beggining to adopt their symbols and government structure. The West were aware of this, but were busy with their problems within their own countries - oil was running out, and riots were common. The Sergiet Republic started it's transformation in 2005, and completed it by 2012. Organizations such as the People's Commissariat, Sergiet Army and Teznak existed, but underwent several name and uniform changes, and were not finalized until after the Oil War. The first offical leader of the Republic was Ulman Metz, who was responsible for steering the Republic through the Oil War.

During the Oil Was, the Republic had possesion of large amounts of the precious reasource, and were attacked by surrounding countries in an attempt to salvage some for themselves. However, they underestimated the raw power of the Sergiet Army, and found their own countries to be crushed and taken over. By this time, many people saw the Sergiet Republic as a Second Soviet Union, which in many was it was, and still is. The United Kingdom and United States were the two other major players in the Oil War, and the UK found it'self crushed by the United States, who managed to control the UK's oil rigs in the North Sea. The Sergiet Republic retained most of it's own oil, making it the single most powerful nation in the aftermath of the Oil War and before the Third World War, although Ulman Metz died by natural means in 2016.

When the Service Unionists came to power in Britain, the new leader of the Republic, Alex Katrosei, was nervous. Although the Service Unionists displayed incredible hostility to communisim, which Katrosei put down to the Republic having won the war, some aspects of the Unionist regime were similar to his own. If that was the case, then the Unionists would be able to build a strong enough army.

Ideaologies and Overview
ergiet Republic were formerly very far-left and with increbily strict guidelines which were enforced brutally. However, since the ceasefire of World War III, and since Alex Katrosei replaced the boorish Vladimir Sachan as Chairman, the Republic's polocies have become much more relaxed. The Sergiet Repbulic is still plainly communist, but after seeing the result of the war, Katrosei decided that his party, the New Worker's Party, was not capable of surviving the Service without assistance from refugees from other countries. Many scientists, academics, and senior military officers fled to the Sergiet Republic from countries that were invaded by the Service, and many ordinary people joined up with the Sergiet organizations, such as the military, manufacturing groups or agriculture groups, sustaining the Republic.

Many of the former ideaologies have been forgotten in Katrosei's time as chairman, although they have made it clear that the Worker's Party is still the only offical power, and that any breaches or question of this will be dealt with severely by the Commissariat. Although many people are still unhappy with the idea of the Republic's "lesser communism", it is widely accepted as a better alternative than Service Unionisim.