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The People’s Republic of Barkand (Stravarko Barkaya Republik) was a country located in the eastern region of Southland. It covers around 65 million sqkm at its peak size from 1945 to 1990. The country’s capital and largest city is Bark City, Other major urban areas include Moscow, Sydney, and Belgrade.
The People’s Republic came after the downfall of the Republican Era, with socialists calling for the end of the oligarchy and class-based rule in 1886.
During the early years, the Bark Government introduced social reforms that centralized all privately owned lands by buying it for a low price. It pushed out incentives for farmers to work collectively to support the rest of the country, such as the military, mines and other workers. Initially, this worked; with the country quickly being self sufficient and even producing a surplus of crops to export. However, the increasingly authoritative rule became unbearable for the already upset Carneasians, who have been under Bark rule since 1510. In the western region of Barkand, the Burians and the Pokremians would spark protests and minor revolts, wanting to break off from Barkand, to which the Government responded with heavy crackdowns.
Despite the rebellions, Barkand proved extremely resilient during the 3rd Arc War in 1937, winning the battle of attrition with Flufflesia, and causing them to ultimately lose the war.
Due to political upheaval and nationalistic protests in the Gers region of Murkatinnya, it was transferred over to Barkand in 1938, essentially ruling all of Carneasia within its borders.
Barkand, having anti-nationalistic sentiment, began cracking down on nationalistic movements in its Carneasian states, silencing them with tear gas and curfews during the wake of the Flufflesian Civil War.