Characters / Twilight of the Anthropocene – Asia

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East Asia

Empire of Japan

Official Name: Empire Of Japan

Ruling Party: Japan Forum

Ideology: Anocratic Dirigisme^note Autocracy

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• Allohistorical Allusion: Modern-day Japan, a highly-developed technocratic autocracy, has come to inhabit the same role as OTL China.
• Hikikomori: Japan's immense prosperity and rapid development has led to most youths raised by middle-class families to essentially withdraw themselves from society, becoming shut-ins that refuse to leave their home. It's made a lot of Japanese people slightly uneasy with the thought of the future being spent at large apartment complexes.

Koizumi Junishiro

Role: Head of State

Party: Japan Forum

Ideology: Anocratic Dirigisme^note Autocracy

The current prime minister of Japan.

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Akihito

Role: Emperor Of Japan

Ideology: Anocratic Dirigisme^note Autocracy

Akihito is the current Emperor of Japan, said to be a direct descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu. Despite this, Akihito himself holds very little political power of his own and mostly serves as a figurehead.

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Koichi Toyama

Role: Head of State

Ideology: National Anarchism^note  Revolutionary Right

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Nikku Rando

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Algocratic Despotism^note Technocracy

A British Accelerationist philosopher.

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• Allohistorical Allusion: In OTL Land immigrated to China, which he saw as governmentally compatible with his Accelerationist philosophy. Given that TOTA's Empire of Japan occupies the same global role as OTL China, it's logical that he would settle there.

People's Republic of Korea

Official Name: People's Republic of Korea

Ideology: Anocratic Dirigisme^note Autocracy

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• Authority in Name Only: While still technically independent, Korea is controlled by an extreme pro-Japanese government which is in turn heavily influenced by Japan and many Japanese zaibastus: this influence is so extreme that Busan and several other cities (all under the De facto control of Japan) are considered Japanese territory.
• Trauma Conga Line: The current century has been this for Korea: They managed to establish a unified Korea after years of suffering under Japanese occupation, only for the 2008 Economic Crash to put them under Japanese control again.

Akihiro Tsukiyama

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Anocratic Dirigisme^note Autocracy

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• This Is My Name on Foreign: Tsukiyama uses an adopted Japanese name instead of his real Korean one: Lee Myung-bak.
• Corrupt Politician: Just as in OTL, Tsukiyama is horrifically corrupt.
• The Quisling: Tsukiyama, not content with simply being a Japanese puppet, has embraced Japanese influence to the point of adopting a Japanese name.

Ahn Sang-soo

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Nativist Populism^note Dissident Right

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• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Although Ahn's goal of removing malignant Japanese influence from Korea is somewhat noble, putting it into practice will provoke Japan to the point of war.
• Occupiers Outof Our Country: More than anything else, Ahn seeks to free Korea from the clutches of Japan.

Empire of Great Manchuria

Official Name: Empire of Great Manchuria

Ideology: Managerial Bureaucracy^note Technocracy

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• Vestigial Empire: While the Empire of Great Manchuria was never more than a Japanese puppet state, it used to control much more territory and is now reduced to a thin patch of land smaller than neighboring Korea.

Husheng

Role: Monarch^note Figurehead

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Tagaki Yuna

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Managerial Bureaucracy^note Technocracy

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People's Republic of China

Official Name: People's Republic of China

Ideology: Maoism^note Hardline Socialism

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Bo Xilal

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Maoism^note Hardline Socialism

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Hong Kong

Official Name: Crown Colony of Hong Kong

Ideology: Third Way^note Social Democracy

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Hillary Benn

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Third Way^note Social Democracy

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People's Republic of Mongolia

Official Name: People's Republic of Mongolia

Ideology: Soviet Market System^note Neo-Socialism

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Nambaryn Enkhbayar

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Soviet Market System^note Neo-Socialism

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Philippine Republic

Official Name: Philippine Republic

Ideology: Anocratic Liberalism^note Autocracy

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Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr.

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Anocratic Liberalism^note Autocracy

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Republic of Indonesia

Official Name: Republic of Indonesia

Ideology: Anocratic Dirigisme^note Autocracy

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Aburizal Bakrie

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Anocratic Dirigisme^note Autocracy

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East Timor

Official Name: East Timor

Ideology: Social Patriotism^note Social Democracy

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José Ramos-Horta

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Social Patriotism^note Social Democracy

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Khmer Republic

Official Name: Khmer Republic

Ideology: Managerial Bureaucracy^note Technocracy

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• Balkanize Me: Cambodia is divided between the pro-Japan Khmer Republic and the communist Democratic Kampuchea. The Khmer Republic controls most of it.
• Puppet State: The Khmer Republic has become very reliant on Thai and South Vietnamese support for its continued existance, giving them important levels of influence over it.

Yem Ponhearith

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Managerial Bureaucracy^note Technocracy

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Democratic Kampuchea

Official Name: Democratic Kampuchea

Ideology: National Communism^note Hardline Socialism

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• Balkanize Me: Cambodia is divided between the pro-Japan Khmer Republic and the communist Democratic Kampuchea. The Democratic Kampuchea controls only two separate parts in the north of the country.

Kang Kek Iew

Role: Head of State

Ideology: National Communism^note Hardline Socialism

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Republic of Thailand

Official Name: Republic of Thailand

Ideology: Military Governance^note Autocracy

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• Assassination Attempt: Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram was assassinated by a dissident, leaving his reforms half-finished.

Prayut Chan-o-cha

Role: Prime Minister^note Head of State

Ideology: Military Governance^note Autocracy

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• Cincinnatus: Chan-o-cha holds on to power temporarily until the situation calms down for the upcoming elections.

South Asia

Collapsed India

Indian Republic of Bengal

Official Name: Indian Republic of Bengal

Ideology: Social Patriotism^note Social Democracy

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Debabrata Biswas

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Social Patriotism^note Social Democracy

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Independant State of Odisha

Official Name: Independant State of Odisha

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Neo-Socialism

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• Young and in Charge: Odisha is founded and mostly controlled by Young radical socialists.

Soumyadip Sarkar

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Neo-Socialism

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• Young and in Charge: Sarkar is very young for a leader.

People's Republic of Dravida Nadu

Official Name: People's Republic of Dravida Nadu

Ideology: Soviet Market System^note Neo-Socialism

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M. K. Stalin

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Soviet Market System^note Neo-Socialism

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Kingdom of Travancore

Official Name: Kingdom of Travancore

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Autocracy

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M. T. Rama Varma

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Autocracy

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Dominion of Andamania

Official Name: Dominion of Andamania

Ideology: Social Liberalism^note Liberalism

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• Allohistorical Allusion: The estblishment of a homeland in the Andaman Islands for the Anglo-Indians and Anglo-Burmese was proposed in OTL but never materialized.

Ingrid McLeod

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Social Liberalism^note Liberalism

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Bombay Republic

Official Name: Bombay Republic

Ideology: Social Libertarianism^note Liberalism

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Sanjiv Mehta

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Social Libertarianism^note Liberalism

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Bharatiya Republic

Official Name: Bharatiya Republic

Ideology: Nativist Populism^note Dissident Right

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Mohan Bhagwat

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Nativist Populism^note Dissident Right

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State of Khalistan

Official Name: State of Khalistan

Ideology: Progressivism^note Social Democracy

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Jagmeet Singh

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Progressivism^note Social Democracy

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• In Spite of a Nail: Singh still becomes a prominent progressive politician despite being born in a different country than OTL.

Middle East

Iraqi Civil War

Kurdistan

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Neo-Socialism

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Kawa Mahmud

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Neo-Socialism

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Turkmeneli Republic

Official Name: Turkmeneli Republic

Ideology: Social Paternalism^note Conservatism

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Arshad Salihi

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Social Paternalism^note Conservatism

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Iraqi Confederation

Official Name: Iraqi Confederation

Ideology: Anocratic Liberalism^note Autocracy

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Ayad Allawi

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Anocratic Liberalism^note Autocracy

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Republic of Iraq

Official Name: Republic of Iraq

Ideology: National Third Positionism^note Revolutionary Right

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Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri

Role: Head of State

Ideology: National Third Positionism^note Revolutionary Right

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Islamic Emirate of Iraq

Official Name: Islamic Emirate of Iraq

Ideology: Theocracy^note Autocracy

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• The Theocracy: Of the fundamentalist islamic kind.

Ibrahim al-Samarrai

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Theocracy^note Autocracy

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Levant

Turkish Republic

Official Name: Turkish Republic, People's Republic of the Turan (Çulhaoğlu)

Ruling Party: Yurtta Sulh Konseyi^note Council for Peace at Home

Ideology: Anocratic Liberalism^note Autocracy

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Role: Head of State

Party: Yurtta Sulh Konseyi^note Council for Peace at Home

Ideology: Anocratic Liberalism^note Autocracy

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• Irony: Erdoğan's party is named the Yurtta Sulh Konseyi (Council for Peace at Home), which was the name of the organization created by the putschists who attempted to overthrow Erdoğan in 2016.

Ekrem İmamoğlu

Role: Head of State (Civil war victory)

Party: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi^note Republican People's Party

Ideology: Democratic Socialism^note Social Democracy

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Kemal Okuyan

Role: Head of State (Civil war victory)

Party: Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy^note Communist Party of Turkmenistan

Ideology: Soviet Market System^note Neo-Socialism

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Örsan Şenalp

Role: Head of State (Civil war victory)

Party: Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy^note Communist Party of Turkmenistan

Ideology: Left-Accelerationism^note Technocracy

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Doğu Perinçek

Role: Head of State (Civil war victory)

Party: Vatan Partisi^note Patriotic Party

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Neo-Socialism

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Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu

Role: Head of State (Civil war victory)

Party: Vatan Partisi^note Patriotic Party, Ulusal Parti^note National Party

Ideology: National Communism^note Hardline Socialism

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Mete Ulaş Aksoy

Role: Head of State (Civil war victory)

Party: Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy^note Communist Party of Turkmenistan

Ideology: Left-Accelerationism^note Technocracy

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Republic of Syria

Official Name: Republic of Syria

Ideology: Social Conservatism^note Conservatism

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Hadi al-Bahra

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Social Conservatism^note Conservatism

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Hebrew Republic of Labour

Official Name: Hebrew Republic of Labour

Ruling Party: Mifleget HaPoalim HaMeuhedet^note United Workers Party

Ideology: Soviet Market System^note Neo-Socialism

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Ehud Barak

Role: Prime Minister^note Head of State

Party: Mifleget HaPoalim HaMeuhedet^note United Workers Party

Ideology: Soviet Market System^note Neo-Socialism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Born in a Kibbutz in 1942, Ehud Barak is the face of an aging Status Quo. He joined the EDF in 1959, shortly into his service being spotted and taken to the new elite Sayeret Matkal. Even inside the elite unit Barak showed exceptional excellence, and became an officer after just one year, receiving a medal from the Ramatkal himself. His rise didn't stop there, and as he took part in many important operations - often behind enemy lines - Barak rose further through the ranks, starting himself a successful military career. Commanding elite units and then divisions during crucial operations, Barak finally rose to the rank of Ramatkal before leaving the military in 1995. After leaving the military, Barak got into the civilian life, finding himself a comfortable position in the Histadrut, where he eventually rose to the board and then briefly served as its leader. From there, Barak naturally found his way into the higher circles of Mapam, getting elected to the People's Council in 2005. As the Mapam Center convened in 2017 to choose the new party premier - which was to be the prime minister of the country - Barak presented his candidacy, building on his reputation from the EDF and campaigning on a line of maintaining stability without leaning too much out of the current course of the country. Finally, in a close vote he was elected to the premiership of Mapam and soon after inaugurated as the new prime minister of Israel. Since then, Barak has overseen a silent period, keeping conflicts just below the surface as many opposing factions are just barely satisfied with the compromise he is.

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Shalom Simhon

Role: Prime Minister^note Head of State (Barak resigns)

Party: Mifleget HaPoalim HaMeuhedet^note United Workers Party

Ideology: Social Technocracy^note Technocracy

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Haim Ramon

Role: Prime Minister^note Head of State (Barak resigns)

Party: Mifleget HaPoalim HaMeuhedet^note United Workers Party

Ideology: Third Way^note Social Democracy

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Gabi Ashkenazi

Role: Prime Minister^note Head of State (Barak resigns, Negotiations break down)

Party: Mifleget HaPoalim HaMeuhedet^note United Workers Party

Ideology: Soviet Market System^note Neo-Socialism

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Dov Khenin

Role: Prime Minister^note Head of State (Barak resigns, Negotiations break down)

Party: Mifleget HaPoalim HaMeuhedet^note United Workers Party

Ideology: Soviet Market System^note Neo-Socialism

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Efraim Sneh

Role: Prime Minister^note Head of State (PM Ramon, Military coup)

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Neo-Socialism

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• Military Coup: The military may lead a coup against Haim Ramon, leading Sneh to be installed as Prime Minister afterwards.

Omer Bar-Lev

Role: Director of Shin Bet

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Neo-Socialism

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Republic of Lebanon

Official Name: Republic of Lebanon, People's Arab Lebanese National Socialist Republic (al-Din)

Ideology: Anocratic Liberalism^note Autocracy

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Michel Aoun

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Anocratic Liberalism^note Autocracy

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Michel Moawad

Role: Head of State

Ideology: National Liberalism^note Liberalism

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Georges Adwan

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Ethno-Supremacism^note Revolutionary Right

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Haz al-Din

Role: Head of State

Ideology: National Communism^note Hardline Socialism

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• Overly Long Name: Lebanon's official name under him is "People's Arab Lebanese National Socialist Republic".
• Red Baron: He is known as the Lion of Sidon.

Third Lebanese War & Lebanese Collapse

People's Republic of Lebanon

Official Name: People's Republic of Lebanon

Ideology: Religious Socialism^note Neo-Socialism

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Nabih Berri

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Religious Socialism^note Neo-Socialism

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Republic of Lebanon (Syria)

Official Name: Republic of Lebanon

Ideology: Religious Conservatism^note Conservatism

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Ahmad Fatfat

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Religious Conservatism^note Conservatism

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Republic of Lebanon (LF)

Official Name: Republic of Lebanon

Ideology: Anocratic Liberalism^note Autocracy

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Michel Suleiman

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Anocratic Liberalism^note Autocracy

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Druze People's Army

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Neo-Socialism

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Walid Jumblatt

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Neo-Socialism

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Arabian Peninsula

Kingdom of Jordan

Official Name: Kingdom of Jordan

Ideology: Anocratic Liberalism^note Autocracy

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Abdullah II

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Anocratic Liberalism^note Autocracy

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Kuwait

Official Name: Kingdom of Kuwait

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Autocracy

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Nawaf Al-Ahmad

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Autocracy

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Saudi Arabia

Official Name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Autocracy

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Salman bin Abdulaziz

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Autocracy

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United Arab Emirates

Official Name: United Arab Emirates

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Autocracy

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• Cruel and Unusual Death: The Emirati royal families suffer some really grisly fates at the hands of the victorious Kafalas, with a good majority of them being hung, drawn and quartered. The super-event for the Kafalas overpowering the UAE also gives us the lovely sounds of gagged Emiratis who later scream in unbearable pain upon their executions.

Zayed al Nahyan

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Autocracy

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People's Republic Of The Persian Gulf

Official Name: People's Republic Of The Persian Gulf

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Neo-Socialism

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• Disaster Dominoes: How the revolt started. Muhammad Pasha asked his boss for a bathroom break, only to be brutally beaten and wrongfully imprisoned. This led to several workers' unions in the UAE calling for a strike, and the UAE's attempts to put down said strikes only result in them mobilizing their own revolt.
• The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: The immediate aftermath of the Kafala Uprising succeeding is bloody to say the least, with many of the UAE's royal families meeting rather gruesome ends (including hanging and quartering!) at the hands of the vengeful workers.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: The Kafalas have suffered many abuses at the hands of their Emirati bosses, and waste no time in dishing out payback to the elites in the event of a PRPG victory.
• Slave Liberation: The Kafala Uprising is primarily concerned with dismantling the oppressive Kafala System in the UAE.

Muhammad Pasha

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Neo-Socialism

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• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Needless to say, Pasha had absolutely no idea that his request for a bathroom break and the subsequent response by his boss would end up causing all of his fellow South Asian workers to stage a bloody revolt against the UAE.

Oceania

Republic of New Guinea

Official Name: Republic of New Guinea

Ideology: Democratic Socialism^note Social Democracy

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Filep J.S. Karma

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Democratic Socialism^note Social Democracy

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Geert Wilders

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Neo-Socialism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Geert Wilders is one of the strangest phenomenons in Southeast Asia: Despite being mostly Dutch and speaking Dutch, he is in the other side of the planet - surrounded by people of radically different cultures to his, in essentially gated communities. Nonetheless, he persists that he is loyal to New Guinea first, above all else, and envisions a lapidated and sculpted form of the New Guinean identity, deeply embedded to its European roots, European values and European people. Mostly campaigning on a pan-Christian, anti-Islam campaign and being the main candidate in favor of expansion of LGBTQ rights in New Guinea, his idiosyncratic and syncretic ideas only get more confusing when he's made dozens of statements in multiple conferences and speeches that he deeply supports the Hebrew Republic of Labour's society and economic system, whilst also praising the advancements of LGBT rights in places like South Africa, to the chagrin of his more left-wing supporters. Nonetheless, finding himself in alignment with the Soviets, in a sort of Gaddafi-like syncretic left-wing nationalism, his energetic personality and deep commitment to his values have made him popular with many New Guineans.

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Commonwealth of Papua

Official Name: Commonwealth of Papua

Ideology: Social Paternalism^note Conservatism

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Don Polye

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Social Paternalism^note Conservatism

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Commonwealth of Australia

Official Name: Commonwealth of Australia

Ruling Party: Australian Labor Party/Australian Greens

Ideology: Third Way^note Social Democracy

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• Big Dam Plot: A megaproject this disruptive to nature will have a dificult time existing in a world of vastly increased ecoterrorism.
• Gaia's Lament: Played With. Despite the massive increase in vegetation caused by Lake Eyre, disrupting nature on such a massive scale is bound to have some unintended consequences.

Moses Obeid

Role: Head of State

Party: Australian Labor Party/Australian Greens

Ideology: Third Way^note Social Democracy

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New Zealand

Official Name: Commonwealth of New Zealand

Ideology: Populist Conservatism^note Conservatism

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Winston Peters

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Populist Conservatism^note Conservatism

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Republic of Fiji

Official Name: Republic of Fiji

Ideology: Anocratic Liberalism^note Autocracy

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Viliame Gavoka

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Anocratic Liberalism^note Autocracy

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