Voltava

Voltava (VOL-tava) officially The Republic of Voltava (Czech: Socialistická Republika Vltava, Polish: Socjalistyczna Rzeczpospolita Vltavska, German: Sozialistische Republik Voltavien) Is a European country. With a landmass of around 130,000 km² it is the worlds 98th largest country and Europes 15th largest right behind Kazhakstan and ahead of Greece. It has a population of around 25.9 million people and it is the 35th most populated country in Europe.Socialism has not always been the dominant political ideology in the country since independence. The Czechs have had a rough and complicated history through out the "Era of Conflict". Wars and destruction have scarred the Bohemian and Moravian peoples and they were crying out for a strong government to stabilized the region. After years of nothing the people had enough. It wanted a strong government that could survive in this harsh age. The Civil War started in an organized attempt to seize and hold the towns of Karlovy Vary and Chomutov. The Chomutov garrison forced the rebels to retreat after a short but bloody battle in the streets. Most of their troops were shot down during the battle. It is estimated that around 500 troops were killed. However in Karlovy Vary things turned out different. The garrison was quickly pushed back and forced to surrender. The Civil War was short as 5 days later the Czech government unconditionally surrendered to the Peoples Army of Vltava.  Etymology

The origin of the name Voltava or Vltava in Czech is the river Vltava in western Bohemia. It's riverbed covers the entire area of the original uprising. When the leader of the revolution Bedrich Bohumír decided on a name for the new state he simply pointed at the river after he had won the battle of Karlovy Vary and asked "What river is that?" his second hand anwsered "Vltava".

 Historical and Alternate Names

  Historical

Great Moravia

Bohemian Electorate

Moravian State

Chechoslovakia

Czech Republic

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</li>Voltavan Socialist Republic

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<ul>Bohemia and Moravia

</li>Nový Češka

</li>United Republic of Poles and Czechs

</li>Socialist Republic of Bohemia

</li>Republic of Ostrava

</li>Kralovy Socialist Republic

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The Civil War
During the formation of Balkania and the Fascist Alliance, the Czechs had, had enough of being passed around by world superpowers. And the government was crumbling. Terrorist attacks and protests turned violent were commonplace in cities like Praha, Kralovy, Ostrava etc. The people had grown a hatred for their government. It was almost completely bankrupt, and corrupted to the core. A group of defected Czech soldiers organized the People's Army. They had other groups join them and were quite strong in the region. One morning hundreds of armed men charged and attacked the Kralovy armory. It was part of a plan called Operation Stronghold. Their allies in Chomutov had followed their orders and in only a few hours they had turned into fullscale battles with the garrison armies fought in the cold streets. In the beginning the Czech garrison army in Kralovy had the upperhand as they had modern artillery and strategically placed MGs all over the city. But then the superior number of the communists started to show. The battle lasted 6 hours and it is estimated that around 4000 soldiers were killed. However up in Chomutov the battle lasted a lot shorter it ended in a rebel defeat. The rebels were shot down by the numerous artillery barrages and machine gun fire in only a matter of hours. They were destroyed while the Kralovy forces were gaining the upper hand down south. It all ended when the victorious Communist rebels raised the flag of the newly formed Voltava in the ruins of '''Kralovy Var. '''The People's Army pushed on for 3 day's capturing most of western Bohemia. 5 day's after the battle's of Kralovy and Chomutov the Czech government signed an unconditional surrender to the People's Army.

Modern Voltava
After a long period of stabilization the Voltavan Socialist Republic growed into a European superpower. It has gotten up relations with the Fascist Alliance and neighboring countries such as Wakia and Poland. It isn't officially a part of

the alliance but has extremely good relations with them. Having fought a short war

of expansion it gained lots of land from both Poland and the North German Confederation (Seen in Episode 12). A monetary union has been established between Voltava and Poland to strengthen their relations and it was also kind of a way to apologize to Poland for destroying a large portion of their armed forces. It is not relatively famous for their human rights but their government fights strong against corruption. It is lead by a single ruler and a parliament that is chosen by said ruler. Voltava and its allies are always ready to fight for their status as a European power and together their military forces are the best in the world.

Demographics

 * Voltava has 29 million inhabitants and it is the 35th most populated country in Europe. Voltava, due to its recent expansion has lots of languages and cultures including: Germans, Poles, Slovaks, Hungarians and Silesians. A lot of people in Voltava identify as not Czech or 17,8% of inhabitants. It had a large Jewish population prior to WW2. A census in 1936 showed that almost 2,5 million Jews lived in the Czech Republic and surrounding areas. After Adolf Hitlers Holocaust only 200,000 remained. Among foreign citizens Turks make up the largest population of foreigners. Most non-Czech ethnic groups live in the north of Voltava. Or the recently integrated Voivoideships of Voltava.

Language
Czech (čestina, česki) Is a West Slavic language spoken primarily in Voltava and surrounding country as it is the native language of Czechs. It is directly originated from the West Slavic language group. Czech is the official language of Voltava. But is also spoken all around the world in Voltavan minorities worldwide. Its standard writing system is the Czech alphabet which has 15 other letters in addition to the basic Latin script (á,č,ď,é,ě,ch,í,ň,ó,ř,š,ť,ú,ý,ž)

Religion
Roman Catholic is the official nation of Voltava but religious freedom has been enforced since formation of Voltava. Numerous Protestant, Calvinists and Lutherans are to be found in Voltava and even the leader himself Aleš Štakowskí is a Lutheran. The Statute of Benešov enforces religious freedom forever as qoute "The glorious Bohemian sun shines bright upon the flag of the Voltavian peoples who stand proudly and salute it every morning as true patriots!"