Vesniostein

Vesniostein, officially the Königreich of Vesniostein is a Germanic country located in Central-Western Europe. The capital is Burgenbrao. It is a Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy, with a prime minister as the only leader with power, while the Monarch, the König, has no power and mostly serves as a symbol for the country. The country borders Germany to the west, Poland and Czech Republic to the east and Denmark to the north. It also has maritime boundaries with Sweden (by way of Bornholm).

Ancient Times:
The first signs of the Vesnian people were seen in Germanic peoples living in what is today Eastern Germany and Western Poland. They formed a state around 1000 BC which is called Fersne or Fesnia. The nation went through skirmishes and such for a while and expanded some until around 300 BC when lost wars and internal struggles caused the nation to split into small states that centered around each city that was within the realm. These did not last for very long as many of them were annexed and subject to other ancient nations.

HRE:
Burgenbrao was a small duchy within the HRE, it was a troublesome one as it was very different in terms of culture and such. Burgenbrao remained a duchy in the Empire under the same borders until 1554 when the duchy managed to annex nearby duchies with Vesnian majorities and some with minorities and formed Vesnia, whose name changed to Vesniostein in 1555. The duchy then declared independence, but this was not liked. The country was re-annexed in 1556, they then declared independence in 1558 and took somewhat independent control of themselves, but were re-annexed yet again only months later, this time the duchy was split from its gained territories as well.

Later Years and Independence:
The Vesnians were subject to all countries who took control of Pomerania, such as the Swedish Empire. The nation would remain under other countries until June 13th 1806, when the country of Vesniostein declared independence as a kingdom. The HRE looked to reclaim them (again) but delayed it due to having other things to do and then being dissolved on August 6th.

World War I:
Vesniostein wanted to gain territories from Germany (and also Bornholm from Denmark) that had Vesnian majorities and who also wanted to join Vesniostein. However due to being quite poor and having an inferior military, they attempted to remain neutral, they then however, due to some protests and small riots causing problems, started supplying and trading with the Entente in 1916. Germany blockaded the route and then considered invading Vesniostein, but didn't want to open another front even though they also wanted a bigger border with Russia. Later when Russia (now the Soviet Union) left the war, Germany invaded Vesniostein, won in 1 month and occupied the entire country until the end of WWI in 1918. In the Treaty of Versailles, an article was added for Vesniostein, who were restored, now as a democracy and were given the German lands they wanted.

Interwar Period:
Vesniostein was now thriving from the trade of the Entente and was now having good diplomatic relations with other democratic countries, such as Czechoslovakia, USA, Canada, UK, Norway etc. In a Danish referendum, they were given the island of Bornholm. They also managed to become friendly with the Weimar Republic and supported them through the 1920's and denounced the Communists and Fascists around the world. However, they were still affected by the market crash and then the Weimar Republic was turned into the Third Reich. Hitler did not like the Vesnians and saw them as treacherous Germans. When they Reasserted Eastern Claims, Vesniostein decided to cede some of the lands they claimed to Nazi Germany. In 1939, Nazi Germany, just like with Poland, gave Vesniostein an ultimatum to give the final lands that the Nazi Germany claimed. Unlike Poland, Vesniostein gave them away and was now very unstable, with fascism and communism growing within the country.

World War II:
In 1940, Nazi Germany invaded Vesniostein, as they were trading with the Allies and also supplied them slightly. Again, they were destroyed and occupied until the Soviet Union liberated them in 1945. The government-in-exile fled to Bornholm, which was annexed into Sweden in an agreement. Many Vesnians were sent to death and concentration camps but most adult men were forced to fight for the Germans in the invasion of the USSR. Many died and when the Soviet Union took parts of the country, many were ordered to fight for the Soviets, but they were never killed, only incarcerated if they refused. Vesniostein was liberated as a country after WWII. The exiled government however was denied and instead, Vesniostein had a communist government installed by the Soviet Union and became a satellite state under the "Soviet Empire" in the Eastern Bloc.

Cold War:
During the Cold War Vesniostein was still a communist dictatorship mainly controlled by the USSR. The Vesnians attempted 3 revolutions, one in 1947, called the First Vesnian Revolution. It was shut down quickly by Soviet forces. The second one occured shortly after Joseph Stalins death in 1953, called the March Revolution. It almost succeeded but was shut down. The final one was in 1969, the Short Revolution. It succeeded and the New Vesnian Republic was established, but after just one year, communists started a civil war which they won and Vesniostein was again communist. The USSR considered annexing Vesniostein into either Poland or East Germany, but they didn't want to provoke NATO too much so they simply increased security. When the USSR became less hostile and the Eastern Bloc started revolting against communism, Vesniostein joined in and became the Königreich of Vesniostein in 1989, freeing itself from communism.

1991-Present:
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Vesniostein has grown as a capitalist nation, it has gotten good relations with nearby states, notably other former Eastern Bloc states. They are in great support of most democratic nations, especially the United States. Vesniostein supports Iraq in the Iraqi Civil War. Vesniostein is quite a nationalist country, love for the nation is expected of everyone and immigration is lower than other European countries such as Germany.

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