People's Republic of the Strip

The People's Republic of the Strip, often referred to as The Strip, is a country in the southern reaches of the Elder Mountains. It borders the Mourlander-Badgerian Protectorate, Knetlen, the Republic of South Badgeland, the Divine Order, and Greenburg.

The Strip was born of the strangling and contraction of the southern Red Army in the Springtime of Nations. Throughout 873 and 874, the Southern Red Army began to be compressed along an old mountain road and river as reactionary and liberal forces began to encircle them. However, despite the best efforts of the centrist and reactionary forces, the Red Army held strong even as they were pushed into what is now known as the Strip.

Since the formal end of the Springtime of Nations, the Strip has been built up into a 'Red Army with a State'. Industrial aid trinkles into the Strip through Greenburg, the only neighbor friendly to the Strip. With this aid, the Strip has built up a network of fortifications and railways to supply and reinforce the Red Army war machine as small raids and incursions continue. The eventual hope is that the Red Army may soon again march out and reclaim the south for the people.

Rise of the Red Army
In 869 ARM, as the Springtime of Nations began to break out, the International began to organize ad hoc militias and armies to combat centrist and right-wing forces. Out of these efforts arose the Southern Red Army, a political-military group with generally collectivist leanings.

This Southern Red Army had a small ring of high officers in charge, including Sally Garland, Berry Jacobs, and Robby Steel. The Southern Red Army had an estimated total of 5,000 soldiers towards the beginning of the Springtime of Nations.

Service during the Springtime of Nations
placeholder text

Politics
placeholder text

Economy
placeholder text

Culture
placeholder text

Military
placeholder text

Foreign Relations
The People's Republic of the Strip is a member of the International. As the southern most member of the International, and one of the most removed from the International core around Brenhome and the Free Territory, the People's Republic lacks much influence in the International congress.

The People's Republic of the Strip has close ties to the Commune of Greenburg. As the Strip's only bordering ally, Greenburg has become the lifeline of industrial supplies, military equipment, and people needed to keep the Strip alive. The Strip offers assistance with military training, tactics, and strategy in exchange for the material assistance that Greenburg and the rest of the International provides.