Mulgaria

The Mulgarian People's Republic
Ruler	Commissariat Georgi Lukanov
Capital	Mŭdrostigrad
Government	Socialist People's Republic

Mulgaria, also known as the Mulgarian People's Republic, is a country in Meridia. It borders the United Duchies, Sylvania, and Tarantum in the east, Faru in the west, and Nepublia and Crosnia in the north. Its capital and third largest city is Mŭdrostigrad. Other population centers include its largest city Marbotyn and its second largest city Bŭrzavoda.

History

Mulgarian Republic (1878-1916)

After the 1878 Treaty of Strand was signed between the Ciotarman Empire and the Swopian Empire, which provided a self-governing Mulgarian state, the Mulgarians formed a democratic republic founded on principles not unlike that of its fraternal republic of Areole. The Grand Duke of Mulgaria was heavily inspired by Areole's republican ideals and sought to create a similar republic that encompassed Areolean republicanism and Mulgarian high culture and aristocracy. The Duke himself got to keep his title, but it was legislated to be mostly ceremonial once the Republic had been established.

The Mulgarian Republic was a Unitarian Republic with a legislative, judicial, and executive branch. The executive branch was controlled by the President, who was elected by landed nobility. The legislative branch was known as the Mulgarian Senate, and their powers were limited to the writing and voting of laws. Senators of the Mulgarian Senate were also elected by landed nobility. The judicial branch was fully appointed by the Grand Duke of Mulgaria before the establishment of the Republic. Appointees of the judicial branch were appointed for life.

The first elected President was the old Grand Duke of Mulgaria, who served one term before resigning. A number of the Presidents to follow were members of the Royal Family, and the only dialect of Mulgarian allowed in government was Royal Mulgarian.

In 1887, universal suffrage was enacted in the Mulgarian Republic, leading to the largest shift in politics in the Republic's history. This led to the United Mulgarian Party losing 35% of its previously-full control of chairs to the new Justice and Freedom Party.

The United Mulgarian Party was the first party created in Mulgaria, and was the sole party in Mulgaria until 1887 with the creation of the Justice and Freedom Party. Additionally, by the 1890s, the Revival Party, the Mulgarian People's Party (later known as the Mulgarian People's Front), and the Organized Syndicates of Mulgaria were established. The UMP had won every presidential election in the Mulgarian Republic, but by 1908, the UMP was forced to coalition with the Justice and Freedom Party to retain a majority in the Senate.

Shortly before the Great Meridian War began, Rumen Radev was elected President of Mulgaria. As the Great Meridian War began to unfold, the Republic declared a state of national emergency, ceasing all elections indefinitely. This lent power to the Mulgarian People's Party, now known as the Mulgarian People's Front, who had been leading a guerrilla campaign against the government. As Mulgaria's losses mounted and their soldiers became disillusioned, hundreds of soldiers and generals alike flocked to the MPF. This led to the March of 1916, a coup by the MPF in order to secure control of the government.

Mulgarian People's Republic (1920-present)

During the waning years of the Great Meridian War, the Mulgarian People's Front gained enough popular support and engaged in a coup of the Mulgarian Republic. With the liberal government overthrown, the communists quickly moved to establishing a socialist people's republic similar to that of the Swopian Union, but with a stronger focus on international socialism, an idea that had been all but abandoned in the Swopian Union for years.

It was by the fall of 1920 that the Mulgarian People's Republic had been formally established, with a constitution written to reflect such. One of the MPF representatives, Georgi Lukanov, stood out for his heroics during the civil war, and the party overwhelmingly chose to place him as their Commissariat. This governmental change irreparably harmed relations with the Republic of Areole, as this change in government signaled for the MPR to leave the Great Meropian War and focus on building their own nation up.

Georgi Lukanov was a leader focused on developing Mulgaria's military, and, as a result, Mulgaria's relations worsened with nearly every nation except the Swopian Union. With excess funds looted from Mulgarian aristocrats, the government began funding revolutionary movements across the continent, narrowly avoiding an all-out war with the Republic of Areole.

Culture and Language

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The official language of Mulgaria, as of 1920, is Mulgarian, with the Common Mulgarian dialect being the most popular. However, the languages spoken in the territory now known as Mulgaria have shifted dramatically throughout the years. The first instances of a unified "Mulgarian language" originated during the Ciotarman Empire years.