Name :
Merkopa Demokratische Republik

Represented Color :
Red

Race :
Human

Capital :
Merkopa

Ruler :
Vorsitzender Berend Wagner

Type of Government :
“One-party” socialist state

Offical State Ideology :
Gerlachism-Sindermannism (equivalent to Marxist-Leninism)

Religion:
Religious tolerance is practiced and thus people have various different views and beliefs.

Geographical Location :
Map

History :
The old world is no longer. It has been devastated, murdered, by the hells of nuclear war. No one knows who shot first, or how it all went down but it does not matter now. Lespia, once a world power, is reduced to a nuclear hellscape. Ninety-eight percent of the population vaporized in a matter of seconds as the bombs landed. Whatever remains of humanity in Lespia retreated into deep metros and tunnel ways, where the effects and devastation of thermonuclear bombs were felt the least. Hopes of a happy ending, where humanity would reach the stars and master the stars themselves was dashed as the worst of humanity was brought to reality in the Lespia Tragedy.

The husk of Merkopa is a terror to see - a nightmare came true. All but the strongest of buildings were utterly destroyed in the nuclear shockwave. For the buildings that have withstood the bombs, they stand tall in the midst of ruins, reminders of an old Lespia. These surviving buildings are decayed and worn, filled with corpses.

In the ruins of Merkopa, there are many groups and factions. One of them is the Merkopa Demokratische Republik (MDR). A grand and proper name for a nation, but it is nothing but a name. The MDR, like any other small-time government/faction, are just a couple of thousands of people living the brutal hell of the Merkopa ruins. Rations, death, starvation, raids, wars, and what else is the reality facing the people in the Merkopa and anyone else in the city.

The origins of the MDR dates back to the first year after the bombs fell. The remnants of central authority, the Lespia government in central Merkopa, quickly lost its influence into its six months of rule due to increasing hardship from the onsetting nuclear winter and the isolated nature of their governmental body. Factionalism soon replaced what remains of the whole of Lespia. In the southern part of Merkopa, where the MDR was born, there was a deep-relationship with Gerlachism (the equivalent of Marxism) in the area. In Lespia history, it hosted the largest labor unions and was ground-zero for major socioeconomic and political events. Not surprisingly, the area gave away to socialist ideology, with most leaders being former labor organizers and union leaders.