Democratic Ramay

Democratic Ramay (: Ramay Prajadipati), also described as the Regime of Death, was the East Ramayan state that existed under the control of the Communist Party of All-Ramay under a totalitarian dictatorship between 1981 and 1986. It was controlled by the Red Warriors, a  of the Communist Party of All-Ramay, established by Sang Nila, the general secretary of the party, upon the fall of Sragen from government forces on the 17th of October 1981. It inherited all the territory once controlled by East Ramay.

During its rule in power between 1981 and 1986, the red warriors were responsible for the deaths of 8-10 million East Ramayans through forced labor, executions, starvation, and disease, and constitutes as one of the worst mass killings recorded to date. The red warriors central committee believed that these undesirables were hindering the progress of Democratic Ramay, and deserved to be killed or die. As a result of the massive loss of population, Democratic Ramay suffered from one of the worst famines in the history of the country, killing at least two million alone in four years. Internal struggles by late 1985 toppled the regime when some ethnic Yafan generals, with the backing of most of the military, performed a coup on Sang Nila. On the 1st of November 1986, Democratic Ramay was formally abolished and the country renamed to South Kesh.

The country's radical shift from a market-based economy to a centrally planned one in a matter of days was part of Sang Nila's great step forward, which envisioned a fully communist state within months of transitioning. All forms of money and currency were banned and abolished, resulting in the return of a barter and trade economy. Banks and other credit unions were burned. Schools, universities, and institutions were also destroyed as they did not play a role in East Ramay's revolution. Places of worship and religion were hit the hardest, with close to 90% being destroyed or damaged during the reign of the red warriors.

Civil War and revolution (1980-1981)
In 1980, the Republic of East Ramay held a highly contested, high-stake presidential election with all three candidates claiming victory after razor thin margins were apparent the night after the election. On the allegations of massive fraud, the three presidential candidates backed by their supporters and several foreign powers in the form of increased funding and some off the book weapons and arm shipments declared that they would contest the elections, and "use force if necessary if results are not transparent." The supreme court of East Ramay sided with the official notion that "all three candidates failed to show evidence of massive fraud, and that the results published by the elections comission of East Ramay shall be the official results, and the declared winner the official president-elect of East Ramay." With tensions at an all-time high, the three presidential candidates very closely monitored the counting process in various counting centers scattered throughout the country.

On the 7th of September 1980, a supporter was shot and killed by police for trying to breach the premises in which the counting of votes was conducted. The next day, massive protests against the police and government were held in major cities throughout East Ramay, most notably in the capital of. The massive mob marched its way to the people's communion hall, the legislative wing of the East Ramayan government, and managed to breach and take over the building as police were overwhelmed. This sparked greater unrest among the other supporters, who took matters to the streets by organizing similar demonstrations in protests of the actions done by one specific group. The clash turned to be very violent, and was thought to have been the official start of the East Ramayan Civil War.

As the situation degraded and the military and police force unable to stand its ground as cracks emerge from within, East Ramay fell into civil war on the basis of candidate preference and liking. The presidential candidates have, at this time, established their own "legitimate" governments and commanded military and supporters loyal to them to "secure the nation of any domestic intrduers and terrorists," and encouraged them to "fight for the nation." With the backing of foreign powers and funds, each of the presidential candidates managed to secure the financial issue of the war, and fighting kept on raging. With no central authority in East Ramay, a small Volkovist group and revolutionary army colloquially named the red warriors began to rally the people, especially those in the countryside, to join the ranks of the red warriors in an attempt to subdue the fighting and reunite East Ramay as an agrarian and peasants' paradise, where peasants rule the country. Also on the pretext of deterring foreign influnce from Ramay, many joined the ranks of the red warriors and helped secure several strongholds of either presidential candidate through guerilla fighting and tactical maneuvers unexpected by the defending army or garrison.

The official notion that the red warriors were a legitimate group or party in the conflict had been disputed by the international world, citing that they were merely just small time revolutionaries wishing to take control of the situation, however, with the growing territory and membership of the red warriors, especially entering mid-1981, the three presidential candidates, for the first time in a long time, agreed that the red warriors were a common enemy from within towards the democracy and the moral standing of the country, and agreed to "join forces for the forseeable future and hope that a common ground could be reached between the candidates", to the dismay of many international governments backing the various presidential candidates. However, such efforts were futile, as the red warriors managed to secure town after town and province after province with the backing of the largely agrarian and rural population already convinced by the party to join their ranks. This large movement eventually swept the country clean and entered Sragen, the capital of the country, on the 17th of October 1981, marking a formal end to the Republic of East Ramay.

Organization and first years (1981-1983)
The eventual capitulation of Sragen and its garrison, along with its inhabitants, was colloquially known as the fall of Sragen by red warrior terminology, and officially the "Glorious 17th of October" by the All-Communist Party of Ramay, which had been established several months as a central authority to coordinate efforts between separate factions and wings of the now large Volkovist mass and following. The 17th of October was revered by many party members and elites as the beginning of a new utopian era, and aptly named the day "day 1, year 0" of the new egalitarian calendar promulgated by several high-ranking elites. Sang Nila paraded the streets of Sragen on the 17th of October ensuring that the citizens of the city would be relocated and be given a life better than before by the party. In actual realization, these citizens were being sent to the countryside to perform agricultural labor for the state in the form of collective farming. Citizens were told to leave their homes and properties behind, and were told to follow several leaders and march outside the city to a temporary evacuation setting under the claims that the party will be rebuilding the city after intense fighting seen in the civil war. Those who disagreed to leave were simply executed on the spot. Citizens were also told to leave all material possessions behind as they are no longer of importance to the state and in daily life.

On that same day, Sang Nila, the leader of the All-Communist Party of Ramay, declared the formation of Democratic Ramay on the grounds of the previous parliament building now used as a convening spot for the communist party of Ramay. Sang Nila declared Democratic Ramay (Ramay Prajadipati in the Eastern Ramayan Standard) to be a Volkvoist one-party state where peasants and craftsmen are the true leaders of the country, where "no masters nor slaves exist." The organization of Democratic Ramay was proclaimed to be done centrally at the capital city of Sragen, and a constitution for Democratic Ramay will be promulgated and created by the 100 member politburo chosen by the party's highest ranking elites. On the 1st of December 1981, the constitution of Democratic Ramay was signed and ratified into law. Democratic Ramay was to be divided into 8 sectors each led by a general who then reported to Sang Nila and the central comittee of the All-Communist Party of Ramay in the capital once every semester. The divisions were solely based on the military regions of the communist party during the civil war and had nothing to do with the previous provinces administered during East Ramay.

Notionally, all citizens of Democratic Ramay were considered equal and the same before the law, however, in practice, the central authority differentiated the people already living in the countryside known as the "revolutionaries" and people living in the cities at the time of the revolution known as "reactionaries." These divisions were the cause and the background as to why many people who previously lived in the cities did not survive the regime, as they were treated more harsh and violent than the people already living in the countryside at that time. While both the rural and city people lived in the same quarters, they were separated when it came to work brigades and feeding lots, being granted more work for less food. Many perished due to a lack of food or medicine, and many more were executed for the smallest of crimes.

Beginning in December of 1981, the Ramayan People's Revolutionary Army started to torch and burn the capital Sragen and other cities to the ground, as the official state ideology demanded the removal of cities as "breeding grounds of reactionaries" and "a cesspool of gross thought and actions." Many of the historic buildings and sites that existed prior to the revolution were burnt down or destroyed. Places of worship were also demolished as they are a remnant of the past, considered "unfit for a modern peasant's utopia where hard work and sweat prevails." Industry in Democratic Ramay also suffered a major decline, with Sang Nila and consequently the party only allowing "industries vital towards the preservation of the revolution." Several iron foundries and metal workshops were allowed to remain including their craftsmen and employees in order to aid farmers repair their equipment, or to give new equipment to them once they broke.

On the 15th of March 1982, Democratic Ramay held its first and only election, electing 400 members into the People's Revolutionary Communion, a unicameral legislature mandated by the constitution of Democratic Ramay. 400 members have been pre-selected by the central committee, and the elections have been described by many to be a sham election. Survivors recount election day to be "taking one ballot and inserting them in the box."

Decline (1983-1985)
On the 18th of November 1982, a malaria outbreak was reported to have occured in the southern sectors of the country, the agricultural heartland of Democratic Ramay and the historical agricultural heartland of East Ramay and the previous kingdoms. Many guards simply killed people deemed sick, and buried them in mass graves. The piling of the corpses was a perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes, which excarbated the situation. A famine occured in Democratic Ramay, as agricultural production fell by 35% in 1983. Estimates range from 3 to 5 million people having died from the famine, though many more might have died due to the disease itself. Most of the city people who had no experience in dealing with the disease perished.

Sang Nila, wary of the situation, did not seek help from foreign powers, most notably the UPRZ, which has been a staunch backer of the regime, and even going so far to claim that agricultural production in Democratic Ramay has reached a net surplus, and some was ready to be exported. In January of 1984, in the height of the Eastern Ramayan Famine, Sang Nila ordered the export of rice and other vegetables to the UPRZ and other Volkovist states to prove his point. These exports were well recieved abroad, giving Sang Nila more credibility in the eyes of fellow Volkovist states. Meanwhile, the hungry population were left for dead, and many more died. The famine subdued significantly in the fall of 1984 during the preliminary start of the rainy season, as the disease also slowed down its infection.

Many party members condmened Sang Nila in private, commenting on how he has abandoned Volkovist ideals in serving the people to serving foreign interests. News of these condemnations reached Sang Nila a few days after initial reports, and Sang Nila began a massive purge of the Communist Party of All-Ramay. Several notable people who were close to Sang Nila were declared to be enemies of the state for having been found criticizing Sang Nila and subsequently the central committee, and were deemed traitors due to their reactionary words and comments towards the state. Sang Nila ordered the immediate execution of these members along with their families, which totaled to almost 150,000 people.

Many Yafans became victim in the great purge of the communist party. Several notable Yafan generals at the time questioned the true intent of the party's purge, with many hinting at an ethnic-based purge rather than a politically motivated one. In 1985, some ethnic Yafan generals decided to convene together under the name of the Revolutionary Yafan Secretariat to discuss in private what lies ahead for the state. On the 1st of June 1985, several generals requested a visit to the UPRZ, which was granted. In the UPRZ, they bribed their aides and guides in order to let them flee the capital and into a secluded forest far in the country. There, they discussed the possibility of a coup against Sang Nila, or even an assassination on the leader for his alleged actions against the Yafans, which have been very destructive. The talk lasted weeks, and the generals finally returned on the 7th of July 1985, to the amusement of Sang Nila who thought they might have stayed longer to delve deeper into Volkovist thought.

In secrecy, the Yafan generals began to amass the people's army, which was mainly composed of ethnic Yafans recruited during the height of the East Ramayan civil war, to defect from Sang Nila and join their forces.

Organization of Democratic Ramay
Shortly after the proclamation of Democratic Ramay, the politburo of the Communist Party of All-Ramay quickly passed into legislation a constitution for Democratic Ramay, which consists of basic guidelines and definitons regarding to the country as a political entity as well as general provisions for state institutions, administration, and other related issues. The Revolutionary People's Congress, the parliament of Democratic Ramay, was first enshrined in the constitution as the 'sole legislative and policy-making power in Democratic Ramay', and mandated 400 members, 250 of which would represent the working peasants, 75 to represent the craftsmen and other working peoples of Democratic Ramay, 50 to represent the Ramayan People's Revolutionary Army, and 25 to represent Sang Nila, chosen directly by the leader. In essence, these representatives would be chosen by direct popular vote by the people, but in reality were already carefully preselected by the Communist Party of All-Ramay, and elections regarded as.

The constitution of Democratic Ramay also guaranteed the freedom of religion among the populace, although religions which were "morally against the revolution" were strictly banned, and adherents may be executed without prior reason or cause. In essence, every religion was considered morally against the revolution, and were subsequently banned, thus promoting a condition of among the population. All religions and religious persons were heavily persecuted, and religious leaders were either executed, torutred, or sent to the fields to work in very gruelling conditions, leading to many deaths due to overexertion and starvation in these communities.

As a highly centralized and unitary state, as mentioned in the 1981 constitution of Democratic Ramay, the Communist Party of All-Ramay held unchallenged and unprecedented power over the entire country, including the daily lives of its citizens and party members. Privacy was almost always non-existent, with guards and soldiers regularly violating the privacy of the citizens they are supposed to be guarding by commanding them to perform various tasks or jobs. At the top of the chain of command was Sang Nila himself who held total control over the party and the country. All actions and policy enacted in Democratic Ramay must gain his approval beforehand. Sang Nila created a "committe of the righteous laborers" in 1982 to help him run the nation effectively, which was effectively a group of his closest allies who were appointed to advise and help carry out Sang Nila's duties as leader.

Courts were non-existant, even though the constitution mandated the existence of revolutionary courts of the Ramayan peoples to ensure a just and fair trial for all those convicted by the state. Instead, show-trials which were very one-sided against whomever would be brought to justice were conducted by guards and soldiers who happen to witness a crime or a moral wrongdoing be conducted. These show trials were known to be very harsh, even leading to the immediate execution of the guilty in some occasions. Those tortured would succumb to trauma and massive scars which may hinder their ability to work, thus making them a more attractive target to be executed for a lack of effort in their contributions towards the Ramayan motherland.