East Ramay

East Ramay, officially the Republic of East Ramay, was a sovereign state that existed between 1925 and 1981. East Ramay is the direct successor of the Eastern Ramay colony of the Samot-Sertofian empire which was granted independence on the 1st of May 1925 as designated by the treaty of Holmgard. East Ramay, while democratic in practice, some elements of leadership remained autocratic with the most notable example being the post of president being mostly unopposed throughout President Suwiryo's term in office. The country ceased to exist on the 17th of October when communist revolutionaries took control of most of the country and occupied the capital.

For most of its existence, East Ramay was ruled by President Suwiryo, who held a strong stance on brotherhood and unity over the ethnic groups in the country. With a history of ethnic tension, integrating and unity policies were enacted by the government throughout most of its early years. As a result of the stronger central government and the cooperation between the peoples, economic growth during the first few years showed a healthy balance. Many East Ramayans were lifted out of poverty during the first decades of the Republic. During the Kesh War, East Ramay officially remained neutral and continued to trade with both sides. This led to a massive economic and population boom in East Ramay with the GDP tripling in only fifteen years. East Ramay became one of the most prosperous states in Kesh at the point and was nicknamed the pearl of Kesh.

Following the end of the Kesh War, East Ramay invested heavily in reconstruction efforts in Kodeshia, helping the nation regain its footing and stability. The built up infrastructure left after the Kesh War economic boom enabled East Ramay to project its products not only to Kesh and trade with Artemia and Avalonia, however, export volumes after the first few years of more widespread trading began to decline, commonly known as the era of stagnation. The era of stagnation was marked by the death of President Suwiryo in 1973, leaving a massive power vaccuum. In 1975, elections were held and saw President Raditya be elected. President Raditya died in 1979 ahead of the 1980 elections, a massively contested election between three presidential candidates in which all three candidates claimed victory and begun organizing their own governments and cabinets. The split excarbated the worsening political and economic situation in East Ramay.

A civil war erupted in June of 1980 between supporters of different candidates, with each candidate having different foreign backings and support. A side effect of foreign powers meddling in the elections of East Ramay made the anti-foreign communist revolutionary group the red warriors gain massive traction between the populace. The massive support for the red warriors and the fractured central government made it very easy for the red warriors to seize control of large swaths of land and cities, eventually capturing the capital on the 17th of October 1981, thus formally declaring a new state called "Democratic Ramay", marking a formal end to the Republic of East Ramay.

During its 56 year existence, East Ramay grew from one of the poorer states of Kesh into one of the most prosperous ones during the span of only 40 years. Its economic and political systems were once praised by experts and analysts alike. The social integrity of East Ramay was once a prime example of coexsiting. East Ramay joined various international organizatons such as the commonwealth and the Kesh summits.

Formation
On the eve of the treaty of Holmgard, the intellectual community in the colony of Eastern Ramay had been notified by their counterparts back in Samot-Seratof that the empire would be disintegrated per the treaty and all of its colony be granted independence immediately. News of such disintegration reached the governor-general of the colony, which gathered the intellectual few to discuss the terms of the departure beforehand to avoid a bloody conflict as witnessed before the arrival of the Samot-Seratofian empire on the coasts of Southern Kesh. The governor-general would then present the results of the meetings to the Samot-Seratofian colonial authority to be forwarded and be included in the treaty of Holmgard. Although so, the governor general, who was an ethnic Seratofian, still hoped that the colony would remain either under Seratofian or Samot rule, but this was sternly rejected by the gathering. Hopes of the colony remaining under Seratofian or Samot rule eventually died out when the notification of the partition of Seratof were to happen upon the signing of the treaty.

Suwiryo Sastrodiharjo, the leader of the native youth organization and one of the few with a university education at that time, was chosen to be the interim leader of the transitional government before the signing of the treaty. With support from all backgrounds and ethnic groups in order to create a new nation in former colonial lands, he convened several times publicly with the endorsement of the governor-general, discussing the future of the country by drafting a constitution and the terms of the state, such as its make, government, and judicial system. Most of the systems agreed upon in East Ramay were colonial vestiges remnant from Seratof and Samotkhe, and as a result, these institutions were already firmly in place when independence was formally given.

On the 1st of May 1925, coinciding with the signing of the treaty of Holmgard, the flag of the new Republic of East Ramay was hoisted on the old governor-general's palace which had been converted into the people's palace. The first inauguration of President Suwiryo Sastrodiharjo was seen by hundreds of thousands of spectators.

Early years
The republic, upon independence, was one of the poorest states in Kesh, owing to centuries of colonialization and mismanagement on behalf of the colonial authorities.