United Socialist States of Eldham

The United Socialist States of Eldham (USSE) is a Xeroist socialist nation in the far Southeast of Eldham; primarily on the continent of Serrona. The nation also has protectorates located in the Northeast of Eldham. It was founded by Aboniert Ormnidus and is currently led by General Secretary Magerius Ukumari, who lives in Akaishiro. The capital city of the nation is presently Vostroya. The largest city in the nation is Kazkaya.

The nation has multiple indigineous languages; in the Lo'Oi language the USSE is known as the Uvo Sau Otogos io Éldoxo'O (USOÉ) and in the indigineous Kolsson language it is known as the Ulo Yssu Otolos y Ellgosso (UYOE). All indigineous languges are members of the Lausán language family.

It is the oldest continuously existing nation in all of Eldham, even rivaling the longevity of nations like Yimmu Audal. It has never been truly altered or reformed since its inception, to date it has had eighteen separate General Secretaries; many running for multiple terms.

Most of the USSE is populated by English speakers, but the nation is one of few nations to have a strong bilingual community. Many people in the nation also speak German, French, Russian, and there is a small Portuguese, Farsi, and Tagalog speaking community in the nation.

History
Main Article: United Socialist States of Eldham/History

Prehistory
Most knowledge of the prehistoric lands that make up the USSE come from paleontological deposits dating to the Loanian and Qalmanian periods. Fossils such as that of Venatopods and the well-described Atoxatitan are known to have been found at what are called the Kestchyan Beds in modern day Gehenna. Additionally, fossil deposits from Kiurtrog and Vanshire's mesas have been found including those of Barocoryth dating to the Loanian.

Before the USSE
Prior to the foundation of the USSE, the region - now known as Losasagoto or truncated to simply the Lausá - had been home primarily to the Lo'Oix peoples and had dozens of tribal and clan groups. To the West in what would later become Kolssonafell, the Kolsson people group would slowly develop over time and to the sparsely populated North people would slowly form the Xekan and Vanshirian cultures. While the region is known to have had constant warring over time, it would not be truly united under a singular entity until the rise of the Sérotat Kingdom. It would annex much of Lausá into a singular state entity for the first time in recorded history through so-described brutal force and domination.

In what would become known as the Sérotoix Civil War, conflict would begin to break out against the ruling dynasty and local lords. This war raged for many years, particularly in the Northern provinces whereby bloodshed was most abundant according to most literal sources. This would ultimately become a source of ideological war as the ideology of socialism would first make its way to Eldham by word of Rathnirian sailors. This quickly spread throughout the region despite its sparsity and failure to catch on in others, particularly with the heat of the peasant's revolt against the Sérotat. It was ultimately socialist factions such as the Ároxin that would topple the Sérotoix government in the civil war.

National inception & early expansion
The government of the USSE would be officially founded on May 28th of 2021, almost immediately after the opening of the Eldham servers to the general public. It was established with the shortly-lived capital city of Garkogorod; which has since withered away following the Kunir War. The nation saw rather abrupt and rapid rise to power in early Eldham, with a large population and relatively sizable amount of land, additionally the USSE saw itself become a notable power on the world stage following its influence in the Second Coalition-Ellysian War. Under both General Secretaries Aboniert Ormnidus and Leo Belgicus, the nation oversaw the creation of an intricate system of governance and general expansion of territory - though in spite of generally high poverty and a lackluster military. This early chapter in the USSE would ultimately be most notably concluded with the Kunir War. During this conflict, the USSE would be forced into a war with Vanakunir, of which they'd loose. As a result of this, the already small economy of the nation would collapse, one of the largest refugee crises in history would be seen, and the USSE would loose more than 2/3 of its territory. This land would be mostly annexed by both Anglunia and Vanakunir's colony of Newkunir.

The time after this conflict would be known as the dé'i Débalo'oa Dakoroto, or the Great Humiliation, though would ultimately charge forth what would become known as the Golden Era domestically.

Golden Era
Immediately following the Kunir War, the USSE was on the brink of collapse and near peril as a result of the massive exodus of citizens and loss of territory, and it was at this point that Xeroise Ronango'O would come to run for General Secretary uncontended as no other politician wished to take the job and see the USSE collapse in their hands. Almost immediately she sought a massive economic campaign of raising money and arming pro-USSE terrorist organizations to gain back USSE territory; which went incredibly successfully. Within merely one month, the nation had restored virtually all its territory as Anglunian governor of the annexed USSE territories of Kiurtrog and Croscograd would leave for payment and Vanakunir would opt to give back land in hope of not worsening relations on the international stage following the hugely unpopular war.

At this time, the USSE would undergo massive construction projects such as the establishment of the city of Kazkaya, which would later become the capital of the Union, and the capital city would be moved from Garkogorod to Laria which would also undergo mass construction. Additionally, Xeroise as General Secretary completely reformed the way in which law and executive power worked in the nation and would remove the political restraints of having a multiple party system instead opting for an educational vanguard party.

Under her position as General Secretary, the nation was often referred to even by her critics as being a 'Golden Era' as she had inherited a grim image of the nation and had restored it to a world power and created the foundations for every General Secretary after her in both power and the democratic process. Her impact on domestic USSE politics was so influential that it would end up becoming the ideological basis for the nation; forming an ideology known today as Xeroism. The term 'Xeroism ' was coined by journalist Rogale.

Mass population growth and economic foundations
The 'Golden Age' is considered to have continued into Quintus Solokov's reign as General Secretary and up into Chelovek Serebra's, both of which were self-acclaimed followers of Xeroism. During both of their terms, the nation would undersee further democratic reforms in the National Assembly. Additionally, the territorial extent of the USSE would grow massively at this time, at one point under General Secretary Serebra the nation was the largest it had ever been and has been since. The nation would see both constant economic gain at this time and exponential population growth that propelled the USSE to one of the largest nations in all of Eldham in terms of sheer active population.

Additionally, following the Vostroyan Worker's Strike, the government became much more intent on development projects. In particular, a massive subway system was built transnationally, one of the world's largest domestic roadways, gargantuan investment in city architecture and development, and more. The nation would also see the People's Army and People's Security Bureau formalized and become much more quick-responding and capable of fighting. Chelovek Serebra's position as General Secretary is often viewed very favorably, by even opponents of the USSE. Despite the USSE's involvement in military conflicts such as those in the Sand War, he received many compliments from even the Zamotz Union and Barbossa for his achievements of progressing the nation into 'prosperity', being an excellent diplomat, and carrying forth the torch set by Ronango'O and Solokov. At this time the USSE capital city would also be moved to Kazkaya.

The 'Hard Times' and inter-faction conflict
The USSE would start seeing a major decline in territory and political power primarily starting with the Sand War under Chelovek Serebra. When Van'la Gaboliver became General Secretary, she would inherit a nation quickly being dog-piled on by various threats including PvP oriented groups and pirate-nations. It is estimated that the nations regular bandit threats had doubled if not tripled and this would further be amplified by the War of Angel Altar whereby bandits squatted in the USSE and attacked locals; ultimately circumventing server rules surrounding proxy claiming to establish a fort directly outside the USSE's capital city of Kazkaya.

Additionally the USSE would see a massive war effort on two separate occasions with Barbossa which would completely decimate the national military and sense of security within the country. In the wars with Barbossa the USSE would end up loosing land in Medtremar, Kaladinia, and Tornisia. As a result of constant warring, loss of territory, and loss of resources this time period from the end of Chelovek Serebra's final term and throughout Van'la Gaboliver's is often referred to as the 'Hard Times'. It was additionally around this time that Manzland controversially left the USSE, though this would not stunt population growth or economic activity. This established a massive sense of spite along much of Manzland and the USSE's leadership as prior to the secesssionist movement they had considered one another to be close friends and Manzland was the homeland of much of the USSE's military; including its primary location for training which was in the city of Manzig. The Colosseum of Manzig - the aforementioned building used for military training during much of the USSE's Golden Era - was deliberately destroyed by Manz and Vulp forces during the Furry War.

Strategic vassalization under the Uraki Empire
In the short lived term of Aleksander Serebra as General Secretary, whom was popular from the consequential reputation of his father Chelovek, the USSE would undertake the controversial decision of accepting vassalage under the Uraki Empire. Both domestically and abroad this was seen by numerous folks to be a betrayal of Xeroist and Krakhovist principles; though supporters of the vassalization agreed to do so solely because of the decision's strategic nature which would allow the USSE to exist long into the future. This vassalization was in order to achieve some form of military protection, allow tranquility to permit rebuilding the damaged nation, and prevent further war and territorial violations.

The USSE would stay with Uraka for a relatively short period of time which allotted them time to start improving upon the economy further. At this point, the USSE started becoming a core exporter of experience to foreign nations. The construction and peace permitted by the strategic vassalization allowed for the USSE to easily retake its position on the world stage.

The Red Renaissance and the Imperium
Under General Secretaries K.P.X. Triscus and Kato Leasian, the USSE has begun to undergo what has been sometimes named the 'Red Renaissance' as a mass resurgence of culture, development, and economic prosperity had begun to occur. Additionally, the USSE would abandon Uraka; becoming the largest member of the Old Banner's Rebellion against them. This rebellion would ultimately overthrow the entirety of the Uraki Empire, during the strategic vassalization under Uraka the USSE had the largest city on the server seconded only by the Uraki city of Urak and had effectively become their sole producer giving the USSE unprecedented control over the Uraki economy. After leaving Uraka - doing so with new diplomatic relations across Eldham - the USSE quickly grew to become the world's largest exporter of experience bottles for a period of time and a production powerhouse across Eldham. To this day, particularly in times of crisis, the USSE continues to be one of the largest producers of experience and enchanted goods on Eldham. In order to further nourish this relationship with new nations such as the Imperium who were in great need of frequent XP; General Secretary Kato Leasian would have the National Assembly approve of a move to join the Imperium as a member state. This has also been regarded as an effort to further extend socialism abroad and establish the USSE as a hegemon of power in Eldham and to make annexation by foreign powers unlikely; an effort that would largely succeed. This decision - in spite of being organized by a Larian General Secretary - would be considered regretful by many and treasonous by many Larians; who would later secede from the USSE claiming motivation in the form of feeling betrayed by the Imperium and its successor, the Eldham Union.

This membership alongside the Imperium would continue under General Secretary Piér Anagar which saw the USSE continue to rise in prominence on the world stage, in spite of a plateau in population growth that was similarly seen across many Eldhamite nations. This would climax in the War of Imperial Ascension which saw Lunaris and Sylvania seek war with the USSE and the Imperium as a whole; a war effort that would ultimately fold resulting in a victory of the USSE and her allies. Under Anagar new cities like Ythmyrr Beach and Gehenna would see significant amounts of development and large factories for XP be established in Sanguinople. Today, Gehenna (later renamed to the Lo'Oi name Gehenazar) is today a part of the city of Vostroya.

Continuation of the Red Renaissance
The USSE would continue to gain prominence as a member state of the Imperium throughout the leadership of Piér Anagar and this would ultimately climax in a turn of power as Healy would abdicate the Imperium's throne. This was the beginning of what was named Operation Crimson Morning which sought to overthrow the Imperium government and establish a massive international union of socialist states - aptly named simply The Eldham Union as to not favor any one nation state or peoples.

On June 16th of 2022, it would be announced that the revolution and operation would succeed and that USSE natives Krakhov and Van'la Gaboliver would become the leaders of this aforementioned Union and that the Imperium no longer existed in Eldham. This established socialist governance in a large chunk of the world and made the USSE an uncontested leader on the world stage. Shortly thereafter following the term of Piér Anagar ending as General Secretary, a new election season began. Out of the array of candidates, one had overwhelming popularity; being Lethe of Laria. They were a former associate and general under Piér Anagar and Kato Leasian's leadership and considered to be one of the most knowledgeable military leaders in Eldham. They were one of only two General Secretaries in USSE history to not be a self-declared communist, the other being Kato Leasian. Lethe would win the vote against their main competitor by a resounding 88.6%.

Under the leadership of Lethe the nation would see assistance in a war against Krivoniya, the independence of Vanshire, massive development in military infrastructure with brand new forts in Kamieniec and new revolutionary weapons like the Shashka being created, creation of the Larian Training Academy, the passing of the Foreign Financial Institutions Act which slowed down the growth of international 'capitalist' banking, the beginning of resettlement programs in Nizkaya, creation of the Union Emporium which remained one of the single largest shops in Eldham history, integration of the city of Hammerdeep, creation of the Union Revolutionary Army, among many other changes that are considered a part of the larger Red Renaissance.

Lethe's loyalty to the nation was generally considered to be strong, however as their position in leadership continued, increasing criticism began as, according to numerous members of his Commissioner's Circle, it appeared he began to care solely about the power behind his name and his nation, as opposed to caring about the nation's well-being and the well-being of his associates and the citizens he was intended to represent. Lethe was arguably the single largest contributor to the Eldham Union, with him and his friends founding the Union Revolutionary Army and the vastly rich Union Emporeum and creating the organization he would later argue was his reason for Larian secession and his departure and year-long crusade against the USSE; to date many former Lethean cabinet members who remain loyal to the USSE largely consider the rise of the Union to be a responsibility of Lethe and because of the later secession movement started by Lethe he is largely considered the most significant betrayer of the USSE in national history; both for his actions, his betrayal of his friends and associates in both the USSE and Laria, and for the year-long crusade; the beginning of which was later known domestically as the Lethean Maldings.

"Our actions teach our lost friends a much needed lesson."
What would ultimately become known most widely as the Furry War is perhaps one of the most famously known conflicts on Stoneworks history and one of the longest conflicts in all of history. The aftermath of the war was a gargantuan victory for the USSE and the now-declared Eldham Alliance. Prior to even when the war began the Vulperium began to grow what numerous USSE politicians considered "power-hungry" and even cancelled the treaties between the USSE and the Vulperium.

This led to a speech being given where the General Secretary stated "Our actions teach our lost friends a much needed lesson", a speech promise that was ultimately delivered as the next month war had begun and nearly a whole two months later the USSE had the largest economic military boom in all of known Stoneworks history and had annexed back the Territory of Kolssonafell from the Vulps. In a singular week the USSE is estimated to have produced 7 million worth of goods during the Furry War; since then no nation in Stoneworks history before or after has managed to outdo such a feat.

 For more information, see the main page: Furry War 

Bhutch the Unfortunate & the Lethean Maldings
On October 28th, 2022, General Secretary Bhutch; today often known as Bhutch the Unfortunate, controversially and without public consultation had the USSE leave the Eldham Union which had given it a large territorial and power expanse. Lethe is generally considered to have had a poor understanding of USSE law; entirely relying on the Commissioner of Justice. When Lethe authored the Treaty of the Union of the Red Sabers he intended to include a clause that allowed the USSE at any point to leave the Eldham Union without a vote by the National Assembly which all treaties were required to go through. This was intended as one of many measures to give Lethe powers over the National Assembly; however due to poor authorship and understanding of the USSE Constitution and National Assembly processes this logic did not fall through and he had mistakenly told Bhutch he was able to leave the Eldham Union at any time.

The misinformed and unfortunate Bhutch was almost immediately impeached for making a mistake that had never in history been made by a General Secretary, illegally enacting a treaty without the approval of the National Assembly. The massive cities of Kazkaya and even the entire State of Adalor almost immediately went on strike and refused to recognize the executive overreach by the General Secretary. Bhutch went to trial, was removed from power, and disciplined accordingly. Lethe was angered by this in a division that would never be healed, he was charged with sedition and high treason after giving classified screenshots to foreign government(s). Now that Bhutch was removed from power, Chelovek Serebra III released the following statement shortly after coming to power: ''"Now on to former General Secretary Lethe. Again classified information will not be released but I will tell you. Lethe is charged with sedition and high treason. His actions were totally beyond the pale, and unprecedented. Never before has a former or current General Secretary colluded with a foreign government by releasing classified information and seeking to guide our policy via threats like "the pvpers are behind me" and "we control many cities". His anti communist rhetoric in recent citizens chat discussions show his disdain for the people and the party that has kept us united under the constitution for over a year now. This is why he is barred from running for office, like we did with Taigadog, like we did with Manzland, and like we did with the Xeka crisis. In no way are people that are a threat to the very fundamentals of our democracy allowed to lead. We are a dictatorship of the proletariat. That means that the people will stamp out attempts to seize power from us by force if necessary. Sedition is not tolerated. Lethe should have approached the Comission of Justice, but instead he sought to form a coalition of foreigners against our government. This is unacceptable and will not be allowed to fester. We may see the clown reacts from those disloyal. But this vocal minority is only angered that when they threw all of their shit at the fan, it only came back and smacked them in the face From here we proceed as we always have. The government remains a democracy, elections will proceed as planned, and we carry on with our commitment to the Eldham Alliance and The Union, because we do not turn our back on friends at the threat of seditious terrorists. If you have any questions you may always DM me, I may not respond immediately but I will respond."''

Bhutch was pardoned several weeks later, and Lethe of Laria refused multiple givings of pardoning. This divided the city of Laria between those loyal to the United Socialist States of Eldham and its procedures and those who didn't; caring more about their reputations and intercommunity friendships. Every citizen loyal to the United Socialist States of Eldham was banned by Lethe, notoriously attacking former General Secretary Xeroise Ronango'O for having friends on both sides; the harassment led to her leaving politics on Eldham all-together and she was shortly thereafter banned from Stoneworks permenantly for informing people that '88' is a common far-right dogwhistle; something that admins considered to be reprehensibly offensive to those with '88' in their usernames. Her banning and the harassment from Lethe also led to the abandoning of the modern Isle of Kiurtrog; to date no construction has happened on the island and for numerous months the isle was claimed by multiple members of the admin team as a proxy claim to prevent inhabitation.

Ultimately with all USSE loyalists having been banned from Laria and the city of Laria being flooded with a clan of people known by the USSE as the 'Usuals' (known as such for a constant aggression towards the USSE), there was no opposition to acts of secession being given. This ended up starting the founding of the misnomered Republic of Laria. Despite being a self-declared republic it acted as an anti-communist dictatorship as any attempts to establish a Parliament or Constitution (which was initially promised by Lethe and Larian leadership) were responded to with agression and bannings; in fact members of Larian leadership including Lethe are quoted as saying the new-found 'republic' was not led by any ideology, strictly anti-communism and opposition to the USSE.

Almost immediately after the founding of the Republic of Laria, the new-found nation saw a short burst of activity caused by the controversy and explosion in population with immigration from foreign anti-communists. Within two months though the entire nation of Laria was dead in terms of activity though and little construction happened; similar situations prevailing in re-annexed Kolssonafell and Al-Bassad. The activity grew so little that they were forced to give the land of Laria to the Dread Fleet and Sylvania; preferring to keep it with them over the USSE by any means necessary. The series of conflicts which spouted for nearly a year to this day after the secession of Laria as conducted by Lethe is often known as the Lethean Maldings, called as such because within the USSE its generally considered to be a spiteful knee-jerk reaction by Lethe to having his power challenged for the first time within the nation through democratic processes; something he would have been unused to as a consequence of his previous overwhelming popularity in the USSE, to the extent of winning elections by over 80%.

Dé'i Jatokoré io Démixohu
After the overwhelming loss with the wars that prevailed from the Lethean Maldings, General Secretary Chelovek Serebra III declared the 'Jatokoré io Démixohu', roughly translating in Lo'Oi to 'Era of Isolation'. With the secession of Laria, the nation had lost its four best PvPers and much of its military apparatus; and despite still maintaining the vast majority of its population and effectively ridding itself of all anti-communists, the USSE found itself under fire from numerous foreign powers. These powers were largely led by virulent anti-communists Lethe, Aaron, and GreenskinGouger whose campaign of anti-USSE activity caused numerous people to leave the server, have breakdowns from the stress, and more. An era of isolation was considered largely to be necessary to prevent pushing any more people's buttons as any minor conflict domestically or abroad would deliberately be agitated by the force of aforementioned 'Usuals'.

With the Jatokoré io Démixohu underway in the USSE, Chelovek Serebra III declared that he was undergoing a programme that was known as Gáto Sau, translating in Lo'Oi roughly as a  'Stronghold Socialism'. While still working under a Xeroist framework. The USSE transitioned from anti-imperialism and internationalism to a state that was focused on promoting socialism in solely their own country as to protect its constituents by any means necessary and deliver the most luxuries possible.

Economic fall and Ortangon reforms
As Rosa Ortangon was declared the Commissioner of Development, she began a huge process of reforms that are seen to this day. She helped to enact the Socialist Economy Act (Lo'Oi: Sau'ua Rélobaukaudau Drik) which created a system of labor councils which had representation in government. This created a steady economy at first but it quickly plateaued and much of USSE production had ceased; this programme beginning of December of 2022 shortly prior to the Trinkets War. The Trinkets War was a large-scale war with a small squatter nation that had been founded in the Haxhoit Sea - aptly called Trinkets. The war costed millions of dollars, but the USSE ultimately won the war and followed them to Rathnir to keep them out after they had been pushed out the Haxhoit. The government also established the Neutral Market in Kazkaya which allowed people of all nations to sell goods to the USSE government which would then be redistributed as needed to the masses. At this time the nation also saw a national cultural upheaval with a massive revival in Lo'Oi and celebration of new holidays such as Duckmas (Lo'Oi: Kémijoku). Ortangon also published a book called the Ortangonist Doctrine and also is famous for publishing a series of Open Letters to the Communist Party; though this did not come without internal opposition from within the Communist Party. Individuals such as Ilon Hutéxo had numerous criticisms of the Ortangon reforms.

As the USSE was embracing new reforms economically, many saw a need to make reforms politically to prevent the crises such as the Lethean Malding from ever happening again and as a means to prevent any singular person from gaining too much power. This concept was embodied by the notorious Party in the USSE Act (à la Miley Cyrus), which split the government's leadership into three separate positions instead of one single leader, which was the General Secretary. The General Secretary (Lo'Oi: Gé Jautuv) remained relatively the same as before but now with duties only relegated to being the head of the executive branch of government and acting as a leader of the armed forces and the Commissioner's Circle. The Premier (Lo'Oi: Léoto), acted as the head of the legislative branch of government and serves as the head of the National Assembly and as such is elected by the National Assembly; they generally act as the Head of Government as all treaties are forced to pass through the National Assembly anyways. Third was the Partisan Chair (Lo'Oi: Jaudá) which was elected by the Communist Party members and is considered responsible for engaging in ideological debate and making sure the nation seeks perspective through Xeroist thought. They were also in charge of most cultural festivities; those not already engaged in by the Commissioner of Culture.

On March 27th of 2023, the Central Committee of the Communist Party was created as an internal party legislative body that determined mandates and internal party measures. Eventually the National Assembly of the USSE was merged with the Central Committee which spelled the end for the long-lasting National Assembly as the legislative body of the USSE. This was done with the Power to the Central Committee Act on April 4th, 2023, to prevent bureaucratic gridlock within the legislative government by simply replacing it with the already newly created and active Central Committee of the Communist Party. This was hugely criticised during the period of time it existed.

June legislative overhaul
By June of 2023, many people - including those in the Communist Party - were discussing more massive legislative and executive reforms to fix the issues created by the Ortangon reforms. They were seen as unsuccessful and had effectively killed national government activity and economy. Numerous members of the Communist Party who found themselves opposed to the Ortangon reforms proposed the Constitutional Overhaul Acts to legislatively overhaul the government and resuscitate the country; these measures were proposed by Ilon Hutéxo, Arika Ronango'O, Safia Garxo, and other such legislators that were either in government or in the Central Committee of the Communist Party.

Perhaps the most major of these reforms was the abolishing of the Central Committee by re-establishing a national non-party integrated legislature. The methodology of the Ortangon reforms had noticed issues with the National Assembly though their method of fixing them was sharply criticized. Instead, Hutéxo, Ronango'O, and other legislators felt that the issue was with the legislative body being federal (regionalized, composed of representatives from numerous cities) as opposed to unitary (acting as a single national body, non-localized). The legislative body remained unicameral however. This new legislative body was called the Supreme People's Assembly to separate itself from the NA and CC legislative bodies. Censuses would be conducted every six weeks to determine how many seats the SPA would have; 7 people accounting for 1 seat of the SPA, rounding up. As many people could run as they wanted though only the top candidates would be given seats until there were no more seats; these elections allowed people to vote for as many candidates as they wanted. Runoff confirmations would occur if there was ties for the last seat(s) of the SPA.

Several other reforms were promised including uniting the Worker's Councils into one easy to understand body to encourage economic activity and formalizing the way laws were indexed and categorized.

Stoneworks videos
To date, there are multiple videos produced by server-owner Stoneworks that make mention of the USSE - including the following:

How Communism Destroyed this Minecraft Nation - August 4th, 2023

The History of Minecraft's Greatest Empire: The Uraki Imperium - June 9th, 2023

Communists and Furries Start a Minecraft War - September 1st, 2022

The Roman Empire of Minecraft Civilizations: History of Barbossa & Uraki Imperium - August 23rd, 2022

Starting a Socialist Revolution in Minecraft - August 19th, 2022

How a Minecraft World War Birthed a Nation - July 23rd, 2021

General Secretaries of the Communist Party
The nation as a whole is led by the General Secretary and corresponding Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party. They are sometimes referred to as the President and Vice President respectively as this is a former title used for the position. These positions are democratically elected, with six week terms; though there are no term limits. Elections can be participated in by any citizen. During these elections, the victor is decided by plurality instead of simple majority.

The position is considered incredibly important in USSE politics, as the General Secretary leads virtually all government executive action, and the Deputy Secretary can take their place as necessary.

The General Secretary additionally decides who is in the Commissioner's Circle and what seat they will hold specifically, see to the corresponding category for more information.

Role of the Communist Party
The Communist Party (often called the CPUSSE) leads the political function of the nation; though not in a particularly executive manner and not in a way that compromises the intended role of democracy. It is largely used to provide resources and education on socialism to new citizens, encourage political debate about the development of socialism and communism, and act as a 'vanguard' against anti-revolutionaries as first promoted by the doctrines of General Secretary Aboniert Ormnidus and later developed upon by General Secretary Xeroise Ronango'O and her doctrine of 'Xeroism' which is the proactive ideology of the state and party today.

One does not have to be a formal member of the party to be a citizen, be in the military, or even run for any government position. Additionally, you do not have to be endorsed by the party in any capacity to run for government positions or any of the aforementioned criterium.

Commissioner's Circle
One of the most important executive roles within the government is the Commissioner's Circle, a group of specialized organizational officials chosen directly by the General and Deputy Secretaries. Because the General Secretary cannot do all their duties alone, their duties are partially divided among multiple Commissioners which historically have been approved by the National Assembly but today are generally not.

Current Commissions include:

Commissions may have organized bodies within them, the most notable example being the Commission of Security which maintains the People's ARmy while the Commission of Justice maintains the People's Security Bureau and also the USSE Court System. The People's Army - as the name may suggest - is the nation's official military and handles largely foreign matters relating to the defense of the state. The People's Security Bureau is a largely domestic law enforcement force that also handles immigration and incarcerated labor.

Some positions have unique attributes, for example the Commission of Justice is considered to be the highest judge of any kind in the nation and the Commission of Development typically handles national budget and economy in addition to funding.

National Assembly
The National Assembly of the United Socialist States of Eldham wasthe government's primary and only legislative body for most of its history. Virtually any law of any kind that wascreated or decisions of mass national importance were brought through the National Assembly. Additionally, the National Assembly would have to approve of declarations of wars, new treaties and alliances, and other such issues of foreign matter.

Each city inherently had at least one representative; being the Mayor of that city. If the city has a high enough population, there will be elections for a second of third seat depending on how large the city is. The maximum amount of seats a singular city can have is three Representatives. Terms lasted three weeks. This system was considered federal, as opposed to today's unitary legislative system. Both the modern and old legislative systems though were unicameral. The National Assembly was removed in early 2023 and replaced by the Central Committee.

Central Committee
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the United Socialist States of Eldham was a shortly-lived legislative body that replaced the National Assembly following the Ortangon reforms. During its period as the nation's legislature, the state and party had merged in an attempt to promote ideological coherency and activity. This reform was largely considered a failure and the Central Committee remained inactive. Members were elected from the CPUSSE membership. It was abolished in favor of the Supreme People's Assembly in June of 2023.

Supreme People's Assembly
The Supreme People's Assembly of the United Socialist States of Eldham is the country's current legislature system. It is a unitary and unicameral legislature that is not localized, unlike say the former National Assembly which was maintained of representatives from individual cities. Instead the SPA elects its members through popular nationwide vote.

Censuses are conducted immediatley prior to an SPA election, currently it is set that for every 7 respondants to the census; there will be 1 seat of the SPA created. During the June 2023 elections whereby the first SPA was elected, there were 8 total seats created. As an example of how the election operated, there were 12 total candidates. After the results from the first vote were made public, the first 6 seats were filled. 3 candidates all tied with the same exact amount of votes meaning the final 2 seats could not be filled and a runoff election was held to determine which one of the 3 candidates would be eliminated and which of the 2 candidates would receive the 2 remaining seats of the SPA.

The permissions of the SPA remain largely the same as the NA and CC; they approve of disapprove of treaties, war declarations, and other such referenda. The SPA also elects a Premier which represents the SPA when necessary and acts as a tie-breaker. The position of Premier existed in the National Assembly and Central Committee as well; though it only existed in the National Assembly for a few months before its abolishment.

Mayors
Within the USSE, Mayors are largely independent and are free to do what they desire in their city as long as it does not directly violate federal law and judicial demands. They are additionally de-facto members of the National Assembly which encourage transnational cooperation and have the Constitutional right to form Mayor's Councils to discuss desires between cities.

The nation has a unique system of Mayoral elections whereby they do not have specific term limits of any kind, instead running on what is called a 'challenge system'. Any primary resident of the town may challenge the sitting Mayor for the position of Mayor and an election must be carried out.

Former political parties
The nation having multiple political parties was abolished on August 5th, 2021, with the Mumo'Oa Ko Reforms but prior to that after the passing of the Proposition Seven Reforms, the nation had three political parties. The Communist Party maintained control of both the National Assembly with three seats and both the Presidency and Vice Presidency at this time and as a result they had control of the entire government. After the Mumo'Oa Ko Reforms the country was returned back to being a one party state led by the Communist Party. There were two other political parties which saw intermediate electoral success including the Tulipanist Socialist Party and the Worker's Green Front, both of which were still in favor of socialist ideology.

Uniforms
The United Socialist States of Eldham was the first nation on Eldham to adopt any kind of military uniform - and it has the oldest still used uniform on Eldham. The most common and primary uniform in the nation, and one that has been worn by nearly every major government official in the nation's history, is the Military-Party Uniform. Controversially, the uniform has been banned by the Stoneworks admin teams on multiple occasions and strictly enforces that anyone wearing the uniform without a cyan and red spot is banned until their skin is changed.

Other uniforms include the PSB Officer and PSB Lieutendant uniforms which are used by the People's Security Bureau; a suborganization of the Commission of Justice. Astronauts with the Commission of Aeronautical Exploration also have a unique uniform.

Economic activities
The economy of the United Socialist States of Eldham has changed drastically over time. In its early months, the USSE was among the poorest nations in Eldham with little domestic production or trade of any kind. This would shift drastically under the rule of General Secretary Chelovek Serebra and later 'perfected' with General Secretary Van'la Gaboliver.

They would implement a system of Worker's Cooperatives and begin a process whereby citizens would optionally produce goods, optionally sell them to the government in exchange for money, and than be sold to foreign markets for a cheap markup of what has traditionally been around 6.5%. As a result of money having little value domestically in the USSE as a result of the collectivist nature of storage and production, the money citizens receive in exchange for selling goods to the government is often purely for luxury products bought from foreign nations. This would become most pronounced with the USSE dominance of the EXP market.

Today, the USSE remains as one of the largest international producers of EXP anywhere in the world, with workers receiving most of the profits which has drastically raised the GDP per capita and increased the state budget to finance building and other such state projects. It remains one of the world's top exporters in general to nations such as the Imperium. It is estimated that in April of 2022, the USSE produced nearly six million dollars worth of goods alone in that singular month.

Postal system
The USSE has one of the most advanced postal systems of any nation on Stoneworks. It has a rigorous system of 'PA Codes' which act as unique physical addresses. The first number of the PA Code tells you what state/territory you are in, the next two numbers tell you what city you are in, and the next 3 numbers after that tell you what specific building you are in. As a result of this system, every single building in the USSE has a unique address that cannot be confused with other buildings in the country; with over a thousand buildings being underneath this system and cities previously assigning addresses however they pleased, there were numerous occasions were homes in different cities would have the same postal number.

Under the newer nationwide postal system, adopted in July of 2023, all that is necessary to find your home is the number alone, meaning someone does not have to write down what state or city they are in because that information is already conveyed by the number. For example, to someone experienced, when reading an address starting with '201' they would be able to immediately know that the address in question goes to Vostroya in the State of Atoxa without second thought.

Geography
The USSE has an incredibly diverse range of biomes and climates, but as a general trend the farther North you go you find warmer biomes such as swamps, mesas, and deserts, and the farther South you go you will find colder ones such as mountains, tundras, and taigas. The USSE possesses the largest single taiga in Serrona, and one of the largest taigas in the world in its Southern reaches spanning across the states of Ljordmir, Croscograd, Kiurtrog, and Atoxa, and even spanning partially into foreign nations such as Manzland. As a result of this, many of the largest cities in the country have an aesthetic using snow and spruce wood to their advantage. As a result of the rather vast expanse of the nation and the many mountains in places such as Atoxa, the USSE has massively invested into underground ice railway systems, having one of the single largest domestic systems of any kind in Eldham.

The nation has had a strong historical connection with the Sea of Lelo'E and the Haxhoit; the coast around the former being often referred to as the 'Donut'. The USSE also has a very large metro system, and one of the oldest on the entirety of Eldham. Many of the original lines of the old subway system are now filled in however and have been since both the Lethean Maldings and the Independence of Manzland. The nation's metro system is called the Lausá Metro.

Largest Settlements

 * Kazkaya/Kaxkaya
 * Vostroya
 * Ythmyrr Beach
 * Liberatum
 * Bierzhan
 * Nizkaya
 * Renapheus
 * Akaishiro

Culture
The dominance of certain ethnic groups tends to very from state to state; though the largest ethnic group in population size and historical relevence has long been the Lo'Oix. There are two other major ethnic groups; the Mari and Kolssons. The USSE also has a very large number of immigrants from various countries from Eisenland, Vanshire, to Uldarash.

The states of Kramenix and Atoxa are mostly Lo'Oix in heritage. The state of Medtremar is mostly Mari in heritage. Adalor is largely consisted of mixed Kolsson, Mari, and Lo'Oix heritages. The only other state with major Kolsson population is the Western half of Kramenix.

Languages
While Traveler's Tongue is spoken, like in the rest of Stoneworks, the main language culturally within the USSE is Lo'Oi, specifically the Southern variety; called Losa Lo'Oi. The other two most spoken languages are Mari and Kolsson respectively.

Literature
The USSE is well known for its libraries and literature achievements. Authors such as Xeroise Ronango'O have been acclaimed for their political and historical texts. Additionally, other socialist authors have often hailed from the USSE or been heavily inspired such as the Lavenderites and Unitists. The USSE has on numerous occasions held book contests to foster more people to write literature.

Religions and spirituality
While the nation is hugely considered to be atheistic, most citizens abide by folk mysticism and religion. Particularly, the most prominent throughout history has been Oxinto which is typically regarded as the folk religion of the Lo'Oix people. There are several smaller 'cults' that have developed from this, with the Dougists being of relative political prominence in the nation. Other religions such as Irsinism have also been practiced in the USSE.

Media and newspapers
The USSE has a singular state sponsored newspaper, the Red Star which has been semiactive in terms of publishing and covers many historical events throughout USSE history.

The anthem of the USSE was formerly 'Workers of Eldham' for much of its history until a new anthem was commissioned and created called 'Oto Nan Má Zi Oto Nok' (Lo'Oi: Our Party Will Make Us Free)

Vexillology and Heraldry
The flag and banner of the USSE derive from the flag of the Ároxin. The cyan color represents the constant shining of the sky for every new day, and the red symbolizing the blood sacrificed to assure those new days are more enjoyable. The gold color often represents the shimmering path of socialism moving forward.