Burgamere

Government
The Union of Burgamerian Socialist Republics (UBSR) is a totalitarian socialist state located on the eastern continent of Sparwood. The government is made up of a single executive branch that consists of the Office of the General Secretary and the Politburo. All decisions regarding foreign affairs and important domestic issues are made through the Politburo and must be approved by the General Secretary. Policies regarding day to day life and smaller projects are left to the Politburo. The UBSR is in the Crescent Concordant and the Sparwood Defense Bloc.

Territory
The UBSR is located in the Icy Wasteland of the eastern continent of Sparwood. It is located south of Vraelea and west of Nýr Tlörn. The capital of the UBSR is Duragrad (previously Duraguard).

Founding
The predecessor to the UBSR was originally founded as a small mining outpost for an empire lost to record. Located in the iron-rich plains of Sparwood, the mining operation quickly grew in scale and a small town was established close to the mine in order to house the growing population. Largely lawless, the colony eventually attracted rebels looking to escape the harsh laws of the empire which led to a significant anti-imperialist sentiment and culture to develop in the town and surrounding areas.

Great Cataclysm
The distinct lack of safety regulations in the iron mine eventually led to the build-up of highly flammable gas in the lower chambers that ignited, starting the Great Collapse. This explosion destroyed the mine and most of the surrounding town, severely damaging necessary mining equipment and buildings, such as hospitals and schools. The town was eventually deemed unsafe for continuous habitation after survivors began showing early signs of radiation poisoning, causing the survivors to immigrate south in search of a new settlement location.

New Age
The survivors of the Great Cataclysm eventually bound together and started an emergency settlement to the south on the shores of an icy lake. The settlement began having issues with the sub-zero temperatures and high winds of the icy wastes and began to implement a plan with the remaining miners. With the salvaged mining equipment saved by the townsfolk, the survivors began digging a giant hole in the ground of the wasteland in a bid to escape the freezing temperatures and high winds of the surface. When finished, this hole provided enough shelter for the survivors to build a city with thriving industry that provided enough heat to keep the city warm. The city was promptly named Duragrad after the tested durability of its inhabitants and the UBSR was officially founded. Totalitarian socialism was preferred in this New Age to help keep order among a fragile populace and to help with the even distribution of scarce resources.

New Territories
After a population boom due to immigration and natural population growth, the Union expanded to several areas of key interest. The city of Morsakya Bay was founded on a peninsula in the Southern Bay in order to take advantage of natural trade routes and good farming conditions. The Union also expanded into the southern Taiga area when Dargaardian immigrants established multiple cities in the area. The rest of the icy plains were also claimed in order to prevent the two new territories from becoming disconnected from one another.

Posavarian Dispute
A neighbor nation, the Republic of Posavaria, contacted the Union diplomats to convey a complaint that the peaceful fishing city of Moraskya Bay had been founded on land owned by Posavaria, despite no evidence of Posavarian infrastructure or development in the area. After many heated discussions and Posavaria's refusal to concede any land, negotiations stalled and hostile actions were taken by the Posavarian government. A statement was made by the Chief Posavarian Diplomat that remaining on the land would be an act of war against the Republic while a common war tactic was being deployed to surround the peaceful UBSR town and block off any attempts at connecting the city to the rest of the Union. The General Secretary of the Union did not take kindly to these actions and leveraged the strength and capabilities of the UBSR and CSCS military to broker a peace deal between the two nations. Posavaria ended up ceding nearly all of their claims on the land to the Union and tensions were dissolved between the two nations, finally resolving the Posavarian Dispute.