People's Republic of Ebeline

The People's Republic of Ebeline was a state that existed from 1951 to the revolution of 1992, when Zootron was created. In the late 1940's, the government of the Republic of Ebeline was in deep financial troubles. After the peace treaty of 1946 that ended the 1943-46 Airedalandian-Ebelinian War, the national deficit of Ebeline skyrocketed to $35 Billion, owed primarily to Valhunnian investors. Unable to pay its debt, the government began drastically raising taxes in a effort to pay off the creditors, who demanded the debt be payed in full by 1949.

Formation
When the budget of 1948 came out and it revealed the deficit still sat a whopping $29.7 Billion, the government got ever more desperate. The government ceased to provide social services, and without adequate healthcare, disease, along with discontent, began to spread.

The people grew increasingly restless through the late 40's, to the point that radical new ideas were becoming accepted by mainstream society. One of these ideas was to create a socialist state, and by January of 1949 the Popular Liberation Front of Ebeline (PLFE) had over a million members, who soon began engaging the government's forces in unconventional warfare. After two years of fighting, President Alexander Domolock's forces surrendered on September 28th, 1951. That same day, General Ivor Bradley, who had defected to the rebel cause early in the war, proclaimed himself leader, with little opposition.

Nationalization of the Economy
The PLFE, now the only political party in Ebeline, began ordering the nationalization of all corporations, through the infamous 10 year plan, which was originally hailed as "the great decade of progress." In the end, over 2 million people were killed as a result of the food shortages brought about by the nationalization.

Ebeline in the First Cold War
Even with some its own citizens starving, Ebeline looked to expand its influence, and starting from 1956 weapons were provided to North Eckhadam, which went to war with its southern neighbour in 1958. Through the long war, Ebeline supplied massive amounts of weapons, and some Ebelinian volunteers fought alongside the North Eckhadamese.

In 1962, the Ebelinians made one great triumph; putting a man in space. On August 11th, 1962, Demetov Bradley, the son of President Ivor Bradley, was successfully sent to space and returned aboard  Liberator I. 

Following the death of Ivor Bradley, Demetov Bradley took control of the government and proclaimed himself Supreme Leader on April 5th, 1971. He quickly began expanding the military, and by 1973 the military had almost 2 million soldiers and there were also close to 5 million members of the People's National Guard, which largely drew its members from high schools, where it became mandatory for all men to serve 2 years in the armed forces.

On September 28th, 1975, Revolution Day (the anniversary of the surrender of the Republic), Demetov Bradley revealed the world that he had a strategic bomber force capable of hitting anywhere on Earth with nuclear weapons.

So began the most tense 14 years of the First Cold War between Ebeline and the Airedalandian-Valhunnian Alliance. The stand-off only ended when the 1989 revolution began, and the Ebelinian government had to try to cope with threats from within.

On March 2nd, 1981, Demetov Bradley died of a sudden heart attack, and Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force Albert Gullick, Bradley's named successor, took over. Coming from the Air Force, he soon began committing more resources to the Air Force and its projects, and soon the nation's aviation design bureaus began outputting new, radical designs, most of which were just coming into service at the beginning of the revolution.

The End Of Ebeline
In 1989, the public's patience finally ended, and mass protests began in the capital. When the military was sent to ultimately kill the protesters, they had set into motion another new revolution that restored democracy, to the land which had become much to familiar with hardship.

By 1992, the rebels had won, and with the Supreme Leader Assassinated and following a brief but incredibly tense military intervention by Airedalandia and Valhunnia against a small group of fanatical socialists, the new state of Zootron had been founded.

Ebeline had breathed its last, fatal breath.