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Turkey

Sublime Porte

^{Flag of the Sublime Ottoman State (Turkish Civil War)}

^{Flag of the Sublime Ottoman State}

Official Name: Sublime Porte, Sublime Ottoman State (Turkish Civil War and Civil war victory)

Ruling Party: Osmanlı Hanedanı^note Ottoman Dynasty

Ideology: Constitutional Monarchy^note Despotism

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• Vestigial Empire: The sick man of Europe has been further reduced to a rump state by its defeat during WWI.

Abdülmecid II

Role: Monarch^note Country Leader

Party: Osmanlı Hanedanı^note Ottoman Dynasty

Ideology: Constitutional Monarchy^note Despotism, Absolute Monarchy^note Despotism (Turkish Civil War and Civil war victory)

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• Let No Crisis Go to Waste: Abdülmecid II takes advantage of the Turkish Civil War to increase his powers, switching in-game from constitutional to absolute monarchy.

Anatolian Vilayets

^{Flag of the Ankara National Government/Republic of Turkey}

Official Name: Ottoman Governorate of Anatolia, Ankara National Government (Turkish Civil War), Republic of Turkey (Civil war victory)

Ruling Party: Hürriyet ve İtilaf Fırkası^note Freedom and Accord Party

Ideology: Classical Liberalism^note Liberalism

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Ali Kemal Pasha

Role: Country Leader

Party: Hürriyet ve İtilaf Fırkası^note Freedom and Accord Party

Ideology: Classical Liberalism^note Liberalism

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Halide Edib

^{Civil war victory}

Role: Country Leader (Turkish Civil War)

Party: Ankara Milli Hükümeti^note Ankara National Government (Turkish Civil War), Türk Ulusal Hareketi^note Turkish National Movement (Civil war victory)

Ideology: Provisional Government^note Polyarchy, National Rejuvenatism^note Accelerationism (Civil war victory)

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• Civil War: After taking power in Anatolia, Edib will start the Turkish Civil War to unite all of Turkey under the banner of her new republic.

Kurdistan

Ideology: Provisional Government^note Polyarchy

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Mustafa Pasha

Role: Country Leader

Ideology: Provisional Government^note Polyarchy

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Levant

• Civil War: At the start of the game, the Kingdom of Syria, previously controlling all of the Levant, has collapsed into civil war.

Yishuv

Official Name: Hebrew Yishuv, State of Eretz Yisrael (Elected Jabotinsky), Kingdom of Greater Zion (Stern), State of Israel (Ben-Gurion), Palestinian Socialist Commonwealth (Einstein)

Ruling Party: Am Lochem

Ideology: Praetorian Oligarchy^note Polyarchy

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• Foreign Ruling Class: In all paths except for Einstein's, Israel is an ethnostate that puts the interests of Jews first (whether they be the natives who only make up a third of the population, or immigrants from elsewhere in the world), while Palestinian Arabs are mistreated to various degrees.

Ze'ev Jabotinsky

Role: Country Leader

Party: Am Lochem, Brit HaTzionim HaRevizionistim^note Union of Revisionist Zionists (Zionist schism)

Ideology: Praetorian Oligarchy^note Polyarchy, National Democracy^note Polyarchy (Zionist schism)

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Avraham Stern

Role: Country Leader (Lehi coup)

Party: Hā-ʾIrgun Ha-Tzvaʾī Ha-Leūmī b-Ērētz Yiśrāʾel - Lohamei Herut Israel^note The National Military Organization in the Land of Israel - Fighters for the Freedom of Israel

Ideology: Neo-Folkism^note Accelerationism

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• Enemy Mine: Stern, who was born in Poland, reaches out to his birth country for an informal alliance against the UK. This is described as more of a pragmatic cooperation than a true proposal of friendship, since the Zionists still remember how they were persecuted but are prepared to forget these wrongs as long as they receive material aid from the Intermarium against the British.
• Monumental Damage: The final one of the 18 Principles of Rebirth authored by Stern is that the Third Temple must be built as a symbol of the new era of total redemption. As Temple Mount is 'cleared', many Muslims agitate for war to undo the affront to their religion, with thousands arriving as mercenaries in Egypt and Iraq, seeking to destroy Israel.

David Ben-Gurion

Role: Country Leader (Election)

Party: Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael^note Workers' Party of the Land of Israel

Ideology: Left Wing Populism^note Progressivism

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Albert Einstein

Role: Country Leader (Election)

Party: Mifleget Poalim Hashomer Hatzair be'Eretz Yisrael^note Young Guard Workers Party of Palestine, Mifleget HaPoalim HaMeuhedet^note United Workers Party (Merger with Labour Party)

Ideology: Spartakism^note Popular Socialism

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• Chummy Commies: Einstein and his coalition create a socialist democracy in Palestine and are kind and tolerant to the native Arabs, being their best chance of survival under Zionism.

Lebanon

Official Name: State of Lebanon, Phoenician State (Levantine coast conquered), French Empire (France liberated)

Ruling Party: Ḥizb al-Katā'ib al-Lubnānīya^note Lebanese Phalanges Party

Ideology: Revolutionary Nationalism^note Despotism

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• Let No Crisis Go to Waste: Lebanon may take advantage of the Syrian Civil War to conquer the Levantine coast.
• Team Switzerland: Lebanon is not initially involved in the Syrian Civil War after declaring independence from the Kingdom of Syria.

Pierre Gemayel

Role: Country Leader

Party: Ḥizb al-Katā'ib al-Lubnānīya^note Lebanese Phalanges Party

Ideology: Revolutionary Nationalism^note Despotism

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Alawitia

Official Name: Alawite Territory

Ruling Party: Al Kalbiyya^note Kalbiyya Tribe

Ideology: Left Wing Populism^note Progressivism

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• Team Switzerland: Alawitia is not initially involved in the Syrian Civil War after breaking away from the Kingdom of Syria.

Ali Sulayman al-Assad

Role: Country Leader

Party: Al Kalbiyya^note Kalbiyya Tribe

Ideology: Left Wing Populism^note Progressivism

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Alexandretta

Official Name: Free Arab State of Alexandretta, Free Arab State of Shaam (Civil war victory), United Arab National Worker's State (Arab unification)

Ruling Party: Nadi al-'Uruba^note Europe Club

Ideology: Social Republicanism^note Vanguard Socialism

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Zaki al-Arsuzi

Role: Country Leader

Party: Nadi al-'Uruba^note Europe Club

Ideology: Social Republicanism^note Vanguard Socialism

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Syrian Republic

Official Name: Syrian Republic

Ruling Party: I'tilaf al-Watani li-Qiwa al-Tawra wa-al-Mu'arada al-Suriyah

Ideology: Provisional Government^note Polyarchy

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Antun Sa'adah

Role: Country Leader

Party: I'tilaf al-Watani li-Qiwa al-Tawra wa-al-Mu'arada al-Suriyah, Hizb al-Suri al-Qawmi al-Ijtima'i^note Syrian Social Nationalist Party (Civil war victory)

Ideology: Provisional Government^note Polyarchy, National Rejuvenatism^note Accelerationism (Civil war victory)

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Kingdom of Syria

Official Name: United Kingdom of Greater Syria

Ruling Party: Kutlah al-Wataniyah^note National Bloc

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Despotism

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Ghazi

Role: Monarch^note Country Leader

Party: Kutlah al-Wataniyah^note National Bloc

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Despotism

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Mesopotamia

Assyria

^{Flag of United Republic of Great Assyria}

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Official Name: Assyrian Patriarchate, Republic of Assyria (Petros, Atturaya), United Republic of Great Assyria (Petros, Great Assyria conquered)

Ruling Party: Edta Qaddista wa-slihaita Qatoliqi d-Madenha d-Atoraye

Ideology: Theocracy^note Despotism

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• Occupiers Out of Our Country: Assyria's conquest tree is dedicated to the reclamation of the Assyrian heartland, which has long lain under foreign rule. They can choose to either limit themselves to liberating Assyrians abroad, or adopt the Greater Assyria plan, conquering all lands once held by their ancestors.
• Proud Warrior Race: Modern Assyria invokes the famous military history of ancient Assyria, having conquered Jerusalem and taken over Egypt.
• The Theocracy: By game start, Assyria is ruled by the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. If Shimun XXI succeeds him, he'll double down on theocratic rule, while Patriarch Benyamin's other two potential successors will secularise the nation.

Benyamin XIX Shimun

Role: Country Leader

Party: Edta Qaddista wa-slihaita Qatoliqi d-Madenha d-Atoraye

Ideology: Theocracy^note Despotism

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• Plot-Triggering Death: Assyria's political tree is locked until Benyamin's death.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Patriarch Benyamin dies in one of Assyria's first events.

Shimun XXI Eshai

Role: Country Leader (Benyamin succession)

Party: Edta Qaddista wa-slihaita Qatoliqi d-Madenha d-Atoraye

Ideology: Theocracy^note Despotism

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• Corrupt Church: Shimun will forcibly convert the entire Assyrian population to Christianity.
• The Purge: Believing that only he can guide the Assyrian flock to God, Patriarch Shimun purges those who disagree with him.

Agha Petros

Role: General, President^note Country Leader (Coup)

Party: Gaba Atturaya Demoqrataya^note Assyrian Democratic Party

Ideology: Provisional Government^note Polyarchy, National Rejuvenatism^note Accelerationism (Post-coup election)

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• Cincinnatus: After he's done stabilising Assyria in the aftermath of his coup, Petros will hold free elections and will accept to step down is he loses them.
• Military Coup: After Patriarch Benyamin's death, Petros can launch a coup, seizing power and declaring martial law before a new Patriarch can be elected.

Freydun Atturaya

Role: President^note Country Leader (Post-coup election)

Party: Gaba Shawtapaya Atturaya^note Assyrian Socialist Party

Ideology: Nationalist Socialism^note Revisionist Socialism

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• Chummy Commies: Atturaya works to create a socialist and democratic Assyria free from feudalism. After his election he gives the country a progressive constitution, pushes for gender equality, works to modernize the economy and infrastructures, and enacts land redistribution to the benefit of the people.

Mandatory Iraq

Official Name: Raj Mandate of Iraq, Iraqi Republic (Republic)

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Polyarchy

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Arnold Wilson

Role: Country Leader

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Polyarchy

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Arabia

Kingdom of Hejaz

Official Name: Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz, Hashemite Kingdom of Arabia (Nejd conquered)

Ruling Party: Al Hashimiyun^note Hashemites

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Despotism

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Abdullah I

Role: Monarch^note Country Leader

Party: Al Hashimiyun^note Hashemites

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Despotism

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Sultanate of Nejd

Official Name: Sultanate of Nejd, Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz (Hejaz conquered)

Ruling Party: Al Saud^note House of Saud

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Despotism

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• Warhawk: Nejd will successively attempt to invade each of its Arabic neighbors.

Abdulazzis al Saud

Role: Monarch^note Country Leader

Party: Al Saud^note House of Saud

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Despotism

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Kingdom of Yemen

Official Name: Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen

Ruling Party: Banu ar-Rassi^note Rassid Dynasty

Ideology: Theocracy^note Despotism

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• The Theocracy: As OTL, Yemen is a theocratic monarchy.

Yahya Hamid ed-Din

Role: Monarch^note Country Leader

Party: Banu ar-Rassi^note Rassid Dynasty

Ideology: Theocracy^note Despotism

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Aden Protectorate

Official Name: Aden Protectorate

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Polyarchy

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Stewart Symes

Role: Country Leader

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Polyarchy

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Muscat and Oman

Official Name: Sultanate of Muscat and Oman

Ruling Party: Al Busaid^note House of Busaid

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Despotism

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Said bin Taimur

Role: Monarch^note Country Leader

Party: Al Busaid^note House of Busaid

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Despotism

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Persia

Shahdom of Persia

Official Name: Imperial State of Persia, Imperial State of Iran (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi), Anglo-Persian Governorate (Cadman), Dominion of Persia (Tabataba'i), People's Socialist Republic of Persia (Radmanesh), Iranian People's Socialist Republic (Radmanesh/Khan, Post-1st congress), Socialist Federation of Iran (Khan, Federalize Iran)

Ruling Party: Wfaradan Shah^note Shah's Loyalists

Ideology: Oligarchy^note Polyarchy

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• Civil War: A massacre of Persian workers by soldiers of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company sparks a socialist revolt quickly escalating into the Persian Civil War between the Imperial government and the socialist revolutionaries.
• MegaCorp: As a result of large-scale extraction and refinery, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company exerts significant influence over the Persian government and operates freely within the country, dictating a large degree of Persian economic activity.
• Private Military Contractors: The Anglo-Persian Oil Company employs its own troops to protect its assets in Persia and repress natives.

Reza Shah Pahlavi

Role: Monarch^note Country Leader

Party: Wfaradan Shah^note Shah's Loyalists

Ideology: Oligarchy^note Polyarchy

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Role: Monarch^note Country Leader (Reza Shah Pahlavi succession)

Party: Wfaradan Shah^note Shah's Loyalists

Ideology: Absolute Monarchy^note Despotism

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John Cadman

Role: Country Leader (APOC takeover)

Party: Hezb-e Watan^note Fatherland Party

Ideology: Plutocracy^note Polyarchy

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• Evil Colonialist: Cadman ruthlessly exploits the country and its people to make huge profits from its resources.
• One Nation Under Copyright: When the Anglo-Persian Oil Company takes over Persia, it claims that the Persian state has become functionally insolvent, so it will rule over the entirety of the country to ensure that it receives its dues. There will be no more façade of independence, no checks and balances on the APOC's influence.

Seyyed Zia'eddin Tabataba'i

Role: Country Leader (APOC forms Dominion of Persia)

Party: Hezb-e Watan^note Fatherland Party

Ideology: Anocracy^note Polyarchy

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Abol Ghasem Kashani

Role: Country Leader (Islamic coup)

Ideology: Religeous Fundamentalism^note Reactionism

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• Allohistorical Allusion: A theocratic regime can be established in Iran after it overthrows a British-backed regime.
• The Theocracy: After taking power, he will turn Iran into an islamic theocracy.

Reza Radmanesh

Role: General-Councilor^note Country Leader (Persian Civil War, Socialist victory)

Party: Hezb Kemwnast Iran^note Communist Party of Iran, Ḥezb-e Tūde-ye Īrān^note Party of the Masses of Iran (Congress election victory)

Ideology: Spartakism^note Popular Socialism

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• Chummy Commies: Radmanesh and his faction establish a socialist democracy on the German model.
• Cool Shades: Radmanesh's portrait shows him wearing a pair.

Mirza Kuchak Khan

Role: Country Leader (Congress election)

Party: Hezb-e Jangal^note Jungle Party

Ideology: Social Republicanism^note Vanguard Socialism

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Kingdom of Afghanistan

Official Name: Kingdom of Afghanistan

Ruling Party: Mohammadzay Loyalists

Ideology: Constitutional Monarchy^note Despotism

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Mohammed Zahir Shah

Role: Monarch^note Country Leader

Party: Mohammadzay Loyalists

Ideology: Constitutional Monarchy^note Despotism

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