History Characters / TNOCentralAsia

* LedByTheOutsider: The Polish Skrzeszewski — forced into Kazakhstan due to war and genocide — ends up becoming the (temporary) leader of Kazakhstan as a compromising mediator between the Kazakhs and the Russians, who are at each others' throats.

* ChummyCommies: Usenbekov is a communist war hero and politician who is eager to benefit the Central Asian people he rules over and has a highly egalitarian interpretation of Marxism-Leninism.

* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: When Iran invaded Turkmenistan, a band of Turkmen tribsemen, Soviet partisans, and other allies was rallied to repel the invasion and a subsequent attack from Afghanistan. To many, these victories were the former glory days of Turkmenistan and some even wish that another war would start so that they can relive them.

* CurbStompBattle: If the Turkes Kenes conference ends in Turkey's favour and the Turkestan Republic is formed, they will declare war on the Legion; given that they are surrounded said war is pretty one-sided

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Most of the Nazis have forgotten about the Turkestan Legion and only rekindle relationships with them again to destabilize the Turkes Kenes and unite Central Asia themselves, hoping to use them as a proxy for the conflict.

* EyeScream: The Afghan General also injured his left eye, rendering him half-blind.

->'''Official Name:''' Socialist Republic of Kazakhstan (Tashenev), Kazakh Defense Force (Nurmagambetov)

->'''Ideology:''' National Communism[[note]]Communism[[/note]], Partisan Movement[[note]]Despotism[[/note]] (Kazakh Civil War)

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->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]In 1939, Stanisław Skrzeszewski watched as his own nation was destroyed, ripped in half by the flames of nationalism, left to rot away under the policies of mass extermination. His own group of Communist leaders, as well as a large mass of similar refugees, gradually made their way out of eastern Poland and eventually into Kazakhstan. In time, they lost all hope of returning. Kazakhstan became their new home, the last refuge for Polish society.\n\nNow, in the mid-sixties, it seems their new home will tear itself apart, victim to the same awful fate.\\\

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* CivilWar: No matter what path they go down, Kazakhstan breaks down into a civil between the Russian-dominated North and the Kazakh-dominated South.

* ReluctantRuler: Skrzeszewski hates the situation of which he becomes Firest Secretary, watching Kazakhstan be torn apart by their ethnic conflicts and feeling insecure of his inability to reunite the country. At best, he's a desperate compromise candidate to keep the Kazakhs and Russians from killing each other.

* BlatantLies: They're takeover of Central Asia is propped up by the Reich as a "victory for Central Asian self-determination", which is just a massive cover for Germany to begin meddling in Central Asian affairs.

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->'''Ideology:''' Marxism-Leninism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

->'''Ideology:''' Marxism-Leninism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

->'''Ruling Party:''' Qazaqstan Kommýnıstik Partııasy

->'''Party:''' Qazaqstan Kommýnıstik Partııasy

->'''Party:''' Qazaqstan Kommýnıstik Partııasy

->'''Party:''' Qazaqstan Kommýnıstik Partııasy

->'''Party:''' Qazaqstan Kommýnıstik Partııasy

->'''Ruling Party:''' Qazaqstan Kommýnıstik Partııasy

->'''Ruling Party:''' Qızıl Äskeri[[note]]Red Army[[/note]]

->'''Party:''' Qızıl Äskeri[[note]]Red Army[[/note]]

->'''Party:''' Qızıl Äskeri[[note]]Red Army[[/note]]

->'''Party:''' Qızıl Äskeri[[note]]Red Army[[/note]]

->'''Party:''' Qızıl Äskeri[[note]]Red Army[[/note]]

->'''Ruling Party:''' Qızıl Äskeri[[note]]Red Army[[/note]]

->'''Party:''' Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy[[note]]Communist Party of Turkmenistan[[/note]]

->'''Ruling Party:''' Qızıl Äskeri[[note]]Red Army[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Head of State

->'''Ideology:''' Communism, Bolshevism[[note]]Communism[[/note]] (Holds power)

->'''Role:''' Head of State (Kunaev overthrown)

->'''Ideology:''' Communism

->'''Role:''' Head of State (Fitin - Civil War)

->'''Ideology:''' Partisan Movement[[note]]Despotism[[/note]]

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->'''Ideology:''' Islamic Marxism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

->'''Ideology:''' Islamic Marxism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

!!''Zhumabek Tashenev''
->'''Role:''' Head of State (Kazakh Civil War)

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Since the era of Stalin, the Kazakh people have gradually grown independent. A new generation of thinkers in cities like Almaty see themselves not as continuing a Soviet project, but a uniquely Kazakh ideal, a series of values that allowed the Kazakh armies to protect Central Asia while so much of Russia fell into disunion. Zhumabek Tashenev, once just one of many such thinkers, now leads the nation.\\\
From first a series of publications and then an important post as deputy to Dinmukhamed Kunaev during his time in office, Tashenev has preached a vision of the Kazakh socialist government largely divorced from the wider Soviet project, citing a simple argument - the Soviet Union is no more. He sees the unwillingness to reorganize and redevelop as a concession to the Russians, and he has argued that this state of agrarian semi-independence only served to flatter the Russian imagination of Kazakhstan as their colony.\\\
As civil war rages, he fears that he was right.[[/labelnote]]

* TheCassandra: Whenever the Russians refused to reorganize or redevelop Kazakhstan, Tashenev believed that this agrarian semi-independence was used to keep Kazakhstan under Russia's thumb. Most didn't believe him and humored the Russians' demands, which sadly prove fatal if Tashenev takes over and the Russians start a civil war.
* PatrioticFervor: Tashenev dreamed of an independent Kazakhstan from Russia and guides Kunaev to assert the country's autonomy before taking over himself.

!!''Mikhail Solomentsev''
->'''Role:''' Head of State (Yusopov and Fitin - Civil War)
->'''Party:''' Kommunisticheskaya partiya Kazakhstana[[note]]Communist Party of Kazakhstan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Marxism-Leninism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev is nothing if not hard to pin down. To some audiences, he portrays himself as the only true communist left in Kazakhstan - yet he has a history of decidedly unprincipled scandals surrounding his marriage. He deplores "Kazakh chauvinism" in his every speech, and yet his "Soviet Group" works with open chauvinists more radical than he ever could be. How can one understand the man who never explains himself?\\\
The answer is less interesting than one might expect. Solomentsev is not a radical Communist. He is tactical, and he has made many allies with many positions, but he simply sees his view of the Soviet Union as the norm, one he has held since he was first assigned to Kazakhstan in the twilight years of Stalin's government. To him, his love of Russia, Stalin, and the Former Union are all one and the same. All of this was the Soviet Union, the greatest nation ever created. All of this was ours.\\\
Kazakhstan simply needs to understand this reality.[[/labelnote]]
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Even though he's no longer working for the Nazis, his stark militarism and pan-Turkic ideas have gotten him labeled as a Stratocratic Nazi.

->'''Party:''' Qızıl Äskeri

->'''Party:''' Kazakh Communist Party

->'''Party:''' Kommunisticheskaya partiya Kazakhstana

->'''Party:''' Organizatsiya Za Sokhraneniye SSSR

! Central Asia

->'''Official Name:''' Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic

->'''Ideology:''' Communism, Bolshevism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

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[[folder:Socialist Republic of Turkmenistan]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Socialist Republic of Turkmenistan, Korbashi Federation of Turkestan (Sultangaliyev), Islamic Republic of Turkmenistan (Babahan), Turkmen Republic (Karryev), Turkestan Republic (Turkestan Unification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy[[note]]Communist Party of Turkmenistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Bolshevism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* EnemyMine:
** Their proposal in the Turkes Kenes is to unify the normally divided Central Asian region so that they can focus on their mutual enemies, Iran and Afghanistan.
** Despite their different ideologies, Turkmenistan will align with Turkey in the Turkes Kenes because both would benefit from Central Asian reunification. If achieved, the former can stand up to its neighboring rivals, while the latter gets a rich reservoir to their resources and opportunity to destabilize Asian partners of the Pakt and Sphere.
* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: When Iran invaded Turkmenistan, a band of Turkmen tribsemen, Soviet partisans, and other allies was rallied to repel the invasion and a subsequent attack from Afghanistan. To many, these victories were the former glory days of Turkmenistan and some even wish that another war would start so that they can relive them.
* SpaceFillingEmpire: To unite against their common foes in Afghanistan and Iran, Turkmenistan hosts the Turkes Kenes conference to amalgamate all Central Asian countries into a single entity. If their efforts succeed with the help of Turkey, Turkmenistan will encompass the entire region in a single republic.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: A divide has emerged between Annaroazov's wish to continue adhering to the Soviet Union's old communist ideals and his advisor's opposition to that same ideology.

!!''Poda Annaorazov''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy[[note]]Communist Party of Turkmenistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Bolshevism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]When the Soviet Union fell, the Turkmens did not fail the Revolution. Their support for the Union and all it represented was unwavering in its resolve. But the Russians did fail the Turkmens, the bureaucrats and administrators fled to their homeland as Iran invaded Turkmenistan in the wake of the Union's collapse. In the end, it fell to a native son of Turkmenistan, a healer and protector, to rise to her defense. It fell to Poda Annaoarazov.\\\
Leading a rag-tag band of Turkmen tribesmen, Soviet partisans, and personal friends and allies, Poda repelled not only the Iranians, but a simultaneous Afghan invasion as well. This achievement sent shockwaves across Turkmenistan, and it seemed only natural that the hero of Samarkand be named Chairman. If only governance were the same beast as defeating armies. Poda has found the years following these victories to be more exhausting than any battle, or mending any grievous wounds, and these tiring years are starting to weigh on him.\\\
Poda guides Turkmenistan to the best of his abilities, but at the end of the day he is not an administrator. While a convicted Bukharinist, Poda finds himself being pulled this way and that by the buzzing swarm of advisors, ministers, generals, allies and bureaucrats that circle him at all times. Some of them hold to his convictions, while others hold respect for him - and he for them - but find themselves at complete odds with his Bukharinist principles, and as the years drag on, which is which only seems to grow less and less clear. Some days, it almost gets to be enough to wish for another war to fight.[[/labelnote]]

* GloryDays: Annaorazov isn't happy in his current peacetime administrative position and longs for the former days when he led military victories against the Iranian and Afghan invasions of Turkmenistan.
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: Poda Annaorazov in OTL was a minor deputy of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan, with a brief period of service in the Red Army (his rank wasn't documented online), and had nothing remarkable to his name. In TNO, he is portrayed as a strong military leader whose defense of Turkmenistan leads to him being selected as the Chairman of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan.[[note]]The actual First Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan in 1962 was Balysh Ovezov.[[/note]]
* PuppetKing: He's Turkmenistan's official leader, but he holds little actual power and his authority primarily derives from the advisors who surveil and guide his every move. However, it hasn't stopped Annaorazov from trying his best to lead anyway.
* WarHero: His successful defense against the invading Iranian and Afghan forces propelled him into popularity and made him a natural choice for Turkmenistan's next leader.
* WonTheWarLostThePeace: After the Union fell, Annaozarov successfully led the Turkmens to victory against Iranian and Afghan invaders, only to find the following years more exhausting than any battle.

!!''Mirsaid Sultangaliyev''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Turkey-backed regime change)
->'''Party:''' Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy[[note]]Communist Party of Turkmenistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Communism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]If any man in Central Asia today represents its traumatic and conflicting heritage from the last few decades, it is Mirsaid Sultangaliyev.\\\
Born in Bashkiria, deep in the most Russified parts of Eurasia, Mirsaid was an early follower of the revolutionary ideas spreading like wildfire across Russia - seeing in them the solution to the imperialist oppression clamping down on the minorities and Islamic faith, and the way forward for the organization of these peoples. His time in Baku in the early tens and twenties pushed him further to the Bolsheviks' path, and when his time came to fight for the Revolution he did so with aplomb, using his familiarity with national movements in Central Asia to cripple the Whites - earning the trust of none other than Vladimir Lenin himself in the process.\\\
All seemed set for a steady rise through the Soviet ranks as a representative of the Turkic nationalities of the USSR and its Islamic people - a rise which never came. The rest of the Party remained suspicious of his tolerance of regional nationalism and religion, and so Mirsaid remained marooned in Central Asia, far from the decision-making, working steadfastly to improve the local situation but without much hope of influencing the top.\\\
That was, until the Nazi war machine crushed the USSR entirely and left its peripheral republics reeling in a chaotic void of power. Now, Mirsaid Sultangaliyev stands as a symbol of Turkic cooperation amongst those left standing - still believing in the end goal of Marxism-Leninism but adapted to truly serve the people instead of the Russian despots in a far-away capital.[[/labelnote]]

* ChummyCommies: Sultangaliyev promotes a benevolent form of Marxism-Leninism that serves the people rather than its rulers.
* EnemyMine: Sultangaliyev is a staunch anti-imperialist, which places him in opposition to Turkey's meddling in foreign affairs. However, he hates Germany and Japan even more, so the two ally with each other to oppose their common enemies.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: When he served the Soviet Union, the Party was suspicious that he might try inflaming regional nationalism and religion that would threaten to divide the country, so he was assigned to govern in Central Asia, far away from the Union's decision-making.
* WarHawk: He is a hardline nationalist who vows to mobilize the nation to unite Central Asia under one banner and attack nearby states aligned with either the Pakt or the Sphere.

!!''Ziyauddinhan Babahan''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Turkey-backed regime change)
->'''Party:''' Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy[[note]]Communist Party of Turkmenistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Islamic Socialism[[note]]Socialism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Hailing from the line of Ahmad Yasawi comes another great Turkic scholar of the Islamic Faith. Ziyauddinhan Babahan was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and grew up among the faith, following in the footsteps of his father in the early years of his life and being educated by Shami Domla, whose theology and politics influenced his own greatly. When Kalinin accepted the request of Uzbek and Turkmen Imams to establish the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan (or SADUM for short) during the Second World War, his life took a distinctly different turn, not one of mere theology, but of politics in turn. Though officially his father led the organization to start, as its secretary, much of the administrative duties fell to Ziyauddinhan.\\\
With Islam in one hand and Marxism in the other, Ziyauddinhan sought to shepherd the faithful of his homeland fairly and equitably. Training of the clergy, the management of charity, and the publishing of religious material fell to himself and the organization that he ran. As the war took a sour turn for the USSR, it fell to him in turn, to be their guide and protector as the Union disintegrated, and more and more of the people of Central Asia turned to the faith for truth and comfort. Even after the war's end, Ziyauddinhan continues to fight this good fight.\\\
These days, he is far from home, running SADUM from the safety and security of Turkmenistan. Both he and his organization represent a sense of continuity and structure remaining from the days of the Soviet Union. In spite of everything that has happened, the dual spirit of Marxism and Islam lives strong, and socialist thought justified by his interpretations of Islamic law provides an additional avenue to security and to justice in a world that so often lacks both.[[/labelnote]]

* AllLovingHero: Babahan is a charitable leader who has offered spiritual guidance and protection to those who seek him out.
* TheFundamentalist: Babahan blends socialist thought with Islamic doctrine, following this unorthodox ideology to provide protect and govern Turkmenistan.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Though his father led the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan (SADUM), many of its administrative duties fell to Ziyauddinhan, in which he's continued to manage the organization after the Soviet Union's fall.

!!''Sarry Karryev''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Military coup)
->'''Party:''' Türkmenistanyň Demokratik Partiýasy[[note]]Democratic Party of Turkmenistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Despotism[[/note]]
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* LesCollaborateurs: Karryev is far more receptive to Turkey than Poda, motivating his coup to place Turkmenistan more firmly in their influence.
* MilitaryCoup: With Turkey's help, Karryev will launch a military coup against Poda, aligning the country with their backer.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In OTL Sarry Karryev was a Turkmen actor who played in various Soviet movies during the 1960s. In TNO he leads a pro-Turkey Military Junta in Turkmenistan, helping entrench Turkish influence in the region.

[[folder:People's Republic of Uzbekistan]]
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%%[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Kokand Federation]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uzbekistanannexkyrgyzstandemocrat.png[[/labelnote]]]] %%recreated by Chaner75

%%[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Bukharan-Kokand People's Soviet Republic]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uzbekistanannexkyrgyzstancommunist.png[[/labelnote]]]] %%recreated by Chaner75
->'''Official Name:''' People's Republic of Uzbekistan, Jadidi Republic of Uzbekistan (Karimov)
-->'''Khodzhayev:''' Bukharan People's Soviet Republic (Uzbek-Karakalpak Unification)
%%Bukharan-Kokand People's Soviet Republic (Kyrgyzstan Annexed)
-->'''Karimov:''' Republic of Kokand (Uzbek-Karakalpak Unification)
%%Kokand Federation (Kyrgyzstan Annexed)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Uzbek Kommunistik Partiyasi[[note]]Uzbek Communist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Islamic Marxism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* TheCynic: The tragedies endured by Uzbekistan have struck a cynicism crisis in the population, leaving them apathetic to whatever future Uzbekistan may face.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: When it was formerly part of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan was ignored by its master country in favor of its other Soviet Republics, dismissing their puppet's more limited contributions. This abandonment significantly contributed to the cynical atmosphere surrounding Uzbekistan and its current situation.
* ScamReligion: Some claim that Jadidism - a homegrown ideology of reformist Islamism - is a ploy used by the government to exploit Islam and assert their power over Uzbekistan. So far, these claims have remained unconfirmed, but if they are true, it would spell doom for the ruling government.
* ShownTheirWork: The flag of Uzbekistan is an older flag of OTL Uzbekistan, used from 1925 - 1927. Notably, it also contains the acronym for the old, Arabic-influenced, pre-Russified Uzbek language name for the Uzbek SSR, ''Ozbekistan ijtima'i shoralar jomhoriyati''[[note]]Also Romanized as "Özbekiston Ijtimoy Shoro Jumhuriyati"; the Uzbek name for the country was Russified under Stalin, becoming "Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi"[[/note]], written in Arabic script.
* SuddenlySignificantCity: Tashkent, Uzbekistan's capital city, has been turned into an exclave of Uzbekistan after Kyrgyzstan annexed the Fergana Valley. This, combined with its large population, made it even more strategically important than it already is.
%%It'll also get hit by the 1966 earthquake.

!!''Fayzullah Khodzhayev''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_uzbekistan_fayzullah_khodjaev.png]]

->'''Party:''' Uzbek Kommunistik Partiyasi[[note]]Uzbek Communist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Islamic Marxism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]It is impossible to describe the human spirit or to give it a solid, cohesive definition. Identifying what makes humanity wake up in the morning to work away at its doings is difficult beyond comprehension, as there is a limitless pool of definitions of what persuades the individual to work and live their life. Not one of these definitions can be found in the hearts or minds of any living soul in Uzbekistan.\\\
Abandoned, ignored, and humiliated would be the only way to describe the minds of those within the Uzbekistani state, as the Central Asian War, the collapse of the USSR time and time again, and the backwards state which the nation has been left in have all taken their toll on the national psyche and even culture of Uzbekistan. This mindset is expressed better by none other than the premier of Uzbekistan; Fayzulla Khodzhayev.\\\
Once an idealistic member of the Uzbek Communist Party, Uzbekistan's limited contributions from the USSR in favor of the varied other Soviet Republics had already left it desolate, though his faith would only falter further until receiving its deathblow when the West Russian Revolutionary Front was crushed forever. Since then, the increasingly apathetic state of the government has solidified and has only crawled further into a worsening state.\\\
Today, Uzbekistan sits quietly in Central Asia, allowing for its cynicism crisis to worsen further and further. With little hope for the Uzbekistani people beyond a silent, apathetic future, nothing can be done for Uzbekistan.\\\
Nothing beyond the people causing the future themselves.[[/labelnote]]

* GloryDays: Khodzhayev, once an idealistic member of the Uzbek Communist Party, has found his faith faltering since the fall of the Union and especially after the West Russian Revolutionary Front lost the West Russian War. Now, he is the archetypical representative of the abandoned, ignored, apathetic, cynical Uzbek government.
* HistoricalInJoke: In OTL, Khodzhayev was one of the people executed in the OTL Trial of the Twenty-One during the Great Purge, alongside other prominent TNO Soviet politicians like Bukharin and Yagoda.

!!''Islam Karimov''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_uzbekistan_islam_karimov.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State (Regime change)
->'''Party:''' O'zbekiston Demokratik Partiyasi[[note]]Democratic Party of Uzbekistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Islamic Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The lower bowels of the Uzbekistani political scene are one saturated with the party politics and power struggles that would seem more at home in the United States of America rather than a state smack dab in the middle of Central Asia. Even still, there is no greater product of this chaotic state of affairs than Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan and puppet of the Jadidi.\\\
Born into a troubled life between an Uzbek and a Tajik, Karimov spent much of his youth in an orphanage, though decided to follow the path which his parents had blazed- that of a civil servant. Throughout his youth, Karimov could not help but look to the disasters which befell Uzbekistan, the broken world in which he grew up. He could not claim to remember the day that the USSR fell, nor can he claim to have been on the frontlines of the West Russian War, Karimov can claim to want the best for Uzbekistan. Even still, with the Jadidi holding most all the legitimate power in the government, Karimov can only do so much for his country and vows to one day make change for his world.\\\
No matter how long it takes to get there.[[/labelnote]]

* PuppetKing: Karimov is a puppet ruler to the Jadidi, the ones truly in power. Karimov himself recognizes this, but he vows to one day benefit his country somehow.
* YoungAndInCharge: Karimov was born in 1938 and can become Uzbekistan's leader in his mid-to-late 20s. In real life, he only became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan in 1989, and ruled the country until his death in 2016. Karimov's biography lampshades this, noting how he was far too young to even remember the Soviet Union's downfall.

!!''Azim Rakhimov''
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State (Bukharan People's Soviet Republic)
->'''Party:''' Uzbek Kommunistik Partiyasi[[note]]Uzbek Communist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Islamic Marxism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

!!''Vildan Saldovich Khabiev''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_uzbekistan_vildan_saidovich_khabiev.png]]
->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State (Bukharan People's Soviet Republic)
->'''Party:''' Uzbek Kommunistik Partiyasi[[note]]Uzbek Communist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Bolshevism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

[[folder:People's Republic of Karakalpakstan]]
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%%Flag recreated by Cyberpunk93

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%%[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the People's Republic of Central Asia]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/karakalpakstanannexkyrgyzstancommunist.png[[/labelnote]]]] %%recreated by Chaner75

%%[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Central Asian Federation]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/karakalpakstanannexkyrgyzstandemocrat.png[[/labelnote]]]] %%recreated by Chaner75
->'''Official Name:''' People's Republic of Karakalpakstan, Karakalpakistan United Front (Abdurashit, pre-unification), Democratic Republic of Karakalpakstan (Yusupov)
-->'''Abdurashit:''' People's Republic of Bukhara (Uzbek-Karakalpak Unification)
%%People's Republic of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan Annexed)
-->'''Yusupov:''' Federation of Karakalpak-Uzbek People (Uzbek-Karakalpak Unification)
%%Central Asian Federation (Kyrgyzstan Annexed)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Qoraqalpog Sotsialist Partiyasi[[note]]Karakalpak Socialist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Revolutionary Front[[note]]Socialism[[/note]]

* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Having long been denied independence since the days of the Tsar, the Karakalpaks were quick to declare independence when the Soviet Union collapsed.
* TheMigration: Facing persecution from their homes in Uzbekistan, countless political exiles have fled to Karakalpakstan and provided the support base needed for Abdurashit to consolidate the nation.

!!''Kadyrov Abdurashit''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_karakalpakistan_kadyrov_abdurashit.png]]

->'''Party:''' Qoraqalpog Sotsialist Partiyasi[[note]]Karakalpak Socialist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Revolutionary Front[[note]]Socialism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Should you ask anyone what defined the world as they knew it, you would certainly find yourself with a litany of answers depending on who you asked and where they were from. If you asked a young German, he would tell you of the West Russian War, breaking up the world and putting it back together just as it was meant to be. If you asked a young Russian Communist, he would tell you it was the day that the Revolutionary Front started fading. If you asked Abdurashit Kadyrov, he would tell you that the day that changed the course of history was the one that left the Germans at the A-A line.\\\
Even still, as the Russian Armies solidified around Syktyvkar, Kadyrov's dedication to the West Russian Revolutionary Front had only diminished with time, as his homeland grew more and more chaotic. As the West Russian War erupted, however, Kadyrov's dedication was tested, and it took every shred of his will not to send himself back to Karakalpakstan. In the last days of the Front, however, as Kadyrov found himself in the southern front of a collapsing war, he seized the chaos as his last chance back home. Having returned to a collapsed state of his disorganized brethren, Kadyrov took it upon himself to found a Karakalpakstan state alongside his fellow nationals, and the countless political exiles of Uzbekistan, fleeing persecution.\\\
Leading with the respect bestowed upon him through his exploits across the West Russian War and his goodwill accumulated from his actions in the first days of the new state, it is certain that Kadyrov will prove a thorn in the side of all those who would want to tear down Karakalpakstan, bar ensuring the safety of his people.[[/labelnote]]

* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: Kadyrov Abdurashit is a very obscure WWII war hero from Nukus (the capital of the Republic of Karakalpakstan), who is only referenced in an article from the [[http://karakalpakstan.travel/news-and-events/news-110/ Karakalpakstan website]][[note]]Operated by the UNESCO Office in Tashkent[[/note]]. In TNO, he was a ''founder'' of the People's Republic of Karakalpakstan.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When things started turning sour during the West Russian War, Abdurashit seized the opportunity to return back to Karakalpakstan and restore order there.
* WarHero: Even though the West Russian War ended in failure, his participation in the conflict still made him beloved enough in Karakalpakstan to become its leader.

!!''Ibrahim Yusupov''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_karakalpakstan_ibrahim_yusupov_new.png]]

->'''Party:''' Qoraqalpog Mustailliga Partiyasi[[note]]Karakalpak Independence Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Ibrahim Yusupov's father was a religious cleric and a wealthy landowner, which made him a prime target to be arrested and "disappeared" by Soviet authorities in the 1930s. This left Yusupov to be raised by a single mother, and he was forced to work as a child to keep his siblings fed and clothed. This harsh upbringing, however, did not deter him from his love of poetry, and he was able to complete a literature degree when he was twenty.\\\
Yusupov's homeland of Karakalpakstan had been occupied by the Russian Empire, and later the Soviet Union, for the better part of a century, and their autonomy was gradually eroded over the decades. Unsurprisingly, the Karakalpaks were quick to declare independence and fend off any post-Soviet warlords after the Union fell. They were also fortunate enough to gracefully transition from communist rule to a functioning liberal democracy, free of strongmen and tyrants. While other, more authoritarian regimes may have repressed him, the free nature of Karakalpak society allowed Yusupov's career as a poet and journalist to not only be viable, but also flourish. He worked as a newspaper editor and professor of literature, and eventually threw his hat in the ring and ran for President of Karakalpakstan in 1961. His popularity as an author had gone a long way toward building a voter base, and his rhetorical command ensured that he always came out ahead in debates. But now that he has won the presidency, some question whether he can amount to more than simple poems and whether he can actually implement the policies he so lyrically endorsed.[[/labelnote]]

* RagsToRiches: Yusupov grew up as an impoverished poet before his rise to power as a popular author and politician who promotes liberalism.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In real life, [[https://peoplelife.ru/340792 Ibrahim Yusupov]] (typically spelled in English as Ibrayim Yusupov) was a Karakalpak writer and journalist. In this timeline, he can become President of Karakalpakstan.

[[folder:Turkestan Legion]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Military District of Turkestan]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/turkestanlegionoccupation.png[[/labelnote]]]] %%recreated by Chaner75
->'''Official Name:''' Turkestan Legion, Turkestan Reclamation Government (Turkestan Unification, Kayyum), State of Turks (Hayit), Turkestan National State (Turkestan Unification, Hayit), Provisional Authority of Turkestan (Turkestan Unification, Muhammad), Military District of Turkestan (Nazar)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Ozbekiston Milliy Sotsialistik Partiyasi[[note]]National Socialist Party of Uzbekistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Naturalised National Socialism[[note]]National Socialism[[/note]]
A former German collaborator legion led by pan-Turkic and anti-communist ideologue Veli Kayyum Han. The legion moved into Uzbekistan with Afghan support after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and its leader Han seeks to reunite all of Central Asia under pan-Turkic nationalism.

* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: The Legion is more of a group of bandits than a truly disciplined army, surviving by raiding lone tribes and travelers.
* BlatantLies: They're takeover of Central Asia is propped up by the Reich as a "victory for Central Asian self-determination", which is just a massive cover for Germany to begin meddling in Central Asian affairs.
* LesCollaborateurs: The Turkestan Legion originated as a Wehrmacht unit composed of Turkestani collaborators and prisoners of war.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: They start out as a pitiful band of disorganized thugs, but with help from Germany, they can become a formidable force.
* IFightForTheStrongestSide: Many of the Legion's members have little loyalty to their leaders and will join whoever takes over the regiment.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Most of the Nazis have forgotten about the Turkestan Legion and only rekindle relationships with them again to destabilize the Turkes Kenes and unite Central Asia themselves, hoping to use them as a proxy for the conflict.
* SpaceFillingEmpire: With some help from Germany, the Legion can conquer all of Central Asia and achieve their pan-Turkic nationalist dream.

!!''Veli Kayyum Han''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/new_veli_kayum_khan.png]]

->'''Party:''' Ozbekiston Milliy Sotsialistik Partiyasi[[note]]National Socialist Party of Uzbekistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Naturalised National Socialism[[note]]National Socialism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Veli Kayum-Khan began flirting with anti-communist and nationalist ideology with the rise of the Soviet Union, which he despised. He would move to Germany to study, but he chose to never return to the USSR. Soon, he rose to prominence in the Turkestani émigré movement for his pan-Turkic and anti-Soviet rhetoric and beliefs. When war broke out in Europe, he would attempt to help the Nazis with his ideology which had much in common. To achieve this, he would help found the Turkestan Legion, a unit of the army composed of Turkestani collaborators and prisoners of war. Even though they were considered "inferior races" by the Nazis, this attitude would quickly change as they wished to exploit the anti-Soviet sentiment of the Turkic peoples of Central Asia during Operation Barbarossa. The Legion would play a minor role in the swift conquest of Bukharin's Soviet Union.\\\
With the end of the war, the country that had oppressed Kayum-Khan's ethnic group for so long completely collapsed, and Uzbekistan finally had a chance to become free. This push for independence would fail and wither into nothing, however, and it would be years until he would find himself with another chance. With time, tenacity, and Afghan support, however, the legion has made considerable gains. Believing in Pan-Turanism, Kayum's ultimate goal is to unite all peoples of Central Asia. Of course, the first step to do that is to defeat all those who stand in his way, no matter which meddling powers stand in his way.\\\
Even though he rules with an iron fist, Kayum still faces strong opposition. Many are not loyal to his fascist government, with some even harbouring Fayzullah sympathies. If he is to develop power as leader of Turkestan, Khan will need to secure his unstable state, and ensure that all of Central Asia stands behind him through respect, and faith in his pan-Turkic beliefs.[[/labelnote]]

* TheAlcoholic: His incompetence can partially be explained by his chronic drinking, utterly miserable about his situation and desperate to prove his work to the Nazis.
* EnemyMine:
** His pan-Turkic ideas and fierce anti-communist rheoteric was compatible with the Nazi's own ideologies and thus came to work with them during World War II, even though Germany previously dismissed him and his legion as part of an "inferior race".
** Thanks to Afghan support, Kayyum has made some territorial gains, enough to establish his own fiefdom as the start to his plan of unifying all of Central Asia.
* GeneralFailure: Hayit and the German intelligence note his incompetence as a commander, in spite of his many years of combat experience.
* NastyParty: Once Uzbekistan is conquered with Speer's help, Kayyum sends an invitation to Hayit for a celebration party. Despite the suspicious circumstances, Hayit [[TooDumbToLive falls for it]] and gets killed, along with the rest of his supporters.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Even though he's no longer working for the Nazis, his stark militarism and pan-Turkic ideas have gotten him labeled as a Stratocratic Nazi.
* ThePurge: If the Legion successfully conquers all of Central Asia and holds power in a Bormann-led German campaign, he'll have Hayit and Muhammad murdered on the charge of being a traitor, ensuring that they won't threaten his position ever again.

!!''Baymirza Hayit''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_turkestan_legion_baymirza_hayit.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of Government (Kayyum cabinet), Head of State (Coup)
%%->'''Party:'''
->'''Ideology:''' Fascism, Revolutionary Nationalism[[note]]Fascism[[/note]] (Coup)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The greatest Turkic fighting force in the history of the modern world was assembled and unleashed upon her enemies twenty years ago. And for twenty years, the blood and lives of its brave soldiers has been wasted by its incompetent leadership.\\\
Baymirza Hayit was born in Yargorgan, a small village in what is now Uzbekistan in 1917. From a young age, Baymirza had shown a great deal of interest in literature and matters of the mind, only interrupted by the onset of war and his conscription into the Red Army in 1939, right after he had graduated from Tashkent University. For two years, Baymirza Hayit served the Soviet Union in fighting the Germans, until he was captured by those same Germans in 1941. It would not be the Red Army that would come to define the rest of his life, however, but the Legion formed out of Turkic prisoners of war in Germany. The Turkestan Legion.\\\
Though the Second World War had ended, the task ahead for the Turkestan Legion did not. Under Veli Kayum's leadership, they re-entered their homeland, but a mixture of sheer incompetence and greed has led to the Legion only controlling a mere fraction of the nation. The Legion's destiny remains unfulfilled, in spite of all that they have collectively sacrificed. Veli Kayum made much noise about his new plans, the "Yangi Ergenekon" that he had hoped to build, and like every other half-brained scheme he had cooked, it exploded in his face. Now it falls to Baymirza to pick up the pieces and begin the process of fulfilling the grand and glorious Turkic Destiny, the project of unification now in the hands of someone passionate, decisive, and most of all, competent. The path forward is clear, and all that's required now is the strength to see it through to its end.[[/labelnote]]

* HyperCompetentSidekick: Despite being his subordinate, Hayit is a great deal more competent than Kayyum.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: If a Speer-backed coup led by Muhammad goes awry, Hayit waits out the situation for Muhammad and Kayyum's men to weaken each other enough for him to take over.
* ThePhilosopherKing: Hayit is the Legion's main ideologue, being the main writer behind their fascist and racial supremacist theories. Naturally, this makes him a loyal ally to Germany and admirer of Hitler.
* PragmaticVillainy: After potentially colluding in the assassination of Kayyum, he'll organize a funeral for him to throw off suspicion that he was murdered and to legitimize his own succession.
* TheStarscream: Hayit despises Kayyum's incompetence and alcholism for impeding the Legion's success. As such, he'll happily accept Germany's offer to have him assassinated so that he'll take over.

!!''Sher Muhammad Korşirmat''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_turkestan_legion_sher_muhammad.png]]
->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Security Minister (Kayyum Cabinet), Head of State (Coup)
->'''Party:''' TL(K)
->'''Ideology:''' Stratocratic Nazism[[note]]National Socialism[[/note]], Personalistic Dictatorship[[note]]Despotism[[/note]] (Coup)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]With a stern face, and dark sunglasses, Sher Muhammad-bek Gaza cuts an imposing figure. Few would have expected a mercenary to seize control of the Turkestan Legion. Yet since he emerged from a Russian prison as a boy, he has surprised many who underestimated him.\\\
Muhammad-bek played a critical role in the Fegana Uprising before engaging in guerrilla warfare against the Soviet Union. He built an extensive network on the Afghan-Soviet border, and sold information to Turkey, Japan, and Germany. This network was later used by Germany to assist in restoring the former Bukharan Emir to the throne.\\\
Following the Nazi victory, Muhammad-bek embraced the life of a mercenary, taking the name "Korşirmat." Yet he realized that it was not wealth he truly sought - but power. This desire led him to the Turkestan Legion - and to seize power when the opportunity arose.\\\
None can say for certain if it was luck, foreign powers, or one of his own schemes that led to his ascent, but it matters not. With the Legion in his grasp, few obstacles stand between him, and a final battle to decide the fate of Central Asia.[[/labelnote]]

* AmbitionIsEvil: Muhammad became a mercenary because he craves power and taking over the Legion is one step to realizing that goal.
* GloryHound: He loves to boast and exaggerate his achievements. He's interested in conquering the entirety of Central Asia to make himself a legend rather than out of any ideological desire.
* GreenEyedMonster: Muhammad is frustrated that he's been passed over the position of Marshal in the Legion repeatedly, arrogantly believing that he deserves that promotion.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: He took on the name "Korşirmat" when he became a mercenary and everyone refers to him as such.
* ThePurge: If allowed to take power, he'll organize death squads to purge any rival factions and cement his authority in the Legion.
* TheStarscream: If Speer supports his takeover of the Legion, Muhammad will execute both Kayyum and Hayit, eliminating them as rivals to his leadership.
* WildCard: Despite his collaboration with Germany, Muhammad is not loyal to the Reich at all and both will betray each other as soon as it's convenient.

!!''Ruzi Nazar''
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->'''Role:''' Foreign Minister (Kayyum cabinet), Head of State (Japanese victory)
->'''Party:''' TL(N)
->'''Ideology:''' Stratocratic Nazism[[note]]National Socialism[[/note]], Military Junta[[note]]Despotism[[/note]] (Japanese victory)

* TheQuisling: Nazar is a native Uzbek who is tasked to govern what's left of Turkestan by Afghanistan, if Japan wins the Central Asian proxy conflict.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kyrgyz Soviet Republic]]
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%%[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Central Asia]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kyrgyzstanannexkarakalpakstancommunist.png[[/labelnote]]]] %%recreated by Chaner75
%%[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Islamic State of Kokand]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kyr_uzbek_annex_dem.png[[/labelnote]]]]
%%recreated by Chaner75
%%[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Islamic State of Kyrgyzstan and Federative Republic of Uzbekistan-Karakalpakistan]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kyrkarakalpakannexdem.png[[/labelnote]]]] %%recreated by Chaner75
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the Islamic State of Talas]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tno_flag_islamic_state_of_talas.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Official Name:''' Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic, Islamic State of Talas (Usubaliev)
%%-->'''Usenbekov:''' Central Asian People's Republic (Kyrgyz-Uzbek Unification), Soviet Socialist Republic of Central Asia (Usenbekov, Kyrgyz-Karakalpak Unification)
%%-->'''Usubaliev:''' Islamic State of Kokand (Kyrgyz-Uzbek Unification), Islamic State of Kyrgyzstan and Federative Republic of Uzbekistan-Karakalpakistan (Kyrgyz-Karakalpak Unification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Kırgızstandın Kommunisttik Partiyası[[note]]Kyrgiz Communist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Bolshevism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* AllohistoricalAllusion: The flag of the Central Asian People's Republic is the IRL flag used by democracy supporters during the 1991 Collapse of the Soviet Union. Unlike in TNO, it was the proposed flag of post-Soviet Uzebkistan
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The TNO flag of the Kyrgyz SSR writes "Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic" in Arabic[[note]]''jumhūriyya qirḡizistān l-ištirākiyya as-sovyetiyya''[[/note]], rather than Kyrgyz in Perso-Arabic script. On that matter, the Kyrgyz language only briefly used Arabic script from 1924-28, and switched to a Latin script from 1928-40, and finalized on Cyrillic script since 1941.
* TheIdealist: Though the Kyrgyz people have suffered numerous tragedies since the downfall of the Soviet Union, they remain optimistic about their future, content that they are at least independent and governed by benevolent people.
* PuppetState: If Japan wins the Central Asian conflict, Kyrgystan will become a puppet state to Afghanistan and thereby be aligned to the Sphere.

!!''Kaliynur Usenbekov''
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State
->'''Party:''' Kırgızstandın Kommunisttik Partiyası[[note]]Kyrgiz Communist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Bolshevism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The tumultuous decades have left their mark everywhere. On Kyrgyzstan, on its people, and most visibly, on the Chairman himself. Born in what was, at the time, the Turkestan Soviet, Kaliynur was raised to embody the ideal of the Kyrgyz man, and being raised on tales of the Tsar's caprice and the cruelty of his bandit-governors, he also grew into the ideal picture of the Marxist-Leninist man as well, and joined in the Red Army to defend his land, his people, and all other lands and peoples.\\\
But eventually, the Union itself was defeated, and Kaliynur had no choice except to return to his fatherland with his comrades. Hoping to recover and recuperate from the devastating defeat in Russia, he and his allies instead only found more conflict. War had broken out between neighboring Tajikistan and Afghanistan, and the Tajiks were taking the worst of it. Kaliynur marched with the Red Army of the Kyrgyz People and fought valiantly, before eventually falling into the hands of a particularly cruel Afghan general. His left eye would be left behind in that cold, Afghan prison.\\\
Rescue from this plight would not come by liberating army, but by the heroics of a single man, Turdakun Usubaliev. Hand in hand with Turdakun, Kaliynur returned to Kyrgyzstan a hero of two lost wars, and has since found his victories in the political arena instead. With the Kyrgyz people at his side, he looks to pave the way for a rejuvenated Central Asia.[[/labelnote]]

* ChummyCommies: Usenbekov is a communist war hero and politician who is eager to benefit the Central Asian people he rules over and has a highly egalitarian interpretation of Marxism-Leninism.
* ColdBloodedTorture: It's implied he underwent this when he was captured by a particularly brutal Afghan general during their invasion of Central Asia, in which Usenbekov ended up losing his left eye from the experience.
* EyeScream: The Afghan General also injured his left eye, rendering him half-blind.
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: Kalyinur Usenbekov was a Kyrgyz Lieutenant General who served as a junior lieutenant in WWII, was a Hero of the Soviet Union, and worked in military justice post-war. Though he did become a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Kyrgyz SSR later in his life, he never became the head of state of Kyrgyzstan[[note]]The Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Kyrgyz SSR; the position is largely ceremonial however, and real power was concentrated on the head of the party[[/note]] like he did in TNO.[[note]]The OTL head of state of Kyrgyzstan at 1962 was Turabay Kulatov.[[/note]]
* InformedDeformity: While he is stated to have his left eye blinded, he appears to be fine in his portrait.
* ThrowTheDogABone: After losing the West Russian War and then being crippled during the Afghanistan invasion, Usenbekov has found much more success on the political scene as Kyrgyzstan's leader.

!!''Turdakun Usubaliev''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Japanese victory)
->'''Party:''' İslam Respublikasının Ubaktıluu Ökmötü[[note]]Provisional Government of the Islamic Republic[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Theocracy[[note]]Despotism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1919 to Kyrgyz peasants, Turdakun Usubalievich Usubaliev was an early convert to the communist cause - though the future he may have once imagined following his graduation from the Kyrgyz National Institute in 1941 came crashing down as the Germans destroyed the USSR and left the peoples of Central Asia to pick up the pieces wherever they fell.\\\
Clearly there had been some fault in communism as it was. Just as clearly, however, it was not all bad - after all, it had granted him, the son of dirt-poor peasants, opportunities of education, employment, and social advancement that nothing else could have. Its main failing, then, was clearly its refusal to acknowledge the power of religion as a unifying force - and this is not a mistake Turdakun would repeat again. To unite the Kyrgyz people once more, what would be needed is not merely repeating the promises of the past, but to use that which has bonded them together for centuries, and which could help in obtaining support from far beyond the seas.\\\
With this ideal was born the Islamic State of Talas, governed along the lines of orthodox socialism with strong religious aspects present in all parts of the government, led by Turdakun holding together this eclectic mixture of ideas - for the benefit of all the Kyrgyz people, of course.[[/labelnote]]

* ChummyCommies: He's introduced a new orthodox version of socialism that intertwines it with Islam, in which Usubaliev hopes to implement this ideology for the benefit of all Kyrgyz people.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: Turdakun Usubaliev was historically the longest-serving First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan, serving as the head of the party from 1961–1985. He is portrayed in TNO as a leader that blends both religious rule and socialism, who can found the "Islamic State of Talas". This portrayal appears to be based on a common internet statement about him being a co-founder of the national conservative United Kyrgyzstan party in 2008; though the statement is poorly sourced, [[https://usubaliev.org/ his works]] do suggest that Usubaliev was quite socially conservative.
* GoodOldWays: Turdakun believes that the fault of communism is its refusal to acknowledge religion as a unifying force, and vows not to repeat it. His Islamic State of Talas, though still governed according to socialism, also mixes it with strong religious aspects, which have unified the Kyrgyz people for centuries.

[[folder:Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic]]
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%%Flags recreated by Cyberpunk93
->'''Official Name:''' Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Islamic State of Tajikistan (Hindustoni), Republic of Tajikistan (Berdieva), Tajik State (Abdulkhakov)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Hizbi Kommunistil Tocikiston[[note]]Communist Party of Tajikistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Communism

* PlotHole: The flag of Tajikistan, a fully independent country, uses the emblem of the Tajik ASSR which existed from 1924-1929, when it was an Autonomous SSR subordinate to the Uzbek SSR. The emblem even contains "Tajik ASSR" in Cyrillic, and even has "Workers of the world, unite!" written in Uzbek (in Arabic alphabet).
* PuppetState: Tajikistan will become a puppet state to Afghanistan if Japan wins the Central Asian conflict, tying them to the Sphere's influence.
* TheRemnant: Tajikistan is one of the few post-Soviet states that still holds to the idea of Soviet communism.

!!''Bobodzhan Gafurov''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Hizbi Kommunistil Tocikiston[[note]]Communist Party of Tajikistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Communism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Few men are as loyal and devoted to socialism as much as Bobodzhan Gafurov. Gafurov is well-known as a hardliner, faithful to communism ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, and is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan. Initially a historian, he quickly climbed the ranks of the Party to become its leader. While the country may have seceded from the Soviet Union as it was falling under the German jackboot, he still holds out for another communist power to resurge and take back control.\\\
Even as the West Russian Revolutionary Front and the Kazakh Red Army collapsed in the West Russian War and its aftermath, Gafurov kept his loyalty and still maintains close ties with the neighboring Kyzylorda. Even though he knows he is not the best to lead his nation through these turbulent times, seeing as he is not an expert in politics, he still has declined to give away his power to anyone. This is not due to his autocratic tendencies, but his ideology and beliefs: Gafurov has not found anyone he has deemed worthy of bearing the torch of socialism in the country, and so has kept control.\\\
Still, day by day; the General Secretary's control is slowly slipping away. The members of the Politburo, the small governing body of the nation, begin to lose loyalty to their leader. Meanwhile, dissidents opposed to the government prepare to take matters into their own hands and bring down the system which has so clearly failed. Gafurov's reign might soon be coming to an end.[[/labelnote]]
%%His government will always be replaced

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: His unwillingness to deviate from the old communist system or pass down power has made him deeply unpopular in Tajikistan. Primarily, the Politburo is growing increasingly disloyal to him by the day, while dissidents have begun openly revolting against him.
* AllohistoricalAllusion: Unlike most other leaders of the Central Asian [=SSRs=], who weren't the First Secretaries of their local Communist Parties, Gafurov was actually the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, though only from 1946-1956. Apparently he just didn't step down after 1956 in TNO.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Gafurov will inevitably lose power each game and fail in his mision to keep the torch of socialism alive in Tajikistan.
* ReluctantRuler: Gafurov is not a politician by career and knows that he is not the best leader for his country, but still sees it as his duty to keep control, as he has not found anyone deemed worthy of bearing the torch of socialism in Tajikistan.
* UndyingLoyalty: Gafurov is unwaveringly loyal to the communist cause, implementing the old Leninist system in Tajikistan and even maintaining ties with some old remnants of the Soviet Union like Kyzylorda.

!!''Mawlawi Hindustoni''
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->'''Party:''' Hizbi Nahzati Islomii Tojikiston[[note]]Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Fundamentalism[[note]]Ultranationalism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]'Hindustoni' - or Hindustani, an ephithet given to Muhammadjon Rustamov, who left Central Asia during the Bolshevik revolution to continue his studies of Islam first in Afghanistan and then in India (sometimes referred to as Hindustan). Such an education has but redoubled his determined faith and resolve to maintain the old ways in his home country, as they have been for decades prior.\\\
If the titanic catastrophe that has befallen the people of Tajikistan is indicative of anything, it is only the side-effects of their previous trial's completion. Decades of godless communism and oppression were the test for true believers, and those who have remained steadfast and firm can now carve a truly Islamic state from the ashes of that which was always damned to collapse. Islam was never the movement of radicals or extremists - it was and is the faith of those quiet, determined men who can withstand persecution from all quarters and come out as faithful as ever.\\\
Now, Hindustoni stands as the guarantor of the Islamic State of Tajikistan - a moderate, conservative, traditionalist nation founded on those ideals that have served the Tajik people so well in the past. Getting caught in the heady winds of revolution or radicalism is a recipe for disaster - and so he will defend the nation against those winds until the fruits of slow, steady, and steadfast labour reveal themselves.[[/labelnote]]

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Hindustoni is described as advocating for moderate, conservative Islamism in his bio but is classified as an ideological Fundamentalist, ostensibly joining the ranks of the insane religious fanatics who are his only peers in the subideology.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His birth name is Muhammadjon Rustamov; Hindustoni (or "Hindustani") is his epithet (referring to his years of study in India), and Mawlawi is his Muslim scholarly title.
* OnlySaneMan: Unlike other radical Islamists, Hindustoni knows that overt extremism would be a death knell for Tajikistan and pursues more moderate approaches to achieve his goals.

!!''Nusratullo Abdulkhakov''
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Security Minister (Gafurov cabinet), Head of State (Regime change)
->'''Party:''' Quvvahoi Musallahi Tojikiston[[note]]Armed Forces of Tajikistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Communism, Military Junta[[note]]Despotism[[/note]] (Military coup)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The Tajik people have been betrayed more times than anyone can count. First the Russians came dressed in gaudy Imperial robes, and squeezed the nation for all it was worth. Then, they came in the clothes of peasants, proclaiming the unity of the working classes and the triumph of the proletariat - but in the end their goals remained the same as before.\\\
But when they fell, destroyed by the Germans in their hubris and frailty, it was the Tajik nations' brothers in blood - enslaved under the Afghan Kingdom - who came knocking once more for the riches of the land. The communists who knew how to lick the boots of Moscow's elites faltered and failed abysmally at serving the people in those dire times - how could they do anything but, having only ever served an alien master - and finally, the people have spoken. They will have naught to do with foreign masters or foreign ideologies.\\\
They have chosen to raise as their leader Nusratullo Abdulkhakov - a true man of Tajikstan, who will unite under their banner all the Tajik people scattered as they are across the lands. Finally, for the first time this century, the people are ruled by one of their own, and the time is ripe for the nation to take its rightful place in Central Asia.[[/labelnote]]

* PatrioticFervor: Sick of the Russian and Afghan oppression that has been inflicted on the Tajik people, Abdulkhakov swears to uphold their nation's independence and reunite them under a single flag.

!!''Buriniso Berdieva''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Regime change)
->'''Party:''' Hizbi Non va Demokratija[[note]]Bread and Democracy Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarianism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Buriniso Berdieva is a young woman for politics, only born in 1927 in Penjikent, the world she knew was one quickly undone by the upheavals of the Twentieth Century. Many of her generation could easily be considered lost, between the devastation of the Second World War and the following wards, many Tajiks have considered the age they are born in to be utterly lost to them. Buriniso, on the other hand, has risen above her circumstances.\\\
She remained in Tajikistan, rather than fleeing to the Kyrgyz, or Afghanistan to the south. The first Tajik journal- known as Knowledge and Civilization- was penned by her press. Not only was this a way for the common Tajik to remain up-to-date on the ever-changing matters of the day, as well as granting the Tajik people another piece of common ground upon which they could unite. It should be no surprise then, that in some way, she is seen as a mother to the young nation.\\\
With the democratic revolution complete, Buriniso has defied the odds, and in spite of the conservative tendencies of her people, found herself elected to the head of the Tajik nation. Her mandate is simple as it is sweeping, to build up the nation and its civic spirit, to revitalize Tajik culture, and to secure the nation's long-term viability in the process. Buriniso does not have an easy road ahead of her, but the road ahead has never been easy for Tajikistan, and as before, so now, she will rise to the challenge, and so will her people.[[/labelnote]]

* TheDeterminator: Though the challenge will be immense, Berdieva will not waiver in her goal to liberalize Tajikistan.
* TheIdealist: Unlike most of her generation who grew up in the upheavals of the Soviet Union's dissolution, Berdieva hasn't given up on her dream of turning Tajikistan into a stable democracy that will revitalize the Tajik culture.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In real life, [[https://rus.ozodi.org/a/berdieva_tajik_navruz/9632854.html Buriniso Berdieva]] was a Tajik newspaper and magazine editor whose actions led to a revival of the Nowruz holiday in Soviet Tajikistan. In TNO, her influence in the Tajik intelligentsia and paper media allows her to be elected as the head of state of a democratic Tajikistan.
[[/folder]]

!! Anarchies

[[folder:Turkmen and Uzbek Territories]]
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->'''Full Name:''' The Vast Stretches of the Turkmen and Uzbek Territories
->'''In-game Description''' [[labelnote: Click to Show]] How does one erase a national idea so thoroughly? How does one pick the strong pillars of a nation, a history, and wreck it even worse than the collapse of the USSR did?\\\
The answer, if you ask the Afghan and the Japanese, is to systematically break every single pivot that made a country work and broadcast live the murder of their dream.\\\
How can a country supply itself, when the heads of its chain of production was murdered in their sleep? How can country pass laws and legislation, when those responsible for it seemingly vanish from thin air? When your heroes and symbols of unification all turned to ash, in a grand explosion for the world to watch?\\
You can only break a people's spirit so many times before they return to a system that works. These territories have returned to a tribal local economy, heavily distrustful to an outside world that, twice, broke their world and left them to pick up the pieces.\\\
Whatever may come from the Turkmen and the Uzbek Territories, one can be sure, that the crimes other countries committed against them won't ever be forgiven, nor forgotten.[[/labelnote]]

* TheCynic: Having collapsed into anarchy again since the Soviet Union's dissolution, the Turkmen and Uzbek people have withdrawn themselves from the world, losing any hope of national unification.
* DownerEnding: With their supply chains decimated under extensive Afghan and Japanese suppression, modern civilization in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan completely collapses, as every settlement is breaks down and reverts back to a local tribal economy.
* SmallSecludedWorld: All contact with the outside world ceases, with every Turkmen and Uzbek settlement distrustful of any foreigners who would oppress them again.

* PatrioticFervour: A long-time supporter of Kazakh industry and culture, he is focused on the interests of Kazakh citizens over Russian exiles and refugees.

!!''Stanisław Skrzeszewski''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Kunaev succession)

* YouAreInCommandNow: In a shocking twist of events, Skrzeszewski becomes the new First Secretary after Kunaev resigns and Yusupov is assassinated.

%%->'''Party:'''

! Kazakhstan
[[folder:Kazakh SSR]]
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->'''Ideology:''' National Communism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
The remnants of the former Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, based around the city of Kyzylorda. It continues to claim most of Kazakhstan as its territory.

* AuthorityInNameOnly: Even though the borders of the Kazakh SSR are impressive in contrast to other Kazakh states, in reality, the military government holds full control only over the capital city and Alma-Ata, while the rest of its territories are lawless and riddled with bandits, as German bombings make maintaining order in other territories impossible.
* EliteArmy: The Kazakh SSR is the only country in the region that has a professional military force, formed from the remnants of the Red Army.
* TheRemnant: The Kazakh SSR is the legal successor of the Kazakh SSR and one of the few post-Soviet states that still hold to the idea of Soviet Communism.

!!''Bauyrzhan Momyshuly''
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State
->'''Party:''' Qızıl Äskeri[[note]]Red Army[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Communism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]General Bauyrzhan Momyshuly is a hero of both the Soviet Union and Kazakhstan and he will always be loyal to his two homelands. He hails from a humble background and worked various state jobs in Kazkahstan before being conscripted and eventually would lead multiple division in the war. Some have called Momyshuly an anti-Soviet Kazakh nationalist due to his love of Alash Orda poetry, a few even calling for his removal from the Soviet armed forces completely. His loyalities would be tested with the German invasion. Not only were his loyalties to the Soviet Union confirmed, but so was his loyalty to Leninist doctrine itself.\\\
When the war ended, Momyshuly quickly reorganized the forces and commanders that remained and reestablished the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. He now controls the most land and wields the strongest army in Kazakhstan. In his mind, the Soviet Union and communism has only been temporarily destroyed and is just waiting for a catalyst to revive it. He is determined to be that catalyst.[[/labelnote]]
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* {{Cincinnatus}}: General Momyshuly can resign as political leader after the Kazakh SSR reunifies Kazakhstan, ceding his powers to Dinmukhamed Kunaev's civilian government.
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: In OTL, Momyshuly was a Kazakh commander with a distinguished service in World War II, and became a writer post-war. In TNO, Momyshuly became the leader of the remnants of the Kazakh SSR after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
* UndyingLoyalty: Momyshuly is unwaveringly loyal to the principles of Marxism-Leninism and his two homelands, the Soviet Union and Kazakhstan. After the USSR's collapse, he became determined to become the catalyst that would revive the Union and communism.

->'''Role:''' Economy Minister (Momyshuly cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Qazaqstan Kommunistık Partiasy[[note]]Communist Party of Kazakhstan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Communism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pavlodar]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Pavlodar, Republic of Kazakhstan (National Unification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Qazaq Ulttıq-Demokratïyalıq Partïyası[[note]]Kazakh National Democratic Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Conservatism
A democratic republic located in northeastern Kazakhstan and based around the city of Pavlodar.

* DisasterDemocracy: Pavlodar is the only liberal democracy in Central Asia, a region filled with despots, warlords and bandits.
* LaResistance: Inspired by Pavlodar's desperate fight against Kyzylorda, liberals can launch an uprising in Communist-controlled Alma-Ata, which, while destined to fail, opens for Pavlodar a possible opportunity to turn the tide of war.

!!''Sabit Mukanov''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Qazaq Ulttıq-Demokratïyalıq Partïyası[[note]]Kazakh National Democratic Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Sabit Mukanov is truly a self-made man, arising from poverty and eventually becoming involved in political, social, and public affairs after the February Revolution. Mukanov's true fame originates from his career as a writer and poet, and many of his works would share the theme of reflecting prerevolutionary Kazakh life and culture from a post-revolutionary standpoint. He would be hailed as one of the greatest writers in post-revolutionary Kazakhstan and one of the fathers of modern Kazakh culture.\\\
As the war ended and the years passed, Mukanov eventually become a liberal nationalist. His fame and writing would attract disenfranchised Red Army soldiers from around Kazakhstan to join his movement, the movement for a liberal democratic Kazakhstan. Although his republic is small, it is considered by some as a potentially flourishing democracy. While Mukanov is ambitious in his goals, he is beginning to grow old and it is not known if he can even live long enough to see the democratic Kazakhstan that he dreams of.[[/labelnote]]

* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In real life, Mukanov was a Kazakh writer and anthropologist. In this timeline, he has become a politician and president of the democratic Republic of Pavlodar.
* SelfMadeMan: Once an impoverished man, Mukanov ended up becoming one of Kazakhstan's most renowned writers and a prominent liberal nationalist.

[[folder:Kostanay]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Islamic Republic of Kostanay, Islamic Republic of Kazakhstan (National Unification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Ïslam brïgadaları[[note]]Islamic Brigades[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Theocracy[[note]]Despotism[[/note]]
An Islamic fundamentalist government based around the city of Kostanay and located in the northern half of Kazakhstan.

* ChurchMilitant: The Islamic Anti-Bandit Brigades are popular and godly militias that bring justice to the land of Kostanay.
* ForbiddenZone: If Kostanay unifies Kazakhstan, it enters isolation and closes its borders to non-believers.
* TheFundamentalist: Kostanay, once a mere bandit domain, became a nation ruled by Islamic fundamentalists who seek to launch a holy war against the infidels in the rest of Kazakhstan.
* TheTheocracy: ** Under the rule of Nikolay Zabelkin, Kostanay becomes an Islamic theocracy wanting to launch a ''jihad'' against the infidels of other parts of Kazakhstan.

!!''Nikolai Zabelkin''
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State, Head of Government (Zabelkin cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Ïslam brïgadaları[[note]]Islamic Brigades[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Theocracy[[note]]Despotism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Nikolay Ivanovich Zabelkin is a man who was lost, but now has been found. Originally an officer renowned for his heroism in the Red Army, Zabelkin had no trouble forming a small clique of loyal soldiers around himself as the Soviet Union's political state became more and more precarious. When the country disintegrated in the wake of the Nazi victory, Zabelkin led his ragtag army to his native Kazakhstan, becoming one of the dozens of bandit princes who rose in those tumultuous years. And just like many of his rivals, he and his brigade soon met an inglorious end. His soldiers were ambushed, his officers were betrayed, his men were slaughtered, and he was left buried up to his neck in the desert. How he was saved, nobody knows.\\\
Zabelkin claims it was God Himself.\\\
When he staggered into a nearby village, sunburnt and delirious, he requested to be brought to an imam rather than a doctor. As he recuperated in the mosque, Zabelkin told the imam that Allah, in His infinite mercy, had lifted him out of the sand and led him to the village. Zabelkin swore that this gift of a life renewed was a debt he could never afford to repay to God, but the best he could do was to pledge a life dedicated to His will.\\\
The imam believed him, and so did many others in the village. When he had recuperated, Zabelkin rounded up a dozen of his most fervent followers and set out to kill the minor warlord who claimed the village as his dominion. Against all odds, Zabelkin would triumph, and he would repeat this victory again and again until all of Kostanay was liberated. But while the region is once again living by Allah's will, there is still much wickedness and apostasy that thrives in the lands of the faithful, and that cannot be tolerated. [[/labelnote]]

* TheAtoner: Zabelkin believes that everything he does is atonement for his past crimes as a bandit warlord.
* ZenSurvivor: Zabelkin became a zealous man when he was left to rot in the desert by other bandits and survived, believing that it was God who saved him from certain death.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Aktobe]]
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->'''Official Name:''' National Republic of Aktobe, National Republic of Kazakhstan (National Unification), Republic of Aktobe (Nowa Polska 'Unification')
->'''Ruling Party:''' Ultiq Janartu Partiyasi[[note]]National Renewal Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Despotism[[/note]]
A Kazakh nationalist republic based around the city of Aktobe near the Aral Sea. It officially subscribes to National Renewal, an ideology that combines elements of capitalism, communism and fascism.

* TheFamine: As a result of Aktobe's relentless industrialisation, more and more people are moving to the cities every day, leaving their farms fallow. Officially the Party's line is that the food shortages are temporary, but internal studies have shown that if industrialisation is not scaled down, the death toll will be catastrophic.
* TheNeutralZone: If Nowa Polska pacifies Kazakhstan, it will establish the neutral Republic of Aktobe, ruled by Polish general Rudolf Dzipanow, as a buffer between itself and the friendly Republic of Kazakhstan located in Pavlodar, Kokshetau and Kyzylorda.

!!''Nikolai Onoprienko''
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State, Head of Government (Onoprienko cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Ultiq Janartu Partiyasi[[note]]National Renewal Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Despotism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Colonel Nikolay Nikolayevich Onoprienko did all he could to fight for the Soviet Union, but now he fights for Kazakhstan. A soldier during the war, Onoprienko achieved great victories during his career and quickly became one of the more decorated Kazakhs in the Soviet army. as the Germans pushed east, Onoprienko was ordered away from the front lines. He became the commander of a peacekeeping division with the goal of maintaining order in his home region of Aktobe, Kazakhstan, in the wake of Soviet collapse.\\\
Eventually, Onoprienko came to realize that the Soviets were holding Kazkhstan back - not driving it forward. Onoprienko and his fellow officers eventually split from Momyshuly's Kazakh government to create their own military clique. He personally authored an ideology based around discipline, combining the best elements of communism, capitalism, and fascism, known as National Renewal. His clique has a firm control of the Aktobe region, with his headquarters in Aktobe. He is destined to bring Kazakhstan into the 20th century, even if it is kicking and screaming in the meanwhile - or he will die trying.[[/labelnote]]

* ColonelBadass: Onoprienko was a decorated Red Army colonel during World War II.
* CommieNazis: Chairman Onoprienko has forged a "National Renewal" ideology that includes elements of capitalism, communism, and fascism. In gameplay terms, his ideology is classified as Despotism.
* ImmigrantPatriotism: Onoprienko was born to a family of Ukrainian peasants who had migrated to Kazakhstan.

[[folder:Kokshetau]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Khanate of Kokshetau, Khanate of Kazakhstan (National Unification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Abu Khan Loyalyisti[[note]]Abu Khan Loyalists[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Warlordism[[note]]Despotism[[/note]]
A Kazakh warlord state based around the city of Kokshetau in northern Kazakhstan, which seeks to imitate the nomadic hordes and empires of its past.

* HordesFromTheEast: Abu Khan tries to invoke the glory of the nomadic hordes of the past.
* RapePillageAndBurn: The hordes of Kokshetau are glorified bandits who see nearby territories as mere targets for raids. The conquest of major cities in Central Asia by Abu Khan's forces is accompanied by terrifying pillaging.

!!''Abu Khan''
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State, Head of Government (Khan cabinet)
->'''Party:''' Abu Khan Loyalyisti[[note]]Abu Khan Loyalists[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Warlordism[[note]]Despotism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Abu Dusukhambetov's life was filled with toil and hardship. Born in the earliest days of the Soviet Union, his father died when he was a boy, his education was cut short, and he was forced to herd livestock for a collective farm. His ticket out of this harsh provincial existence was the Red Army, where he was able to receive a job, a decent education, and a purpose. He completed officers' training and achieved the rank of Lieutenant, and he became renowned for his almost suicidal bravery on the battlefield. But when the Red Army began to break down after an endless string of defeats, Dusukhambetov deserted and began the long trek home, over mountains and steppes.\\\
When he finally arrived back home, months later, he found nothing. His village had been abandoned after continuous raids by brigands, fellow Red Army deserters like himself. With nothing but a battered old Mosin and a woodcutter's axe, he found their camp and killed their leader and his bodyguards. The rest of the bandits decided to fill the new vacancy and proclaimed Dusukhambetov their leader, jokingly calling him "Abu Khan." The nickname stuck, and soon Abu Khan's horseback bandits became a formidable force in the hills and plains of northern Kazakhstan. As his domain grew, he began wearing the title of Khan in earnest, wearing silk robes, holding court, organizing feasts and traditional festivals, and ruling the realm like a medieval despot from his capital of Kokshetau. There are those who call him a lunatic and a barbarian, but Abu Khan does not care. After all, the barbarian lifestyle seems to have worked out rather well for him.[[/labelnote]]

* TheCameo: [[spoiler: In a post-Taboritsky Kazakhstan, Khan and two of his generals, Vasily Bovt and Vasily Benberin, all fight under the banner of the Free Kazakh Clans]].
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: In a post-Taboritsky Kazakhstan, Abu Khan ends up fighting for the Free Kazakh Clans, who defend Kazakhs, Russians and Poles from Safa Gaziz's Kazakh Purification Army]]
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The real Abu Dusukhambetov was a Hero of the Soviet Union who was killed in battle in 1943 when fighting in Kiev.
* KingOfThieves: Abu Khan is the most powerful bandit warlord in Kazakhstan.
* AVillainNamedKhan: Abu Dusukhambetov got the nickname Abu Khan after he personally killed the leader of a bandit gang, which stuck.
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[[folder:Nowa Polska]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Polish Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
->'''Ruling Party:''' Rada Ocalenia Nowej Polski[[note]]New Poland Salvation Council[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Nationalism[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
A republic located in western Kazakhstan, which was founded by Polish refugees exiled from Poland to Central Asia.

* ArtifactTitle: Nowa Polska is still officially known as the Polish Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, even though it is no longer bordering any Soviet remnants, and the socialist Polish Workers' Party is no longer in power.
* {{Determinator}}: Nowa Polska was founded by Poles who were sent by the Germans in hundreds of thousands to die in the wastes of Siberia and the deserts of Kazakhstan. They refused to die and organized themselves to settle in Western Kazakhstan, intending to preserve their second homeland and survive.
* FightingForAHomeland: Nowa Polska is founded by Polish refugees who refuse to die, and exemplifies "Poland is Not Yet Lost" in the world of ''TNO''.
* GoingNative: The Poles can compromise their identity to the point of having more and more in common with their Kazakh neighbors than their compatriots back in their old homeland.
* InvadingRefugees: As Poles filled Western Kazakh cities and towns, they developed a... complicated relationship with the locals who found themselves a displaced minority in their homeland. As a result, ethnic conflicts aren't a rare occurrence in those lands.
* NewNeoCity: The Polish exiles in Western Kazakhstan informally call their country Nowa Polska (''New Poland'').
* ThePromisedLand: Western Kazakhstan became a new homeland for exiled Poles, who intend to protect it at all costs.
* ReluctantRuler: If the Poles refuse to compromise their national identity and not only fight back against Zabelkin, the bandits, and all the rest, but win against them all, they find themselves in a position of ruling over a vast Kazakh population that they never really wanted to rule over, but can't really afford to let go of, lest they wind up having to refight all those wars just to keep themselves from being expelled from a second homeland.
* TheRemnant: By the start of the mod, Nowa Polska is the only Polish nation left, with the historical borders of Poland being German territory, either as part of the Reich proper, the Generalgouvernement or RK Ostland.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: The Poles exiled to Kazakhstan have accepted that old Poland is, indeed, lost to them, and they have no choice but to build a new home in the Central Asian steppes.

!!''Marian Spychalski''
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State
->'''Party:''' Rada Ocalenia Nowej Polski[[note]]New Poland Salvation Council[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Nationalism[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]An architect in his youth, Marian Spychalski dedicated his life to the cause of the liberation of the Polish working people. Being a member of the Polish Communist Party, Spychalski became involved in the leftist Polish underground since the very first days of the Nazi occupation, forming a partisan group called Gwardia Ludowa. Seeking to establish friendly relationships with the Soviet brothers, Spychalski accommodated the Red Army forces when the West Russian War waged on the eastern frontier of the Reich's conquests, hoping that Poles and Russians together will liberate Poland and other oppressed nations of Europe from the fascist yoke.\\\
But the Front, disadvantaged by its own internal struggles between commanders, could not bring liberation to his people. Along with his comrades, Spychalski found himself at the service of the Polish ASSR in Western Kazakhstan, which became a refuge for both the Soviet Poles who found hostility in the ravaged Russian land and the exiled Poles who were driven out from their homes by the Nazi invaders. Owing to his fame as a partisan leader, Spychalski quickly became one of the most prominent members of the reformed Polish military. On behalf of the Polish generals, who believed the government headed by the Polish Workers' Party was too dogmatic and short-sighted to deal with the pressing issues in the ASSR, Spychalski orchestrated a bloodless coup against the party leadership, emerging as the chairman of the Rada Ocalenia Nowej Polski.\\\
Inaugurating as a military dictator in times of crisis, Spychalski avowed to preserve the state of Nowa Polska and protect it from the power-hungry Kazakh warlords that threaten its existence. Although he still sincerely pledges his allegiance to the socialist cause and Soviet Union, he isn't ashamed to neglect the revolutionary principles in favor of pragmatic decisions and seek inconvenient allies among class enemies - whatever it takes for the new Polish homeland to survive in the unforgiving, war-ridden land of Central Asia.[[/labelnote]]

* MilitaryCoup: Spychalski came into power by orchestrating a bloodless coup against the Polish Workers' Party on behalf of generals who viewed the government as too dogmatic and short-sighted.
* {{Realpolitik}}: Spychalski remains sincerely loyal to Socialism and the Soviet Union, while also neglecting the revolutionary principles by sidelining the Polish Workers' Party, seeking inconvenient allies among the clergy, and liberalising the economy. Ultimately, his goal is to ensure the survival of Nowa Polska; everything else is secondary.

! "The Ruin" Update

Upcoming content coming with the Kazakhstan rework in "The Ruin" update.

[[folder:Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
->'''Ruling Party:''' Qızıl Äskeri[[note]]Red Army[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Communism

* BystanderSyndrome: Unlike Russia, Kazakhstan came out of the Second World War with relative stability and remains an independent country. Unfortunately, "The Ruin" livestream shows that they aren't sympathetic to the Russians' plight and unwilling to open their border to refugees.

!!''Dinmukhamed Kunaev''
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->'''Ruling Party:''' Qızıl Äskeri[[note]]Red Army[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Communism, Bolshevism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]When Dinmukhamed Kunaev was chosen as the new First Secretary of the QKP, he inherited a miracle. Secretary Shayakhmetov had guided Kazakhstan through a decade that should have been its end, through two disasters which could have spelt its destruction. With him ill, it is up to Kunaev to steer Kazakhstan through another decade of success in isolation. Kunaev, at least, believes he is up for the challenge.\\\
Yet even as Kazakhstan survives, the scars of its past remain, and new wounds appear every day. After years of neglect and damage, the Kazakh people are barely a plurality in their own nation. To the north, an endless population of refugees and bandits seem to spill forth, threatening to tilt the scales even further. And even now, relics from the era of Stalin and Bukharin remain, ready to intercede if Kazakhstan does not go their way.\\\
So far, Kunaev has managed to steer the ship through his own vision, increasingly untethered from the ideals of his predecessor. As a long-time supporter of Kazakh industry and culture, he has focused on promoting Kazakh citizens over Russian exiles, emphasizing local industry even further than Shayakhmetov.\\\
But many disagree with these policies, from Fitin to Yusupov to even Shayakhmetov himself. There is a fear in the air - to many, upsetting the balance between Russian and Kazakh seems a recipe for disaster. Kunaev believes Kazakhstan will last another decade, stronger and more independent than ever. It seems the world may not agree.[[/labelnote]]

* BullyingADragon: Many of his fellow party members are concerned that his upsetting of the balance between Russian and Kazakh will end in disaster considering the prospect of Russian reunification.
* PatrioticFervour: A long-time supporter of Kazakh industry and culture, he is focused on the interests of Kazakh citizens over Russian exiles and refugees.
* ResignedInDisgrace: His disastrous agrarian and national security policies earns him the condemnation of many high-ranking officials in the Kazakh Communist Party, including his own mentor. In "The Ruin livestream", Kunaev resigns from the pressure and leaves Ismali Yusupov as First Secretary.

!!''Stanisław Skrzeszewski''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Kunaev succession)
->'''Party:''' Qızıl Äskeri[[note]]Red Army[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Communism

* YouAreInCommandNow: In a shocking twist of events seen in "The Ruin" livestream, Skrzeszewski becomes the new First Secretary after Kunaev resigns and Yusupov is assassinated.

!!''Pavel Fitin''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (NKVD coup)
%%->'''Party:'''
->'''Ideology:''' Marxism-Leninism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Over his illustrious career in Kazakhstan, Pavel Mikhailovich Fitin has always seen this land as not just a nation, but a redoubt. The union, so denigrated and destabilized in Russia, survives in Kazakhstan, an unbreakable bond between peoples and nations. When it became clear that Kunaev was ready to break that union, Fitin did what he must.\\\
Quickly, Pavel Fitin has promoted some token Kazakhs into the upper ranks, and attempted to assuage the public that stability and safety will soon return to the Kazakh SSR. For Russians and other exiles, it was a moment of celebration - the USSR, in all its glory, might soon return.\\\
But already, he can tell that he has subtly miscalculated. The Kazakhs are not excited by the prospect of a new union - they are in the streets, angry that their representation is exiled or missing. And even as he tries to understand this rage, he can hear voices behind his back, Russian allies happy to see a world with them on top.\\\
In truth, Pavel Fitin is a Russian. For Fitin, that fact is an endless frustration, a blatant contradiction between his soviet ideals and administrative realities. Those around him, Kazakh and Russian, ask the same question: "which will break first?"[[/labelnote]]
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* TheRemnant: Fitin is a Soviet loyalist who sees the current Kazakh administration as a temporary regime until Russia can be reunified. If the civilian government intends to permanently remain an independent country, Fitin will act against them.

! Other Countries
%%Karakalpak-Uzbek-Kyrgyz Unification skeleton content is currently (TT first release) slightly broken, and has thus the Kar-Uz-Kyr country names are currently hidden.

[[folder:Socialist Republic of Turkmenistan]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Socialist Republic of Turkmenistan, Korbashi Federation of Turkestan (Sultangaliyev), Islamic Republic of Turkmenistan (Babahan), Turkmen Republic (Karryev), Turkestan Republic (Turkestan Unification)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy[[note]]Communist Party of Turkmenistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Bolshevism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

** Their proposal in the Turkes Kenes is to unify the normally divided Central Asian region so that they can focus on their mutual enemies, Iran and Afghanistan.
** Despite their different ideologies, Turkmenistan will align with Turkey in the Turkes Kenes because both would benefit from Central Asian reunification. If achieved, the former can stand up to its neighboring rivals, while the latter gets a rich reservoir to their resources and opportunity to destabilize Asian partners of the Pakt and Sphere.
* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: When Iran invaded Turkmenistan, a band of Turkmen tribsemen, Soviet partisans, and other allies was rallied to repel the invasion and a subsequent attack from Afghanistan. To many, these victories were the former glory days of Turkmenistan and some even wish that another war would start so that they can relive them.
* SpaceFillingEmpire: To unite against their common foes in Afghanistan and Iran, Turkmenistan hosts the Turkes Kenes conference to amalgamate all Central Asian countries into a single entity. If their efforts succeed with the help of Turkey, Turkmenistan will encompass the entire region in a single republic.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: A divide has emerged between Annaroazov's wish to continue adhering to the Soviet Union's old communist ideals and his advisor's opposition to that same ideology.

!!''Poda Annaorazov''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy[[note]]Communist Party of Turkmenistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Bolshevism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]When the Soviet Union fell, the Turkmens did not fail the Revolution. Their support for the Union and all it represented was unwavering in its resolve. But the Russians did fail the Turkmens, the bureaucrats and administrators fled to their homeland as Iran invaded Turkmenistan in the wake of the Union's collapse. In the end, it fell to a native son of Turkmenistan, a healer and protector, to rise to her defense. It fell to Poda Annaoarazov.\\\
Leading a rag-tag band of Turkmen tribesmen, Soviet partisans, and personal friends and allies, Poda repelled not only the Iranians, but a simultaneous Afghan invasion as well. This achievement sent shockwaves across Turkmenistan, and it seemed only natural that the hero of Samarkand be named Chairman. If only governance were the same beast as defeating armies. Poda has found the years following these victories to be more exhausting than any battle, or mending any grievous wounds, and these tiring years are starting to weigh on him.\\\
Poda guides Turkmenistan to the best of his abilities, but at the end of the day he is not an administrator. While a convicted Bukharinist, Poda finds himself being pulled this way and that by the buzzing swarm of advisors, ministers, generals, allies and bureaucrats that circle him at all times. Some of them hold to his convictions, while others hold respect for him - and he for them - but find themselves at complete odds with his Bukharinist principles, and as the years drag on, which is which only seems to grow less and less clear. Some days, it almost gets to be enough to wish for another war to fight.[[/labelnote]]

* GloryDays: Annaorazov isn't happy in his current peacetime administrative position and longs for the former days when he led military victories against the Iranian and Afghan invasions of Turkmenistan.
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: Poda Annaorazov in OTL was a minor deputy of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan, with a brief period of service in the Red Army (his rank wasn't documented online), and had nothing remarkable to his name. In TNO, he is portrayed as a strong military leader whose defense of Turkmenistan leads to him being selected as the Chairman of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan.[[note]]The actual First Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan in 1962 was Balysh Ovezov.[[/note]]
* PuppetKing: He's Turkmenistan's official leader, but he holds little actual power and his authority primarily derives from the advisors who surveil and guide his every move. However, it hasn't stopped Annaorazov from trying his best to lead anyway.
* WarHero: His successful defense against the invading Iranian and Afghan forces propelled him into popularity and made him a natural choice for Turkmenistan's next leader.
* WonTheWarLostThePeace: After the Union fell, Annaozarov successfully led the Turkmens to victory against Iranian and Afghan invaders, only to find the following years more exhausting than any battle.

!!''Mirsaid Sultangaliyev''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Turkey-backed regime change)
->'''Party:''' Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy[[note]]Communist Party of Turkmenistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Communism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]If any man in Central Asia today represents its traumatic and conflicting heritage from the last few decades, it is Mirsaid Sultangaliyev.\\\
Born in Bashkiria, deep in the most Russified parts of Eurasia, Mirsaid was an early follower of the revolutionary ideas spreading like wildfire across Russia - seeing in them the solution to the imperialist oppression clamping down on the minorities and Islamic faith, and the way forward for the organization of these peoples. His time in Baku in the early tens and twenties pushed him further to the Bolsheviks' path, and when his time came to fight for the Revolution he did so with aplomb, using his familiarity with national movements in Central Asia to cripple the Whites - earning the trust of none other than Vladimir Lenin himself in the process.\\\
All seemed set for a steady rise through the Soviet ranks as a representative of the Turkic nationalities of the USSR and its Islamic people - a rise which never came. The rest of the Party remained suspicious of his tolerance of regional nationalism and religion, and so Mirsaid remained marooned in Central Asia, far from the decision-making, working steadfastly to improve the local situation but without much hope of influencing the top.\\\
That was, until the Nazi war machine crushed the USSR entirely and left its peripheral republics reeling in a chaotic void of power. Now, Mirsaid Sultangaliyev stands as a symbol of Turkic cooperation amongst those left standing - still believing in the end goal of Marxism-Leninism but adapted to truly serve the people instead of the Russian despots in a far-away capital.[[/labelnote]]

* ChummyCommies: Sultangaliyev promotes a benevolent form of Marxism-Leninism that serves the people rather than its rulers.
* EnemyMine: Sultangaliyev is a staunch anti-imperialist, which places him in opposition to Turkey's meddling in foreign affairs. However, he hates Germany and Japan even more, so the two ally with each other to oppose their common enemies.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: When he served the Soviet Union, the Party was suspicious that he might try inflaming regional nationalism and religion that would threaten to divide the country, so he was assigned to govern in Central Asia, far away from the Union's decision-making.
* WarHawk: He is a hardline nationalist who vows to mobilize the nation to unite Central Asia under one banner and attack nearby states aligned with either the Pakt or the Sphere.

!!''Ziyauddinhan Babahan''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Turkey-backed regime change)
->'''Party:''' Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy[[note]]Communist Party of Turkmenistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Islamic Socialism[[note]]Socialism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Hailing from the line of Ahmad Yasawi comes another great Turkic scholar of the Islamic Faith. Ziyauddinhan Babahan was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and grew up among the faith, following in the footsteps of his father in the early years of his life and being educated by Shami Domla, whose theology and politics influenced his own greatly. When Kalinin accepted the request of Uzbek and Turkmen Imams to establish the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan (or SADUM for short) during the Second World War, his life took a distinctly different turn, not one of mere theology, but of politics in turn. Though officially his father led the organization to start, as its secretary, much of the administrative duties fell to Ziyauddinhan.\\\
With Islam in one hand and Marxism in the other, Ziyauddinhan sought to shepherd the faithful of his homeland fairly and equitably. Training of the clergy, the management of charity, and the publishing of religious material fell to himself and the organization that he ran. As the war took a sour turn for the USSR, it fell to him in turn, to be their guide and protector as the Union disintegrated, and more and more of the people of Central Asia turned to the faith for truth and comfort. Even after the war's end, Ziyauddinhan continues to fight this good fight.\\\
These days, he is far from home, running SADUM from the safety and security of Turkmenistan. Both he and his organization represent a sense of continuity and structure remaining from the days of the Soviet Union. In spite of everything that has happened, the dual spirit of Marxism and Islam lives strong, and socialist thought justified by his interpretations of Islamic law provides an additional avenue to security and to justice in a world that so often lacks both.[[/labelnote]]

* AllLovingHero: Babahan is a charitable leader who has offered spiritual guidance and protection to those who seek him out.
* TheFundamentalist: Babahan blends socialist thought with Islamic doctrine, following this unorthodox ideology to provide protect and govern Turkmenistan.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Though his father led the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan (SADUM), many of its administrative duties fell to Ziyauddinhan, in which he's continued to manage the organization after the Soviet Union's fall.

!!''Sarry Karryev''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Military coup)
->'''Party:''' Türkmenistanyň Demokratik Partiýasy[[note]]Democratic Party of Turkmenistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Military Junta[[note]]Despotism[[/note]]
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* LesCollaborateurs: Karryev is far more receptive to Turkey than Poda, motivating his coup to place Turkmenistan more firmly in their influence.
* MilitaryCoup: With Turkey's help, Karryev will launch a military coup against Poda, aligning the country with their backer.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In OTL Sarry Karryev was a Turkmen actor who played in various Soviet movies during the 1960s. In TNO he leads a pro-Turkey Military Junta in Turkmenistan, helping entrench Turkish influence in the region.

[[folder:People's Republic of Uzbekistan]]
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->'''Official Name:''' People's Republic of Uzbekistan, Jadidi Republic of Uzbekistan (Karimov)
-->'''Khodzhayev:''' Bukharan People's Soviet Republic (Uzbek-Karakalpak Unification)
%%Bukharan-Kokand People's Soviet Republic (Kyrgyzstan Annexed)
-->'''Karimov:''' Republic of Kokand (Uzbek-Karakalpak Unification)
%%Kokand Federation (Kyrgyzstan Annexed)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Uzbek Kommunistik Partiyasi[[note]]Uzbek Communist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Islamic Marxism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* TheCynic: The tragedies endured by Uzbekistan have struck a cynicism crisis in the population, leaving them apathetic to whatever future Uzbekistan may face.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: When it was formerly part of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan was ignored by its master country in favor of its other Soviet Republics, dismissing their puppet's more limited contributions. This abandonment significantly contributed to the cynical atmosphere surrounding Uzbekistan and its current situation.
* ScamReligion: Some claim that Jadidism - a homegrown ideology of reformist Islamism - is a ploy used by the government to exploit Islam and assert their power over Uzbekistan. So far, these claims have remained unconfirmed, but if they are true, it would spell doom for the ruling government.
* ShownTheirWork: The flag of Uzbekistan is an older flag of OTL Uzbekistan, used from 1925 - 1927. Notably, it also contains the acronym for the old, Arabic-influenced, pre-Russified Uzbek language name for the Uzbek SSR, ''Ozbekistan ijtima'i shoralar jomhoriyati''[[note]]Also Romanized as "Özbekiston Ijtimoy Shoro Jumhuriyati"; the Uzbek name for the country was Russified under Stalin, becoming "Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi"[[/note]], written in Arabic script.
* SuddenlySignificantCity: Tashkent, Uzbekistan's capital city, has been turned into an exclave of Uzbekistan after Kyrgyzstan annexed the Fergana Valley. This, combined with its large population, made it even more strategically important than it already is.
%%It'll also get hit by the 1966 earthquake.

!!''Fayzullah Khodzhayev''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_uzbekistan_fayzullah_khodjaev.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Uzbek Kommunistik Partiyasi[[note]]Uzbek Communist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Islamic Marxism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]It is impossible to describe the human spirit or to give it a solid, cohesive definition. Identifying what makes humanity wake up in the morning to work away at its doings is difficult beyond comprehension, as there is a limitless pool of definitions of what persuades the individual to work and live their life. Not one of these definitions can be found in the hearts or minds of any living soul in Uzbekistan.\\\
Abandoned, ignored, and humiliated would be the only way to describe the minds of those within the Uzbekistani state, as the Central Asian War, the collapse of the USSR time and time again, and the backwards state which the nation has been left in have all taken their toll on the national psyche and even culture of Uzbekistan. This mindset is expressed better by none other than the premier of Uzbekistan; Fayzulla Khodzhayev.\\\
Once an idealistic member of the Uzbek Communist Party, Uzbekistan's limited contributions from the USSR in favor of the varied other Soviet Republics had already left it desolate, though his faith would only falter further until receiving its deathblow when the West Russian Revolutionary Front was crushed forever. Since then, the increasingly apathetic state of the government has solidified and has only crawled further into a worsening state.\\\
Today, Uzbekistan sits quietly in Central Asia, allowing for its cynicism crisis to worsen further and further. With little hope for the Uzbekistani people beyond a silent, apathetic future, nothing can be done for Uzbekistan.\\\
Nothing beyond the people causing the future themselves.[[/labelnote]]

* GloryDays: Khodzhayev, once an idealistic member of the Uzbek Communist Party, has found his faith faltering since the fall of the Union and especially after the West Russian Revolutionary Front lost the West Russian War. Now, he is the archetypical representative of the abandoned, ignored, apathetic, cynical Uzbek government.
* HistoricalInJoke: In OTL, Khodzhayev was one of the people executed in the OTL Trial of the Twenty-One during the Great Purge, alongside other prominent TNO Soviet politicians like Bukharin and Yagoda.

!!''Islam Karimov''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Regime change)
->'''Party:''' O'zbekiston Demokratik Partiyasi[[note]]Democratic Party of Uzbekistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Islamic Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The lower bowels of the Uzbekistani political scene are one saturated with the party politics and power struggles that would seem more at home in the United States of America rather than a state smack dab in the middle of Central Asia. Even still, there is no greater product of this chaotic state of affairs than Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan and puppet of the Jadidi.\\\
Born into a troubled life between an Uzbek and a Tajik, Karimov spent much of his youth in an orphanage, though decided to follow the path which his parents had blazed- that of a civil servant. Throughout his youth, Karimov could not help but look to the disasters which befell Uzbekistan, the broken world in which he grew up. He could not claim to remember the day that the USSR fell, nor can he claim to have been on the frontlines of the West Russian War, Karimov can claim to want the best for Uzbekistan. Even still, with the Jadidi holding most all the legitimate power in the government, Karimov can only do so much for his country and vows to one day make change for his world.\\\
No matter how long it takes to get there.[[/labelnote]]

* PuppetKing: Karimov is a puppet ruler to the Jadidi, the ones truly in power. Karimov himself recognizes this, but he vows to one day benefit his country somehow.
* YoungAndInCharge: Karimov was born in 1938 and can become Uzbekistan's leader in his mid-to-late 20s. In real life, he only became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan in 1989, and ruled the country until his death in 2016. Karimov's biography lampshades this, noting how he was far too young to even remember the Soviet Union's downfall.

!!''Azim Rakhimov''
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State (Bukharan People's Soviet Republic)
->'''Party:''' Uzbek Kommunistik Partiyasi[[note]]Uzbek Communist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Islamic Marxism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
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!!''Vildan Saldovich Khabiev''
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Head of State (Bukharan People's Soviet Republic)
->'''Party:''' Uzbek Kommunistik Partiyasi[[note]]Uzbek Communist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Bolshevism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
----

[[folder:People's Republic of Karakalpakstan]]
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%%Flag recreated by Cyberpunk93

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%%[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Flag of the People's Republic of Central Asia]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/karakalpakstanannexkyrgyzstancommunist.png[[/labelnote]]]] %%recreated by Chaner75
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->'''Official Name:''' People's Republic of Karakalpakstan, Karakalpakistan United Front (Abdurashit, pre-unification), Democratic Republic of Karakalpakstan (Yusupov)
-->'''Abdurashit:''' People's Republic of Bukhara (Uzbek-Karakalpak Unification)
%%People's Republic of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan Annexed)
-->'''Yusupov:''' Federation of Karakalpak-Uzbek People (Uzbek-Karakalpak Unification)
%%Central Asian Federation (Kyrgyzstan Annexed)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Qoraqalpog Sotsialist Partiyasi[[note]]Karakalpak Socialist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Revolutionary Front[[note]]Socialism[[/note]]

* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Having long been denied independence since the days of the Tsar, the Karakalpaks were quick to declare independence when the Soviet Union collapsed.
* TheMigration: Facing persecution from their homes in Uzbekistan, countless political exiles have fled to Karakalpakstan and provided the support base needed for Abdurashit to consolidate the nation.

!!''Kadyrov Abdurashit''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_karakalpakistan_kadyrov_abdurashit.png]]

->'''Party:''' Qoraqalpog Sotsialist Partiyasi[[note]]Karakalpak Socialist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Revolutionary Front[[note]]Socialism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Should you ask anyone what defined the world as they knew it, you would certainly find yourself with a litany of answers depending on who you asked and where they were from. If you asked a young German, he would tell you of the West Russian War, breaking up the world and putting it back together just as it was meant to be. If you asked a young Russian Communist, he would tell you it was the day that the Revolutionary Front started fading. If you asked Abdurashit Kadyrov, he would tell you that the day that changed the course of history was the one that left the Germans at the A-A line.\\\
Even still, as the Russian Armies solidified around Syktyvkar, Kadyrov's dedication to the West Russian Revolutionary Front had only diminished with time, as his homeland grew more and more chaotic. As the West Russian War erupted, however, Kadyrov's dedication was tested, and it took every shred of his will not to send himself back to Karakalpakstan. In the last days of the Front, however, as Kadyrov found himself in the southern front of a collapsing war, he seized the chaos as his last chance back home. Having returned to a collapsed state of his disorganized brethren, Kadyrov took it upon himself to found a Karakalpakstan state alongside his fellow nationals, and the countless political exiles of Uzbekistan, fleeing persecution.\\\
Leading with the respect bestowed upon him through his exploits across the West Russian War and his goodwill accumulated from his actions in the first days of the new state, it is certain that Kadyrov will prove a thorn in the side of all those who would want to tear down Karakalpakstan, bar ensuring the safety of his people.[[/labelnote]]

* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: Kadyrov Abdurashit is a very obscure WWII war hero from Nukus (the capital of the Republic of Karakalpakstan), who is only referenced in an article from the [[http://karakalpakstan.travel/news-and-events/news-110/ Karakalpakstan website]][[note]]Operated by the UNESCO Office in Tashkent[[/note]]. In TNO, he was a ''founder'' of the People's Republic of Karakalpakstan.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When things started turning sour during the West Russian War, Abdurashit seized the opportunity to return back to Karakalpakstan and restore order there.
* WarHero: Even though the West Russian War ended in failure, his participation in the conflict still made him beloved enough in Karakalpakstan to become its leader.

!!''Ibrahim Yusupov''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_karakalpakstan_ibrahim_yusupov_new.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of State (Regime change)
->'''Party:''' Qoraqalpog Mustailliga Partiyasi[[note]]Karakalpak Independence Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Ibrahim Yusupov's father was a religious cleric and a wealthy landowner, which made him a prime target to be arrested and "disappeared" by Soviet authorities in the 1930s. This left Yusupov to be raised by a single mother, and he was forced to work as a child to keep his siblings fed and clothed. This harsh upbringing, however, did not deter him from his love of poetry, and he was able to complete a literature degree when he was twenty.\\\
Yusupov's homeland of Karakalpakstan had been occupied by the Russian Empire, and later the Soviet Union, for the better part of a century, and their autonomy was gradually eroded over the decades. Unsurprisingly, the Karakalpaks were quick to declare independence and fend off any post-Soviet warlords after the Union fell. They were also fortunate enough to gracefully transition from communist rule to a functioning liberal democracy, free of strongmen and tyrants. While other, more authoritarian regimes may have repressed him, the free nature of Karakalpak society allowed Yusupov's career as a poet and journalist to not only be viable, but also flourish. He worked as a newspaper editor and professor of literature, and eventually threw his hat in the ring and ran for President of Karakalpakstan in 1961. His popularity as an author had gone a long way toward building a voter base, and his rhetorical command ensured that he always came out ahead in debates. But now that he has won the presidency, some question whether he can amount to more than simple poems and whether he can actually implement the policies he so lyrically endorsed.[[/labelnote]]

* RagsToRiches: Yusupov grew up as an impoverished poet before his rise to power as a popular author and politician who promotes liberalism.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In real life, [[https://peoplelife.ru/340792 Ibrahim Yusupov]] (typically spelled in English as Ibrayim Yusupov) was a Karakalpak writer and journalist. In this timeline, he can become President of Karakalpakstan.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Turkestan Legion]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Turkestan Legion, Turkestan Reclamation Government (Turkestan Unification, Kayyum), State of Turks (Hayit), Turkestan National State (Turkestan Unification, Hayit), Provisional Authority of Turkestan (Turkestan Unification, Muhammad), Military District of Turkestan (Nazar)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Ozbekiston Milliy Sotsialistik Partiyasi[[note]]National Socialist Party of Uzbekistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Naturalised National Socialism[[note]]National Socialism[[/note]]
A former German collaborator legion led by pan-Turkic and anti-communist ideologue Veli Kayyum Han. The legion moved into Uzbekistan with Afghan support after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and its leader Han seeks to reunite all of Central Asia under pan-Turkic nationalism.

* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: The Legion is more of a group of bandits than a truly disciplined army, surviving by raiding lone tribes and travelers.
* BlatantLies: They're takeover of Central Asia is propped up by the Reich as a "victory for Central Asian self-determination", which is just a massive cover for Germany to begin meddling in Central Asian affairs.
* LesCollaborateurs: The Turkestan Legion originated as a Wehrmacht unit composed of Turkestani collaborators and prisoners of war.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: They start out as a pitiful band of disorganized thugs, but with help from Germany, they can become a formidable force.
* IFightForTheStrongestSide: Many of the Legion's members have little loyalty to their leaders and will join whoever takes over the regiment.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Most of the Nazis have forgotten about the Turkestan Legion and only rekindle relationships with them again to destabilize the Turkes Kenes and unite Central Asia themselves, hoping to use them as a proxy for the conflict.
* SpaceFillingEmpire: With some help from Germany, the Legion can conquer all of Central Asia and achieve their pan-Turkic nationalist dream.

!!''Veli Kayyum Han''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Ozbekiston Milliy Sotsialistik Partiyasi[[note]]National Socialist Party of Uzbekistan[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Naturalised National Socialism[[note]]National Socialism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Veli Kayum-Khan began flirting with anti-communist and nationalist ideology with the rise of the Soviet Union, which he despised. He would move to Germany to study, but he chose to never return to the USSR. Soon, he rose to prominence in the Turkestani émigré movement for his pan-Turkic and anti-Soviet rhetoric and beliefs. When war broke out in Europe, he would attempt to help the Nazis with his ideology which had much in common. To achieve this, he would help found the Turkestan Legion, a unit of the army composed of Turkestani collaborators and prisoners of war. Even though they were considered "inferior races" by the Nazis, this attitude would quickly change as they wished to exploit the anti-Soviet sentiment of the Turkic peoples of Central Asia during Operation Barbarossa. The Legion would play a minor role in the swift conquest of Bukharin's Soviet Union.\\\
With the end of the war, the country that had oppressed Kayum-Khan's ethnic group for so long completely collapsed, and Uzbekistan finally had a chance to become free. This push for independence would fail and wither into nothing, however, and it would be years until he would find himself with another chance. With time, tenacity, and Afghan support, however, the legion has made considerable gains. Believing in Pan-Turanism, Kayum's ultimate goal is to unite all peoples of Central Asia. Of course, the first step to do that is to defeat all those who stand in his way, no matter which meddling powers stand in his way.\\\
Even though he rules with an iron fist, Kayum still faces strong opposition. Many are not loyal to his fascist government, with some even harbouring Fayzullah sympathies. If he is to develop power as leader of Turkestan, Khan will need to secure his unstable state, and ensure that all of Central Asia stands behind him through respect, and faith in his pan-Turkic beliefs.[[/labelnote]]

* TheAlcoholic: His incompetence can partially be explained by his chronic drinking, utterly miserable about his situation and desperate to prove his work to the Nazis.
* EnemyMine:
** His pan-Turkic ideas and fierce anti-communist rheoteric was compatible with the Nazi's own ideologies and thus came to work with them during World War II, even though Germany previously dismissed him and his legion as part of an "inferior race".
** Thanks to Afghan support, Kayyum has made some territorial gains, enough to establish his own fiefdom as the start to his plan of unifying all of Central Asia.
* GeneralFailure: Hayit and the German intelligence note his incompetence as a commander, in spite of his many years of combat experience.
* NastyParty: Once Uzbekistan is conquered with Speer's help, Kayyum sends an invitation to Hayit for a celebration party. Despite the suspicious circumstances, Hayit [[TooDumbToLive falls for it]] and gets killed, along with the rest of his supporters.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Even though he's no longer working for the Nazis, his stark militarism and pan-Turkic ideas have gotten him labeled as a Stratocratic Nazi.
* ThePurge: If the Legion successfully conquers all of Central Asia and holds power in a Bormann-led German campaign, he'll have Hayit and Muhammad murdered on the charge of being a traitor, ensuring that they won't threaten his position ever again.

!!''Baymirza Hayit''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_turkestan_legion_baymirza_hayit.png]]
->'''Role:''' Head of Government (Kayyum cabinet), Head of State (Coup)
%%->'''Party:'''
->'''Ideology:''' Fascism, Revolutionary Nationalism[[note]]Fascism[[/note]] (Coup)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The greatest Turkic fighting force in the history of the modern world was assembled and unleashed upon her enemies twenty years ago. And for twenty years, the blood and lives of its brave soldiers has been wasted by its incompetent leadership.\\\
Baymirza Hayit was born in Yargorgan, a small village in what is now Uzbekistan in 1917. From a young age, Baymirza had shown a great deal of interest in literature and matters of the mind, only interrupted by the onset of war and his conscription into the Red Army in 1939, right after he had graduated from Tashkent University. For two years, Baymirza Hayit served the Soviet Union in fighting the Germans, until he was captured by those same Germans in 1941. It would not be the Red Army that would come to define the rest of his life, however, but the Legion formed out of Turkic prisoners of war in Germany. The Turkestan Legion.\\\
Though the Second World War had ended, the task ahead for the Turkestan Legion did not. Under Veli Kayum's leadership, they re-entered their homeland, but a mixture of sheer incompetence and greed has led to the Legion only controlling a mere fraction of the nation. The Legion's destiny remains unfulfilled, in spite of all that they have collectively sacrificed. Veli Kayum made much noise about his new plans, the "Yangi Ergenekon" that he had hoped to build, and like every other half-brained scheme he had cooked, it exploded in his face. Now it falls to Baymirza to pick up the pieces and begin the process of fulfilling the grand and glorious Turkic Destiny, the project of unification now in the hands of someone passionate, decisive, and most of all, competent. The path forward is clear, and all that's required now is the strength to see it through to its end.[[/labelnote]]

* HyperCompetentSidekick: Despite being his subordinate, Hayit is a great deal more competent than Kayyum.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: If a Speer-backed coup led by Muhammad goes awry, Hayit waits out the situation for Muhammad and Kayyum's men to weaken each other enough for him to take over.
* ThePhilosopherKing: Hayit is the Legion's main ideologue, being the main writer behind their fascist and racial supremacist theories. Naturally, this makes him a loyal ally to Germany and admirer of Hitler.
* PragmaticVillainy: After potentially colluding in the assassination of Kayyum, he'll organize a funeral for him to throw off suspicion that he was murdered and to legitimize his own succession.
* TheStarscream: Hayit despises Kayyum's incompetence and alcholism for impeding the Legion's success. As such, he'll happily accept Germany's offer to have him assassinated so that he'll take over.

!!''Sher Muhammad Korşirmat''
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->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Security Minister (Kayyum Cabinet), Head of State (Coup)
->'''Party:''' TL(K)
->'''Ideology:''' Stratocratic Nazism[[note]]National Socialism[[/note]], Personalistic Dictatorship[[note]]Despotism[[/note]] (Coup)
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]With a stern face, and dark sunglasses, Sher Muhammad-bek Gaza cuts an imposing figure. Few would have expected a mercenary to seize control of the Turkestan Legion. Yet since he emerged from a Russian prison as a boy, he has surprised many who underestimated him.\\\
Muhammad-bek played a critical role in the Fegana Uprising before engaging in guerrilla warfare against the Soviet Union. He built an extensive network on the Afghan-Soviet border, and sold information to Turkey, Japan, and Germany. This network was later used by Germany to assist in restoring the former Bukharan Emir to the throne.\\\
Following the Nazi victory, Muhammad-bek embraced the life of a mercenary, taking the name "Korşirmat." Yet he realized that it was not wealth he truly sought - but power. This desire led him to the Turkestan Legion - and to seize power when the opportunity arose.\\\
None can say for certain if it was luck, foreign powers, or one of his own schemes that led to his ascent, but it matters not. With the Legion in his grasp, few obstacles stand between him, and a final battle to decide the fate of Central Asia.[[/labelnote]]
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Muhammad became a mercenary because he craves power and taking over the Legion is one step to realizing that goal.
* GloryHound: He loves to boast and exaggerate his achievements. He's interested in conquering the entirety of Central Asia to make himself a legend rather than out of any ideological desire.
* GreenEyedMonster: Muhammad is frustrated that he's been passed over the position of Marshal in the Legion repeatedly, arrogantly believing that he deserves that promotion.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: He took on the name "Korşirmat" when he became a mercenary and everyone refers to him as such.
* ThePurge: If allowed to take power, he'll organize death squads to purge any rival factions and cement his authority in the Legion.
* TheStarscream: If Speer supports his takeover of the Legion, Muhammad will execute both Kayyum and Hayit, eliminating them as rivals to his leadership.
* WildCard: Despite his collaboration with Germany, Muhammad is not loyal to the Reich at all and both will betray each other as soon as it's convenient.

!!''Ruzi Nazar''
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->'''Role:''' Foreign Minister (Kayyum cabinet), Head of State (Japanese victory)
->'''Party:''' TL(N)
->'''Ideology:''' Stratocratic Nazism[[note]]National Socialism[[/note]], Military Junta[[note]]Despotism[[/note]] (Japanese victory)
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* TheQuisling: Nazar is a native Uzbek who is tasked to govern what's left of Turkestan by Afghanistan, if Japan wins the Central Asian proxy conflict.