====================================================================== Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) v1.0 Creator: Experiment632 ====================================================================== Description: Starting date is January 1, 1992 - All members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (minus Georgia) are now one country. -Background The Soviet Union broke apart following the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the resignation of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. In the immediate aftermath of the collapse, the Commonwealth of Independent States assumed command of the ex-Soviet Armed Forces aka Red Army. The C.I.S. heads-of-state vote to maintain a unified military command structure until political and economic stability can be restored. 1: Commonwealth of Independent States -Capital City Minsk -Political Popularity is 40% Stability is 20% -Military Inherits all Russian military unit designs plus Ukrainian Slava class destroyer and Muravey class Hydrofoil -Economy Inflation Rate is 250% Fossil Fuels, Iron & Steel, and all Services are State-Controlled, everything else is Free Market (gradual transition from socalist to capitalist system) -Political parties Agrarian Pact Nationalist Coalition (In Power) Conservative Bloc Liberal Democratic Alliance Union of Rights Forces Communist League (Illegal) Yabloko Bloc -Territorial Changes Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgystan Moldova Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan -Diplomatic Relations Diplomatic relations reset to zero with some exceptions Good relations with Yugoslavia Fair relations with Iraq and Mongolia Bad relations with Afghanistan and Georgia Poor relations with Baltic States, Bosnia, Croatia, China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam 2: Major Changes By Country -United Kingdom United Kingdom owns Hong Kong Troops deployed to Hong Kong and Isle of Man English Channel fleet starting position adjusted slightly (no longer invulnerable to nuke strike) -Yugoslavia Formerly Serbia and Montenegro Single Party Democracy (Serbian Socialist Party) Troops stationed in Bosnia to represent Bosnian Serb faction Republika Srpska Bad relations with Bosnia and Croatia due to Yugoslav Wars State-Controlled economy (except electricty) 10% Stability and 55% Popularity -Georgia Military Dictatorship State-Controlled economy (except electricty) 15% Stability and 25% Popularity -Zaire Formerly Democratic Republic of the Congo Single Party Democracy (Popular Movement of the Revolution) -Palestine Formerly Gaza Strip and West Bank Military Dictatorship Worse relations with Israel and United States State-Controlled economy (except electricty) 10% Stability and 20% Popularity -North Korea Single Party Democracy (Korean Workers' Party) -Ethiopia Single Party Democracy (Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front) Eritrea still part of Ethiopia Government-controlled economy (except electricty) 3: Treaties -Common Market Baltic Assembly (BA) (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) -Economic Partnership Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) -Alliance US-Australia Major non-NATO Alliance US-Egypt Major non-NATO Alliance US-Japan Major non-NATO Alliance US-South Korea Major non-NATO Alliance North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) (Canada, United States) Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (CSFR) Bosnian-Croatian alliance Franco-German Brigade US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty Iranian-Syrian Strategic Alliance -Military Tresspassing Right Commonwealth of Independent States Peacekeeping Mission to Yugoslavia United States Peacekeeping Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina United States Peacekeeping Mission to Croatia -Economic Embargo United States Economic Sanctions Against Haiti United States Economic Sanctions Against North Korea United States Economic Sanctions Against Yugoslavia -Treaty Changes Commonwealth of Independent States (removed) Hungary-Slovenia military access treaty (removed) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Now open to new membership - Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland removed) European Union (EU) (Austria, Sweden, and Finland removed) European Free Trade Association (EFTA) (Austria, Sweden, and Finland added) Council of Europe (Membership reduced circa 1/1/1992) 4: Other Diplomatic Changes -Improved Relations Members of NATO Alliance Members of ANZUS Alliance Members of NATO/ANZUS Alliances United States and non-NATO Allies Baltic States Iran and Syria -Decreased Relations Between NATO/ANZUS and China Between NATO/ANZUS and Cuba Between NATO/ANZUS and Laos Between NATO/ANZUS and North Korea Between NATO/ANZUS and Vietnam Between NATO/ANZUS and Yugoslavia 5: Ideology Changes -Single Party Democracy Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Niger North Korea Tanzania Togo Tunisia Yugoslavia Zaire -Military Dictatorship Algeria Fiji Palestine Georgia Ghana Uganda 6: Other Changes -Germany's capital is relocated to Bonn -Ruling Parties and Election Schedules circa 1/1/1992 -Flags: Commonwealth of Independent States Zaire South Africa Afghanistan Ethiopia -ABC New Broadcast about the signing of the Belavezha Accords on December 8, 1991. -Deployment Bug Repaired in the following cities: Ankara, Turkey Berlin, Germany Bamako, Mali Monrovia, Liberia Ahmedabad, India Praia, Cape Verde Funafuti, Tuvalu Akmola, Kazakhstan (Commonwealth of Independent States) Uzno-Sakhalinsk, Russia (Commonwealth of Independent States) -Following cities (and their military garrisons) moved due to glitch causing them to be invulnerable to nuclear strikes targeting military forces. Zaporozhye, Ukraine (Commonwealth of Independent States) Chelyabinsk, Russia (Commonwealth of Independent States) Angren, Uzbekistan (Commonwealth of Independent States) Hamhung, North Korea