Prologue
State of the World
The Third Republic ended in the way it began: defeated by German arms, and facing Communist Revolution at home. In the November of 1919 a revolutionary General Strike was called by the CGT, paralysing the country and causing the downfall of the bourgeois government. ‘The Party of Order’ was not strong enough to put an end to the unrest and in the following months the ‘Establishment’ were forced out of France by a coalition of leftist forces in a brief but brutal civil war. For the past 15 years the self styled ‘Commune of France’ has united behind a common platform of Syndicalist-Socialist consensus, headed by the ruling Comit? de Salut Public. However, by 1936 the consensus that was resolved to rebuild the shattered country and defend the fruits of revolution from foreign menace is deemed as outdated by many critics, and there is a growing call for more radical policies. France is increasingly confident in its security and in its mission, but the French revolutionary tradition is varied, and it is unclear precisely which strands shall become dominant in the years to come…
Friends and Allies
Commune of France (That's us)
This is the current cabinet of our glorious Republic. Led by Sébastien Faure and Marceau Pivert we have begun rebuilding our nations economy and army. The Great War and the revolution left us crippled and now in order to survive we need a strong economy and a strong army to counter the German Empire in case they decide to attack us. But we also need strong allies, Socialistic allies all around the world and thus several diplomats have been send all over the world to spread our word in nations most suspectable to the revolution. Diplomatic means to weaken our enemies are the only ones that will be useful to us at the moment. But all is not well in the government as there is much criticism about Pivert and his cabinet, there is rumor of calling a new election. Might be that we need to send them in to May's dungeon where we keep enemy spies. She likes leather. Maybe she is a German spy?
Union of Britain
On the British Isles lies our close friend the Union of Britain led by Philip Snowden and Arthur Horner. While we follow the Syndicalist path they have adopted more Radical Socialism and there is talk about Mosley wanting to become Totalist. Even though we are not allied we still keep close relations for us being the only two leading beacons of the revolution. We are just little worried about the possibility of Britain becoming isolated. Their navy is what we need in case of German attack.
Socialist Republic of Italy
Then there is our little ally in southern Italy. They are Syndicalist as we and they are led by Palmiro Togliatti and Antonio Gramsci. Their economy is poor and their army weak but they are useful to us because they prevent the Italian Federation and those who desire all of Italy from gaining it. But The Socialist Republic of Italy also desires an unified Italy under their rule and we are their means to achieve it but we have to be careful as any attempts to take Northern Italy would result in German intervention.
Bhartiya Commune
Socialism has it's place in Indian Subcontinent too. For there we have friends in Bhartiya Commune. They dream of India but aren't able to control it all because of the evil subjects of Entente in Delhi and Princely Federation. We are not allied to them but we hope to gain their trust.
Mexico
Mexico. Ay Caramba! Another Radical Socialist nation that we call friend. Led by Emiliano Zapata and Vincente Lombardo Toledano. Beacon of Socialism in America besides Jack Reed. Mexico is going to be an important partner to us if we want to spread Syndicalism to the Americas. But there is troubling news about Zapata's health and this could lead to trouble. A prominent opponent of the socialism is Heriberto Jara Corona, he follows the ways of capitalism together with Plutarco Elias Calles and they could overthrow the government. But our savior might be Pancho Villa the leader of the Secret Police and Internal Security. Though he is an Totalist he could secure Mexico for us in case the Right Wing movement tries to overthrow the legal government.
Centroamerica
Centroamercia. Small but determined nation just south of Mexico. Led by Jose Manuel Fortuny and Victor Manuel Gutiérrez they are friends too. While Mexico has no interest in central america, Centroamerica has a desire to control all of it all the way to the border of Colombia. They are going to need a lot of help to do it but maybe if they follow our lead we will help them.
Other than that we have friends inside other nations such like Jack Reed and the Combined Syndicalist of America in the United States. CNT-FAI in Spain, even though they are more of an anarchist group we still consider them to be an friend to the World Revolution. And then there is the Bolsheviks in Russia, they are very extreme and we must thread carefully with them. Of course there are many political parties all around the world that we support but them we cannot support that much.
