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Dr. Hakamut, Head of the History Department at Samarra University and member of the Politburo is giving a speech at the bicentenary celebrations of the founding of the German Communist Republic, in the Party Palace in Berlin
15 October 1600
"Dear Comrades, Chairman! It is a great honour for me to speak to you tonight at this historic occasion.
Exactly 200 years ago, the revolutionary forces led by Comrade Steiner, of whom our Party Chairman, Comrade Mark Bis is a direct descendant, finally defeated the last of the royal vassals and proclaimed the German Communist Republic.
The struggle for Communism was a long one. Everything started in the year 1370 when the last of the Great Kings of Germany, Friedrich-Bismarck XXVI had died. During his extraordinarily long, 105 year reign, Germany was in what is described by party scholars as a "Golden Age"- an unexplained phenomenon when the productivity of German labourers increased dramatically, amid great happiness of the population, fast technological advancement and cultural development. The Golden Age began in the 1270, when the young King was just 6 years old, but had already "ruled" for 5 years (in fact his uncle, who died 10 years later had the real power). The beginning of the Golden Age coincided with the end of the 1000 Years War against Babylon, which is where the Central District of the Republic now is. I will not go into the details of the 1000 Years War (except that it didn't really last 1000 years!).
Well, OK, I strayed off-course a bit. So when Friedrich-Bismark died, aged 106, nicknamed the Immortal King, the German people hoped that his great-great-grandson, the young Prince Basil would prove to be a worthy successor. However, that was not the case. The young King turned out to be lazy and extremely cruel, spending most of his time either with women of a certain sort or torturing innocent people. At first the people thought that he still hadn't realised that he is the king of the mighty Germany and will change.
But, a year passed and there was no change in his behaviour. What's more, under his reign the cultural, economic and scientific development had been stalled. Corruption became rampant. Soon people came out into the streets demanding him to step down. These demonstrations were brutally suppressed by the Royal Riflemen. Repression of workers by the rich factory owners became very severe, and any slight misconduct by the workers was made punishable by death.
A group of students at Hamburg University realised that this was time for action. Thomas Steiner, a second-year philosophy student at that university, discovered a book in the restricted section of the library published almost 70 years by somebody called Karl Marx, called the Communist Manifesto. It looked as if nobody had ever read this book. It contained ideas on a utopian society where everyone would be equal and the working class would take control of the country. So he has shown the book to his friends and decided that they are going to work on a plan on how to implement these ideas and bring down the hateful regime of Basil the Cruel, as he had become known to the people of Germany. This group of students called themselves the Communist Party, and Steiner became their leader.
Father of one of these students was quite an influencial figure in the Foreign Ministry, and he revealed to the young Communists that 70 years ago only five copies of Marx's book were published. At the time, his ideas were considered to be complete nonsense, and so 1 copy was sent to the University of Hamburg, one copy went to the Royal Library in Berlin, and the other 3 copies were sold for a very high price abroad, namely to China, Russia and Egypt. In early 1300's Egypt experienced many difficulties, so the Communist ideas fell on a fertile ground there, and a Communist revolution took place, and indeed, Egypt is the only Communist country in the world.
The young students did not know that, since Egypt was considered to be a very suspicious country by the government, and any references to it were of the kind 'evil regime', 'mad government' and similar things. So they thought,if a revolution was successful in one country, it will be successful here.
The preparation for revolution was in full gear - party activists visited factories, mines, labour brigades all around the country, mobilising support of the people. Some military units were also persuaded to join the Communist cause. The date for the decisive coordination action was originally set for 15 February 1376, but one event changed the plans.
In September 1375, rumours spread through the population that the Persian Trade Representative tore up an agreement with Germany concerning coal shipments, after the German side refused to pay for coal at an increased rate. At that time it must be said, Germany had no coal supplies of its own, since the Great Coal Road to the Southern Jungles was not completed yet. By the end of September, the remaining coal was used up and so the German Railways stopped still. Tens of thousands of railway workers marched on Berlin demanding coal. However, they were fired upon by Royal Cavalry units. This set off an avalanche...
Cities went into civil disorder, city governors were lynched in the Market Squares. The King escaped from Berlin as the Governor of Berlin was ripped apart by the crowds.
News of a terrible defeat of the German Army outside Cambridge intesified the chaos even further. People deserted cities amid unfounded rumours that the English have crossed the German Channel (it was actually called the English Channel at the time) and are marching on Samarra, the second capital. The defeat at Cambridge caused mutinities in the army - nobody wanted to be thrown at fortified enemy positions without any artillery support.
For Steiner, and his comrades, this was a perfect time to act. His friend, nicknamed Coba, went to the Eastern Front and urged the soldiers in the trenches of England to give up loyalty to the King and pledge alligiance to the Communist Party. Thousands of soldiers took the oath of allegiance to the Party, and briefly chaos reigned on the front lines as the incompetent royalist generals and officers were butchered by the soldiers. However the situation was soon brought under control as party commisars were set up in the army. The morale received a big boost when all the traitors and deserters were shot, and the offensive campaign of 1380 was more successful and indeed, Cambridge was razed that year.
Not all of Germany's population welcomed the revolution. Civil disorders continued and royal supporters resisted to change.
It took until autumn 1400 to stabilise the situation in the country. In August of that year King Basil was finally captured by revolutionary forces, and on 15 October 1400, in this very room of what was then known as the Royal Palace, the new Communist Republic was proclaimed by Comrade Steiner! In week's time the former King was executed by firing squad, convicted of multiple counts of murder, rape, torture, treachery by the newly-formed People's Court.
Now there will be a short break, but in the second half of this talk, I will tell of the glorious achievements of the communist goverment in the last 200 years.
15 October 1600
"Dear Comrades, Chairman! It is a great honour for me to speak to you tonight at this historic occasion.
Exactly 200 years ago, the revolutionary forces led by Comrade Steiner, of whom our Party Chairman, Comrade Mark Bis is a direct descendant, finally defeated the last of the royal vassals and proclaimed the German Communist Republic.
The struggle for Communism was a long one. Everything started in the year 1370 when the last of the Great Kings of Germany, Friedrich-Bismarck XXVI had died. During his extraordinarily long, 105 year reign, Germany was in what is described by party scholars as a "Golden Age"- an unexplained phenomenon when the productivity of German labourers increased dramatically, amid great happiness of the population, fast technological advancement and cultural development. The Golden Age began in the 1270, when the young King was just 6 years old, but had already "ruled" for 5 years (in fact his uncle, who died 10 years later had the real power). The beginning of the Golden Age coincided with the end of the 1000 Years War against Babylon, which is where the Central District of the Republic now is. I will not go into the details of the 1000 Years War (except that it didn't really last 1000 years!).
Well, OK, I strayed off-course a bit. So when Friedrich-Bismark died, aged 106, nicknamed the Immortal King, the German people hoped that his great-great-grandson, the young Prince Basil would prove to be a worthy successor. However, that was not the case. The young King turned out to be lazy and extremely cruel, spending most of his time either with women of a certain sort or torturing innocent people. At first the people thought that he still hadn't realised that he is the king of the mighty Germany and will change.
But, a year passed and there was no change in his behaviour. What's more, under his reign the cultural, economic and scientific development had been stalled. Corruption became rampant. Soon people came out into the streets demanding him to step down. These demonstrations were brutally suppressed by the Royal Riflemen. Repression of workers by the rich factory owners became very severe, and any slight misconduct by the workers was made punishable by death.
A group of students at Hamburg University realised that this was time for action. Thomas Steiner, a second-year philosophy student at that university, discovered a book in the restricted section of the library published almost 70 years by somebody called Karl Marx, called the Communist Manifesto. It looked as if nobody had ever read this book. It contained ideas on a utopian society where everyone would be equal and the working class would take control of the country. So he has shown the book to his friends and decided that they are going to work on a plan on how to implement these ideas and bring down the hateful regime of Basil the Cruel, as he had become known to the people of Germany. This group of students called themselves the Communist Party, and Steiner became their leader.
Father of one of these students was quite an influencial figure in the Foreign Ministry, and he revealed to the young Communists that 70 years ago only five copies of Marx's book were published. At the time, his ideas were considered to be complete nonsense, and so 1 copy was sent to the University of Hamburg, one copy went to the Royal Library in Berlin, and the other 3 copies were sold for a very high price abroad, namely to China, Russia and Egypt. In early 1300's Egypt experienced many difficulties, so the Communist ideas fell on a fertile ground there, and a Communist revolution took place, and indeed, Egypt is the only Communist country in the world.
The young students did not know that, since Egypt was considered to be a very suspicious country by the government, and any references to it were of the kind 'evil regime', 'mad government' and similar things. So they thought,if a revolution was successful in one country, it will be successful here.
The preparation for revolution was in full gear - party activists visited factories, mines, labour brigades all around the country, mobilising support of the people. Some military units were also persuaded to join the Communist cause. The date for the decisive coordination action was originally set for 15 February 1376, but one event changed the plans.
In September 1375, rumours spread through the population that the Persian Trade Representative tore up an agreement with Germany concerning coal shipments, after the German side refused to pay for coal at an increased rate. At that time it must be said, Germany had no coal supplies of its own, since the Great Coal Road to the Southern Jungles was not completed yet. By the end of September, the remaining coal was used up and so the German Railways stopped still. Tens of thousands of railway workers marched on Berlin demanding coal. However, they were fired upon by Royal Cavalry units. This set off an avalanche...
Cities went into civil disorder, city governors were lynched in the Market Squares. The King escaped from Berlin as the Governor of Berlin was ripped apart by the crowds.
News of a terrible defeat of the German Army outside Cambridge intesified the chaos even further. People deserted cities amid unfounded rumours that the English have crossed the German Channel (it was actually called the English Channel at the time) and are marching on Samarra, the second capital. The defeat at Cambridge caused mutinities in the army - nobody wanted to be thrown at fortified enemy positions without any artillery support.
For Steiner, and his comrades, this was a perfect time to act. His friend, nicknamed Coba, went to the Eastern Front and urged the soldiers in the trenches of England to give up loyalty to the King and pledge alligiance to the Communist Party. Thousands of soldiers took the oath of allegiance to the Party, and briefly chaos reigned on the front lines as the incompetent royalist generals and officers were butchered by the soldiers. However the situation was soon brought under control as party commisars were set up in the army. The morale received a big boost when all the traitors and deserters were shot, and the offensive campaign of 1380 was more successful and indeed, Cambridge was razed that year.
Not all of Germany's population welcomed the revolution. Civil disorders continued and royal supporters resisted to change.
It took until autumn 1400 to stabilise the situation in the country. In August of that year King Basil was finally captured by revolutionary forces, and on 15 October 1400, in this very room of what was then known as the Royal Palace, the new Communist Republic was proclaimed by Comrade Steiner! In week's time the former King was executed by firing squad, convicted of multiple counts of murder, rape, torture, treachery by the newly-formed People's Court.
Now there will be a short break, but in the second half of this talk, I will tell of the glorious achievements of the communist goverment in the last 200 years.
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