Tarastan

TARASTAN
The current flag of Tarastan after it was taken over by the Brotherhood
General Information
Type	Country
Ideology	Pseudoreligion Populism
Official Language	Taras (state) English (official)
Demonym	Tarastani
Population	30.5 million (2013)
Capital	Ambokh
Government
Tarastan Workers Party	President Mukhammat (ousted)
The Brotherhood	Brother Fayed (de facto)
Loyalist Army	General Akmadeed (embattled)

Tarastan is a former Soviet republic land locked nation between the China and Russia. The nation is ruled by President Mukhammat's regime for 54 years before the country went into anarchy shortly after the Great Economy Collapse.

The Ambokh Riot
Days after the global economy collapsed, anarchy ensued in the streets of the capital city of Ambokh. Civilians, incited by the hatred towards the government's inefficiency, marched towards the Presidential Palace to oust President Mukhammat and his long-standing regime which they perceived as corrupt.

The riot went out of control and major parts of the city burned down as opposition and pro-government supporters clashed. The President eventually fled the country for his own safety. Brother Fayed, the apparent leader of the then-unknown Brotherhood group, took over the palace and installed the Brotherhood Council with himself at the helm.

The Siege of Ambokh
The EU was monitoring the situation in Tarastan for fear they might fall into the influence of the newly established Socialist Bloc. After the President's exile, Chancellor Andiron authorised airstrikes on Ambokh to assist forces loyal to President Mukhammat to recapture the capital. However, it became clear the force behind the riot was not mere opposition-party member shortly after 5 EU scouts were captured by armed militants who called themselves as the Great Brotherhood. 

On September 24th, an early morning EU-loyalist joint operation was conducted to swiftly recapture the capital from militants. Drones and airstrikes assisted both EU and the loyalist ground forces as they sweep through key areas before they finally regained control of the Presidential Palace by sun down. The body which apparently belonged to Brother Fayed was found and the loyalists declared themselves victorious.

However, at 2200 hours Brother Fayed uploaded a video warning the loyalists that their victory is short-lived and the Brotherhood will retake the city. Battle-weary and thinking the video could have been pre-recorded as an attempt to taunt them, the loyalists and EU forces set up defenses for potential retaliations. At 0300 hours, two Brotherhood-affiliated splinter cells, Al Brotherhood and Brotherhood State, launched coordinated suicidal and guerrilla attacks on the Presidential Palace and ultimately pushed the loyalists and EU forces out of Ambokh.

Tarastan During Risk Malaysia
Sporadic skirmishes between the loyalists and the Brotherhood occurred all over Tarastan. As the Brotherhood entrenched themselves in Ambokh, the other cells begin capturing nearby provinces until the whole of Tarastan was under the Brotherhood's black flag. EU has reduced their ground presence but remained assisting the loyalists with coordinated airstrikes. Brother Fayed is now allegedly has fled Tarastan and is remotely commanding the Brotherhood in Tarastan and nearby territories from an unidentified location.

The Chinese army has been sighted stationed at the eastern Tarastanian borders while Russian military weapons and hardware have been spotted being distributed to the loyalists, confirming EU's fear that the Socialist Bloc intend to annex Tarastan. However, both EU and the Socialist Bloc are waiting for each other's move and any militaristic action in the war-torn Tarastan could lead to war between the two factions.

The conflict finally escalated when EU hackers were detected breaking into the Chinese military mainframe. The EU and China, with support from the Socialist Bloc, unofficially went to war and were engaged in skirmishes in Tarastan in the midst of the loyalist and Brotherhood conflict.

On September 30th at 1237 hours a dirty tactical nuke, allegedly bought by the Brotherhood from the Merchants of War, detonated in the evacuated Tarastan mining town of Daub where both EU and Chinese ground forces were engaged in battle. With no clear evidence as to whom was responsible, EU and Chinese generals traded blames and declared war at 1500 hours.

The once scenic mountainous Tarastan has now turned into the deadliest epicenter of World War III with EU, Socialists, Loyalists and Brotherhood forces engaging each other in battle.