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Republic of Bohemia
Česká republika

Timeline: 1983: Doomsday

OTL equivalent: Western part of Czech Republic
Flag Coat of Arms
Flag Coat of Arms
Location of Bohemia
Location of Bohemia
Motto
"Pravda vítězí" (Czech: "Truth prevails")
Anthem "Čechy krásné, Čechy mé"
Capital Karlovy Vary
Largest city České Budějovice
Other cities Cheb, Sokolov, Chodov, Ostrov
Language
  official
 
Czech
  others German
Religion Roman Catholism
Demonym Bohemian
Government Semi-Presidential Republic
President Josef Novotný
Prime Minister Petr Kulhánek
Area approx 28,000 km²
Population est 550,000 
Independence 1988
Currency Bohemian Koruna, Barter

Bohemia (Czech: Čechy), officially the Republic of Bohemia (Czech: Česká republika), is a survivor nation based in the west of former Czechoslovakia.

History[]

Pre-Doomsday[]

Bohemia is a historical region, which covers the western portion of what was called the "Czech Lands". It, along with Morovia and Silesia, was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until its dissolution in 1918. The Czech Lands combined with Slovakia to form the state of Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia eventually lost in independence in 1938 as most of Bohemia was absorbed by Nazi Germany.

After Germany's defeat in the Second World War, most of the German residents of Czechoslovakia were forced to flee to Germany and Austria. In 1948, the country was taken over by Communists. Right until Doomsday, Czechoslovakia was a leading ally of the Soviet Union, which stationed significant military forces in the country. This included SS-20 "Sabre" IRBMs.

Doomsday[]

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Strikes in the Czech portion of Czechslovakia

Czechoslovakia was heavily targeted on Doomsday. Besides the capital and largest city of Prague, there were numerous Warsaw Pact military bases hit, including the three "secret" Soviet SS-20 missile bases. The vast majority of the country descended into anarchy.

One of the few towns which maintained order was Karlovy Vary. Despite its close proximety with both East and West Germany, its immediate vicinity was spared direct attack. The Ore Mountains provided some protection against fallout coming from the north. The town did receive some refugees from surrounding areas, including some from East Germany, increasing the population from 56,992 to 60,000 inhabitants

Hraniční pásmo

A Czechoslovak/Bohemian border sign is from the beginning of the 1980s and reads: WARNING! Border Zone. Enter only on authorization. Located at the former Czechoslovak border to West Germany and Austria

With the help of surviving military and police, town leaders conscripted almost every healthy adult to various duties. Most were sent to farms located the towns along the fields to farm, while some created defensive perimeters along the border.

Establishment of the Republic[]

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Karlovy Vary in 1983

Over the next five years, the town of Karlovy Vary would spread its influence over a portion of north-west Czechoslovakia, along the former Západočeský kraj (West Bohemian Region). At that time, expeditions were confined to territory along the borders with West Germany and East Germany. They were forbidden to cross the border or head towards the destroyed cities of Prague and Plzeň. Numerous communities from West Bohemia Region and the North Bohemian Region (Severočeský kraj) as Chomutov, Louny, Mariánské Lázněm, Klatovy or České Budějovice were incorporated into Karlovy Vary's rule.

In March of 1988, representatives of communities around Karlovy Vary proclaimed an independent state, with Karlovy Vary as its capital. They named the new state Bohemia , after the historical land which makes up western Czechoslovakia. Within a year a new constitution was drafted and ratified, and a President and Parliament were elected.

Contact with the Outside World[]

In 2003, the ban on expeditions outside the borders of Bohemia was lifted. In April of 2005, a expedition party of 200 men crossed the old Czech/West German border to survey the area of northern Bavaria. Leading the way were three advanced units of 10 men each. These units had Geiger counters and protective suits. Their task was to identify potential hazards for the rest of the party.

Within a week, one of the advanced teams made contact with the small farming village of Weidenberg. Through the locals, it was determined that Weidenberg was one of a number of communities centered around the city of Bayreuth. After convincing the leader that this wasn't an invasion, a few German-speaking members of the expedition were permitted to travel to Bayreuth.

From the people of Bayreuth, the party learned of other survivor nations, including Weimar and Northeim.

In recent years, Bohemia has been reclaiming territory towards the former border with West Germany and the territory surrounding the ruins of Prague.

Government[]

Since 1988, the Bohemian President and the Parliament are located on Karlovy Vary, when the Bohemian President lives on the Palacký House, and the Bohemian Parliament uses the Městský dům. The Bohemian constition is based on the Constitution of the Czechoslovak Republic, the 1960 Constitution of Czechoslovakia, and the Charter 77

Economy[]

Bohemia's primary product is agriculture. The main crops grown by Bohemians are sugarbeets, fodder roots, potatoes, wheat, and hops. The Bohemians are currently the only source of sugar available to the neighboring German states. The Bohemians have established a healthy hops trade with their German neighbors. They trade the Germans hops in exchange for the Germans trading a portion of the beer brewed with said hops.

As before Doomsday, spas in Czechoslovakia were part of the health care system, this has been still used by the Bohemian goverment, making the spas to still be open. To help the population to be confident towards the goverment, a comprehensive and universal system of social security under which everyone was entitled to free medical care and medicine has been upgraded since Doomsday, based on the former Czechoslovakian one

Though much of Bohemia's industry was destroyed in Doomsday, enough of it survived to allow the Bohemians to ressurect certain industries necessary to life in the post-Doomsday world. The economy accelerated its recovery when the Bohemians made contact with the Alpine Confederation in the early 90's. Contact with the Alpine Confederation allowed Bohemian resources access into foreign markets for the first time in years. Later contact with Prussia allowed Bohemian resources access to markets outside of Europe. The income from exports allowed the Bohemians to recover a portion of their former industrial might.

Though Bohemian industry still has not met pre-Doomsday levels, it allows the Bohemians a rough yet comfortable lifestyle. As before 1983 water waste treatment meant that a large portion of the water was undrinkable for the population, and some of the water was so bad that it was even unusable by the industry, this has been changed after Doomsday to prevent more deaths,

Brown coal and lignite deposits are located around Chomutov and Most, in the Sokolov field near Karlovy Vary, at Teplice and at České Budějovice, The main brown coal mine is the Czechoslovak Army Mine (Czech: Lom Československé armády, shortened to Lom ČSA) an opencast brown coal mine located in the North Bohemian Basin between the city of Most and the town of Litvínov. In 1962 it was incorporated into the V. I. Lenin Mines national enterprise, and in 1989 was given to the Mostecká uhelná a.s company.

A nuclear power plant was planned to be built on Temelín, but it never managed to be approved.

International Relations[]

Bohemia has regular trade routes with Bayreuth, Northeim and Weimar. It also has relations with the survivor nations of the Alpine Confederation, Prussia, West Poland.

It has applied for membership in the League of Nations. The main issue is the continuing discrimination against ethnic Germans.

Military[]

The main army forces come from the 20th Motor Rifle Division at Karlovy Vary:

  • 12th Tank Regiment in Podbořany
  • 49th Motor Rifle Regiment in Mariánské Lázně with BVP-1 tracked infantry fighting vehicles
  • 65th Motor Rifle Regiment in Cheb with OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicles
  • 74th Motor Rifle Regiment in Karlovy Vary with OT-64 wheeled armored transports vehicles
  • 38th Artillery Regiment in Kynšperk nad Ohří
  • 20th Separate Rocket Launcher Division in Stružná with 9K52 Luna-M artillery rocket systems
  • 20th Command and Artillery Reconnaissance Battery in Karlovy Vary
  • 12th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment in Mariánské Lázně with 2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile systems
  • 20th Reconnaissance Battalion in Cheb
  • 12th Engineer Battalion in Kadaň
  • 12th Signal Battalion in Karlovy Vary
  • 20th Supply Battalion in Ostrov
  • 20th Maintenance Battalion in Podbořany
  • 12th Chemical Defence Battalion in Karlovy Vary
  • 12th Medical Battalion

Hradiště Military Area is the main HQ of the Bohemian Army

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