August Revolution

The August Revolution refers to events that took place in the NationStates' region of The Pacific on the 28th of August 2003. The Pacific was a feeder region, meaning that it was one of only five regions out of thousands where nations were born, giving it a population of many thousands.

A full account of the August Revolution can be found in Vladimir's work Five Days that Shook the World.

Pre-Revolutionary Situation

The August Revolution was in many respects a spontaneous uprising, with little centralised organisation or planning; however, in others it can be seen as an inevitable result of that which came before it.

For years The Pacific had been ruled by various competing invading forces, either directly via military occupation or more subtly via a puppet government purporting to be native to the region. With the collapse of the great empires such as the Atlantic Alliance the latter form became more prevalent, and it was this that had existed in The Pacific for many months at the time of the Revolution. In this regime the Delegacy (the mechanical position of supreme power) was passed around a small group of corrupt oligarchs, accountable to outside forces such as the Alliance Defence Network (precursor to the Orange Defense Network) and its member-regions.

While the puppet regime gave itself the shine of home rule its interests were ultimately in irreconcilable conflict with those of Pacificans, as they served the interests of other regions at The Pacific's expense. The clearest example of this was the creation of a Pacific Army that would serve as cannon-fodder for the imperialist generals behind the curtain.

August Revolution

The situation in The Pacific led to a powerful undercurrent of conflict, and it was this that bubbled over on the 28th of August 2003.

As class antagonism between occupiers and occupied increased so did class consciousness, as Pacificans began to question the stories and excuses fed to them by the puppet regime, and through this question the very foundation of the regime itself. It quickly became clear to a number of intellectuals and activists that the only possibility for self-governance and freedom was revolution. Among these intellectuals and activists were Francos Spain, Poskrebyshev, Bertram Stantrous and InfernoIce. These four would come to constitute the vanguard of the coming mass movement.

As the rationalisations for the puppet regime began to fall away agitation for change spread throughout the region, and more and more Pacificans turned revolutionary. Francos Spain, as the most conscious of the revolutionary Pacificans, became a natural front-runner for delegate, and general agitation turned into a concerted campaign to place him at the head of the region. The Revolution had begun.

While the puppet regime had hitherto claimed that anyone could run for Delegacy of the region, this proved to be only insofar as their communications machine and military might could make the offer a paper one separate from reality. They had never imagined the level of mobilisation that the Revolution brought, and as Pacificans cast off their chains and surged forward, so the regime cast off its ideals to throw everything possible, from propaganda, to military engagement, to ejection to halt it.

While they came close at one point, ultimately the Revolution proved an unstoppable force and Francos Spain was elevated to the position of Delegate, dispatching firing squad justice to the criminals he had replaced.

Ongoing Struggle and the New Pacific Order

The August Revolution cast shock-waves around the world, colouring the global political climate for years afterwards, throughout which time the defeated imperialists and their puppets continued to launch campaign after campaign, invasion after invasion, to disrupt the Pacifican movement and destroy the sovereign Pacifican state.

Recognising immediately what was to come the revolutionaries set about creating a new Pacifican state as a bulwark through which their gains would be protected. This new state was formally founded on the 1st of September 2003, named the New Pacific Order.