Bavaria

Sowjetrepublik Bayern
Soviet Republic of Bavaria

Conventional short name:
Local:	Bayern
English:	Bavaria
Area:	275,280 cc (32,208 sqmi)
Cities:
Capital:	München (Munich)
Largest:	München
Other:	Nürnberg, Augsburg, Würzburg, Regensburg, Ingolstadt
Currency:	1 Convention Thaler = 20 Kreuzer = 240 Pfennige
Languages:
Official:	Bavarian (Bayrisch)
Others:	German, Bohemian
Population:	10,950,000 (2003)
Organizations:	Holy Roman Empire

Bavaria (Bayern) is believed to have existed as a tribal duchy in the 6th Century AD, though by the 8th Century Charles the Great subjugated the Bavarii and added their mountain holdings to the Holy Roman Empire. The HRE awarded or took away varying levels of independence over the centuries.

The four centuries following Charlemagne’s conquest were tumultuous years as dukes of whichever house sought to free the Bavarian Duchy and establish its sovereignty.

Historically, Bavaria was much larger. Its realm extended into present day Bohemia and Austria, but due to centuries of warfare was whittled down to its modern size.

Up until the Revolution, Bayern was a largely deeply conservative, Catholic monarchy, so the culture shift after the Revolution was not an easy one. Bavaria is not a major exporting power in the 21st Century, although in the past they were a large exporter of agricultural products, including beer and wine.

Bavaria didn't last overly long as a really communist state, albeit a little longer than *here*. The Powers That Were At The Time realised that they'd have to change certain things if they want to stay in power, so they basically modified the system to such a degree that it cannot be called communist anymore. Perhaps socialistic (welfare state, like), but not communist, and nowadays it is really only the name and the flag that really tie it to communism in any real way. The name Bavarian Soviet Republic stuck. Bavaria still holds the Kaiser as their leader, calling him ‘Comrade Weiblingen, Captain-General of the Red Army of Bavaria.

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  State arms (Staatswappen)

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  Standarte des Vorsitzenden des Staatssowjets der SRB (Standard of the Chairman of the State Council of the Bavarian Soviet Republic

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  Flagge des ersten Sekretärs des ZK der KPB und Vorsitzenden des Nationalen Verteidingungssowjets der SRB (Flag of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bavaria and Chairman of the Defence Council of the BSR

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  Flag of the Communist Party of Bavaria since 1971

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  Former flag of the CPB until 1971

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  Flag of the Democratic Women's Union of Bavaria (Demokratische Frauenbund Bayerns)

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  Flag of the Free Bavarian Youth (Freie Bayrische Jugend)

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  Flag of the Young Pioneers (aka Thälmann Pioneers; Junge Pioniere/Thälmann-Pioniere), the wing of the FBJ for children under 16

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  Flag of the Free Bavarian Trade Union (Freie Bayrische Gewerkschaftsbund). All specialised trade unions in the SRB belong to the FBGB.

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  Flag of the Cultural Union of the BSR (Kulturbund der SRB)

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  Standarte der Roter Armee der BSR (RA) (Standard of the Red Army of the BSR)

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  Hoheitszeichen der Luftstreitkräfte und Luftverteidigung der RA der BSR (LSK-LV/RA) (Insignia of the Air Forces and Air Defence Force of the Red Army of the BSR)

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  Dienstflagge der Kriegsboote der Flussflotille der RA (Service flag of warships of the Riverine Fleet of the Red Army)

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  Dienstflagge der Rettungsboote der FF/RA (Service flag of rescue ships of the RF/RA)

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  Wimpel eines Kommandanten der FF/RA (Pennant of a Commander of the RF/RA)

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  Standarte der Grenztruppen der RA (Standard of the Border Troops of the RA)

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  Standarte der Bayrischen Volkspolizei (Standard of the Bavarian People's Police)

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  Standarte der Zivilverteidigung (Standard of the Civil Defence)

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  Standarte der Bereitschaftspolizei (Standard of the Rapid-Response Police ("riot police")

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  House flag of VE (=volkseigene) Bayrische Luftreederei ("people's-owned Bavarian Air Lines")

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  Flag of the Bayrische Staatseisenbahn (BStsEB - Bavarian State Railways)

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  Logo of VEB Bayeriche Motoren Werke (BMW)

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  Flag of the Gesellschaft für Bayrisch-Danubische Freundschaft (Society for Bavarian-Danubian Friendship). This society was disbanded in 1991 after the collapse of the CSDS

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  Flag of the Dynamo 1860 München sports club.