People's Republic of Guenung

The People's Republic of Guenung (Kigbenung: Ʋakɔŋhǔrhǝɽhǝhaɲa Gbenuŋ), also known as the Phajosaist regime, was a one-party communist state located in the Miligbekojongu Archipelago that existed from 1955 to 1989.

History
The Gbenung region had been ruled by the British since 1880. In that time, mass atrocities were committed, causing discontent with the people. Following, revolutionaries declared war on the British, and a ten-year long war ensued. There was fierce fighting and war crimes committed on both sides, although the British became infamous for the Gaipat massacre, a massacre against Ugbenung peoples protesting against British atrocities that occurred on December 22, 1953. On December 29, 1955, Mesraṉin Phajosa declared the independence of the People's Republic of Guenung.

Soon after, Phajosa requested Vizhutua to persecute the British generals for war crimes, with the perpetrators of the Gaipat Massacre being sentenced to death and hanged in Guenung while the British generals were sentenced to life imprisonment in Visaha. He also eliminated the few anti-communist and/or religious leaders in the war of independence, like Kasheri Khuos̱in and Abdul Qaraji. Many political opponents were killed by the secret police Kojoŋulyəʋakɔfǐaṟǔvaɲ (Committee for People's Security) and the People's Republic became one of the most repressive states in Nesiondalsa. He built an extreme cult of personality, and he intervened in the Ulakisonian Civil War, siding with the communist forces.

In 1964, Phajosa died, and one of his closest friends and revolutionary ally Hotep Gezarin came to power. After he allied Guenung with the in 1965 during the, he withdrew from the Ulakisonian Civil War. However, Gezarin caused the Guenung Strait Crisis by attempting to remove Usheigepese General Masajuri Nkinjire from power, because he was accused of creating economic ties with the Soviet Union. After Gezarin's attempt to overthrow Nkinjire's regime, Vice President Atapane Dakêro declared war on Usheigep on November 8, 1965. Hotep resigned and Guenung surrendered on December 1, 1967, and the regions of Tsana and Karun were ceded to Usheigep, but a treaty signed at Aucorusri created the buffer state of Tsanakarun a day later.

Phajosa's son Khuos̱in came to power following the crisis. Khuos̱in started to relax press restrictions and started liberalizing the country. Guenung also started to have warmer relations with the, and it even signed the Nesiondalsan Charter, becoming a founding member of the Federation of Nesiondalsan States and the Economic Community of Miligbekojongu. However, the Kojoŋulyəʋakɔfǐaṟǔvaɲ continued to have an iron grip on Ugbenung society.

By the early and mid 1980s, Ugbenung people started to protest against the people's republic, even though those were secret. Fearing a revolution, Phajosa followed 's example of and, ending press restrictions and introducing elements of the market economy into Guenung. In 1988, Marxism-Leninism was removed from Guenung's constitution. The People's Republic of Guenung was officially dissolved on September 1, 1988 and the first multi-party elections were held in March 1989