East Grassland

East Grassland, officially the Grasslandic "Democratic" Republic, was a state that existed from 1949 to 1987, the period when the eastern portion of Grassland was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. In English, it would be abbreviated as the "GDR". However, to avoid confusion with the German Democratic Republic (also abbreviated "GDR"), it would often be abbreivated "RDG" (its name in Grasslandic) Commonly described as a communist state in English usage, it described itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state". It consisted of territory that was administered and occupied by Soviet forces following the end of World War II. It was disestablished on the 4th of March, 1987.