Lapland

Lapland is a Season 2 nation that is well known for having been passed around amongst its overlords, most famously, the Qing and the Union, though for a short phase, it was even NATSOC.

PERSONALITY TRAITS
Lapland, like many other nations, has a rather unique personality. In three words, he could be described as Clumsy, Subservient, & Gullible. Lapland tends to act as a mindless drone. If you're able to get him to submit to you, congratulations, you've got yourself a slave.

Behavior
The main thing to be known about Lapland is that he can be very easily manipulated into swapping allegiances, though not due to disloyalty. He has gone through multiple large government changes solely due to feeling pressure from stronger nations. Lapland is also very clumsy and tends to screw up a lot, and therefore isn't the most reliable guy to trust with your cup of coffee while you go grab a napkin from the other side of the room.

Despite his main languages being Finnish and English, Lapland has a lot of Russian heritage, and as a result, exhibits a Russian accent whenever he speaks. If you are not an ally, chances are you will not hear too much from Lapland. However, he still will act very polite around anyone whom he has neutral relations with.

Appearance
Lapland's Qing flag consists of 3 slanted stripes, red on both sides and orange in the middle, and a bright yellow cross in the center. Lapland also rocks a burgundy Union military uniform, though wears a modified silver one for the Qing. His Union flag follows the standard (boring as some would call it) template, gold border, national color field, and a black national symbol top left.

HEX Palette for Lapland is shown below.


 * Yellow - FFE100
 * Red - E50000
 * Blue - 0083C7
 * Uniform - 555555
 * Uniform Lines - 333333, 999900 (for stripes)

HISTORY
Yeah, Lapland's history, basically.

The Early Rise of Communism
Shortly after formation, the nation of Lapland held its first election due to pressure from being nearby Arstotzka. After a majority victory for the Communist party, the new regime began questionable practices, most notably brainwashing all known opposition supporters; this tactic was passed to other tyrannical communist nations as well. However, a lone opposition leader managed to escape the nation and would later intercept the communicators to spill the beans about the regime's inhumane tactics. What followed was the liberation of those mind-wiped soldiers.

The Liberation Wars
Following the reveal of the inhumane conditions in Lapland, as well as Sibirskaya, many nations jumped to war against the corrupt regimes after a call to arms by the Union. The war was extremely close, but in the end, the liberators prevailed, and Lapland would become a puppet state of the Union for the next couple of years.

Imperium Infinitus
Following the puppeting of Lapland, the nation would lay low for a while, often answering calls to assistance from the Union. Despite numerous claims that the population was content with life under the Union banner, sketchy referendums would reveal the truth a couple years later, ultimately spiraling into a conflict...

Numbers Don't Lie
Despite what everyone thought, a referendum determined that 84% of Lapland citizens would rather be an independent nation. Accepting this, the Union let Lapland free, and an election was immediately held. However, after numbers were tampered with, and later on, the discovery of extremely low election turnout, civil unrest began to build up. Once the election had been ran for the third time, riots broke out claiming votes for certain parties had been "erased". As these protests continued to escalate, armed forces were called in, and the Lappish Civil War had begun.

Lappish Civil War
It was the Union Party against the National Socialist party. At first, the NSP took a commanding lead, but then outside forces began to back both sides. The UP was backed by the Union itself along with Al-Andalusia, while the NSP was backed by Germany. Despite having a large advantage, the Union forces were unable to keep hold of any lead, and things remained close for the entirety of the war. Later on, things began to look bright for the UP, as they took a three-battle lead, but then, out of nowhere, the NSP had a surge of momentum, came back, and won the war.

Lapland, as it should be?
After the National Socialists won the civil war with the help of German forces, it seems that the citizens of Lapland were finally at ease-- this was what they'd wanted all along. After yet another flag change to commemorate the victory, it was time to celebrate. Lapland was once again at peace...for now.

Cease of Fabrication
After a devastating loss in supporting the Communists in the Sibirskayan civil war, the Lappish had been put under a reactionary government, but only for a little while. Citizens began to realize their mistake with National Socialism. In a haste, their soft spot for Unionism quickly returned, and Lapland was once more a Unionist state.

Changing it Up, Again
Rising from seemingly nowhere, movements in favor of submitting to the Mandate of Heaven started to sweep the nation. Within months, support was up to 85%. The people of Lapland had chosen to bow down to the Emperor and join the Mandate as a Qing tributary state. Shortly after, they were able to convince Lithuania to join the mandate as well.

A Frying Pan, Good Sir!
Once more, the Union tried to get Lapland back into the Imperium fold, with support from the other various Unionist states. It had worked, once, and for less than a year, before they were back into the Qing way of life. This would not last long.

RELATIONS
Something, something, relations.

Friends
Qing - Your majesty, thank you for guiding me towards inner peace! Hopefully the rest of the world will come to realize. Under you shall the world be conquered!

Lithuania - Fellow tributary of the emperor! Great to have a brother nearby who has chosen the true path to inner peace.

Neutral
The Union - Thank you for liberating me from the authoritarian communists all that time ago, and helping my people to not be afraid of speaking up! I wish you'd join me on my quest, however...

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Enemies
Egypt - Has denounced every ideology I've practiced countless times up until their much-needed death.

United Kingdom - Stay away from the rightful lands of his majesty, the emperor. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.