Thirteen-Day Republic

The Thirteen-Day Republic was a breakaway arm of Faction Paradox.

A number of dissidents thought the Faction was not revolutionary enough, and overly Anglocentric. Cousin Anastasia became the head of this movement. The Faction had chosen to use the British changeover from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian in 1752 to form the Eleven-Day Empire.

This group, though, picked Russia since that country had delayed adopting the Gregorian calender until 1918. By then, the lost days were 1 February to 13 February. Many in the country did not observe the change, which made the Republic unstable, with sections sometimes disappearing and reappearing. It had a version of the Unkindnesses, known as the Red Burial.

The Republic was intended to be run under the principles of communism, but turned into more of a dictatorship under Anastasia. The stress made her increasingly paranoid. The Faction eventually decided to eliminate the Republic, as the loa would not tolerate another area of "lost" time. Cousin Octavia led the successful assault, and Anastasia quickly surrendered. (PROSE: The Book of the War)