For Want of A Sandwich - A Franz Ferdinand Lives Wikibox TL

They are mostly left alone by the Azanians, even if the troop movements in the Bush tend to have occasionnal skirmishes, but they are seen as authentic Africans to be left alone.

He was victim of an internal power struggle among Mokaba's successors, and took the blame for a perceived slowing down of the liberation of the whole continent.



Musk went to Canada and is still an Internet entrepreneur ; Trevor Noah is the best known ITTL, having escaped from concentration camps and left testimonies about the horrors of Azania ; Barnard escaped to a laboratory in the United States when things turned dire ; Charlize Theron has a succesful career as a model and actress in Babelsberg.
Nice to know that none of them died.
 
2023 United Kingdom general election
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The 2023 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 16 February 2023. It resulted in a Conservative landslide majority of more than 100 seats, making a net gain of 187 seats, winning 53,6 % of the popular vote - the highest percentage and seat change for any party since 1986.

After winning a strong majority at the 2019 general election, the Labour Party faced a dire domestic situation that led to the resignation of two Prime Ministers in less than thirteen months. First, 2020 was marked by the Wuchang Pneumonia pandemic and the extremely harsh lockdown by Rushanara Ali’s cabinet, a situation that resulted in a economic downturn that was amplified later that year by the krach of the London Stock Exchange and the devaluation of the pound sterling, triggered by the economic crisis in Asia. In February 2021, the British government’s lack of response after the Burmese takeover of the Andaman Islands resulted in the resignation of Prime Minister Rushanara Ali ; Minister of Defense Peter Buttigieg succeeded her in the resulting Labour Party leadership election. The Buttigieg cabinet focused on an austerity policy and a stimulus package ; faced by unprecedented strikes against both inflation and anti-Pneumonia policies, the government called a vote of confidence in itself to push for the passage of a new devaluation bill, resulting in a surprise successful vote and the resignation of the whole government, including the Prime Minister. Secretary of State of Justice Elle Reeves won the resulting leadership election and served mostly as a caretaker government for less than a year, continuing a more timid austerity policy as a result of infighting on the Labour benches and calling a snap election for early 2023. Opinion polls from 2021 up to polling day predicted a Conservative landslide throughout the campaign.

The Conservatives won 398 seats, their highest number and proportion of seats and their highest share of the popular vote since 1986, realizing many gains in long-held Labour seats, mostly urban where opposition to the Buttigieg and Reeves agendas were the strongest. Labour won 164 seats, losing 201, their largest loss since 1965, with most retained seats being held by MPs who had voted the motion of no confidence against the Buttigieg government. The Plaid Cymru, a Welsh nationalist party, won 18 seats, making their largest gain in their history.

Chloe Smith, a member of the moderate wing who had been Leader of the Conservative Party since 21 August 2021, became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, becoming the fourth woman and ninth-youngest host of 10 Downing Street, after running on a program of trickle-down economics, “progressive conservatism” and the promise of a referendum in Wales. Labour’s defeat led to Elle Reeves conceding defeat and resigning, triggering a leadership election later won by former Prime Minister Peter Buttigieg. The Plaid Cymru, led by former footballer Neville Southall, pointed to their unprecedented victory to call for increased devolution.
 
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Let me guess, his policies disproportionately affected Amerindian populations, which is why they’re considered genocidal.
Just that, it's something akin to the Cambodian genocide (although not at this scale) of killing people for their opinion or race.
Any details on the horrors that he exposed aside from “mixed-race people are treated very poorly”?
The whole concentration system in Azania is actually worse than Apartheid.
Nice to know that none of them died.
That's for the most famous...
I assume you mean Oscar Romero? Unless the Joker had a very different career!
Damn, I knew something was off.
 
The whole concentration system in Azania is actually worse than Apartheid.
I take it that it is the closest ITTL to an equivalent to the Holocaust as what the CWR did was more akin to "a Katyn Massacre every week"/a fast-track version of the Sovietization of Eastern Europe owing to the whole "processing conquests in the middle of a war" thing for good OTL equivalents than anything else?
Just that, it's something akin to the Cambodian genocide (although not at this scale) of killing people for their opinion or race.
On that note, another OTL equivalent for that could be this atrocity.
 
Lyrics of "We didn't start the fire" by Billy Joel (1989)
Bob Taft, Victory Day, White Terror, Reds are away
John Wayne, Death of a Salesman, Puerto Rico
World Council, Greenland, atom bombs on Poland
Constantinople, India, Italo Balbo

Japs in China, Strijdom, I Love Lucy, Bobby Thomson
Poole, metric system, and here's a new Wilhelm
Now it's Louis Ferdinand, Vaccine, pogroms in Palestine
Kolchak, Charlton Heston, Driscoll's now at the helm

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

Mossadegh, Superman, Norihito and Yan Xishan
Kolchak, Jomo Kenyatta, Obregon
Reval, color broadcasting, Hungary, here's a new swing
A Star Is Born, the Greater Game is on

Einstein, Princess Jackie, H-Bomb in Germany
Anschluss, Juan Peron, Hautecloque, Robeson
Henri Curiel, Yemenis, Tunis, Valkyrie
The royal plane falls, Manouchian is mauled

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

Morocco, Paris stands back, Civil Rights, Amtrak
Tibet, Ho Chi Minh, no more Brahmins
Majali, meetings in Rome, Alisa Rosenbaum
Canal in Nicaragua, "Order restored in Algeria"

Commonwealth, Hispaniola, Miles Davis, Venezuela
Bilderberg, decolonization and Lebanon
Hartmann, Barzani, Wayne Morse and Podgorny
Sultan Ahmed, Sun Fo, Germans in the Kongo

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

East Side Story, new pagans, Saipan
Judy Garland, Heydrich, La Dolce Vita
All hail Lumumba and Mandela
Enoch Powell, can you say Bharatavarsha ?
Viet Nam, Havana Treaty, Terracotta Army
Montgomery - well, how could things go badly?

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

Bharatavarsha, Indonesia, revolutions back again
Moonshots, Bob Marley, Moon bases, Poland's now so far away
McGovern, cocaine, everywhere the famine
Three Mile Island, big trouble in Ireland

Pat Robertson, mass homicides, Philippine wild ride
South Africa, vets cancer, Japan and there's Kissinger
Pyramids in ruins, the economy's in the bin
Human clones galore, I can't take it anymore

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone

It will still burn on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire

No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it
 
Curious about the etymology of the word “krach” iTTL
It's the French spelling by the way... Let's say that with the German prominence ITTL, the German term became prevalant.
I take it that it is the closest ITTL to an equivalent to the Holocaust as what the CWR did was more akin to "a Katyn Massacre every week"/a fast-track version of the Sovietization of Eastern Europe owing to the whole "processing conquests in the middle of a war" thing for good OTL equivalents than anything else?

On that note, another OTL equivalent for that could be this atrocity.
Well, the CWR massaces were more like Katyn and Babi Yar in fact. As of an equivalent of the Shoah, I can't think of one.
La Matanza is a convenient analogy.
 
Well, the CWR massaces were more like Katyn and Babi Yar in fact. As of an equivalent of the Shoah, I can't think of one.
And yeah, would it be accurate to compare the CWR's occupation policies to a "fast-track version of Sovietization of Eastern Europe" in terms of how it proceeded? And on that note, what cliches/tropes would "CWR Victory" scenarios have and what would the most likely scenario be had the CWR won?
 
Bob Taft, Victory Day, White Terror, Reds are away
John Wayne, Death of a Salesman, Puerto Rico
World Council, Greenland, atom bombs on Poland
Constantinople, India, Italo Balbo

Japs in China, Strijdom, I Love Lucy, Bobby Thomson
Poole, metric system, and here's a new Wilhelm
Now it's Louis Ferdinand, Vaccine, pogroms in Palestine
Kolchak, Charlton Heston, Driscoll's now at the helm

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

Mossadegh, Superman, Norihito and Yan Xishan
Kolchak, Jomo Kenyatta, Obregon
Reval, color broadcasting, Hungary, here's a new swing
A Star Is Born, the Greater Game is on

Einstein, Princess Jackie, H-Bomb in Germany
Anschluss, Juan Peron, Hautecloque, Robeson
Henri Curiel, Yemenis, Tunis, Valkyrie
The royal plane falls, Manouchian is mauled

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

Morocco, Paris stands back, Civil Rights, Amtrak
Tibet, Ho Chi Minh, no more Brahmins
Majali, meetings in Rome, Alisa Rosenbaum
Canal in Nicaragua, "Order restored in Algeria"

Commonwealth, Hispaniola, Miles Davis, Venezuela
Bilderberg, decolonization and Lebanon
Hartmann, Barzani, Wayne Morse and Podgorny
Sultan Ahmed, Sun Fo, Germans in the Kongo

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

East Side Story, new pagans, Saipan
Judy Garland, Heydrich, La Dolce Vita
All hail Lumumba and Mandela
Enoch Powell, can you say Bharatavarsha ?
Viet Nam, Havana Treaty, Terracotta Army
Montgomery - well, how could things go badly?

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

Bharatavarsha, Indonesia, revolutions back again
Moonshots, Bob Marley, Moon bases, Poland's now so far away
McGovern, cocaine, everywhere the famine
Three Mile Island, big trouble in Ireland

Pat Robertson, mass homicides, Philippine wild ride
South Africa, vets cancer, Japan and there's Kissinger
Pyramids in ruins, the economy's in the bin
Human clones galore, I can't take it anymore

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone

It will still burn on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire

No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it

We didn't start the fire
It was always burning, since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it
Amazing!
 
Country profile - Brittany
Brittany is a country in western Europe, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and bordered in the east by France.

History
Having been part of France since 1532, Brittany wouldn’t certainly have become independent without the Syndicalist defeat in the World War. One of the few regions of France with a surviving distinct identity and language, Brittany had before the Great European War a nascent nationalist movement,that was thoroughly repressed first by the Third Republic then by the Confederation, finding shelter in Ireland. After the Syndicalist defeat, the Allies’ perspective was to neutralize once and for all former syndicalist countries ; setting a Breton rump state was seen by both Germany and Great Britain as a way to destroy all future French perspectives on the Atlantic and prospects for a French Navy. On the instigation of Irish leader Coileáin, the Breton nationalist movement, led by Maurice Duhamel, Morvan Marchal, Fanch Denoual et Olier Mordrel, began to agitate for independence in the occupied Breton peninsula, with the Breton National Party winning a majority in the 1950 regional elections.

The local government in Brittany quickly found support with the German occupation authorities, arguing for a state that would include the whole peninsula and Nantes, modeled after the Irish Republic, complete by Celticisation and rejection of French sentiment ; bent on dismantling French territory, Germany approved a referendum on independence in 1953, that was won with a small majority, in spite of being labeled as fraudulent by French authorities. On 11 January 1955, Brittany put an end to 423 years of union with France, becoming a newly independent state, setting up again its capital in Nantes.

In order to placate German support to the new nation, the Bretons agreed to have Prince Ludwig von Baden, third son of Grand Duke Berthold of Bade, as King of Brittany, taking the regnal name of Arthur IV, while setting a German naval base in Brest. The young Brittany was compared to the interwar buffer states set up by Germany in Mitteleuropa : barely self-sufficient, heavily depending on German support, its existence heavily criticized by its neighbour and with a fledging nationalist movement propelled by German advisors. Prime Minister René Pleven, a banker who turned to Breton nationalism out of opportunism, pursued the same policies than Michaeal O Coileain than in Ireland (official use and teaching of Breton languages ; Celticisation of city and family names, such as Nantes that became Naoned), but he forgot that Ireland had forged its nationalism in the fire of the War of Independence ; the local population was flabbergasted by the official policies, King Arthur IV was seen as a stranger and nationalism was concentrated in Olier Mordrel’s Breiz Atao pyrist militias, that soon became a state within the state. The nascent democracy experienced an attempted military coup in 1966.

When the Situationist Revolution broke out in Paris and France was soon thrown into a civil war, Brittany felt that it would soon disappear in the turmoil of the conflict, reunited to France. The German garrison in Brest ensured the evacuation of King Arthur to Germany and gave the greenlight to Olier Mordrel to execute a military coup in 1968, knowing that Breiz Atao would reject all compromises with Neo-Syndicalists. Supported by German troops, Brittany held on during the French Civil War. However, the German move backfired as Mordrel didn’t relinquish power and set out to put in place his very own dreams for Brittany. The peninsula took on the official name of Breton State on 3 October 1972, with a Constitution inspired by pyrist principles.

Under Tad ar Vro (Father of National) Mordrel, Brittany became “the Hermit State”, a pyrist anomaly in western France or “what mad Neo-Druidists would love Ireland to be” : use and teaching of French became a capital offense in 1974, Breton became the only official language in the same time (neglecting Gallo language), all family names were Celticized, corporatism was put in place, travel outside of Brittany became heavily monitored and almost impossible to root out “foreign degeneracies”, free speech and political dissent were thoroughly repressed, with all foreign material arriving either from France or by sea being heavily censored ; the most liberal place in Brittany became the German base in Brest. In 1978, France would being to mass troops near the Breton border : after a few skirmishes, Germany desescalated the situation to avoid another conflict and Brittany remained a pyrist anomaly in western Europe.

After fending off an attempt coup by his former ally Neven Henaff in 1977 and democracy protests in 1980, Mordrel passed away in his sleep in 1985. His appointed successor, Yann Foueré, was overthrown by General Alan Heusaff in the same year. After coming into conflict with the Catholic Church, Heusaff would go further by expelling all Catholic hierarchy and adopting Neo-Druidism as the official cult of the State. Heusaff was himself succeeded by Padrig Montauzier in 1999 : Montauzier remains to this day the Tad ar Vro, having lessened travel control in the early years of his rule, before going back after a violent repression of pro-democracy riots in 2014.

Political situation
The 1972 Constitution presents Brittany as an unitary one-party presidential republic, “tantamount in protecting the Celtic master race from Frankish, Germanic and socialist corruption”, with the “Tad Ar Vro” (Father of the Nation, stemming from the title of legendary Duke Nominoe) serving as the “guide for the Breton nation”. Such rhetoric was also used in Coileain’s Ireland but in effect, it has made Brittany a Hermit State, with use of French instead of Breton being punishable by death, with the State erecting concrete menhirs to foster a fledgling Neo-Druidic official cult. The isolated state is seen as an orthodox pyrist regime ; the General Parliament has only a consultative role.

The current Tad Ar Vro is Padrig Montauzier, having been designated as such after Alan Heusaff’s death in 1999, becoming leader of the Breiz Atao (Brittany Always) party. Montauzier remains shrouded in mystery for foreign experts, having made a lot to dispel rumours that he was of Southwestern French origin and had been a neo-syndicalist activist before 1968. Montauzier made his ascension as a member of the political police, climbing the ranks under Heusaff as leader of the moderate faction. Montauzier relaxed the travel and import limitations in the early years of his rule, before September 2014 saw massive demonstrations : blaming foreign influence for the protests, Montauzier went back on the openings and returned Brittany to its former reputation. The Tar Ar Vro being now 72, some successors are considered, such as official propagandist Boris Le Lay.
The protest movement went into exile in France, then in England after the Villiers coup : a government in exile is currently organized by neo-syndicalist militant Kendal Breizh, who called for revolution in Brittany and France alike.

Social situation, population
In fifty years of pyrist isolationist policy, the almost 3 million people in Brittany (officially) have fallen below the poverty line, having freedom of speech, of association being heavily enforced : during his lifetime, the average Breton will have few opportunities to travel abroad, with college education being heavily monitored by the state. Save from agricultural labor, civil service or military career are the only alternatives left in the peninsula. Cultural products are almost absent and only available on the black market whilst foreign goods are sold at prohibitive prices. French is officially only remembered by the older Bretons, while French is still taught in underground schools in order to prepare for emigration. Concentration camps are reported to be numerous in Brittany. Even if now Christianity is tolerated (Judaism and Islam being rejected as “foreign degeneracies”), adherence to Neo-Druidism is encouraged by the state and immigration, to maintain “unity of the race” is forbidden.

Economy
Building on Neo-Celtic ideals of “back to earth”, the Breton State pursued a corporatist economic policy concentrated on agriculture and farming : now Brittany is mostly rural and its population is well below the average European poverty line. Manufactured goods are only available through importation and subjected to heavy regulations before being sold, and then only to a few. The ports of Brest, Rosko, Naoned, An Oriant, Sant-Brieg and Sant-Malo are heavily monitored and as such, foreign merchants are heavily discouraged from interacting with Brittany, preferring other destinations. The compensation the Breton State receives from Germany for its naval base is vital for maintaining the government and in spite of severe travel restrictions and the risk of death when illegally crossing, many Bretons choose to flee for a better life in France or Britain.

Brittany is widely seen as a haven for black market and trafficking, with mafias from throughout the world using Breton ports to help drugs, humans, stolen goods to transit from or to Europe, bribing massively civil servant and officers of the Breton State, if not providing them with a safe way out of the Hermit State ; even if the Breton State dismisses such claims as despicable rumours, there are no alternatives left to surviving under the Gold Triskelion and refugees speak of a heavily corrupted society, with gangsters having become the true ruling class in Brittany.

Military
Formed by the bulk of the former Breiz Atao militias, the Breton Armed Forces are supplied scarcily by Germany, that maintains one of the Reichspakt Naval Bases in Brest, serving as a base for the Atlantic Fleet. Maintained in a constant state of emergency since 2014, the bulk of its ground forces are concentrated on the Breton-French border, setting up a heavily fortified border in case of French aggression ; its naval forces escort all incoming ships and fight against black market and escaping citizens. The Breton military is said to be heavily corrupted by sea trafficking and very poorly equipped against any prospect of a French invasion : the German base in Brest is the best deterrent the country has to offer.

Culture
Deciding to pursue its identity through all means, including repression, the Breton State had, from its inception, shocked the world by making French-speaking a capital offense, punishable by prison or death should it be taught. The nationalist zeal of Mordrel and his successors was grotesque to the few foreign visitors, from participation in traditional fanfares being mandatory and, in order to foster Neo-Druidism, the massive planting of oaks and the erection of massive menhirs… made out of concrete. Foreigners have dubbed Brittany a horrific place, devoid of hope and freedom, but also a “Celtic theme park”. Visitors from Wales, Scotland and Ireland are welcome, with ultranationalists and Neo-Druidists being very enthusiastic about the Hermit State. As of France, the only neighbour, official broadcasts proclaim it “the original imperialist, ruled by Jews and Freemasons” but they remain trade partners : the French government see Brittany as a curious anomaly and a nuisance for Atlantic trade. Most French-era official buildings in Breton cities are still standing however, save from occasional statues of French prominent people, having been inscribed with a massive Triskelion.

Paris, London and Bordeaux are massive hubs for the Breton diaspora, that grew heavily for 50 years : most returning Bretons want nothing to do with their homeland, describing it as a place “gone mad, forgotten from God and ripe for France to retake it”.
 
And yeah, would it be accurate to compare the CWR's occupation policies to a "fast-track version of Sovietization of Eastern Europe" in terms of how it proceeded? And on that note, what cliches/tropes would "CWR Victory" scenarios have and what would the most likely scenario be had the CWR won?
We could say that about the CWR, along with massive Stalinian purges.
I didn't think about that, I will think about it.
Yogi? The current governor (I know it should be cm) of UP?
This one, yes.
Thank you !
On that note, any examples of famous celebrities who died early IOTL would have longer lives ITTL and vice-versa (and why)?

Bobby Driscoll? Buddy Holly? Ritchie Valens? Heath Ledger? John Belushi?
Wow ! That would take months... It'll be covered in due time!
 
Brittany is a country in western Europe, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and bordered in the east by France.

History
Having been part of France since 1532, Brittany wouldn’t certainly have become independent without the Syndicalist defeat in the World War. One of the few regions of France with a surviving distinct identity and language, Brittany had before the Great European War a nascent nationalist movement,that was thoroughly repressed first by the Third Republic then by the Confederation, finding shelter in Ireland. After the Syndicalist defeat, the Allies’ perspective was to neutralize once and for all former syndicalist countries ; setting a Breton rump state was seen by both Germany and Great Britain as a way to destroy all future French perspectives on the Atlantic and prospects for a French Navy. On the instigation of Irish leader Coileáin, the Breton nationalist movement, led by Maurice Duhamel, Morvan Marchal, Fanch Denoual et Olier Mordrel, began to agitate for independence in the occupied Breton peninsula, with the Breton National Party winning a majority in the 1950 regional elections.

The local government in Brittany quickly found support with the German occupation authorities, arguing for a state that would include the whole peninsula and Nantes, modeled after the Irish Republic, complete by Celticisation and rejection of French sentiment ; bent on dismantling French territory, Germany approved a referendum on independence in 1953, that was won with a small majority, in spite of being labeled as fraudulent by French authorities. On 11 January 1955, Brittany put an end to 423 years of union with France, becoming a newly independent state, setting up again its capital in Nantes.

In order to placate German support to the new nation, the Bretons agreed to have Prince Ludwig von Baden, third son of Grand Duke Berthold of Bade, as King of Brittany, taking the regnal name of Arthur IV, while setting a German naval base in Brest. The young Brittany was compared to the interwar buffer states set up by Germany in Mitteleuropa : barely self-sufficient, heavily depending on German support, its existence heavily criticized by its neighbour and with a fledging nationalist movement propelled by German advisors. Prime Minister René Pleven, a banker who turned to Breton nationalism out of opportunism, pursued the same policies than Michaeal O Coileain than in Ireland (official use and teaching of Breton languages ; Celticisation of city and family names, such as Nantes that became Naoned), but he forgot that Ireland had forged its nationalism in the fire of the War of Independence ; the local population was flabbergasted by the official policies, King Arthur IV was seen as a stranger and nationalism was concentrated in Olier Mordrel’s Breiz Atao pyrist militias, that soon became a state within the state. The nascent democracy experienced an attempted military coup in 1966.

When the Situationist Revolution broke out in Paris and France was soon thrown into a civil war, Brittany felt that it would soon disappear in the turmoil of the conflict, reunited to France. The German garrison in Brest ensured the evacuation of King Arthur to Germany and gave the greenlight to Olier Mordrel to execute a military coup in 1968, knowing that Breiz Atao would reject all compromises with Neo-Syndicalists. Supported by German troops, Brittany held on during the French Civil War. However, the German move backfired as Mordrel didn’t relinquish power and set out to put in place his very own dreams for Brittany. The peninsula took on the official name of Breton State on 3 October 1972, with a Constitution inspired by pyrist principles.

Under Tad ar Vro (Father of National) Mordrel, Brittany became “the Hermit State”, a pyrist anomaly in western France or “what mad Neo-Druidists would love Ireland to be” : use and teaching of French became a capital offense in 1974, Breton became the only official language in the same time (neglecting Gallo language), all family names were Celticized, corporatism was put in place, travel outside of Brittany became heavily monitored and almost impossible to root out “foreign degeneracies”, free speech and political dissent were thoroughly repressed, with all foreign material arriving either from France or by sea being heavily censored ; the most liberal place in Brittany became the German base in Brest. In 1978, France would being to mass troops near the Breton border : after a few skirmishes, Germany desescalated the situation to avoid another conflict and Brittany remained a pyrist anomaly in western Europe.

After fending off an attempt coup by his former ally Neven Henaff in 1977 and democracy protests in 1980, Mordrel passed away in his sleep in 1985. His appointed successor, Yann Foueré, was overthrown by General Alan Heusaff in the same year. After coming into conflict with the Catholic Church, Heusaff would go further by expelling all Catholic hierarchy and adopting Neo-Druidism as the official cult of the State. Heusaff was himself succeeded by Padrig Montauzier in 1999 : Montauzier remains to this day the Tad ar Vro, having lessened travel control in the early years of his rule, before going back after a violent repression of pro-democracy riots in 2014.

Political situation
The 1972 Constitution presents Brittany as an unitary one-party presidential republic, “tantamount in protecting the Celtic master race from Frankish, Germanic and socialist corruption”, with the “Tad Ar Vro” (Father of the Nation, stemming from the title of legendary Duke Nominoe) serving as the “guide for the Breton nation”. Such rhetoric was also used in Coileain’s Ireland but in effect, it has made Brittany a Hermit State, with use of French instead of Breton being punishable by death, with the State erecting concrete menhirs to foster a fledgling Neo-Druidic official cult. The isolated state is seen as an orthodox pyrist regime ; the General Parliament has only a consultative role.

The current Tad Ar Vro is Padrig Montauzier, having been designated as such after Alan Heusaff’s death in 1999, becoming leader of the Breiz Atao (Brittany Always) party. Montauzier remains shrouded in mystery for foreign experts, having made a lot to dispel rumours that he was of Southwestern French origin and had been a neo-syndicalist activist before 1968. Montauzier made his ascension as a member of the political police, climbing the ranks under Heusaff as leader of the moderate faction. Montauzier relaxed the travel and import limitations in the early years of his rule, before September 2014 saw massive demonstrations : blaming foreign influence for the protests, Montauzier went back on the openings and returned Brittany to its former reputation. The Tar Ar Vro being now 72, some successors are considered, such as official propagandist Boris Le Lay.
The protest movement went into exile in France, then in England after the Villiers coup : a government in exile is currently organized by neo-syndicalist militant Kendal Breizh, who called for revolution in Brittany and France alike.

Social situation, population
In fifty years of pyrist isolationist policy, the almost 3 million people in Brittany (officially) have fallen below the poverty line, having freedom of speech, of association being heavily enforced : during his lifetime, the average Breton will have few opportunities to travel abroad, with college education being heavily monitored by the state. Save from agricultural labor, civil service or military career are the only alternatives left in the peninsula. Cultural products are almost absent and only available on the black market whilst foreign goods are sold at prohibitive prices. French is officially only remembered by the older Bretons, while French is still taught in underground schools in order to prepare for emigration. Concentration camps are reported to be numerous in Brittany. Even if now Christianity is tolerated (Judaism and Islam being rejected as “foreign degeneracies”), adherence to Neo-Druidism is encouraged by the state and immigration, to maintain “unity of the race” is forbidden.

Economy
Building on Neo-Celtic ideals of “back to earth”, the Breton State pursued a corporatist economic policy concentrated on agriculture and farming : now Brittany is mostly rural and its population is well below the average European poverty line. Manufactured goods are only available through importation and subjected to heavy regulations before being sold, and then only to a few. The ports of Brest, Rosko, Naoned, An Oriant, Sant-Brieg and Sant-Malo are heavily monitored and as such, foreign merchants are heavily discouraged from interacting with Brittany, preferring other destinations. The compensation the Breton State receives from Germany for its naval base is vital for maintaining the government and in spite of severe travel restrictions and the risk of death when illegally crossing, many Bretons choose to flee for a better life in France or Britain.

Brittany is widely seen as a haven for black market and trafficking, with mafias from throughout the world using Breton ports to help drugs, humans, stolen goods to transit from or to Europe, bribing massively civil servant and officers of the Breton State, if not providing them with a safe way out of the Hermit State ; even if the Breton State dismisses such claims as despicable rumours, there are no alternatives left to surviving under the Gold Triskelion and refugees speak of a heavily corrupted society, with gangsters having become the true ruling class in Brittany.

Military
Formed by the bulk of the former Breiz Atao militias, the Breton Armed Forces are supplied scarcily by Germany, that maintains one of the Reichspakt Naval Bases in Brest, serving as a base for the Atlantic Fleet. Maintained in a constant state of emergency since 2014, the bulk of its ground forces are concentrated on the Breton-French border, setting up a heavily fortified border in case of French aggression ; its naval forces escort all incoming ships and fight against black market and escaping citizens. The Breton military is said to be heavily corrupted by sea trafficking and very poorly equipped against any prospect of a French invasion : the German base in Brest is the best deterrent the country has to offer.

Culture
Deciding to pursue its identity through all means, including repression, the Breton State had, from its inception, shocked the world by making French-speaking a capital offense, punishable by prison or death should it be taught. The nationalist zeal of Mordrel and his successors was grotesque to the few foreign visitors, from participation in traditional fanfares being mandatory and, in order to foster Neo-Druidism, the massive planting of oaks and the erection of massive menhirs… made out of concrete. Foreigners have dubbed Brittany a horrific place, devoid of hope and freedom, but also a “Celtic theme park”. Visitors from Wales, Scotland and Ireland are welcome, with ultranationalists and Neo-Druidists being very enthusiastic about the Hermit State. As of France, the only neighbour, official broadcasts proclaim it “the original imperialist, ruled by Jews and Freemasons” but they remain trade partners : the French government see Brittany as a curious anomaly and a nuisance for Atlantic trade. Most French-era official buildings in Breton cities are still standing however, save from occasional statues of French prominent people, having been inscribed with a massive Triskelion.

Paris, London and Bordeaux are massive hubs for the Breton diaspora, that grew heavily for 50 years : most returning Bretons want nothing to do with their homeland, describing it as a place “gone mad, forgotten from God and ripe for France to retake it”.
So Brittany in this timeline is fascist North Korea, also can you make a wiki list of the Tad Ar Vro of Brittany.
 
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