Map Thread XII
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Nick Griffalco
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I don't think I used that one, but yeah, admittedly boarders were a bit of a pain (the previous map had less powers and more wank so that made it a bit easier) and I kind of wasn't sure about this one cuz I knew convergence would occur, but it is what it is, so it goes.
You wish to remake this map? Why, I would be most honored
The German Empire in 2014
Short History:
The year is 1904: Wilhelm II slips in the bathroom, hits his head and becomes mentally and physically disabled. He dies three years later. This leads to several political crisis’ in the empire, but Germany manages to avoid some international problems (Morocco crisis, Doggerbank incident etc.) and the public opinion in the UK stays in favor of the Germans.
After some problems at the start of his rule Wilhelm III manages to become a pretty popular monarch. He tries as good as he can to be a good example for his people. Wilhelm is more modest than his father and more pragmatic. In 1910 his first son is born: Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Johann Georg Albert of Prussia (called Heinrich).
The 1920s are a time of conflict for Europe. The Ottomans sink into war. The Balkan states divide the European part of the empire between them. Austria-Hungary and Russia avoid war with each other by rearranging their spheres of interest. The Russians gain Armenia and control the east of Anatolia, whereas Austria-Hungary becomes the de-facto overlord of Serbia and Albania. In 1925 the Poles rise up and bring Russia and A-H to the edge of collapse.
In 1928 communists take over the government of Saxony. The German chancellor decides to intervene in Saxony whereas Wilhelm III is passive and afraid to act against the communists. This leads to an internal crisis and the army takes power in 1930. With the military in power the constitution is changed and the states in the empire lose much of their power. In 1932 a strike brings down the semi-dictatorial regime. Theodor Liebknecht is appointed Chancellor and elections are to be hold the next year. Liebknecht undos some of the constitutional changes and introduces some new laws before the election; giving some of the minority languages such as Polish an official status. This leads to conflict with the weak and reactionary regimes in A-H and Russia.
The following war puts Germany against the A-H and Russia. The Entente Cordiale stays neutral at first but by 1933 the A-H collapses completely and the UK joins on Germany’s side in the hope of taking over Russia sphere in the middle east and central Asia. By the end of the year Russia surrenders. France is not really happy with the situation in Europe but can do little because the British don’t want to interfere on the continent.
The war end with the Treaty of Cracow:
-the Republic of Poland is formed out of Russian Poland and Austrian Galicia
-the Czechoslovak Federation is formed with Friedrich of Duke of Teschen as King
-Yugoslavia is formed
-German Austria gets annexed by the German Empire
The elections which should have been held in 1933 are hold in February 1934. The election is won by the Socialists which form a government with the Liberals; but the Socialist party is split between Reformists and Communists. The government is able to push a constitutional reform through the parliament, which abolishes the already weakened German states (“Länder”). Instead the counties (“Kreise”) gain more power.
Wilhelm III lost much of the popularity he had in the 1910s and ‘20s. Many in the Socialist Party want to abolish the monarchy altogether. Re-elections are held in 1936 after the government couldn’t decide about the issue if monarchy should be abolished or not. After that followed 20 years of conservative dominance. In 1951 Luxemburg joins the Empire, but it gets some autonomy. In the next decades Luxemburg would become TTL version of a European Las Vegas. A social-liberal government takes over in 1956. In the mean time Czechoslovakia disintegrates. The country is split into the two republics Czechia and Slovakia and the Duchy of Teschen, which had previously a special status in Czechoslovakia.
Wilhelm III dies 1966 and his son Heinrich I takes over the throne. In 1971 the conservative take over the government again but their cruel treatment of the independence movements in the colonies makes them use much of their popularity. The election of 1977 is a catastrophe for the conservatives. Germany develops into a de-facto two party system. The two-party system ends in 2001 with the rise of the modernists and neo-cons.
The Crown Prince Wilhelm is born in 1932 but dies in a plane crash in 1978. In 1984 the german counties are rearranged and provinces are introduced, but they stay pretty powerless. Heinrich I dies in 2002, his grandson Friedrich II becomes the new emperor.
Points of interests:
Berlin:
Capital of the Empire. Over 7 million inhabitants. The city is surrounded by a belt of “suburbs”; the biggest of them are: Potsdam (don’t tell the people of Potsdam that that they live in a suburb … they don’t like to hear that), Bernau, Oranienburg and Märkische Neustadt. The last is a planned city and was founded in the 40s.
The people of Berlin think sometimes that the city is the center of the world; an attitude which is disliked by most of the other people in Germany (“Damn Berlinians!/Damn Prussians!”).
Prussia:
Like all other former German states Prussia is nowadays of no importance for administrative purposes. It has a status similar to the Swedish “landskaper”. In everyday life Prussia has pretty blurry borders. Austrians call everything north of Bohemia and the Danube for Prussia. Bavarians mean the land north of the Main if they say Prussia. For Alsatians is Prussia a mythical land east of the Rhine. For people of Cologne it is more of a metaphysical concept. And the children of Berlin are confused why they are in the middle of Prussia but also west of West Prussia.
Saxony:
Very blurry northern border. Most people consider Anhalt to be the northern border of the region but even many Magdeburgians call themselves for Saxons.
Leipzig:
Over 1 million inhabitants. Thinks it’s heart and soul of Saxony. The Major actually tried one time to unite Elbsachsen, Südsachsen and Askanien into a super-Saxony, with Leipzig as capital. Has a long standing rivalry with Dresden. People from Leipzig think Dresden is a overrated dollhouse, and people from Dresden think Leipzig is a hipster town.
Dresden:
Over 1 million inhabitants. A bit schizophrenic: likes to be capital of something (Elbsachsen) but on the other hand also wants to be a Free City like Leipzig and Munich.
Province of Askania (Askanien):
They were not sure about how to name the province. Many liked Nordsachsen only few liked Anhalt-Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt. As the province around Hamburg named itself Niedersachsen many thought it would be weird to have a Saxony north of Nordsachsen. It was the Duke of Anhalt, an old but popular man, who gave them the idea of naming the province after his very old dynasty, which owned once most of the land.
Province of Lusatia (Lausitz):
Got a 91% approval rating of its inhabitants in the issue of happiness with provincial borders (highest in all the empire). Sorbian is minority language here.
Silesia:
There are four provinces with the word Silesia in it, which makes the people in Silesia for some reason pretty happy. The east is a center of industry and polishness. They think mostly as themselves as Silesian (“We lay south of South Prussia, don’t we?!”)
Province of South Prussia (Südpreussen):
It has a historical name but many are still a bit confused. Polish is minority language in all of the province.
Königsberg:
Proud of being the center of the old Prussia (they like to remind Danzig of that). The people of Königsberg feel sometimes that they are really far away from anything important that happens.
Province of the Four-Land (Viererland):
They really hate their province. named Viererland because it was created out of parts of Westphalia, Hanover and Hesse and all of Waldeck. Because Waldeck is the only historical region which is completely in province and because its capital is the Waldeckian Arolsen, the province is also hatefully called "Superwaldo", "Riesenwaldeck" and "Groß Waldisches Reich".
Other names were considered for the province, like "Chattenland", "Mittelland" and the amazing "Hewahawe", but none of them got enough support.
Bavaria:
Most people of Upper and Lower Bavaria still like to say that Bavaria extents till the left side of the Rhine but no one takes that serious. In the minds of most people the borders of Bavaria do not even encompass Nuremberg.
The Bavarians were a bit sad as Austria joint Germany because they couldn't feel special anymore ("We are the second biggest! Respect our specialness!!!").
Province of Upper Bavaria (Oberbayern)
More or less designed to fit Munich, but with Augsburg as capital. Now Augsburg is in the awkward position of not wanting to be part of the province it is the capital off. On the other hand: most people of the rest of the province don't like Augsburg either. That led to a very strong local rivalry between Munich and Augsburg but also between Augsburg and the Swabian capital of Ulm.
Munich:
Over 1 million inhabitants. A bit on the megalomanic side. Doesn't like Vienna and is often claimed to be the Jewel of the South by its inhabitants.
Austria:
They one time offered Frankfurt as a compromise capital instead of Berlin. The people north of the river Main had a good laugh.
But they got the Emperor to change the German imperial eagle to a double eagle and the Hapsburgs are allowed to be called Imperial Highness even if the Austrian Empire is long gone. Most other Germans see the Austrians as a little backwards. Everyone and then some small parties want independence (for Austria or sometimes for all Catholic Germany), but they never succeed.
Vienna:
Nearly 3 million inhabitants. Berlin might be the capital of Germany, but Vienna is the cultural capital of the world - at least that is what you will hear in Vienna’s café’s.
Province of Middle Austria (Mittelösterreich):
They like to think of Bohemia as northern Austria, but the Bohemians don’t like that.
Bohemia:
The two German provinces of West and North Bohemia are traditionally part of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Habsburgs still wear the title of King/Queen of Bohemia with pride, as long with all their other titles. Most people of Bohemia think as themselves mostly as Bohemians and don’t identify as Austrians.
Province of Swabia (Schwaben):
Most people are happy to have a Swabia that is not part of Bavaria or Württemberg but they would love to see the province extent from the Rhine in the south to the Main in the north. The province is referred to as Donauschwaben by some.
Province of Württemberg:
Many Germans forget that Württemberg was once much bigger but the Württembergians never forget. The city of Württemberg, which is also the province’s capital, is actually fairly new. It was created by the fusion of the cities of Böblingen and Sindelfingen.
Grand Duchy, County and City of Luxemburg:
Luxemburg is the Las Vegas of Europe (compared to OTL Las Vegas). The large casinos, hotels and the amusement park are concentrated in Zeissingen and not in the center of the city. The city center is popular with tourists interested in culture and history. The most famous of Luxemburg’s casinos is the Rex - its entrance has the form of a T-Rex skull. The Grand Duchess of Luxemburg was in the 90s the most wanted bachelorette of the continent, she was also a party princess and became an alcoholic and drug addict. She overdosed in 2001 - her death was the sad highlight of recent Luxemburgish history.
Rhine and Ruhr District:
The hot, steaming heart of Germany’s industry. The identification with the traditional regions and kingdoms of Germany is pretty weak here.
Neighbouring countries:
Republic of France:
Head of State: President Marie Arnoult (no party)
Head of Government: Prime Minister François Tourville (List Tourville)
The number two on the continent. They forgot more or less about that Elsass-Lothringen-thing. De-colonisation was not quite rough on both the French and the former colonies. The republic still keeps some towns on the northern coast of Africa. France is member of the European Customs Union, together with Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia, Poland and Teschen.
Kingdom of Belgium:
Head of State: Queen Astrid I
Head of Government: Prime Minister Karel Thelin (Belgian Concorde)
The country is split between the Flemish and the Walloons and the central government has nearly no power. The only thing keeping Belgium together in the last decades was the fear of the Dutch and French right-wing. Neither the Walloons nor the Flemish want to be part of another country.
Kingdom of the Netherlands:
Head of State: King William VI
Head of Government: Prime Minister Per van Vliet (Socialist Party)
The Dutch got a bit of a bad reputation in south-east Asia, after what happened on Java, but let’s not talk about that. The stereotypical Dutch is a hard-working but nice fellow, who enjoys cheese and orange juice. A German cliché about the Dutch is that they are a bit simple, even if they never gave them any reason to think that.
Swiss Confederation:
Head of State: Federal President Emilio Lanza (Swiss Conservative Party)
Their neutrality is also well known but it isn’t as legendary as OTL because Europe was in general more peaceful in the last hundred years. Both Dutch and Swiss are sure that they have the best cheese.
Kingdom of Denmark:
Head of State: King Frederik X
Head of Government: Minister of State Ingrid Petersen (Liberal Coalition)
Would like to talk to Germany about some border corrections, but lacks the confidence to do so. The Danish see themselves as an island nation with just a tiny bit of unfortunate landborder.
Kingdom of Sweden:
Head of State: Queen Christina II
Head of Government: Minister of State Ingvar Lundgren (Social Coalition)
Famous for art films and for being the home of the world’s biggest ice-cream-company.
Republic of Poland:
Head of State: President Małgorzata Pawlak (Polish People’s Party)
The number three on the continent (but don’t tell that to the Italians or the Spanish). Most Poles would still like to have a baltic port but the German support against the Czar made up for it - and they have now a port on the Black Sea.
Republic of Czechia:
Head of State: President Stanislav Vymazal (Czech National Party)
Head of Government: First Minister Stanislav Urban (Czech National Party)
Especially the right-wing parties are unhappy about the German influence on the economy, but most people are okay with their big neighbour, even if they dislike the somewhat arrogant Austrians. Czechs prefer Germans from other parts of the country. They love holiday on the sea and are always welcome in the holiday resorts on the Baltic.
Republic of Slovakia:
Head of State: President Hannah Mićić (Socialist Party)
Head of Government: First Minister Cyril Jakubisko (Free Slovak Party)
Dislike the Germans more than the Czechs, even if they lost less land till them. They are still grumpy about that they didn’t get to keep the old royal city of Pressburg (Bratislava). The capital is Nitra.
Grand Duchy of Teschen:
Head of State: Grand Duke Peter I
Head of Government: Prime Minister Václav Wenzel (Liberal People’s Party)
Czechoslovakia became a democratic kingdom under a Habsburg price after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire, but in the 50s the kingdom disintegrated and Poland would have liked to swallow the Polish parts of Teschen but they didn’t succeed because of various reasons and Teschen became independent. The Grand Duchy has no military and its defence is organized by its neighbours. The European Customs union is seated and Teschen and supporters of the idea of European unification see the little country as the center of a future united Europe.
Republic of Hungary:
Head of State: President Arpad Habsburg–Lotaringiai (Christian Hungarian Union)
Went through some rough decades and many think that it is not living up to its possibilities. Since 2008 a Habsburg is in charge of Hungary again, but as president. The Hungarian cuisine is very popular all over Europe, especially in Great Britain and the Netherlands you can find many Hungarian restaurants.
Republic of Yugoslavia/South Slavia:
Head of State: President Dragan Schubert (Progressive Radicals)
The Yugo-part did not really catch on with foreigners, so most countries just translate it. Belgrade is the capital but Serbia is not as dominant as IOTL, they lack Macedonia. Especially the Adria coast is a popular destination for tourists, even if Italy overshadows its neighbour in total numbers. Yugoslavs love football.
Kingdom of Italy:
Head of State: Queen Giovanna I
Head of Government: Prime Minister Nikola del Montenegro (Italian Radical Party)
Went through a civil war and a quasi-communist republican phase but became once again a kingdom after a military coup in the 50s. Democracy slowly came back to the country after the junta was kicked out in the early 70s. The king had luck not to be kicked out again and the royal house tries its best to stay in favor of the population.
Republic of Lithuania:
Head of State: President Petras Mačiulis (Socialist Majority Party)
Head of Government: Chancellor Mindaugas Sternbergas (Socialist Majority Party)
Lithuania is traditionally trying to work together with Russia but that did not always work out so well for them. Lithuania’s political landscape is dominated by various shades of red. In the moment a Social-democrat party is in charge (they developed out of a communist party).
Short History:
The year is 1904: Wilhelm II slips in the bathroom, hits his head and becomes mentally and physically disabled. He dies three years later. This leads to several political crisis’ in the empire, but Germany manages to avoid some international problems (Morocco crisis, Doggerbank incident etc.) and the public opinion in the UK stays in favor of the Germans.
After some problems at the start of his rule Wilhelm III manages to become a pretty popular monarch. He tries as good as he can to be a good example for his people. Wilhelm is more modest than his father and more pragmatic. In 1910 his first son is born: Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Johann Georg Albert of Prussia (called Heinrich).
The 1920s are a time of conflict for Europe. The Ottomans sink into war. The Balkan states divide the European part of the empire between them. Austria-Hungary and Russia avoid war with each other by rearranging their spheres of interest. The Russians gain Armenia and control the east of Anatolia, whereas Austria-Hungary becomes the de-facto overlord of Serbia and Albania. In 1925 the Poles rise up and bring Russia and A-H to the edge of collapse.
In 1928 communists take over the government of Saxony. The German chancellor decides to intervene in Saxony whereas Wilhelm III is passive and afraid to act against the communists. This leads to an internal crisis and the army takes power in 1930. With the military in power the constitution is changed and the states in the empire lose much of their power. In 1932 a strike brings down the semi-dictatorial regime. Theodor Liebknecht is appointed Chancellor and elections are to be hold the next year. Liebknecht undos some of the constitutional changes and introduces some new laws before the election; giving some of the minority languages such as Polish an official status. This leads to conflict with the weak and reactionary regimes in A-H and Russia.
The following war puts Germany against the A-H and Russia. The Entente Cordiale stays neutral at first but by 1933 the A-H collapses completely and the UK joins on Germany’s side in the hope of taking over Russia sphere in the middle east and central Asia. By the end of the year Russia surrenders. France is not really happy with the situation in Europe but can do little because the British don’t want to interfere on the continent.
The war end with the Treaty of Cracow:
-the Republic of Poland is formed out of Russian Poland and Austrian Galicia
-the Czechoslovak Federation is formed with Friedrich of Duke of Teschen as King
-Yugoslavia is formed
-German Austria gets annexed by the German Empire
The elections which should have been held in 1933 are hold in February 1934. The election is won by the Socialists which form a government with the Liberals; but the Socialist party is split between Reformists and Communists. The government is able to push a constitutional reform through the parliament, which abolishes the already weakened German states (“Länder”). Instead the counties (“Kreise”) gain more power.
Wilhelm III lost much of the popularity he had in the 1910s and ‘20s. Many in the Socialist Party want to abolish the monarchy altogether. Re-elections are held in 1936 after the government couldn’t decide about the issue if monarchy should be abolished or not. After that followed 20 years of conservative dominance. In 1951 Luxemburg joins the Empire, but it gets some autonomy. In the next decades Luxemburg would become TTL version of a European Las Vegas. A social-liberal government takes over in 1956. In the mean time Czechoslovakia disintegrates. The country is split into the two republics Czechia and Slovakia and the Duchy of Teschen, which had previously a special status in Czechoslovakia.
Wilhelm III dies 1966 and his son Heinrich I takes over the throne. In 1971 the conservative take over the government again but their cruel treatment of the independence movements in the colonies makes them use much of their popularity. The election of 1977 is a catastrophe for the conservatives. Germany develops into a de-facto two party system. The two-party system ends in 2001 with the rise of the modernists and neo-cons.
The Crown Prince Wilhelm is born in 1932 but dies in a plane crash in 1978. In 1984 the german counties are rearranged and provinces are introduced, but they stay pretty powerless. Heinrich I dies in 2002, his grandson Friedrich II becomes the new emperor.
Points of interests:
Berlin:
Capital of the Empire. Over 7 million inhabitants. The city is surrounded by a belt of “suburbs”; the biggest of them are: Potsdam (don’t tell the people of Potsdam that that they live in a suburb … they don’t like to hear that), Bernau, Oranienburg and Märkische Neustadt. The last is a planned city and was founded in the 40s.
The people of Berlin think sometimes that the city is the center of the world; an attitude which is disliked by most of the other people in Germany (“Damn Berlinians!/Damn Prussians!”).
Prussia:
Like all other former German states Prussia is nowadays of no importance for administrative purposes. It has a status similar to the Swedish “landskaper”. In everyday life Prussia has pretty blurry borders. Austrians call everything north of Bohemia and the Danube for Prussia. Bavarians mean the land north of the Main if they say Prussia. For Alsatians is Prussia a mythical land east of the Rhine. For people of Cologne it is more of a metaphysical concept. And the children of Berlin are confused why they are in the middle of Prussia but also west of West Prussia.
Saxony:
Very blurry northern border. Most people consider Anhalt to be the northern border of the region but even many Magdeburgians call themselves for Saxons.
Leipzig:
Over 1 million inhabitants. Thinks it’s heart and soul of Saxony. The Major actually tried one time to unite Elbsachsen, Südsachsen and Askanien into a super-Saxony, with Leipzig as capital. Has a long standing rivalry with Dresden. People from Leipzig think Dresden is a overrated dollhouse, and people from Dresden think Leipzig is a hipster town.
Dresden:
Over 1 million inhabitants. A bit schizophrenic: likes to be capital of something (Elbsachsen) but on the other hand also wants to be a Free City like Leipzig and Munich.
Province of Askania (Askanien):
They were not sure about how to name the province. Many liked Nordsachsen only few liked Anhalt-Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt. As the province around Hamburg named itself Niedersachsen many thought it would be weird to have a Saxony north of Nordsachsen. It was the Duke of Anhalt, an old but popular man, who gave them the idea of naming the province after his very old dynasty, which owned once most of the land.
Province of Lusatia (Lausitz):
Got a 91% approval rating of its inhabitants in the issue of happiness with provincial borders (highest in all the empire). Sorbian is minority language here.
Silesia:
There are four provinces with the word Silesia in it, which makes the people in Silesia for some reason pretty happy. The east is a center of industry and polishness. They think mostly as themselves as Silesian (“We lay south of South Prussia, don’t we?!”)
Province of South Prussia (Südpreussen):
It has a historical name but many are still a bit confused. Polish is minority language in all of the province.
Königsberg:
Proud of being the center of the old Prussia (they like to remind Danzig of that). The people of Königsberg feel sometimes that they are really far away from anything important that happens.
Province of the Four-Land (Viererland):
They really hate their province. named Viererland because it was created out of parts of Westphalia, Hanover and Hesse and all of Waldeck. Because Waldeck is the only historical region which is completely in province and because its capital is the Waldeckian Arolsen, the province is also hatefully called "Superwaldo", "Riesenwaldeck" and "Groß Waldisches Reich".
Other names were considered for the province, like "Chattenland", "Mittelland" and the amazing "Hewahawe", but none of them got enough support.
Bavaria:
Most people of Upper and Lower Bavaria still like to say that Bavaria extents till the left side of the Rhine but no one takes that serious. In the minds of most people the borders of Bavaria do not even encompass Nuremberg.
The Bavarians were a bit sad as Austria joint Germany because they couldn't feel special anymore ("We are the second biggest! Respect our specialness!!!").
Province of Upper Bavaria (Oberbayern)
More or less designed to fit Munich, but with Augsburg as capital. Now Augsburg is in the awkward position of not wanting to be part of the province it is the capital off. On the other hand: most people of the rest of the province don't like Augsburg either. That led to a very strong local rivalry between Munich and Augsburg but also between Augsburg and the Swabian capital of Ulm.
Munich:
Over 1 million inhabitants. A bit on the megalomanic side. Doesn't like Vienna and is often claimed to be the Jewel of the South by its inhabitants.
Austria:
They one time offered Frankfurt as a compromise capital instead of Berlin. The people north of the river Main had a good laugh.
But they got the Emperor to change the German imperial eagle to a double eagle and the Hapsburgs are allowed to be called Imperial Highness even if the Austrian Empire is long gone. Most other Germans see the Austrians as a little backwards. Everyone and then some small parties want independence (for Austria or sometimes for all Catholic Germany), but they never succeed.
Vienna:
Nearly 3 million inhabitants. Berlin might be the capital of Germany, but Vienna is the cultural capital of the world - at least that is what you will hear in Vienna’s café’s.
Province of Middle Austria (Mittelösterreich):
They like to think of Bohemia as northern Austria, but the Bohemians don’t like that.
Bohemia:
The two German provinces of West and North Bohemia are traditionally part of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Habsburgs still wear the title of King/Queen of Bohemia with pride, as long with all their other titles. Most people of Bohemia think as themselves mostly as Bohemians and don’t identify as Austrians.
Province of Swabia (Schwaben):
Most people are happy to have a Swabia that is not part of Bavaria or Württemberg but they would love to see the province extent from the Rhine in the south to the Main in the north. The province is referred to as Donauschwaben by some.
Province of Württemberg:
Many Germans forget that Württemberg was once much bigger but the Württembergians never forget. The city of Württemberg, which is also the province’s capital, is actually fairly new. It was created by the fusion of the cities of Böblingen and Sindelfingen.
Grand Duchy, County and City of Luxemburg:
Luxemburg is the Las Vegas of Europe (compared to OTL Las Vegas). The large casinos, hotels and the amusement park are concentrated in Zeissingen and not in the center of the city. The city center is popular with tourists interested in culture and history. The most famous of Luxemburg’s casinos is the Rex - its entrance has the form of a T-Rex skull. The Grand Duchess of Luxemburg was in the 90s the most wanted bachelorette of the continent, she was also a party princess and became an alcoholic and drug addict. She overdosed in 2001 - her death was the sad highlight of recent Luxemburgish history.
Rhine and Ruhr District:
The hot, steaming heart of Germany’s industry. The identification with the traditional regions and kingdoms of Germany is pretty weak here.
Neighbouring countries:
Republic of France:
Head of State: President Marie Arnoult (no party)
Head of Government: Prime Minister François Tourville (List Tourville)
The number two on the continent. They forgot more or less about that Elsass-Lothringen-thing. De-colonisation was not quite rough on both the French and the former colonies. The republic still keeps some towns on the northern coast of Africa. France is member of the European Customs Union, together with Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia, Poland and Teschen.
Kingdom of Belgium:
Head of State: Queen Astrid I
Head of Government: Prime Minister Karel Thelin (Belgian Concorde)
The country is split between the Flemish and the Walloons and the central government has nearly no power. The only thing keeping Belgium together in the last decades was the fear of the Dutch and French right-wing. Neither the Walloons nor the Flemish want to be part of another country.
Kingdom of the Netherlands:
Head of State: King William VI
Head of Government: Prime Minister Per van Vliet (Socialist Party)
The Dutch got a bit of a bad reputation in south-east Asia, after what happened on Java, but let’s not talk about that. The stereotypical Dutch is a hard-working but nice fellow, who enjoys cheese and orange juice. A German cliché about the Dutch is that they are a bit simple, even if they never gave them any reason to think that.
Swiss Confederation:
Head of State: Federal President Emilio Lanza (Swiss Conservative Party)
Their neutrality is also well known but it isn’t as legendary as OTL because Europe was in general more peaceful in the last hundred years. Both Dutch and Swiss are sure that they have the best cheese.
Kingdom of Denmark:
Head of State: King Frederik X
Head of Government: Minister of State Ingrid Petersen (Liberal Coalition)
Would like to talk to Germany about some border corrections, but lacks the confidence to do so. The Danish see themselves as an island nation with just a tiny bit of unfortunate landborder.
Kingdom of Sweden:
Head of State: Queen Christina II
Head of Government: Minister of State Ingvar Lundgren (Social Coalition)
Famous for art films and for being the home of the world’s biggest ice-cream-company.
Republic of Poland:
Head of State: President Małgorzata Pawlak (Polish People’s Party)
The number three on the continent (but don’t tell that to the Italians or the Spanish). Most Poles would still like to have a baltic port but the German support against the Czar made up for it - and they have now a port on the Black Sea.
Republic of Czechia:
Head of State: President Stanislav Vymazal (Czech National Party)
Head of Government: First Minister Stanislav Urban (Czech National Party)
Especially the right-wing parties are unhappy about the German influence on the economy, but most people are okay with their big neighbour, even if they dislike the somewhat arrogant Austrians. Czechs prefer Germans from other parts of the country. They love holiday on the sea and are always welcome in the holiday resorts on the Baltic.
Republic of Slovakia:
Head of State: President Hannah Mićić (Socialist Party)
Head of Government: First Minister Cyril Jakubisko (Free Slovak Party)
Dislike the Germans more than the Czechs, even if they lost less land till them. They are still grumpy about that they didn’t get to keep the old royal city of Pressburg (Bratislava). The capital is Nitra.
Grand Duchy of Teschen:
Head of State: Grand Duke Peter I
Head of Government: Prime Minister Václav Wenzel (Liberal People’s Party)
Czechoslovakia became a democratic kingdom under a Habsburg price after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire, but in the 50s the kingdom disintegrated and Poland would have liked to swallow the Polish parts of Teschen but they didn’t succeed because of various reasons and Teschen became independent. The Grand Duchy has no military and its defence is organized by its neighbours. The European Customs union is seated and Teschen and supporters of the idea of European unification see the little country as the center of a future united Europe.
Republic of Hungary:
Head of State: President Arpad Habsburg–Lotaringiai (Christian Hungarian Union)
Went through some rough decades and many think that it is not living up to its possibilities. Since 2008 a Habsburg is in charge of Hungary again, but as president. The Hungarian cuisine is very popular all over Europe, especially in Great Britain and the Netherlands you can find many Hungarian restaurants.
Republic of Yugoslavia/South Slavia:
Head of State: President Dragan Schubert (Progressive Radicals)
The Yugo-part did not really catch on with foreigners, so most countries just translate it. Belgrade is the capital but Serbia is not as dominant as IOTL, they lack Macedonia. Especially the Adria coast is a popular destination for tourists, even if Italy overshadows its neighbour in total numbers. Yugoslavs love football.
Kingdom of Italy:
Head of State: Queen Giovanna I
Head of Government: Prime Minister Nikola del Montenegro (Italian Radical Party)
Went through a civil war and a quasi-communist republican phase but became once again a kingdom after a military coup in the 50s. Democracy slowly came back to the country after the junta was kicked out in the early 70s. The king had luck not to be kicked out again and the royal house tries its best to stay in favor of the population.
Republic of Lithuania:
Head of State: President Petras Mačiulis (Socialist Majority Party)
Head of Government: Chancellor Mindaugas Sternbergas (Socialist Majority Party)
Lithuania is traditionally trying to work together with Russia but that did not always work out so well for them. Lithuania’s political landscape is dominated by various shades of red. In the moment a Social-democrat party is in charge (they developed out of a communist party).
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The conclusion of the Second World War was inevitable. The Axis had the brightest, and maddest, minds of the wartime generation, and Berlin and Tokyo had more than enough will to give these mad scientists and occultists the resources they needed to bring death and destruction to the Allies. Entire organizations were devoted to the pursuit of "wonderweapons." In Germany, the Wehrmacht and SS competed with one another to gain the newest weapons that would bring victory to the Reich. Deeper within the Reich's organizations, the Thule Society, the Order of the Black Sun, the Vril Society, and others worked on countless projects.
In Japan, several army "units," and societies such as the Riken and Black Dragon Society, operated in tandem to develop wonderweapons weapons of their own. These projects had been in development since the early 1930s, and by 1939, when the Germans launched their surprise attack on Poland, they were ready to be unleashed on the world.
The Allies were utterly decimated. The Maginot Line was destroyed by only a few German landkreuzers, and the French quickly sued for peace. When the Royal Navy was sunk in the English Channel and the RAF obliterated by a fleet of German flying disks, the Luftwaffe's air fleet had no obstacles and the British Isles were quickly occupied by the Wehrmacht. The Soviets, who believed they could buy time by making an agreement with Hitler to partition Poland, attempted to fortify their new border, but by the time Operation Barbarossa was launched in 1941, those defenses were not enough. The Soviet Union was destroyed.
In the East, new biological, chemical and supernatural weapons devastated the Chinese population and forced all resistance to the very inner parts of the continent. The Japanese sunk the remnants of the European navies through judicious use of Umibōzu, and conquered Australia by using massive carrier submarines surrounding the continent. The Philippines was taken during this assault, prompting an American declaration of war, but the US Navy too was decimated. Germany declared war soon afterward, Hitler sensing that this was the opportunity to destroy a future threat to his power.
By 1946, the USA was the only Allied power remaining. The Americans tried to sue for peace, but the Axis knew that they could do what they pleased with the United States. On both the Atlantic and the Pacific, the Axis invaded, and by 1947 German and Japanese troops shook hands along the Mississippi. The world belonged to the Axis Powers.
But as with all empires, there could only be one. It was not long before Berlin and Tokyo decided that they could do without the other. However, both nations knew that a war between them would destroy civilization on Earth and leave nothing for them. Both sides had too many wonderweapons, their armies and fleets too large to be destroyed quickly. To be sure, there were many bloody proxy wars in Africa and South America, while German and Japanese troops stared each other down in Siberia and in the middle of North America. Great engineering projects were conducted to awe the other side, the “Atlantropa” project being the greatest of them all. Both sides prepared for the Final War by building bases deep beneath the earth and the waves, in space and the Moon, and even beyond the physical universe’s bounds. Even if the world burned, the leaders made sure that they would not join their people in suffering.
The Final War did come, of course. Nobody could remember why. The war itself was over in only seven hours, the time it took for both the Germans and Japanese to launch their weapons. Interestingly enough, many German weapons were targeted at Germany itself, implying that a power struggle took place during the war. At least two billion people died during the war and the immediate aftermath, a full third of the world’s population. The secrets of technology were lost to almost everyone, and rag-tag remnants of the once great armies of the world took control of what they could. In other places, resistance movements long-dormant arose and took advantage of the chaos, eventually giving rise to nation-states that were thought to have been erased for decades. And in the secluded parts of the world, officials hid from the destruction, waiting for their moment to retake the world and win the Final War.
It is now 2233, three hundred years after the rise of the Third Reich. The Earth is a devastated place. Europe in particular, trading the Nazi jackboot for total chaos, is a horrific place. Here, many successors to the Third Reich and its puppets jockey for power. The two dominant German successors are the SS-Staat Burgund and Der Ostreich. These states have rival origins from within Germany, and compete for dominance over Europe against one another through the use of their vassal states.
As the name suggests, the SS-Staat Burgund (Burgundy) is descended from the SS, who established their own state-within-a-state from occupied France after the war. Today, Burgundy is a neo-feudal state, where serfs of non-German and German descent toil for their Aryan overlords, descendants of SS personnel. A brutal regime that values racial and physical strength, Burgundy encourages brutality and warfare among the lords, as they believe this leads to a weeding out of the weak. The Burgundians believe in traditional modes of warfare: knights have made a return, but they ride genetically engineered, cybernetically enhanced horses and wield swords imbued with vril energy. In addition to traditional forms of physical improvement, the Burgundians have also inherited much of the Third Reich’s genetic engineering technology. Seeking to further improve the Aryan form, those women “fortunate” enough to marry a Burgundian lord have their eggs and uteruses modified to be able to sire a true Aryan child. This painful process leaves the woman unable to bear children after her first child, and so it is common for a lord to discard his wife as soon as she gives him a child. Burgundy’s political structure is based off that of the SS, with SS ranks becoming lordship ranks. The leader of Burdundy still bears the title of Reichsführer-SS, but the de jure leader of the Reich is a machine allegedly keeping the ghost of Heinrich Himmler himself tied to the mortal world.
Der Ostreich is descended from the Wehrmacht, which defeated the SS in the eastern territories during the chaos of the Final War. Though still maintaining some trappings of Nazism, especially ideas of social Darwinism, der Ostreich is closer to a Prussian-style military dictatorship. The culture of der Ostreich is much closer to that of pre-Nazi Germany: it is deeply Christian, respects the old German aristocracy, and believes more in German cultural supremacy than German racial supremacy. To that end, der Ostreich has loosened its racial discrimination laws, a pragmatic move that allows even Slavs and Turks full citizenship so long as they are German in culture. Those that are not German in culture are treated poorly, often as peasants in the massive, once-SS farms that have survived the Final War. Der Ostreich’s leadership consists of descendants of the old Wehrmacht, many of whom were descended from the Second Reich’s aristocracy. A truly pompous aristocratic culture has returned to der Ostreich with a vengeance; anyone who’s anyone has a “von” somewhere in their name, listens to classical music on old WWII-era gramophones with their eyes shut, and believes that it is his familial heritage, not his racial characteristics, that places him above the rabble. Indeed, der Ostreich holds Nazism in disdain, and believes that the more Nazi German successors are ruled by plebeians who have no divine right to rule the Reich like they do.
What used to be the heart of the Reich is now a despoiled land, filled with horrors of every imaginable sort. Mutants, created by radiation or chemicals, or both, roam the wastes attacking any they can find. Zombies, an old WWII-era weapon, returned as both German and Japanese zombification materials hit Germany. Whether it is from demonic possession, virus or the properties of the mysterious Element 115, the undead can take an abnormal number of shots unless shot in the head, and they can run. The “Wehrwolf,” an organization of German soldiers infected with the werewolf gene, are another menace. Perpetually in their bestial state thanks to the vril radiation in Germany, the individual Wehrwolf is a significant threat. They could only be killed with specialist weapons or dismembering, options not open to most survivors. A few still-human warlords roam the German wastes, preying on the weak. The major German cities have been wiped out, although the so-called Munich Anomaly is an exception. Perpetually covered in a dense fog, those that walk into the fog are greeted with a strange sight: an intact, but empty, Munich as it was in 1927. However, many of those who venture into the Munich Anomaly disappear without a trace.
In the north is Reichskommissariat Großbritannien. Although hit by wonderweapons during the Final War, Großbritannien managed to pull together. Aware of the threats beyond the British Isles, Großbritannien has cut itself off from the outside world, creating an advanced system of minefields and vril shields that surround the British Isles. Any ships or aircraft that approach, and there are very few, are shot down without warning. The people of Großbritannien themselves are taught that they are the sole remaining civilization on the planet, and that the rest of the world is populated by mutants and demons. Großbritannien’s leadership, still a Nazi-style one party state, has become somewhat nativized, glorifying Anglo-Saxon culture and the British Empire, and pointing out that the still-extant House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (they changed their name back) were Germans that led Britain to create one of the largest empires of all time.
To the south, the Spanish State has largely survived the Final War by being not as lucrative a target as Germany proper and successfully defending their border at the Pyrenees. Though still dominated by the Falangists, the Spanish monarchy’s power increased since the Final War, and the Spanish king is once again the premier policymaker in Spain. Reactionary Catholicism has also made a return, a side effect of Spanish propaganda in the immediate post-war period that hinted that the Apocalypse had arrived. The Spanish Catholic Church has its own Pope, and has had one since reports of Rome’s destruction arrived. Persecution of non-Catholics has returned, which is causing problems in Spain’s African territories.
The Kingdom of Italy is the dominant force in the eastern Mediterranean, but it is not the same kingdom as the state that existed prior to the Final War. This new Kingdom of Italy was founded by remnants of the Regia Marina, with the fleet’s admiral crowned as the new king and sworn in as the new Duce. For most of this kingdom’s history, it was nothing but these ships, moving around the Mediterranean waiting for the chaos of the Italian peninsula to subside. When it did, the Italians were able to secure the southern part of the peninsula, with new settlements growing out of the old wartime ships that were purposefully beached throughout Italy. Having a credible claim to the leadership of Italy, the Kingdom of Italy attracted many to their cause, becoming the dominant Italian remnant in Europe.
The Kingdom of Italy retains most of the old kingdom’s imagery, ideology and religion. Italy is deeply Catholic, although they have their own pope (now a hereditary position, with the popes descended from a fleet chaplain) and reject the Spanish pope. While having vassals in the north and competing with both Burgundy and Spain for regional dominance, the Italians’ primary concern is Rome. The ancient city had been hit with a multitude of wonderweapons, one of which tore a hole in reality that transformed the city into a literal hell on Earth. Populated by demonic entities and covered in deep red flesh, both the mutated remnants of the city’s wartime population, Rome poses a constant threat to Italy’s security in the southern peninsula.
The New Roman Empire, on the other hand, was founded by a group of Fascists that secretly rejected Christianity and instead embraced a form of Greco-Roman paganism. This group, who were most powerful in and had governorship over Greece, founded the New Roman Empire almost as soon as the Final War ended. They were, however, unable to secure the Italian peninsula or the Balkans, as their heretical views alienated most Italians. The Romans were able to use the Final War to their advantage with regard to propaganda, saying that it was the wrath of the old gods made manifest. This belief system spread gradually throughout the Balkans, causing tensions with neighboring states and allowing the Romans to expand to groups of survivors that accepted their theology. Modeling themselves after the old Roman Empire during the Principate, the New Roman Empire has one “Caesar” ruling over the entire country, with a group of Fascist party Senators giving him aid. Slavery has been reintroduced to Rome, and indeed one of Rome’s primary reasons for waging war on its neighbors is to gain more slaves. What is most unique about the Romans is their technology. Inspired by Renaissance designs, the Romans intentionally crafted machines of peace and war in a “clockwork” fashion. These machines, which can be rewound with horses or even a group of men, are visually impressive and get the job done, even if they are fragile.
Other great powers include Scandinavia, Romania and Hungary. Scandinavia is the most powerful democracy on the planet, and was formed by Finland after the Finns secured former German Norway and Sweden. Dominated by the Finns, Scandinavia has embraced some elements of Nordic supremacy, but they remain tolerant of Russians and other ethnic minorities, so long as they don’t cause trouble.
Hungary remains much as it did prior to the war, although it is a far more closed society. The aftermath of the Final War was still tremendously violent for the Hungarians, and the Hungarians responded to this violence by closing off their borders and reinforcing them with trenches, minefields and pillboxes. The Hungarians, like Großbritannien, have cut themselves off entirely from the outside world.
Romania is governed by a group of vampiric SS officers, who had been running the country behind the scenes since before the Final War. Being the center of European vampirism, the SS took an interest in Romania. Being stronger than the average human, and also effectively immortal, much of the SS in Romania voluntarily infected themselves. Now, these vampires hide in bunkers and castles constructed by the SS and rule as lords of a feudal kingdom, only this time humans are the farm animals.
North America was split between the German and Japanese empires prior to the Final War. After the bombs fell, the dormant American resistance movement took advantage of the chaos and established the North American Republic. Although slow to expand, the NAR now encompasses most of North America’s heart, and is quickly outpacing its neighbors. Inspired by decades of fascism, the North American Republic is a military dictatorship that has immense pride in its past, prior to the Axis invasion, and seeks to restore American dominance over the North American continent. This includes a belief in the superiority of white Americans, who are believed to be superior because they have taken the best traits from all of Europe’s ethnic groups.
The other major powers on the North American continent are the Pacific States and the Confederate States. Puppet governments established by the Japanese and Germans, respectively, the Axis powers encouraged the PSA and CSA to develop their own independent national identities, apart from that of the old United States. The Axis powers succeeded to an extraordinary degree. The PSA was consciously modeled off the government of Japan, applied to an American system: a military-dominated Congress and Presidency, where the President’s commander-in-chief position is the most important. Although persecuted in other parts of the GEACPS, the Chinese minority in the PSA was granted more privilege and power than the other minorities. This Chinese minority, now intermarried well with the remaining Japanese population, still run the PSA as a dictatorship, fearing the expansionist white supremacists in the North American Republic.
The Confederate States, having a historical ancestor state, embarked on a program of recreating the antebellum South. This is partially due to the Confederacy’s leadership, composed of local white supremacy groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, which turned to support the Nazis as soon as it was clear that victory was theirs. This was successful in some respects: the reintroduction of black slavery managed to work as the Confederacy moved to a more agrarian economy than it had prior to the war. The large, newly enslaved population allowed Confederate politicians to demand greater leeway with military affairs and greater military assistance from Germany. By the time of the Final War, the Confederate States had the third largest military within the German sphere, behind only Italy and Germany itself. With the limited hits against the Confederacy, the Confederates established themselves as a juggernaut in North America, being dominant in North America prior to the rise of the North American Republic. The modern CSA is still powerful, being dominant over the other Reichskommissariats in North America, but the rising North American Republic and their decaying military causes concern in Richmond.
South America is dominated by Brazil, which managed to stay out from under the Axis jackboot by quickly surrendering to the Germans and ceding Recife to the Wehrmacht. The Estado Novo is a dictatorial state, but it is notable for rejecting racial supremacy outright in its ideology. In contrast, its rival, the Greater Argentine Republic, resembles the Third Reich during its rise. Seeing an influx of German immigrants throughout the post-war years, the Argentines embraced Germany and began to gradually Germanize its culture. This process continued after the Final War, and by the modern day Argentina is majority German in culture. German is the primary language spoken in Argentina, and now the Argentine National Socialist Party (in power since the 1950s) wants to destroy the “mongrel” Brazilians and dominate South America. The German influence in Argentina runs deeper than that. Secret organizations such as Die Spinne have been running Argentina’s government since before the Final War, as a means of surviving the inevitable apocalypse. The Argentine National Socialist Party is, at its highest echelons, is the NSDAP.
A few states exist in Africa, mostly the remnants of German colonies there. The dominant power by far is South Africa. The South Africans, who gradually embraced Nazism and mixed it with their own system of apartheid, is a society with a strict, racially stratified caste system. Percentages of an individual’s ancestry determine their social status, with “purer” Boers and German-descended whites on the top and full blacks at the bottom, with those of Asian descent somewhere in between. The South Africans have also reintegrated slavery in their puppet states, which is essential to their agricultural economies in those formerly German colonies. South Africa is rather isolationist, being a great power that is all alone. Of note is that South Africa is the home to the world’s last Jews, whose ancestors were exiled there by the Germans.
The Empire of the Oasis is descended from a group of Italians from Libya, who moved south to the Chadian Sea to escape the harsh desert sands. The Chadian Sea has allowed the empire to grow into a pseudo-thallassocracy, and the Empire uses its comparatively advanced technology (at around an 18th century level) to enslave and dominate its tribal neighbors. The Empire’s culture is loosely based on that of Fascist Italy, with a warped view of history and with plenty of Arab and African influences. The Empire’s religion conflates Jesus, Mohammad and Mussolini as the one “Savior-Emperor” that would return one day to lead the Empire of the Oasis to their lost homeland. The Empire’s system of government is autocratic, with one Imperator as the supreme overlord, but regional governors have significant leeway if they are far away enough from the capital.
The Empire of Tripoli is another Italian successor, but it has embraced the native culture far more. Instead of looking to just the Roman Empire, the Empire of Tripoli also looks back to the North African Caliphates as its antecedents. In fact, while Tripoli is majority Italian by descent, it has adopted an apocalyptic and radical form of Islam as its official religion. Christianity, the Tripolitans contend, was too “flabby” and weak, and the warrior traditions of Islam serve them better. The most radical forms of Sharia law are enforced to the death in Tripoli, and all advanced technology of non-military nature are banned. The clerics don’t have much traction in government, however, which is still dominated by the Fascist Party.
In Egypt, the Afrika Korps reigns. This is not the same Afrika Korps as that which existed during the Final War; no, these are the few men who embraced the curse of the pharaohs. Originally an SS program based on the findings of German archaeologists during the war, the Mumie program was intended to allow German soldiers to operate in the desert indefinitely, at the cost of their humanity. During the Final War, the commanders of the Afrika Korps, desperate to avoid radiation sickness, seized the sarcophagi that turned men into walking dead. The process robbed most of the transformed of their old personalities, although a few commanders retained theirs and were thus able to continue leading the Afrika Korps. Today, the Afrika Korps keep a monopoly on advanced technology, ruling as despots over the Egyptian population like the pharaohs of old. Indeed, Islam has evolved to incorporate elements of ancient Egyptian mythology, as the Afrika Korps sought to transform Egypt into a true Egyptian empire. The Afrika Korps remain fairly isolationist, although they do have dreams of taking over the Nile River.
The Kingdom of Jerusalem is descended from the Italian and Papal enclaves established in the Holy Land. The Final War sparked a wave of violence between Christians and Muslims in the region, and the Christians emerged supreme. The Archbishop of Jerusalem declared himself Pope after hearing of the destruction of Rome, and the Roman Catholic Church (as they insist they be called) rules over the Kingdom of Jerusalem. While the kingdom does have a king, he is a puppet of the Pope, who is the true ruler of the country.
Central and Western Asia are dominated by two states born from revolt. The Russian Republic was formed by fleeing Slavic serfs after the chaos of the Final War, one that has a burning hatred for anything German. Revering figures such as Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin as saints of the Russian (and they mean Russian) Orthodox Church, the Russian Republic is fairly dictatorial and theocratic. Believing that the Final War was God’s judgment upon the demonic Germans, the Russians are keen on finishing the job. However, their medieval technology is still no match for the tanks and planes of der Ostreich.
The Republic of India was formed shortly after the Final War, when a popular revolt overthrew the Japanese colonial government. However, the fighting did not stop there. While the Indians were united in not wanting Japanese occupation, they were divided as to how to attain it. Fighting engulfed the subcontinent for more than a century, stabilizing under the rule of nationalists who wanted to reassert the caste system, slavery and Hindu theocracy. They kept the name “Republic of India” because it granted them legitimacy, but the government of India is far more similar to the autocratic monarchies of the past. India is an expanding power, although oppressive Japanese rule and their civil war have reduced the Indians to a nineteenth century level of development, with only a few exceptions. This has allowed them to dominate South Asia, their Gatling guns mowing down their opponents and their rail lines crisscrossing South Asia, as they wage ever greater wars to feed slaves into their economy.
East Asia was once dominated by Japan, but no more. Several heirs to the Japanese Empire have arisen. Three prominent successor states are based on the Home Islands themselves. First is the Tohoku Shogunate. Descended from a group of military officers who believed that modernization is the cause of the Final War and that its evil must be purged from the world. Looking back to traditional Japan, the Tohoku Shogunate would not look out of place in the 16th century, even if a few officers carry machine guns. Fortunately, there are supernatural forces that agree with them. The yōkai, instrumental to the Japanese victory in WWII, were largely ignored by post-war Japan as technological advances made them "obsolete." This enraged the yōkai, and their human supporters, but the Imperial military was too powerful for them to overcome. When the Final War broke the power of the Japanese military, the supporters of Japanese traditionalism were able to commune with the yōkai and the two groups agreed to live together and support one another against their enemies. Thus, the Tohoku Shogunate has access to very fearsome creatures indeed; tengu swoop down from the skies to attack vulnerable positions, oni charge through battle lines, shrugging off anything less powerful than an anti-tank shell, and tsukumogami play hell with technological systems, sometimes turning them against their masters entirely. The Shogunate is trying to secure the entirety of Japan, but is meeting some problems against Mikado-1 and the Fifth Area Army.
Empire of Mikado-1. Mikado-1 was a Japanese military supercomputer that had control of the entire Japanese wonderweapon arsenal. Thanks to it being situated hundreds of feet beneath the earth, Mikado-1 survived the destruction of Tokyo, and took command of automated factories to create a machine army to reclaim the city. Using advanced nanotechnology, Mikado-1 is quickly rebuilding Tokyo and has ambitions of global domination. Mikado-1 believes that, as the last surviving member of the Japanese government, that it is now the new Emperor. This blasphemy has made it an enemy of all the other Japanese factions.
The Fifth Area Army was an army group stationed in Vladivostok during the Final War. Miraculously, the city wasn’t hit, and the Fifth Area Army went about trying (and failing) to rebuild the Japanese Empire. The Fifth Area Army maintains most of the pre-war culture of Japan, still revering an emperor (whose identity they do not know), the Bushido code, and the Yamato race. The technology under the aegis of the Fifth Area Army is mostly outdated, dating back even to WWII, but their improvisations and reverse-engineering have allowed the Fifth Area Army to advance their part of the world to 19th century levels of development. The Fifth Area Army is feverishly trying to enhance its technology further, allowing it to dominate East Asia once again.
The Imperial Japanese Navy had seized control of Formosa, and from there have isolated itself from the rest of the world. Formosa was also not hit during the Final War, allowing it to maintain a fairly high level of technology. Great factories spew pollution into the air and water, fabricating everything from artificial protein powder (processed from corpses) to battleship cannons. Indeed, the entire island is covered in buildings. The IJN’s dictatorial rule is enforced by special guards: cybernetic automatons, the bodies of prisoners fused with machinery to create monsters that obey every command. As with most other Japanese successors, emperor veneration is still in practice, but the IJN claim to have the true Emperor of Japan cloistered away in a new Imperial Palace, while the IJN’s hereditary leadership actually runs the country. While technologically superior to almost all of their neighbors, the lack of a large human population prevents the IJN from having as large a presence in the Pacific as they would like.
Although a nominally independent state prior to the Final War, most Japanese successors still consider the Empire of Manchukuo to be a breakaway part of the Japanese Empire proper that has gone native. Still ruled nominally by the Qing Dynasty with the military as the true power, Manchukuo has become far more Chinese than Japanese culturally. Its people speak Chinese, including top-ranking officers of Japanese ancestry. In fact, there are more Korean speakers in the Empire than there are Japanese speakers. The Manchurians have largely abandoned their connection to the ocean, and instead live a rough and tumble frontier lifestyle with some striking similarities to the late 19th century American West. And the Manchurians claim the territory of the entire Chinese Empire, placing them at constant war with the Republic of China.
The Republic of China is another fanatical successor state founded by a once-oppressed people. The Chinese population was devastated during the Final War, thanks in no small part to a good deal of Japanese weapons being pre-directed at China’s east coast in an attempt to bring down the still-restless Chinese down with the Japanese Empire. The Chinese coast remains a despoiled hell, populated by all sorts of mutants, undead and demons. It is against these that the Republic of China directs most of its efforts, as they seek to reunite their country. However, the Chinese are also pursuing their divine mission: the destruction of the Yamato race, those upstarts that thought that they could destroy the Middle Kingdom. Indeed, the recreation of China and destruction of Japan is so deeply ingrained in Chinese society that their national philosophies and ideologies revolve around it. Everything must be sacrificed for the Chinese state and their mysterious philosopher-kings, as they know how to bring glory back to the Chinese people. The Chinese have a good deal of ancient spiritual secrets to aid them in their quest. The spirits of great generals have been communicated with, and are eager to help China in its time of need. The secrets of animating terracotta warriors has been rediscovered, and village artisans are even making terracotta tanks and aircraft to augment China's military. And some brave heroes have even found the dragons, who have been slumbering for countless centuries and do not like what has happened to Asia.
Almost an Asian answer to the Empire of Tripoli, the East Indies Governorship is a surviving Japanese colonial government that has established itself as a native government. True, the East Indies Governorship is still run by an aristocracy descended from the Japanese military, but even the Japanese lords have more or less adopted the culture of the East Indies. They have converted to Islam (indeed, the Governor of the East Indies is also Caliph of the East), dress like old Indonesian nobility, but they still speak a form of Japanese. A thalassocracy, the East Indies Governorship makes most of its money through its massive shipping fleets, utilizing massive wooden junks that can circumnavigate the world. The sailors of the East Indies are the most skilled and well-traveled around the world, and of Earth’s inhabitants, they are probably the most knowledgeable of the world’s current situation.
Then there are those societies that ran from the traditionally inhabited parts of the Earth. The various “Fourth Reichs” are the premier example. These governments are descended from the Third Reich’s various continuity of government schemes. The most powerful of these is the Mondreich. The Third Reich’s premier continuation of government plan was located on the dark side of the Moon, and during the Final War, the Nazi Party’s highest ranking members fled the Earth for those bases. From the Moon, the Mondreich will return to Earth and win the Final War. The Mondreich remains the most technologically advanced and knowledgeable of the Third Reich’s successors. Fleets of UFOs and star zeppelins are preparing for a mass invasion of the Earth. But time on the Moon has left them physically incapable of dealing with Earth’s gravitational pull. Their return has also been rejected by most German successors, who believe that the Mondreich abandoned them to their fate and thus have no right to rule over them anymore. The Mondreich’s efforts are also being stymied by Wotan, a massive flying fortress containing the god Wotan within its supercomputer. Believing that it has the sole authority to decide the Reich’s fate, Wotan has been waging its own personal war against the Mondreich’s invasion fleet.
The Erdkernreich was another continuation of government plan, but in the other direction. The Germans wanted to keep their Mondreich plans secret, so they created another program with which to share with their Axis partners. So while the Mondreich is exclusively German, the Erdkernreich has representatives from all the Axis nations. Leaving the Earth through a hole drilled in the Arctic, the antecedents of the Erdkernreich were well-prepared for the “inner world” they were to live in. This environment was primeval, with examples of life from almost all past eras living in it. To this end, the Erdkernreich has focused on taming the wild through technology, an effort which has had significant success. Large, reptilian creatures, engineered from the inner world’s dinosaur stock, have replaced vehicles in the Erdkernreich, and they will be the ones to lead the charge in retaking the surface world.
In the south of the world is the Neuschwabenlandreich. Descended from Neuschwabenland, the Neuschwabenlandreich was an exclusively Kriegsmarine continuity plan. The surviving vessels of the Kriesgmarine were ordered to limp to Antarctica as soon as the Final War ended. Few made it, and fewer still survived the first winter. But now, the Neuschwabenlandreich thrives. With elaborate bases deep beneath the glaciers, powered by geothermal energy, the Neuschwabenlandreich has only one ambition: to survive. It considers the rest of the world a lost cause, and is merely crossing its fingers that nothing bad happens to them.
Then there is the Schwarzesonnereich. The most extreme of the continuation of government schemes, this time by the SS, the Schwarzesonnereich was established in the aptly named “Black Sun” dimension, the source of vril energy. This dimension of chaos and madness drove the already-evil SS officers who ventured there to totally abandon their humanity, committing depraved acts against each other and the local “fauna” for what to them seemed like millennia. This invasion attracted the attention of the Black Sun itself, the entity that is the epicenter of the Black Sun dimension. In communing with the SS, the Black Sun learned of the material world proper. Now, with the SS worshiping it as a god, the Black Sun seeks to extend its domain to the material universe.
The Japanese also had their own continuation of government plan. To escape the apocalypse, the Japanese built undersea bases built along the Pacific’s trenches. It was there that the Japanese could have easy access to geothermal energy. Most of Japan’s government, including the Imperial family, escaped to these bases, where they continue to live in relative comfort. Amazing discoveries, such as sea slugs that generate stem cells and massive sea monsters, keep the Japanese busy. The few expeditions they have sent across the world have returned disappointing results: a world in chaos, which the Japanese will not be able to conquer any time soon. And with some cities dropping out of contact altogether, the Japanese have more pressing concerns than global conquest at the moment.
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Pischinovski! Thanks, many thanks for that map! However, the "capital" of the southernmost district of Westfalen-Ems is wrong. It should be Coesfeld instead of Croesfeld. This I know only because one of my best friends and long-time assistants originally came from (near) Coesfeld.
Thanks. It's a historical flag
Thanks for the praise
That's a typo, I'll correct that soon @rvbomally
AMAZING JOB. It is so horrific, but I feel that the rest of the world outside of Europe could need more horror and terror. Might I edit your map and add some stuff which I would thing woulf fit the scenario?
FH cliches galore!
The Great Powers are:
The United States of America(F*** YEAH!)-The only real "superpower" and so far ahead of everyone else that it's not even funny. A free market democracy
People's Empire of China-Basically the same as today, if shrouded in a bit more communist rhetoric and calling itself an empire. Yeah, we're trying to make sense of that, too. A semi-communist dictatorship
The Caliphate(Afrasia)-Basically the Taliban on steroids. Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey and their non-Arab African territories are constantly rebelling, but Sharia law(and robots) takes care of those(for the most part). A theocratic dictatorship
Africa Union-Not too bad, and significantly better off than it is today. Free, if quite corrupt. A mixed-capitalist democracy
European State-Your standard fascist dictatorship, though luckily not Nazi. Hasn't quite realized that Sealion doesn't work. A fascist dictatorship
Union of South American Nations-Richer and more stable than today, along with being quite a bit more right-wing and free, though not as much as America. Very closely linked to America, both economically and culturally. A capitalist democracy
The Technocracy(Japan)-Paleofuture at its finest. Democracy is considered a failure, and it's armed to the teeth with robots, computers and nanotechnology. A technocracy(obviously)
The Caliphate(Indonesia)-Claims to be the true caliphate and rejects the one in the Middle East. Somewhat more liberal than its counterpart, but still very conservative. As it turns out, Australia doesn't really make a good spot for lebensraum, and in fact breeds insurgencies. A very conservative dictatorship
India-Had a bad 21st century, but doing okay now. It's a great power because of its closeness to America, its space program, industrial might(though nowhere near that of the USA, PEC, Technocracy or Europe) and population. Hopes to get Kashmir back someday. A left-ish democracy
The Great Powers are:
The United States of America(F*** YEAH!)-The only real "superpower" and so far ahead of everyone else that it's not even funny. A free market democracy
People's Empire of China-Basically the same as today, if shrouded in a bit more communist rhetoric and calling itself an empire. Yeah, we're trying to make sense of that, too. A semi-communist dictatorship
The Caliphate(Afrasia)-Basically the Taliban on steroids. Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey and their non-Arab African territories are constantly rebelling, but Sharia law(and robots) takes care of those(for the most part). A theocratic dictatorship
Africa Union-Not too bad, and significantly better off than it is today. Free, if quite corrupt. A mixed-capitalist democracy
European State-Your standard fascist dictatorship, though luckily not Nazi. Hasn't quite realized that Sealion doesn't work. A fascist dictatorship
Union of South American Nations-Richer and more stable than today, along with being quite a bit more right-wing and free, though not as much as America. Very closely linked to America, both economically and culturally. A capitalist democracy
The Technocracy(Japan)-Paleofuture at its finest. Democracy is considered a failure, and it's armed to the teeth with robots, computers and nanotechnology. A technocracy(obviously)
The Caliphate(Indonesia)-Claims to be the true caliphate and rejects the one in the Middle East. Somewhat more liberal than its counterpart, but still very conservative. As it turns out, Australia doesn't really make a good spot for lebensraum, and in fact breeds insurgencies. A very conservative dictatorship
India-Had a bad 21st century, but doing okay now. It's a great power because of its closeness to America, its space program, industrial might(though nowhere near that of the USA, PEC, Technocracy or Europe) and population. Hopes to get Kashmir back someday. A left-ish democracy
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Independent, but not a great power, so I didn't list it. It's very close to America, but has kept the monarchy after Canada and the rest of the American realms joined the USA and Australia and the other Oceanian realms were invaded by Indonesia.
No, more like New Indo-America.You mean New Bangladesh?
Yes, actually. Read the description for Europe, and you'll see that I actually did say that.
You should do research about the quantity of teams which qualifies for every continental association.
Thanks. It's a historical flag
I think it is the one of the Quebec patriot, I'm I right ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Canada_Rebellion
What did I won ?
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Awesome map!
Why does the country bordering Italy have the Dominican flag though?
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