Excerpted from “The Grey Eagle Soars: Germany in the 20th Century” by Prof. John Thompson, University of Manhattan, 2041
It has been one hundred years since Paul Hahn and Erich Lehman co opted the First German Revolution to found the German State, the Third Reich in some corners. Their machinations have been a major focus of historians since then, as it is generally considered that the present state of the Five Germanies can be derived from the Arminian Regime.
One of the key instruments of the Arminian Regime was the use of puppets. Following the Second World War, when Hahn and Lehman were at their height, much of Europe followed the call of Berlin. The Treaty of Stuttgart set up several “protectorates” that were, on paper, independent nations, but were poorly veiled client states of the Regime. Picardy and Burgundy, carved from France; Lombardy, Alba, and Venetia, carved from Italy; and Bohemia-Moravia, a longtime puppet of Germany since the First World War. These protectorates joined other nations, like Carantania, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Nitra, Swabia, Hungary, Poland, Livonia, and Estonia in serving as the “Ring of Iron” that protected the German State. Coupled with the power of the Regime’s allies, Scandinavia and Bulgaria, as well as tacit help from Russia, the Regime was able to stride like a behemoth across Europe, at the expense of other areas of the world. The Philippines, taken from Spain in the First World War, was granted independence after a short rebellion, as Hahn and Lehman didn’t think the archipelago was worth the resources to keep a tight hold on. Their failure to defend their remaining assets well in the wake of Japanese attacks in the Pacific War (1961-1967) was one of the key reasons for the Second German Revolution and the fall of the Regime, as well as the subsequent Third World War, which saw the German invasion of the British Isles, the New Chartist Uprisings, the creation of the Chartist Republic of England and the Sundering of Great Britain, and the foundation of the United Kingdom of Australasia as the new home of the British Empire.
ARMINIANISM: Noun. Political ideology. Similar to: corporatism, militarism, syndicalism, expansionism, stratocracy, eugenics. Named for Arminius (German - Hermann), an ancient warrior who repelled the might of Rome at Teutoburg Forest. Put into use in the German State, the Third Reich, the Arminian Regime, by dictators Paul Hahn and Erich Lehman, upon their takeover of Germany in 1941. Discarded in 1966 after the Second German Revolution.
SECOND WORLD WAR: 1947-1953. Axis Powers (Arles Pact) vs. Central Powers (Continental Alliance). Concluded with the Treaty of Stuttgart, Alliance victory. Also known as the Continental Civil War.
Main Participants: Axis Powers/Arles Pact - France (Second Republic), Spain (Kingdom), Italy (First Kingdom), Byzantium (Restored), Belgium, Carantania, Luxembourg, Catalonia, Ecuador, Venezuela (Republic), Palatine (Federation); associate member China (National Republic); Central Powers/Continental Alliance - Germany (Arminian), Hungary, Scandinavia, Swabia, Bulgaria, Poland, Livonia, Estonia, Lithuania, Bohemia-Moravia (Protectorate), Netherlands, Brazil (Federative Empire), Chile; associate members Japan (Empire), Russia (Union of Republics).
QUADRUPLE/CONTINENTAL ALLIANCE: 1908-1942.
Main Signatories: German Empire/State, Second French Republic, Empire of Hungary, First Kingdom of Italy.
Minor Signatories: United States of America, Kingdom of Greece/Restored Empire of Byzantium, United Kingdom of Sweden-Norway/Scandinavia.
First World War Additions: High Kingdom of Swabia, Empire of China, Shahdom of Persia, Empire of Brazil, Republic of Chile, Republic of Paraguay, Republic of Ecuador, Republic of Venezuela, Irish Free State, Union of Russian Republics.
RING OF IRON: Noun. Political term used for the numerous client states of the German State/Arminian Regime following the Second World War. Consisted of: Protectorates of Bohemia-Moravia, Burgundy, Picardy, Alba, Lombardy, Venetia; Republic of Carantania, Principality of Nitra; High Kingdom of Swabia; Swiss Confederation; Kingdoms of Lithuania, Poland, the Netherlands; Empire of Hungary; Grand Duchy of Livonia; State of Estonia.
Author's Note - This is my first foray into the world of mapmaking for AH. Hopefully it turned out fine.