the challenge is this, at the end of WWI make Germany become a Communist state, and Russia become a disorganized democracy like Weimar Republic. how can this happen?
Pretty easy...have te Russian Revolution spawn many other seccesion states declare independence and revolutions, and have Germany's Communist Party take the same route as Nazis.
It's supposed to be as weak as Weimar. And I never said it was all of Russia.I would be careful with any TL allowing Russia to descend into revolution and climb back to a stable shiny democracy shortly after that. It was one seriously messed up society, desperately looking for "new ways" and pretty skeptical about established systems. Once you let the revolutionary beast out, it is very hard to put it back.