Die Wacht am Rhein - A Kaiserreich TL

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During 1980s, CSA government took harsher stance on Germany - knowing that combined economies of America and Union of Soviets is more powerful than Reichspakt's, they launched massive re-armament program, with expansion of navy, army, air forces, space program and military technologies.

English Royal Order Corps shoots at left-wing protest in Dover (1988)

Maximist propaganda in the Kingdom of England (1988)

After bloody suppression of peace demonstration, more militant groups of Syndicalists united to start a guerilla campaign against German puppet government.

Poster of the Scottish Socialist Party (1992)

Unlike English government, a Prime Minister of Scotland and the King both resigned after some negotiations with the opposition. Referendum about future of the country was won by the supporters of social democracy.

Gwawr Morgan, Welsh General of the People's Self-Defence Forces announces dissolution of the government, abdication of the king and establishment of the workers' state - a dictatorship of proletariat. Photo taken shortly after Self-Defence forces broke through Welsh Royal Army, took over Royal Palace and imprisoned everyone inside. (1994)

Cardiff People's Trials would serve as an example of how Welsh treats counterrevolutionaries - with iron and blood.​

 

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Alexa Davalos as Julie Krain, Chairwoman of the New York Movie Syndicate in the "Girl with a Camera" (2019)

Julie Krain (1930-1969) was one of the most famous directors in CSA and the world. Her devotion to filmmaking traces back to her childhood when she was illegally watching old films in abandoned cinema during the American Civil War. She died at the age of 39 due to her refusal to take a break in directing and going to the hospital.

Last and the greatest film she ever made was the Dune (1969) - a 14-hours, seven-part movie based on Frank Herbert's novel under the same title.

John Anderson (1940-2021) played Paul Atreides.

Elizabeth Taylor (1939-2018) played Chani, lover of Paul Atreides.

Majel Barret played Bene Gesserit Jessica Atreides.

Richard Nixon played Emperor Shaddam IV.​

 

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Alexa Davalos in the Old City in Hiroshima (2026)

American actress visited Japan on 2026 to meet Japanese astronauts who returned from the Martian orbit. Here, she is hown during her trip through the old city of Hiroshima - a part of the city where people cultivate old ways of living and offer traditional Japanese things to the tourists. Her previous role in Japanese series about travel through alternate Universes (Woman from the High Castle) gained her extreme popularity in the Japanese Empire.​

 

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German unmanned airships on Venus (2041)

German manned mission to Mars (2042)

Imperial German maglev trains achieve speed of 1000 km/h (2031)

German Crown Prince in the Imperial German Space Force uniform. (2038)​

 

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Patrick Stewart, English actor as George Oliver Wilson, captain of SN Victory (1987).

Since 1987 to 1993 he starred Star Trek - a British science fiction series about adventures of the crew of SN Victory - flagship of the United Earth Space Navy - on a 5-year mission to explore new worlds, bring the British-centered human civilization upon undeveloped aliens and defend interests of the Confederation of Earth.

Jodie Whittaker as a Captain Kate Davis of SN Ark Royal (2016)
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ST: Voyager

Fourth series in the Star Trek franchise depicted Kate Davis - female captain assigned to conduct research over the Gamma Quadrant of the Galaxy after appearance of mysterious wormhole.

After fall of the monarchy, Star Trek was revived on 2001 with ST: The Next Generation (2001-2008), ST: Discovery (2008-2015) and ST: Voyager (2016-2023)

Dominic Keating played Captain Alexander Nelson in ST: The Next Generation.

ST: Next Generation was less militaristic and more into peaceful exploration. It also touched some controversial topic of current society, such as homosexuality or feminism.

Benedict Cumberbatch played Captain Oliver Nelson in ST: Discovery.​

 

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Chicago (2048)

Chicago, capital city of the Combined Syndicates of America is the cleanest city in the world.

Traffic is dominated by electrical vehicles, with emission engines banned from entering Chicago, jet planes and non-electric airships banned from overflying the city. 80% of EVs are shared by the citizens in the Carsharing Program.​

 

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Poland, Poland above all!

Celebration of the rise of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. (September 12, 1937)

On September 11, Lithuanian king Mindaugas II was elected as a King of Poland by the Regency Council. One day later he officialy signed an Union of Warsaw, uniting two countries into one - Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania.

Roman Dmowski (August 9, 1864 - )

Shortly after Mindaugas' decision to make government use both Polish and Lithuanian languages, he stated that bilingualism is an abomination for Poles and encouraged people to destroy all signs with this 'peasant dialect' on them. He established National-Radical Party, a paramilitary organization designed to fight against the 'government under Jewish and Lithaunian peasant influence'. During one of the clashes with police forces, he had been killed. Adam Doboszyński, his direct successor organized march on Warsaw, to eradicate all Lithuanian influence on Poland.

Polish Cavalry attacks Adam Doboszyński's forces during the March on Warsaw. (March 14, 1938)

Norbert Barlicki, first Prime Minister of Poland decided to use military forces to supress National Populist coup attempt in Warsaw. Polish ulans were highly mobile, mounted forces - excellent to fight against lightly armed Nationalist militia.

Etatist government of Poland invested two billion Polish złoty into the Central Industrial Region (COP or Centralny Okręg Przemysłowy) between 1938 and 1942.

Main aim for the COP was elimination of unemployment, increase in economic potential of Poland, expansion of heavy industry and infrastructure. After fall of Mitteleuropean system of agricultural subsidies, crisis pushed Eastern European into more independent system - Ukraine suffered syndicalist revolution by Nikita Khrushchev while in Belarus nationalist element broke off from Reichspakt. Seeking to save eastern buffer state from falling into Soviet sphere, German government authorized several large loans to fuel Polish economy, called Erhard's Plan after German Minister of Economy Ludwig Erhard.

Construction of Nowa Huta near Kraków (1949)​

 

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Wheat Harvest in Poland (1961)

Large estates produced majority of the Polish grain output, ending fears of famine in the Central Europe.

Warszawskie Zakłady Elektroniczne (1954)

Warsaw Electronics Factory was a major producer of electronics in Mitteleuropa since 1950s thanks to low costs of labour and favourable state policies.​

 

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From Chicken Master Race to German Master Race

Freyja Himmler, genetically enhanced human.

Heinrich Himmler was a founder of Himmler Fried Chicken and prominent member of Alldeutscher Verband. During late 1940s, when his HFC dominated fast food industry in Mitteleuropa, he established Lebensborn - institution designed to breed new race of Aryans who would later lead Germany to greatness. After creation of the first genetically modified animal on 1959, Lebensborn began development of GMO capability to make new human race.

First genetically enhanced human, Freyja Himmler was born by a Lebensborn volunteer on December 30, 1997. Her father (b. 1972) was a son of Heinrich Himmler and a Lebensborner, while her mother was a second generation Lebensborner.

During her early childhood she have shown extraordinary intelligence, strenght and height (too big dose of growth hormone has been given to her). It is unknown whether those were effects of gene modification or extensive training she had received.

She had studied in the Institute of Rocket Propulsion in Berlin since 2015 to 2022, earning Ph. D title.

Afterwards, she started working on the means of interplanetary travel.

She died at the age of 128 in New Berlin.​

 

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Mikhail Gorbachev initially took a hardline stance on the leaders of the German Empire. Following Munich Power Plant disaster, he helped to end the Cold War through nuclear arms reduction and negotiating withdrawal of German forces from Mitteleuropean puppet states.

Former actor and President of the Combined Syndicates of America (1981-1989), Richard M. Nixon took a harsher stance on the German Empire than his precedessors, engulfing Germans with a naval and space arms races, leading to near-bankruptcy of Imperial treasure. Only after Munich accident and partial reformation of the Empire, he agreed to negotiate end of the Cold War.​