The New Order, Retained
Fuhrers of the Greater German Reich
Adolf Hitler 1933-1963
Reinhard Heydrich 1963*
Martin Bormann 1963-1964*
Hermann Goering 1963-1964*
Albert Speer 1964-1982
Adolf von Thadden 1982-1994
Jorg Haider 1994-2011
Holger Apfel 2011-
*Not recognized
Speer won the German Civil War. And in some ways that was a good thing-certainly better than if that nutcase Heydrich had won. But afterwards...well, let's just say modern Germany isn't exactly looking with shame at its past (well, besides Burgundy, but at least Himmler made a good scapegoat for Nazi excesses). Slavery is gone, at least specifically race-based. Penal servitude on the other hand is alive and well. And doctrines of Aryan supremacy are alive and well so if you're not Aryan the odds you end up experiencing that are considerably higher. Speer purged more hardline reformers along with the Nazi old guard and so Germany is still proudly flying a swastika over its buildings. Hitler is revered by the German masses and the Nazi Party retains control. However, post-Speer Germany is increasingly seen as a nation that can be worked with. The Koalition der Nations Germany speerheaded (pun not intended) has swayed the Japanese and Americans towards a detente since the 1990's. To the NPP, Japan post-Kishi and destroying China after the Great Asian War seems like a far greater threat and the right-wingers are happy to form an alliance of convenience. Among the R-Ds, doing business with Germany is seen as better than continuing a three-way Cold War. Japan, meanwhile, has warmed up towards their old ally amidst their own drift further to the right. The Axis still is dead (if nothing else, Italy's democratic government would not want any part in a restored Pact of Steel), but Japan and Germany regularly scratch each other's backs at the KdN summits when the US is more worked up about human rights (Presidents Gravel and Watts in particular).
This is not to say every country is chill with the Third Reich. The Levantine Confederation remains cold towards Germany even after von Thadden offered a half-hearted apology for the Nazi persecution of Jews. Italy, having been shifting leftwards constantly since Ciano, has steadily increased its fortifications along the border with Germany and demagoguing about Nazi spies is a great way to win seats in the country. Meanwhile, the Unified Russian Republic continues to saber-rattle towards Germany. Rising to power after the collapse of the Divine Mandate of Russia after Men's 1995 assassination (rumored to have been on Haider's orders), the URR, contrary to its name, is ultranationalist and, if Fuhrer Apfel's regime is to be believed, seeks to use nuclear weapons to destroy the Reich. This is the biggest flashpoint in the world today.
That said, for the most part, the Reich is an accepted part of the international community. Sure, some Congressmen take potshots at Hollywood trying to avoid unflattering depictions of the Germans (not that this has shut up the more old-fashioned Nazis from complaining about 'Hollywood's Judeo-Bolsheviks') and every so often a resistance group will bomb a city in Germany. But for the most part, Germany seems stable and functioning, if not free and tolerant. Maybe it won't last a THOUSAND years but they probably aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Given that, is it really that horrible to buy a Volkswagon? They're gonna keep making them in the penal camps anyway.
