A World of Cliches, A World of Platitude.
1950-1959.
Europe
Hitler died on 22nd July 1954, of a heart attack. A National Day of Mourning was declared in the Reich.
Rudolf Hess takes over as Fuhrer of the Greater Germanic Reich.
The Union of Balt States becomes a Nazi puppet, and pressure is on Lithuania and Byelorussia to become so.
The Byzantine Empire of Hellas raises claims on all of Greater Serbia.
A book is written, by an Jew exile from Germany to Switzerland, writing all about the horrors of the camps and her lucky escape. People in Germany is now more suspicious of the Nazis.
The Batavian Kingdom holds its first "Celebration of Life", a colourful parade, that cheers people up so much, that it is done annually.
Asia
Japanese troops kick all the enemies out of Manchukuo, and signs a peace treaty with the Russians, Mongolians and Commie Chinese.
Through secret Indian aid, Mongolia pushes back the Russians.
The Republican and Communist Chinese faces British invasion.
Africa
The Nazi puppet French government leads an assault on Madagasar, taking it away from Free French control.
The Union of South Africa demands, and gets Namibia and Botswana.
North America
The settlement of Japanese anti-fascists in Alaska reaches a high point, and some Russians jokingly calls it the "Aresko Problem"
The United States' Manifest Destiny resurges again, this time in a proposal for a peaceful annexation of Cascadia. The Cascadians view this with distaste, as they are definetly not Yankees, but Cascadians.
Mexico admits Medio California as a state, but Nuevo Mexico, Nevada and Alta California is still territories.
The Confederacy is thriving, with the kind and just President, Jake Featherston, leading it. His autobiography,
A Simple Dream, is very popular amongst Confederates.
The Republic of Quebec, an US puppet, in contrast, is suffering. Its government is corrupt, the President universally hated, and always-delayed elections never comes.
Texas is getting along fine.
South America
Brazilian hegemony is feared by Argentina and Colombia, so they form an alliance, the League for Spanish America" Peru, Bolivia and Chile has been invited, and the first two accepted. Chile didnt respond.
Oceania
In the Australasian Commonwealth, Kevin Wilkinson is sworn in office as the President in 1954, following Richard Edwards. Wilkinson lasts until 1958, then Daniel Galloway takes over.