Sunrise on the Fogaras - what if Hungary took a swing at Romania and hit the rest of Central Europe as well
(edited bc i messed up the spoliers whoops)
Germany has fallen to the Entente (includes Hungary, Montenegro, Bulgaria, but not Wilson) . France took the Rhine but remain unstable internally. Hapsburg Hungary has reclaimed the rightful Austrian and Bohemian lands from the Germans. Russia collapsed in 1917 with no side having a desisive victory, leaving Poland independent. Poland and Hungary-Austria are allies of the Vienna Pact. Montenegrin nobles have been given Serbia in exchange for participation in the Vienna Pact. Romania is carved up by Poland and Hungary, the Dobruja is a provisional government staffed by Hungarian allies. Oltenia is a Hungarian puppet regime to deport angry Romanians too (very unstable) . Illyria, or the United Illyrian Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Dalmatia, and Bosnia and Herzengovina, is a democracy trying to reconcile catholic supremacy with pan-nationalism.
1 - Thessalonica (another provisional government like Dobruja)
1 - Thessalonica (another provisional government like Dobruja)
1940:
The Great Depression made Hungary very unstable. People blamed the dictatorial King for his mismanaging of state resources and inflexible authoritarianism. After being assassinated without an heir the government (ran by curropt yesmen) fell apart. Food shortages pressured individual counties, provinces, state organs, and populace to act independently. Illyria's populace split between catholic supremacists, Serbian nationalists, and democratic pan-Illyrians. Dalmatia was where most of the fighting happened. The pan-Illyrians had support from people tired of civil strife in Dalmatia and Bosnia. They became post nationalist and democratic federalists to cast a wider net for support. Now their known as the Illyrian Democratic Federation. They've been joined by the Novi Sad and Serbian Banat. Romania had to compromise with its neighbors because of how baldy their country had been treated after the Great War. Bulgaria was given a protectorate over the Dobruja in exchange for their support to conquer Oltenia. Poland ceded Romania the Bukovina in exhange for an alliance against Hungary. Fogaras was a military state under Hungary but went native to avoid nationlist unrest. The military promised the Romanians an end to the food shortages and peace. With their defendable position in the mountains and their experience in the Great War, the military was more than capable of defending themselves from outsider. However, they alleged themselves to the Romanian Confederation to secure food imports and long term security. They were a honor bound ally to Bucharest. They greatly improved their military capability and conquered Romanian land in Transylvania. For their contribution to Romanian unity they were even given land in Banat. Transylvania from Orodea to Brasov was the worst affected by nationalist unrest and civil violence. Hungarians in the region hated Budapest for causing this whole mess in the first place. Romanians wanted an end to ethnic persecution. Germans either fled or joined the autonomous German military order in Sibiu. After a few months of fighting the more extreme and/or nationalists leaders causing war were overthrown by popular revolutions. A number of county provisional governments met in Cluj to declare the Transylvanian Alliance. The alliance has three factions, the Sibiu military order, the Transylvanian Provisional Federation (including Romanian and German special autonomies) , and the new Western counties who joined for protection against Hungary. Hungary itself was overthrown by a coup, which was then overthrown by catholic republicans after they lost horribly. Their Rusyn allies were crushed by Poland, Kassa is nothing but rubble after the drawn out fighting, all Slavic lands have been lost, and even their fellow catholics left them. Poland and Bohemia created the Zapadoslavian Confederation for many reasons. They needed to wether the storm of the Great Depression, security against future German/Russian/Hungarian agression, and secure the safety of their fellow catholic Slavs in Hungary. They maintain good relations with the Holy Alliance as catholic brothers. Austria was carved up by Budapest to prevent the German tail from wagging the Hungarian dog. After Budapest fell some expected the new states to reunify but they each had their own rulers and administrators who had spent years reviving old nationalism and culture of the seperate regions. They had different goals and ideals. None of them were suffering enough to really persue unification anyways. Instead, the 4 states met in Vienna to create a regional blocc that would secure stability but leave them independent. The Holy Alliance isnt officialy the continuation of the HRE but you couldnt blame someone for thinking so. They're rhetoric, catholic nationalism, and cultural symbols are borrowed from the old days. Bulgaria has got it the best. Their a neutral nation with plenty of business ties to the rich economies of Western Europe and America. They have good relations with Turkey and Thessalonica, giving them lots of influence in the important trade routes of Constantinople. Illyria isn't happy with Sofia's opprotunistic invasion of Serbia though. Serbia fell quickly to popular revolution since their curopt Montenegrin nobles didn't handle the Great Depression well. Illyria is now trying to annex their 3 new provinces.
2 - Free City of Pozsony
The Great Depression made Hungary very unstable. People blamed the dictatorial King for his mismanaging of state resources and inflexible authoritarianism. After being assassinated without an heir the government (ran by curropt yesmen) fell apart. Food shortages pressured individual counties, provinces, state organs, and populace to act independently. Illyria's populace split between catholic supremacists, Serbian nationalists, and democratic pan-Illyrians. Dalmatia was where most of the fighting happened. The pan-Illyrians had support from people tired of civil strife in Dalmatia and Bosnia. They became post nationalist and democratic federalists to cast a wider net for support. Now their known as the Illyrian Democratic Federation. They've been joined by the Novi Sad and Serbian Banat. Romania had to compromise with its neighbors because of how baldy their country had been treated after the Great War. Bulgaria was given a protectorate over the Dobruja in exchange for their support to conquer Oltenia. Poland ceded Romania the Bukovina in exhange for an alliance against Hungary. Fogaras was a military state under Hungary but went native to avoid nationlist unrest. The military promised the Romanians an end to the food shortages and peace. With their defendable position in the mountains and their experience in the Great War, the military was more than capable of defending themselves from outsider. However, they alleged themselves to the Romanian Confederation to secure food imports and long term security. They were a honor bound ally to Bucharest. They greatly improved their military capability and conquered Romanian land in Transylvania. For their contribution to Romanian unity they were even given land in Banat. Transylvania from Orodea to Brasov was the worst affected by nationalist unrest and civil violence. Hungarians in the region hated Budapest for causing this whole mess in the first place. Romanians wanted an end to ethnic persecution. Germans either fled or joined the autonomous German military order in Sibiu. After a few months of fighting the more extreme and/or nationalists leaders causing war were overthrown by popular revolutions. A number of county provisional governments met in Cluj to declare the Transylvanian Alliance. The alliance has three factions, the Sibiu military order, the Transylvanian Provisional Federation (including Romanian and German special autonomies) , and the new Western counties who joined for protection against Hungary. Hungary itself was overthrown by a coup, which was then overthrown by catholic republicans after they lost horribly. Their Rusyn allies were crushed by Poland, Kassa is nothing but rubble after the drawn out fighting, all Slavic lands have been lost, and even their fellow catholics left them. Poland and Bohemia created the Zapadoslavian Confederation for many reasons. They needed to wether the storm of the Great Depression, security against future German/Russian/Hungarian agression, and secure the safety of their fellow catholic Slavs in Hungary. They maintain good relations with the Holy Alliance as catholic brothers. Austria was carved up by Budapest to prevent the German tail from wagging the Hungarian dog. After Budapest fell some expected the new states to reunify but they each had their own rulers and administrators who had spent years reviving old nationalism and culture of the seperate regions. They had different goals and ideals. None of them were suffering enough to really persue unification anyways. Instead, the 4 states met in Vienna to create a regional blocc that would secure stability but leave them independent. The Holy Alliance isnt officialy the continuation of the HRE but you couldnt blame someone for thinking so. They're rhetoric, catholic nationalism, and cultural symbols are borrowed from the old days. Bulgaria has got it the best. Their a neutral nation with plenty of business ties to the rich economies of Western Europe and America. They have good relations with Turkey and Thessalonica, giving them lots of influence in the important trade routes of Constantinople. Illyria isn't happy with Sofia's opprotunistic invasion of Serbia though. Serbia fell quickly to popular revolution since their curopt Montenegrin nobles didn't handle the Great Depression well. Illyria is now trying to annex their 3 new provinces.
2 - Free City of Pozsony
