That's why I'm not quiet sure about the Name yet, maybe;

  1. United Baltic Empire
  2. Greater Baltica
  3. Teutonic Order
  4. Baltic Bloc
  5. Teutonia
  6. Baltic Protectorate
  7. Baltic Nation
  8. Baltic State
  9. own name ideas?
Empire is out of the question, Germany wouldn't let them have such a title.
Teutonic Order is a monastic state, wouldn't work for a union of Baltic states. Same with Teutonica.
A generic name is okay, but we do need some spice in our life. :p

I think something like "Baltic Confederation", "Baltic State", or even the proposed "United Baltic Duchy" can work as names. If it's extremely German-dominated, then "Ostland" with any combination of generic titles can work.

For a monarchy, the likely candidates are Karl Gero von Urach, son of the proposed and never crowned German King of Lithuania, or Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, elected Duke of the short-lived United Baltic Duchy.
 
Propaganda:
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The same way, that former Austria was referred to as Ostmark in Nazi Germany, the Triumvirat of the Baltic Confederation, or Baltic State, often also called by the official name United Baltic Duchy was together with some or all parts of Poland refereed to as Ostland. Had the German propaganda first only had bad things to say about the Polish slaves that changed the moment Hitlers Germany, Poland and Hungary worked together in Central and East Europe. While the German propaganda praised how the German-Hungarian Austria-Hungary had been a guarantor of the strength and cultural prosperity of the Balkan for centuries and how the new German-Hungarian alliance would continue in doing so, the addressing of Polish and Baltic people would change significant. The former term of Volksdeutsche (German > "Ethnically German") was still not used, but the Nazi Propaganda started to view the Baltic and Polish allies as Deutschstämmige (German > "of German Descent") or Eingedeutschte (German > "Voluntarily Germanized") claiming that centuries of Ostsiedlung since the Teutonic Order had lead to the cultural Germanization of these people and even these out of this categorization should be classified as Rückgedeutschte (German > "Forcibly Germanized") Persons of Polish nationality considered "racially valuable", but have long resisted these old Ostsiedlung or Germanization until now. Out of Poland's 34,849,000 inhabitants nearly the half was suddenly considered of German origin, not Slavic origin. In the United Baltic Duchy, where Prince Karl Gero Albrecht Joseph Wilhelm Anton Maria of Urach was crowned grand duke (Didysis Kunigas, Didysis Kunigaikštis in Lithuanian) in honor of his father Prince Wilhelm of Urach, Count of Württemberg, 2nd Duke of Urach, the former King of Lituania. While his father Wilhelm had the regnal name of Mindaugas II of Lithuania, Karl Gero's regnal name would become Mindaugas III. Karl Gero himself was not only crowned grand duke of the United Baltic Duchy (deridingly called Ostking by some Germans), but duke of Estonia, duke of Latvia and duke of Lithuania and he served as a figurehead while the true power lay in the hands of the Triumvirate and to much greater extend later the state of Nazi Germany. The newly combined armies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were called Baltic Landwehr/ Baltische Landeswehr ("Baltic Territorial Army") one again:
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France:

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The Pact of Steel between Germany, Italy, Poland and Hungary, and the advance of fascism in Spain posed a tread to the French Council Republic. Germany, Hungary and Italy openly opposed the status-quot on the Balkans and in Eastern Europe. Italy's policy of the Mare Nostrum and Mussolini's dream of rebuilding the Roman Empire as his Italian Empire threatened nearly all of France Mediterranean holdings. What was worse that their influence on the Balkan and maybe even Turkey could manage to hold the Soviet Union out of the Mediterranean and thereby out of help for France. Since the French-British-Split the tensions between France and Britain had also increased. The wish to finally annex the Sudan and Egypt, or to even connect these territories with Syria or regain long lost Claims in India was rising in some political heads, together with the dream of a socialist Revolution that would free all former Colonies of France enemies as communist Nations. But Italy the fascistic heartland wasn't the main concern for France and the Soviet Union. The German rearming and annexations in middle and eastern Europa made it clear that Hitler couldn't be trusted and that he was very dangerous, much like Mussolini and the Leaders of Poland and Hungary. The French Council Republic, concerned of the German claims of Alsace-Lorraine even with the Maginot Line feared that the Germans would once again advance trough the neutral Belgium, so they expanded the boarder defense. Unknown to Great Britain and even Germany, the french planned to invade Belgium, so they could avoid the Westwall (Siegfried Line) and directly attack the Rhénanie (Rheinland) the industrial Center of Nazi Germany. The plan was called Operation Confédération du Rhin (Confederation of the Rhine) and sometimes even interlude the invasion of Belgium and the Netherlands, to annex both states as well as the Rhine boarder if possible. Soviet troops had the order to execute Operation October, in with the former territories of the Russian Empire (Finland, the Baltic States, Poland, Romania and even the new Hungarian boarders) should be attacked and annexed for the Comintern pact. Germans Plans involved Operation Kaiserwetter (the invasion and defense of the Scandinavia peninsula against Communism) Operation Blücher (the invasion of Communist France through the Netherlands and Belgium, together with attacks on the french boarders of Italy and Spain), Operation Franz-Ferdinand (the protection and control of the Balkan Peninsula) and Operation Barbarossa (the direct war of the Axis Powers against the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe). At the Moment the Pact of Steel was not in the Position to execute them all at once, against such strong enemies, but the fascist block waited for a good opportunity, just like the Comintern did.
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