I like this timeline, and I'll follow it more closely.
Thank you very much!
What parties do they have?
There are multiple parties represented in the Reichstag, the most important being the Social Democratic Party (SPD,
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands), the Centre Party (DZP,
Deutsche Zentrumspartei or just
Zentrum even in English), the Conservative Party (DkP,
Deutschkonservative Partei), the National Liberal Party (NLP,
Nationalliberale Partei), the Democratic Party (DDP,
Deutsche Demokratische Partei) and the Worker's Party (DAP,
Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, has nothing in common with OTL short-lived and preNazi DAP). Minor parties include the Polish Party (PP,
Polnische Partei), the Bavarian People's Party (BVP,
Bayerische Volkspartei, alligned with the Zentrum but independent and Bavarian-centered) and the pangermanist German National Party (DnP,
Deutschnationale Partei).
Can I maybe even assist you in German politics?
My idea is this to be a personal TL, but I am of course open to consider suggestions by DM, and if I need help in the German area (I do not speak a word of German aside
Blitzkrieg ) I would be glad if you could help me. At this stage, German politics are not developed in depth, I have in my head the broad framework and how I want them to be more or less, but I'll focus little on the 'present day' until the TL is more set and developed.
Is it a monarchy or a republic?
The
Reich is a federal parliamentary monarchy headed by the German Emperor, a title hereditary on the House of Hohenzollern who also rule as Kings of Prussia, which is the largest of the 28 federal states of Germany.
What status does this "Polish Autonomous Republic/District" have?
The Grand Duchy of Posen (officially in Polish
Wielkie Księstwo Poznańskie, common in German and English as
Posen) is another one the federal states, segregated from the Kingdom of Prussia in the later half of the 20th century. The main difference with other states is that, since Poles are a majority, the Grand Duchy conducts the administration and public education mostly exclusively in Polish and there are safegards in both the Imperial and the Ducal constitutions that protect the Polish character of the state. The German/Protestant minority is very segregated from the Polish/Catholic majority, and has set up its own private institutions protected by the Imperial constitution.
What are the foreign relations of Germany like, especially the relations to the Hispanosphere?
Except for France and Russia, for evident reasons, and Poland (German-Polish relations are complicated and I'll go further in the future, don't worry if I leave it vague), Germany mantains good relations with most of her European neighbours, being the largest economy and having important comercial relationships with countries in Central, Northern and Eastern Europe.
With the UK and the US relations aren't bad, it's no Cold War-analogue: the perception among the three is that the other two are rivals but not necessary enemies, and can support or oppose one or the other depending the circumstance. Germany and the UK resent American influence in the Caribbean and Central-Norther South America; Germany and the US resent British influence in the Southern Cone and Southern Africa; and the US and the UK resent Germany influence in Europe.
With Russia relations can be quite strained due to her sense of being barred from Europe by Germany, but the consensus is to try and reapproach Russia. Japan, on the other hand, has quite warm relations with Germany due to its involvement in the pacific being minimal, contrary to the UK and US. German influence in the Hispanosphere pales compared to the anglo powers as I said, but Spain has been growing closer to Germany since the later half of the 20th century and it is hoped it can become the German gate to South America.
What is Austria-Czechia/Austria-Bohemia like?
The Habsburg Monarchy (commonly referred as
Austria-Bohemia or
Austro-Bohemian Monarchy) is a federal state composed of a real union between the Empire of Austria (do not mention the ridiculousness of calling it an 'Empire') and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. It works (or begun to work at it's inception) as an extension of the
Ausgleich to Bohemia during the Austrian Crisis of 1948, and with just three nationalities (German-Austrians and Bohemians, Slovene-Austrians and Czech-Bohemians) it's much more manageable. In many ways it resembles a miniature and wholly Catholic version of Germany, but ethnic relations are less strained than in Posen.
Also, could I use your borders (and maybe the colour) of China for our collaborative timeline which is in my signature?
There ain't no such thing as copyright. Of course you can, I have used QBAMs uploaded to this forum by other people to help myself with the borders.