Soyuz said:
Well, the title pretty much sais it all. I need ideas (or timelines) on how Poland in 2005 can be as large as Poland-Lithuanian commonwealth during its height, or even larger.
I'm looking for Poland that covers the current countries of Poland, Belorus, Ukraine, Kaliningrad and Lithuania for starters. I'll give you a bonus if it also includes the territories of Latvia, Estonia, Moldovia, Slovakia, and the (late) East Germany or everything together.
In 1920, the Polish armies seize Moscow and in 1921, the bolcheviks loose in the former Russian empire that is divided unto republics and smaller imperial Russia wich is factually divided between white army warlords...
1923 is the year of the 2 revolutions, pildusky seize power by a coup and he is overthrowed and decapitated by an another coup, he is replaced by the Greate Leader.
The greate Leader creates a totalitarian state(I.E. an efficient ideologically motivated non-democratic organisation) and a personnality cult, instaure ceaseless propaganda & secret police...
But he`s greate contribution is the industrialisation of Poland, helped by Germany who have to pay the debts imposed by the Versaille treaty.
The moto of the state is "We should be ruthless but faire", even thought the population is not rich, they have many social guarantees such as free education, health care, one day free of work every week(Generaly Sunday except for the moste vital jobs) etc.
In 1927, the jews launch an uprising in Warsawa but they are put down with toxic fuse-launchers and flamme-throwing armored cars, once they are crushed, the Leader put on the table a plan to "Solve the jewish problem once and for all!", it is the mappe of a giant penal fisherie on the coast, those industrial grinders have an enormous power...
In 1929, the wall-street crash marks the beginning of the greate depression, Poland escape unscanted, exportations increase over the following years.
The upper classes had been supportive upp to 1925 but they had grown increasingly warry of the new social laws coming into action after, they and the "traditional elites" where an obstacle to a modern state, they where not juste becoming utterly useless as the hard-work, hygien & Information programmes where succeding but also viciously dangerous...
In 1932, Germany broke down into civil war between commies and right-wingers, the army took over by force, Poland attacked Germany in 1934 and the campaign was a sucess. germany became a serie of facsitse puppet states under polish controle, peace & justice was instaured throught domination, parts of eastern germany where annexed.
As the polish people celebrated victory, the "elites" where denounced as treacherous plutocrats and traitors and send to work into deject factories(where sewage, trash and all waste are treated one way or the other) and the new Warsawa metro.
In 1935, the Polish armies occupied the baltic countries under the pretext of a border incident, everyon opposing the newcomers (or beeen known for anti-Polish comments prior to the invasion) where send to the deject-factories by the hundred of thousands.
In 1936 the Greate Leader was enought satisfied to decide that every worker would have the right for paid holidays 15 days every 6 months and distribute a people`s radio everyone could affor. With german industries under controle, Poland could still afford to accelerate it`s industrialisation, needless to say, by then, German unemployement had dropped to absolut zero(and those foolish enought to refuse any job opportunity went straight to the deject-factories).
In 1937, an another opportunity for war presented itself then Polish backed militants seized power in Austria, Italia intervened but their armies where less efficient than tought and the Poles broked their lines easely, the Greate Leader sparred Italia in exchange for an alliance, he and Mussolini would become very good friends in the following years...
In 1938, Poland demanded Czechoslovakia for the return of Teschen area, Czechoslovakia refused and was backed by Roumania & Yougoslvia France and Britain also backed upp the Czechs.
Poland invaded Slovakia ande declared it independent, Hungarya joined Poland and together they triumphed over Roumania and Yougoslavia, th Polish armie wasn`t numerous(the Polish population being already 52 millions in the territories that formed 1938 Poland in "OTL" alone due to natalistic politics) but extremly well armed.
The French and the Brits had backed off for now but they where arming themself, Italia finnished off Greece and Albania, the Greate Leader knew how he would win over the western allies(to robbe them off their colonies).
In 1939, Ukraine was invaded, the western part of the country was annexedand, the eastern part became a puppet state. The west declared war, Poland invaded Danemark and then Norvegia in May 1940. It was only a distraction, the main attack went throught Belgium to encircle the big bulk of British and French armies, capturing moste of them within a week, near the channel 450 000 allied soldiers where made prisonniers.
The poles left france to be occupied by the Italians and other polish allies(Hungarians, Bavarians etc), dismantled by regional nationalisme as their main army took over north africa from Italia and from North africa attacked in the middle-east and black africa, from the Baltic countries,submarines where ready for years, by 1941 england was isolated, it was only then that the Polish airforce started the battle of england, the RAF was out of fuel and couldn`t win the battle.
scotland and gallica gained independence, england itself became a join Irish-scottish protectorat.
All French and British colonies where divided between Italia, free city of Hambourg, Bavaria, Hungarya, Croatia, Japan and Poland.
the next step was to attack east, Poland became soon the master of the economically weake former Russian empire...
In 1945, war started between japan and the US, in 1948, the US started using atome bombs wich off course worried Poland extremly, in 1949, Japan and it`s asiatic co-prosperity sphere surrendered unconditionally to the US.
The US was a world power, much bigger than Poland and more industrialised, in 1953 the Polish army detonated it`s firste A bombe and tested it`s firste intercontinentale missile...
In 1956, the Polish armie produced it`s firste intercontinental strategic bomber, in 1958 a giant factory in north-eastern poland(Belaruss in "OTL") began producing these bombers one after one, in 1959, the Poles started producing dozens of intercontinental missiles, in 1960 H bombes where produced with the help of nationalist china also warry of US power and democraty and in 1961, join Chines-Polish intelligence completed the location of US arsenals...
In 1962 Polish giant "fisher boates" launched thermonuclear missiles to explode over the US, disabling US electronics so US bombers would cease working and never receive automtic launching orders, from Chines siberia, the polish bombers attacked, destroying the US arsenal in the midste of launche preparations.
Once Washington and US arsenal destroyed, the US surrendered, the west coast was occupied by nationaliste China(that also occupied the whole of asia), the north-east US was occupied by Poland that dismantled the industry to be shipped to Poland.
In 1963, Poland had the highest GPD in the world and by 1964, they reached the GPD of 1961 USA, in 1965 their industry was as strong as the US industry of 1961.
In 1973, the population of Poland was as high as the US(occupied or no) and in 1979 reached the number of 200 millions, at the same time China reached 1 billions inhabitants + 1 billion living in other asian countries(including annexed central asia).
After 10 years of peace, tensions began to grow between Greater Poland and China in a period that became known as the "Hot Peace".
