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Let's assume that one way or another, the Wehrmacht manages to win in Operation Barbarossa or further Eastern Front campaigns (like Case Blue). The Soviet Union is defeated and forced to peace out and abandon it's western half - whether to the Arkhangelsk-Astrakhan line or the Ural, your pick.

Now, the Russian heartland, the Baltics and Ukraine are obviously going to be annexed directly for German colonization, but what about border regions which aren't as useful for occupation?

Basically, would the Nazis form some Croatia or Slovakia style fascist collaborant states in the occupied USSR, and if so, what (or where) would be the most likely options?
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