The Empire of Friedrich III and the rise of Germany (my first TL)

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Sorry for the long delay in updates. I've got exams. Here's chapter 30. One more to go.



Chapter 30


Asia wasn’t the only continent to see its colonial masters leave. The Africans weren’t entirely ignorant about what was going on in the world and wanted to be free. Like in their Asian possessions the Germans had introduced something of an educational system. This led to the awakening of a national and social consciousness. The Africans knew that they were not inferior to their German rulers. The Asians had already shown that Imperial Germany wasn’t undefeatable. The Africans started demanding increased autonomy or even independence as early as the late sixties, early seventies. Some of these movements were peaceful and protested without violence. Others who didn’t believe the Germans would listen, started a guerrilla war. The local colonial governors ordered the military to crush the independence movements which they did rather well. The unorganized peasants couldn’t stand up against the German army. Emperor Ludwig I however intervened in the emerging independence struggle before it became worse like it had become in Asia. Independence was granted to these countries after they had made some concessions. The German Imperial Navy would maintain its bases in Africa and the new African nations were to join the CIC and recognize the emperor as their official head of state. Other than that they would be completely independent. The offer seemed to good to be true and it was accepted. These naval bases were mostly refueling stations and a means to check American movement in the region. Some viewed it as neocolonialism as one German aircraft carrier possessed more firepower than the armed forces of these new countries combined which could enable the Germans to blackmail them.

Not all colonies declared their independence. Tanganyika and German Togoland, which also includes former French Benin, remained within the German empire and settled with limited autonomy. They did this purely out of economic motives as Germany was an economic super power and a good benefactor. Under German rule these colonies would progress much faster than their independent neighbors. Togoland would also become the primary launch site for manned space missions. Both countries received more autonomy which meant they mostly controlled their internal affairs such as justice, education, economy and so on. Foreign politics and defense remained under German control and German military forces remained on their soil which enabled the Germans to keep a close eye on their colonial subjects. In 1982 Tanganyika and Togoland ascended from colonies to full constituent states which gave them representation in the German parliament. Some in Germany opposed this move since they didn’t want ‘any of those African savages to soil the German government’ as the nationalists put it. They were about the only one who couldn’t see the inevitability of this move. German Micronesia remained in German hands as well and was granted representation in the German government in 1995. The ones who did become independent were: Congo, Zaire, Cameroon, Chad, The Central African Republic, Morocco, Senegal and Namibia. They were given some support from their German masters in the form of training and equipment for their armed forces and help in setting up a government and administrative system. The last German forces left Africa in 1977. The new governments mostly consisted of members of the former colonial administration so in the beginning things remained the same. Without their German masters looking over their shoulders however, the rulers of these countries quickly fell prey to corruption and greed and quickly started abusing the help of the Germans who quickly ceased their aid. This corruption, greed and mismanagement quickly led to economic decline and the advent of totalitarian regimes who mismanaged their countries even worse.

A prime example of this was Zaire whose unstable democratic government was overthrown in a military coup. Ludwig Kabila was appointed leader of Zaire’s armed forces following that country’s independence in 1975. General Kabila was only 37 years old when he was appointed leader of the Zairian army but he was very experienced as he had fought for the Germans in Asia for three years. He quickly rose to prominence on the political scene as he had comment on everything the weak democratic government did. This government became increasingly unpopular and the government couldn’t stop the rising conflict between the Hutus and the Tutsis. Kabila had his own agenda and would use the military to fulfill his goals and therefore made sure that he was popular. He managed to convince the government to increase the defense budget. This enabled him to raise the soldiers’ wages and increase the army in size. In late 1975 the army consisted of a mere 10 battalions. By 1978 the army consisted of over twelve divisions and several armored battalions. In that year Kabila decided that it was time to make his move. He gathered his forces and marched on Kinshasa were he ousted the democratic government. Tanks rolled through the city and his new government quickly consolidated power. His bid for power had been successful because the army was completely loyal to him. There was no resistance whatsoever, not even by the police forces. They were mostly bribed or cowed into submission. Kabila set out to purge the country from any colonial influences. This caused friction with the Germans who had only just left. From the very start Kabila’s economic policy was a mess. He instituted a policy of autarky and started an industrialization program. In the beginning production increased in many sectors of economy but a planned economy soon proved to be unproductive. It turned into a bureaucratic mess and shortages of just about everything became rule rather than exception. The fact that Kabila stuck with his autarky policy made things worse as food shortages only increased. He however still enjoyed the support of the military. He declared himself emperor in an act of defiance. Because of this Zaire was suspended as a member of the CIC. By the mid eighties he was hated by just about everyone in Zaire.

To distract the people from the mess he had created, Kabila launched a war against neighboring Rwanda in 1988. he invaded the country hoping for a quick victory. As a response the other members of CIC instituted an embargo and German aircraft carrier SMS Wilhelm II and battleship SMS Wilhelm der Grosse established a blockade. When Kabila started to exterminate the Tutsis, Germany intervened. Kabila had authorized the use of mustard gas and tabun against the Tutsis. Now he had gone to far. His anti-German rhetoric, his openly fascist rule, his general hostility towards his neighboring countries, his self declaration of emperor and his latest act, this genocide, were too much and Germany declared war as did the other African members of the CIC. German forces invaded from Tanganyika on April 17th by which time the war had been going on for two months. German fighters and fighter bombers stationed on the Wilhelm II and quickly eliminated the Zairian air force. Within three days total air supremacy was established. Forces from Congo and the Central African Republic also participated in the invasion. The Zairian army was mostly equipped with aging Chinese Type 49 tanks and pre-war German tanks. Chinese tanks from 1949 were no match for advanced German Leopard III tanks. Within a week the Zairian army was shattered and the country was once again in German hands. A new government was elected a year later in 1989 and Zaire once again became a loyal German ally and member of the CIC.

Some in Africa and in the US as well accused the Germans of neocolonialism. They were in fact right as Germany could still boss its former colonies around. The colonies were mostly economically dependent on Germany as well since German companies had a monopoly on just about everything. This big share in the economies of the former African colonies enabled the Germans to control their actions to a certain degree. If one of these countries did something the Germans didn’t want, they would be embargoed and German companies would withdraw their assets thereby effectively crippling that country’s economy. This would be devastating for any African country especially since they were already poverty stricken. Kabila’s autarky had been attempt to undermine German economic dominance in his country. The Asian members were less susceptible to this kind of German blackmail as they were supported by China. The EACO by this time was an economic power to be reckoned with and Germany and by extension the CIC couldn’t afford to be embargoed by the EACO. This meant that Germany couldn’t boss around Indochina and the Philippines and had to be content with just screwing around in Africa.

Other countries tried to maintain their influence in their colonies in other ways. The French, Portuguese and Spanish fought vicious and prolonged guerrilla wars to keep their colonial empires. In the end this only helped to bring about an economic malaise in their home countries as the military expenditure was increased to fund this war instead of using the money for other more important things. The French fought for seven years in a desperate attempt to keep the last shred of what had once been the second largest colonial empire in the world. They eventually granted independence to the Algerian coast which promptly reunited with the rest of Algeria which had been under British rule until 1965. The reunification took place in 1970. The Portuguese and Spanish fought on well into the seventies and even the eighties which put a strain on their economies. The Portuguese left Angola in 1974 and after over ten years of war. They left Mozambique in 1975. This showed that fighting paid off as this independence struggle had driven out Portugal. The Portuguese left these countries devastated though. Both Angola and Mozambique are among the poorest countries in the world and are currently both dictatorships. The colonial wars in the Spanish colonies only ended after the death of De Rivera who had ruled the country with an iron fist for almost four decades. He died in 1985 at the age of 82. After his death Spain started to democratize and one of the first things the democratic government did was granting independence to Spain’s colonies. Spanish New Guinea and Spanish Morocco became independent. The latter joined with the rest of Morocco. Today the Canary Islands are all that remain of Spain’s colonial empire.

The arms race in the meantime also continued. After the launch of the Nautilus and the NU-1 in the fifties many more nuclear submarines were built and in the sixties the first submarines with submarine launched ballistic missiles, SLBMs, were introduced which gave the great powers the ability to park several dozen nuclear warheads right on the other’s doorstep. After the introduction of MIRVs in both armed forces each country could increase this to a at least a hundred warheads. American Trident II missiles have the ability to carry up to six 200 kiloton bombs. One Ohio-class submarine can carry up to twenty-four of these missiles. The German Type XXX submarine can carry even more of these missiles and is even more destructive than all the bombs used in the great war which had raged for eight years. The Type XXX weighed in at over 32.000 tons which roughly equals an early dreadnought type battleship. The Type XXX submarine however is a much more destructive weapon even though it doesn’t look like it at first sight. The first one to be introduced was the NU-2928 which was launched in 1980. It was capable of carrying 28 nuclear missiles, each carrying six 250 kiloton nuclear warheads. By now eight of these behemoths have been made. The build up of nuclear arsenals had continued for decades and by now nuclear arsenals numbered in the hundreds or even thousands which ensured Mutually Assured Destruction, or MAD as it was called, in case of war. The Americans by 1985 had at least 25.000 nuclear weapons and the Germans had about 2200 nuclear weapons. This seems little when compared to the American arsenal but Germany makes use of the so called weak-strong deterrent. I can be summarized with something emperor Ludwig I once said. He said that America had the power to kill 1 billion Germans. There aren’t one billion Germans however. Germany, he said, had the power to kill 250 million Americans which was more than sufficient. This build up of nuclear weapons would continue into the nineties. During that period a détente between Germany and America occurred in the light of China’s rise to power and the two powers agreed to stop building nuclear weapons and to decrease their stockpiles. America currently possesses around 10.000 nuclear weapons whereas Germany possesses around 1750 of them.

The build up of conventional forces also continued. Germany’s military bases in France were increased in size and were only disestablished in 1989 whereas American and British bases had already been disestablished in the sixties. Hundreds of thousands were drafted each year and German and American subs were always prowling beneath the waves were they danced their deadly dance. On the surface aircraft carriers dominated and they became increasingly bigger. This trend of bigger and bigger aircraft carriers culminated in the construction of the super carriers the first of which was the USS Nimitz. It was commissioned in 1975 and was truly gigantic. It weighed in at over 101.000 tons when fully loaded and could carry over 90 aircraft which is bigger than the air forces of some small countries. When the Germans found out what the Americans were building, they responded with their own class of super carriers. They launched the SMS Wilhelm II in 1980. Today the Americans posses eleven Nimitz-class carriers versus eight Wilhelm II-class carriers. Electronic warfare also became more and more important. Tanks, vehicles and soldiers were given more and more gizmos to perform better on the battlefield. By the nineties onboard computers were standard equipment for tanks and a decade later all soldiers would be equipped with at least a GPS system. Both countries’ air forces also saw major changes. The Messerschmitt Me-562 and the F-18 would dominate the skies. Technology advanced quickly and by now both these planes are already being phased out. The Germans introduced the Messerschmitt Me-662 in 2007. This is Germany’s first stealth fighter. The Americans already had stealth in the 1980s with the introduction of the F-117 and B2 bomber. Soon the F-117’s and the F-18’s role will be fulfilled by the new F-23 Viper. Germany at the moment doesn’t have any stealth bombers like the B2 and still relies on strategic bombers such as the huge Junkers Ju-788.

The peace between America and Germany was shaky but would remain in place. It was somewhere else that a war would break out. Somewhere in 1984 a Chinese army patrol was chasing a band of Tibetan rebels. They crossed the border into India and the Chinese patrol chased them into Indian territory. There the Chinese encountered Indian forces. A bloody skirmish ensued. Today it’s still unclear who started the shooting. Both the Chinese and Indians accuse the other of starting hostilities. Both sides quickly called in reinforcements and Chinese tanks rolled across the border and Chinese and Indian planes clashed in the skies. This would become known as the Sino-Indian war. Fortunately the war didn’t escalate as in both Beijing and New Delhi cooler heads prevailed. Nevertheless several hundreds perished. When the Chinese government found out what happened they recalled their forces immediately and sent a telegram to the Indian government proposing the cessation of hostilities. The Indian government wisely agreed. Both powers had nuclear stockpiles numbering in the hundreds. If this war had escalated, it would have become a nuclear war. The stockpiles of India and China are relatively small when compared to the stockpiles of America and Germany but even a small nuclear exchange of only a few dozen nuclear weapons could have devastating on earth’s climate not to mention the humanitarian crisis it could cause. China and India remain in a state of cold war until this day.

The economies of both countries grew amazingly fast. China also became more democratic. After the death of Chiang Kai-Shek in 1975 the Chinese populace started demanding more democracy and after enough pressure was applied the Kuomintang acquiesced and ended martial law which had been in place since the start of the Sino-Japanese war in 1936 and organized the first democratic elections in China’s history in 1979. The Chinese people had become more self aware and didn’t really see why a dictatorship was still necessary. China was stable and safe. In fact it was one of the most powerful countries in the world. Several parties emerged but two became prominent and still dominate the political arena. The first one is the KMT itself which can rightfully claim to be responsible for China’s greatness. The other was the more leftist Democratic Progressive Party or DPP for short which was the party for the people according to its propaganda. Other parties are the Chinese Solidarity Union, the greens and the liberals. These parties combined never got more than 20% of votes in national election. They did have success in regional elections. The mayor of Nanjing for instance is a member of the greens and the mayor of Beijing is a liberal. After this democratization the Nationalists had to watch how the DPP ruled the country ten consecutive years. They won the 1979 and 1984 elections with a comfortable majority and the KMT was forced into the opposition. In the 1989 elections the KMT made its comeback. In spite of this democratization China still is quite authoritarian. Elections are held once every five years and the winning party comes up with presidential candidates. The president is then elected by an electoral committee comprised of the provincial governors. The president himself still has quite a lot of power. He has the right to veto any decisions made by the parliament. Such a veto can only be overcome by a two thirds majority in both houses of parliament which is hardly obtainable. The president is also the leader of China’s armed forces. This was deliberately done by the KMT to maintain as much power as possible. There have been attempts at reforms but so far all of these haven’t even gotten past the Chinese parliament.

During this period of democratization the economy also started booming. By now the EACO had swallowed just about all countries in southeast Asia. It had been founded in 1961 with China, Korea, the Philippines and Indochina as its founding members. Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia joined in later which led to the creation of the world’s largest economic block. The EACO’s population exceeds over two billion by today. Asian products are commonplace in western shops by now and the EACO is a very important player in politics as well. Militarily China was becoming stronger as well. In 1990 the Chinese launched the 110.000 ton super carrier Sun Yat Sen. Eleven more would follow within two decades. The Indians responded with the Nehru-class carriers. By the late seventies the Chinese and Indians both had SLBMs which gave them a second strike capability. A new space race was also born when in 1980 the Chinese brought a man into space. The Indians did the same in 1985. Both started to invest heavily in their space programs and started to build space stations to research the effects of long time exposure to conditions in space. Germany was still ahead of both and put a man on Mars in 2006 to show German dominance. The Americans in the meantime started planning a lunar base for 2020 and a manned mission to Mars of their own. The Asian powers would catch up though. China and India have both signed the treaty that bans militarization of space and have kept to their word as far as western intelligence agencies know. Both countries have announced plans to put a man on the moon by 2010. In the light of this new rising super power America and Germany grew closer. In 1995 emperor Michael I who had succeeded his father a year before visited America, India and Russia to strengthen Germany’s ties with these countries. He was the first German emperor to visit America and India and also the first to visit Russia since Friedrich III. He signed a treaty of mutual friendship with both India and America. Together with the heads of state of the members of the CEDEP he also signed a partnership treaty with Russia which led to the formation of the Russia-CEDEP council and the Russia-CEDEP summit which is held every four years.

The first of these Russia-CEDEP summits led to clear agreements about combating climate change. This had become a more and more important issue over the years. Already as early as the seventies the Club of Prague announced that unlimited industrial growth couldn’t continue and that the world was being destroyed. During the nineties this became visible to the normal people as snowfall in winter decreased and summers became longer and more moist. Certain species of animals started to move north or started decreasing in number. Polar bears are among them. All the greenhouse gasses that the industrial powers sent up into the atmosphere were changing the world’s climate for the worse. Russia and CEDEP signed the so called Helsinki Protocol in 1995. The TDCO and the United States signed as well. Several Asian countries have signed too. The effects are noticeable. The hole in the ozone layer for instance has shrunk for the first since its discovery in 1979 and the rate at which the ice sheet on the north pole and the glaciers are melting, is decreasing. The Polar bears’ numbers have stabilized for the first time in a decade. This however is slowing it down, not stopping it. The two fastest growing economic powers in the world, China and India, have refused to sign as the Helsinki Protocol would inhibit their economic growth. Those two also happen to be the two largest producers of greenhouse gasses in the world. They also pollute the environment in other ways for example by dumping waste into their rivers. In China this has only stopped a year ago after fierce protests by environmental groups. This brought several species of fish and dolphin back from the brink of extinction.

Czar Nicholas III who had succeeded his father Georgy in 1989 signed the partnership treaty with the Germans as he was growing more and more concerned about China instead of Germany. Enmity between Russia and Germany had ended years ago as it was obvious to both that the other wasn’t a threat. Right now China’s economic power overshadows the economies of Germany, America and even that of resource rich Russia. The world had evolved from bipolar after the war, to tripolar with the rise of China, quadrupolar after the rise of India and now back to bipolar with the Russian-German-American-Indian block on one side and the EACO on the other. The Americans also founded the American Union, AU, as a counter block of their own. This made official what already was. South and Central America had effectively been America’s backyard since the end of the war. By 2008 the cold war between America and Germany was over out of sheer necessity as a new power had overtaken both. The era of German domination has ended. The 21st century would be China’s. The time of China has come.
 
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In a world where so many people are so much better off than OTL, there'd end up being a greater fuel crisis and even higher green-house gas levels.
 
Here you go. I haven't edited the rest of the map. I just took a 1914 map so the other countries are from 1914.

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Here we go.



Overview


Important events
1871: Franco-Prussian war and proclamation of the German Empire.
1888: coronation of emperor Friedrich III
1894: start of the first Sino-Japanese war
1895: end of Sino-Japanese war
1896: Germany purchases the Philippines from Spain.
1898: Spanish-American war
1904: start of the Russo-Japanese war
1905: end of Russo-Japanese war
1909: start of the 1909-1911 war. France and Serbia are overrun within weeks
1911: end of the war. Russia surrenders and loses territory and has to pay war reparations. Start of the Russian Civil War
1912: Russian Civil War ends with Czarist forces victorious.
1914: Friedrich III dies. Crown prince Wilhelm is crowned emperor Wilhelm II
1916: Franz Josef dies and his succeeded by Franz Ferdinand
1918: sultan Mehmet V dies and his succeeded by his son Mehmet VI
1936: start of second Sino-Japanese war and the Spanish civil war.
1938: Spanish civil war ends with the fascists victorious, start of the great war
1945: Germany, UK and US test their first atomic bombs. Russia is nuked as is Japan which doesn’t surrender.
1946: Japan surrenders
1947: India becomes independent
1948: Burma becomes independent
1949: founding of CEDEP
1951: Germany detonates the first hydrogen bomb
1952: America detonates its first H-bomb. ETDCO is founded by Britain
1957: Britain detonates its first H-bomb, Germany launches the first satellite
1958: America launches its first satellite
1960: Germany brings the first man into space.
1961: Indochina and the Philippines become independent after a vicious colonial war, foundation of the EACO
1962: China detonates its first A-bomb, first American in space
1966: China detonates its first H-bomb.
1969: America puts a man on the moon.
1973: India detonates its first A-bomb
1975: India detonates its first H-bomb
1980: China brings a man into space
1985: India brings a man into space.
1988: Zairian war
1995; Emperor Michael I visits the US. This is seen as the end of the Cold War between Germany and America.
2006: Germany puts a man on Mars

Empire of Germany
Government: semi-constitutional monarchy (The emperor currently holds about as much power as the American president but is not elected).
Population: - Germany: 101.528.301
- Tanganyika: 56.666.408
- Togoland: 14.739.000
- Micronesia: 107.862
- Total: 173.041.571

Capital: Berlin
Official languages: German.
Religion: 37% catholic, 31% protestant, 2% muslim, 7% Jewish, 22% atheist, 1% other.
Army: standing army currently numbers around 850.000 men although several millions can be mobilized in case of war. Conscription is still in place and the German armed forces are among the most advanced in the world. German navy possesses eight super carriers, six battleships and numerous other vessels including eight Type XXX submarines. Germany is also one of only three countries to maintain a strategic bomber forces. The other two are the United States and China.
WMDs: Germany is one of the six recognized nuclear powers and is also suspected of possessing chemical weapons including nerve agents and biological weapons such as anthrax. Germany tested the first atomic bomb in 1945 and the first H-bomb in 1951. Germany’s nuclear arsenal consists of 1750 nuclear warheads including tactical nuclear warheads and nuclear artillery. Germany’s nuclear missiles are known for their accuracy. Next to ICBMs and IRBMs Germany also possesses a large number of SLBMs which gives Germany a powerful second strike capability. This deterrent is sufficient to scare off any possible countries who might hold a grudge against Germany.
Currency: Reichs mark (also the currency of the CEDEP).
German Emperors:
Wilhelm I (1871-1888)
Friedrich III (1888-1914)
Wilhelm II (1914-1941)
Wilhelm III (1941-1951)
Wilhelm IV (1951-1957)
Ludwig I (1957-1994)
Michael I (1994-present)
Heir presumptive: Prince Christian-Sigismund of Prussia, brother of Michael I.
Short history: Germany was founded in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian war and a lot of political maneuvering by Bismarck. Germany fought in the 1909-1911 war and won decisively thereby establishing Germany as the most powerful country on the continent. Germany was one of the five major Central Powers in the Great War (1938-1946) and emerged victorious and became a super power after the war. Germany detonated the first atomic and hydrogen bombs, launched the first satellite, brought the first man into space and recently put a man on Mars. As of today Germany is one the forefront of technological development. Economically it has been overtaken by China and India and has therefore strengthened ties with India, Russia and the United States. Germany is still seen as a super power in spite of these developments.

Federal Empire of Austria
Government: semi-constitutional monarchy
Population: 79.719.485
Capital: Vienna
Official languages: German, Hungarian, Czech, Polish. (Italian, Bosnian, Serbian, Slovakian, Ruthenian and Ukrainian currently have the status of regional language/dialect).
Religion: 55% Roman catholic, 15% protestant, 3% Muslim, 3.5% Eastern Orthodox, 20% atheist, 2.5% Jewish, 1% other.
Army: standing army currently numbers about 578.000 men in active service and another two million reservists. Conscription was abolished in 1997 and the Austrian army had moved to an all volunteer force of professionals. Navy is quite moderate. The surface fleet is centered around two 35.500 ton carriers with about 30 planes each. The fleet is currently in the process of being upgraded.
WMDs: Austria has got a few heavy water reactors and the capability to produce highly enriched uranium which enables Austria to build nuclear weapons. Austria however has chosen not to build any nuclear weapons since the Austrian government is fine with staying under Germany’s nuclear umbrella. Austria however doesn’t allow German bases on its soil. Austria does posses a few thousand tons of chemical weapons including nerve agents.
Emperors of Austria since 1848:
Franz Josef (1848-1916)
Franz Ferdinand I (1916-1931)
Maximilian IV (1931-1962)
Franz II (1962-1977)
Anna I (1977-present)
Short history: The Federal Empire of Austria is a successor state to the Austro-Hungarian empire which was founded in 1866 after the Austro-Prussian war. It was founded in 1920 by Franz Ferdinand in an attempt to save the crumbling empire. After the 1909-1911 war, Austria-Hungary was in bad shape and needed reforms which Franz Ferdinand gave it. His empire was modeled on the United States. This caused quite some resentment in the Hungarian camp and in the imperial court. Franz Ferdinand pushed through in spite of these objections. He gave more autonomy to the Czechs in 1917 to begin with thereby creating the triple monarchy. The Poles were given autonomy in 1920 when the Federal Empire was founded. His son, Maximilian IV, continued these reforms and today all ethnic groups are represented in the Austrian government. He was succeeded by his son Franz. One of his most controversial acts was the changing of the succession laws shortly before his death which enabled his daughter Anna to become Empress. This caused a rift between the Czechs and Austrians on one side and the Hungarians and Poles on the other. The Hungarians even threatened to secede which was a bluff. It was more profitable for them to stay in the empire. The same applied to the Poles which caused quite some disappointment in Austria’s northern neighbor, Poland. Apart from this Austrian postwar history has been rather uneventful. Austria is a loyal member of CEDEP and ally of Germany.

Ottoman Empire
Government: semi-constitutional monarchy de jure, absolute monarchy de facto
Population: 175.676.829
Capital: Constantinople
Official languages: Predominantly Turkish and Arab. Other known languages are Armenian, Azerbaijani, Hebrew and very sporadic Russian.
Religion: 80% Sunni Muslim, 11% Shi’a Muslim, 7% Jewish, 1% Christian, 1% other.
Army: The Ottoman army consists of around 1.1 million in active service men which makes it larger than the German army. It also has a reserve of some 5 million men. The German army is more advanced though. The Ottoman Empire currently still has conscription. With five aircraft carriers and nuclear powered submarines the Ottoman Empire is the dominant naval power in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
WMDs: the Ottoman Empire tested nuclear weapons in 1962 which made it the fifth nuclear power. The Ottoman Empire does not have hydrogen bombs. The strongest weapons in the Ottoman arsenal are 220 kiloton weapons which were tested in a series of tests in 1995 although seismographs in Egypt registered an earth quake in Libya in 1970 which might have been a hydrogen bomb. The Ottoman government currently does not disclose any information regarding its nuclear capabilities. The Ottoman arsenal is the smallest nuclear stockpile in the world and consists of 215-275 warheads according to German reports although the CIA states it might be as much as 400. The Ottomans posses IRBMs with a range of 2000 kilometers and ICBMs with a range of 4500 kilometers which enables the Ottomans to strike at both Germany and China. The Ottomans also have a second strike capability in the form of SLBMs.
Ottoman sultans since 1876:
Abdülhamid II (1876-1909)
Mehmet V (1909-1918)
Mehmet VI (1918-1926)
Abdülmecid II (1926-1944)
Shehzade I (1944-1969)
Murad VI (1969-2007)
Mehmet VII (2007-present)
Heir presumptive: crown prince Abdülhamid.
Short history: The Ottoman Empire is one of the oldest nation in the world and was founded in the early fourteenth century and quickly became a great power. It conquered Constantinople in 1453 thereby ending the Byzantine Empire, the last shred of almighty Rome. It became even stronger after that and laid siege to Vienna twice; the first time in 1529 and the second time in 1683. At the end of the 17th century it started its rapid decline as its economy weakened. This was caused by the fact that the Europeans started to explore for themselves and established their own trade routes avoiding Ottoman territory. The European powers started to eat away on the empire’s borders. This combined with a weak economy and internal strife caused the empire to be rather insignificant by the dawn of the 20th century. The tanzimat couldn’t quell the rising nationalism of the various ethnic groups within Ottoman territory. It was Germany that pulled the empire out of its isolation. They did that in 1910 to open up a new front in Russia in the 1909-1911 war. The Ottomans gained Azerbaijan and the oilfields in Baku gave the empire a new economic impulse. This growth increased even more when the oilfields in Iraq and Libya were discovered. By 1930 the empire had reclaimed its status of great power. The Ottomans fought in the Great War and continued their rise afterwards. The empire is the founding member of the Organization of Oil and Gas Producing Nation or OOGPN for short. It was founded in 1960 with the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Sudan as its founding members. Countries like Indonesia, Russia, and Venezuela followed. The last country to enter to date was Persia which joined the OOGPN in 2000. In 1962 the Ottoman empire became the fifth nuclear power which was the culmination of the empire’s resurrection.

Kingdom of Georgia
Government: semi-autocratic monarchy
Population: 4.630.841
Capital: Tbilisi
Religion: 82% Georgian Orthodox, 10% Muslim, 4% Armenian Apostolic, 2% Russian Orthodox, 1% Roman Catholic, 1% other.
Official languages: Georgian, Russian
Army: The Georgian army consists of conscripts and volunteers and was founded in 1946. It also has contract soldiers to further boost its numbers. It is largely trained and equipped by the Ottoman Empire. Today the Georgian army has around 101.000 men in total.
WMDs: No
Short history: Georgia has been independent for a large part of its history. It was part of the Roman and then the Byzantine Empires but as they weakened, Georgia became independent. Georgia reached its zenith in the 12th and 13th centuries during which it dominated most of the Caucasus. It however ended up under Persian, Russian and Ottoman influence. In the late 18th century Georgia ended up as part of the Russian Empire but it never lost its national identity. It would remain part of Russia until 1945 when the Ottomans and Americans liberated it. Today it’s considered to be an Ottoman satellite state although attempts have been made by the Georgian government to change their outward appearance.

Republic of Armenia
Government: parliamentary republic
Population: 3.002.594
Capital: Yerevan
Religion: Christian 95% (predominantly Armenian apostolic), Islam 2%, other 3%
Official languages: Armenian
Army: The Armenian army was established in 1946 and, like the Georgian army, was equipped and trained mostly by the Ottomans. The Armenian army currently has around 85.000 men in service.
WMDs: No
Short history: Armenia has been ruled by foreign powers for most of its history with only short intermittent periods of independence because of its position. Its on the border of two continents. Its has been ruled by Assyrians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines Arabs, Mongols, Ottoman Turks and Russians. Nevertheless the Armenians maintained their national identity. Their independence was restored in 1945 when the Ottomans and Americans pushed the Russians out in 1945. Most view Armenia as a Ottoman puppet which it in fact is. There have been protests against the Ottomans who still oppress their own Armenian minority. They have been ignored so far. Many Armenians also want Ottoman territory which has a largely Armenian population such as the thin land link between Azerbaijan and the rest of the Ottoman Empire.

Russian Empire
Government: semi-constitutional monarchy
Population: 202.281.141
Capital: St.Petersburg
Official languages: Russian
Religion: Russian orthodox 80%, 6% Muslims, 13% atheist, 1% other.
Army: The Russian armed forces consist of roughly 1.2 million men which is the maximum allowed by the Treaty of St.Petersburg. Although they’re rather small, Russia’s armed forces are powerful and the Russian army is very modern. It isn’t inferior to the armed forces of any average western country. The Russian government’s decision to turn the army into an all volunteer force also helped as the army is much more professional now.
WMDs: No. Russia is forbidden to produce weapons of mass destruction although its well within Russia’s capability to produce them.
Emperors of Russia since 1881:
Alexander III (1881-1894)
Nicholas II (1894-1920)
Michael II (1920-1954)
Georgy I (1954-1989)
Nicholas III (1989-present)
Heir presumptive: crown prince Alexei.
Short history: the Russian Empire was founded in 1721 and was successor state to the Czardom of Russia. The Romanov dynasty has ruled Russia since 1613 when Michael I became Czar. Russia’s origins can be traced back to 9th century when the Kievan Rus was established. Russia remained rather unimportant for centuries but gradually became stronger. By the time the Napoleonic wars erupted Russia was a great power. The Russian Empire became stagnant however and fell behind on western Europe. This became evident after Russia’s defeat in the Russo-Japanese war and the 1909-1911 war. Russia was defeated in both. The latter unchained a communist revolution and the subsequent Russian civil war which devastated Russia. After that Russia rose back to prominence under the fascist rule of Roman Ungern von Sternberg who launched the devastating Great War which would ultimately last for eight years. In the post-war period Russia became an economic super power because of its massive mineral wealth. Russia still holds this position and in the meantime has reconciled with the former Central Powers.

Kingdom of Poland
Government: constitutional monarchy
Population: 14.015.627
Capital: Warsaw
Official languages: Polish
Religion: Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant 4%, Jewish 2%, Eastern orthodox 2%, 15% Atheist, Other 2%
Army: the Polish army was created by the Germans during the 1909-1911 war and was and still is a rather small but highly professional force. Today it consists of around 118.000 men in total and is highly advanced.
WMDs. No. Poland however is a nuclear weapons sharing country. Germany currently has one base on Polish territory were around 30 nuclear weapons are being stored. In case of war the Germans can give the Polish Air Force the codes to arm the weapons and use them.
Kings of Poland:
Karol I (1909-1933)
Karol II (1933-1951)
Karol III (1951-present)
Heir presumptive: crown prince Leo, descendant of Karol II’s younger brother Leo (Karol III has no male children)
Short history: Poland had been a rather large power during the middle ages and was known as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was partitioned in 1772, 1793 and 1795 which effectively erased Poland from the map. In 1807 Napoleon restored Poland in the form of the Archduchy of Warsaw but this state was short lived. It was repartitioned after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. The Russian part was established as a Congress Kingdom but was effectively annexed by Russia. In 1909 the 1909-1911 war started and German forces turned east after defeating France. The Russians were driven out of East Prussia and, more importantly to the Poles, out of Poland. In that same year the Kingdom of Poland was established with Austrian Archduke Karl Stephan as its king. He was crowned king Karol I of Poland. The nascent kingdom had been carved out of former Congress Poland and was wedged between Germany and Austria-Hungary which enabled them to exert their influence if they needed to. Poland fought alongside Germany in the 1909-1911 war and the Great War on the eastern front. Polish forces fought valiantly displaying some extraordinary feats of heroism and sometimes even saved their German overlords. During the fifties Poland experienced a bout of economic growth as its steel, mining and logging industries grew. These along with the agrarian sector formed the cornerstone of the Polish economy. Since the 1980s the electronic industry has grown a lot as has the service sector. After the war Poland remained quiet and Polish history has been uneventful since the end of the war.

Kingdom of Finland
Government: constitutional monarchy
Population: 5.330.644
Capital: Helsinki
Official languages: Finnish
Religion: Lutheran 81.7%, Finnish Orthodox 1.1%, atheist 15.9%, other 1.3%.
Army: The Finnish armed forces are relatively large when compared to those of similar sized countries and Finland spends a large portion of its GDP on defence. Finland’s relations with its larger Russian neighbour remain icy even today although they have gotten better since the end of the war. The armed forces currently consists of professional soldiers and conscripts and is about 354.000 men strong and is very advanced.
WMDs: Finland already developed chemical weapons in the pre-war years as a deterrent against Russia. Their use only slowed the Russians down and caused a retaliation against Finnish civilians. Finland still maintains a small stockpile of chemical weapons including the lethal VX gas. Finland is also suspected of having anthrax. According to Okhrana reports from the late 1930s there were several biological weapons facilities. It is unclear whether or not Finland possesses biological weapons. Finland does not posses nuclear weapons although they can produce them. Finland, like Poland, is a nuclear weapons sharing country.
Kings of Finland:
Friedrich I (1911-1940)
Friedrich Wilhelm I (1940-1961)
Leo I (1961-1998)
Friedrich Wilhelm II (1998-present)
Heir presumptive: crown prince Friedrich
Short history: Finland was annexed into Russia after the Finnish war in 1809 and the Finns would have to wait for over a century before Finnish independence was restored. Finland was established as an independent kingdom by the Germans in the Treaty of Warsaw in 1911. Its king was prince Friedrich Karl of Hessen, emperor Wilhelm II’s brother-in-law, who was crowned king Friedrich I. The nascent kingdom quickly achieved prominence as it was economically the strongest of all new states created by the Germans. It had and still has a very diverse economy. Metallurgic industry, logging industry, paper industry, textile industry, electronics industry, a large agricultural sector and a growing service sector form the pillars of the Finnish economy. During the great war Finland was fully occupied for the duration of the war and suffered greatly. Finland was overrun within a few weeks although the Finnish navy shelled St.Petersburg as a last act of defiance. A guerrilla war against the Russians ensued. Some surviving Finnish army units which had escaped to Germany fought on the eastern front. The Finnish navy operated alongside the High Seas Fleet and destroyed the small Russian fleet in 1944 by which time Russia had lost air superiority. Finnish ships also served in the Atlantic and even the pacific. The Russian army retaliated against the guerrillas and left Finland a devastated country after seven years of occupation. During the reign of Friedrich Wilhelm I Finland largely recovered which it did surprisingly fast.

Baltic Archduchy
Government: constitutional monarchy
Population: 3.611.302
Capital: Riga
Official languages: Latvian, Estonian (Russian is recognized as a regional language)
Religion: Lutheran 77%, Russian orthodox 6%, Roman Catholic 3.5%, atheist 13%, other 1%.
Army: Like Finland, the Baltic Archduchy maintains a relatively large army for such a small country. That’s only logical since it borders Russia. Baltic-Russian relations have improved since the end of the war though but are still quite chilly. Its armed forces are currently about 97.000 men strong and consist of a mix of conscripts and professionals. Its armed forces are among the most advanced in the world.
WMDs: No. The Baltic Archduchy is a nuclear weapons sharing country however.
Archdukes of the Baltic Archduchy:
Philipp I (1911-1917)
Albrecht I (1917-1939)
Philipp II (1939-1975)
Carl I (1975-present)
Heir presumptive: crown prince Friedrich.
Short history: the Baltics were formerly part of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth but were annexed by Russia in the early 18th century after which they had to endure almost two centuries of Russian rule. The Baltic Archduchy was officially established in 1911 in the Treaty of Warsaw which forced the Russians to recognize that country. Its king was duke Philipp of Württemberg who was crowned Philipp I. The Archduchy fought alongside Germany in the war and was partially occupied until 1945 when German and Baltic forces broke through Russian lines and laid siege to St.Petersburg until Russia’s surrender about two months later. After that the Archduchy mostly concerned itself with rebuilding. The agrarian sector is the most important sector of the Baltic economy along with light industry although the service sector and the electronics industry have risen to prominence in the past three decades.

Kingdom of Lithuania
Government: constitutional monarchy
Population: 3.369.600
Capital: Vilnius
Official languages: Lithuanian
Religion: Roman Catholic 79%, Lutheran 9%, eastern orthodox 5%, other protestant churches 2%, 1.5% Jewish, 1.5% Muslim, other 2%
Army: Lithuania also maintains a large army for its size although it has declined in size since the end of the war. Since then Lithuanian-Russian relations have improved to such a degree that the army could become smaller. The armed forces of Lithuania are about 88.000 men strong and are very advanced. They are largely made up of professionals and an increasingly smaller number of conscripts.
WMDs: No. Lithuania is a nuclear weapons sharing country though.
Kings of Lithuania:
Karl I (1911-1922)
Otto I (1922-present) (regent: his mother Maria Josepha of Saxony until his 18th birthday in 1930)
Heir presumptive: crown prince Karl
Short History: Lithuania was once part of the powerful Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth which for a time dominated eastern Europe. It however declined in power and Lithuania was absorbed into the Russian Empire. After that the Lithuanians had to endure over two centuries of Russian rule. Independence was re-established in the Treaty of Warsaw in 1911 in which the Germans forced Russia to recognize Lithuanian independence. Archduke Karl, the younger brother of the then future emperor Franz Ferdinand, was crowned king Karl I of Lithuania. Lithuania fought alongside Germany in the great war. Like its northern neighbour, Lithuania was and still is largely agrarian and has some light industry.

Ukrainian National Republic
Government: presidential republic
Population: 41.372.700
Capital: Odessa
Official languages: Ukrainian, Russian
Religion: Eastern Orthodox 80%, Roman Catholic 2%, Protestant 2%, atheist 15%, other 1%.
Army: The Ukraine currently maintains the second largest standing army in eastern Europe. The Ukrainian government as less than cordial relations with Russia although they have improved since their all time low during the late forties and the fifties. The Ukrainian National Army is about 488.000 men strong excluding reservists. It mostly consists of conscripts but there are professionals as well. In case of war Ukraine can mobilize up to 4 million men.
WMDs: Ukraine possesses an arsenal of chemical weapons as a deterrent and is a nuclear weapons sharing country.
Short history: The Ukraine was part of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth and was also the birthplace of the Kievan Rus and Russia. The eastern Ukraine was annexed in the 17th century. After the partition of Poland in the 18th century Ukraine was gradually absorbed by the Russians and the Ukraine had to suffer Russian oppression. The Czarist regime then enforced a policy of Russification and Ukrainan language and culture were forbidden. Independence was restored in 1939 when the Germans launched an offensive into western Ukraine during the Great War. The Ukrainian army was founded back then and the Ukrainians fought fanatically against their former masters. After the war the Ukrainians had to rebuild their devastated country. Today Ukraine is home to a large steel industry and also has a lot of heavy industry and ship building industry.

Byelorussian Republic
Government: parliamentary republic
Population: 9.689.800
Capital: Minsk
Official languages: Belarusian, Russian
Religion: predominantly eastern orthodox
Army: The Byelorussian army consists mostly of conscripts. Their share has declined however as the Byelorussian population is declining and the army is relying more and more on contract soldiers. Belarus’ armed forces are currently 330.000 men strong including reservists.
WMDs: No. Belarus is a nuclear weapons sharing nation though.
Short history: Slavic tribes first settled there in the 6th century. In The fourteenth century Belarus became part of a personal union with Poland which would eventually lead to the creation of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. That was dissolved in 18th century and Belarus was absorbed into Russia. In 1940 German forces liberated Belarus and the Byelorussian Republic was established which was promptly recognized by all Central Powers. After the war Belarus’ history has been rather uneventful. Belarus rebuilt quickly after the war and has focused on heavy industry ever since. The agricultural sector is also important and an electronics industry is rising as well.

France
Government: parliamentary republic
Population: 61.500.038
Capital: Paris
Official languages: French
Religion: Roman Catholic 52%, Protestant 5%, Islam 2%, Jewish 0.5%, Buddhism 0.5%, atheist 31%, other 9%
Army: The current French army was founded in 1955 and is limited to 225.000 men. It is among the most advanced in the world as a compensation for its small size. French commandos are said to be the best in the world. There’s no conscription in place as France is not allowed to have conscription. The army therefore consists of volunteers and contract soldiers.
WMDs: No
Short history: France has been a unified state since the ninth century and was a leading power of Europe for a long time. It was formed after the signing of the treaty of Verdun in 843 AD and the current Fourth Republic was founded in 1944 after France’s surrender in the Great War. In the past France has been a monarchy. The Bourbon dynasty ruled over France until the French revolution in 1789. In 1804 the first empire was established by Napoleon I. After the congress of Vienna the Bourbons were re-established as the monarchs of France. They were overthrown in 1848 and the Second Republic was established. That also ended when Napoleon III established his Second Empire which ended after France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian war in 1871. The third republic was born. France went to war with Germany again in 1909 to take revenge and was defeated within seven weeks. France was humiliated and lost many of its colonies. The third republic was overthrown by Petain who crowned himself emperor Philippe I. His Third Empire was forced to surrender in 1944 after six years of war and the Fourth Republic was founded. France was no longer a great power. Its colonial empire was gone except for some bits and pieces. France currently feels content with being a middle power.
Revanchist parties do exist but they have yet to cross the 5% vote threshold to get into parliament.

Italy
Government: constitutional monarchy
Population: 58.958.961
Capital: Rome
Official languages: Italian
Religion: Roman Catholic 88%, Protestant 2%, Islam 2%, atheist 7%, other 1%
Army: The Italian army is currently about 550.000 men strong and consists of both conscripts and volunteers. The Italian army is rather large as Italy was treated rather mildly after the war since it switched sides. The Italian army is also very advanced and is very proficient at electronic warfare. Italy does not maintain any bases within 50 kilometres of the border since Italy is prohibited from doing so.
WMDs: No
Kings of Italy
Victor Emmanuel II (1861-1878)
Umberto I (1878-1900)
Victor Emmanuel III (1900-1947)
Umberto II (1947-1983)
Victor Emmanuel IV (1983-present)
Heir presumptive: crown prince Emanuele Filiberto
Short history: Italy is the birthplace of the Roman Empire which lasted until 476 AD. After the fall of the western Roman Empire Italy became divided into several states such as the Papal states the kingdom of Naples, the Grand duchy of Tuscany, and several city states such as Genoa and Venice. This division remained in place for centuries as the different states had many conflicting interests and the surrounding empires didn’t want to see a unified Italy. The first war of Italian independence started in 1848 as revolutions swept through Europe. It was an utter defeat for the Italians and a victory for Austria. In the second war of Italian independence the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia successfully challenged Austria with the help of France, liberating Lombardy-Venetia. In 1866 Italy aligned itself with Prussia in the Austro-Prussian war allowing them to annex Venice in what would become known as the third war of Italian independence. In 1882 the Italians joined the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary. Italy fought alongside the Germans and Austrians in the 1909-1911 war but gained little. This, along with resentment against the Austrians who still had a sizable Italian minority, caused the alliance to break up. During the 1910s Italy tried to get more influence in the Balkans which it did with moderate success. Albania was established as an independent kingdom with an Italian as its king. In 1921 the fascist PNF managed to take power as a result of growing dissatisfaction among the Italian people. Under Mussolini’s leadership Italy increased its colonial empire by conquering Abyssinia in 1929. During the war Italy sided with the Axis. When Italy started losing, the Italians became angry and the Italian army overthrew the fascist regime in 1943. Italy surrendered in 1944. Italy wasn’t punished heavily. It did have to cede Venice which the Austrians insisted upon. This has resulted in rather hostile Austro-Italian relationships even today. After the war another crisis threatened when the government which consisted of social-democrats and communists wanted to end the monarchy. The army threatened to intervene if a referendum wasn’t organized. The army would have intervened anyway if the outcome had been negative. Fortunately it wasn’t and Italy has been quiet ever since.

Kingdom of Albania
Government: constitutional monarchy
Population: 3.600.523
Capital: Tirana
Official languages: Albanian (Serbian and Montenegrin are recognized as regional languages)
Religion: Muslim 68%, Eastern Orthodox 18%, Catholic 11%, Other 3%
Army: The Albanian army was founded in 1912 after Albania became independent from the Ottoman Empire with Italian support. They were largely trained and equipped by Italy which was Albania’s benefactor. Today the Albanian armed forces have about 55.000 men in active service and over 170.000 reservists and currently still have conscription. The Albanian army currently still has Italy as its main arms supplier which makes it an advanced army. It is small but is very mobile. Currently the army as most bases in the north to fend off Austria and its Serbian and Montenegrin vassals.
WMDs: No
Kings of Albania:
Emanuele I (1912-1931)
Amedeo I (1931-1955)
Amedeo II (1955-present. Regent: his mother Irene until his 18th birthday in 1961)
Heir presumptive: crown prince Aimone
Short history: Albania had never been really independent until its foundation in 1912. It has been under Greek influence and has been part of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. In 1912 Albanian independence was established with Italian support and it had an Italian as its king. Emanuele Filiberto, the second duke of Aosta, was crowned king of Albania. He was the son of Amadeo I, former king of Spain. Albanian history has been rather uneventful ever since. Albania wisely remained neutral during the Great War. The most eventful period was the death of Amedeo I who died childless. He was succeeded by his nephew Amedeo, son of his brother Aimone. Albanian history since 1912 is obviously quite boring.

Republic of China
Government: presidential republic
Population: 1.659.088.127
Capital: Beijing
Official languages: Chinese
Religion: Buddhism 38%, Taoism 31%, Confucianism 12%, Christianity 4%, I-Kuan To 1%, atheist 11%, Chinese folk religions 2.5%, other 0.5%
Army: China currently maintains the largest armed forces in the world. The current Chinese armed forces’ origins can be traced back to the late 1910s. During that period German-Japanese relations deteriorated and the Germans turned towards China. Sino-German relations improved and Germany started training and equipping the Chinese National Army as it is called. The army currently has 3.255.000 men in active service and millions more are reservist. China also has the largest air force in the world. It consists of 17.000 planes including a small strategic bomber force. Chinese armed forces are less advanced than those of Germany and America. Both currently far ahead in terms of electronic warfare. The Chinese are catching up though. The Chinese navy has several battleships and aircraft carriers including six super carriers. Five more of them are still under construction the last of which will be commissioned in 2013.
WMDs: The Chinese currently posses about 550 nuclear weapons and an arsenal of chemical and biological weapons as a deterrent. China’s nuclear program started in the late forties but was hampered because China was devastated by the war and was still in the process of rebuilding. In 1962 China tested its first nuclear weapon and became the dominant power in Asia. It was also a prestige project to show the world China’s power. In 1966 China tested a hydrogen bomb. China has ICBMs capable of reaching Germany and the United States. China also possesses IRBMs capable of striking in Siberia and most of India and South East Asia. China also has a second strike capability in the form of SLBMs.
Short history: China has been a unified state for centuries and has had a high standing civilization dating back millennia when Europeans were still running around in animal skins with spears. In the centuries preceding the 20th century the Chinese Empire started to decline as European powers overtook the stagnant Chinese. China became progressively weaker and poorer and all kinds of unfair treaties were imposed on it. Foreign intervention became rule rather than exception. In 1911 the Qing dynasty and China’s last emperor were overthrown and the ROC was established. During the 1910s Sino-German relations improved and China started to modernize. In 1936 Japan attacked China to crush what they viewed as a rising threat. China was becoming stronger economically and militarily by the year. This conflict would last for ten years until Japan’s surrender in 1946 and left China devastated. Under the leadership of Chiang Kai-Shek China rebuilt and China became an atomic power. China became an economic super power as well and founded the East Asian Cooperation Organization. In 1980 China also brought a man into space and is planning to put a man on the moon in the near future.

Republic of Korea
Government: presidential republic
Population: 72.346.515
Capital: Seoul
Official languages: Korean
Religion: Confucianism 37%, Buddhism 23%, Protestant 18%, Roman Catholic 11%, atheist 11%
Army : the Korean National Army was founded in 1946 and was largely trained and equipped by the Chinese. In the past few years Korea has also set up an advanced indigenous arms industry. Korea currently has conscription but also has volunteers and contract soldiers since Korea’s population is declining. The Korean army currently has 766.000 men in active service and another 4.5 million reservists.
WMDs: No
Short history: Korea has been an independent nation for most of its history. It successfully repelled the Chinese in the 7th century which was quite a feat. Korea grew weaker and stagnant however and the Korean Empire ended up under Chinese suzerainty. It changed hands after the first Sino-Japanese war in the late 19th century. In 1910 it was officially annexed into the Empire of Japan. It remained a part of Japan until its liberation by China in 1945. Until that time the Japanese harshly oppressed the Korean populace and outlawed Korean culture and print. After the war Korea had to rebuild and experienced a huge economic growth during the seventies when Korea’s advanced electronics industry emerged. Korea also has mining industry and steel industry but electronics industry is the most important. Today Korean computers, microwaves, refrigerators and other electrical appliances can be found in homes everywhere.

Republic of Indochina
Government: parliamentary republic
Population: 106.027.467
Capital: Saigon (formerly known as Friedrichsburg)
Official languages: Vietnamese (predominantly), Khmer, Lao
Religion: Buddhism 85%, Roman Catholic 7%, protestant 2%
Army: The Indochinese army was founded in 1961 and was largely based around a core of soldiers of the former Indochinese legion of the German army. It is equipped mostly with Chinese weaponry and has 1.2 million men in active service and 5 million in the reserves.
WMDs: Indochina does not posses nuclear weapons since it’s under China’s nuclear umbrella. Indochina has developed a large arsenal of chemical weapons including nerve agents independently of China to make clear that Indochina doesn’t accept a position as a mere vassal. Indochina also has IRBMs which can strike up to 2000 kilometres into China.
Short history: Indochina has been under Chinese rule until the 10th century with brief periods of independence. After that Indochina became independent until the French arrived. In a series of military conquest between 1859 and 1885 Indochina’s independence was eroded by the French and the colony of French Indochina was established. The French lost it to Germany after the 1909-1911 war and it remained under German rule until 1961. Its independence was preceded by a vicious colonial war which the Germans decided to end. Since then Indochina has evolved into an economic power in its own right with a highly developed consumer industry. Indochina also has several oil wells, coal deposits and metallic ores which are all being extracted by the state oil company and state mining company respectively.

Indian Confederation
Government: parliamentary republic
Population: 1.471.244.244
Capital: New Delhi
Religion: Hindu 69%, Muslim 20%, Buddhism 7%, atheist 3%, other 1%
Army: The Indian armed forces are currently the second largest in the world with 2.923.000 men in active service and millions of reservists. Like the Chinese armed forces they lag behind on the west in term of quality but compensate with sheer numbers. They were founded in 1947 and received training from the Chinese. China and India still had friendly relations at the time. India has also launched a super carrier class of its own. It is called the Nehru-class after the lead ship of the class and is similar in size to the Chinese Sun Yat Sen-class. Four have been built so far and five more are to be constructed the last of which will be commissioned by 2020.
WMDs: India currently possesses around 350 nuclear warheads as a deterrent against mostly China. India tested its first atomic bomb in 1973 and its first hydrogen bomb in 1975. India also possesses ICBMs capable of striking in Germany and America. IRBMs which can reach China are priority number one though. India possesses SLBMs which give it a second strike capability. India also possesses chemical and biological weapons.
Short history: India has a long history dating to before Alexander the Great and several powerful empires such as that of Chandragupta have ruled over India. In the 19th century India was divided into several kingdoms which ultimately proved incapable of resisting the colonial powers. India was colonized. An independence movement arose however and after the war Britain was to weak to fight a prolonged colonial war and rule over a disobedient population. In 1947 India became independent. China intervened to prevent the Muslim minority from seceding since they didn’t want to see fragmentation. This resulted in the creation of the Indian Confederation. The Chinese thought that Pakistani independence might encourage the Uyghurs in their own country. The Confederation was a satisfactory solution and it remains a unified state until this day and is becoming a super power. Like China , India has created some vassal states. Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka are all in India’s sphere of influence. Asia is now divided.

Supranational organizations

Central European Defence and Economic Pact (CEDEP)
Formation: Treaty of Berlin in 1949
Founding members: Germany, Federal Empire of Austria, Finland, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Baltic Archduchy
Joined later:
- 1951: Netherlands, Denmark
- 1959: Norway, Sweden
- 1969: Romania

Function: economic and military alliance.
Description: The CEDEP is a large supranational organization and a customs union. It has trade barriers against foreign powers to stimulate local economies and the economies of its members. There also isn’t border control anymore. This means that there is free transit of goods, services and people within CEDEP territory.
Currency Reichs mark.
Population: 370.619.159

Trade and Defence Cooperation Organization (TDCO, formerly ETDCO)
Formation: Treaty of London 1952.
Founding members: Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Iceland
Joined later:
- 1953: Canada
- 1955: New Zealand
- 1967: South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe
- Limited partnership: India.

Function: economic and military alliance.
Description: The TDCO (formerly ETDCO) was formed in 1952 as a counter block against the CEDEP but has always been the weaker of the two. It’s also an economic alliance similar to the CEDEP. The two have been in a state of cold war for decades but have reconciled in the light of China’s rise to power and have even started to cooperate.
Population: 350.089.169

East Asian Cooperation Organization (EACO)
Formation: Treaty of Beijing, 1961
Founding members: China, Republic of Korea, Republic of Indochina, Philippines
Joined later:
- 1962: Burma
- 1966: Thailand, Malaysia
- 1967: Singapore, Brunei
- 1973: Indonesia

Function: economic and military alliance
Description: The EACO was founded in 1961 by China mainly as a means to exert more control over its vassals. Today it’s a powerful economic block and products from EACO nations can be found all over the world. It is also a military alliance and the EACO countries combined have the largest military in the world. Since 2002 the EACO also has a common currency: the Chinese Yuan.
Currency: Chinese Yuan
Population: 2.316.853.479

Commonwealth of Independent Countries (CIC)
Formation: 1961 after Indochinese and Philippine independence
Founding members: Germany, Indochina, Philippines.
Joined later:
- Cameroon
- Zaire
- Congo
- Abyssinia
- Morocco
- Senegal
- Mauritania
- Mali
- Namibia
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Gabon

Population: 610.969.754
Official head of state: Emperor of Germany (currently Michael I)
Description: The Commonwealth of Independent Countries is a voluntary association of fifteen independent sovereign states, most of which are former German colonies, or dependencies of these colonies (the exception being Germany). No single government in the Commonwealth, German or otherwise, exercises power over the others, as in a political union officially. Germany however is the dominant power and is able to boss around the other members. Officially, the relationship is one of an international organization through which countries with diverse social, political, and economic backgrounds are regarded as equal in status, and co-operate within a framework of common values and goals. Unofficially it’s a form of German neocolonialism. Its also an economic and a military alliance. The best example of this neocolonialism is the war in Zaire in which Germany reasserted its power over its former colony.


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Merde! Tant pis... All things must come to an end.

Allow me, Mein Onkel, to be the first to congratulate you on an excellent timeline. It's been fun...

One small quibble... I think the Christian population of the Ottoman Empire would be larger. At least 5%, perhaps even closer to 10%, with Armenians, Greeks, Arab Christians and Egyptian Copts...
 
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Actually Egypt is not part of the empire thanks to the British. This Ottoman Empire consists of the Ottoman Empire in 1914+Libya. BTW to everyone who wants to do spin offs: feel free to do so. In the meantime I'll try to get this immortalized by getting it into the 'Timelines and Scenarios Forum section.'
 

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I just FINALLY read this whole thing and its great but your one sick bastard.
I love to see a all powerful(hopefully) non-Nazi Germany but at the cost of an even more powerful china. I still find my self leaning towards this TL being better then what really happened as there is one dominate power in the middle east (so no bickering Arab nations), a supreme non-Nazi Germany, no red Russia EVER, no red China, and to top it all off is the best part, a France and Russia with a small army and no nukes.....Ah life is good
 
Ottoman Empire
Government: semi-constitutional monarchy de jure, absolute monarchy de facto
Population: 175.676.829
Capital: Constantinople
Official languages: Predominantly Turkish and Arab. Other known languages are Armenian, Azerbaijani, Hebrew and very sporadic Russian.
Religion: 80% Sunni Muslim, 11% Shi’a Muslim, 7% Jewish, 1% Christian, 1% other.
Army: The Ottoman army consists of around 1.1 million in active service men which makes it larger than the German army. It also has a reserve of some 5 million men. The German army is more advanced though. The Ottoman Empire currently still has conscription. With five aircraft carriers and nuclear powered submarines the Ottoman Empire is the dominant naval power in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
WMDs: the Ottoman Empire tested nuclear weapons in 1962 which made it the fifth nuclear power. The Ottoman Empire does not have hydrogen bombs. The strongest weapons in the Ottoman arsenal are 220 kiloton weapons which were tested in a series of tests in 1995 although seismographs in Egypt registered an earth quake in Libya in 1970 which might have been a hydrogen bomb. The Ottoman government currently does not disclose any information regarding its nuclear capabilities. The Ottoman arsenal is the smallest nuclear stockpile in the world and consists of 215-275 warheads according to German reports although the CIA states it might be as much as 400. The Ottomans posses IRBMs with a range of 2000 kilometers and ICBMs with a range of 4500 kilometers which enables the Ottomans to strike at both Germany and China. The Ottomans also have a second strike capability in the form of SLBMs.
Ottoman sultans since 1876:
Abdülhamid II (1876-1909)
Mehmet V (1909-1918)
Mehmet VI (1918-1926)
Abdülmecid II (1926-1944)
Shehzade I (1944-1969)
Murad VI (1969-2007)
Mehmet VII (2007-present)
Has A-bombs, but not H-bombs?!?! The first H-bombs took a while, OTL, sure, but once the theory was in place, new nuclear nations went fusion quickly. China, e.g., exploded her first A-bomb in '64 and the first H-bomb in '67. I can't imagine a nuclear armed nation NOT going the H-bomb route when others have.


Ukrainian National Republic
Government: presidential republic
Population: 41.372.700
Capital: Odessa
Official languages: Ukrainian, Russian
Religion: Eastern Orthodox 80%, Roman Catholic 2%, Protestant 2%, atheist 15%, other 1%.
??? What the heck happened to all the Uniates (Greek Catholics/ Byzantine Rite Roman Catholics / whatever you want to call them). OTL, they are some 8% of the population... Sorry if it was covered in an earlier post.

(Having grown up in a city with two Roman Catholic (functional) cathedrals (one Latin, one Ukrainian), I'm more aware/sensitive to the issue than most...
 
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