Resources. It's filled with oil and mineral wealth that the Technate lacks.
The Union Forever: A TL
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Who says they are keeping those areas? They look likely to be the big enemy of the next world war anyways.
There are a lot of ethnic Poles in eastern Prussia. Germany would likely not want to antagonize them by helping a heavy handed response on IEF Poland. Also, the Russians get nothing by trying to hold on to their chunk of Poland. I could see the Motherland leadership cutting it off to hold on to more desirable territories and send more resources against the Technate
I could see perhaps IEF Poland being given independence in exchange for guarantees it will stay allied with Germany and/or Russia and kept a monarchial form of government.
Germany might not want to see their Poles inspired by the success of IEF Poles gaining independence either though (see Turkey and Kurds).
They'd probably be Germanized by now, but sympathetic to the plight of the Poles in the IEF as Irish in the US were to the IRA.
It might depend invade China before or after US presidential election. If Blanton loses election for Democrat candidate and invasion is after election might be that USA not invade. Democrats not be so anti-Technocrats than Republicans. And generally they seems being lesser hawkish.
Following this. Meant to do it earlier but my godamn verification e-mail wouldn't show up on my inbox
I just have one question to make. I understand it might have been answered already since I'm late to the party, but what is the Orthodox Council like? Is it some sort of Tsarist, religion-based Warsaw Pact or a looser kind of union?
I just have one question to make. I understand it might have been answered already since I'm late to the party, but what is the Orthodox Council like? Is it some sort of Tsarist, religion-based Warsaw Pact or a looser kind of union?
It would be Second Great War. Or would it call as Second Great War when previous one is 90 years time?
Why not call it the Sino-American War? Someone play with devil's advocate here...
Eh, I wouldn't say things are that bad. But I do agree, it is a tinderbox that could explode if we get a worst-case scenario.Oh damn. It looks like unless the IEF liberalizes very quickly, it's fucked.
Yes, OTL's Malaysia is ITTL divided between the Union of Malaya (includes Singapore), Kingdom of Sarawak, and the Sultanate of Brunei. Like SuperFrong said, East Timor is independent but retains the Portuguese monarch.
Yes, ITTL Northern Ireland is smaller as it only contained the majority protestant areas after Ireland became a dominion in 1919. This has had the side effect of making Northern Ireland more stable (less of an agitated Catholic minority) and has put pressure on Ireland to remain inside the British Commonwealth (Protestants in Ireland want to keep the connection with the UK). I'm not sure on what the actual border would look like but somebody feel free to make a map.
Great comments everyone. Keep it coming. We should remember that both the IEF and the Technocratic Union has nuclear weapons. I doubt that China would want to invade Manchuria while it is still part of the IEF if it wants to avoid a nuclear exchange.
The United States is definitely worried about Technocratic expansion. However they aren't thrilled about the IEF's war in Manchuria either. While the American government hasn't called on Russia to grant independence to Manchuria and doesn't want it to see it fall to China, going to war over it would probably be a stretch for the American public not to mention the Democratic controlled Congress.
Following this. Meant to do it earlier but my godamn verification e-mail wouldn't show up on my inbox
I just have one question to make. I understand it might have been answered already since I'm late to the party, but what is the Orthodox Council like? Is it some sort of Tsarist, religion-based Warsaw Pact or a looser kind of union?
On paper the Orthodox Council is a political/economical/cultural forum in which all nations have an equal say. In reality the IEF uses the Orthodox Council to prop up friendly regimes in Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania and secure its influence over said nations. The IEF has military alliances will all member countries. The IEF has other allies/puppets like Tuva, Mongolia, Uighurstan, etc., but these nations are not members of the Orthodox Council.