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Pausania, officially the Kingdom of Pausania (Pausanian: Regno de Pausania), is a nation in southern Verdantis. Bordered by Attorlia, Daclara and Ollenia-Wellovia to the north, Terevas to the east, Avera to the south and Cumara to the west. Pausania's capital is Ombrico, the country's second-largest city. Pausania's largest city is San Agustina, and other large cities include Scutari, Ancozza, Grabbize,

In early antiquity, the region that is now modern Pausania was inhabited my a multitude of peoples, mostly proto-Sartian peoples. By 100 BC a distinct Pausanian language and culture had emerged due to said Sartian peoples emigrating northward, replaced by nomadic tribes originating from northern Remania. In 431 AD the region was conquered by the First Remanian Empire, becoming part of the province of Terra Pausanius.

The First Empire collapsed rapidly from the 800s on, leading to many Pausanian city-states run by local tribes appearing. From the 1100s on, these states fought with each other to conquer the others by force and become the dominant power in a Pausanian state. Eventually, by 1470 the city state of Orobico had grown to unify the region by force, and in 1474 Stefano I was crowned, beginning the First Pausanian Empire. Throughout the 1500s and 1600s, the country would grow in stature, becoming a resurgent Remanian Empire's main regional rival. In 1743, the death of the last Orobican king, Carlo III, led to a war of succession between two families, supported by (???) and Remania respectively. Ultimately the V-T supported Gandasci noble house won out, and their dynasty still holds power in Pausania to the present.

By 1850, Pausania was in a second golden age, with a rapidly industrialising economy and increased international trade. However, political turmoil caused by multiple assassinations of high ranking political figures culminated in the 1876 assassination of Prime Minister Giovanni Spinelli, leading to 40 years of political instability known as the Years of Lead, characterised by intermittent authoritarian strongman rule, emergency governance, weak governments and outright chaos in the streets, coinciding with the total collapse of the country’s extensive empire.

In 1924, the military, supported by sympathetic parliamentarians, couped the government and monarchy, suspending Parliament and establishing a dictatorship under Pietro Bollani. The ''Dominio'' period, as it became known, was extremely unstable and characterised by mass repression, inter-service rivalries and economic downturn. In 1932, following mass uprisings across the country, the junta allowed elections to occur, which were won by the corporatist Donato Trevisan, who restored the monarchy but removed their powers, allowing for him to centralise power and rule Pausania under a one-party authoritarian corporatist state. Thanks to the stability Trevisan’s regime brought, Pausania enjoyed unparalleled economic growth from the 1930s until the 1970s, becoming a regional power and economic stronghold. Democratic rule would slowly return following the death of Trevisan in 1973. The beginning of the Brothers’ War in neighbouring Sartou would see Pausanian intervention in 1983, supporting the breakaway states of Alghetia and Ollenia-Wellovia.

Pausania today is a first-world, highly developed nation with one of the largest economies on the planet. The country is a secular constitutional monarchy, with Alessandra V as head of state. The country is a major economic hub, with a large banking and financial sector as well as being an exporter of manufactured goods and raw/precious materials.

== Etymology ==

== History ==
''Main article: [[History of Pausania]]''

=== Prehistoric Pausania ===
[[File:Ancient workshop in the Niš Fortress.IMG 3801.jpg|thumb|200x200px|The fortress of Garrata, an ancient Sartian settlement and fortress from the 21st century BC.]]
Evidence from prehistoric sites across Pausania shows that human habitation of the region began around 30,000 years ago, primarily on the coast. Many sites remain from said settlement, including the [[Gran Arcane Caves]], containing many early Pausanian cave paintings. By 3200BC Sartian tribes had settled in the region and had established a proto-Sart state within modern day Pausania.

Said state would later fracture into minor warring tribes, as documented by Sart writer [[Janaticus]] around 1600BC in the Giorgozza Manuscripts. This would precipitate the Great Emigration, where the Sart peoples emigrated northward and nomadic tribes from Remania would move in, laying the foundations for Pausania’s Romance language and culture. By 25 AD, the Pausanian tribes had joined together to form the [[Confederation of the Three Rivers]], to defend their territories from Baclian and Sart raiders.

=== Remanian Pausania ===
In around 380 AD, Remanian legionnaires made first contacts with Pausanian tribes in the eastern part of the country, in what is now western Terevas. (TBC)

* Introduction of Remanian/Italian to the local peoples
* More Remanian cultural influences
* idk whatever the Romans did???????

=== Warring States ===

* Remania fuckin dies in the 800s lmao
* Basically leaves the whole place in chaos, everyone’s a citystate now
* Holy Roman Empire got nothing on the chaos happening rn
* by like 1200 there’s a few big defined players, mainly Orobico
* 15th century bismarck basically, annexes smaller states and allies with big ones
* eventually unified by 1473, king gets crowned, we ballin

=== Consolidation and expansion ===

*basically we start expanding along the coast
*long ahh empire
*good times ig

=== War of Succession ===

* ah shit the king died and all his heirs are ineligible for the throne
* not great
* big ass war in pausania
* solved eventually?

=== Empire and decline ===

=== Grindgat War and the Dominio ===

=== Ditatura Nasionałe ===
''Main articles: [[Donato Trevisan]] and [[Ditatura Nasionałe (Pausania)]]''
[[File:Giovanni Leone Official.jpg|thumb|267x267px|Donato Trevisan, pictured here in 1965, would rule Pausania for 42 years with an iron fist. ]]
The instability brought about by the repressions and the inter-service rivalries of the Pausanian military left the Dominio regime in a very precarious position. Its position became untenable when, in 1931, the somewhat-liked “Citizen Officer” and Prime Minister, Colonel [[Maffeo Cabrel]], was assassinated by disgruntled Navy officers in a coup, who felt that Cabrel was diverting funds away from the Pausanian Navy. The reaction from the populace was immediate - extensive rioting nationwide saw hundreds wounded, maimed and dead in violent clashes in the nation’s largest cities as thousands upon thousands took to the streets to protest the dire economic situation, something which the junta had forever been unable to solve. It was clear that the military regime was on shaky ground, and that it was a question of when, not if, it would collapse.

Through all this chaos the Finance Minister, an unassuming provincial man from the Highlands named [[Donato Trevisan]], managed to connect with the country’s major industrial concerns and political groups, who were now in opposition to the junta, perceived to be unstable and against the development of the country. Clever political manoeuvring by Trevisan resulted in him defeating military-backed rivals in the [[1932 Pausanian general election]], which was called by the junta in response to the previous year’s rioting. Trevisan was an extremely popular figure, enjoying support from a broad coalition of political and economic groups within the country and running on a populist platform. The junta would relent, signing a secret agreement with Trevisan and the exiled Pausanian monarchy in 1933 which saw them get away, effectively, with their crimes while allowing for the restoration of the monarchy.

The chaos of the Dominio had influenced Trevisan significantly, and as such he was determined to ensure he would not lose power. He also had near-universal popularity within the country, being hailed as a stabilising figure. Capitalising upon this, in 1935 the National Development Front was formed by Trevisan and the other major Pausanian political parties, governing the country as effectively a one-party state. However, unlike in other authoritarian regimes, the [[National Development Front]] was structured more like a “national front” coalition, with Trevisan’s [[Reconstruction & Development Party]], which he had formed for the 1932 elections, as its largest component. A new constitution would be written in 1936, creating (on paper) a constitutional monarchy with the monarch as head of state and the Prime Minister (Trevisan) as head of government. The new constitution was significantly influenced by corporatism and anti-parliamentarianism, with only members of the NDF allowed to run for office in the legislature, the Council of Electors. The Pausanian Senate was replaced by the Chamber of Development, which was comprised of representatives from all aspects of the Pausanian economy and society, and which had a largely advisory role. This constitution would remain in effect until 1974.

Trevisan’s regime, which became known as the ''Ditatura Nasionałe'', was comparatively less authoritarian than other regimes in Verdantis at the time, such as Sechzerrak and Reussland, however it was very much repressive. Both Communists, socialists, democratic activists and right-wing advocates were suppressed by the national police force and intelligence services. Workers’ unions were replaced by industry-specific syndicates, which did offer many benefits for industrial workers over the old system but was also mandatory for all workers to be a part of and which would see great consequences for those who chose to remain outside of the syndicate system, such as increased surveillance, reduced pay and benefits and even threats against job security. Significant developments in education were made, such as the introduction of mandatory primary level education in 1933 and mandatory secondary education in 1945, however the curriculum was significantly influenced by government propaganda. Another significant aspect of Pausania during this period was its use of paramilitaries - both the police and the ruling party had their own paramilitary reserve groups, the [[Armed Civilian Reserves of the Police (Pausania)|RACP]] and [[Popular Guard of the Nation (Pausania)|GPN]] respectively, which were both used to quell civil unrest and strikes during the ''Ditatura''.

Trevisan’s reforms proved to be popular within the country. By 1936, the country was running its first budget surplus in years, allowing for increased social and, crucially during this time period, military expenditure.

=== Post-Ditatura ===

== Geography ==

== Government and politics ==

== Economy ==

== Demographics ==

== Culture ==

Pausania

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Pausania, officially the Kingdom of Pausania (Pausanian: Regno de Pausania), is a nation in southern Verdantis. Bordered by Attorlia, Daclara and Ollenia-Wellovia to the north, Terevas to the east, Avera to the south and Cumara to the west. Pausania's capital is Ombrico, the country's second-largest city. Pausania's largest city is San Agustina, and other large cities include Scutari, Ancozza, Grabbize,

In early antiquity, the region that is now modern Pausania was inhabited my a multitude of peoples, mostly proto-Sartian peoples. By 100 BC a distinct Pausanian language and culture had emerged due to said Sartian peoples emigrating northward, replaced by nomadic tribes originating from northern Remania. In 431 AD the region was conquered by the First Remanian Empire, becoming part of the province of Terra Pausanius.

The First Empire collapsed rapidly from the 800s on, leading to many Pausanian city-states run by local tribes appearing. From the 1100s on, these states fought with each other to conquer the others by force and become the dominant power in a Pausanian state. Eventually, by 1470 the city state of Orobico had grown to unify the region by force, and in 1474 Stefano I was crowned, beginning the First Pausanian Empire. Throughout the 1500s and 1600s, the country would grow in stature, becoming a resurgent Remanian Empire's main regional rival. In 1743, the death of the last Orobican king, Carlo III, led to a war of succession between two families, supported by (???) and Remania respectively. Ultimately the V-T supported Gandasci noble house won out, and their dynasty still holds power in Pausania to the present.

By 1850, Pausania was in a second golden age, with a rapidly industrialising economy and increased international trade. However, political turmoil caused by multiple assassinations of high ranking political figures culminated in the 1876 assassination of Prime Minister Giovanni Spinelli, leading to 40 years of political instability known as the Years of Lead, characterised by intermittent authoritarian strongman rule, emergency governance, weak governments and outright chaos in the streets, coinciding with the total collapse of the country’s extensive empire.

In 1924, the military, supported by sympathetic parliamentarians, couped the government and monarchy, suspending Parliament and establishing a dictatorship under Pietro Bollani. The ''Dominio'' period, as it became known, was extremely unstable and characterised by mass repression, inter-service rivalries and economic downturn. In 1932, following mass uprisings across the country, the junta allowed elections to occur, which were won by the corporatist Donato Trevisan, who restored the monarchy but removed their powers, allowing for him to centralise power and rule Pausania under a one-party authoritarian corporatist state. Thanks to the stability Trevisan’s regime brought, Pausania enjoyed unparalleled economic growth from the 1930s until the 1970s, becoming a regional power and economic stronghold. Democratic rule would slowly return following the death of Trevisan in 1973. The beginning of the Brothers’ War in neighbouring Sartou would see Pausanian intervention in 1983, supporting the breakaway states of Alghetia and Ollenia-Wellovia.

Pausania today is a first-world, highly developed nation with one of the largest economies on the planet. The country is a secular constitutional monarchy, with Alessandra V as head of state. The country is a major economic hub, with a large banking and financial sector as well as being an exporter of manufactured goods and raw/precious materials.

== Etymology ==

== History ==
''Main article: [[History of Pausania]]''

=== Prehistoric Pausania ===
[[File:Ancient workshop in the Niš Fortress.IMG 3801.jpg|thumb|200x200px|The fortress of Garrata, an ancient Sartian settlement and fortress from the 21st century BC.]]
Evidence from prehistoric sites across Pausania shows that human habitation of the region began around 30,000 years ago, primarily on the coast. Many sites remain from said settlement, including the [[Gran Arcane Caves]], containing many early Pausanian cave paintings. By 3200BC Sartian tribes had settled in the region and had established a proto-Sart state within modern day Pausania.

Said state would later fracture into minor warring tribes, as documented by Sart writer [[Janaticus]] around 1600BC in the Giorgozza Manuscripts. This would precipitate the Great Emigration, where the Sart peoples emigrated northward and nomadic tribes from Remania would move in, laying the foundations for Pausania’s Romance language and culture. By 25 AD, the Pausanian tribes had joined together to form the [[Confederation of the Three Rivers]], to defend their territories from Baclian and Sart raiders.

=== Remanian Pausania ===
In around 380 AD, Remanian legionnaires made first contacts with Pausanian tribes in the eastern part of the country, in what is now western Terevas. (TBC)

* Introduction of Remanian/Italian to the local peoples
* More Remanian cultural influences
* idk whatever the Romans did???????

=== Warring States ===

* Remania fuckin dies in the 800s lmao
* Basically leaves the whole place in chaos, everyone’s a citystate now
* Holy Roman Empire got nothing on the chaos happening rn
* by like 1200 there’s a few big defined players, mainly Orobico
* 15th century bismarck basically, annexes smaller states and allies with big ones
* eventually unified by 1473, king gets crowned, we ballin

=== Consolidation and expansion ===

*basically we start expanding along the coast
*long ahh empire
*good times ig

=== War of Succession ===

* ah shit the king died and all his heirs are ineligible for the throne
* not great
* big ass war in pausania
* solved eventually?

=== Empire and decline ===

=== Great Wars and the Dominio ===

=== Ditatura Nasionałe ===
''Main articles: [[Donato Trevisan]] and [[Ditatura Nasionałe (Pausania)]]''
[[File:Giovanni Leone Official.jpg|thumb|267x267px|Donato Trevisan, pictured here in 1965, would rule Pausania for 42 years with an iron fist. ]]
The instability brought about by the repressions and the inter-service rivalries of the Pausanian military left the Dominio regime in a very precarious position. Its position became untenable when, in 1931, the somewhat-liked “Citizen Officer” and Prime Minister, Colonel [[Maffeo Cabrel]], was assassinated by disgruntled Navy officers, who felt that Cabrel was diverting funds away from the Pausanian Navy. The reaction from the populace was immediate - extensive nationwide saw hundreds wounded, maimed and dead in violent clashes in the nation’s largest cities. It was clear that the military regime was on shaky ground, and officers within the Pausanian Army were forming secret societies opposed to the dictatorship.

Through all this chaos, the Finance Minister, an unassuming provincial man from the Highlands named [[Donato Trevisan]], managed to connect with the country’s major industrial concerns and political groups, who were now in opposition to the junta, perceived to be unstable and against the development of the country. Clever political manoeuvring by Trevisan resulted in him defeating military-backed rivals in the [[1932 Pausanian general election]], which was called by the junta in response to the previous year’s rioting. Trevisan was an extremely popular figure, enjoying support from a broad coalition of political and economic groups within the country and running on a populist platform. The junta would relent, signing a secret agreement with Trevisan and the exiled Pausanian monarchy in 1933 which saw them get away, effectively, with their crimes while allowing for the restoration of the monarchy.

The chaos of the Dominio had influenced Trevisan significantly, and as such he was determined to ensure he would not lose power. He also had near-universal popularity within the country, being hailed as a stabilising figure. Capitalising upon this, in 1935 the National Development Front was formed by Trevisan and the other major Pausanian political parties, governing the country as effectively a one-party state. However, unlike in other authoritarian regimes, the [[National Development Front]] was structured more like a “national front” coalition, with Trevisan’s [[Reconstruction & Development Party]] as its largest component. A new constitution would be written in 1936, creating (on paper) a constitutional monarchy with the monarch as head of state and the Prime Minister (Trevisan) as head of government. The new constitution was significantly influenced by corporatism and anti-parliamentarianism, with only members of the NDF allowed to run for office in the legislature, the Council of Electors. The Pausanian Senate was replaced by the Chamber of Development, which was comprised of representatives from all aspects of the Pausanian economy and society, and which had a largely advisory role. This constitution would remain in effect until 1974.

Trevisan’s regime, which became known as the ''Ditatura Nasionałe'', was comparatively less authoritarian than other regimes in Verdantis at the time, such as Sechzerrak and Reussland, however it was very much repressive. Both Communists, socialists, democratic activists and right-wing advocates were suppressed by the national police force and intelligence services. Workers’ unions were replaced by industry-specific syndicates, which did offer many benefits for industrial workers over the old system but was also mandatory for all workers to be a part of and which would see great consequences for those who chose to remain outside of the syndicate system, such as increased surveillance, reduced pay and benefits and even threats against job security. Significant developments in education were made, such as the introduction of mandatory primary level education in 1933 and mandatory secondary education in 1945, however the curriculum was significantly influenced by government propaganda. Another significant aspect of the DN was its use of paramilitaries - both the ruling party and the police force had their own paramilitary reserve groups, the [[Armed Civilian Reserves of the Police (Pausania)|RACP]] and [[Popular Guard of the Nation (Pausania)|GPN]] respectively.

=== Recent history ===

== Geography ==

== Government and politics ==

== Economy ==

== Demographics ==

== Culture ==

Pausania

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Pausania, officially the Kingdom of Pausania (Pausanian: Regno de Pausania), is a nation in southern Verdantis. Bordered by Attorlia, Daclara and Ollenia-Wellovia to the north, Terevas to the east, Avera to the south and Cumara to the west. Pausania's capital is Ombrico, the country's second-largest city. Pausania's largest city is San Agustina, and other large cities include Scutari, Ancozza, Grabbize,

In early antiquity, the region that is now modern Pausania was inhabited my a multitude of peoples, mostly proto-Sartian peoples. By 100 BC a distinct Pausanian language and culture had emerged due to said Sartian peoples emigrating northward, replaced by nomadic tribes originating from northern Remania. In 431 AD the region was conquered by the First Remanian Empire, becoming part of the province of Terra Pausanius.

The First Empire collapsed rapidly from the 800s on, leading to many Pausanian city-states run by local tribes appearing. From the 1100s on, these states fought with each other to conquer the others by force and become the dominant power in a Pausanian state. Eventually, by 1470 the city state of Orobico had grown to unify the region by force, and in 1474 Stefano I was crowned, beginning the First Pausanian Empire. Throughout the 1500s and 1600s, the country would grow in stature, becoming a resurgent Remanian Empire's main regional rival. In 1743, the death of the last Orobican king, Carlo III, led to a war of succession between two families, supported by (???) and Remania respectively. Ultimately the V-T supported Gandasci noble house won out, and their dynasty still holds power in Pausania to the present.

By 1850, Pausania was in a second golden age, with a rapidly industrialising economy and increased international trade. However, political turmoil caused by multiple assassinations of high ranking political figures culminated in the 1876 assassination of Prime Minister Giovanni Spinelli, leading to 40 years of political instability known as the Years of Lead, characterised by intermittent authoritarian strongman rule, emergency governance, weak governments and outright chaos in the streets, coinciding with the total collapse of the country’s extensive empire.

In 1924, the military, supported by sympathetic parliamentarians, couped the government and monarchy, suspending Parliament and establishing a dictatorship under Pietro Bollani. The ''Dominio'' period, as it became known, was extremely unstable and characterised by mass repression, inter-service rivalries and economic downturn. In 1932, following mass uprisings across the country, the junta allowed elections to occur, which were won by the corporatist Donato Trevisan, who restored the monarchy but removed their powers, allowing for him to centralise power and rule Pausania under a one-party authoritarian corporatist state. Thanks to the stability Trevisan’s regime brought, Pausania enjoyed unparalleled economic growth from the 1930s until the 1970s, becoming a regional power and economic stronghold. Democratic rule would slowly return following the death of Trevisan in 1973. The beginning of the Brothers’ War in neighbouring Sartou would see Pausanian intervention in 1983, supporting the breakaway states of Alghetia and Ollenia-Wellovia.

Pausania today is a first-world, highly developed nation with one of the largest economies on the planet. The country is a secular constitutional monarchy, with Alessandra V as head of state. The country is a major economic hub, with a large banking and financial sector as well as being an exporter of manufactured goods and raw/precious materials.

== Etymology ==

== History ==
''Main article: [[History of Pausania]]''

=== Prehistoric Pausania ===
[[File:Ancient workshop in the Niš Fortress.IMG 3801.jpg|thumb|200x200px|The fortress of Garrata, an ancient Sartian settlement and fortress from the 21st century BC.]]
Evidence from prehistoric sites across Pausania shows that human habitation of the region began around 30,000 years ago, primarily on the coast. Many sites remain from said settlement, including the [[Gran Arcane Caves]], containing many early Pausanian cave paintings. By 3200BC Sartian tribes had settled in the region and had established a proto-Sart state within modern day Pausania.

Said state would later fracture into minor warring tribes, as documented by Sart writer [[Janaticus]] around 1600BC in the Giorgozza Manuscripts. This would precipitate the Great Emigration, where the Sart peoples emigrated northward and nomadic tribes from Remania would move in, laying the foundations for Pausania’s Romance language and culture. By 25 AD, the Pausanian tribes had joined together to form the [[Confederation of the Three Rivers]], to defend their territories from Baclian and Sart raiders.

=== Remanian Pausania ===
In around 380 AD, Remanian legionnaires made first contacts with Pausanian tribes in the eastern part of the country, in what is now western Terevas. (TBC)

* Introduction of Remanian/Italian to the local peoples
* More Remanian cultural influences
* idk whatever the Romans did???????

=== Warring States ===

* Remania fuckin dies in the 800s lmao
* Basically leaves the whole place in chaos, everyone’s a citystate now
* Holy Roman Empire got nothing on the chaos happening rn
* by like 1200 there’s a few big defined players, mainly Orobico
* 15th century bismarck basically, annexes smaller states and allies with big ones
* eventually unified by 1473, king gets crowned, we ballin

=== Consolidation and expansion ===

*basically we start expanding along the coast
*long ahh empire
*good times ig

=== War of Succession ===

* ah shit the king died and all his heirs are ineligible for the throne
* not great
* big ass war in pausania
* solved eventually?

=== Empire and decline ===

=== Great Wars and the Dominio ===

=== Ditatura Nasionałe ===
''Main articles: [[Donato Trevisan]] and [[Ditatura Nasionałe (Pausania)]]''
[[File:Giovanni Leone Official.jpg|thumb|267x267px|Donato Trevisan, pictured here in 1965, would rule Pausania for 42 years with an iron fist. ]]
The instability brought about by the repressions and the inter-service rivalries of the Pausanian military left the Dominio regime in a very precarious position. Its position became untenable when, in 1931, the somewhat-liked “Citizen Officer” and Prime Minister, Colonel [[Maffeo Cabrel]], was assassinated by disgruntled Navy officers, who felt that Cabrel was diverting funds away from the Pausanian Navy. The reaction from the populace was immediate - extensive nationwide saw hundreds wounded, maimed and dead in violent clashes in the nation’s largest cities. It was clear that the military regime was on shaky ground, and officers within the Pausanian Army were forming secret societies opposed to the dictatorship.

Through all this chaos, the Finance Minister, an unassuming provincial man from the Highlands named [[Donato Trevisan]], managed to connect with the country’s major industrial concerns and political groups, who were now in opposition to the junta, perceived to be unstable and against the development of the country. Clever political manoeuvring by Trevisan resulted in him defeating military-backed rivals in the [[1932 Pausanian general election]], which was called by the junta in response to the previous year’s rioting. Trevisan was an extremely popular figure, enjoying support from a broad coalition of political and economic groups within the country and running on a populist platform. The junta would relent, signing a secret agreement with Trevisan and the exiled Pausanian monarchy in 1933 which saw them get away, effectively, with their crimes while allowing for the restoration of the monarchy.

The chaos of the Dominio had influenced Trevisan significantly, and as such he was determined to ensure he would not lose power. However, he also had near-universal popularity within the country. Capitalising upon this, in 1935 the National Development Front was formed by Trevisan and the other major Pausanian political parties, governing the country as effectively a one-party state. However, unlike in other authoritarian regimes, the [[National Development Front]] was structured more like a “national front” coalition, with Trevisan’s [[Reconstruction & Development Party]] as its largest component. A new constitution would be written in 1936, creating (on paper) a constitutional monarchy with the monarch as head of state and the Prime Minister (Trevisan) as head of government. The new constitution was significantly influenced by corporatism and anti-parliamentarianism, with only members of the NDF allowed to run for office in the legislature, the Council of Electors. The Pausanian Senate was replaced by the Chamber of Development, which was comprised of representatives from all aspects of the Pausanian economy and society, and which had a largely advisory role. This constitution would remain in effect until 1974.

Trevisan’s regime, which became known as the ''Ditatura Nasionałe'', was comparatively less authoritarian than other regimes in Verdantis at the time, such as Sechzerrak and Reussland, however it was very much repressive. Both Communists, socialists, democratic activists and right-wing advocates were suppressed by the national police force and intelligence services. Workers’ unions were replaced by industry-specific syndicates, which did offer many benefits for industrial workers over the old system but was also mandatory for all workers to be a part of and which would see relatively

=== Recent history ===

== Geography ==

== Government and politics ==

== Economy ==

== Demographics ==

== Culture ==

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Pausania, officially the Kingdom of Pausania (Pausanian: Regno de Pausania), is a nation in southern Verdantis. Bordered by Attorlia, Daclara and Ollenia-Wellovia to the north, Terevas to the east, Avera to the south and Cumara to the west. Pausania's capital is Ombrico, the country's second-largest city. Pausania's largest city is San Agustina, and other large cities include Scutari, Ancozza, Grabbize,

In early antiquity, the region that is now modern Pausania was inhabited my a multitude of peoples, mostly proto-Sartian peoples. By 100 BC a distinct Pausanian language and culture had emerged due to said Sartian peoples emigrating northward, replaced by nomadic tribes originating from northern Remania. In 431 AD the region was conquered by the First Remanian Empire, becoming part of the province of Terra Pausanius.

The First Empire collapsed rapidly from the 800s on, leading to many Pausanian city-states run by local tribes appearing. From the 1100s on, these states fought with each other to conquer the others by force and become the dominant power in a Pausanian state. Eventually, by 1470 the city state of Orobico had grown to unify the region by force, and in 1474 Stefano I was crowned, beginning the First Pausanian Empire. Throughout the 1500s and 1600s, the country would grow in stature, becoming a resurgent Remanian Empire's main regional rival. In 1743, the death of the last Orobican king, Carlo III, led to a war of succession between two families, supported by (???) and Remania respectively. Ultimately the V-T supported Gandasci noble house won out, and their dynasty still holds power in Pausania to the present.

By 1850, Pausania was in a second golden age, with a rapidly industrialising economy and increased international trade. However, political turmoil caused by multiple assassinations of high ranking political figures culminated in the 1876 assassination of Prime Minister Giovanni Spinelli, leading to 40 years of political instability known as the Years of Lead, characterised by intermittent authoritarian strongman rule, emergency governance, weak governments and outright chaos in the streets, coinciding with the total collapse of the country’s extensive empire. In 1924, the military, supported by sympathetic parliamentarians, couped the government and monarchy, suspending Parliament and establishing a dictatorship under Pietro Bollani. The ''Dominio'' period, as it became known, was extremely unstable and characterised by mass repression, inter-service rivalries and economic downturn. In 1933, supported by dissident officers, industrialists and the clergy, the military was removed from power and replaced by the corporatist Donato Trevisan, who restored the monarchy but removed their powers, allowing for him to centralise power and rule Pausania under a one-party authoritarian corporatist state. Thanks to the stability Trevisan’s regime brought, Pausania enjoyed unparalleled economic growth from the 1930s until the 1970s, becoming a regional power and economic stronghold. Democratic rule would slowly return following the death of Trevisan in 1970. The beginning of the Brothers’ War in neighbouring Sartou would see Pausanian intervention in 1983, supporting the breakaway states of Alghetia and Ollenia-Wellovia.

Pausania today is a first-world, highly developed nation with one of the largest economies on the planet. The country is a secular constitutional monarchy, with Alessandra V as head of state. The country is a major economic hub, with a large banking and financial sector as well as being an exporter of manufactured goods and raw/precious materials.

== Etymology ==

== History ==
''Main article: [[History of Pausania]]''

=== Prehistoric Pausania ===
[[File:Ancient workshop in the Niš Fortress.IMG 3801.jpg|thumb|200x200px|The fortress of Garrata, an ancient Sartian settlement and fortress from the 21st century BC.]]
Evidence from prehistoric sites across Pausania shows that human habitation of the region began around 30,000 years ago, primarily on the coast. Many sites remain from said settlement, including the [[Gran Arcane Caves]], containing many early Pausanian cave paintings. By 3200BC Sartian tribes had settled in the region and had established a proto-Sart state within modern day Pausania.

Said state would later fracture into minor warring tribes, as documented by Sart writer [[Janaticus]] around 1600BC in the Giorgozza Manuscripts. This would precipitate the Great Emigration, where the Sart peoples emigrated northward and nomadic tribes from Remania would move in, laying the foundations for Pausania’s Romance language and culture. By 25 AD, the Pausanian tribes had joined together to form the [[Confederation of the Three Rivers]], to defend their territories from Baclian and Sart raiders.

=== Remanian Pausania ===
In around 380 AD, Remanian legionnaires made first contacts with Pausanian tribes in the eastern part of the country, in what is now western Terevas. (TBC)

* Introduction of Remanian/Italian to the local peoples
* More Remanian cultural influences
* idk whatever the Romans did???????

=== Warring States ===

* Remania fuckin dies in the 800s lmao
* Basically leaves the whole place in chaos, everyone’s a citystate now
* Holy Roman Empire got nothing on the chaos happening rn
* by like 1200 there’s a few big defined players, mainly Orobico
* 15th century bismarck basically, annexes smaller states and allies with big ones
* eventually unified by 1473, king gets crowned, we ballin

=== Consolidation and expansion ===

*basically we start expanding along the coast
*long ahh empire
*good times ig

=== War of Succession ===

* ah shit the king died and all his heirs are ineligible for the throne
* not great
* big ass war in pausania
* solved eventually?

=== Empire and decline ===

=== Great Wars and the Dominio ===

=== Ditatura Nasionałe ===
''Main articles: [[Donato Trevisan]] and [[Ditatura Nasionałe (Pausania)]]''

The instability brought about by the repressions and the inter-service rivalries of the Pausanian military left the Dominio regime in a very precarious position. Its position became untenable when, in 1931, the somewhat-liked “Citizen Officer” and Prime Minister, Colonel Maffeo Cabrel, was assassinated by disgruntled Navy officers, who felt that Cabrel was diverting funds away from the Pausanian Navy. The reaction from the populace was immediate - the Ten Days Riot saw hundreds wounded, maimed and dead in violent clashes in the nation’s largest cities. It was clear that the military regime was on shaky ground, and some officers within the Pausanian Army were beginning to form secret societies opposed to the dictatorship.

Through all this chaos, the Finance Minister, an unassuming provincial man from the Highlands named Donato Trevisan, managed to connect with the country’s largest industrial concerns, who were now in opposition… (TBC)

=== Recent history ===

== Geography ==

== Government and politics ==

== Economy ==

== Demographics ==

== Culture ==

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}}Pausania, officially the Kingdom of Pausania (Spanish: Reino de Pausanía), is a nation in southern Verdantis. Bordered by Attorlia, Daclara and Ollenia-Wellovia to the north, Terevas to the east, Avera to the south and Cumara to the west. Pausania's capital is Villafranca el Ternía, the country's second-largest city. Pausania's largest city is Santiago, and other large cities include Anagasto, Granada/Rinega, Bresinia, Santa Maria sur Elcano and Tauriga.

In early antiquity, the region that is now modern Pausania was inhabited my a multitude of peoples, mostly proto-Sartian peoples. By 100 BC a distinct Pausanian language and culture had emerged due to said Sartian peoples emigrating northward, replaced by nomadic tribes originating from northern Remania. In 431 AD the region was conquered by the First Remanian Empire, becoming part of the province of Terra Pausanius.

The First Empire collapsed rapidly from the 800s on, leading to many Pausanian city-states run by local tribes appearing. From the 1100s on, these states fought with each other to conquer the others by force and become the dominant power in a Pausanian state. Eventually, by 1470 Ternía had grown to unify the region by force, and in 1474 Juan I was crowned, beginning the First Pausanian Kingdom. Throughout the 1500s and 1600s, the country would grow in stature, becoming a resurgent Remanian Empire's main regional rival. In 1743, the death of the last Ternian king, Carlos III, led to a war of succession between two families, supported by Volhyt-Tvarner and Remania respectively. Ultimately the V-T supported Anagofasta family won out, and their dynasty still holds power in Pausania to the present.

By 1860, Pausania was in a second golden age, with a rapidly industrialising economy and increased international trade. However, the political turmoil caused by multiple assassinations of high ranking political figures culminated in the 1876 assassination of Prime Minister Esteban Magiréz, leading to 40 years of political instability known as the Years of Lead, characterised by intermittent authoritarian strongman rule, emergency governance, weak governments and outright chaos in the streets. In 1924, the military, supported by the king and the other parties, intervened, suspending Parliament and setting up a constitutional comittee to draw up a new Pausanian constitution. The country economically recovered during the 30s, allowing for its participation in the Great War, and later its massive postwar economic and population boom. The country would also become the main regional opposition to socialist Baclia. (TBD)

Pausania today is a first-world, highly developed nation with one of the largest economies on the planet. The country is a secular constitutional monarchy, with Isabella V as head of state. The country is a major economic hub, with a large banking and financial sector as well as being an exporter of manufactured goods and raw/precious materials.

== Etymology ==

== History ==
''Main article: [[History of Pausania]]''

=== Prehistoric Pausania ===
[[File:Ancient workshop in the Niš Fortress.IMG 3801.jpg|thumb|200x200px|The fortress of Garrata, an ancient Sartian settlement and fortress from the 21st century BC.]]
Evidence from prehistoric sites across Pausania shows that human habitation of the region began around 30,000 years ago, primarily on the coast. Many sites remain from said settlement, including the [[Gran Arcane Caves]], containing many early Pausanian cave paintings. By 3200BC Sartian tribes had settled in the region and had established a proto-Sart state within modern day Pausania.

Said state would later fracture into minor warring tribes, as documented by Sart writer [[Janaticus]] around 1600BC in the Santa Isabel Manuscripts. This would precipitate the Great Emigration, where the Sart peoples emigrated northward and nomadic tribes from Remania would move in, laying the foundations for Pausania’s Romance language and culture. By 25 AD, the Pausanian tribes had joined together to form the [[Confederation of the Three Rivers]], to defend their territories from Baclian and Sart raiders.

=== Remanian Pausania ===
In around 380 AD, Remanian legionnaires made first contacts with Pausanian tribes in the eastern part of the country, in what is now western Terevas.

=== Warring States ===

=== Unification and consolidation ===

=== War of Succession ===

=== Years of Lead ===

=== Great War and recent history ===

== Geography ==

== Government and politics ==

== Economy ==

== Demographics ==

== Culture ==

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In early antiquity, the region that is now modern Pausania was inhabited my a multitude of peoples, mostly proto-Sartian peoples. By 100 AD a distinct Pausanian language and culture had emerged due to said Sartian peoples emigrating northward, replaced by nomadic tribes originating from northern Remania. In 431 AD the region was conquered by the First Remanian Empire, becoming part of the province of Terra Pausanius.

The First Empire collapsed rapidly from the 800s on, leading to many Pausanian city-states run by local tribes appearing. From the 1100s on, these states fought with each other to conquer the others by force and become the dominant power in a Pausanian state. Eventually, by 1470 Ternía had grown to unify the region by force, and in 1474 Juan I was crowned, beginning the First Pausanian Kingdom. Throughout the 1500s and 1600s, the country would grow in stature, becoming a resurgent Remanian Empire's main regional rival. In 1743, the death of the last Ternian king, Carlos III, led to a war of succession between two families, supported by Volhyt-Tvarner and Remania respectively. Ultimately the V-T supported Anagofasta family won out, and their dynasty still holds power in Pausania to the present.

By 1860, Pausania was in a second golden age, with a rapidly industrialising economy and increased international trade. However, the political turmoil caused by multiple assassinations of high ranking political figures culminated in the 1876 assassination of Prime Minister Esteban Magiréz, leading to 40 years of political instability known as the Years of Lead, characterised by intermittent authoritarian strongman rule, emergency governance, weak governments and outright chaos in the streets. In 1924, the military, supported by the king and the other parties, intervened, suspending Parliament and setting up a constitutional comittee to draw up a new Pausanian constitution. The country economically recovered during the 30s, allowing for its participation in the Great War, and later its massive postwar economic and population boom. The country would also become the main regional opposition to socialist Baclia. (TBD)

Pausania today is a first-world, highly developed nation with one of the largest economies on the planet. The country is a secular constitutional monarchy, with Isabella V as head of state. The country is a major economic hub, with a large banking and financial sector as well as being an exporter of manufactured goods and raw/precious materials.

== Etymology ==

== History ==
''Main article: [[History of Pausania]]''

=== Prehistoric Pausania ===
[[File:Ancient workshop in the Niš Fortress.IMG 3801.jpg|thumb|200x200px|The fortress of Garrata, an ancient Sartian settlement and fortress from the 15th century BC.]]
Evidence from prehistoric sites across Pausania shows that human habitation of the region began around 30,000 years ago, primarily on the coast. Many sites remain from said settlement, including the [[Gran Arcane Caves]], containing many early Pausanian cave paintings. By 3200BC Sartian tribes had settled in the region and had established a proto-Sart state within modern day Pausania. Said state would later fracture into minor warring tribes, as documented by Sart writer [[Janaticus]] around 1600BC. This would precipitate the Great Emigration, where the Sart peoples emigrated northward and nomadic tribes from Remania would move in, laying the foundations for Pausania’s Romance language and culture. By 200AD, the Pausanian tribes had joined together to form the [[Confederation of the Three Rivers]], to defend their territories from Baclian and Sart raiders.

=== Remanian Pausania ===

=== Warring States ===

=== Unification and consolidation ===

=== War of Succession ===

=== Years of Lead ===

=== Great War and recent history ===

== Geography ==

== Government and politics ==

== Economy ==

== Demographics ==

== Culture ==

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By 1860, Pausania was in a second golden age, with a rapidly industrialising economy and increased international trade. However, the political turmoil caused by multiple assassinations of high ranking political figures culminated in the 1876 assassination of Prime Minister Esteban Magiréz, leading to 40 years of political instability known as the Years of Lead, characterised by intermittent authoritarian strongman rule, emergency governance, weak governments and outright chaos in the streets. In 1924, the military, supported by the king and the other parties, intervened, suspending Parliament and setting up a constitutional comittee to draw up a new Pausanian constitution. The country economically recovered during the 30s, allowing for its participation in the Great War, and later its massive postwar economic and population boom. The country would also become the main regional opposition to socialist Baclia. (TBD)

Pausania today is a first-world, highly developed nation with one of the largest economies on the planet. The country is a secular constitutional monarchy, with Isabella V as head of state. The country is a major economic hub, with a large banking and financial sector as well as being an exporter of manufactured goods and raw/precious materials.

== Etymology ==

== History ==
''Main article: [[History of Pausania]]''

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[[File:Ancient workshop in the Niš Fortress.IMG 3801.jpg|thumb|200x200px|The fortress of Garrata, an ancient Sartian settlement and fortress from the 15th century BC.]]
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=== Remanian Pausania ===

=== Warring States ===

=== Unification and consolidation ===

=== War of Succession ===

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== Government and politics ==

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In early antiquity, the region that is now modern Pausania was inhabited my a multitude of peoples, mostly proto-Sartian peoples. By 100 AD a distinct Pausanian language and culture had emerged due to said Sartian peoples emigrating northward, replaced by nomadic tribes originating from northern Remania. In 431 AD the region was conquered by the First Remanian Empire, becoming part of the province of Terra Pausanius.

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Pausania today is a first-world, highly developed nation with one of the largest economies on the planet. The country is a secular constitutional monarchy, with Isabella V as head of state. The country is a major economic hub, with a large banking and financial sector as well as being an exporter of manufactured goods and raw/precious materials.

== Etymology ==

== History ==
''Main article: [[History of Pausania]]''

=== Prehistoric Pausania ===
[[File:Ancient workshop in the Niš Fortress.IMG 3801.jpg|thumb|200x200px|The fortress of Garrata, an ancient Sartian settlement and fortress from the 15th century BC.]]
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Pausania today is a first-world, highly developed nation with one of the largest economies on the planet. The country is a secular constitutional monarchy, with Isabella V as head of state. The country is a major economic hub, with a large banking and financial sector as well as being an exporter of manufactured goods and raw/precious materials.

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== History ==
''Main article: [[History of Pausania]]''

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== Geography ==

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== Economy ==

== Demographics ==

== Culture ==

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| leader_title1 = [[Monarch of Pausania|King]]
| leader_name1 = [[Isabella V of Pausania|Isabella V]]
| leader_title2 = [[Prime Minister of Pausania|Prime Minister]]
| leader_name2 = [[Fernando Gutierrez|Fernando Gutierrez]] ([[Liberal Democratic Party of Pausania|PLD]])
| legislature = [[Cortes Generales (Pausania)|Cortes Generales]]
| upper_house = [[Chamber of Senators]]
| lower_house = [[Chamber of Representatives]]
| sovereignty_type = Formation
| sovereignty_note =
| established_event1 = Collapse of the First Remanian Empire
| established_date1 = 800-1200
| established_event2 = Warring Nations Period
| established_date2 = 1100-1474
| established_event3 = First Kingdom
| established_date3 = 1474-1743
| established_event4 = War of Succession
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| established_date5 = 1876-1924
| established_event6 = The Restoration
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}}Pausania, officially the Kingdom of Pausania (Spanish: Reino de Pausanía), is a nation in southern Verdantis. Bordered by Attorlia, Daclara and Ollenia-Wellovia to the north, Terevas to the east, Avera to the south and Cumara to the west. Pausania's capital is Villafranca el Ternía, the country's second-largest city. Pausania's largest city is Santiago, and other large cities include Anagasto, Granada/Rinega, Bresinia, Santa Maria sur Elcano and Tauriga.

In early antiquity, the region that is now modern Pausania was inhabited my a multitude of peoples, mostly proto-Sartian peoples. By 100 AD a distinct Pausanian language and culture had emerged due to said Sartian peoples emigrating northward, replaced by nomadic tribes originating from northern Remania. In 431 AD the region was conquered by the First Remanian Empire, becoming part of the province of Terra Pausanius.

The First Empire collapsed rapidly from the 800s on, leading to many Pausanian city-states run by local tribes appearing. From the 1100s on, these states fought with each other to conquer the others by force and become the dominant power in a Pausanian state. Eventually, by 1470 Ternía had grown to unify the region by force, and in 1474 Juan I was crowned, beginning the First Pausanian Kingdom. Throughout the 1500s and 1600s, the country would grow in stature, becoming a resurgent Remanian Empire's main regional rival. In 1743, the death of the last Ternian king, Carlos III, led to a war of succession between two families, supported by Volhyt-Tvarner and Remania respectively. Ultimately the V-T supported Anagofasta family won out, and their dynasty still holds power in Pausania to the present.

By 1860, Pausania was in a second golden age, with a rapidly industrialising economy and increased international trade. However, the political turmoil caused by multiple assassinations of high ranking political figures culminated in the 1876 assassination of Prime Minister Esteban Magiréz, leading to 40 years of political instability known as the Years of Lead, characterised by intermittent authoritarian strongman rule, emergency governance, weak governments and outright chaos in the streets. In 1924, the military, supported by the king and the other parties, intervened, suspending Parliament and setting up a constitutional comittee to draw up a new Pausanian constitution. The country economically recovered during the 30s, allowing for its participation in the Great War, and later its massive postwar economic and population boom. The country would also become the main regional opposition to socialist Baclia. (TBD)

Pausania today is a first-world, highly developed nation with one of the largest economies on the planet. The country is a secular constitutional monarchy, with Isabella V as head of state. The country is a major economic hub, with a large banking and financial sector as well as being an exporter of manufactured goods and raw/precious materials.

== Etymology ==

== History ==

== Geography ==

== Government and politics ==

== Economy ==

== Demographics ==

== Culture ==

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'''Germany''', officially the '''German Reich''', informally the '''Weimar Republic''', is a country in Europe. It is the second most populous nation in Europe behind [[Kyiv and Novgorod (Alternatively)|Kyiv and Novgorod]], and has one of the largest economies in Europe. Situated on the North and Baltic Seas to the north and the Alps to the south, its 19 constituent ''Länder'' have a total population of 132 million, covering a total land area of 468,000 square kilometres. The country’s capital and largest city is Berlin, also serving as its major financial hub, while its main industrial area is the Ruhr, centred around Düsseldorf, Cologne and Dortmund.

Since antiquity, northern Germany has been inhabited by Germanic-speaking peoples. By 100AD, the Romans had documented a region named Germania. In 962, the Holy Roman Empire was formed, with the bulk of its territory located in modern Germany and Austria. Northern Germany was the center of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. The German Confederation was formed in 1815, following the Napoleonic Wars.

German unification commenced in 1866 with the establishment of the Prussian-dominated North German Confederation in the wake of the Austro-Prussian War, which later became the German Empire. The Great War would see Germany destroyed on the battlefield, and an Allied occupation of Germany commenced. The Treaty of Versailles saw Germany lose some territory and rather harsh military limitations, but very little economic reparations, due to the fear reparations might crash the German, and possibly European, economy. A provisional civilian government was set up in 1921, in preparation for removal of Allied troops which ultimately occurred in 1925.

== Etymology==
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the common people from Latin and its Romance descendants. This in turn descends from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz 'of the people' (see also the Latinised form Theodiscus), derived from *þeudō, descended from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂- 'people', from which the word Teutons also originates.

==History==

===Allied occupation===
[[File:Alternatively - German occupation zones post-Great War.png|thumb|The occupation zones of Germany, as of 1 December 1922. Brown - Belgium, dark blue - France, light blue - Poland-Lithuania, pink - United States, red - United Kingdom, grey - Berlin, an international zone.

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The end of the Great War saw Germany a broken, defeated and divided nation. By the time of the German surrender, Communist groups were running rampant in major cities, and the Empire had effectively collapsed. Now the masters of Germany, the Allied Powers were conflicted on what to do with Germany. France wanted to entirely destroy Germany, preferably disuniting it, the United States wanted to try rebuild Germany and make it a power among equals, and Great Britain wanted something in between the two proposals. Ultimately, the 1921 Treaty of Versailles would see Germany give up the Danzig corridor, Alsace-Lorraine, Katowice and Northern Schleswig. Economic reparations were considered but ultimately rejected, as it was determined that the occupation would suffice to economically punish Germany.

In April 1919, Field Marshals Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who had effectively become dictators of Germany in the last months of the Great War, were arrested in {{W|Landsberg am Lech|Landsberg}} by US military police, and were subsequently tried by military courts. Ludendorff would be shot by firing squad in 1921, while Hindenburg would be imprisoned until his death in 1934. Most apparatuses linked to the old German Empire were dismantled, in an attempt to remove any traces of the old, “militaristic” Empire. Notably, the Allied Occupation Commission for Germany(AOCG) ordered the dissolution of Prussia in 1920, and its provinces were elevated to state status.
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-040-27, Gustav Stresemann.jpg|left|thumb|306x306px|Otto Kanzlauer, first post-war German Chancellor and founder of modern German democracy. ]]
However, the Allies recognised that an eternal occupation of Germany would not be desirable. They also worried that if Germany were punished too harshly, it might rise up again and try take over Europe and, horror of horrors, cause another Great War. So, in late 1920, a civilian government was formed, led by Otto Kanzlauer, a prominent People’s Party politician pre-war.

Elections were held across occupied Germany in 1921, and Kanzlauer won a landslide, his German People’s Party winning over 60% of the vote. By 1922, the new Reichstag had formedva provisional constitution, subject to Allied review.

Ultimately, the occupation of Germany would end in 1925 with the Treaty of Locarno, allowing Germany to reintegrate into the West, join the League of Nations and rebuild militarily and economically. It also set Germany's borders both east and west, including the Danzig corridor, although the Free City would rejoin Germany in 1927, becoming part of the state of Prussia.

===Rebuilding===
Even before the end of the Allied occupation, Germany's economy was starting to recover. Pre-1914 industrial capability was reached by 1922 and by 1925, Germany was in the middle of an economic boom.

== Geography==
Germany is the seventh-largest country in Europe; bordering Denmark to the north, Poland-Lithuania and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria to the southeast, and Switzerland to the south-southwest. France, Luxembourg and Belgium are situated to the west, with the Netherlands to the northwest. Germany is also bordered by the North Sea and, at the north-northeast, by the Baltic Sea. German territory covers 468,767 km2 (180,992 sq. mi) of land and water.

Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,963 metres or 9,721 feet) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the northwest and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the northeast. The forested uplands of central Germany and the lowlands of northern Germany (lowest point: in the municipality Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, Wilstermarsch at 3.54 metres or 11.6 feet below sea level) are traversed by such major rivers as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe. Significant natural resources include iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, and nickel.

==Government and politics==
[[File:Frank-Walter Steinmeier - 2018 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|137x137px|President - Karl Schmidt(DVP), since 2018]]
[[File:2018-10-12 Markus Söder CSU 8341.jpg|thumb|125x125px|Chancellor - Bruno Schneider(ZP), since 2022]]
Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic. Federal legislative power is vested in the parliament consisting of the Reichstag and Reichsrat, which together form the legislative body. The Reichstag is elected through direct elections using the mixed-member proportional representation system. The members of the Reichsrat represent and are appointed by the governments of the eighteen federated states. The German political system operates under a framework laid out in the 1926 constitution. Amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of both the Reichstag and the Reichsrat; the fundamental principles of the constitution, as expressed in the articles guaranteeing human dignity, the separation of powers, the federal structure, and the rule of law, are valid in perpetuity.

The president, currently Karl Schmidt, is the head of state and invested primarily with representative responsibilities and powers. He is elected by the Reichsversammlung, an institution consisting of the members of the Reichstag and an equal number of state delegates. The second-highest official in the German order of precedence is the Reichstagspräsident (President of the Reichstag), who is elected by the Reichstag and responsible for overseeing the daily sessions of the body. The third-highest official and the head of government is the chancellor, who is appointed by the president after being elected by the party or coalition with the most seats in the Reichstag. The chancellor, currently Bruno Schneider, is the head of government and exercises executive power through his Cabinet.

===Parties that hold representation in the Reichstag===
As of 2020, the following parties hold representation in the German parliament, the Reichstag:

*[[Zentrum (Alternatively)|Zentrum]](ZP, or the Centre Party in English-speaking circles), a Christian democratic party founded in 1870, making it the oldest major political party in Germany and about as old as the unified German state. It is positioned on the centre right on the political spectrum, advocating for social market economy policies. The Centre Party is currently the largest party in the Reichstag and has been in a coalition government with the DVP since 2022.
**[[Bavarian People’s Party (Alternatively)|Bavarian People’s Party]](BVP), the Bavarian associate of the Centre Party. Founded in 1918, the party is similarly positioned on the political spectrum to Zentrum but is more socially conservative and more Bavarocentric. It has consistently dominated Bavarian state elections since the 1930s. The current Chancellor, Bruno Schneider, was formerly the head of the BVP until 2022.
*[[Social Democratic Party of Germany (Alternatively)|Social Democratic Party]](SPD), a social democratic party founded in 1875. The SPD is positioned on the centre left, and is both economically and socially liberal. Currently the SPD is the third largest party in government, and previously held the Chancellery until 2022 under Sophie Schübert.
*[[German People’s Party (Alternatively)|German People’s Party]](DVP), a liberal conservative party founded in 1918 from the remnants of the prewar National Liberal Party. Founded by Otto Kanzlauer, the party has been enormously influential on German politics and is currently the second largest party in Germany, governing in coalition with Zentrum. The party is positioned on the centre-right, but is socially liberal and economically conservative.

Since 1921, most chancellors of Germany have been from the above three parties. Other minor parties that have entered coalitions or are represented in the Reichstag are:

*[[The Greens (Alternatively)|The Greens]], an environmentalist, socially liberal party founded in 1993 from a collection of nationwide environmentalist parties. The party has not won the Chancellery yet but has participated in many coalition governments, most recently from 2018-22. They stand at the centre left and are socially progressive and pro-enviroment.
*[[German National People's Party (Alternatively)|German National People's Party]](DNVP), a conservative party founded in 1935 by Erich Müller as a breakaway party from the DVP. It has not participated in any government, but has been represented in the Reichstag since 1971. The party is at the right wing on the political spectrum and is socially and economically conservative.
*[[Neues Deutschland (Alternatively)|Neues Deutschland]](ND, or New Germany in English-speaking circles), a radical right, conservative populist, anti-immigration party founded in 2011 as a splinter party from Zentrum. It is the youngest political party in Germany with representation in the Reichstag. Currently, the party is relatively minor but has gained popularity recently. The party is extremely conservative, opposes immigration, is Eurosceptic and has been described as fascist or far right by some media outlets.
*[[Die Linke (Alternatively)|Die Linke]](DL, or The Left in English-speaking circles) is a left wing populist party founded in 1998 from the formation of minor socialist parties in Germany. The party is positioned on the left wing, further left than the Greens and SPD but not as left wing as the KPD. It is mildly Eurosceptic, populist, anti-globalist and anti-capitalist.
*[[Communist Party of Germany (Alternatively)|Communist Party of Germany]](KPD) is a far left communist party founded in 1918 as a splinter Marxist party from the SPD. The party has maintained representation in the Reichstag since the 1920s but has not won any state or national elections. It is a communist party that advocates for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of a people's republic.

===Constituent states===
Germany is a federation and comprises nineteen constituent states which are collectively referred to as Länder. Each state (Land) has its own constitution, and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation.

*[[File:Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891–1918).svg|20x20px]] [[Baden (Alternatively)|Baden]]
*[[File:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg|20x20px]] [[Bavaria (Alternatively)|Bavaria]]
*[[File:Flag of Berlin (1934-1954).svg|20x20px]] [[Berlin (Alternatively)|Berlin-Haupstadt]]
*[[File:Flag of Brandenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Brandenburg (Alternatively)|Brandenburg]]
*[[File:State flag of Bremen.svg|20x20px]] [[Bremen (Alternatively)|Bremen]]
*[[File:Flag of Hamburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Hamburg (Alternatively)|Hamburg]]
*[[File:Flag of Hanover 1837-1866.svg|20x20px]] [[Hannover (Alternatively)|Hannover]]
*[[File:Flag of Hesse.svg|20x20px]] [[Hesse (Alternatively)|Hesse]]
*[[File:Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Mecklenburg (Alternatively)|Mecklenburg]]
*[[File:Civil flag of Oldenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Oldenburg (Alternatively)|Oldenburg]]
*[[File:Provinz Pommern flag.svg|20x20px]] [[Pomerania (Alternatively)|Pomerania]]
*[[File:East Prussia Administrative Flag (1920 - 1945).svg|20x20px]] [[Prussia(German state) (Alternatively)|Prussia]]
*[[File:Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia.svg|20x20px]] [[Rhineland (Alternatively)|Rhineland]]
*[[File:Flag of Saxony.svg|20x20px]] [[Saxony (Alternatively)|Saxony]]
*[[File:Flag of Saxony-Anhalt.svg|20x20px]] [[Saxony-Anhalt (Alternatively)|Saxony-Anhalt]]
*[[File:Flag of Silesia.svg|20x20px]] [[Silesia (Alternatively)|Silesia]]
*[[File:Flag of Schleswig-Holstein.svg|20x20px]] [[Schleswig-Holstein (Alternatively)|Schleswig-Holstein]]
*[[File:Flag of Thuringia.svg|20x20px]] [[Thuringia (Alternatively)|Thuringia]]
*[[File:Flag of Württemberg before 1809.svg|20x20px]] [[Wurttemberg (Alternatively)|Wurttemberg]]

===Foreign relations===
Germany has a network of 227 diplomatic missions abroad and maintains relations with more than 190 countries. Germany is a member of NATO, the OECD, the G7, the G20, the World Bank and the IMF. It has played an influential role in the European Union since its inception and has maintained a strong alliance with France and all neighbouring countries since the 1930s. Germany promotes the creation of a more unified European political, economic and security apparatus. The governments of Germany and the United States are close political allies. Cultural ties and economic interests have crafted a bond between the two countries resulting in Atlanticism. Germany and Kyiv-Novgorod have worked together to establish a "strategic partnership" in which energy development became one of the most important factors. As a result of the cooperation, Germany imports most of its natural gas and crude oil from the country.

Germany's development policy functions as a distinct sector within its foreign policy framework. It is formulated by the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and carried out by the implementing organisations. The German government sees development policy as a joint responsibility of the international community. It was the world's second-biggest aid donor in 2019 after the United States.

===Military===
''See also: [[Structure of the Reichsheer (Alternatively)|Structure of the Reichsheer]], [[Structure of the Luftstreitkräfte (Alternatively)|Structure of the Luftstreitkräfte]], [[Equipment of the Reichswehr (Alternatively)|Equipment of the Reichswehr]]'' [[File:German Army Leopard 2A6 tank in Oct. 2012.jpg|thumb|200x200px|A Leopard 2A6 tank on yearly maneuvres. ]]
Germany's military, the [[Reichswehr (Alternatively)|Reichswehr]], is divided into the [[Reichsheer (Alternatively)|Reichsheer]](Army and KSK, the special forces), [[Reichsmarime (Alternatively)|Reichsmarime]](Navy, the Seebatallions and Marineflieger) and the [[Luftstreitkräfte (Alternatively)|Luftstreitkräfte]](Air force and space force). The Reichswehr has a current strength of 243,000 soldiers. Since 2008, the Reichswehr has been a voluntary-only army, with conscription abolished that year. Germany has the sixth-highest military expenditure in the world, and in 2021 its military expenditure was at 2.1% of GDP. During peacetime, the Reichswehr is commanded by the Minister of Defence.
[[File:Polaris nuclear missile (3277028828).jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|An Atomraketen-900 land-based ICBM, the backbone of the German land-based nuclear arsenal]]
Germany is recognised by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty as a nuclear weapon state. Its first warhead, Gustav-V, was detonated in the Libyan desert in 1946. The first German hydrogen bomb, Grünwald-IX, detonated in 1952 in the Pacific Ocean. As of 2022, Germany possesses about 600 warheads total. Each branch of the Reichswehr has a special command for the deployment and launching of said nuclear weapons.

==Economy==

==Culture==

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'''Germany''', officially the '''German Reich''', informally the '''Weimar Republic''', is a country in Europe. It is the second most populous nation in Europe behind [[Kyiv and Novgorod (Alternatively)|Kyiv and Novgorod]], and has one of the largest economies in Europe. Situated on the North and Baltic Seas to the north and the Alps to the south, its 19 constituent ''Länder'' have a total population of 132 million, covering a total land area of 468,000 square kilometres. The country’s capital and largest city is Berlin, also serving as its major financial hub, while its main industrial area is the Ruhr, centred around Düsseldorf, Cologne and Dortmund.

Since antiquity, northern Germany has been inhabited by Germanic-speaking peoples. By 100AD, the Romans had documented a region named Germania. In 962, the Holy Roman Empire was formed, with the bulk of its territory located in modern Germany and Austria. Northern Germany was the center of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. The German Confederation was formed in 1815, following the Napoleonic Wars.

German unification commenced in 1866 with the establishment of the Prussian-dominated North German Confederation in the wake of the Austro-Prussian War, which later became the German Empire. The Great War would see Germany destroyed on the battlefield, and an Allied occupation of Germany commenced. The Treaty of Versailles saw Germany lose some territory and rather harsh military limitations, but very little economic reparations, due to the fear reparations might crash the German, and possibly European, economy. A provisional civilian government was set up in 1921, in preparation for removal of Allied troops which ultimately occurred in 1925.

== Etymology==
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the common people from Latin and its Romance descendants. This in turn descends from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz 'of the people' (see also the Latinised form Theodiscus), derived from *þeudō, descended from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂- 'people', from which the word Teutons also originates.

==History==

===Allied occupation===
[[File:Alternatively - German occupation zones post-Great War.png|thumb|The occupation zones of Germany, as of 1 December 1922. Brown - Belgium, dark blue - France, light blue - Poland-Lithuania, pink - United States, red - United Kingdom, grey - Berlin, an international zone.

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The end of the Great War saw Germany a broken, defeated and divided nation. By the time of the German surrender, Communist groups were running rampant in major cities, and the Empire had effectively collapsed. Now the masters of Germany, the Allied Powers were conflicted on what to do with Germany. France wanted to entirely destroy Germany, preferably disuniting it, the United States wanted to try rebuild Germany and make it a power among equals, and Great Britain wanted something in between the two proposals. Ultimately, the 1921 Treaty of Versailles would see Germany give up the Danzig corridor, Alsace-Lorraine, Katowice and Northern Schleswig. Economic reparations were considered but ultimately rejected, as it was determined that the occupation would suffice to economically punish Germany.

In April 1919, Field Marshals Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who had effectively become dictators of Germany in the last months of the Great War, were arrested in {{W|Landsberg am Lech|Landsberg}} by US military police, and were subsequently tried by military courts. Ludendorff would be shot by firing squad in 1921, while Hindenburg would be imprisoned until his death in 1934. Most apparatuses linked to the old German Empire were dismantled, in an attempt to remove any traces of the old, “militaristic” Empire. Notably, the Allied Occupation Commission for Germany(AOCG) ordered the dissolution of Prussia in 1920, and its provinces were elevated to state status.
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-040-27, Gustav Stresemann.jpg|left|thumb|306x306px|Otto Kanzlauer, first post-war German Chancellor and founder of modern German democracy. ]]
However, the Allies recognised that an eternal occupation of Germany would not be desirable. They also worried that if Germany were punished too harshly, it might rise up again and try take over Europe and, horror of horrors, cause another Great War. So, in late 1920, a civilian government was formed, led by Otto Kanzlauer, a prominent People’s Party politician pre-war.

Elections were held across occupied Germany in 1921, and Kanzlauer won a landslide, his German People’s Party winning over 60% of the vote. By 1922, the new Reichstag had formedva provisional constitution, subject to Allied review.

Ultimately, the occupation of Germany would end in 1925 with the Treaty of Locarno, allowing Germany to reintegrate into the West, join the League of Nations and rebuild militarily and economically. It also set Germany's borders both east and west, including the Danzig corridor, although the Free City would rejoin Germany in 1927, becoming part of the state of Prussia.

===Rebuilding===
Even before the end of the Allied occupation, Germany's economy was starting to recover. Pre-1914 industrial capability was reached by 1922 and by 1925, Germany was in the middle of an economic boom.

== Geography==
Germany is the seventh-largest country in Europe; bordering Denmark to the north, Poland-Lithuania and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria to the southeast, and Switzerland to the south-southwest. France, Luxembourg and Belgium are situated to the west, with the Netherlands to the northwest. Germany is also bordered by the North Sea and, at the north-northeast, by the Baltic Sea. German territory covers 468,767 km2 (180,992 sq. mi) of land and water.

Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,963 metres or 9,721 feet) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the northwest and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the northeast. The forested uplands of central Germany and the lowlands of northern Germany (lowest point: in the municipality Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, Wilstermarsch at 3.54 metres or 11.6 feet below sea level) are traversed by such major rivers as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe. Significant natural resources include iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, and nickel.

==Government and politics==
[[File:Frank-Walter Steinmeier - 2018 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|137x137px|President - Karl Schmidt(DVP), since 2018]]
[[File:2018-10-12 Markus Söder CSU 8341.jpg|thumb|125x125px|Chancellor - Bruno Schneider(ZP), since 2022]]
Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic. Federal legislative power is vested in the parliament consisting of the Reichstag and Reichsrat, which together form the legislative body. The Reichstag is elected through direct elections using the mixed-member proportional representation system. The members of the Reichsrat represent and are appointed by the governments of the eighteen federated states. The German political system operates under a framework laid out in the 1926 constitution. Amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of both the Reichstag and the Reichsrat; the fundamental principles of the constitution, as expressed in the articles guaranteeing human dignity, the separation of powers, the federal structure, and the rule of law, are valid in perpetuity.

The president, currently Karl Schmidt, is the head of state and invested primarily with representative responsibilities and powers. He is elected by the Reichsversammlung, an institution consisting of the members of the Reichstag and an equal number of state delegates. The second-highest official in the German order of precedence is the Reichstagspräsident (President of the Reichstag), who is elected by the Reichstag and responsible for overseeing the daily sessions of the body. The third-highest official and the head of government is the chancellor, who is appointed by the president after being elected by the party or coalition with the most seats in the Reichstag. The chancellor, currently Bruno Schneider, is the head of government and exercises executive power through his Cabinet.

===Parties that hold representation in the Reichstag===
As of 2020, the following parties hold representation in the German parliament, the Reichstag:

*[[Zentrum (Alternatively)|Zentrum]](ZP, or the Centre Party in English-speaking circles), a Christian democratic party founded in 1870, making it the oldest major political party in Germany and about as old as the unified German state. It is positioned on the centre right on the political spectrum, advocating for social market economy policies. The Centre Party is currently the largest party in the Reichstag and has been in a coalition government with the DVP since 2022.
**[[Bavarian People’s Party (Alternatively)|Bavarian People’s Party]](BVP), the Bavarian associate of the Centre Party. Founded in 1918, the party is similarly positioned on the political spectrum to Zentrum but is more socially conservative and more Bavarocentric. It has consistently dominated Bavarian state elections since the 1930s. The current Chancellor, Bruno Schneider, was formerly the head of the BVP until 2022.
*[[Social Democratic Party of Germany (Alternatively)|Social Democratic Party]](SPD), a social democratic party founded in 1875. The SPD is positioned on the centre left, and is both economically and socially liberal. Currently the SPD is the third largest party in government, and previously held the Chancellery until 2022 under Sophie Schübert.
*[[German People’s Party (Alternatively)|German People’s Party]](DVP), a liberal conservative party founded in 1918 from the remnants of the prewar National Liberal Party. Founded by Otto Kanzlauer, the party has been enormously influential on German politics and is currently the second largest party in Germany, governing in coalition with Zentrum. The party is positioned on the centre-right, but is socially liberal and economically conservative.

Since 1921, most chancellors of Germany have been from the above three parties. Other minor parties that have entered coalitions or are represented in the Reichstag are:

*[[The Greens (Alternatively)|The Greens]], an environmentalist, socially liberal party founded in 1993 from a collection of nationwide environmentalist parties. The party has not won the Chancellery yet but has participated in many coalition governments, most recently from 2018-22. They stand at the centre left and are socially progressive and pro-enviroment.
*[[German National People's Party (Alternatively)|German National People's Party]](DNVP), a conservative party founded in 1935 by Erich Müller as a breakaway party from the DVP. It has not participated in any government, but has been represented in the Reichstag since 1971. The party is at the right wing on the political spectrum and is socially and economically conservative.
*[[Neues Deutschland (Alternatively)|Neues Deutschland]](ND, or New Germany in English-speaking circles), a radical right, conservative populist, anti-immigration party founded in 2011 as a splinter party from Zentrum. It is the youngest political party in Germany with representation in the Reichstag. Currently, the party is relatively minor but has gained popularity recently. The party is extremely conservative, opposes immigration, is Eurosceptic and has been described as fascist or far right by some media outlets.
*[[Die Linke (Alternatively)|Die Linke]](DL, or The Left in English-speaking circles) is a left wing populist party founded in 1998 from the formation of minor socialist parties in Germany. The party is positioned on the left wing, further left than the Greens and SPD but not as left wing as the KPD. It is mildly Eurosceptic, populist, anti-globalist and anti-capitalist.
*[[Communist Party of Germany (Alternatively)|Communist Party of Germany]](KPD) is a far left communist party founded in 1918 as a splinter Marxist party from the SPD. The party has maintained representation in the Reichstag since the 1920s but has not won any state or national elections. It is a communist party that advocates for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of a people's republic.

===Constituent states===
Germany is a federation and comprises nineteen constituent states which are collectively referred to as Länder. Each state (Land) has its own constitution, and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation.

*[[File:Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891–1918).svg|20x20px]] [[Baden (Alternatively)|Baden]]
*[[File:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg|20x20px]] [[Bavaria (Alternatively)|Bavaria]]
*[[File:Flag of Berlin (1934-1954).svg|20x20px]] [[Berlin (Alternatively)|Berlin-Haupstadt]]
*[[File:Flag of Brandenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Brandenburg (Alternatively)|Brandenburg]]
*[[File:State flag of Bremen.svg|20x20px]] [[Bremen (Alternatively)|Bremen]]
*[[File:Flag of Hamburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Hamburg (Alternatively)|Hamburg]]
*[[File:Flag of Hanover 1837-1866.svg|20x20px]] [[Hannover (Alternatively)|Hannover]]
*[[File:Flag of Hesse.svg|20x20px]] [[Hesse (Alternatively)|Hesse]]
*[[File:Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Mecklenburg (Alternatively)|Mecklenburg]]
*[[File:Civil flag of Oldenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Oldenburg (Alternatively)|Oldenburg]]
*[[File:Provinz Pommern flag.svg|20x20px]] [[Pomerania (Alternatively)|Pomerania]]
*[[File:East Prussia Administrative Flag (1920 - 1945).svg|20x20px]] [[Prussia(German state) (Alternatively)|Prussia]]
*[[File:Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia.svg|20x20px]] [[Rhineland (Alternatively)|Rhineland]]
*[[File:Flag of Saxony.svg|20x20px]] [[Saxony (Alternatively)|Saxony]]
*[[File:Flag of Saxony-Anhalt.svg|20x20px]] [[Saxony-Anhalt (Alternatively)|Saxony-Anhalt]]
*[[File:Flag of Silesia.svg|20x20px]] [[Silesia (Alternatively)|Silesia]]
*[[File:Flag of Schleswig-Holstein.svg|20x20px]] [[Schleswig-Holstein (Alternatively)|Schleswig-Holstein]]
*[[File:Flag of Thuringia.svg|20x20px]] [[Thuringia (Alternatively)|Thuringia]]
*[[File:Flag of Württemberg before 1809.svg|20x20px]] [[Wurttemberg (Alternatively)|Wurttemberg]]

===Foreign relations===
Germany has a network of 227 diplomatic missions abroad and maintains relations with more than 190 countries. Germany is a member of NATO, the OECD, the G7, the G20, the World Bank and the IMF. It has played an influential role in the European Union since its inception and has maintained a strong alliance with France and all neighbouring countries since the 1930s. Germany promotes the creation of a more unified European political, economic and security apparatus. The governments of Germany and the United States are close political allies. Cultural ties and economic interests have crafted a bond between the two countries resulting in Atlanticism. Germany and Kyiv-Novgorod have worked together to establish a "strategic partnership" in which energy development became one of the most important factors. As a result of the cooperation, Germany imports most of its natural gas and crude oil from the country.

Germany's development policy functions as a distinct sector within its foreign policy framework. It is formulated by the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and carried out by the implementing organisations. The German government sees development policy as a joint responsibility of the international community. It was the world's second-biggest aid donor in 2019 after the United States.

===Military===
''See also: [[Equipment and structure of the Reichsheer (Alternatively)|Equipment and structure of the Reichsheer]], [[Structure of the Luftstreitkräfte (Alternatively)|Structure of the Luftstreitkräfte]]''[[File:German Army Leopard 2A6 tank in Oct. 2012.jpg|thumb|200x200px|A Leopard 2A6 tank on yearly maneuvres. ]]
Germany's military, the [[Reichswehr (Alternatively)|Reichswehr]], is divided into the [[Reichsheer (Alternatively)|Reichsheer]](Army and KSK, the special forces), [[Reichsmarime (Alternatively)|Reichsmarime]](Navy, the Seebatallions and Marineflieger) and the [[Luftstreitkräfte (Alternatively)|Luftstreitkräfte]](Air force and space force). The Reichswehr has a current strength of 243,000 soldiers. Since 2008, the Reichswehr has been a voluntary-only army, with conscription abolished that year. Germany has the sixth-highest military expenditure in the world, and in 2021 its military expenditure was at 2.1% of GDP. During peacetime, the Reichswehr is commanded by the Minister of Defence.
[[File:Polaris nuclear missile (3277028828).jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|An Atomraketen-900 land-based ICBM, the backbone of the German land-based nuclear arsenal]]
Germany is recognised by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty as a nuclear weapon state. Its first warhead, Gustav-V, was detonated in the Libyan desert in 1946. The first German hydrogen bomb, Grünwald-IX, detonated in 1952 in the Pacific Ocean. As of 2022, Germany possesses about 600 warheads total. Each branch of the Reichswehr has a special command for the deployment and launching of said nuclear weapons.

==Economy==

==Culture==

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'''Germany''', officially the '''German Reich''', informally the '''Weimar Republic''', is a country in Europe. It is the second most populous nation in Europe behind [[Kyiv and Novgorod (Alternatively)|Kyiv and Novgorod]], and has one of the largest economies in Europe. Situated on the North and Baltic Seas to the north and the Alps to the south, its 19 constituent ''Länder'' have a total population of 132 million, covering a total land area of 468,000 square kilometres. The country’s capital and largest city is Berlin, also serving as its major financial hub, while its main industrial area is the Ruhr, centred around Düsseldorf, Cologne and Dortmund.

Since antiquity, northern Germany has been inhabited by Germanic-speaking peoples. By 100AD, the Romans had documented a region named Germania. In 962, the Holy Roman Empire was formed, with the bulk of its territory located in modern Germany and Austria. Northern Germany was the center of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. The German Confederation was formed in 1815, following the Napoleonic Wars.

German unification commenced in 1866 with the establishment of the Prussian-dominated North German Confederation in the wake of the Austro-Prussian War, which later became the German Empire. The Great War would see Germany destroyed on the battlefield, and an Allied occupation of Germany commenced. The Treaty of Versailles saw Germany lose some territory and rather harsh military limitations, but very little economic reparations, due to the fear reparations might crash the German, and possibly European, economy. A provisional civilian government was set up in 1921, in preparation for removal of Allied troops which ultimately occurred in 1925.

== Etymology==
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the common people from Latin and its Romance descendants. This in turn descends from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz 'of the people' (see also the Latinised form Theodiscus), derived from *þeudō, descended from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂- 'people', from which the word Teutons also originates.

==History==

===Allied occupation===
[[File:Alternatively - German occupation zones post-Great War.png|thumb|The occupation zones of Germany, as of 1 December 1922. Brown - Belgium, dark blue - France, light blue - Poland-Lithuania, pink - United States, red - United Kingdom, grey - Berlin, an international zone.

]]
The end of the Great War saw Germany a broken, defeated and divided nation. By the time of the German surrender, Communist groups were running rampant in major cities, and the Empire had effectively collapsed. Now the masters of Germany, the Allied Powers were conflicted on what to do with Germany. France wanted to entirely destroy Germany, preferably disuniting it, the United States wanted to try rebuild Germany and make it a power among equals, and Great Britain wanted something in between the two proposals. Ultimately, the 1921 Treaty of Versailles would see Germany give up the Danzig corridor, Alsace-Lorraine, Katowice and Northern Schleswig. Economic reparations were considered but ultimately rejected, as it was determined that the occupation would suffice to economically punish Germany.

In April 1919, Field Marshals Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who had effectively become dictators of Germany in the last months of the Great War, were arrested in {{W|Landsberg am Lech|Landsberg}} by US military police, and were subsequently tried by military courts. Ludendorff would be shot by firing squad in 1921, while Hindenburg would be imprisoned until his death in 1934. Most apparatuses linked to the old German Empire were dismantled, in an attempt to remove any traces of the old, “militaristic” Empire. Notably, the Allied Occupation Commission for Germany(AOCG) ordered the dissolution of Prussia in 1920, and its provinces were elevated to state status.
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-040-27, Gustav Stresemann.jpg|left|thumb|306x306px|Otto Kanzlauer, first post-war German Chancellor and founder of modern German democracy. ]]
However, the Allies recognised that an eternal occupation of Germany would not be desirable. They also worried that if Germany were punished too harshly, it might rise up again and try take over Europe and, horror of horrors, cause another Great War. So, in late 1920, a civilian government was formed, led by Otto Kanzlauer, a prominent People’s Party politician pre-war.

Elections were held across occupied Germany in 1921, and Kanzlauer won a landslide, his German People’s Party winning over 60% of the vote. By 1922, the new Reichstag had formedva provisional constitution, subject to Allied review.

Ultimately, the occupation of Germany would end in 1925 with the Treaty of Locarno, allowing Germany to reintegrate into the West, join the League of Nations and rebuild militarily and economically. It also set Germany's borders both east and west, including the Danzig corridor, although the Free City would rejoin Germany in 1927, becoming part of the state of Prussia.

===Rebuilding===
Even before the end of the Allied occupation, Germany's economy was starting to recover. Pre-1914 industrial capability was reached by 1922 and by 1925, Germany was in the middle of an economic boom.

== Geography==
Germany is the seventh-largest country in Europe; bordering Denmark to the north, Poland-Lithuania and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria to the southeast, and Switzerland to the south-southwest. France, Luxembourg and Belgium are situated to the west, with the Netherlands to the northwest. Germany is also bordered by the North Sea and, at the north-northeast, by the Baltic Sea. German territory covers 468,767 km2 (180,992 sq. mi) of land and water.

Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,963 metres or 9,721 feet) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the northwest and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the northeast. The forested uplands of central Germany and the lowlands of northern Germany (lowest point: in the municipality Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, Wilstermarsch at 3.54 metres or 11.6 feet below sea level) are traversed by such major rivers as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe. Significant natural resources include iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, and nickel.

==Government and politics==
[[File:Frank-Walter Steinmeier - 2018 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|137x137px|President - Karl Schmidt(DVP), since 2018]]
[[File:2018-10-12 Markus Söder CSU 8341.jpg|thumb|125x125px|Chancellor - Bruno Schneider(ZP), since 2022]]
Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic. Federal legislative power is vested in the parliament consisting of the Reichstag and Reichsrat, which together form the legislative body. The Reichstag is elected through direct elections using the mixed-member proportional representation system. The members of the Reichsrat represent and are appointed by the governments of the eighteen federated states. The German political system operates under a framework laid out in the 1926 constitution. Amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of both the Reichstag and the Reichsrat; the fundamental principles of the constitution, as expressed in the articles guaranteeing human dignity, the separation of powers, the federal structure, and the rule of law, are valid in perpetuity.

The president, currently Karl Schmidt, is the head of state and invested primarily with representative responsibilities and powers. He is elected by the Reichsversammlung, an institution consisting of the members of the Reichstag and an equal number of state delegates. The second-highest official in the German order of precedence is the Reichstagspräsident (President of the Reichstag), who is elected by the Reichstag and responsible for overseeing the daily sessions of the body. The third-highest official and the head of government is the chancellor, who is appointed by the president after being elected by the party or coalition with the most seats in the Reichstag. The chancellor, currently Bruno Schneider, is the head of government and exercises executive power through his Cabinet.

===Parties that hold representation in the Reichstag===
As of 2020, the following parties hold representation in the German parliament, the Reichstag:

*[[Zentrum (Alternatively)|Zentrum]](ZP, or the Centre Party in English-speaking circles), a Christian democratic party founded in 1870, making it the oldest major political party in Germany and about as old as the unified German state. It is positioned on the centre right on the political spectrum, advocating for social market economy policies. The Centre Party is currently the largest party in the Reichstag and has been in a coalition government with the DVP since 2022.
**[[Bavarian People’s Party (Alternatively)|Bavarian People’s Party]](BVP), the Bavarian associate of the Centre Party. Founded in 1918, the party is similarly positioned on the political spectrum to Zentrum but is more socially conservative and more Bavarocentric. It has consistently dominated Bavarian state elections since the 1930s. The current Chancellor, Bruno Schneider, was formerly the head of the BVP until 2022.
*[[Social Democratic Party of Germany (Alternatively)|Social Democratic Party]](SPD), a social democratic party founded in 1875. The SPD is positioned on the centre left, and is both economically and socially liberal. Currently the SPD is the third largest party in government, and previously held the Chancellery until 2022 under Sophie Schübert.
*[[German People’s Party (Alternatively)|German People’s Party]](DVP), a liberal conservative party founded in 1918 from the remnants of the prewar National Liberal Party. Founded by Otto Kanzlauer, the party has been enormously influential on German politics and is currently the second largest party in Germany, governing in coalition with Zentrum. The party is positioned on the centre-right, but is socially liberal and economically conservative.

Since 1921, most chancellors of Germany have been from the above three parties. Other minor parties that have entered coalitions or are represented in the Reichstag are:

*[[The Greens (Alternatively)|The Greens]], an environmentalist, socially liberal party founded in 1993 from a collection of nationwide environmentalist parties. The party has not won the Chancellery yet but has participated in many coalition governments, most recently from 2018-22. They stand at the centre left and are socially progressive and pro-enviroment.
*[[German National People's Party (Alternatively)|German National People's Party]](DNVP), a conservative party founded in 1935 by Erich Müller as a breakaway party from the DVP. It has not participated in any government, but has been represented in the Reichstag since 1971. The party is at the right wing on the political spectrum and is socially and economically conservative.
*[[Neues Deutschland (Alternatively)|Neues Deutschland]](ND, or New Germany in English-speaking circles), a radical right, conservative populist, anti-immigration party founded in 2011 as a splinter party from Zentrum. It is the youngest political party in Germany with representation in the Reichstag. Currently, the party is relatively minor but has gained popularity recently. The party is extremely conservative, opposes immigration, is Eurosceptic and has been described as fascist or far right by some media outlets.
*[[Die Linke (Alternatively)|Die Linke]](DL, or The Left in English-speaking circles) is a left wing populist party founded in 1998 from the formation of minor socialist parties in Germany. The party is positioned on the left wing, further left than the Greens and SPD but not as left wing as the KPD. It is mildly Eurosceptic, populist, anti-globalist and anti-capitalist.
*[[Communist Party of Germany (Alternatively)|Communist Party of Germany]](KPD) is a far left communist party founded in 1918 as a splinter Marxist party from the SPD. The party has maintained representation in the Reichstag since the 1920s but has not won any state or national elections. It is a communist party that advocates for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of a people's republic.

===Constituent states===
Germany is a federation and comprises nineteen constituent states which are collectively referred to as Länder. Each state (Land) has its own constitution, and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation.

*[[File:Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891–1918).svg|20x20px]] [[Baden (Alternatively)|Baden]]
*[[File:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg|20x20px]] [[Bavaria (Alternatively)|Bavaria]]
*[[File:Flag of Berlin (1934-1954).svg|20x20px]] [[Berlin (Alternatively)|Berlin-Haupstadt]]
*[[File:Flag of Brandenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Brandenburg (Alternatively)|Brandenburg]]
*[[File:State flag of Bremen.svg|20x20px]] [[Bremen (Alternatively)|Bremen]]
*[[File:Flag of Hamburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Hamburg (Alternatively)|Hamburg]]
*[[File:Flag of Hanover 1837-1866.svg|20x20px]] [[Hannover (Alternatively)|Hannover]]
*[[File:Flag of Hesse.svg|20x20px]] [[Hesse (Alternatively)|Hesse]]
*[[File:Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Mecklenburg (Alternatively)|Mecklenburg]]
*[[File:Civil flag of Oldenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Oldenburg (Alternatively)|Oldenburg]]
*[[File:Provinz Pommern flag.svg|20x20px]] [[Pomerania (Alternatively)|Pomerania]]
*[[File:East Prussia Administrative Flag (1920 - 1945).svg|20x20px]] [[Prussia(German state) (Alternatively)|Prussia]]
*[[File:Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia.svg|20x20px]] [[Rhineland (Alternatively)|Rhineland]]
*[[File:Flag of Saxony.svg|20x20px]] [[Saxony (Alternatively)|Saxony]]
*[[File:Flag of Saxony-Anhalt.svg|20x20px]] [[Saxony-Anhalt (Alternatively)|Saxony-Anhalt]]
*[[File:Flag of Silesia.svg|20x20px]] [[Silesia (Alternatively)|Silesia]]
*[[File:Flag of Schleswig-Holstein.svg|20x20px]] [[Schleswig-Holstein (Alternatively)|Schleswig-Holstein]]
*[[File:Flag of Thuringia.svg|20x20px]] [[Thuringia (Alternatively)|Thuringia]]
*[[File:Flag of Württemberg before 1809.svg|20x20px]] [[Wurttemberg (Alternatively)|Wurttemberg]]

===Foreign relations===
Germany has a network of 227 diplomatic missions abroad and maintains relations with more than 190 countries. Germany is a member of NATO, the OECD, the G7, the G20, the World Bank and the IMF. It has played an influential role in the European Union since its inception and has maintained a strong alliance with France and all neighbouring countries since the 1930s. Germany promotes the creation of a more unified European political, economic and security apparatus. The governments of Germany and the United States are close political allies. Cultural ties and economic interests have crafted a bond between the two countries resulting in Atlanticism. Germany and Kyiv-Novgorod have worked together to establish a "strategic partnership" in which energy development became one of the most important factors. As a result of the cooperation, Germany imports most of its natural gas and crude oil from the country.

Germany's development policy functions as a distinct sector within its foreign policy framework. It is formulated by the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and carried out by the implementing organisations. The German government sees development policy as a joint responsibility of the international community. It was the world's second-biggest aid donor in 2019 after the United States.

===Military===
''See also: [[Structure of the Reichsheer (Alternatively)|Structure of the Reichsheer]]''[[File:German Army Leopard 2A6 tank in Oct. 2012.jpg|thumb|200x200px|A Leopard 2A6 tank on yearly maneuvres. ]]
Germany's military, the [[Reichswehr (Alternatively)|Reichswehr]], is divided into the [[Reichsheer (Alternatively)|Reichsheer]](Army and KSK, the special forces), [[Reichsmarime (Alternatively)|Reichsmarime]](Navy, the Seebatallions and Marineflieger) and the [[Luftstreitkräfte (Alternatively)|Luftstreitkräfte]](Air force and space force). The Reichswehr has a current strength of 243,000 soldiers. Since 2008, the Reichswehr has been a voluntary-only army, with conscription abolished that year. Germany has the sixth-highest military expenditure in the world, and in 2021 its military expenditure was at 2.1% of GDP. During peacetime, the Reichswehr is commanded by the Minister of Defence.
[[File:Polaris nuclear missile (3277028828).jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|An Atomraketen-900 land-based ICBM, the backbone of the German land-based nuclear arsenal]]
Germany is recognised by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty as a nuclear weapon state. Its first warhead, Gustav-V, was detonated in the Libyan desert in 1946. The first German hydrogen bomb, Grünwald-IX, detonated in 1952 in the Pacific Ocean. As of 2022, Germany possesses about 600 warheads total. Each branch of the Reichswehr has a special command for the deployment and launching of said nuclear weapons.

==Economy==

==Culture==

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[[Category:Germany]]
[[Category:German-speaking countries and territories]]
[[Category:Countries in Europe]]
[[Category:Western European countries]]

Liberty, Egality, Fraternity

2024-09-01T19:05:41Z

WaterlooSunset:

{{Icons|LEF}}
{{Infobox conworld
|name = Liberty, Egality, Fraternity
|image = Liberty Egality Fraternity logo.svg
|caption = Logo
|genre = Alternate history
|established = 2023
|creator = {{U|WaterlooSunset}}
|progress = Work in progress
|contributors =
|articles =
|status = active
|predecessor =
}}
Welcome to '''Liberty, Egality and Fraternity''', a timeline where Napoleon is victorious in the Napoleonic Wars and the face of Europe is changed forever. This timeline may not be strictly a conworld per se, however in some aspects it fits some definitions of a conworld. Anyways, this project is currently open for anyone to help out with, as creating a fictional universe single-handedly is not an easy job(!). Anyone is welcome to edit, but please do consult with the author({{U|WaterlooSunset|me}}) for lore details. The entire point of this timeline is to explore the consequences of a French-dominated Europe, so most of the events in this timeline from about 1810 onwards will be largely fictional. However, some OTL tropes will carry over, particularly the occurrence of two world wars and a Cold War. But foremost this timeline is an experiment, and so fictional occurrences and peoples are encouraged.

Please enjoy what I’ve written so far, and don’t vandalise, for the love of god!

- WaterlooSunset

== Timeline ==
A brief description of events in LEF.

* 1789: French Revolution begins. Louis XVI overthrown.

* 1792: Robespierre institutes the Reign of Terror. War of the First Coalition begins. First Republic declared.

* 1793: Royal family executed.

* 1795: Netherlands invaded; Batavian Republic established. France annexes the left bank of the Rhine in the Peace of Basel.

* 1796: Thousands of troops land near Bantry in Ireland. Irish War of Independence begins.

* 1797: Treaty of Campo Formio. Cisalpine, Ligurian and Piedmontese Republics established. War of the First Coalition ends.

* 1798: Swiss Confederation invaded. New Helvetic Republic set up. More troops sent to Ireland.

* 1799: War of the Second Coalition. Ireland secured by the French. Coup of 18 Brumaire sees Napoleon take full power as First Consul.

* 1801: Treaty of Luneville. Status quo restored, bar Ireland becoming independent. War of the Second Coalition.

* 1802: Italian Republic created.

* 1803: Louisiana sold to the US to fund further development of the military.

* 1804: Napoleon crowned Emperor of France. Austrian Empire created.

* 1805: War of the Third Coalition begins. Battle of Trafalgar. Piedmont divided between France and Italy. Kingdom of Italy proclaimed.

* 1806: War of the Third Coalition ends. HRE dissolves, replaced by the Confederation of the Rhine. Austrian territory reduced. War of the Fourth Coalition begins.

* 1807: War of the Fourth Coalition ends. Treaties of Tilsit see the Duchy of Warsaw created. Peninsular War begins, with Spain and Portugal being invaded.

* 1808: War of the Fifth Coalition begins.

* 1809: War of the Fifth Coalition ends. Treaty of Schonbrunn sees Illyria ceded to France and bits of Galicia ceded to Warsaw. Salzburg ceded to Bavaria.

* 1810: Russia agrees to stay in the Continental System through the Monetary Assistance Treaty, which sees the country get industrial aid in return for Russian support of France.

* 1811: Portugal is divided by France but the local monarchy is allowed to continue ruling. Catalonia becomes independent from Spain at the behest of France.

* 1812: War of the Sixth Coalition begins.

* 1813: The United Kingdom is invaded. London falls by November. The War of the Sixth Coalition effectively ends following the fall of London.

* 1814: The Congress of Frankfurt is held to establish the new European status quo, formally ending the Napoleonic Wars. France is now the undisputed power of Europe.

* 1810s-1820s: Spanish South American possessions are lost to independence movements, creating multiple new countries.

* 1820s-1840s: The Industrial Revolution sees multiple countries become thriving economic centres. Railways begin to come into operation, becoming the favoured transport of the masses.

* 1822-30: Greek War of Independence. France heavily supports the Hellenic rebels, leading to the establishment of the Hellenic Republic.

* 1830s-1850s: Many countries begin to set up Asian and African colonies.

* 1858-63: The American Civil War sees the Confederate States win an unprecedented victory over the Union. The CSA becomes a French client states, leading America to align more with the old empires, before realigning with France. Conversely, the CSA begins to drift towards the British, becoming dependent on them for weaponry.

* 1866: Prussia and Poland-Lithuania fight a brief war, which Prussia wins, gaining Poznan in the process.

* 1870-74: The Spanish Revolution sees Spain successfully kick out French influence and regain a Bourbon monarchy, but in the process loses their overseas colonies.

* 1881: Second Polish-Prussian War sees another brief spat ending in status quo ante bellum.

* 1885: The Berlin Conference carves up Africa.

* 1890s-1914: Tensions rise in Europe as nationalism combines with an arms race to create a clear division between the countries of Europe: the Entente, comprising the old imperial powers and the Continentals, comprising the Napoleonic states.

* 1914-20: The First World War, or the Great War, begins due to a Polish nationalist trying to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II. The opposing sides are the Entente(Austria, Prussia, Sweden and the UK) and the Continentals(France, Ireland, Germany, Russia, Finland, the Ottoman Empire, Italy and others).

* 1918: The Russian Revolution knocks Russia out of the war, and a Civil War begins between the Whites(middle class, libertarians and democrats) and the Blacks(fascists, national republicans and nationalists). Eventually the Blacks triumph, forming the Russian National Federation.

* 1921: Paris Peace Treaties formally end the “Great War”. Hungary and Galicia are made independent, Prussian territory is reduced and the United Kingdom broken up into Scotland, England and Wales.

* 1922: Illyria is granted independence, minus Dalmatia, given to Italy as a reward for their efforts in the Great War.

*1923: Fascist Benito Mussolini marches on Milan and forms his own government there, beginning the period of Fascist rule in Italy.

*1929: The New York stock crash sends the global economy spiralling into a deep recession.

*1932: The Confederate States is involved in a coup d’etat, which sees white nationalists take power and create the Republic of the Confederate States of America, a nationalist, white supremacist, minoritarian republic that discriminates heavily against blacks and other non-whites.

*1934-40: Russia supports nationalist groups in the Ottoman puppet states, such as Serbia, Moldavia-Wallachia, Bulgaria and Montenegro.

*1936: Sweden is taken over by fascist nationalist leader Sven Olov Lindholm.

*1938: The Danzig Crisis sees Prussia demand the return of the Danzig Corridor. The issue is eventually resolved.

*1939: The Five Power Pact between Prussia, Italy, Russia, Sweden and the Confederate States is signed.
*1940-46: The Second World War, started by Russia invading the United Baltic Duchy.
*1947: The Treaty of London is signed, ending the war. Russia, despite invading the Ottoman Empire, a Allied state, escapes punishment due to the Eastern Front stalling and stagnating at Minsk.
*1950: In the midst of increasing tensions between Californja and Russia, PATO, the Pacific-Atlantic Treaty Alliance, is formed, with California, the UK, the US and France as its leaders.
*1954: Russia forms the Republican Economic and Mutual Aid Alliance(REMA), also called the Istanbul Pact.
*1957: The European Economic Community is formed.
*1950-90: The Cold War between PATO and REMA.
*1989: The 1989 Revolutions see most National Republican states overthrow Russian rule in favour of democracy.
*1994: The Russian National Republic introduces multiparty elections. Gennady Zyuganov becomes its first democratically elected President.
*1999: The EEC becomes the European Union with the Treaty of Helsinki.
*2000s: Russia and Europe normalise relations.
*2010s: Rumours of a Second Cold War between the US, Russia and China begin to circulate. Ultimately China is excluded but as the 2010s progress relations between the US and Russia progressively deteriorate.

==List of nations==
===Europe ===

====Western Europe====

*[[File:Bataafse Republiek nationale vlag.svg|32x32px]] [[Batavia (LEF)|Batavia]] p
*[[File:Flag of Catalonia.svg|32x32px]] [[Catalunya (LEF)|Catalunya]] n
*[[File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974).svg|32x32px]] [[France (LEF)|France]] p
*[[File:Flag of the Helvetic Republic (French).svg|32x32px]] [[Helvetia (LEF)|Helvetia]] p
*[[File:Flag of Portugal (1830–1910).svg|32x32px]] [[Portugal (LEF)|Portugal]] p
*[[File:Bandera de España 1808-1813.svg|32x32px]] [[Spain (LEF)|Spain]] p

====Central and Southern Europe====

*[[File:Flagge Herzogtum Anhalt.svg|32x32px]] [[Anhalt (LEF)|Anhalt]] n
*[[File:Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891–1918).svg|32x32px]] [[Baden (LEF)|Baden]] p
*[[File:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg|32x32px]] [[Bavaria (LEF)|Bavaria]] p
*[[File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|32x32px]] [[Czechoslovakia (LEF)|Czechoslovakia]] p
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Etruria.svg|32x32px]] [[Etruria (LEF)|Etruria]] p
*[[File:Flag of Hesse.svg|32x32px]] [[Hesse (LEF)|Hesse]] n
*[[File:Flag of the Italian Republic (Napoleonic) with coat of arms.svg|32x32px]] [[Italy (LEF)|Italy]] p
*[[File:Flag of the Principality of Lucca (1805-1809).svg|32x32px]] [[Lucca & Piombino (LEF)|Lucca & Piombino]] n
*[[File:Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (1946-1952).svg|32x32px]] [[Mecklenburg (LEF)|Mecklenburg]] n
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811).svg|32x32px]] [[Naples (LEF)|Naples]] p
*[[File:East Prussia Administrative Flag (1920 - 1945).svg|32x32px]] [[Prussia (LEF)|Prussia]] p
*[[File:Flagge Cisrhenanische Rep (Variante).svg|32x32px]] [[Rhineland (LEF)|Rhineland]] p
*[[File:Flag of San Marino.svg|32x32px]] [[San Marino (LEF)|San Marino]] n
* [[File:Civil Flag and Civil Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1816-1848).svg|32x32px]] [[Sardinia (LEF)|Sardinia]] p
* [[File:State flag of Saxony before 1815.svg|32x32px]] [[Saxony (LEF)|Saxony]] p
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Sicily (inverted).svg|32x32px]] [[Sicily (LEF)|Sicily]] p
*[[File:Flag of the Repubblica Romana (1798).svg|32x32px]] [[Tiberina (LEF)|Tiberina]] p
*[[File:Flag of Vatican City State - 2023 version.svg|32x32px]] [[Vatican City (LEF)|Vatican City]] n
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Westphalia.svg|32x32px]] [[Westphalia (LEF)|Westphalia]] p
*[[File:Flagge Königreich Württemberg.svg|32x32px]] [[Württemberg (LEF)|Württemberg]] p

====Northern Europe====

*[[File:Royal Standard of Denmark (1731–1819).svg|32x32px]] [[Denmark-Norway (LEF)|Denmark-Norway]] p
*[[File:Flag of Iceland.svg|32x32px]] [[Iceland (LEF)|Iceland]] p
*[[File:Green harp flag of Ireland.svg|32x32px]] [[Ireland (LEF)|Ireland]] p
*[[File:Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (State).svg|32x32px]] [[Finland (LEF)|Finland]] p
*[[File:Flag of Sweden.svg|32x32px]] [[Sweden (LEF)|Sweden]] p
*[[File:Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg|32x32px]] [[United Kingdom (LEF)|United Kingdom]] p

====Eastern and Southern Europe====

*[[File:Flag of Albania (1934–1939).svg|32x32px]] [[Albania (LEF)|Albania]] n
*[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|32x32px]] [[Anatolia (LEF)|Anatolia]] r
*[[File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|32x32px]] [[Bulgaria (LEF)|Bulgaria]] p
*[[File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg|32x32px]] [[Greece (LEF)|Greece]] p
*[[File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg|32x32px]] [[Hungary (LEF)|Hungary]] p
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Illyria.svg|32x32px]] [[Illyria (LEF)|Illyria]] p
*[[File:Flag of the General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland.svg|32x32px]] [[Poland-Lithuania (LEF)|Poland-Lithuania]] p
*[[File:Flag of Romania.svg|32x32px]] [[Romania (LEF)|Romania]] p
*[[File:Flag of Russia (1896–1918).svg|32x32px]] [[Russia (LEF)|Russia]] r

===North America===

*[[File:Flag of the United States (1851–1858).svg|32x32px]] [[United States (LEF)|United States]]
*[[File:Flag of the UNIA.svg|32x32px]] [[Southern States (LEF)|Southern States]]
*[[File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg|32x32px]] [[Canada (LEF)|Canada]]
*[[File:First Bear Flag of California (1846).svg|32x32px]] [[California (LEF)|California]]
*[[File:Alleged Mormon flag 1877.svg|32x32px]] [[Deseret (LEF)|Deseret]]
*[[File:Flag of Oregon proposal (2013, Norquist).svg|32x32px]] [[Oregon (LEF)|Oregon]]
*[[File:Flag of Texas (1839–1879).svg|32x32px]] [[Texas (LEF)|Texas]]

===South America===

===Africa===

===Asia===

===Middle East===

===Oceania===

[[Category:Liberty, Egality, Fraternity]]
[[Category:Projects created in 2023]]

Liberty, Egality, Fraternity

2024-09-01T18:54:46Z

WaterlooSunset:

{{Icons|LEF}}
{{Infobox conworld
|name = Liberty, Egality, Fraternity
|image = Liberty Egality Fraternity logo.svg
|caption = Logo
|genre = Alternate history
|established = 2023
|creator = {{U|WaterlooSunset}}
|progress = Work in progress
|contributors =
|articles =
|status = active
|predecessor =
}}
Welcome to '''Liberty, Egality and Fraternity''', a timeline where Napoleon is victorious in the Napoleonic Wars and the face of Europe is changed forever. This timeline may not be strictly a conworld per se, however in some aspects it fits some definitions of a conworld. Anyways, this project is currently open for anyone to help out with, as creating a fictional universe single-handedly is not an easy job(!). Anyone is welcome to edit, but please do consult with the author({{U|WaterlooSunset|me}}) for lore details. The entire point of this timeline is to explore the consequences of a French-dominated Europe, so most of the events in this timeline from about 1810 onwards will be largely fictional. However, some OTL tropes will carry over, particularly the occurrence of two world wars and a Cold War. But foremost this timeline is an experiment, and so fictional occurrences and peoples are encouraged.

Please enjoy what I’ve written so far, and don’t vandalise, for the love of god!

- WaterlooSunset

== Timeline ==
A brief description of events in LEF.

* 1789: French Revolution begins. Louis XVI overthrown.

* 1792: Robespierre institutes the Reign of Terror. War of the First Coalition begins. First Republic declared.

* 1793: Royal family executed.

* 1795: Netherlands invaded; Batavian Republic established. France annexes the left bank of the Rhine in the Peace of Basel.

* 1796: Thousands of troops land near Bantry in Ireland. Irish War of Independence begins.

* 1797: Treaty of Campo Formio. Cisalpine, Ligurian and Piedmontese Republics established. War of the First Coalition ends.

* 1798: Swiss Confederation invaded. New Helvetic Republic set up. More troops sent to Ireland.

* 1799: War of the Second Coalition. Ireland secured by the French. Coup of 18 Brumaire sees Napoleon take full power as First Consul.

* 1801: Treaty of Luneville. Status quo restored, bar Ireland becoming independent. War of the Second Coalition.

* 1802: Italian Republic created.

* 1803: Louisiana sold to the US to fund further development of the military.

* 1804: Napoleon crowned Emperor of France. Austrian Empire created.

* 1805: War of the Third Coalition begins. Battle of Trafalgar. Piedmont divided between France and Italy. Kingdom of Italy proclaimed.

* 1806: War of the Third Coalition ends. HRE dissolves, replaced by the Confederation of the Rhine. Austrian territory reduced. War of the Fourth Coalition begins.

* 1807: War of the Fourth Coalition ends. Treaties of Tilsit see the Duchy of Warsaw created. Peninsular War begins, with Spain and Portugal being invaded.

* 1808: War of the Fifth Coalition begins.

* 1809: War of the Fifth Coalition ends. Treaty of Schonbrunn sees Illyria ceded to France and bits of Galicia ceded to Warsaw. Salzburg ceded to Bavaria.

* 1810: Russia agrees to stay in the Continental System through the Monetary Assistance Treaty, which sees the country get industrial aid in return for Russian support of France.

* 1811: Portugal is divided by France but the local monarchy is allowed to continue ruling. Catalonia becomes independent from Spain at the behest of France.

* 1812: War of the Sixth Coalition begins.

* 1813: The United Kingdom is invaded. London falls by November. The War of the Sixth Coalition effectively ends following the fall of London.

* 1814: The Congress of Frankfurt is held to establish the new European status quo, formally ending the Napoleonic Wars. France is now the undisputed power of Europe.

* 1810s-1820s: Spanish South American possessions are lost to independence movements, creating multiple new countries.

* 1820s-1840s: The Industrial Revolution sees multiple countries become thriving economic centres. Railways begin to come into operation, becoming the favoured transport of the masses.

* 1822-30: Greek War of Independence. France heavily supports the Hellenic rebels, leading to the establishment of the Hellenic Republic.

* 1830s-1850s: Many countries begin to set up Asian and African colonies.

* 1858-63: The American Civil War sees the Confederate States win an unprecedented victory over the Union. The CSA becomes a French client states, leading America to align more with the old empires, before realigning with France. Conversely, the CSA begins to drift towards the British, becoming dependent on them for weaponry.

* 1866: Prussia and Poland-Lithuania fight a brief war, which Prussia wins, gaining Poznan in the process.

* 1870-74: The Spanish Revolution sees Spain successfully kick out French influence and regain a Bourbon monarchy, but in the process loses their overseas colonies.

* 1881: Second Polish-Prussian War sees another brief spat ending in status quo ante bellum.

* 1885: The Berlin Conference carves up Africa.

* 1890s-1914: Tensions rise in Europe as nationalism combines with an arms race to create a clear division between the countries of Europe: the Entente, comprising the old imperial powers and the Continentals, comprising the Napoleonic states.

* 1914-20: The First World War, or the Great War, begins due to a Polish nationalist trying to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II. The opposing sides are the Entente(Austria, Prussia, Sweden and the UK) and the Continentals(France, Ireland, Germany, Russia, Finland, the Ottoman Empire, Italy and others).

* 1918: The Russian Revolution knocks Russia out of the war, and a Civil War begins between the Whites(middle class, libertarians and democrats) and the Blacks(fascists, national republicans and nationalists). Eventually the Blacks triumph, forming the Russian National Federation.

* 1921: Paris Peace Treaties formally end the “Great War”. Hungary and Galicia are made independent, Prussian territory is reduced and the United Kingdom broken up into Scotland, England and Wales.

* 1922: Illyria is granted independence, minus Dalmatia, given to Italy as a reward for their efforts in the Great War.

*1923: Fascist Benito Mussolini marches on Milan and forms his own government there, beginning the period of Fascist rule in Italy.

*1929: The New York stock crash sends the global economy spiralling into a deep recession.

*1932: The Confederate States is involved in a coup d’etat, which sees white nationalists take power and create the Republic of the Confederate States of America, a nationalist, white supremacist, minoritarian republic that discriminates heavily against blacks and other non-whites.

*1934-40: Russia supports nationalist groups in the Ottoman puppet states, such as Serbia, Moldavia-Wallachia, Bulgaria and Montenegro.

*1936: Sweden is taken over by fascist nationalist leader Sven Olov Lindholm.

*1938: The Danzig Crisis sees Prussia demand the return of the Danzig Corridor. The issue is eventually resolved.

*1939: The Five Power Pact between Prussia, Italy, Russia, Sweden and the Confederate States is signed.
*1940-46: The Second World War, started by Russia invading the United Baltic Duchy.
*1947: The Treaty of London is signed, ending the war. Russia, despite invading the Ottoman Empire, a Allied state, escapes punishment due to the Eastern Front stalling and stagnating on the Vistula.
*1950: In the midst of increasing tensions between Californja and Russia, PATO, the Pacific-Atlantic Treaty Alliance, is formed, with California, the UK, the US and France as its leaders.
*1954: Russia forms the Republican Economic and Mutual Aid Alliance(REMA), also called the Istanbul Pact.
*1957: The European Economic Community is formed.
*1950-90: The Cold War between PATO and REMA.
*1989: The 1989 Revolutions see most National Republican states overthrow Russian rule in favour of democracy.
*1994: The Russian National Republic introduces multiparty elections. Gennady Zyuganov becomes its first democratically elected President.
*1999: The EEC becomes the European Union with the Treaty of Helsinki.
*2000s: Russia and Europe normalise relations.
*2010s: Rumours of a Second Cold War between the US, Russia and China begin to circulate. Ultimately China is excluded but as the 2010s progress relations between the US and Russia progressively deteriorate.

==List of nations==
===Europe ===

====Western Europe====

*[[File:Bataafse Republiek nationale vlag.svg|32x32px]] [[Batavia (LEF)|Batavia]] p
*[[File:Flag of Catalonia.svg|32x32px]] [[Catalunya (LEF)|Catalunya]] n
*[[File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974).svg|32x32px]] [[France (LEF)|France]] p
*[[File:Flag of the Helvetic Republic (French).svg|32x32px]] [[Helvetia (LEF)|Helvetia]] p
*[[File:Flag of Portugal (1830–1910).svg|32x32px]] [[Portugal (LEF)|Portugal]] p
*[[File:Bandera de España 1808-1813.svg|32x32px]] [[Spain (LEF)|Spain]] p

====Central and Southern Europe====

*[[File:Flagge Herzogtum Anhalt.svg|32x32px]] [[Anhalt (LEF)|Anhalt]] n
*[[File:Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891–1918).svg|32x32px]] [[Baden (LEF)|Baden]] p
*[[File:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg|32x32px]] [[Bavaria (LEF)|Bavaria]] p
*[[File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|32x32px]] [[Czechoslovakia (LEF)|Czechoslovakia]] p
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Etruria.svg|32x32px]] [[Etruria (LEF)|Etruria]] p
*[[File:Flag of Hesse.svg|32x32px]] [[Hesse (LEF)|Hesse]] n
*[[File:Flag of the Italian Republic (Napoleonic) with coat of arms.svg|32x32px]] [[Italy (LEF)|Italy]] p
*[[File:Flag of the Principality of Lucca (1805-1809).svg|32x32px]] [[Lucca & Piombino (LEF)|Lucca & Piombino]] n
*[[File:Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (1946-1952).svg|32x32px]] [[Mecklenburg (LEF)|Mecklenburg]] n
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811).svg|32x32px]] [[Naples (LEF)|Naples]] p
*[[File:East Prussia Administrative Flag (1920 - 1945).svg|32x32px]] [[Prussia (LEF)|Prussia]] p
*[[File:Flagge Cisrhenanische Rep (Variante).svg|32x32px]] [[Rhineland (LEF)|Rhineland]] p
*[[File:Flag of San Marino.svg|32x32px]] [[San Marino (LEF)|San Marino]] n
* [[File:Civil Flag and Civil Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1816-1848).svg|32x32px]] [[Sardinia (LEF)|Sardinia]] p
* [[File:State flag of Saxony before 1815.svg|32x32px]] [[Saxony (LEF)|Saxony]] p
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Sicily (inverted).svg|32x32px]] [[Sicily (LEF)|Sicily]] p
*[[File:Flag of the Repubblica Romana (1798).svg|32x32px]] [[Tiberina (LEF)|Tiberina]] p
*[[File:Flag of Vatican City State - 2023 version.svg|32x32px]] [[Vatican City (LEF)|Vatican City]] n
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Westphalia.svg|32x32px]] [[Westphalia (LEF)|Westphalia]] p
*[[File:Flagge Königreich Württemberg.svg|32x32px]] [[Württemberg (LEF)|Württemberg]] p

====Northern Europe====

*[[File:Royal Standard of Denmark (1731–1819).svg|32x32px]] [[Denmark-Norway (LEF)|Denmark-Norway]] p
*[[File:Flag of Iceland.svg|32x32px]] [[Iceland (LEF)|Iceland]] p
*[[File:Green harp flag of Ireland.svg|32x32px]] [[Ireland (LEF)|Ireland]] p
*[[File:Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (State).svg|32x32px]] [[Finland (LEF)|Finland]] p
*[[File:Flag of Sweden.svg|32x32px]] [[Sweden (LEF)|Sweden]] p
*[[File:Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg|32x32px]] [[United Kingdom (LEF)|United Kingdom]] p

====Eastern and Southern Europe====

*[[File:Flag of Albania (1934–1939).svg|32x32px]] [[Albania (LEF)|Albania]] n
*[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|32x32px]] [[Anatolia (LEF)|Anatolia]] r
*[[File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|32x32px]] [[Bulgaria (LEF)|Bulgaria]] p
*[[File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg|32x32px]] [[Greece (LEF)|Greece]] p
*[[File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg|32x32px]] [[Hungary (LEF)|Hungary]] p
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Illyria.svg|32x32px]] [[Illyria (LEF)|Illyria]] p
*[[File:Flag of the General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland.svg|32x32px]] [[Poland-Lithuania (LEF)|Poland-Lithuania]] p
*[[File:Flag of Romania.svg|32x32px]] [[Romania (LEF)|Romania]] p
*[[File:Flag of Russia (1896–1918).svg|32x32px]] [[Russia (LEF)|Russia]] r

===North America===

*[[File:Flag of the United States (1851–1858).svg|32x32px]] [[United States (LEF)|United States]]
*[[File:Flag of the UNIA.svg|32x32px]] [[Southern States (LEF)|Southern States]]
*[[File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg|32x32px]] [[Canada (LEF)|Canada]]
*[[File:First Bear Flag of California (1846).svg|32x32px]] [[California (LEF)|California]]
*[[File:Alleged Mormon flag 1877.svg|32x32px]] [[Deseret (LEF)|Deseret]]
*[[File:Flag of Oregon proposal (2013, Norquist).svg|32x32px]] [[Oregon (LEF)|Oregon]]
*[[File:Flag of Texas (1839–1879).svg|32x32px]] [[Texas (LEF)|Texas]]

===South America===

===Africa===

===Asia===

===Middle East===

===Oceania===

[[Category:Liberty, Egality, Fraternity]]
[[Category:Projects created in 2023]]

Westphalia (LEF)

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'''Westphalia''' (German: '''Westfalen'''), officially the '''Kingdom of Westphalia'''(German: '''Königreich Westfalen'''), is a country in Central Europe. Bordered by Berg, Denmark, Mecklenburg, Prussia, Anhalt, Saxony and Hesse, the country has a population of 16.8 million. Its capital is Kassel, and its largest city is Hamburg.

[[Category:Germany (LEF)]]

Germany (LEF)

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Westphalia (LEF)

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|capital = [[Frankfurt (LEF)|Frankfurt]]
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'''Germany''' (German: '''Deutschland'''), officially the '''German Confederation'''(German: '''Deutscher Bund'''), is a country in Central Europe. It is the third most populous state in Europe after Russia and France, and the second most populous member of the European Union. The country is bordered by Batavia and France to the west, Helvetia and Italy to the south, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland-Lithuania to the east and Denmark-Norway to the north. The nation’s capital is Frankfurt am Main, and its most populous city is Berlin.

Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation. Following the Napoleonic Wars and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the Confederation of the Rhine was formed.

Formal unification of Germany was commenced by the Unification Treaty of 1867, signed by the major member states of the COTR. France backed this, seeing the state as a useful buffer between Prussia and Austria. The War of Unification from 1867 to 1871 was fought out between the fledgling Confederation and France against the old powers of Prussia, Austria and Sweden, who wanted to prevent a French-led unification of Germany. Ultimately the Treaty of Lienz resulted in the formation of the German Confederation in 1872, however the issue of who would lead the new country resulted in a constitutional crisis, only resolved when the King of Bavaria, Ludwig II, offered to take the position. As such, the new country would be governed not by a Bonaparte, but by a Wittelsbach. This initially led to some tension between Germany and France, but these were resolved in multiple treaties and alliances, including the transfer of the cities of Cologne and Koblenz in 1881.

The First Great War would see Germany take up arms against the British, Prussians and Austrians, and join the Continental Alliance against the Entente Imperiale. This resulted in invasions, but ended successfully for the country, it being rewarded with land gains in Africa, in former British colonies. Germany would later be invaded again in the Second Great War by Prussia, Austria and Sweden, but would gain most of Prussia’s former territory afterwards. The country would emerge from the war in an economic boom in the 1950s, the “Three Great Decades”, and as a military power in Europe. The nation would be one of 11 to sign the Billancourt Accords of 1950, becoming a founding member of the European Defence Association, and later became a founding EU member. As well as this, the country supported the US and France during the Cold War, and also began a period of decolonisation in the 50s and 60s.

Germany has been described as a core component of the European Union, and as a major European power in the same league as Ireland, France, England, Russia and Poland-Lithuania. The country is renowned for its extensive social services and free education, as well as being the second largest economy in Europe and the home of the modern automobile, with major auto manufacturers hailing from the state including Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volkswagen, BMW and Porsche.

[[Category:Germany (LEF)]]

Liberty, Egality, Fraternity

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|name = Liberty, Egality, Fraternity
|image = Liberty Egality Fraternity logo.svg
|caption = Logo
|genre = Alternate history
|established = 2023
|creator = {{U|WaterlooSunset}}
|progress = Work in progress
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Welcome to '''Liberty, Egality and Fraternity''', a timeline where Napoleon is victorious in the Napoleonic Wars and the face of Europe is changed forever. This timeline may not be strictly a conworld per se, however in some aspects it fits some definitions of a conworld. Anyways, this project is currently open for anyone to help out with, as creating a fictional universe single-handedly is not an easy job(!). Anyone is welcome to edit, but please do consult with the author({{U|WaterlooSunset|me}}) for lore details. The entire point of this timeline is to explore the consequences of a French-dominated Europe, so most of the events in this timeline from about 1810 onwards will be largely fictional. However, some OTL tropes will carry over, particularly the occurrence of two world wars and a Cold War. But foremost this timeline is an experiment, and so fictional occurrences and peoples are encouraged.

Please enjoy what I’ve written so far, and don’t vandalise, for the love of god!

- WaterlooSunset

== Timeline ==
A brief description of events in LEF.

* 1789: French Revolution begins. Louis XVI overthrown.

* 1792: Robespierre institutes the Reign of Terror. War of the First Coalition begins. First Republic declared.

* 1793: Royal family executed.

* 1795: Netherlands invaded; Batavian Republic established. France annexes the left bank of the Rhine in the Peace of Basel.

* 1796: Thousands of troops land near Bantry in Ireland. Irish War of Independence begins.

* 1797: Treaty of Campo Formio. Cisalpine, Ligurian and Piedmontese Republics established. War of the First Coalition ends.

* 1798: Swiss Confederation invaded. New Helvetic Republic set up. More troops sent to Ireland.

* 1799: War of the Second Coalition. Ireland secured by the French. Coup of 18 Brumaire sees Napoleon take full power as First Consul.

* 1801: Treaty of Luneville. Status quo restored, bar Ireland becoming independent. War of the Second Coalition.

* 1802: Italian Republic created.

* 1803: Louisiana sold to the US to fund further development of the military.

* 1804: Napoleon crowned Emperor of France. Austrian Empire created.

* 1805: War of the Third Coalition begins. Battle of Trafalgar. Piedmont divided between France and Italy. Kingdom of Italy proclaimed.

* 1806: War of the Third Coalition ends. HRE dissolves, replaced by the Confederation of the Rhine. Austrian territory reduced. War of the Fourth Coalition begins.

* 1807: War of the Fourth Coalition ends. Treaties of Tilsit see the Duchy of Warsaw created. Peninsular War begins, with Spain and Portugal being invaded.

* 1808: War of the Fifth Coalition begins.

* 1809: War of the Fifth Coalition ends. Treaty of Schonbrunn sees Illyria ceded to France and bits of Galicia ceded to Warsaw. Salzburg ceded to Bavaria.

* 1810: Russia agrees to stay in the Continental System through the Monetary Assistance Treaty, which sees the country get industrial aid in return for Russian support of France.

* 1811: Portugal is divided by France but the local monarchy is allowed to continue ruling. Catalonia becomes independent from Spain at the behest of France.

* 1812: War of the Sixth Coalition begins.

* 1813: The United Kingdom is invaded. London falls by November. The War of the Sixth Coalition effectively ends following the fall of London.

* 1814: The Congress of Frankfurt is held to establish the new European status quo, formally ending the Napoleonic Wars. France is now the undisputed power of Europe.

* 1810s-1820s: Spanish South American possessions are lost to independence movements, creating multiple new countries.

* 1820s-1840s: The Industrial Revolution sees multiple countries become thriving economic centres. Railways begin to come into operation, becoming the favoured transport of the masses.

* 1822-30: Greek War of Independence. France heavily supports the Hellenic rebels, leading to the establishment of the Hellenic Republic.

* 1830s-1850s: Many countries begin to set up Asian and African colonies.

* 1858-63: The American Civil War sees the Confederate States win an unprecedented victory over the Union. The CSA becomes a French client states, leading America to align more with the old empires, before realigning with France. Conversely, the CSA begins to drift towards the British, becoming dependent on them for weaponry.

* 1866: Prussia and Poland-Lithuania fight a brief war, which Prussia wins, gaining Poznan in the process.

* 1870-74: The Spanish Revolution sees Spain successfully kick out French influence and regain a Bourbon monarchy, but in the process loses their overseas colonies.

* 1881: Second Polish-Prussian War sees another brief spat ending in status quo ante bellum.

* 1885: The Berlin Conference carves up Africa.

* 1890s-1914: Tensions rise in Europe as nationalism combines with an arms race to create a clear division between the countries of Europe: the Entente, comprising the old imperial powers and the Continentals, comprising the Napoleonic states.

* 1914-20: The First World War, or the Great War, begins due to a Polish nationalist trying to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II. The opposing sides are the Entente(Austria, Prussia, Sweden and the UK) and the Continentals(France, Ireland, Germany, Russia, Finland, the Ottoman Empire, Italy and others).

* 1918: The Russian Revolution knocks Russia out of the war, and a Civil War begins between the Whites(middle class, libertarians and democrats) and the Blacks(fascists, national republicans and nationalists). Eventually the Blacks triumph, forming the Russian National Federation.

* 1921: Paris Peace Treaties formally end the “Great War”. Hungary and Galicia are made independent, Prussian territory is reduced and the United Kingdom broken up into Scotland, England and Wales.

* 1922: Illyria is granted independence, minus Dalmatia, given to Italy as a reward for their efforts in the Great War.

*1923: Fascist Benito Mussolini marches on Milan and forms his own government there, beginning the period of Fascist rule in Italy.

*1929: The New York stock crash sends the global economy spiralling into a deep recession.

*1932: The Confederate States is involved in a coup d’etat, which sees white nationalists take power and create the Republic of the Confederate States of America, a nationalist, white supremacist, minoritarian republic that discriminates heavily against blacks and other non-whites.

*1934-40: Russia supports nationalist groups in the Ottoman puppet states, such as Serbia, Moldavia-Wallachia, Bulgaria and Montenegro.

*1936: Sweden is taken over by fascist nationalist leader Sven Olov Lindholm.

*1938: The Danzig Crisis sees Prussia demand the return of the Danzig Corridor. The issue is eventually resolved.

*1939: The Five Power Pact between Prussia, Italy, Russia, Sweden and the Louisianan State is signed.
*1940-46: The Second World War, started by Russia invading the United Baltic Duchy.
*1947: The Treaty of London is signed, ending the war. Russia, despite invading the Ottoman Empire, a Allied state, escapes punishment due to the Eastern Front stalling and stagnating.
*1950: In the midst of increasing tensions between the US and Russia, PATO, the Pacific-Atlantic Treaty Alliance, is formed, with the US and France as its leaders.
*1954: Russia forms the Republican Economic and Military Alliance, an organisation intended to unite its puppet and allied states.
*1957: The European Economic Community is formed.
*1950-90: The Cold War between PATO and REMA.
*1989: The 1989 Revolutions see most National Republican states overthrow Russian rule in favour of democracy.
*1994: The Russian National Republic introduces multiparty elections. Gennady Zyuganov becomes its first democratically elected President.
*1999: The EEC becomes the European Union with the Treaty of Helsinki.
*2000s: Russia and Europe normalise relations.
*2010s: Rumours of a Second Cold War between the US, Russia and China begin to circulate. Ultimately China is excluded but as the 2010s progress relations between the US and Russia progressively deteriorate.

==List of nations==
===Europe ===

====Western Europe====

*[[File:Bataafse Republiek nationale vlag.svg|32x32px]] [[Batavia (LEF)|Batavia]]
*[[File:Flag of Catalonia.svg|32x32px]] [[Catalunya (LEF)|Catalunya]]
*[[File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974).svg|32x32px]] [[France (LEF)|France]]
*[[File:Flag of the Helvetic Republic (French).svg|32x32px]] [[Helvetia (LEF)|Helvetia]]
*[[File:Flag of Portugal (1830–1910).svg|32x32px]] [[Portugal (LEF)|Portugal]]
*[[File:Bandera de España 1808-1813.svg|32x32px]] [[Spain (LEF)|Spain]]

====Central and Southern Europe====

*[[File:Flagge Herzogtum Anhalt.svg|32x32px]] [[Anhalt (LEF)|Anhalt]]
*[[File:Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg|32x32px]] [[Austria (LEF)|Austria]]
*[[File:Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891–1918).svg|32x32px]] [[Baden (LEF)|Baden]]
*[[File:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg|32x32px]] [[Bavaria (LEF)|Bavaria]]
*[[File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|32x32px]] [[Czechoslovakia (LEF)|Czechoslovakia]]
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Etruria.svg|32x32px]] [[Etruria (LEF)|Etruria]]
*[[File:Flag of Hesse.svg|32x32px]] [[Hesse (LEF)|Hesse]]
*[[File:Flag of the Italian Republic (Napoleonic) with coat of arms.svg|32x32px]] [[Italy (LEF)|Italy]]
*[[File:Flag of the Principality of Lucca (1805-1809).svg|32x32px]] [[Lucca & Piombino (LEF)|Lucca & Piombino]]
*[[File:Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (1946-1952).svg|32x32px]] [[Mecklenburg (LEF)|Mecklenburg]]
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811).svg|32x32px]] [[Naples (LEF)|Naples]]
*[[File:East Prussia Administrative Flag (1920 - 1945).svg|32x32px]] [[Prussia (LEF)|Prussia]]
*[[File:Flagge Cisrhenanische Rep (Variante).svg|32x32px]] [[Rhineland (LEF)|Rhineland]]
*[[File:Flag of San Marino.svg|32x32px]] [[San Marino (LEF)|San Marino]]
* [[File:Civil Flag and Civil Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1816-1848).svg|32x32px]] [[Sardinia (LEF)|Sardinia]]
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Sicily (inverted).svg|32x32px]] [[Sicily (LEF)|Sicily]]
*[[File:Flag of the Repubblica Romana (1798).svg|32x32px]] [[Tiberina (LEF)|Tiberina]]
*[[File:Flag of Vatican City State - 2023 version.svg|32x32px]] [[Vatican City (LEF)|Vatican City]]
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Westphalia.svg|32x32px]] [[Westphalia (LEF)|Westphalia]]
*[[File:Flagge Königreich Württemberg.svg|32x32px]] [[Württemberg (LEF)|Württemberg]]

====Northern Europe====

*[[File:Royal Standard of Denmark (1731–1819).svg|32x32px]] [[Denmark-Norway (LEF)|Denmark-Norway]]
*[[File:Flag of Iceland.svg|32x32px]] [[Iceland (LEF)|Iceland]]
*[[File:Green harp flag of Ireland.svg|32x32px]] [[Ireland (LEF)|Ireland]]
*[[File:Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (State).svg|32x32px]] [[Finland (LEF)|Finland]]
*[[File:Flag of Sweden.svg|32x32px]] [[Sweden (LEF)|Sweden]]
*[[File:Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg|32x32px]] [[United Kingdom (LEF)|United Kingdom]]

====Eastern and Southern Europe====

*[[File:Flag of Albania (1934–1939).svg|32x32px]] [[Albania (LEF)|Albania]]
*[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|32x32px]] [[Anatolia (LEF)|Anatolia]]
*[[File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|32x32px]] [[Bulgaria (LEF)|Bulgaria]]
*[[File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg|32x32px]] [[Greece (LEF)|Greece]]
*[[File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg|32x32px]] [[Hungary (LEF)|Hungary]]
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Illyria.svg|32x32px]] [[Illyria (LEF)|Illyria]]
*[[File:Flag of the General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland.svg|32x32px]] [[Poland-Lithuania (LEF)|Poland-Lithuania]]
*[[File:Flag of Romania.svg|32x32px]] [[Romania (LEF)|Romania]]
*[[File:Flag of Russia (1896–1918).svg|32x32px]] [[Russia (LEF)|Russia]]
*[[File:Flag of Ukraine (1917–1921).svg|32x32px]] [[Ukraine (LEF)|Ukraine]]

===North America===

*[[File:Flag of the United States (1851–1858).svg|32x32px]] [[United States (LEF)|United States]]
*[[File:Flag of the UNIA.svg|32x32px]] [[Southern States (LEF)|Southern States]]
*[[File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg|32x32px]] [[Canada (LEF)|Canada]]
*[[File:First Bear Flag of California (1846).svg|32x32px]] [[California (LEF)|California]]
*[[File:Alleged Mormon flag 1877.svg|32x32px]] [[Deseret (LEF)|Deseret]]
*[[File:Flag of Oregon proposal (2013, Norquist).svg|32x32px]] [[Oregon (LEF)|Oregon]]
*[[File:Flag of Texas (1839–1879).svg|32x32px]] [[Texas (LEF)|Texas]]

===South America===

===Africa===

===Asia===

===Middle East===

===Oceania===

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Liberty, Egality, Fraternity

2024-08-30T16:02:02Z

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{{Icons|LEF}}
{{Infobox conworld
|name = Liberty, Egality, Fraternity
|image = Liberty Egality Fraternity logo.svg
|caption = Logo
|genre = Alternate history
|established = 2023
|creator = {{U|WaterlooSunset}}
|progress = Work in progress
|contributors =
|articles =
|status = active
|predecessor =
}}
Welcome to '''Liberty, Egality and Fraternity''', a timeline where Napoleon is victorious in the Napoleonic Wars and the face of Europe is changed forever. This timeline may not be strictly a conworld per se, however in some aspects it fits some definitions of a conworld. Anyways, this project is currently open for anyone to help out with, as creating a fictional universe single-handedly is not an easy job(!). Anyone is welcome to edit, but please do consult with the author({{U|WaterlooSunset|me}}) for lore details. The entire point of this timeline is to explore the consequences of a French-dominated Europe, so most of the events in this timeline from about 1810 onwards will be largely fictional. However, some OTL tropes will carry over, particularly the occurrence of two world wars and a Cold War. But foremost this timeline is an experiment, and so fictional occurrences and peoples are encouraged.

Please enjoy what I’ve written so far, and don’t vandalise, for the love of god!

- WaterlooSunset

== Timeline ==
A brief description of events in LEF.

* 1789: French Revolution begins. Louis XVI overthrown.

* 1792: Robespierre institutes the Reign of Terror. War of the First Coalition begins. First Republic declared.

* 1793: Royal family executed.

* 1795: Netherlands invaded; Batavian Republic established. France annexes the left bank of the Rhine in the Peace of Basel.

* 1796: Thousands of troops land near Bantry in Ireland. Irish War of Independence begins.

* 1797: Treaty of Campo Formio. Cisalpine, Ligurian and Piedmontese Republics established. War of the First Coalition ends.

* 1798: Swiss Confederation invaded. New Helvetic Republic set up. More troops sent to Ireland.

* 1799: War of the Second Coalition. Ireland secured by the French. Coup of 18 Brumaire sees Napoleon take full power as First Consul.

* 1801: Treaty of Luneville. Status quo restored, bar Ireland becoming independent. War of the Second Coalition.

* 1802: Italian Republic created.

* 1803: Louisiana sold to the US to fund further development of the military.

* 1804: Napoleon crowned Emperor of France. Austrian Empire created.

* 1805: War of the Third Coalition begins. Battle of Trafalgar. Piedmont divided between France and Italy. Kingdom of Italy proclaimed.

* 1806: War of the Third Coalition ends. HRE dissolves, replaced by the Confederation of the Rhine. Austrian territory reduced. War of the Fourth Coalition begins.

* 1807: War of the Fourth Coalition ends. Treaties of Tilsit see the Duchy of Warsaw created. Peninsular War begins, with Spain and Portugal being invaded.

* 1808: War of the Fifth Coalition begins.

* 1809: War of the Fifth Coalition ends. Treaty of Schonbrunn sees Illyria ceded to France and bits of Galicia ceded to Warsaw. Salzburg ceded to Bavaria.

* 1810: Russia agrees to stay in the Continental System through the Monetary Assistance Treaty, which sees the country get industrial aid in return for Russian support of France.

* 1811: Portugal is divided by France but the local monarchy is allowed to continue ruling. Catalonia becomes independent from Spain at the behest of France.

* 1812: War of the Sixth Coalition begins.

* 1813: The United Kingdom is invaded. London falls by November. The War of the Sixth Coalition effectively ends following the fall of London.

* 1814: The Congress of Frankfurt is held to establish the new European status quo, formally ending the Napoleonic Wars. France is now the undisputed power of Europe.

* 1810s-1820s: Spanish South American possessions are lost to independence movements, creating multiple new countries.

* 1820s-1840s: The Industrial Revolution sees multiple countries become thriving economic centres. Railways begin to come into operation, becoming the favoured transport of the masses.

* 1822-30: Greek War of Independence. France heavily supports the Hellenic rebels, leading to the establishment of the Hellenic Republic.

* 1830s-1850s: Many countries begin to set up Asian and African colonies.

* 1858-63: The American Civil War sees the Confederate States win an unprecedented victory over the Union. The CSA becomes a French client states, leading America to align more with the old empires, before realigning with France. Conversely, the CSA begins to drift towards the British, becoming dependent on them for weaponry.

* 1866: Prussia and Poland-Lithuania fight a brief war, which Prussia wins, gaining Poznan in the process.

* 1870-74: The Spanish Revolution sees Spain successfully kick out French influence and regain a Bourbon monarchy, but in the process loses their overseas colonies.

* 1881: Second Polish-Prussian War sees another brief spat ending in status quo ante bellum.

* 1885: The Berlin Conference carves up Africa.

* 1890s-1914: Tensions rise in Europe as nationalism combines with an arms race to create a clear division between the countries of Europe: the Entente, comprising the old imperial powers and the Continentals, comprising the Napoleonic states.

* 1914-20: The First World War, or the Great War, begins due to a Polish nationalist trying to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II. The opposing sides are the Entente(Austria, Prussia, Sweden and the UK) and the Continentals(France, Ireland, Germany, Russia, Finland, the Ottoman Empire, Italy and others).

* 1918: The Russian Revolution knocks Russia out of the war, and a Civil War begins between the Whites(middle class, libertarians and democrats) and the Blacks(fascists, national republicans and nationalists). Eventually the Blacks triumph, forming the Russian National Federation.

* 1921: Paris Peace Treaties formally end the “Great War”. Hungary and Galicia are made independent, Prussian territory is reduced and the United Kingdom broken up into Scotland, England and Wales.

* 1922: Illyria is granted independence, minus Dalmatia, given to Italy as a reward for their efforts in the Great War.

*1923: Fascist Benito Mussolini marches on Milan and forms his own government there, beginning the period of Fascist rule in Italy.

*1929: The New York stock crash sends the global economy spiralling into a deep recession.

*1932: The Confederate States is involved in a coup d’etat, which sees white nationalists take power and create the Republic of the Confederate States of America, a nationalist, white supremacist, minoritarian republic that discriminates heavily against blacks and other non-whites.

*1934-40: Russia supports nationalist groups in the Ottoman puppet states, such as Serbia, Moldavia-Wallachia, Bulgaria and Montenegro.

*1936: Sweden is taken over by fascist nationalist leader Sven Olov Lindholm.

*1938: The Danzig Crisis sees Prussia demand the return of the Danzig Corridor. The issue is eventually resolved.

*1939: The Five Power Pact between Prussia, Italy, Russia, Sweden and the Louisianan State is signed.
*1940-46: The Second World War, started by Russia invading the United Baltic Duchy.
*1947: The Treaty of London is signed, ending the war. Russia, despite invading the Ottoman Empire, a Allied state, escapes punishment due to the Eastern Front stalling and stagnating.
*1950: In the midst of increasing tensions between the US and Russia, PATO, the Pacific-Atlantic Treaty Alliance, is formed, with the US and France as its leaders.
*1954: Russia forms the Republican Economic and Military Alliance, an organisation intended to unite its puppet and allied states.
*1957: The European Economic Community is formed.
*1950-90: The Cold War between PATO and REMA.
*1989: The 1989 Revolutions see most National Republican states overthrow Russian rule in favour of democracy.
*1994: The Russian National Republic introduces multiparty elections. Gennady Zyuganov becomes its first democratically elected President.
*1999: The EEC becomes the European Union with the Treaty of Helsinki.
*2000s: Russia and Europe normalise relations.
*2010s: Rumours of a Second Cold War between the US, Russia and China begin to circulate. Ultimately China is excluded but as the 2010s progress relations between the US and Russia progressively deteriorate.

==List of nations==
===Europe ===

====Western Europe====

*[[File:Bataafse Republiek nationale vlag.svg|32x32px]] [[Batavia (LEF)|Batavia]]
*[[File:Flag of Catalonia.svg|32x32px]] [[Catalunya (LEF)|Catalunya]]
*[[File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974).svg|32x32px]] [[France (LEF)|France]]
*[[File:Flag of the Helvetic Republic (French).svg|32x32px]] [[Helvetia (LEF)|Helvetia]]
*[[File:Flag of Portugal (1830–1910).svg|32x32px]] [[Portugal (LEF)|Portugal]]
*[[File:Bandera de España 1808-1813.svg|32x32px]] [[Spain (LEF)|Spain]]

====Central and Southern Europe====

*[[File:Flagge Herzogtum Anhalt.svg|32x32px]] [[Anhalt (LEF)|Anhalt]]
*[[File:Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg|32x32px]] [[Austria (LEF)|Austria]]
*[[File:Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891–1918).svg|32x32px]] [[Baden (LEF)|Baden]]
*[[File:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg|32x32px]] [[Bavaria (LEF)|Bavaria]]
*[[File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|32x32px]] [[Czechoslovakia (LEF)|Czechoslovakia]]
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Etruria.svg|32x32px]] [[Etruria (LEF)|Etruria]]
*[[File:Flag of Hesse.svg|32x32px]] [[Hesse (LEF)|Hesse]]
*[[File:Flag of the Italian Republic (Napoleonic) with coat of arms.svg|32x32px]] [[Italy (LEF)|Italy]]
*[[File:Flag of the Principality of Lucca (1805-1809).svg|32x32px]] [[Lucca & Piombino (LEF)|Lucca & Piombino]]
*[[File:Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (1946-1952).svg|32x32px]] [[Mecklenburg (LEF)|Mecklenburg]]
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811).svg|32x32px]] [[Naples (LEF)|Naples]]
*[[File:East Prussia Administrative Flag (1920 - 1945).svg|32x32px]] [[Prussia (LEF)|Prussia]]
*[[File:Flagge Cisrhenanische Rep (Variante).svg|32x32px]] [[Rhineland (LEF)|Rhineland]]
*[[File:Flag of San Marino.svg|32x32px]] [[San Marino (LEF)|San Marino]]
* [[File:Civil Flag and Civil Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1816-1848).svg|32x32px]] [[Sardinia (LEF)|Sardinia]]
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Sicily (inverted).svg|32x32px]] [[Sicily (LEF)|Sicily]]
*[[File:Flag of the Repubblica Romana (1798).svg|32x32px]] [[Tiberina (LEF)|Tiberina]]
*[[File:Flag of Vatican City State - 2023 version.svg|32x32px]] [[Vatican City (LEF)|Vatican City]]
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Westphalia.svg|32x32px]] [[Westphalia (LEF)|Westphalia]]
*[[File:Flagge Königreich Württemberg.svg|32x32px]] [[Württemberg (LEF)|Württemberg]]

====Northern Europe====

*[[File:Royal Standard of Denmark (1731–1819).svg|32x32px]] [[Denmark-Norway (LEF)|Denmark-Norway]]
*[[File:Flag of Iceland.svg|32x32px]] [[Iceland (LEF)|Iceland]]
*[[File:Green harp flag of Ireland.svg|32x32px]] [[Ireland (LEF)|Ireland]]
*[[File:Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (State).svg|32x32px]] [[Finland (LEF)|Finland]]
*[[File:Flag of Sweden.svg|32x32px]] [[Sweden (LEF)|Sweden]]
*[[File:Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg|32x32px]] [[United Kingdom (LEF)|United Kingdom]]

====Eastern and Southern Europe====

*[[File:Flag of Albania (1934–1939).svg|32x32px]] [[Albania (LEF)|Albania]]
*[[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|32x32px]] [[Anatolia (LEF)|Anatolia]]
*[[File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|32x32px]] [[Bulgaria (LEF)|Bulgaria]]
*[[File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg|32x32px]] [[Greece (LEF)|Greece]]
*[[File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg|32x32px]] [[Hungary (LEF)|Hungary]]
*[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Illyria.svg|32x32px]] [[Illyria (LEF)|Illyria]]
*[[File:Flag of the General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland.svg|32x32px]] [[Poland-Lithuania (LEF)|Poland-Lithuania]]
*[[File:Flag of Romania.svg|32x32px]] [[Romania (LEF)|Romania]]
*[[File:Flag of Russia (1896–1918).svg|32x32px]] [[Russia (LEF)|Russia]]
*[[File:Flag of Ukraine (1917–1921).svg|32x32px]] [[Ukraine (LEF)|Ukraine]]

===North America===

*[[File:Flag of the United States (1818-1819).svg|32x32px]] [[United States (LEF)|United States]]
*[[File:Flag of the UNIA.svg|32x32px]] [[Southern States (LEF)|Southern States]]
*[[File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg|32x32px]] [[Canada (LEF)|Canada]]
*[[File:First Bear Flag of California (1846).svg|32x32px]] [[California (LEF)|California]]
*[[File:Alleged Mormon flag 1877.svg|32x32px]] [[Deseret (LEF)|Deseret]]
*[[File:Flag of Oregon proposal (2013, Norquist).svg|32x32px]] [[Oregon (LEF)|Oregon]]
*[[File:Flag of Texas (1839–1879).svg|32x32px]] [[Texas (LEF)|Texas]]

===South America===

===Africa===

===Asia===

===Middle East===

===Oceania===

[[Category:Liberty, Egality, Fraternity]]
[[Category:Projects created in 2023]]

Liberty, Egality, Fraternity

2024-08-30T15:20:51Z

WaterlooSunset:

{{Icons|LEF}}
{{Infobox conworld
|name = Liberty, Egality, Fraternity
|image = Liberty Egality Fraternity logo.svg
|caption = Logo
|genre = Alternate history
|established = 2023
|creator = {{U|WaterlooSunset}}
|progress = Work in progress
|contributors =
|articles =
|status = active
|predecessor =
}}
Welcome to '''Liberty, Egality and Fraternity''', a timeline where Napoleon is victorious in the Napoleonic Wars and the face of Europe is changed forever. This timeline may not be strictly a conworld per se, however in some aspects it fits some definitions of a conworld. Anyways, this project is currently open for anyone to help out with, as creating a fictional universe single-handedly is not an easy job(!). Anyone is welcome to edit, but please do consult with the author({{U|WaterlooSunset|me}}) for lore details. The entire point of this timeline is to explore the consequences of a French-dominated Europe, so most of the events in this timeline from about 1810 onwards will be largely fictional. However, some OTL tropes will carry over, particularly the occurrence of two world wars and a Cold War. But foremost this timeline is an experiment, and so fictional occurrences and peoples are encouraged.

Please enjoy what I’ve written so far, and don’t vandalise, for the love of god!

- WaterlooSunset

== Timeline ==
A brief description of events in LEF.

* 1789: French Revolution begins. Louis XVI overthrown.

* 1792: Robespierre institutes the Reign of Terror. War of the First Coalition begins. First Republic declared.

* 1793: Royal family executed.

* 1795: Netherlands invaded; Batavian Republic established. France annexes the left bank of the Rhine in the Peace of Basel.

* 1796: Thousands of troops land near Bantry in Ireland. Irish War of Independence begins.

* 1797: Treaty of Campo Formio. Cisalpine, Ligurian and Piedmontese Republics established. War of the First Coalition ends.

* 1798: Swiss Confederation invaded. New Helvetic Republic set up. More troops sent to Ireland.

* 1799: War of the Second Coalition. Ireland secured by the French. Coup of 18 Brumaire sees Napoleon take full power as First Consul.

* 1801: Treaty of Luneville. Status quo restored, bar Ireland becoming independent. War of the Second Coalition.

* 1802: Italian Republic created.

* 1803: Louisiana sold to the US to fund further development of the military.

* 1804: Napoleon crowned Emperor of France. Austrian Empire created.

* 1805: War of the Third Coalition begins. Battle of Trafalgar. Piedmont divided between France and Italy. Kingdom of Italy proclaimed.

* 1806: War of the Third Coalition ends. HRE dissolves, replaced by the Confederation of the Rhine. Austrian territory reduced. War of the Fourth Coalition begins.

* 1807: War of the Fourth Coalition ends. Treaties of Tilsit see the Duchy of Warsaw created. Peninsular War begins, with Spain and Portugal being invaded.

* 1808: War of the Fifth Coalition begins.

* 1809: War of the Fifth Coalition ends. Treaty of Schonbrunn sees Illyria ceded to France and bits of Galicia ceded to Warsaw. Salzburg ceded to Bavaria.

* 1810: Russia agrees to stay in the Continental System through the Monetary Assistance Treaty, which sees the country get industrial aid in return for Russian support of France.

* 1811: Portugal is divided by France but the local monarchy is allowed to continue ruling. Catalonia becomes independent from Spain at the behest of France.

* 1812: War of the Sixth Coalition begins.

* 1813: The United Kingdom is invaded. London falls by November. The War of the Sixth Coalition effectively ends following the fall of London.

* 1814: The Congress of Frankfurt is held to establish the new European status quo, formally ending the Napoleonic Wars. France is now the undisputed power of Europe.

* 1810s-1820s: Spanish South American possessions are lost to independence movements, creating multiple new countries.

* 1820s-1840s: The Industrial Revolution sees multiple countries become thriving economic centres. Railways begin to come into operation, becoming the favoured transport of the masses.

* 1822-30: Greek War of Independence. France heavily supports the Hellenic rebels, leading to the establishment of the Hellenic Republic.

* 1830s-1850s: Many countries begin to set up Asian and African colonies.

* 1858-63: The American Civil War sees the Confederate States win an unprecedented victory over the Union. The CSA becomes a French client states, leading America to align more with the old empires, before realigning with France. Conversely, the CSA begins to drift towards the British, becoming dependent on them for weaponry.

* 1866: Prussia and Poland-Lithuania fight a brief war, which Prussia wins, gaining Poznan in the process.

* 1870-74: The Spanish Revolution sees Spain successfully kick out French influence and regain a Bourbon monarchy, but in the process loses their overseas colonies.

* 1881: Second Polish-Prussian War sees another brief spat ending in status quo ante bellum.

* 1885: The Berlin Conference carves up Africa.

* 1890s-1914: Tensions rise in Europe as nationalism combines with an arms race to create a clear division between the countries of Europe: the Entente, comprising the old imperial powers and the Continentals, comprising the Napoleonic states.

* 1914-20: The First World War, or the Great War, begins due to a Polish nationalist trying to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II. The opposing sides are the Entente(Austria, Prussia, Sweden and the UK) and the Continentals(France, Ireland, Germany, Russia, Finland, the Ottoman Empire, Italy and others).

* 1918: The Russian Revolution knocks Russia out of the war, and a Civil War begins between the Whites(middle class, libertarians and democrats) and the Blacks(fascists, national republicans and nationalists). Eventually the Blacks triumph, forming the Russian National Federation.

* 1921: Paris Peace Treaties formally end the “Great War”. Hungary and Galicia are made independent, Prussian territory is reduced and the United Kingdom broken up into Scotland, England and Wales.

* 1922: Illyria is granted independence, minus Dalmatia and Istria, given to Italy as a reward for their efforts in the Great War.

* 1923: Fascist Benito Mussolini marches on Milan and forms his own government there, beginning the period of Fascist rule in Italy.

* 1929: The New York stock crash sends the global economy spiralling into a deep recession.

* 1932: The Confederate States is involved in a coup d’etat, which sees white nationalists take power and create the Republic of the Confederate States of America, a nationalist, white supremacist, minoritarian republic that discriminates heavily against blacks and other non-whites.

* 1934-40: Russia supports nationalist groups in the Ottoman puppet states, such as Serbia, Moldavia-Wallachia, Bulgaria and Montenegro.

* 1936: Sweden is taken over by fascist nationalist leader Sven Olov Lindholm.

* 1938: The Danzig Crisis sees Prussia demand the return of the Danzig Corridor. The issue is eventually resolved.

* 1939: The Five Power Pact between Prussia, Italy, Russia, Sweden and the Louisianan State is signed.
* 1940-46: The Second World War, started by Russia invading the United Baltic Duchy.
* 1947: The Treaty of London is signed, ending the war. Russia, despite invading the Ottoman Empire, a Allied state, escapes punishment due to the Eastern Front stalling and stagnating.
* 1950: In the midst of increasing tensions between the US and Russia, PATO, the Pacific-Atlantic Treaty Alliance, is formed, with the US and France as its leaders.
* 1954: Russia forms the Republican Economic and Military Alliance, an organisation intended to unite its puppet and allied states.
* 1957: The European Economic Community is formed.
* 1950-90: The Cold War between PATO and REMA.
* 1989: The 1989 Revolutions see most National Republican states overthrow Russian rule in favour of democracy.
* 1994: The Russian National Republic introduces multiparty elections. Gennady Zyuganov becomes its first democratically elected President.
* 1999: The EEC becomes the European Union with the Treaty of Helsinki.
* 2000s: Russia and Europe normalise relations.
* 2010s: Rumours of a Second Cold War between the US, Russia and China begin to circulate. Ultimately China is excluded but as the 2010s progress relations between the US and Russia progressively deteriorate.

==List of nations==
=== Europe ===

==== Western Europe ====

* [[File:Bataafse Republiek nationale vlag.svg|32x32px]] [[Batavia (LEF)|Batavia]]
* [[File:Flag of Catalonia.svg|32x32px]] [[Catalunya (LEF)|Catalunya]]
* [[File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974).svg|32x32px]] [[France (LEF)|France]]
* [[File:Flag of the Helvetic Republic (French).svg|32x32px]] [[Helvetia (LEF)|Helvetia]]
* [[File:Flag of Portugal (1830–1910).svg|32x32px]] [[Portugal (LEF)|Portugal]]
* [[File:Bandera de España 1808-1813.svg|32x32px]] [[Spain (LEF)|Spain]]

==== Central and Southern Europe ====

* [[File:Flagge Herzogtum Anhalt.svg|32x32px]] [[Anhalt (LEF)|Anhalt]]
* [[File:Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg|32x32px]] [[Austria (LEF)|Austria]]
* [[File:Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891–1918).svg|32x32px]] [[Baden (LEF)|Baden]]
* [[File:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg|32x32px]] [[Bavaria (LEF)|Bavaria]]
* [[File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|32x32px]] [[Czechoslovakia (LEF)|Czechoslovakia]]
* [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Etruria.svg|32x32px]] [[Etruria (LEF)|Etruria]]
* [[File:Flag of Hesse.svg|32x32px]] [[Hesse (LEF)|Hesse]]
* [[File:Flag of the Italian Republic (Napoleonic) with coat of arms.svg|32x32px]] [[Italy (LEF)|Italy]]
* [[File:Flag of the Principality of Lucca (1805-1809).svg|32x32px]] [[Lucca & Piombino (LEF)|Lucca & Piombino]]
* [[File:Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (1946-1952).svg|32x32px]] [[Mecklenburg (LEF)|Mecklenburg]]
* [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811).svg|32x32px]] [[Naples (LEF)|Naples]]
* [[File:East Prussia Administrative Flag (1920 - 1945).svg|32x32px]] [[Prussia (LEF)|Prussia]]
* [[File:Flagge Cisrhenanische Rep (Variante).svg|32x32px]] [[Rhineland (LEF)|Rhineland]]
* [[File:Flag of San Marino.svg|32x32px]] [[San Marino (LEF)|San Marino]]
* [[File:Civil Flag and Civil Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1816-1848).svg|32x32px]] [[Sardinia (LEF)|Sardinia]]
* [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Sicily (inverted).svg|32x32px]] [[Sicily (LEF)|Sicily]]
* [[File:Flag of the Repubblica Romana (1798).svg|32x32px]] [[Tiberina (LEF)|Tiberina]]
* [[File:Flag of Vatican City State - 2023 version.svg|32x32px]] [[Vatican City (LEF)|Vatican City]]
* [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Westphalia.svg|32x32px]] [[Westphalia (LEF)|Westphalia]]
* [[File:Flagge Königreich Württemberg.svg|32x32px]] [[Württemberg (LEF)|Württemberg]]

==== Northern Europe ====

* [[File:Royal Standard of Denmark (1731–1819).svg|32x32px]] [[Denmark-Norway (LEF)|Denmark-Norway]]
* [[File:Flag of Iceland.svg|32x32px]] [[Iceland (LEF)|Iceland]]
* [[File:Green harp flag of Ireland.svg|32x32px]] [[Ireland (LEF)|Ireland]]
* [[File:Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (State).svg|32x32px]] [[Finland (LEF)|Finland]]
* [[File:Flag of Sweden.svg|32x32px]] [[Sweden (LEF)|Sweden]]
* [[File:Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg|32x32px]] [[United Kingdom (LEF)|United Kingdom]]

==== Eastern and Southern Europe ====

* [[File:Flag of Albania (1934–1939).svg|32x32px]] [[Albania (LEF)|Albania]]
* [[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|32x32px]] [[Anatolia (LEF)|Anatolia]]
* [[File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|32x32px]] [[Bulgaria (LEF)|Bulgaria]]
* [[File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg|32x32px]] [[Greece (LEF)|Greece]]
* [[File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg|32x32px]] [[Hungary (LEF)|Hungary]]
* [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Illyria.svg|32x32px]] [[Illyria (LEF)|Illyria]]
* [[File:Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg|32x32px]] [[Poland-Lithuania (LEF)|Poland-Lithuania]]
* [[File:Flag of Romania.svg|32x32px]] [[Romania (LEF)|Romania]]
* [[File:Flag of Russia (1896–1918).svg|32x32px]] [[Russia (LEF)|Russia]]
* [[File:Flag of Ukraine (1917–1921).svg|32x32px]] [[Ukraine (LEF)|Ukraine]]

=== North America ===

* [[File:Flag of the United States (1818-1819).svg|32x32px]] United States
* [[File:Flag of Louisiana.svg|32x32px]] Louisiana
* [[File:Flag of the UNIA.svg|32x32px]]

=== South America ===

=== Africa ===

=== Asia ===

=== Middle East ===

=== Oceania ===

[[Category:Liberty, Egality, Fraternity]]
[[Category:Projects created in 2023]]

Pausania

2024-07-27T02:17:48Z

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Pausania

2024-07-26T19:19:30Z

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Pausania

2024-07-25T22:57:15Z

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Germany (Alternatively)

2024-06-13T13:23:47Z

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| leader_title1 = [[President of Germany (Alternatively)|President]]
| leader_name1 = [[Karl Schmidt (Alternatively)|Karl Schmidt]] ([[German People’s Party (Alternatively)|DVP]])
| leader_title2 = [[Chancellor of Germany (Alternatively)|Chancellor]]
| leader_name2 = [[Bruno Schneider (Alternatively)|Bruno Schneider]] ([[Zentrum (Alternatively)|Z]])
| legislature = [[Parliament of Germany (Alternatively)|National Assembly]]
| upper_house = [[Reichsrat (Alternatively)|Reichsrat]]
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'''Germany''', officially the '''German Reich''', informally the '''Weimar Republic''', is a country in Europe. It is the second most populous nation in Europe behind [[Kyiv and Novgorod (Alternatively)|Kyiv and Novgorod]], and has one of the largest economies in Europe. Situated on the North and Baltic Seas to the north and the Alps to the south, its 19 constituent ''Länder'' have a total population of 132 million, covering a total land area of 468,000 square kilometres. The country’s capital and largest city is Berlin, also serving as its major financial hub, while its main industrial area is the Ruhr, centred around Düsseldorf, Cologne and Dortmund.

Since antiquity, northern Germany has been inhabited by Germanic-speaking peoples. By 100AD, the Romans had documented a region named Germania. In 962, the Holy Roman Empire was formed, with the bulk of its territory located in modern Germany and Austria. Northern Germany was the center of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. The German Confederation was formed in 1815, following the Napoleonic Wars.

German unification commenced in 1866 with the establishment of the Prussian-dominated North German Confederation in the wake of the Austro-Prussian War, which later became the German Empire. The Great War would see Germany destroyed on the battlefield, and an Allied occupation of Germany commenced. The Treaty of Versailles saw Germany lose some territory and rather harsh military limitations, but very little economic reparations, due to the fear reparations might crash the German, and possibly European, economy. A provisional civilian government was set up in 1921, in preparation for removal of Allied troops which ultimately occurred in 1925.

== Etymology==
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the common people from Latin and its Romance descendants. This in turn descends from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz 'of the people' (see also the Latinised form Theodiscus), derived from *þeudō, descended from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂- 'people', from which the word Teutons also originates.

==History==

===Allied occupation===
[[File:Alternatively - German occupation zones post-Great War.png|thumb|The occupation zones of Germany, as of 1 December 1922. Brown - Belgium, dark blue - France, light blue - Poland-Lithuania, pink - United States, red - United Kingdom, grey - Berlin, an international zone.

]]
The end of the Great War saw Germany a broken, defeated and divided nation. By the time of the German surrender, Communist groups were running rampant in major cities, and the Empire had effectively collapsed. Now the masters of Germany, the Allied Powers were conflicted on what to do with Germany. France wanted to entirely destroy Germany, preferably disuniting it, the United States wanted to try rebuild Germany and make it a power among equals, and Great Britain wanted something in between the two proposals. Ultimately, the 1921 Treaty of Versailles would see Germany give up the Danzig corridor, Alsace-Lorraine, Katowice and Northern Schleswig. Economic reparations were considered but ultimately rejected, as it was determined that the occupation would suffice to economically punish Germany.

In April 1919, Field Marshals Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who had effectively become dictators of Germany in the last months of the Great War, were arrested in {{W|Landsberg am Lech|Landsberg}} by US military police, and were subsequently tried by military courts. Ludendorff would be shot by firing squad in 1921, while Hindenburg would be imprisoned until his death in 1934. Most apparatuses linked to the old German Empire were dismantled, in an attempt to remove any traces of the old, “militaristic” Empire. Notably, the Allied Occupation Commission for Germany(AOCG) ordered the dissolution of Prussia in 1920, and its provinces were elevated to state status.
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-040-27, Gustav Stresemann.jpg|left|thumb|306x306px|Otto Kanzlauer, first post-war German Chancellor and founder of modern German democracy. ]]
However, the Allies recognised that an eternal occupation of Germany would not be desirable. They also worried that if Germany were punished too harshly, it might rise up again and try take over Europe and, horror of horrors, cause another Great War. So, in late 1920, a civilian government was formed, led by Otto Kanzlauer, a prominent People’s Party politician pre-war.

Elections were held across occupied Germany in 1921, and Kanzlauer won a landslide, his German People’s Party winning over 60% of the vote. By 1922, the new Reichstag had formedva provisional constitution, subject to Allied review.

Ultimately, the occupation of Germany would end in 1925 with the Treaty of Locarno, allowing Germany to reintegrate into the West, join the League of Nations and rebuild militarily and economically. It also set Germany's borders both east and west, including the Danzig corridor, although the Free City would rejoin Germany in 1927, becoming part of the state of Prussia.

===Rebuilding===
Even before the end of the Allied occupation, Germany's economy was starting to recover. Pre-1914 industrial capability was reached by 1922 and by 1925, Germany was in the middle of an economic boom.

== Geography==
Germany is the seventh-largest country in Europe; bordering Denmark to the north, Poland-Lithuania and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria to the southeast, and Switzerland to the south-southwest. France, Luxembourg and Belgium are situated to the west, with the Netherlands to the northwest. Germany is also bordered by the North Sea and, at the north-northeast, by the Baltic Sea. German territory covers 468,767 km2 (180,992 sq. mi) of land and water.

Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,963 metres or 9,721 feet) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the northwest and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the northeast. The forested uplands of central Germany and the lowlands of northern Germany (lowest point: in the municipality Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, Wilstermarsch at 3.54 metres or 11.6 feet below sea level) are traversed by such major rivers as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe. Significant natural resources include iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, and nickel.

==Government and politics==
[[File:Frank-Walter Steinmeier - 2018 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|137x137px|President - Karl Schmidt(DVP), since 2018]]
[[File:2018-10-12 Markus Söder CSU 8341.jpg|thumb|125x125px|Chancellor - Bruno Schneider(ZP), since 2022]]
Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic. Federal legislative power is vested in the parliament consisting of the Reichstag and Reichsrat, which together form the legislative body. The Reichstag is elected through direct elections using the mixed-member proportional representation system. The members of the Reichsrat represent and are appointed by the governments of the eighteen federated states. The German political system operates under a framework laid out in the 1926 constitution. Amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of both the Reichstag and the Reichsrat; the fundamental principles of the constitution, as expressed in the articles guaranteeing human dignity, the separation of powers, the federal structure, and the rule of law, are valid in perpetuity.

The president, currently Karl Schmidt, is the head of state and invested primarily with representative responsibilities and powers. He is elected by the Reichsversammlung, an institution consisting of the members of the Reichstag and an equal number of state delegates. The second-highest official in the German order of precedence is the Reichstagspräsident (President of the Reichstag), who is elected by the Reichstag and responsible for overseeing the daily sessions of the body. The third-highest official and the head of government is the chancellor, who is appointed by the president after being elected by the party or coalition with the most seats in the Reichstag. The chancellor, currently Bruno Schneider, is the head of government and exercises executive power through his Cabinet.

===Parties that hold representation in the Reichstag===
As of 2020, the following parties hold representation in the German parliament, the Reichstag:

*[[Zentrum (Alternatively)|Zentrum]](ZP, or the Centre Party in English-speaking circles), a Christian democratic party founded in 1870, making it the oldest major political party in Germany and about as old as the unified German state. It is positioned on the centre right on the political spectrum, advocating for social market economy policies. The Centre Party is currently the largest party in the Reichstag and has been in a coalition government with the DVP since 2022.
**[[Bavarian People’s Party (Alternatively)|Bavarian People’s Party]](BVP), the Bavarian associate of the Centre Party. Founded in 1918, the party is similarly positioned on the political spectrum to Zentrum but is more socially conservative and more Bavarocentric. It has consistently dominated Bavarian state elections since the 1930s. The current Chancellor, Bruno Schneider, was formerly the head of the BVP until 2022.
*[[Social Democratic Party of Germany (Alternatively)|Social Democratic Party]](SPD), a social democratic party founded in 1875. The SPD is positioned on the centre left, and is both economically and socially liberal. Currently the SPD is the third largest party in government, and previously held the Chancellery until 2022 under Sophie Schübert.
*[[German People’s Party (Alternatively)|German People’s Party]](DVP), a liberal conservative party founded in 1918 from the remnants of the prewar National Liberal Party. Founded by Otto Kanzlauer, the party has been enormously influential on German politics and is currently the second largest party in Germany, governing in coalition with Zentrum. The party is positioned on the centre-right, but is socially liberal and economically conservative.

Since 1921, most chancellors of Germany have been from the above three parties. Other minor parties that have entered coalitions or are represented in the Reichstag are:

*[[The Greens (Alternatively)|The Greens]], an environmentalist, socially liberal party founded in 1993 from a collection of nationwide environmentalist parties. The party has not won the Chancellery yet but has participated in many coalition governments, most recently from 2018-22. They stand at the centre left and are socially progressive and pro-enviroment.
*[[German National People's Party (Alternatively)|German National People's Party]](DNVP), a conservative party founded in 1935 by Erich Müller as a breakaway party from the DVP. It has not participated in any government, but has been represented in the Reichstag since 1971. The party is at the right wing on the political spectrum and is socially and economically conservative.
*[[Neues Deutschland (Alternatively)|Neues Deutschland]](ND, or New Germany in English-speaking circles), a radical right, conservative populist, anti-immigration party founded in 2011 as a splinter party from Zentrum. It is the youngest political party in Germany with representation in the Reichstag. Currently, the party is relatively minor but has gained popularity recently. The party is extremely conservative, opposes immigration, is Eurosceptic and has been described as fascist or far right by some media outlets.
*[[Die Linke (Alternatively)|Die Linke]](DL, or The Left in English-speaking circles) is a left wing populist party founded in 1998 from the formation of minor socialist parties in Germany. The party is positioned on the left wing, further left than the Greens and SPD but not as left wing as the KPD. It is mildly Eurosceptic, populist, anti-globalist and anti-capitalist.
*[[Communist Party of Germany (Alternatively)|Communist Party of Germany]](KPD) is a far left communist party founded in 1918 as a splinter Marxist party from the SPD. The party has maintained representation in the Reichstag since the 1920s but has not won any state or national elections. It is a communist party that advocates for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of a people's republic.

===Constituent states===
Germany is a federation and comprises nineteen constituent states which are collectively referred to as Länder. Each state (Land) has its own constitution, and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation.

*[[File:Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891–1918).svg|20x20px]] [[Baden (Alternatively)|Baden]]
*[[File:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg|20x20px]] [[Bavaria (Alternatively)|Bavaria]]
*[[File:Flag of Berlin (1934-1954).svg|20x20px]] [[Berlin (Alternatively)|Berlin-Haupstadt]]
*[[File:Flag of Brandenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Brandenburg (Alternatively)|Brandenburg]]
*[[File:State flag of Bremen.svg|20x20px]] [[Bremen (Alternatively)|Bremen]]
*[[File:Flag of Hamburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Hamburg (Alternatively)|Hamburg]]
*[[File:Flag of Hanover 1837-1866.svg|20x20px]] [[Hannover (Alternatively)|Hannover]]
*[[File:Flag of Hesse.svg|20x20px]] [[Hesse (Alternatively)|Hesse]]
*[[File:Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Mecklenburg (Alternatively)|Mecklenburg]]
*[[File:Civil flag of Oldenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Oldenburg (Alternatively)|Oldenburg]]
*[[File:Provinz Pommern flag.svg|20x20px]] [[Pomerania (Alternatively)|Pomerania]]
*[[File:East Prussia Administrative Flag (1920 - 1945).svg|20x20px]] [[Prussia(German state) (Alternatively)|Prussia]]
*[[File:Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia.svg|20x20px]] [[Rhineland (Alternatively)|Rhineland]]
*[[File:Flag of Saxony.svg|20x20px]] [[Saxony (Alternatively)|Saxony]]
*[[File:Flag of Saxony-Anhalt.svg|20x20px]] [[Saxony-Anhalt (Alternatively)|Saxony-Anhalt]]
*[[File:Flag of Silesia.svg|20x20px]] [[Silesia (Alternatively)|Silesia]]
*[[File:Flag of Schleswig-Holstein.svg|20x20px]] [[Schleswig-Holstein (Alternatively)|Schleswig-Holstein]]
*[[File:Flag of Thuringia.svg|20x20px]] [[Thuringia (Alternatively)|Thuringia]]
*[[File:Flag of Württemberg before 1809.svg|20x20px]] [[Wurttemberg (Alternatively)|Wurttemberg]]

===Foreign relations===
Germany has a network of 227 diplomatic missions abroad and maintains relations with more than 190 countries. Germany is a member of NATO, the OECD, the G7, the G20, the World Bank and the IMF. It has played an influential role in the European Union since its inception and has maintained a strong alliance with France and all neighbouring countries since the 1930s. Germany promotes the creation of a more unified European political, economic and security apparatus. The governments of Germany and the United States are close political allies. Cultural ties and economic interests have crafted a bond between the two countries resulting in Atlanticism. Germany and Kyiv-Novgorod have worked together to establish a "strategic partnership" in which energy development became one of the most important factors. As a result of the cooperation, Germany imports most of its natural gas and crude oil from the country.

Germany's development policy functions as a distinct sector within its foreign policy framework. It is formulated by the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and carried out by the implementing organisations. The German government sees development policy as a joint responsibility of the international community. It was the world's second-biggest aid donor in 2019 after the United States.

===Military===
''See also: [[Structure of the Reichswehr as of 2023 (Alternatively)|Structure of the Reichswehr as of 2023]]''[[File:German Army Leopard 2A6 tank in Oct. 2012.jpg|thumb|200x200px|A Leopard 2A6 tank on yearly maneuvres. ]]
Germany's military, the [[Reichswehr (Alternatively)|Reichswehr]], is divided into the [[Reichsheer (Alternatively)|Reichsheer]](Army and KSK, the special forces), [[Reichsmarime (Alternatively)|Reichsmarime]](Navy, the Seebatallions and Marineflieger) and the [[Luftstreitkräfte (Alternatively)|Luftstreitkräfte]](Air force and space force). The Reichswehr has a current strength of 243,000 soldiers. Since 2008, the Reichswehr has been a voluntary-only army, with conscription abolished that year. Germany has the sixth-highest military expenditure in the world, and in 2021 its military expenditure was at 2.1% of GDP. During peacetime, the Reichswehr is commanded by the Minister of Defence.
[[File:Polaris nuclear missile (3277028828).jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|An Atomraketen-900 land-based ICBM, the backbone of the German land-based nuclear arsenal]]
Germany is recognised by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty as a nuclear weapon state. Its first warhead, Gustav-V, was detonated in the Libyan desert in 1946. The first German hydrogen bomb, Grünwald-IX, detonated in 1952 in the Pacific Ocean. As of 2022, Germany possesses about 600 warheads total. Each branch of the Reichswehr has a special command for the deployment and launching of said nuclear weapons.

==Economy==

==Culture==

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'''Germany''', officially the '''German Reich''', informally the '''Weimar Republic''', is a country in Europe. It is the second most populous nation in Europe behind [[Kyiv and Novgorod (Alternatively)|Kyiv and Novgorod]], and has one of the largest economies in Europe. Situated on the North and Baltic Seas to the north and the Alps to the south, its 19 constituent ''Länder'' have a total population of 132 million, covering a total land area of 468,000 square kilometres. The country’s capital and largest city is Berlin, also serving as its major financial hub, while its main industrial area is the Ruhr, centred around Düsseldorf, Cologne and Dortmund.

Since antiquity, northern Germany has been inhabited by Germanic-speaking peoples. By 100AD, the Romans had documented a region named Germania. In 962, the Holy Roman Empire was formed, with the bulk of its territory located in modern Germany and Austria. Northern Germany was the center of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. The German Confederation was formed in 1815, following the Napoleonic Wars.

German unification commenced in 1866 with the establishment of the Prussian-dominated North German Confederation in the wake of the Austro-Prussian War, which later became the German Empire. The Great War would see Germany destroyed on the battlefield, and an Allied occupation of Germany commenced. The Treaty of Versailles saw Germany lose some territory and rather harsh military limitations, but very little economic reparations, due to the fear reparations might crash the German, and possibly European, economy. A provisional civilian government was set up in 1921, in preparation for removal of Allied troops which ultimately occurred in 1925.

== Etymology==
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the common people from Latin and its Romance descendants. This in turn descends from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz 'of the people' (see also the Latinised form Theodiscus), derived from *þeudō, descended from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂- 'people', from which the word Teutons also originates.

==History==

===Allied occupation===
[[File:Alternatively - German occupation zones post-Great War.png|thumb|The occupation zones of Germany, as of 1 December 1922. Brown - Belgium, dark blue - France, light blue - Poland-Lithuania, pink - United States, red - United Kingdom, grey - Berlin, an international zone.

]]
The end of the Great War saw Germany a broken, defeated and divided nation. By the time of the German surrender, Communist groups were running rampant in major cities, and the Empire had effectively collapsed. Now the masters of Germany, the Allied Powers were conflicted on what to do with Germany. France wanted to entirely destroy Germany, preferably disuniting it, the United States wanted to try rebuild Germany and make it a power among equals, and Great Britain wanted something in between the two proposals. Ultimately, the 1921 Treaty of Versailles would see Germany give up the Danzig corridor, Alsace-Lorraine, Katowice and Northern Schleswig. Economic reparations were considered but ultimately rejected, as it was determined that the occupation would suffice to economically punish Germany.

In April 1919, Field Marshals Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who had effectively become dictators of Germany in the last months of the Great War, were arrested in {{W|Landsberg am Lech|Landsberg}} by US military police, and were subsequently tried by military courts. Ludendorff would be shot by firing squad in 1921, while Hindenburg would be imprisoned until his death in 1934. Most apparatuses linked to the old German Empire were dismantled, in an attempt to remove any traces of the old, “militaristic” Empire. Notably, the Allied Occupation Commission for Germany(AOCG) ordered the dissolution of Prussia in 1920, and its provinces were elevated to state status.
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-040-27, Gustav Stresemann.jpg|left|thumb|306x306px|Otto Kanzlauer, first post-war German Chancellor and founder of modern German democracy. ]]
However, the Allies recognised that an eternal occupation of Germany would not be desirable. They also worried that if Germany were punished too harshly, it might rise up again and try take over Europe and, horror of horrors, cause another Great War. So, in late 1920, a civilian government was formed, led by Otto Kanzlauer, a prominent People’s Party politician pre-war.

Elections were held across occupied Germany in 1921, and Kanzlauer won a landslide, his German People’s Party winning over 60% of the vote. By 1922, the new Reichstag had formedva provisional constitution, subject to Allied review.

Ultimately, the occupation of Germany would end in 1925 with the Treaty of Locarno, allowing Germany to reintegrate into the West, join the League of Nations and rebuild militarily and economically. It also set Germany's borders both east and west, including the Danzig corridor, although the Free City would rejoin Germany in 1927, becoming part of the state of Prussia.

===Rebuilding===
Even before the end of the Allied occupation, Germany's economy was starting to recover. Pre-1914 industrial capability was reached by 1922 and by 1925, Germany was in the middle of an economic boom.

== Geography==
Germany is the seventh-largest country in Europe; bordering Denmark to the north, Poland-Lithuania and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria to the southeast, and Switzerland to the south-southwest. France, Luxembourg and Belgium are situated to the west, with the Netherlands to the northwest. Germany is also bordered by the North Sea and, at the north-northeast, by the Baltic Sea. German territory covers 468,767 km2 (180,992 sq. mi) of land and water.

Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,963 metres or 9,721 feet) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the northwest and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the northeast. The forested uplands of central Germany and the lowlands of northern Germany (lowest point: in the municipality Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, Wilstermarsch at 3.54 metres or 11.6 feet below sea level) are traversed by such major rivers as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe. Significant natural resources include iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, and nickel.

==Government and politics==
[[File:Frank-Walter Steinmeier - 2018 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|137x137px|President - Karl Schmidt(DVP), since 2018]]
[[File:2018-10-12 Markus Söder CSU 8341.jpg|thumb|125x125px|Chancellor - Bruno Schneider(ZP), since 2022]]
Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic. Federal legislative power is vested in the parliament consisting of the Reichstag and Reichsrat, which together form the legislative body. The Reichstag is elected through direct elections using the mixed-member proportional representation system. The members of the Reichsrat represent and are appointed by the governments of the eighteen federated states. The German political system operates under a framework laid out in the 1926 constitution. Amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of both the Reichstag and the Reichsrat; the fundamental principles of the constitution, as expressed in the articles guaranteeing human dignity, the separation of powers, the federal structure, and the rule of law, are valid in perpetuity.

The president, currently Karl Schmidt, is the head of state and invested primarily with representative responsibilities and powers. He is elected by the Reichsversammlung, an institution consisting of the members of the Reichstag and an equal number of state delegates. The second-highest official in the German order of precedence is the Reichstagspräsident (President of the Reichstag), who is elected by the Reichstag and responsible for overseeing the daily sessions of the body. The third-highest official and the head of government is the chancellor, who is appointed by the president after being elected by the party or coalition with the most seats in the Reichstag. The chancellor, currently Bruno Schneider, is the head of government and exercises executive power through his Cabinet.

===Parties that hold representation in the Reichstag===
As of 2020, the following parties hold representation in the German parliament, the Reichstag:

*[[Zentrum (Alternatively)|Zentrum]](ZP, or the Centre Party in English-speaking circles), a Christian democratic party founded in 1870, making it the oldest major political party in Germany and about as old as the unified German state. It is positioned on the centre right on the political spectrum, advocating for social market economy policies. The Centre Party is currently the largest party in the Reichstag and has been in a coalition government with the DVP since 2022.
**[[Bavarian People’s Party (Alternatively)|Bavarian People’s Party]](BVP), the Bavarian associate of the Centre Party. Founded in 1918, the party is similarly positioned on the political spectrum to Zentrum but is more socially conservative and more Bavarocentric. It has consistently dominated Bavarian state elections since the 1930s. The current Chancellor, Bruno Schneider, was formerly the head of the BVP until 2022.
*[[Social Democratic Party of Germany (Alternatively)|Social Democratic Party]](SPD), a social democratic party founded in 1875. The SPD is positioned on the centre left, and is both economically and socially liberal. Currently the SPD is the third largest party in government, and previously held the Chancellery until 2022 under Sophie Schübert.
*[[German People’s Party (Alternatively)|German People’s Party]](DVP), a liberal conservative party founded in 1918 from the remnants of the prewar National Liberal Party. Founded by Otto Kanzlauer, the party has been enormously influential on German politics and is currently the second largest party in Germany, governing in coalition with Zentrum. The party is positioned on the centre-right, but is socially liberal and economically conservative.

Since 1921, most chancellors of Germany have been from the above three parties. Other minor parties that have entered coalitions or are represented in the Reichstag are:

*[[The Greens (Alternatively)|The Greens]], an environmentalist, socially liberal party founded in 1993 from a collection of nationwide environmentalist parties. The party has not won the Chancellery yet but has participated in many coalition governments, most recently from 2018-22. They stand at the centre left and are socially progressive and pro-enviroment.
*[[German National People's Party (Alternatively)|German National People's Party]](DNVP), a conservative party founded in 1935 by Erich Müller as a breakaway party from the DVP. It has not participated in any government, but has been represented in the Reichstag since 1971. The party is at the right wing on the political spectrum and is socially and economically conservative.
*[[Neues Deutschland (Alternatively)|Neues Deutschland]](ND, or New Germany in English-speaking circles), a radical right, conservative populist, anti-immigration party founded in 2011 as a splinter party from Zentrum. It is the youngest political party in Germany with representation in the Reichstag. Currently, the party is relatively minor but has gained popularity recently. The party is extremely conservative, opposes immigration, is Eurosceptic and has been described as fascist or far right by some media outlets.
*[[Die Linke (Alternatively)|Die Linke]](DL, or The Left in English-speaking circles) is a left wing populist party founded in 1998 from the formation of minor socialist parties in Germany. The party is positioned on the left wing, further left than the Greens and SPD but not as left wing as the KPD. It is mildly Eurosceptic, populist, anti-globalist and anti-capitalist.
*[[Communist Party of Germany (Alternatively)|Communist Party of Germany]](KPD) is a far left communist party founded in 1918 as a splinter Marxist party from the SPD. The party has maintained representation in the Reichstag since the 1920s but has not won any state or national elections. It is a communist party that advocates for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of a people's republic.

===Constituent states===
Germany is a federation and comprises nineteen constituent states which are collectively referred to as Länder. Each state (Land) has its own constitution, and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation.

*[[File:Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891–1918).svg|20x20px]] [[Baden (Alternatively)|Baden]]
*[[File:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg|20x20px]] [[Bavaria (Alternatively)|Bavaria]]
*[[File:Flag of Berlin (1934-1954).svg|20x20px]] [[Berlin (Alternatively)|Berlin-Haupstadt]]
*[[File:Flag of Brandenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Brandenburg (Alternatively)|Brandenburg]]
*[[File:State flag of Bremen.svg|20x20px]] [[Bremen (Alternatively)|Bremen]]
*[[File:Flag of Hamburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Hamburg (Alternatively)|Hamburg]]
*[[File:Flag of Hanover 1837-1866.svg|20x20px]] [[Hannover (Alternatively)|Hannover]]
*[[File:Flag of Hesse.svg|20x20px]] [[Hesse (Alternatively)|Hesse]]
*[[File:Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Mecklenburg (Alternatively)|Mecklenburg]]
*[[File:Civil flag of Oldenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Oldenburg (Alternatively)|Oldenburg]]
*[[File:Provinz Pommern flag.svg|20x20px]] [[Pomerania (Alternatively)|Pomerania]]
*[[File:East Prussia Administrative Flag (1920 - 1945).svg|20x20px]] [[Prussia(German state) (Alternatively)|Prussia]]
*[[File:Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia.svg|20x20px]] [[Rhineland (Alternatively)|Rhineland]]
*[[File:Flag of Saxony.svg|20x20px]] [[Saxony (Alternatively)|Saxony]]
*[[File:Flag of Saxony-Anhalt.svg|20x20px]] [[Saxony-Anhalt (Alternatively)|Saxony-Anhalt]]
*[[File:Flag of Silesia.svg|20x20px]] [[Silesia (Alternatively)|Silesia]]
*[[File:Flag of Schleswig-Holstein.svg|20x20px]] [[Schleswig-Holstein (Alternatively)|Schleswig-Holstein]]
*[[File:Flag of Thuringia.svg|20x20px]] [[Thuringia (Alternatively)|Thuringia]]
*[[File:Flag of Württemberg before 1809.svg|20x20px]] [[Wurttemberg (Alternatively)|Wurttemberg]]

===Foreign relations===
Germany has a network of 227 diplomatic missions abroad and maintains relations with more than 190 countries. Germany is a member of NATO, the OECD, the G7, the G20, the World Bank and the IMF. It has played an influential role in the European Union since its inception and has maintained a strong alliance with France and all neighbouring countries since the 1930s. Germany promotes the creation of a more unified European political, economic and security apparatus. The governments of Germany and the United States are close political allies. Cultural ties and economic interests have crafted a bond between the two countries resulting in Atlanticism. Germany and Kyiv-Novgorod have worked together to establish a "strategic partnership" in which energy development became one of the most important factors. As a result of the cooperation, Germany imports most of its natural gas and crude oil from the country.

Germany's development policy functions as a distinct sector within its foreign policy framework. It is formulated by the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and carried out by the implementing organisations. The German government sees development policy as a joint responsibility of the international community. It was the world's second-biggest aid donor in 2019 after the United States.

===Military===
[[File:German Army Leopard 2A6 tank in Oct. 2012.jpg|thumb|200x200px|A Leopard 2A6 tank on yearly maneuvres. ]]
Germany's military, the [[Reichswehr (Alternatively)|Reichswehr]], is divided into the [[Reichsheer (Alternatively)|Reichsheer]](Army and KSK, the special forces), [[Reichsmarime (Alternatively)|Reichsmarime]](Navy, the Seebatallions and Marineflieger) and the [[Luftstreitkräfte (Alternatively)|Luftstreitkräfte]](Air force and space force). The Reichswehr has a current strength of 243,000 soldiers. Since 2008, the Reichswehr has been a voluntary-only army, with conscription abolished that year. Germany has the sixth-highest military expenditure in the world, and in 2021 its military expenditure was at 2.1% of GDP. During peacetime, the Reichswehr is commanded by the Minister of Defence.
[[File:Polaris nuclear missile (3277028828).jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|An Atomraketen-900 land-based ICBM, the backbone of the German land-based nuclear arsenal]]
Germany is recognised by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty as a nuclear weapon state. Its first warhead, Gustav-V, was detonated in the Libyan desert in 1946. The first German hydrogen bomb, Grünwald-IX, detonated in 1952 in the Pacific Ocean. As of 2022, Germany possesses about 600 warheads total. Each branch of the Reichswehr has a special command for the deployment and launching of said nuclear weapons.

==Economy==

==Culture==

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'''Germany''', officially the '''German Republic''', is a country in Europe. It is the second most populous nation in Europe behind [[Kyiv and Novgorod (Alternatively)|Kyiv and Novgorod]], and has one of the largest economies in Europe. Situated on the North and Baltic Seas to the north and the Alps to the south, its 19 constituent ''Länder'' have a total population of 132 million, covering a total land area of 468,000 square kilometres. The country’s capital and largest city is Berlin, also serving as its major financial hub, while its main industrial area is the Ruhr, centred around Düsseldorf, Cologne and Dortmund.

Since antiquity, northern Germany has been inhabited by Germanic-speaking peoples. By 100AD, the Romans had documented a region named Germania. In 962, the Holy Roman Empire was formed, with the bulk of its territory located in modern Germany and Austria. Northern Germany was the center of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. The German Confederation was formed in 1815, following the Napoleonic Wars.

German unification commenced in 1866 with the establishment of the Prussian-dominated North German Confederation in the wake of the Austro-Prussian War, which later became the German Empire. The Great War would see Germany destroyed on the battlefield, and an Allied occupation of Germany commenced. The Treaty of Versailles saw Germany lose some territory and rather harsh military limitations, but very little economic reparations, due to the fear reparations might crash the German, and possibly European, economy. A provisional civilian government was set up in 1921, in preparation for removal of Allied troops which ultimately occurred in 1925.

==Etymology==
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the common people from Latin and its Romance descendants. This in turn descends from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz 'of the people' (see also the Latinised form Theodiscus), derived from *þeudō, descended from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂- 'people', from which the word Teutons also originates.

==History==

===Allied occupation===
[[File:Alternatively - German occupation zones post-Great War.png|thumb|The occupation zones of Germany, as of 1 December 1922. Brown - Belgium, dark blue - France, light blue - Poland-Lithuania, pink - United States, red - United Kingdom, grey - Berlin, an international zone.

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The end of the Great War saw Germany a broken, defeated and divided nation. By the time of the German surrender, Communist groups were running rampant in major cities, and the Empire had effectively collapsed. Now the masters of Germany, the Allied Powers were conflicted on what to do with Germany. France wanted to entirely destroy Germany, preferably disuniting it, the United States wanted to try rebuild Germany and make it a power among equals, and Great Britain wanted something in between the two proposals. Ultimately, the 1921 Treaty of Versailles would see Germany give up the Danzig corridor, Alsace-Lorraine, Katowice and Northern Schleswig. Economic reparations were considered but ultimately rejected, as it was determined that the occupation would suffice to economically punish Germany.

In April 1919, Field Marshals Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who had effectively become dictators of Germany in the last months of the Great War, were arrested in {{W|Landsberg am Lech|Landsberg}} by US military police, and were subsequently tried by military courts. Ludendorff would be shot by firing squad in 1921, while Hindenburg would be imprisoned until his death in 1934. Most apparatuses linked to the old German Empire were dismantled, in an attempt to remove any traces of the old, “militaristic” Empire. Notably, the Allied Occupation Commission for Germany(AOCG) ordered the dissolution of Prussia in 1920, and its provinces were elevated to state status.
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-040-27, Gustav Stresemann.jpg|left|thumb|306x306px|Otto Kanzlauer, first post-war German Chancellor and founder of modern German democracy. ]]
However, the Allies recognised that an eternal occupation of Germany would not be desirable. They also worried that if Germany were punished too harshly, it might rise up again and try take over Europe and, horror of horrors, cause another Great War. So, in late 1920, a civilian government was formed, led by Otto Kanzlauer, a prominent People’s Party politician pre-war.

Elections were held across occupied Germany in 1921, and Kanzlauer won a landslide, his German People’s Party winning over 60% of the vote. By 1922, the new Reichstag had formedva provisional constitution, subject to Allied review.

Ultimately, the occupation of Germany would end in 1925 with the Treaty of Locarno, allowing Germany to reintegrate into the West, join the League of Nations and rebuild militarily and economically. It also set Germany's borders both east and west, including the Danzig corridor, although the Free City would rejoin Germany in 1927, becoming part of the state of Prussia.

=== Rebuilding ===
Even before the end of the Allied occupation, Germany's economy was starting to recover. Pre-1914 industrial capability was reached by 1922 and by 1925, Germany was in the middle of an economic boom.

==Geography==
Germany is the seventh-largest country in Europe; bordering Denmark to the north, Poland-Lithuania and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria to the southeast, and Switzerland to the south-southwest. France, Luxembourg and Belgium are situated to the west, with the Netherlands to the northwest. Germany is also bordered by the North Sea and, at the north-northeast, by the Baltic Sea. German territory covers 468,767 km2 (180,992 sq. mi) of land and water.

Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,963 metres or 9,721 feet) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the northwest and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the northeast. The forested uplands of central Germany and the lowlands of northern Germany (lowest point: in the municipality Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, Wilstermarsch at 3.54 metres or 11.6 feet below sea level) are traversed by such major rivers as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe. Significant natural resources include iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, and nickel.

==Government and politics==
[[File:Frank-Walter Steinmeier - 2018 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|137x137px|President - Karl Schmidt(DVP), since 2018]]
[[File:2018-10-12 Markus Söder CSU 8341.jpg|thumb|125x125px|Chancellor - Bruno Schneider(ZP), since 2022]]
Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic. Federal legislative power is vested in the parliament consisting of the Reichstag and Reichsrat, which together form the legislative body. The Reichstag is elected through direct elections using the mixed-member proportional representation system. The members of the Reichsrat represent and are appointed by the governments of the eighteen federated states. The German political system operates under a framework laid out in the 1926 constitution. Amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of both the Reichstag and the Reichsrat; the fundamental principles of the constitution, as expressed in the articles guaranteeing human dignity, the separation of powers, the federal structure, and the rule of law, are valid in perpetuity.

The president, currently Karl Schmidt, is the head of state and invested primarily with representative responsibilities and powers. He is elected by the Reichsversammlung, an institution consisting of the members of the Reichstag and an equal number of state delegates. The second-highest official in the German order of precedence is the Reichstagspräsident (President of the Reichstag), who is elected by the Reichstag and responsible for overseeing the daily sessions of the body. The third-highest official and the head of government is the chancellor, who is appointed by the president after being elected by the party or coalition with the most seats in the Reichstag. The chancellor, currently Bruno Schneider, is the head of government and exercises executive power through his Cabinet.

=== Parties that hold representation in the Reichstag ===
As of 2020, the following parties hold representation in the German parliament, the Reichstag:

* [[Zentrum (Alternatively)|Zentrum]](ZP, or the Centre Party in English-speaking circles), a Christian democratic party founded in 1870, making it the oldest major political party in Germany and about as old as the unified German state. It is positioned on the centre right on the political spectrum, advocating for social market economy policies. The Centre Party is currently the largest party in the Reichstag and has been in a coalition government with the DVP since 2022.
** [[Bavarian People’s Party (Alternatively)|Bavarian People’s Party]](BVP), the Bavarian associate of the Centre Party. Founded in 1918, the party is similarly positioned on the political spectrum to Zentrum but is more socially conservative and more Bavarocentric. It has consistently dominated Bavarian state elections since the 1930s. The current Chancellor, Bruno Schneider, was formerly the head of the BVP until 2022.
* [[Social Democratic Party of Germany (Alternatively)|Social Democratic Party]](SPD), a social democratic party founded in 1875. The SPD is positioned on the centre left, and is both economically and socially liberal. Currently the SPD is the third largest party in government, and previously held the Chancellery until 2022 under Sophie Schübert.
* [[German People’s Party (Alternatively)|German People’s Party]](DVP), a liberal conservative party founded in 1918 from the remnants of the prewar National Liberal Party. Founded by Otto Kanzlauer, the party has been enormously influential on German politics and is currently the second largest party in Germany, governing in coalition with Zentrum. The party is positioned on the centre-right, but is socially liberal and economically conservative.

Since 1921, most chancellors of Germany have been from the above three parties. Other minor parties that have entered coalitions or are represented in the Reichstag are:

* [[The Greens (Alternatively)|The Greens]], an environmentalist, socially liberal party founded in 1993 from a collection of nationwide environmentalist parties. The party has not won the Chancellery yet but has participated in many coalition governments, most recently from 2018-22. They stand at the centre left and are socially progressive and pro-enviroment.
* [[German National People's Party (Alternatively)|German National People's Party]](DNVP), a conservative party founded in 1935 by Erich Müller as a breakaway party from the DVP. It has not participated in any government, but has been represented in the Reichstag since 1971. The party is at the right wing on the political spectrum and is socially and economically conservative.
* [[Neues Deutschland (Alternatively)|Neues Deutschland]](ND, or New Germany in English-speaking circles), a radical right, conservative populist, anti-immigration party founded in 2011 as a splinter party from Zentrum. It is the youngest political party in Germany with representation in the Reichstag. Currently, the party is relatively minor but has gained popularity recently. The party is extremely conservative, opposes immigration, is Eurosceptic and has been described as fascist or far right by some media outlets.
* [[Die Linke (Alternatively)|Die Linke]](DL, or The Left in English-speaking circles) is a left wing populist party founded in 1998 from the formation of minor socialist parties in Germany. The party is positioned on the left wing, further left than the Greens and SPD but not as left wing as the KPD. It is mildly Eurosceptic, populist, anti-globalist and anti-capitalist.
* [[Communist Party of Germany (Alternatively)|Communist Party of Germany]](KPD) is a far left communist party founded in 1918 as a splinter Marxist party from the SPD. The party has maintained representation in the Reichstag since the 1920s but has not won any state or national elections. It is a communist party that advocates for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of a people's republic.

=== Constituent states ===
Germany is a federation and comprises nineteen constituent states which are collectively referred to as Länder. Each state (Land) has its own constitution, and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation.

* [[File:Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891–1918).svg|20x20px]] [[Baden (Alternatively)|Baden]]
* [[File:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg|20x20px]] [[Bavaria (Alternatively)|Bavaria]]
* [[File:Flag of Berlin (1934-1954).svg|20x20px]] [[Berlin (Alternatively)|Berlin-Haupstadt]]
* [[File:Flag of Brandenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Brandenburg (Alternatively)|Brandenburg]]
* [[File:State flag of Bremen.svg|20x20px]] [[Bremen (Alternatively)|Bremen]]
* [[File:Flag of Hamburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Hamburg (Alternatively)|Hamburg]]
* [[File:Flag of Hanover 1837-1866.svg|20x20px]] [[Hannover (Alternatively)|Hannover]]
* [[File:Flag of Hesse.svg|20x20px]] [[Hesse (Alternatively)|Hesse]]
* [[File:Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Mecklenburg (Alternatively)|Mecklenburg]]
* [[File:Civil flag of Oldenburg.svg|20x20px]] [[Oldenburg (Alternatively)|Oldenburg]]
* [[File:Provinz Pommern flag.svg|20x20px]] [[Pomerania (Alternatively)|Pomerania]]
* [[File:East Prussia Administrative Flag (1920 - 1945).svg|20x20px]] [[Prussia(German state) (Alternatively)|Prussia]]
* [[File:Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia.svg|20x20px]] [[Rhineland (Alternatively)|Rhineland]]
* [[File:Flag of Saxony.svg|20x20px]] [[Saxony (Alternatively)|Saxony]]
* [[File:Flag of Saxony-Anhalt.svg|20x20px]] [[Saxony-Anhalt (Alternatively)|Saxony-Anhalt]]
* [[File:Flag of Silesia.svg|20x20px]] [[Silesia (Alternatively)|Silesia]]
* [[File:Flag of Schleswig-Holstein.svg|20x20px]] [[Schleswig-Holstein (Alternatively)|Schleswig-Holstein]]
* [[File:Flag of Thuringia.svg|20x20px]] [[Thuringia (Alternatively)|Thuringia]]
* [[File:Flag of Württemberg before 1809.svg|20x20px]] [[Wurttemberg (Alternatively)|Wurttemberg]]

=== Foreign relations ===

=== Military ===

==Economy==

==Culture==

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'''Germany''', officially the '''German Republic''', is a country in Europe. It is the second most populous nation in Europe behind [[Kyiv and Novgorod (Alternatively)|Kyiv and Novgorod]], and has one of the largest economies in Europe. Situated on the North and Baltic Seas to the north and the Alps to the south, its 19 constituent ''Länder'' have a total population of 132 million, covering a total land area of 468,000 square kilometres. The country’s capital and largest city is Berlin, also serving as its major financial hub, while its main industrial area is the Ruhr, centred around Düsseldorf, Cologne and Dortmund.

Since antiquity, northern Germany has been inhabited by Germanic-speaking peoples. By 100AD, the Romans had documented a region named Germania. In 962, the Holy Roman Empire was formed, with the bulk of its territory located in modern Germany and Austria. Northern Germany was the center of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. The German Confederation was formed in 1815, following the Napoleonic Wars.

German unification commenced in 1866 with the establishment of the Prussian-dominated North German Confederation in the wake of the Austro-Prussian War, which later became the German Empire. The Great War would see Germany destroyed on the battlefield, and an Allied occupation of Germany commenced. The Treaty of Versailles saw Germany lose some territory and rather harsh military limitations, but very little economic reparations, due to the fear reparations might crash the German, and possibly European, economy. A provisional civilian government was set up in 1921, in preparation for removal of Allied troops which ultimately occurred in 1925.

==Etymology==
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the common people from Latin and its Romance descendants. This in turn descends from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz 'of the people' (see also the Latinised form Theodiscus), derived from *þeudō, descended from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂- 'people', from which the word Teutons also originates.

==History==

===Allied occupation===
[[File:Alternatively - German occupation zones post-Great War.png|thumb|The occupation zones of Germany, as of 1 December 1922. Brown - Belgium, dark blue - France, light blue - Poland-Lithuania, pink - United States, red - United Kingdom, grey - Berlin, an international zone.

]]
The end of the Great War saw Germany a broken, defeated and divided nation. By the time of the German surrender, Communist groups were running rampant in major cities, and the Empire had effectively collapsed. Now the masters of Germany, the Allied Powers were conflicted on what to do with Germany. France wanted to entirely destroy Germany, preferably disuniting it, the United States wanted to try rebuild Germany and make it a power among equals, and Great Britain wanted something in between the two proposals. Ultimately, the 1921 Treaty of Versailles would see Germany give up the Danzig corridor, Alsace-Lorraine, Katowice and Northern Schleswig. Economic reparations were considered but ultimately rejected, as it was determined that the occupation would suffice to economically punish Germany.

In April 1919, Field Marshals Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who had effectively become dictators of Germany in the last months of the Great War, were arrested in {{W|Landsberg am Lech|Landsberg}} by US military police, and were subsequently tried by military courts. Ludendorff would be shot by firing squad in 1921, while Hindenburg would be imprisoned until his death in 1934. Most apparatuses linked to the old German Empire were dismantled, in an attempt to remove any traces of the old, “militaristic” Empire. Notably, the Allied Occupation Commission for Germany(AOCG) ordered the dissolution of Prussia in 1920, and its provinces were elevated to state status.
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-040-27, Gustav Stresemann.jpg|left|thumb|306x306px|Otto Kanzlauer, first post-war German Chancellor and founder of modern German democracy. ]]
However, the Allies recognised that an eternal occupation of Germany would not be desirable. They also worried that if Germany were punished too harshly, it might rise up again and try take over Europe and, horror of horrors, cause another Great War. So, in late 1920, a civilian government was formed, led by Otto Kanzlauer, a prominent People’s Party politician pre-war.

Elections were held across occupied Germany in 1921, and Kanzlauer won a landslide, his German People’s Party winning over 60% of the vote. By 1922, the new Reichstag had formedva provisional constitution, subject to Allied review.

Ultimately, the occupation of Germany would end in 1925 with the Treaty of Locarno, allowing Germany to reintegrate into the West, join the League of Nations and rebuild militarily and economically. It also set Germany's borders both east and west, including the Danzig corridor, although the Free City would rejoin Germany in 1927, becoming part of the state of Prussia.

=== Rebuilding ===
Even before the end of the Allied occupation, Germany's economy was starting to recover. Pre-1914 industrial capability was reached by 1922 and by 1925, Germany was in the middle of an economic boom.

==Geography==
Germany is the seventh-largest country in Europe; bordering Denmark to the north, Poland-Lithuania and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria to the southeast, and Switzerland to the south-southwest. France, Luxembourg and Belgium are situated to the west, with the Netherlands to the northwest. Germany is also bordered by the North Sea and, at the north-northeast, by the Baltic Sea. German territory covers 468,767 km2 (180,992 sq. mi) of land and water.

Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,963 metres or 9,721 feet) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the northwest and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the northeast. The forested uplands of central Germany and the lowlands of northern Germany (lowest point: in the municipality Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, Wilstermarsch at 3.54 metres or 11.6 feet below sea level) are traversed by such major rivers as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe. Significant natural resources include iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, and nickel.

==Government and politics==
[[File:Frank-Walter Steinmeier - 2018 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|137x137px|President - Karl Schmidt(DVP), since 2018]]
[[File:2018-10-12 Markus Söder CSU 8341.jpg|thumb|125x125px|Chancellor - Bruno Schneider(ZP), since 2022]]
Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic. Federal legislative power is vested in the parliament consisting of the Reichstag and Reichsrat, which together form the legislative body. The Reichstag is elected through direct elections using the mixed-member proportional representation system. The members of the Reichsrat represent and are appointed by the governments of the eighteen federated states. The German political system operates under a framework laid out in the 1926 constitution. Amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of both the Reichstag and the Reichsrat; the fundamental principles of the constitution, as expressed in the articles guaranteeing human dignity, the separation of powers, the federal structure, and the rule of law, are valid in perpetuity.

The president, currently Karl Schmidt, is the head of state and invested primarily with representative responsibilities and powers. He is elected by the Reichsversammlung, an institution consisting of the members of the Reichstag and an equal number of state delegates. The second-highest official in the German order of precedence is the Reichstagspräsident (President of the Reichstag), who is elected by the Reichstag and responsible for overseeing the daily sessions of the body. The third-highest official and the head of government is the chancellor, who is appointed by the president after being elected by the party or coalition with the most seats in the Reichstag. The chancellor, currently Bruno Schneider, is the head of government and exercises executive power through his Cabinet.

=== Parties that hold representation in the Reichstag ===
As of 2020, the following parties hold representation in the German parliament, the Reichstag:

* Zentrum(ZP, or the Centre Party in English-speaking circles), a Christian democratic party founded in 1870, making it the oldest major political party in Germany and about as old as the unified German state. It is positioned on the centre right on the political spectrum, advocating for social market economy policies. The Centre Party is currently the largest party in the Reichstag and has been in a coalition government with the DVP since 2022.
** Bavarian People’s Party(BVP), the Bavarian associate of the Centre Party. Founded in 1918, the party is similarly positioned on the political spectrum to Zentrum but is more socially conservative and more Bavarocentric. It has consistently dominated Bavarian state elections since the 1930s. The current Chancellor, Bruno Schneider, was formerly the head of the BVP until 2022.
* Social Democratic Party(SPD), a social democratic party founded in 1875. The SPD is positioned on the centre left, and is both economically and socially liberal. Currently the SPD is the third largest party in government, and previously held the Chancellery until 2022 under Sophie Schübert.
* German People’s Party(DVP), a liberal conservative party founded in 1918 from the remnants of the prewar National Liberal Party. Founded by Otto Kanzlauer, the party has been enormously influential on German politics and is currently the second largest party in Germany, governing in coalition with Zentrum. The party is positioned on the centre-right, but is socially liberal and economically conservative.

Since 1921, most chancellors of Germany have been from the above three parties. Other minor parties that have entered coalitions or are represented in the Reichstag are:

* The Greens, an environmentalist, socially liberal party founded in 1993 from a collection of nationwide environmentalist parties. The party has not won the Chancellery yet but has participated in many coalition governments, most recently from 2018-22. They stand at the centre left and are socially progressive and pro-enviroment.
* German National People's Party(DNVP), a conservative party founded in 1935 by Erich Müller as a breakaway party from the DVP. It has not participated in any government, but gas been represented in the Reichstag since 1971. The party is at the right wing on the political spectrum and is socially and economically conservative.
* Neues Deutschland(ND, or New Germany in English-speaking circles), a radical right, conservative populist, anti-immigration party founded in 2011 as a splinter party from Zentrum. It is the youngest political party in Germany with representation in the Reichstag. Currently, the party is relatively minor but has gained popularity recently. The party is extremely conservative, opposes immigration, is Eurosceptic and has been described as fascist or far right by some media outlets.
* Die Linke(DL, or The Left in English-speaking circles) is a left wing populist party founded in 1998 from the formation of minor socialist parties in Germany. The party is positioned on the left wing, further left than the Greens and SPD but not as left wing as the KPD. It is mildly Eurosceptic, populist, anti-globalist and anti-capitalist.
* The Communist Party of Germany(KPD) is a far left communist party founded in 1918 as a splinter Marxist party from the SPD. The party has maintained representation in the Reichstag since the 1920s but has not won any state or national elections. It is a communist party that advocates for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of a people's republic.

=== Constituent states ===
Germany is a federation and comprises nineteen constituent states which are collectively referred to as Länder. Each state (Land) has its own constitution, and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation.

* [[File:Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1891–1918).svg|20x20px]] Baden
* [[File:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg|20x20px]] Bavaria
* [[File:Flag of Berlin (1934-1954).svg|20x20px]] Berlin-Haupstadt
* [[File:Flag of Brandenburg (1945-1952).svg|20x20px]] Brandenburg
* [[File:State flag of Bremen.svg|20x20px]] Bremen
* [[File:Flag of Hamburg.svg|20x20px]] Hamburg
* [[File:Flag of Hanover 1837-1866.svg|20x20px]] Hannover
* [[File:Flag of Hesse.svg|20x20px]] Hesse
* [[File:Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg|20x20px]] Mecklenburg
* [[File:Civil flag of Oldenburg.svg|20x20px]] Oldenburg
* [[File:Provinz Pommern flag.svg|20x20px]] Pomerania
* [[File:East Prussia Administrative Flag (1920 - 1945).svg|20x20px]] Prussia
* [[File:Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia.svg|20x20px]] Rhineland
* [[File:Flag of Saxony.svg|20x20px]] Saxony
* [[File:Flag of Saxony-Anhalt.svg|20x20px]] Saxony-Anhalt
* [[File:Flag of Silesia.svg|20x20px]] Silesia
* [[File:Flag of Schleswig-Holstein.svg|20x20px]] Schleswig-Holstein
* [[File:Flag of Thuringia.svg|20x20px]] Thuringia
* [[File:Flag of Württemberg before 1809.svg|20x20px]] Wurttemberg

=== Foreign relations ===

=== Military ===

==Economy==

==Culture==

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'''Germany''', officially the '''German Republic''', is a country in Europe. It is the second most populous nation in Europe behind [[Kyiv and Novgorod (Alternatively)|Kyiv and Novgorod]], and has one of the largest economies in Europe. Situated on the North and Baltic Seas to the north and the Alps to the south, its 18 constituent ''Länder'' have a total population of 132 million, covering a total land area of 468,000 square kilometres. The country’s capital and largest city is Berlin, also serving as its major financial hub, while its main industrial area is the Ruhr, centred around Düsseldorf, Cologne and Dortmund.

Since antiquity, northern Germany has been inhabited by Germanic-speaking peoples. By 100AD, the Romans had documented a region named Germania. In 962, the Holy Roman Empire was formed, with the bulk of its territory located in modern Germany and Austria. Northern Germany was the center of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. The German Confederation was formed in 1815, following the Napoleonic Wars.

German unification commenced in 1866 with the establishment of the Prussian-dominated North German Confederation in the wake of the Austro-Prussian War, which later became the German Empire. The Great War would see Germany destroyed on the battlefield, and an Allied occupation of Germany commenced. The Treaty of Versailles saw Germany lose some territory and rather harsh military limitations, but very little economic reparations, due to the fear reparations might crash the German, and possibly European, economy. A provisional civilian government was set up in 1921, in preparation for removal of Allied troops which ultimately occurred in 1925.

==Etymology==
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the common people from Latin and its Romance descendants. This in turn descends from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz 'of the people' (see also the Latinised form Theodiscus), derived from *þeudō, descended from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂- 'people', from which the word Teutons also originates.

==History==

===Allied occupation===
[[File:Alternatively - German occupation zones post-Great War.png|thumb|The occupation zones of Germany, as of 1 December 1922. Brown - Belgium, dark blue - France, light blue - Poland-Lithuania, pink - United States, red - United Kingdom, grey - Berlin, an international zone.

]]
The end of the Great War saw Germany a broken, defeated and divided nation. By the time of the German surrender, Communist groups were running rampant in major cities, and the Empire had effectively collapsed. Now the masters of Germany, the Allied Powers were conflicted on what to do with Germany. France wanted to entirely destroy Germany, preferably disuniting it, the United States wanted to try rebuild Germany and make it a power among equals, and Great Britain wanted something in between the two proposals. Ultimately, the 1921 Treaty of Versailles would see Germany give up the Danzig corridor, Alsace-Lorraine, Katowice and Northern Schleswig. Economic reparations were considered but ultimately rejected, as it was determined that the occupation would suffice to economically punish Germany.

In April 1919, Field Marshals Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who had effectively become dictators of Germany in the last months of the Great War, were arrested in {{W|Landsberg am Lech|Landsberg}} by US military police, and were subsequently tried by military courts. Ludendorff would be shot by firing squad in 1921, while Hindenburg would be imprisoned until his death in 1934. Most apparatuses linked to the old German Empire were dismantled, in an attempt to remove any traces of the old, “militaristic” Empire. Notably, the Allied Occupation Commission for Germany(AOCG) ordered the dissolution of Prussia in 1920, and its provinces were elevated to state status.
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-040-27, Gustav Stresemann.jpg|left|thumb|306x306px|Otto Kanzlauer, first post-war German Chancellor and founder of modern German democracy. ]]
However, the Allies recognised that an eternal occupation of Germany would not be desirable. They also worried that if Germany were punished too harshly, it might rise up again and try take over Europe and, horror of horrors, cause another Great War. So, in late 1920, a civilian government was formed, led by Otto Kanzlauer, a prominent People’s Party politician pre-war.

Elections were held across occupied Germany in 1921, and Kanzlauer won a landslide, his German People’s Party winning over 60% of the vote. By 1922, the new Reichstag had formedva provisional constitution, subject to Allied review.

Ultimately, the occupation of Germany would end in 1925 with the Treaty of Locarno, allowing Germany to reintegrate into the West, join the League of Nations and rebuild militarily and economically. It also set Germany's borders both east and west, including the Danzig corridor, although the Free City would rejoin Germany in 1927, becoming part of the state of Prussia.

=== Rebuilding ===
Even before the end of the Allied occupation, Germany's economy was starting to recover. Pre-1914 industrial capability was reached by 1922 and by 1925, Germany was in the middle of an economic boom.

==Geography==
Germany is the seventh-largest country in Europe; bordering Denmark to the north, Poland-Lithuania and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria to the southeast, and Switzerland to the south-southwest. France, Luxembourg and Belgium are situated to the west, with the Netherlands to the northwest. Germany is also bordered by the North Sea and, at the north-northeast, by the Baltic Sea. German territory covers 468,767 km2 (180,992 sq. mi) of land and water.

Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,963 metres or 9,721 feet) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the northwest and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the northeast. The forested uplands of central Germany and the lowlands of northern Germany (lowest point: in the municipality Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, Wilstermarsch at 3.54 metres or 11.6 feet below sea level) are traversed by such major rivers as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe. Significant natural resources include iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, and nickel.

==Government and politics==
[[File:Frank-Walter Steinmeier - 2018 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|137x137px|President - Karl Schmidt(DVP), since 2018]]
[[File:2018-10-12 Markus Söder CSU 8341.jpg|thumb|125x125px|Chancellor - Bruno Schneider(ZP), since 2022]]
Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic. Federal legislative power is vested in the parliament consisting of the Reichstag and Reichsrat, which together form the legislative body. The Reichstag is elected through direct elections using the mixed-member proportional representation system. The members of the Reichsrat represent and are appointed by the governments of the eighteen federated states. The German political system operates under a framework laid out in the 1926 constitution. Amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of both the Reichstag and the Reichsrat; the fundamental principles of the constitution, as expressed in the articles guaranteeing human dignity, the separation of powers, the federal structure, and the rule of law, are valid in perpetuity.

The president, currently Karl Schmidt, is the head of state and invested primarily with representative responsibilities and powers. He is elected by the Reichsversammlung, an institution consisting of the members of the Reichstag and an equal number of state delegates. The second-highest official in the German order of precedence is the Reichstagspräsident (President of the Reichstag), who is elected by the Reichstag and responsible for overseeing the daily sessions of the body. The third-highest official and the head of government is the chancellor, who is appointed by the president after being elected by the party or coalition with the most seats in the Reichstag. The chancellor, currently Bruno Schneider, is the head of government and exercises executive power through his Cabinet.

=== Parties that hold representation in the Reichstag ===
As of 2020, the following parties hold representation in the German parliament, the Reichstag:

* Zentrum(ZP, or the Centre Party in English-speaking circles), a Christian democratic party founded in 1870, making it the oldest major political party in Germany and about as old as the unified German state. It is positioned on the centre right on the political spectrum, advocating for social market economy policies. The Centre Party is currently the largest party in the Reichstag and has been in a coalition government with the DVP since 2022.
** Bavarian People’s Party(BVP), the Bavarian associate of the Centre Party. Founded in 1918, the party is similarly positioned on the political spectrum to Zentrum but is more socially conservative and more Bavarocentric. It has consistently dominated Bavarian state elections since the 1930s. The current Chancellor, Bruno Schneider, was formerly the head of the BVP until 2022.
* Social Democratic Party(SPD), a social democratic party founded in 1875. The SPD is positioned on the centre left, and is both economically and socially liberal. Currently the SPD is the third largest party in government, and previously held the Chancellery until 2022 under Sophie Schübert.
* German People’s Party(DVP), a liberal conservative party founded in 1918 from the remnants of the prewar National Liberal Party. Founded by Otto Kanzlauer, the party has been enormously influential on German politics and is currently the second largest party in Germany, governing in coalition with Zentrum. The party is positioned on the centre-right, but is socially liberal and economically conservative.

Since 1921, most chancellors of Germany have been from the above three parties. Other minor parties that have entered coalitions or are represented in the Reichstag are:

* The Greens, an environmentalist, socially liberal party founded in 1993 from a collection of nationwide environmentalist parties. The party has not won the Chancellery yet but has participated in many coalition governments, most recently from 2018-22. They stand at the centre left and are socially progressive and pro-enviroment.
* German National People's Party(DNVP), a conservative party founded in 1935 by Erich Müller as a breakaway party from the DVP. It has not participated in any government, but gas been represented in the Reichstag since 1971. The party is at the right wing on the political spectrum and is socially and economically conservative.
* Neues Deutschland(ND, or New Germany in English-speaking circles), a radical right, conservative populist, anti-immigration party founded in 2011 as a splinter party from Zentrum. It is the youngest political party in Germany with representation in the Reichstag. Currently, the party is relatively minor but has gained popularity recently. The party is extremely conservative, opposes immigration, is Eurosceptic and has been described as fascist or far right by some media outlets.
* Die Linke(DL, or The Left in English-speaking circles) is a left wing populist party founded in 1998 from the formation of minor socialist parties in Germany. The party is positioned on the left wing, further left than the Greens and SPD but not as left wing as the KPD. It is mildly Eurosceptic, populist, anti-globalist and anti-capitalist.
* The Communist Party of Germany(KPD) is a far left communist party founded in 1918 as a splinter Marxist party from the SPD. The party has maintained representation in the Reichstag since the 1920s but has not won any state or national elections. It is a communist party that advocates for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of a people's republic.

=== Constituent states ===
Germany is a federation and comprises eighteen constituent states which are collectively referred to as Länder. Each state (Land) has its own constitution, and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation.

=== Foreign relations ===

=== Military ===

==Economy==

==Culture==

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'''Germany''', officially the '''German Republic''', is a country in Europe. It is the second most populous nation in Europe behind [[Kyiv and Novgorod (Alternatively)|Kyiv and Novgorod]], and has one of the largest economies in Europe. Situated on the North and Baltic Seas to the north and the Alps to the south, its 18 constituent ''Länder'' have a total population of 132 million, covering a total land area of 468,000 square kilometres. The country’s capital and largest city is Berlin, also serving as its major financial hub, while its main industrial area is the Ruhr, centred around Düsseldorf, Cologne and Dortmund.

Since antiquity, northern Germany has been inhabited by Germanic-speaking peoples. By 100AD, the Romans had documented a region named Germania. In 962, the Holy Roman Empire was formed, with the bulk of its territory located in modern Germany and Austria. Northern Germany was the center of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. The German Confederation was formed in 1815, following the Napoleonic Wars.

German unification commenced in 1866 with the establishment of the Prussian-dominated North German Confederation in the wake of the Austro-Prussian War, which later became the German Empire. The Great War would see Germany destroyed on the battlefield, and an Allied occupation of Germany commenced. The Treaty of Versailles saw Germany lose some territory and rather harsh military limitations, but very little economic reparations, due to the fear reparations might crash the German, and possibly European, economy. A provisional civilian government was set up in 1922, in preparation for removal of Allied troops the next year.

==Etymology==
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the common people from Latin and its Romance descendants. This in turn descends from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz 'of the people' (see also the Latinised form Theodiscus), derived from *þeudō, descended from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂- 'people', from which the word Teutons also originates.

==History==

===Allied occupation===
[[File:Alternatively - German occupation zones post-Great War.png|thumb|The occupation zones of Germany, as of 1 December 1922.

Brown - Belgium.

Dark blue - France.

Light blue - Poland-Lithuania.

Pink - United States.

Red - Great Britain.

Grey - Berlin, an international zone.

]]
The end of the Great War saw Germany a broken, defeated and divided nation. By the time of the German surrender, Communist groups were running rampant in major cities, and the Empire had effectively collapsed. Now the masters of Germany, the Allied Powers were conflicted on what to do with Germany. France wanted to entirely destroy Germany, preferably disuniting it, the United States wanted to try rebuild Germany and make it a power among equals, and Great Britain wanted something in between the two proposals. Ultimately, the 1921 Treaty of Versailles would see Germany give up the Danzig corridor, Alsace-Lorraine, Katowice and Northern Schleswig. Economic reparations were considered but ultimately rejected, as it was determined that the occupation would suffice to economically punish Germany.

In April 1919, Field Marshals Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who had effectively become dictators of Germany in the last months of the Great War, were arrested in {{W|Landsberg am Lech|Landsberg}} by US military police, and were subsequently tried by military courts. Ludendorff would be shot by firing squad in 1921, while Hindenburg would be imprisoned until his death in 1934. Most apparatuses linked to the old German Empire were dismantled, in an attempt to remove any traces of the old, “militaristic” Empire. Notably, the Allied Occupation Commission for Germany(AOCG) ordered the dissolution of Prussia in 1920, and its provinces were elevated to state status.

==Geography==
Germany is the seventh-largest country in Europe; bordering Denmark to the north, Poland-Lithuania and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria to the southeast, and Switzerland to the south-southwest. France, Luxembourg and Belgium are situated to the west, with the Netherlands to the northwest. Germany is also bordered by the North Sea and, at the north-northeast, by the Baltic Sea. German territory covers 468,767 km2 (180,992 sq. mi) of land and water.

Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,963 metres or 9,721 feet) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the northwest and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the northeast. The forested uplands of central Germany and the lowlands of northern Germany (lowest point: in the municipality Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, Wilstermarsch at 3.54 metres or 11.6 feet below sea level) are traversed by such major rivers as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe. Significant natural resources include iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, and nickel.

==Government and politics==
[[File:Frank-Walter Steinmeier - 2018 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|137x137px|President - Karl Schmidt(DVP), since 2018]]
[[File:2018-10-12 Markus Söder CSU 8341.jpg|thumb|125x125px|Chancellor - Bruno Schneider(Z), since 2022]]
Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic. Federal legislative power is vested in the parliament consisting of the Reichstag and Reichsrat, which together form the legislative body. The Reichstag is elected through direct elections using the mixed-member proportional representation system. The members of the Reichsrat represent and are appointed by the governments of the eighteen federated states. The German political system operates under a framework laid out in the 1926 constitution. Amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of both the Reichstag and the Reichsrat; the fundamental principles of the constitution, as expressed in the articles guaranteeing human dignity, the separation of powers, the federal structure, and the rule of law, are valid in perpetuity.

The president, currently Karl Schmidt, is the head of state and invested primarily with representative responsibilities and powers. He is elected by the Reichsversammlung, an institution consisting of the members of the Reichstag and an equal number of state delegates. The second-highest official in the German order of precedence is the Reichstagspräsident (President of the Reichstag), who is elected by the Reichstag and responsible for overseeing the daily sessions of the body. The third-highest official and the head of government is the chancellor, who is appointed by the president after being elected by the party or coalition with the most seats in the Reichstag. The chancellor, currently Bruno Schneider, is the head of government and exercises executive power through his Cabinet.

===Constituent states===
Germany is a federation and comprises eighteen constituent states which are collectively referred to as Länder. Each state (Land) has its own constitution, and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation.

==Economy==

==Culture==

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'''Germany''', officially the '''German Republic''', is a country in Europe. It is the second most populous nation in Europe behind [[Kyiv and Novgorod (Alternatively)|Kyiv and Novgorod]], and has one of the largest economies in Europe. Situated on the North and Baltic Seas to the north and the Alps to the south, its 18 constituent ''Länder'' have a total population of 132 million, covering a total land area of 468,000 square kilometres. The country’s capital and largest city is Berlin, also serving as its major financial hub, while its main industrial area is the Ruhr, centred around Düsseldorf, Cologne and Dortmund.

Since antiquity, northern Germany has been inhabited by Germanic-speaking peoples. By 100AD, the Romans had documented a region named Germania. In 962, the Holy Roman Empire was formed, with the bulk of its territory located in modern Germany and Austria. Northern Germany was the center of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. The German Confederation was formed in 1815, following the Napoleonic Wars.

German unification commenced in 1866 with the establishment of the Prussian-dominated North German Confederation in the wake of the Austro-Prussian War, which later became the German Empire. The Great War would see Germany destroyed on the battlefield, and an Allied occupation of Germany commenced. The Treaty of Versailles saw Germany lose some territory and rather harsh military limitations, but very little economic reparations, due to the fear reparations might crash the German, and possibly European, economy. A provisional civilian government was set up in 1922, in preparation for removal of Allied troops the next year.

==Etymology==
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the common people from Latin and its Romance descendants. This in turn descends from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz 'of the people' (see also the Latinised form Theodiscus), derived from *þeudō, descended from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂- 'people', from which the word Teutons also originates.

==History==

===Allied occupation===
[[File:Alternatively - German occupation zones post-Great War.png|thumb|The occupation zones of Germany, as of 1 December 1922.

Brown - Belgium.

Dark blue - France.

Light blue - Poland-Lithuania.

Pink - United States.

Red - Great Britain.

Grey - Berlin, an international zone.

]]
The end of the Great War saw Germany a broken, defeated and divided nation. By the time of the German surrender, Communist groups were running rampant in major cities, and the Empire had effectively collapsed. Now the masters of Germany, the Allied Powers were conflicted on what to do with Germany. France wanted to entirely destroy Germany, preferably disuniting it, the United States wanted to try rebuild Germany and make it a power among equals, and Great Britain wanted something in between the two proposals. Ultimately, the 1921 Treaty of Versailles would see Germany give up the Danzig corridor, Alsace-Lorraine, Katowice and Northern Schleswig. Economic reparations were considered but ultimately rejected, as it was determined that the occupation would suffice to economically punish Germany.

In April 1919, Field Marshals Hindenburg and Ludendorff, who had effectively become dictators of Germany in the last months of the Great War, were arrested in {{W|Landsberg am Lech|Landsberg}} by US military police, and were subsequently tried by military courts. Ludendorff would be shot by firing squad in 1921, while Hindenburg would be imprisoned until his death in 1934. Most apparatuses linked to the old German Empire were dismantled, in an attempt to

==Geography==
Germany is the seventh-largest country in Europe; bordering Denmark to the north, Poland-Lithuania and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria to the southeast, and Switzerland to the south-southwest. France, Luxembourg and Belgium are situated to the west, with the Netherlands to the northwest. Germany is also bordered by the North Sea and, at the north-northeast, by the Baltic Sea. German territory covers 468,767 km2 (180,992 sq. mi) of land and water.

Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,963 metres or 9,721 feet) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the northwest and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the northeast. The forested uplands of central Germany and the lowlands of northern Germany (lowest point: in the municipality Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, Wilstermarsch at 3.54 metres or 11.6 feet below sea level) are traversed by such major rivers as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe. Significant natural resources include iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, and nickel.

==Government and politics==
[[File:Frank-Walter Steinmeier - 2018 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|137x137px|President - Karl Schmidt(DVP), since 2018]]
[[File:2018-10-12 Markus Söder CSU 8341.jpg|thumb|125x125px|Chancellor - Bruno Schneider(Z), since 2022]]
Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic. Federal legislative power is vested in the parliament consisting of the Reichstag and Reichsrat, which together form the legislative body. The Reichstag is elected through direct elections using the mixed-member proportional representation system. The members of the Reichsrat represent and are appointed by the governments of the eighteen federated states. The German political system operates under a framework laid out in the 1926 constitution. Amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of both the Reichstag and the Reichsrat; the fundamental principles of the constitution, as expressed in the articles guaranteeing human dignity, the separation of powers, the federal structure, and the rule of law, are valid in perpetuity.

The president, currently Karl Schmidt, is the head of state and invested primarily with representative responsibilities and powers. He is elected by the Reichsversammlung, an institution consisting of the members of the Reichstag and an equal number of state delegates. The second-highest official in the German order of precedence is the Reichstagspräsident (President of the Reichstag), who is elected by the Reichstag and responsible for overseeing the daily sessions of the body. The third-highest official and the head of government is the chancellor, who is appointed by the president after being elected by the party or coalition with the most seats in the Reichstag. The chancellor, currently Bruno Schneider, is the head of government and exercises executive power through his Cabinet.

===Constituent states===
Germany is a federation and comprises eighteen constituent states which are collectively referred to as Länder. Each state (Land) has its own constitution, and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation.

==Economy==

==Culture==

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|name = ''Alternatively''
|image = Alternatively logo.svg
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|genre = Collaborative modern constructed world and roleplay scenario
|established = 2024
|creator = {{U|Fizzyflapjack}}
|progress = in Alpha as of 12 January 2024
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'''''Alternatively''''' is a collaborative, modern constructed world and role-playing scenario founded by {{U|Fizzyflapjack}} on 12 January 2024. Although its name is inspired by the ''{{ahw|Differently|Differently}}'' timeline hosted on the Althistory Wiki, the project is a spiritual sequel to both the original ''[[Altverse]]'' and [[Future World]] projects hosted on Conworlds.

==List of collaborators==
===Active===
*{{u|Fizzyflapjack}} - [[File:Canada Pearson Pennant 1964.svg|22px|border]] [[Canada (Alternatively)|Canada]]; Canada (Alternatively) comprises the whole of the IRL country of Canada, in addition to the U.S. states of Alaska, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey.
*{{u|Solaris2019}} - [[File:Flag_used_by_British_Chartists.svg|22px|border]] [[Great Britain (Alternatively)|Great Britain]]; A federal republic consisting of the Island of Great Britain (including the crown dependencies).
*[[User:Wisky|wisky]] - [[File:Flag_of_the_Second_East_Turkestan_Republic_(2).svg|border|22px]] [[Turkestani Republic (Alternatively)|Turkestani Republic]]; a Federal Presidential Republic consisting of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Sinkiang, and southern portions of Kazakhstan.
*{{u|BBMhenggay}} - [[File:LiangkwangFlag.png|border|22px]] [[Liangguang]]; a federal parliamentary republic composed of the OTL Chinese provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Fujian (including Hong Kong and Macau).
* {{u|Mythopoeia}} - [[United Dominion]] (Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
* {{u|Emelxa}} - [[File:Flag of Caraqua.svg|border|25px]] [[Caraqua]] (possessed: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Delaware; claimed but not possessed: New York, New Jersey)
*{{u|Andy Irons}} - [[File:Royal flag of France during the Bourbon Restoration.svg|border|25px]] [[United Kingdom (Alternatively)|United Kingdom]] (France and Spain, including all island and oversees territories; Lorraine and Wallonia is TBD until German and Belgian lore is established)
*{{u|Symposium}} - [[File:Flag of Italy.svg|border|22px]] [[Italy (Alternatively)|Italian Federation]]; a federal parliamentary republic consisting of all of IRL Italy, plus the French departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie, Istria County and the Slovenian Coastal–Karst Statistical Region; could exclude Südtirol depending on Austria/Germany's starting position/lore
*{{u|Centrist16}} - [[File:Flag of Acadiana.svg|border|22px]] [[Louisiana (Alternatively)|Louisiana]] (Louisiana Purchase and OTL West Florida [southern Alabama and southern Mississippi]); federal constitutional monarchy consisting of provinces and cantons, ruled by a Cajun monarchy. The goal: ''Alternatively'''s Louisiana is to Louisiana as the [[Kingdom of Sierra]] is to California.
*{{U|WorldMaker18}} – [[File:Flag of Ireland.svg|border|22px]] [[Ireland (Alternatively)|United Irish Republic]] (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland; the entire island of Ireland); a unitary parliamentary semi-presidential republic that governs the entire island within the British Isles.
*{{u|Robballgamer2009}} - [[Robballia (Alternatively)|Robballia]]! This country consists of a territory which is roughly a circle with a radius of of about 1,130 kilometers, centered around the capital city, which is located near OTL Abakan, Russia; it consists of parts of Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China. Robballia is monarcho-communist and a dominion of the underground Althistian network. The Robballian people have implemeneted many fundamentals of Robballist thought.
*{{u|Screwhorn}} — US states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida (as much as not to conflict with other claims) and the Bahamas; [[Magnolia (Alternatively)|Magnolia]], a country that was a colony of the British Commonwealth and later a part of the British Republic (with representation in the Parliament) before separating as an independent republic.
* {{U|Gaborocha}} - [[File:Flag of the Japanese Federation.png|22x22px]] [[Japanese Federation (Alternatively)|Japanese Federation]]; a thalassocratic directorial constitutional monarchy composed of Japan, Taiwan, all of Micronesia except for Kiribati, and Hawaii. Formed after reforms initiated by the Japanese government throughout the 16th-19th century that cuased it to initiate trading with close neighbors and expanding its presence into other territories. Current constitution signed on 1889.
* {{u|Sevsdast}} - [[File:Flag of Romania.svg|border|22x22px]] [[Kingdom of Dacia (Alternatively)|Kingdom of Dacia]] (Possessed; Romania, Moldova, and Serbia); a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy.
*{{u|Renereve}} - [[Zion (Alternatively)|Zion]] - Within the power vacuum following the breakdown of the Apache-dominated Ndéndai Empire several centuries ago, the Kótsoini (Rio Grande watershed) was gradually reunited by the prophet-king Goyaałéhah ben Juh. Influenced by the Jewish-led trade routes which ran across North America and the coast during this time, Goyaałéhah converted to Judaism and led his conquests in the name of "reclaiming Zion", leading to the creation of the modern feudal theocracy. As a loose confederacy united by a unique interpretation of Judaism (combined with indigenous religious practice and various neologisms) modern Zion appears to have a quasi-ancient/medieval political culture, with knights and lords appropriating their titles from biblical heros of old.
* {{U|Squog}} - [[File:Flag of South Africa proposal 1965 Springbok Protea.svg|23px]] United States of Africa, consisting of South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Namibia; A republic operating under a democracy with a hard-to-distinguish military and police force.
*[[User:Roman Bread|Roman Bread]] - [[File:AlternateGeorgiaTrebizondFlag2.png|22px|border]] [[Georgia (Alternatively)|Georgia]], consisting of the country of Georgia (including South Ossetia and Abkhazia), Trabzon Province, Rize Province, Artvin Province, Ardahan Province, and Kars Province in Turkey, and the Sochi Urban Okrug in Russia.
* {{u|President of The Soviet Union}} - [[File:The Dominion of Kyiv and Novgorod.jpeg|26px|border]] [[Dominion of Kyiv and Novgorod (Alternatively)|Kyiv and Novgorod]] (claiming IRL European Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), a second plague arrives in Europe and Asia starting in the 1220s. The plague causes massive damage to all areas of the world, but especially damages the Mongol Empire, as the plague spreads to Europe and Asia the once great empire grows weaker and weaker eventually imploding on itself. As a result of the dissolution of the Mongol Empire, the Kievan Rus survives as a political entity, today known as the Kievan Republic.
* {{U|F0rsaken}} - [[file:PolishLithuanianFlag123.png|23px|border]] [[Poland (Alternatively)|Poland]], remaining as a monarchy through Poniatowski, with his family reigns as the modern rulers of Poland.
*[[User:WaterlooSunset|WaterlooSunset]] - [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|22px]] [[Germany (Alternatively)|Weimar Republic]] (claiming 1919-37 German boundaries). Instead of Erich von Ludendorff being dismissed in late October 1918, Ludendorff instead continues fighting the Triple Entente/Allies, all the way to the Rhine, after which the exhausted and angry German Army mutinies and the war ends with a total occupation of Germany. During this, Ludendorff and Hindenburg are arrested, tried and jailed, and Prussia is dismembered by the Allied occupation commission. This, plus the lack of Hindenburg in German politics, leads to a more stable Weimar Republic, preventingths rise of Hitler and the NSDAP. Locarno occurs as per OTL, and Germany manages to weather the Great Depression, rearing and becoming a European power again, albeit one friendly with France and Great Britain. Today, Germany is number one in Europe again, economically and (nearly) militarily.

===Applications===
''If you would like to participate in Alternatively, please post a note in this section with your username and which IRL country or countries you would like to claim with the format described below:''
*'''Potential collaborator username''' - Country/region claimed; explanation.

* {{u|Sevsdast}} - [[File:Flag of Brazoria.svg|22px]] Empire of Tejas (claiming IRL Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California) As the royal of family of Spain fled in the 1700's due to multiple assassination attempts and a new coup 'd'état in 1754, the royal family fled to their colony right next to France's Louisiana, and there the royal family stayed, in wait for their chance to conquer more land. And more land they did conquer, as they conquered the land called Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California, although the French were always with them in terms of borders, meaning that the empire couldn't grow more. The country has a huge economic and population power in the world, rivalling Louisiana, Robbalia, Greater Poland, the United Kingdom, and other nations in their continent to become the best.

==Rules and guidelines==
===Rules ===
#'''Be respectful''' – Collaborators are expected to enter the project with the aim of having a fun time with others. This is not a high-stakes project, so there should be no reason to argue with anyone for any reason.
#'''Be reasonable''' – The point of this project is not [[Conworlds:What is althistory?|alternative history]], but rather, [[Conworlds:What is conworlding?|conworlding]]. That being said, collaborators are expected to participate in good faith and follow basic assumptions of what is and is not reasonable in the modern or near-modern world.
#'''Be fun!''' – There are generally not going to be a lot of rules as to what can be changed and what can't be changed. This is where the Differently inspiration comes from. Think collage, not cohesion.

===Guidelines===
*'''Creating a country''' – In order to create a country for Alternatively, you need to first consider which regions are available by reviewing the list of active collaborators. In terms of relative "strength," your country can be a power, but try and not be too aggressive in terms of claiming territory so as to allow for others to create countries in your region (e.g., as a general rule, no country should be larger than the largest historical human states–don't try and claim the entirety of a continent). In terms of economic situation for your country, you can do a bit of inflation of its economic status as a treat, but don't go too ham with it as it would take the fun out of the scenario for everyone else if your economy was bigger than the rest of the world's put together.
*'''Writing history''' – As a general guideline, anyone should be able to join and leave Alternatively at any point in time. We want joining to be a friction-less experience for new users with absolute zero barrier to entry; that is what made Future World so fun and active. If you're writing about your country and you find that you are getting stuck because you are missing some historical detail or other, there are two suggestions. First, try to gloss over historical details wherever you are getting stuck. Second, you could lean on real life history for when you really need to explain some part of your nation and its actions. I highly recommend going with the first option. You are of course free to write whatever you want regarding your own country when it's domestically contained, but if a new user wants to claim a piece of territory that is next to yours, it is their prerogative on whether or not to accept the historical details you have laid out. This is because every collaborator is the absolute author of their own country insofar as they are writing about their own country. Of course, if you and another user, or, if a group of users want to collaborate on a certain historical event effecting all of them, that is perfectly fine and is fully supported. Just keep in mind that ''Alternatively'' is a constructed world before it is an alternate history. The focus of this project is on modern day role-playing, not creating a grand, cohesive narrative about the world.
*'''Futuristic technologies''' – In the spirit of [[Future World]], you can create and roleplay with futuristic technologies in Alternatively! However, there are some reasonable limitations to this. It is hard to adequately explain what is and is not okay, so as a general rule, ask in the Alternatively Discord chat or on this page's talk page before going ahead with a technology idea. In principle, the technologies you create should not radically alter the structure of human civilization in the 21st century as it is in real-life. Examples of what would not be acceptable according to this principle are things like faster-than-light space travel, Star Trek replicators, teleportation technology, and planetary terraforming technologies. Humans should generally still be threatened by things like {{W|climate change}} and {{w|cancer}} on Earth.
*'''Country claiming''' - Also in the spirit of [[Future World]], each member is allowed to claim a maximum of three countries: 1 major country and 2 minor countries. In the scope of this project, a major country would have a GDP at PPP in excess of 2 trillion USD, and/or has a population in excess of 40 to 60 million or upwards (depending on GDP per capita), and/or can project force beyond its immediate neighborhood. As there is a bit a spectrum to what exactly constitutes a major country, be sure to check with the ''Alternatively'' if you need help figuring out if your country qualifies. '''A user with a major country will not be permitted to claim a minor country until their major country page is mostly complete, in addition to there being mostly complete pages on the major country's government and/or leadership as well as a page on its military and economy.'''

==World map==
[[File:World map of Alternatively.png|thumb|center|700px|''Note to collaborators'': please download, edit, and re-upload this map if you notice any errors. To-do: make the legend]]

==Project pages==
===Information===
*[[National Info of Alternatively]]
*[[Armed forces of the World (Alternatively)]]
*[[Treaties of the World (Alternatively)]]
*[[Human rights by country (Alternatively)]]

===Roleplay===
*[[2024 (Alternatively)]]
*[[United Nations (Alternatively)]]

[[Category:Alternatively]]
[[Category:Projects created by Fizzyflapjack]]
[[Category:Projects created in 2024]]
[[Category:Earth-based constructed worlds]]
[[Category:Soft alternate history timelines]]

Alternatively

2024-04-13T19:13:29Z

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{{Infobox conworld
|name = ''Alternatively''
|image = Alternatively logo.svg
|caption = Logo
|genre = Collaborative modern constructed world and roleplay scenario
|established = 2024
|creator = {{U|Fizzyflapjack}}
|progress = in Alpha as of 12 January 2024
|contributors =
|articles = [[:Category:Alternatively|List]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Alternatively|pages}} articles)
|status = Active
|predecessor = ''[[Altverse]]'', [[Future World]] (both spiritually)
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'''''Alternatively''''' is a collaborative, modern constructed world and role-playing scenario founded by {{U|Fizzyflapjack}} on 12 January 2024. Although its name is inspired by the ''{{ahw|Differently|Differently}}'' timeline hosted on the Althistory Wiki, the project is a spiritual sequel to both the original ''[[Altverse]]'' and [[Future World]] projects hosted on Conworlds.

==List of collaborators==
===Active===
*{{u|Fizzyflapjack}} - [[File:Canada Pearson Pennant 1964.svg|22px|border]] [[Canada (Alternatively)|Canada]]; Canada (Alternatively) comprises the whole of the IRL country of Canada, in addition to the U.S. states of Alaska, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey.
*{{u|Solaris2019}} - [[File:Flag_used_by_British_Chartists.svg|22px|border]] [[Great Britain (Alternatively)|Great Britain]]; A federal republic consisting of the Island of Great Britain (including the crown dependencies).
*[[User:Wisky|wisky]] - [[File:Flag_of_the_Second_East_Turkestan_Republic_(2).svg|border|22px]] [[Turkestani Republic (Alternatively)|Turkestani Republic]]; a Federal Presidential Republic consisting of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Sinkiang, and southern portions of Kazakhstan.
*{{u|BBMhenggay}} - [[File:LiangkwangFlag.png|border|22px]] [[Liangguang]]; a federal parliamentary republic composed of the OTL Chinese provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Fujian (including Hong Kong and Macau).
* {{u|Mythopoeia}} - [[United Dominion]] (Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
* {{u|Emelxa}} - [[File:Flag of Caraqua.svg|border|25px]] [[Caraqua]] (possessed: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Delaware; claimed but not possessed: New York, New Jersey)
*{{u|Andy Irons}} - [[File:Royal flag of France during the Bourbon Restoration.svg|border|25px]] [[United Kingdom (Alternatively)|United Kingdom]] (France and Spain, including all island and oversees territories; Lorraine and Wallonia is TBD until German and Belgian lore is established)
*{{u|Symposium}} - [[File:Flag of Italy.svg|border|22px]] [[Italy (Alternatively)|Italian Federation]]; a federal parliamentary republic consisting of all of IRL Italy, plus the French departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie, Istria County and the Slovenian Coastal–Karst Statistical Region; could exclude Südtirol depending on Austria/Germany's starting position/lore
*{{u|Centrist16}} - [[File:Flag of Acadiana.svg|border|22px]] [[Louisiana (Alternatively)|Louisiana]] (Louisiana Purchase and OTL West Florida [southern Alabama and southern Mississippi]); federal constitutional monarchy consisting of provinces and cantons, ruled by a Cajun monarchy. The goal: ''Alternatively'''s Louisiana is to Louisiana as the [[Kingdom of Sierra]] is to California.
*{{U|WorldMaker18}} – [[File:Flag of Ireland.svg|border|22px]] [[Ireland (Alternatively)|United Irish Republic]] (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland; the entire island of Ireland); a unitary parliamentary semi-presidential republic that governs the entire island within the British Isles.
*{{u|Robballgamer2009}} - [[Robballia (Alternatively)|Robballia]]! This country consists of a territory which is roughly a circle with a radius of of about 1,130 kilometers, centered around the capital city, which is located near OTL Abakan, Russia; it consists of parts of Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China. Robballia is monarcho-communist and a dominion of the underground Althistian network. The Robballian people have implemeneted many fundamentals of Robballist thought.
*{{u|Screwhorn}} — US states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida (as much as not to conflict with other claims) and the Bahamas; [[Magnolia (Alternatively)|Magnolia]], a country that was a colony of the British Commonwealth and later a part of the British Republic (with representation in the Parliament) before separating as an independent republic.
* {{U|Gaborocha}} - [[File:Flag of the Japanese Federation.png|22x22px]] [[Japanese Federation (Alternatively)|Japanese Federation]]; a thalassocratic directorial constitutional monarchy composed of Japan, Taiwan, all of Micronesia except for Kiribati, and Hawaii. Formed after reforms initiated by the Japanese government throughout the 16th-19th century that cuased it to initiate trading with close neighbors and expanding its presence into other territories. Current constitution signed on 1889.
* {{u|Sevsdast}} - [[File:Flag of Romania.svg|border|22x22px]] [[Kingdom of Dacia (Alternatively)|Kingdom of Dacia]] (Possessed; Romania, Moldova, and Serbia); a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy.
*{{u|Renereve}} - [[Zion (Alternatively)|Zion]] - Within the power vacuum following the breakdown of the Apache-dominated Ndéndai Empire several centuries ago, the Kótsoini (Rio Grande watershed) was gradually reunited by the prophet-king Goyaałéhah ben Juh. Influenced by the Jewish-led trade routes which ran across North America and the coast during this time, Goyaałéhah converted to Judaism and led his conquests in the name of "reclaiming Zion", leading to the creation of the modern feudal theocracy. As a loose confederacy united by a unique interpretation of Judaism (combined with indigenous religious practice and various neologisms) modern Zion appears to have a quasi-ancient/medieval political culture, with knights and lords appropriating their titles from biblical heros of old.
* {{U|Squog}} - [[File:Flag of South Africa proposal 1965 Springbok Protea.svg|23px]] United States of Africa, consisting of South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Namibia; A republic operating under a democracy with a hard-to-distinguish military and police force.
*[[User:Roman Bread|Roman Bread]] - [[File:AlternateGeorgiaTrebizondFlag2.png|22px|border]] [[Georgia (Alternatively)|Georgia]], consisting of the country of Georgia (including South Ossetia and Abkhazia), Trabzon Province, Rize Province, Artvin Province, Ardahan Province, and Kars Province in Turkey, and the Sochi Urban Okrug in Russia.
* {{u|President of The Soviet Union}} - [[File:The Dominion of Kyiv and Novgorod.jpeg|26px|border]] [[Dominion of Kyiv and Novgorod (Alternatively)|Kyiv and Novgorod]] (claiming IRL European Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), a second plague arrives in Europe and Asia starting in the 1220s. The plague causes massive damage to all areas of the world, but especially damages the Mongol Empire, as the plague spreads to Europe and Asia the once great empire grows weaker and weaker eventually imploding on itself. As a result of the dissolution of the Mongol Empire, the Kievan Rus survives as a political entity, today known as the Kievan Republic.
* {{U|F0rsaken}} - [[file:PolishLithuanianFlag123.png|23px|border]] [[Poland (Alternatively)|Poland]], remaining as a monarchy through Poniatowski, with his family reigns as the modern rulers of Poland.

===Applications===
''If you would like to participate in Alternatively, please post a note in this section with your username and which IRL country or countries you would like to claim with the format described below:''
*'''Potential collaborator username''' - Country/region claimed; explanation.

* {{u|Sevsdast}} - [[File:Flag of Brazoria.svg|22px]] Empire of Tejas (claiming IRL Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California) As the royal of family of Spain fled in the 1700's due to multiple assassination attempts and a new coup 'd'état in 1754, the royal family fled to their colony right next to France's Louisiana, and there the royal family stayed, in wait for their chance to conquer more land. And more land they did conquer, as they conquered the land called Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California, although the French were always with them in terms of borders, meaning that the empire couldn't grow more. The country has a huge economic and population power in the world, rivalling Louisiana, Robbalia, Greater Poland, the United Kingdom, and other nations in their continent to become the best.
*[[User:WaterlooSunset|WaterlooSunset]] - [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|22px]] Weimar Republic (claiming 1919-37 German boundaries). Instead of Erich von Ludendorff being dismissed in late October 1918, Ludendorff instead continues fighting the Triple Entente/Allies, all the way to the Rhine, after which the exhausted and angry German Army mutinies and the war ends with a total occupation of Germany. During this, Ludendorff and Hindenburg are arrested, tried and jailed, and Prussia is dismembered by the Allied occupation commission. This, plus the lack of Hindenburg in German politics, leads to a more stable Weimar Republic, preventingths rise of Hitler and the NSDAP. Locarno occurs as per OTL, and Germany manages to weather the Great Depression, rearing and becoming a European power again, albeit one friendly with France and Great Britain. Today, Germany is number one in Europe again, economically and (nearly) militarily.

==Rules and guidelines==
===Rules ===
#'''Be respectful''' – Collaborators are expected to enter the project with the aim of having a fun time with others. This is not a high-stakes project, so there should be no reason to argue with anyone for any reason.
#'''Be reasonable''' – The point of this project is not [[Conworlds:What is althistory?|alternative history]], but rather, [[Conworlds:What is conworlding?|conworlding]]. That being said, collaborators are expected to participate in good faith and follow basic assumptions of what is and is not reasonable in the modern or near-modern world.
#'''Be fun!''' – There are generally not going to be a lot of rules as to what can be changed and what can't be changed. This is where the Differently inspiration comes from. Think collage, not cohesion.

===Guidelines===
*'''Creating a country''' – In order to create a country for Alternatively, you need to first consider which regions are available by reviewing the list of active collaborators. In terms of relative "strength," your country can be a power, but try and not be too aggressive in terms of claiming territory so as to allow for others to create countries in your region (e.g., as a general rule, no country should be larger than the largest historical human states–don't try and claim the entirety of a continent). In terms of economic situation for your country, you can do a bit of inflation of its economic status as a treat, but don't go too ham with it as it would take the fun out of the scenario for everyone else if your economy was bigger than the rest of the world's put together.
*'''Writing history''' – As a general guideline, anyone should be able to join and leave Alternatively at any point in time. We want joining to be a friction-less experience for new users with absolute zero barrier to entry; that is what made Future World so fun and active. If you're writing about your country and you find that you are getting stuck because you are missing some historical detail or other, there are two suggestions. First, try to gloss over historical details wherever you are getting stuck. Second, you could lean on real life history for when you really need to explain some part of your nation and its actions. I highly recommend going with the first option. You are of course free to write whatever you want regarding your own country when it's domestically contained, but if a new user wants to claim a piece of territory that is next to yours, it is their prerogative on whether or not to accept the historical details you have laid out. This is because every collaborator is the absolute author of their own country insofar as they are writing about their own country. Of course, if you and another user, or, if a group of users want to collaborate on a certain historical event effecting all of them, that is perfectly fine and is fully supported. Just keep in mind that ''Alternatively'' is a constructed world before it is an alternate history. The focus of this project is on modern day role-playing, not creating a grand, cohesive narrative about the world.
*'''Futuristic technologies''' – In the spirit of [[Future World]], you can create and roleplay with futuristic technologies in Alternatively! However, there are some reasonable limitations to this. It is hard to adequately explain what is and is not okay, so as a general rule, ask in the Alternatively Discord chat or on this page's talk page before going ahead with a technology idea. In principle, the technologies you create should not radically alter the structure of human civilization in the 21st century as it is in real-life. Examples of what would not be acceptable according to this principle are things like faster-than-light space travel, Star Trek replicators, teleportation technology, and planetary terraforming technologies. Humans should generally still be threatened by things like {{W|climate change}} and {{w|cancer}} on Earth.
*'''Country claiming''' - Also in the spirit of [[Future World]], each member is allowed to claim a maximum of three countries: 1 major country and 2 minor countries. In the scope of this project, a major country would have a GDP at PPP in excess of 2 trillion USD, and/or has a population in excess of 40 to 60 million or upwards (depending on GDP per capita), and/or can project force beyond its immediate neighborhood. As there is a bit a spectrum to what exactly constitutes a major country, be sure to check with the ''Alternatively'' if you need help figuring out if your country qualifies. '''A user with a major country will not be permitted to claim a minor country until their major country page is mostly complete, in addition to there being mostly complete pages on the major country's government and/or leadership as well as a page on its military and economy.'''

==World map==
[[File:World map of Alternatively.png|thumb|center|700px|''Note to collaborators'': please download, edit, and re-upload this map if you notice any errors. To-do: make the legend]]

==Project pages==
===Information===
*[[National Info of Alternatively]]
*[[Armed forces of the World (Alternatively)]]
*[[Treaties of the World (Alternatively)]]
*[[Human rights by country (Alternatively)]]

===Roleplay===
*[[2024 (Alternatively)]]
*[[United Nations (Alternatively)]]

[[Category:Alternatively]]
[[Category:Projects created by Fizzyflapjack]]
[[Category:Projects created in 2024]]
[[Category:Earth-based constructed worlds]]
[[Category:Soft alternate history timelines]]

Liberty, Egality, Fraternity

2023-12-05T17:35:53Z

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{{Icons|LEF}}
{{Infobox conworld
|name = Liberty, Egality, Fraternity
|image = Liberty Egality Fraternity logo.svg
|caption = Logo
|genre = Alternate history
|established = 2023
|creator = {{U|WaterlooSunset}}
|progress = Work in progress
|contributors =
|articles =
|status = active
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Welcome to '''Liberty, Egality and Fraternity''', a timeline where Napoleon is victorious in the Napoleonic Wars and the face of Europe is changed forever. This timeline may not be strictly a conworld per se, however in some aspects it fits some definitions of a conworld. Anyways, this project is currently open for anyone to help out with, as creating a fictional universe single-handedly is not an easy job(!). Anyone is welcome to edit, but please do consult with the author({{U|WaterlooSunset|me}}) for lore details. The entire point of this timeline is to explore the consequences of a French-dominated Europe, so most of the events in this timeline from about 1810 onwards will be largely fictional. However, some OTL tropes will carry over, particularly the occurrence of two world wars and a Cold War. But foremost this timeline is an experiment, and so fictional occurrences and peoples are encouraged.

Please enjoy what I’ve written so far, and don’t vandalise, for the love of god!

- WaterlooSunset

== Timeline ==
A brief description of events in LEF.

* 1789: French Revolution begins. Louis XVI overthrown.

* 1792: Robespierre institutes the Reign of Terror. War of the First Coalition begins. First Republic declared.

* 1793: Royal family executed.

* 1795: Netherlands invaded; Batavian Republic established. France annexes the left bank of the Rhine in the Peace of Basel.

* 1796: Thousands of troops land near Bantry in Ireland. Irish War of Independence begins.

* 1797: Treaty of Campo Formio. Cisalpine, Ligurian and Piedmontese Republics established. War of the First Coalition ends.

* 1798: Swiss Confederation invaded. New Helvetic Republic set up. More troops sent to Ireland.

* 1799: War of the Second Coalition. Ireland secured by the French. Coup of 18 Brumaire sees Napoleon take full power as First Consul.

* 1801: Treaty of Luneville. Status quo restored, bar Ireland becoming independent. War of the Second Coalition.

* 1802: Italian Republic created.

* 1803: Louisiana sold to the US to fund further development of the military.

* 1804: Napoleon crowned Emperor of France. Austrian Empire created.

* 1805: War of the Third Coalition begins. Battle of Trafalgar. Piedmont divided between France and Italy. Kingdom of Italy proclaimed.

* 1806: War of the Third Coalition ends. HRE dissolves, replaced by the Confederation of the Rhine. Austrian territory reduced. War of the Fourth Coalition begins.

* 1807: War of the Fourth Coalition ends. Treaties of Tilsit see the Duchy of Warsaw created. Peninsular War begins, with Spain and Portugal being invaded.

* 1808: War of the Fifth Coalition begins.

* 1809: War of the Fifth Coalition ends. Treaty of Schonbrunn sees Illyria ceded to France and bits of Galicia ceded to Warsaw. Salzburg ceded to Bavaria.

* 1810: Russia agrees to stay in the Continental System through the Monetary Assistance Treaty, which sees the country get industrial aid in return for Russian support of France.

* 1811: Portugal is divided by France but the local monarchy is allowed to continue ruling. Catalonia becomes independent from Spain at the behest of France.

* 1812: War of the Sixth Coalition begins.

* 1813: The United Kingdom is invaded. London falls by November. The War of the Sixth Coalition effectively ends following the fall of London.

* 1814: The Congress of Frankfurt is held to establish the new European status quo, formally ending the Napoleonic Wars. France is now the undisputed power of Europe.

* 1810s-1820s: Spanish South American possessions are lost to independence movements, creating multiple new countries.

* 1820s-1840s: The Industrial Revolution sees multiple countries become thriving economic centres. Railways begin to come into operation, becoming the favoured transport of the masses.

* 1822-30: Greek War of Independence. France heavily supports the Hellenic rebels, leading to the establishment of the Hellenic Republic.

* 1830s-1850s: Many countries begin to set up Asian and African colonies.

* 1858-63: The American Civil War sees the Confederate States win an unprecedented victory over the Union. The CSA becomes a French client states, leading America to align more with the old empires, before realigning with France. Conversely, the CSA begins to drift towards the British, becoming dependent on them for weaponry.

* 1866: Prussia and Poland-Lithuania fight a brief war, which Prussia wins, gaining Poznan in the process.

* 1867-71: War of German Unification. Crushing French and German victories see the formation of the German Federation under the Wittelsbachs.

* 1870-74: The Spanish Revolution sees Spain successfully kick out French influence and regain a Bourbon monarchy, but in the process loses their overseas colonies.

* 1871-73: War of German Unification. Crushing French and German victories see the formation of the German Federation under the Wittelsbachs.

* 1881: Second Polish-Prussian War sees another brief spat ending in status quo ante bellum.

* 1885: The Berlin Conference carves up Africa.

* 1890s-1914: Tensions rise in Europe as nationalism combines with an arms race to create a clear division between the countries of Europe: the Entente, comprising the old imperial powers and the Continentals, comprising the Napoleonic states.

* 1914-20: The First World War, or the Great War, begins due to a Polish nationalist trying to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II. The opposing sides are the Entente(Austria, Prussia, Sweden and the UK) and the Continentals(France, Ireland, Germany, Russia, Finland, the Ottoman Empire, Italy and others).

* 1918: The Russian Revolution knocks Russia out of the war, and a Civil War begins between the Whites(middle class, libertarians and democrats) and the Blacks(fascists, national republicans and nationalists). Eventually the Black's triumph, forming the Russian National Federation.

* 1921: Paris Peace Treaties formally end the “Great War”. Hungary and Galicia are made independent, Prussian territory is reduced and the United Kingdom broken up into Scotland, England and Wales.

* 1922: Illyria is granted independence, minus Dalmatia and Istria, given to Italy as a reward for their efforts in the Great War.

* 1923: Fascist Benito Mussolini marches on Milan and forms his own government there, beginning the period of Fascist rule in Italy.

* 1929: The New York stock crash sends the global economy spiralling into a deep recession.

* 1932: The Confederate States is involved in a coup d’etat, which sees white nationalists take power and create the Republic of the Confederate States of America, a nationalist, white supremacist, minoritarian republic that discriminates heavily against blacks and other non-whites.

* 1933: Wilhelm Kube takes power in Prussia, quickly transforming it into an authoritarian fascist state.

* 1934: Englebert Dolfuss seizes power in Austria during a coup d’etat.

* 1934-40: Russia supports nationalist groups in the Ottoman puppet states, such as Serbia, Moldavia-Wallachia, Bulgaria and Montenegro.

* 1936: Sweden is taken over by fascist nationalist leader Sven Olov Lindholm.

* 1938: The Danzig Crisis sees Prussia demand the return of the Danzig Corridor. Prussia eventually takes it by force in November.

* 1939: Prussia, Austria, Italy and Sweden form the Quadrennial Alliance. This will be the main aggressor of World War Two.

* 1940: Austria invades Germany, starting the Second World War.

* 1940-46: The Second World War between the Quadrennial Alliance and the Allied Powers.
* 1947: The Treaty of London is signed, ending the Second World War, dividing Prussia and Austria, as well as reducing Swedish and Austrian territory. Crucially, Russia is excluded, despite invading the Ottoman Empire, an Allied power.
* 1950: In the midst of increasing tensions between the US, France and Russia, PATO, the Pacific-Atlantic Treaty Alliance, is formed, with the US as its leader.
* 1951: France retorts, forming the Continental Defence League, comprising of most of the Napoleonic states.
* 1954: Russia forms the Republican Economic and Military Alliance, an organisation intended to unite the National Republican puppet states, and to crucially give more Russian control over their puppet states.
* 1950-90: The Cold War between PATO, the CDL and the REMA.

TBC

==List of nations==
[[File:Map of Europe (LEF).png|400x400px|thumb|Blank map of Europe.]]

=== Europe ===

==== Western Europe ====

* [[File:Bataafse Republiek nationale vlag.svg|32x32px]] [[Batavia (LEF)|Batavia]]
* [[File:Flag of Catalonia.svg|32x32px]] [[Catalunya (LEF)|Catalunya]]
* [[File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1974).svg|32x32px]] [[France (LEF)|France]]
* [[File:Flag of the Helvetic Republic (French).svg|32x32px]] [[Helvetia (LEF)|Helvetia]]
* [[File:Flag of Portugal (1830–1910).svg|32x32px]] [[Portugal (LEF)|Portugal]]
* [[File:Bandera de España 1808-1813.svg|32x32px]] [[Spain (LEF)|Spain]]

==== Central and Southern Europe ====

* [[File:Flag of Austria.svg|32x32px]] [[Austria (LEF)|Austria]]
* [[File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|32x32px]] [[Czechoslovakia (LEF)|Czechoslovakia]]
* [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Etruria.svg|32x32px]] [[Etruria (LEF)|Etruria]]
* [[File:Alleged flag of the Rhine Confederation 1806-13.svg|32x32px]] [[Germany (LEF)|Germany]]
** [[File:Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg|32x32px]] [[Bavaria (LEF)|Bavaria]]
** [[File:Flagge Großherzogtum Hessen ohne Wappen.svg|32x32px]] [[Hesse-Darmstadt (LEF)|G.D. Hesse]]
** [[File:Flag of Hesse.svg|32x32px]] [[Hesse-Kassel (LEF)|Elec. Hesse]]
** [[File:Flag of the Grand Duchy of Baden (1855–1891).svg|32x32px]] [[Baden (LEF)|Baden]]
** [[File:Flag of Württemberg before 1809.svg|32x32px]] [[Wurttemberg (LEF)|Wurttemberg]]
** [[File:Flag of Brandenburg (1657-1701).svg|32x32px]] [[Brandenburg (LEF)|Brandenburg]]
** [[File:Flag of the Grand Duchy of Berg (1806-1808).svg|32x32px]] [[Berg-Rhineland (LEF)|Berg-Rhineland]]
** [[File:Flag of Hanover (1692).svg|32x32px]] [[Hannover (LEF)|Hannover]]
** [[File:Flag of Saxony-Anhalt.svg|32x32px]] [[Saxony (LEF)|Saxony]]
** [[File:Provinz Pommern flag.svg|32x32px]] [[Pomerania (LEF)|Pomerania]]
** [[File:Flag of Silesia.svg|32x32px]] [[Silesia (LEF)|Silesia]]
** [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Westphalia.svg|32x32px]] [[Westphalia (LEF)|Westphalia]]
** [[File:Flagge Herzogtum Nassau (1806-1866).svg|32x32px]] [[Nassau (LEF)|Nassau]]
** [[File:Flag of Liechtenstein (1921–1937).svg|32x32px]] [[Liechtenstein (LEF)|Liechtenstein]]
** [[File:Civil flag of Oldenburg.svg|32x32px]] [[Oldenburg (LEF)|Oldenburg]]
** [[File:Flagge des Landesteils Mecklenburg.svg|32x32px]] [[Mecklenburg (LEF)|Mecklenburg]]
* [[File:Flag of the Italian Republic (Napoleonic) with coat of arms.svg|32x32px]] [[Italy (LEF)|Italy]]
* [[File:Flag of the Principality of Lucca (1805-1809).svg|32x32px]] [[Lucca & Piombino (LEF)|Lucca & Piombino]]
* [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811).svg|32x32px]] [[Naples (LEF)|Naples]]
* [[File:Flag of San Marino.svg|32x32px]] [[San Marino (LEF)|San Marino]]
* [[File:Civil Flag and Civil Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1816-1848).svg|32x32px]] [[Sardinia (LEF)|Sardinia]]
* [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Sicily (inverted).svg|32x32px]] [[Sicily (LEF)|Sicily]]
* [[File:Flag of the Repubblica Romana (1798).svg|32x32px]] [[Tiberina (LEF)|Tiberina]]
* [[File:Flag of Vatican City State - 2023 version.svg|32x32px]] [[Vatican City (LEF)|Vatican City]]

==== Northern Europe ====

* [[File:Royal Standard of Denmark (1731–1819).svg|32x32px]] [[Denmark-Norway (LEF)|Denmark-Norway]]
* [[File:Flag of England.svg|32x32px]] [[England (LEF)|England]]
* [[File:Flag of Iceland.svg|32x32px]] [[Iceland (LEF)|Iceland]]
* [[File:Green harp flag of Ireland.svg|32x32px]] [[Ireland (LEF)|Ireland]]
* [[File:Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (State).svg|32x32px]] [[Finland (LEF)|Finland]]
* [[File:Republic of Karelia flag proposal 1.svg|32x32px]] [[Karelia (LEF)|Karelia]]
* [[File:Flag of Scotland (1542-2003).svg|32x32px]] [[Scotland (LEF)|Scotland]]
* [[File:Flag of Sweden.svg|32x32px]] [[Sweden (LEF)|Sweden]]
* [[File:Flag of Wales.svg|32x32px]] [[Wales (LEF)|Wales]]

==== Eastern and Southern Europe ====

* [[File:Flag of Albania (1934–1939).svg|32x32px]] [[Albania (LEF)|Albania]]
* [[File:Flag of Turkey.svg|32x32px]] [[Anatolia (LEF)|Anatolia]]
* [[File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1998).svg|32x32px]] [[Bosnia (LEF)|Bosnia]]
* [[File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg|32x32px]] [[Bulgaria (LEF)|Bulgaria]]
* [[File:Flag of Courland (state).svg|32x32px]] [[Courland-Semigalia (LEF)|Courland-Semigalia]]
* [[File:Proposed flag of the United Cyprus Republic.svg|32x32px]] [[Cyprus (LEF)|Cyprus]]
* [[File:Flag of Galicia-Lodomeria 1890-1918.svg|32x32px]] [[Galicia (LEF)|Galicia]]
* [[File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg|32x32px]] [[Greece (LEF)|Greece]]
* [[File:Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg|32x32px]] [[Hungary (LEF)|Hungary]]
* [[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Illyria.svg|32x32px]] [[Illyria (LEF)|Illyria]]
* [[File:Chorągiew królewska króla Zygmunta III Wazy.svg|32x32px]] [[Poland-Lithuania (LEF)|Poland-Lithuania]]
** [[File:Flag of Poland (with coat of arms).svg|32x32px]] [[Poland (LEF)|Poland]]
** [[File:Flag of the Republic of Lithuania 1930s.svg|32x32px]] [[Lithuania (LEF)|Lithuania]]
** [[File:Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991–1995).svg|32x32px]] [[Belarus (LEF)|Belarus]]
** [[File:Flag of Prussia 2.svg|32x32px]] [[Prussia (LEF)|Prussia]]
* [[File:Flag of Romania.svg|32x32px]] [[Romania (LEF)|Romania]]
* [[File:Flag of Russia (1896–1918).svg|32x32px]] [[Russia (LEF)|Russia]]
* [[File:Flag of Serbia (1882–1918).svg|32x32px]] [[Serbia (LEF)|Serbia]]
* [[File:Flag of Ukraine (1917–1921).svg|32x32px]] [[Ukraine (LEF)|Ukraine]]
* [[File:United Baltic Duchy flag.svg|32x32px]] [[United Baltic Duchy (LEF)|United Baltic Duchy]]

File:Map of Europe w- Ireland highlighted within the EU.png

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WaterlooSunset:

Map of Europe with Ireland highlighted within the EU.

File:Map of Europe w- Tiberina highlighted within the EU.png

2023-10-16T17:56:57Z

WaterlooSunset:

Map of Europe with Tiberina highlighted within the EU.