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Germany

Greater German Reich

Official Name: Greater German Reich

Ruling Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

The strongest and most powerful nation the world has ever known... Or at least, so it seems. In reality, victory over the Soviet Union has only delayed the inevitable for the Reich: Tensions between the SS and the Wehrmacht are higher than ever, even as the SS itself dissolves to infighting between the Heydrich and Himmler cliques. The economy is at a standstill, the officer corps is overblown and useless, the navy is over budget yet under efficiency, and Hitler is nearing his deathbed with no clear successor in sight. All while a mysterious string of assassinations rocks the corrupt bureaucracy, spreading fear and panic. It would truly take a miracle to bring the evil state back from the brink...

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• All Germans Are Nazis: Possible in an official sense, if mandatory Nazi Party membership is enforced while Hitler is still alive. But even if this is the case, it is still Subverted and brutally Deconstructed. Mandatory party membership in a totalitarian dictatorship does not prevent dissenting sentiments from running high, with a few daring outlaws refusing party membership even until the end and even more mouthing lip service and going through the motions while holding their own beliefs. And even among the admittedly huge amount of Nazis, there is no guarantee they will all agree; they do not and unless carefully managed this can go explosively.
• Ambiguous Situation: It is never revealed who is actually behind the series of assassinations against the most heinous criminals of the Nazi regime, ranging from Oskar Dirlewanger to Josef Mengele. Is it the result of Heydrich and Himmler trying to kill off each other's support base? The Wehrmacht taking matters into their own hands to weaken SS influence across Germany? A plot by Bormann to increase panic and give himself an excuse to seize power? Hans Oster initiating phase one of his plan to dismantle the Nazi regime from the inside? Or is it really all just the work of highly skilled Polish underground resistance fighters, possibly aided by the Toronto Accords?
• Ape Shall Never Kill Ape: One of the main principles that keeps Nazi Germany together. The fact that this is so cruelly abandoned in the civil war is one of the primary factors which disillusions the population from National Socialism.
• Big Bad Duumvirate: Essentially what the Speer-Goebbels voting bloc amounts to.
• Civil War: After Hitler's death, the Nazi Party power struggle will almost always escalate into civil war (unless the player is skillful enough and makes sufficient compromises to avoid it, and even then, success is highly reliant on luck). The three primary contending factions in the civil war are the German government (gathering most of the Nazi party government, led by whomever emerged victorious from the power struggles), the Schutzstaffel Ordensstaat (the forces of the fanatical Nazi paramilitary Schutzstaffel under Himmler), and the Emergency Wehrstaat (a military junta of Wehrmacht officials led by Manstein). As the civil war continues, resistance movements in occupied nations will seize the opportunity to launch uprisings, and if the civil war drags on, the German Resistance can gain enough support to launch an uprising, establishing their own contender dubbed People's Germany — and potentially quickly snowballing against the exhausted other factions.
• The Coup: If the Nazi Party power struggle becomes too excessive, the Wehrmacht or the SS paramilitary can coup the government to impose order (leading the player down the Emergency Wehrstaat or the Schutzstaffel Ordensstaat). The coups will almost guarantee the outbreak of the German Civil War.
• The Empire: During World War II, the Greater German Reich invaded many other countries and massively expanded its territory, and since then has ruled over its subjects with an iron fist.
• Evil Colonialist: Essentially every single German colony state is the quintessential example of this trope. At the very best, the Untermensch are treated as slaves, constantly reminded of Aryan superiority over their race, and allowed to reproduce only to produce more workers and laborers. At worst, SS squads will roam the countryside, executing entire villages on sight, while bombers make nightly trips to bomb Slavic civilization into nonexistence, all to make room for Aryan settlement.
• Fascist, but Inefficient: Germany's economy is not in good shape, thanks to all the wars and the continuous war in the east against a massive partisan insurgency. In addition, since they're not invading new countries any more they can't keep looting them, and they're boycotted by the west in terms of trade.
• Nuke 'em: Something Germany can do to the TA, with disastrous results. Their nuclear stockpile is nowhere near the level of America's, and a single tactical nuke to remove a particularly pesky army will be met with every German city within bomber range being wiped from the map.
• Please Select New City Name: Berlin was renamed Germania as part of the Welthauptstadt Germania project, while Leningrad, Astrakhan and Baku were renamed Adolfsburg, Etil and Windestadt after their incorporation into the Reich proper.
• Stupid Jetpack Hitler: Subverted. Germany's efforts to send the first man into space nine years before it happened in our timeline has a fifty percent chance of blowing up before even escaping the atmosphere, and a one hundred percent chance of killing the pilot even if it does succeed, despite the insistence that German science cannot fail. Taken up to eleven by Himmler, who can officially create 'Aryan Sciences' to specifically make research superiorly German, which instead completely destroys any and all hopes of scientific advancement.
• Succession Crisis: After Hitler's death, the Nazi Party leadership falls into a vicious power struggle between Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Albert Speer, Martin Bormann and Heinrich Himmler.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: The Wehrstaat, Ordensstaat, and Rightful Government of Germany can put aside their numerous differences and form a faction together if the TA invades.
• Villain Team-Up: During the power struggle to determine Hitler's successor, Albert Speer (a pragmatic reformist) and Joseph Goebbels (an insane, hawkish hardliner) form a power-sharing arrangement against their common enemy Heinrich Himmler, sharing their combined popularity with the German public as a path to power. Bormann can also gain the support of either Himmler or the Werhmacht, and even both if he plays his cards right.
• We ARE Struggling Together: It is very possible for all three factions of the civil war to continue to fight each other at the same time as both the Toronto Accords and the Soviet Union are invading.
• Would Be Rude to Say "Genocide": Some of the initial decisions of Germany's game revolves around creating fake evidence to disprove the holocaust, then releasing it to the rest of the world.

Adolf Hitler

Role: Führer^note Country Leader

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Saviour of Germany, conqueror of Europe, destroyer of the Slavic Judeo-Bolsheviks, first Führer of the Greater German Reich, Adolf Hitler, once a relatively obscure extremist politician, came to power over a weakened Germany in 1933. Under his National Socialist government, Germany won a series of miraculous victories against the entente powers, and then fought a 5-year 'Crusade against Bolshevism', finding itself master of the European continent by 1946. Hitler now stands as the most powerful man in the world, ruling from Germania, as remaining puppets bow to his power and 'subhuman races' are crushed under his boot. With age, however, he is falling increasingly ill and mad, and as huge fractures begin to become apparent in the Nazi New World Order, it is clear a successor will have to replace him soon.

The Führer. Hitler created the ideology of National Socialism as it is known today, and brought Europe to it's knees with his expansionist wars of conquest. He is the only thing standing in the way of the Reich and total political chaos...

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• King on His Deathbed: While the Führer lays dying of liver cancer, his underlings scheme for influence and jockey for his favour, all in a bid to become his successor when he finally dies.
• Minor Major Character: Hitler has little to no screen time within the mod itself, dying within a year into the game. Despite this, he is regarded in universe as the most powerful man in history, who single-handedly shaped the world into what it is today. His death is also what sets off the course of events that will determine the future of the Reich.
• Straight Edge Evil: Hitler believes that the Aryan should not 'poison' his own body with drugs, alcohol, or tobacco. Some of his successors believe much of the same.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Due to his liver cancer, Hitler is not long for this world. Soon after the game begins, he'll die, setting into motion a bloody power struggle within the NSDAP.

Albert Speer

Role: Führer^note Country Leader (Hitler succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Albert Speer was born in Baden in 1905 to an upper-middle-class family. His childhood lacked warmth and was bullied by his elder siblings but nonetheless he followed his ancestor's footsteps and studied architecture, first in Mannheim, then in Munich and Berlin. In 1928 when Speer's career was starting up he married Margarete Weber, the daughter of a successful craftsman regarded as superior to Speer's family. They would eventually have six children together although Speer would grow increasingly distant with his family.\\\Speer's career would remain largely insignificant and he would have remained so had he not joined the Nazi Party in 1931. His career was largely stagnant due to the economic crisis and so he started actively participating in politics. With this he gained the trust of the Nazi Party and in 1933 was commissioned his first work to renovate the Party Headquarters. Hitler was impressed by this and shortly after taking power he made Speer a close confident. And after that it was only natural he became the Party's - and Germany's - chief architect. In 1937 he started drawing his plans for Germania - perhaps the most ambitious urban planning project ever devised - and in 1952 the project has made great strides but is still ongoing. But Speer was not content to remain just an architect. No, he wanted more, he wanted to become literally an "architect", a man who supervises and rules over everything, the man who will build Germany! With the Second World War Speer became Minister of Armament and used this position to consolidate his political position. Speer soon began building support and biding his time for Hitler's death - the opportunity for him to attempt to seize power. Speer could have been content to just be the world's most renowned architect, but no, Speer must be the world's architect!

Speer's vision of Germany is impressive, grand and extraordinary. But it will be built from the blood of the slave workers and the millions of poor souls in the East. Speer has earned everything he wants, but he will not stop here...

The Architect. A man who wants to officially recreate the slave trade in Germany, Speer is an anomaly, in the sense that he has no set beliefs or values. Instead, he can go down three separate routes should he become Führer: a hardline approach to keep the status quo, a moderate reformist approach to take tamed steps in the right direction, or the extreme reformist approach, whose changes to the nation are matched only by Göring's.

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• Internal Reformist: Rather than having any moral qualms with slavery or the Holocaust, Speer is open to certain reforms because he wants the Reich to be more efficient at being evil.
• MegaCorp: Speer forms the Alldeutsche Baufirma, a corporation designed to function as Germany's go-to construction contractor. All current and future government public projects will be contracted to this company, with material firms required to cooperate when the company requests.
• Nepotism: Speer appoints his son Albert Jr., who has not even finished his education, as a secretary in the Alldeutsche Baufirma, in order to prepare for a time when the father finally decides to hand his corporate empire to his son.

Joseph Goebbels

Role: Führer^note Country Leader (Hitler succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

The Fanatic. Goebbels believes in National Socialism to an even greater extent than Hitler himself, and will take a very hardline approach to the nation should be become Führer.

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• Appeal to Force: Essentially his grand strategy; the Reich shall go to war with the Toronto Accord and anybody else that defies Germany's right to rule the world, and the superior killing force shall rule.
• Attack! Attack! Attack!: Upon obtaining the "Saviour of the Aryans" trait, Goebbels gains a 70% increase to focusing on offense. To put that into perspective, the only AI modifier that beats that is Himmler's 90%, and he literally has to go insane to acquire it. Goebbels, completely unaltered, is just that kill crazy.
• Badass Boast: After outlining his plans for global conquest, Goebbels dramatically warns the member states of Toronto Accord to "enjoy their last days on this Aryan Earth."
• Commie Nazis: A possible outcome of his, or at least something close. While Goebbels was most famous in our timeline and during Hitler's life in mod as being the party's propaganda mouthpiece, and if he takes power in mod for promptly dragging the world on a fast track towards world war he was a member of the radical, anti-clerical left wing of the NSDAP that remained loyal to Hitler in the leadup to Operation Hummingbird. So if he takes power he will seek to implement more revolutionary and socialistic policies for Aryans throughout the Reich in addition to the war, though how radically he sticks to it depends on some choices made.
• Earn Your Bad Ending: Josef Goebbels is the voice of the Nazi Party and has long been a representation of everything bad with the regime as a whole while also being leader of the remaining "loyalist" left-wing of the party. His taking power will entail a widening of the ongoing genocide and slave labor in the Reich and its vassals, trying to turn Germany into an ideal racist collectivist state, and putting it on the path to Total War with the Western World and beyond. Under AI control, he will almost certainly overreach, attack the Toronto Accord far too early, and get nuked into oblivion before the Reich is crushed militarily. But if he succeeds - probably under the control of a ruthless and skilled player - he is the Führer that is capable of leading National Socialism to Take Over the World.
• Forever War: Goebbels believes that Germany must always be in a state of war against someone until they have absolutely taken over the entire world, subscribing to a doctrine known as 'Total War.'
• Magikarp Power: Goebbels is an unusual monster that is hard for the AI and less skilled players to manage. He inherits all of the remaining dysfunctions of the Reich depending on if there was a civil war or not, his focus tree requires Germany to be at war in order for progress to be made, and he is encouraged to go after the Toronto Accord early, probably too early to have a realistic hope of defeating them in addition to occupation choices that might lead the Reich to collapse from garrisoning partisan ridden murder pits intensified by his brutality and genocide. However, he lacks many of the more counterproductive focuses of other successors like Bormann and is capable of reforming the Reich under his leadership. Most potently, he has virtually no limits on his ability to declare war, mobilize, or establish puppets and an almost-unprecedented attack bonus to help him do that; the consistent wars give him the ability to stay on a war footing perennially while the occupation choices allow him to either annex the territories to use their industrial and resource materials or establish loyal puppet dictatorships that can provide Cannon Fodder and more targets for his enemies to contend with. A cunning player controlling him can confront the Toronto Accord with not only a resurgent Nazi military but an unprecedented force of puppet government Battle Thralls from across the world in a war machine that stands a good chance of withstanding the TA's nuclear fire and industrial might to finish what Hitler could not and win the most decisive and undeniable victory of any Nazi successor.
• Principles Zealot: Even by the standards of the other Nazi elites, Goebbels is very fanatical and bloodthirsty. He sincerely believes in the principles of National Socialism and is dead-set on taking the Final Solution further than anyone else sans Himmler and Heydrich. If he becomes Führer, it's shown that he has far greater ambitions than Hitler and even less restraint.
• Propaganda Machine: Having long envisioned animation as an important tool of propaganda, once he becomes Führer, Goebbels will expand the Deutsche Zeichentrickfilme, providing them with the resources they need to preach National Socialism to the German youth.
• Public Execution: One of Goebbels' first acts, after declaring the Reich's honorary Aryans 'subhumans disguised as Germans' and revoking their right of survival, is to execute Emil Maurice (Hitler's former chauffeur, whose great-grandfather was a Jew) live on television.
• Take Over the World: Despite the fact that the mod is filled with Nazis, many of them avert this, merely wanting to hold on to what they have gained rather than acquire even more. Most only want to finish off the Soviet Union not to gain yet more unruly territory from the east, but to eliminate a constant threat. Goebbels, however, is more than enough for all of them, intentionally steering Germany on the path of total war to destroy America, and believing that Germany must be in a constant state of war against someone. And while the odds are slim, he can pull it off.
• The Long Game: Horrifying inverted or at least played with. Goebbels as Führer prefers playing the Short Game. While most potential successors to Hitler (whether Fascist or Communist) favor playing a gradual long game of shoring up the Reich's continental domains and trying to outlast the Toronto Accord in a protracted Cold War, one of Goebbels's first action upon taking power is to declare his intent to wage a war to the death against the TA on a global life television broadcast and prepare for a sharp conventional war in which the victor shall dominate the Western World and be on a fast track to seize global dominance. His AI scripting and focus trees encourage him to brutally "clean up" recalcitrant former allies in Europe and try to reclaim Eastern Europe before going to war with the United Kingdom in a move that will most likely see him get either drowned out in a mixture of the unforgiving territory of Northern Eurasia and rushed by the Russian successors or blasted halfway to oblivion by Western Allied nukes before being chucked the rest of the way by a tide of TA airpower and naval landings. However, while his path is more direct and relatively short there is nothing preventing him from preparing the way by reshoring up the Axis alliance and conquering his way through Eurasia, and a properly prepared Goebbels is capable of fielding a much larger alliance against the Accord than any other anti-Western leader can.
• Too Dumb to Live: Goebbels is unhinged enough that he will attempt a land invasion of the UK even though doing so will initiate a nuclear war with the Toronto Accord. While it's technically possible to beat the TA and take over Britain (and there's even events and leaders in the event that the Reich wins), doing so will result in mainland Germany being nuked and getting slammed with some incredibly harsh debuffs that spell certain defeat for Goebbels (in the hands of the AI, at least).
• United Europe: The end of Goebbels's early game is focused on this, albeit indirectly, and unlike other versions (but very typically) he is all about using violence to obtain it, attacking wayward allies, rebellious colonies, and defiant neutrals in order to either conquer them directly or turn them into puppets.
• War Hawk: Moreso than anyone else, Goebbels believes in the doctrine of Totaler Krieg (Total War), according to which the Reich must be in a constant military struggle with the corrupt world. During his inauguration ceremony as Führer, Goebbels announces Totaler Krieg on the Toronto Accord, and tells them to 'enjoy their last days on this Aryan Earth,' and will soon after dedicate the entire Reich towards an expansionist war against the United States.

Martin Bormann

Role: Führer^note Country Leader (Hitler succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Martin Bormann, known by many Nazi officials as the Brown Eminence, has become the main moving gear in a web of intricate German bureaucracy with him as central point. Martin Bormann joined the Nazi party in 1927 and the SS in 1937, thus marking him as a part of the Old Gaurd of the party. From his membership, Bormann worked his way to the top, showing his talent in political mind games and long-term planning. Bormann would eventually become the Reichsleiter and a confidant of Hitler, a position he would continue to exploit till the death of the old Führer for Bormann's own benefit. His political scheming would allow Bormann to control the flow of information to Adolf Hitler, turning him into one of the most powerful figures in German politics, possibly rivaling the Führer himself in power. His control on funds also secured his popularity in the party, as bribing officials and figureheads was far from immoral in Bormann's book. Through all of this, he has effectively curtailed the power of the highest ranking Nazis, such as Goebbels, Goering and Speer.

Bormann's success would not falter with the end of the war, unlike some other officials, as his long-term bureaucratic investments and the personal investments he made in party members has ensured his base of power for the following decade. Being close to a rapidly aging Hitler, Bormann's personal ideals would quietly influence German politics of the late 1940s. As the personal secretary of Adolf Hitler, Bormann had been a major contender as the successor after Hitler and only few officials have been foolish enough to futility resist against Bormann's ever growing power.

The Iron Bureaucrat. Bormann has been planning the day he ascends to power for a long time, and refuses to let anyone or anything stand in his way of becoming the next Führer. His Reich is the one that most closely resembles Hitler's, with little to no actual changes being made. This is reflected in his primary political focus tree, which doesn't have a single focus dedicated to actually doing something about Germany, and is instead all about political maneuvering to secure his power.

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• Big Brother Bully: Bormann has no qualms about falsely accusing his brother of treason and then arranging for him to die by "suicide" while in captivity awaiting his trial.
• Cain and Abel: Bormann is bitterly jealous of his brother Albert. Once he comes to power, Albert is arrested on false charges and ends up dead in his holding cell from cynanide poisoning under mysterious circumstances. The event text makes it ambiguous if Bormann had his brother murdered or if he was offered a cyanide capsule so he wouldn't have to endure the embarrassment of being put on trial.
• Corrupt Politician: Bormann and his entire faction of the Nazi Party run on political corruption.
• Despotism Justifies the Means: Bormann's entire modus operandi is to make himself the Führer and keep himself on that position forever.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Soon after coming into power, Bormann can fabricate a series of documents detailing an assassination plot against Hitler, in order to give himself an excuse to purge his rivals and solidify his power base. This eventually comes back to bite him, as the evidence of his forgery is brought to light, resulting in many important figures calling him to resign as Führer.
• Smug Snake: Bormann's schemes can potentially blow up in his face and lead to him being removed from office.
• State Sec: Bormann creates his own personal death squads to silence all opposition to his regime.
• Thoughtcrime: Subverted. If Bormann goes down the rather ham fisted path of claiming that Hitler was murdered by traitors as an excuse to purge his rivals, he forms the "Committee of National Socialist Thought," giving them power to punish "Non-National Socialistic thoughts." But instead of acting as a thought police, it's just another tool for him to gain power, as "Non-National Socialistic thoughts" include any doubts that the Führer was killed.

Hermann Göring

Role: Führer^note Country Leader (Hitler succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: Göring National Socialism^note National Socialism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Herman Wilhelm Göring has been the safest option for the German Führership ever since the death of Hitler. Göring was appointed as Hitler's successor on the 1st of September, 1939, with the invasion of Poland. Göring had been a powerful figure in the party for a long period prior to his appointment, serving Hitler in his failed Putsch in 1923 and representing Hitler during a mission to the Vatican in 1931. With Hitler's rise to power, Göring also benefited, becoming minister without portfolio, minister of the interior for Prussia and commissioner of aviation. Göring would also play a role in the German economy with his four year plan, which would become a later factor in the Anschluss of Austria. Hitler would promote Göring later to Reichsmarschall, effectively making Göring the most powerful man in the Luftwaffe.

Göring would continue to play a pivotal role in the German war effort, supplying the Luftwaffe with a steady stream of material to keep the British RAF from German territory. His Luftwaffe would also keep the Soviet air force in no position to mount a successful offensive, which would be a deciding factor for the German victory. Göring would be an important player in the eventual peace between the allied forces and Germany, though never surpassing von Ribbentrop in actual importance for the treaty. In postwar Germany, Göring's power has carefully diminished: As the main figure of the hungry Nazi warhawks, the end of the war also brought an end to the importance of the Luftwaffe in most cases. Göring also began to exclude himself from important meetings in the party, preferring the nice European paintings he has collected throughout the war in the multitude of villas he owns across the German Reich. His extravagant taste has often been the but of many jokes, which the Iron Man has seemingly started to tolerate less and less compared to his former self.

The Reichsmarschall. Göring is the man who enacts the most drastic reforms of all the candidates, refusing to let ideology, politics, or principles stop him from doing what needs to pragmatically be done.

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• Allohistorical Allusion: One of the focuses Goering has is called "National Socialism With Goering Characteristics", which echoes Socialism With Chinese Characteristics, the official ideology of China from Deng Xiaoping's tenure on. Goering in essence serves as a Nazi version of Deng.
• Anti-Villain: Göring is the closest thing that applies. As Führer, he works to perpetuate one of the most evil regimes in all of history, but at the same time, genuinely cuts back on it's worst elements and most brutal practices. He even believes in self-betterment: while his morphine addiction was "fine" back when he was just the Reichsmarschall, he knows that the Führer cannot be crippled in such a way, and actively works to kick it if he comes to power.
• Compressed Abstinence: What Göring's efforts to quit morphine usually amount to. As Führer, he more than has the authority to order his doctors to cancel his treatment, and it usually takes around three to five tries to actually see results.
• Functional Addict: While it certainly helps if he's off his addiction, Göring is perfectly capable of ruling the Reich while he's on morphine better than most can without being addicted at all. Even when he isn't declared Führer, he can still perform his job reasonably well.
• Going Cold Turkey: How he handles his morphine addiction. Though the period usually lasts for a month straight rather than a few hours, the effect remains the same, with him being totally drug free by the end of it.
• A Lighter Shade of Black: Hermann Göring, while notoriously corrupt, self-serving, and an unrepentant Nazi, is also pragmatic enough to cut away the worst aspects of National Socialism that were kept more for the ideology's sake than anything else, to the point of actively halting Operation Reinhard.
• Only Sane Man: While there are genuine reformers and even democrats in Germany, the only strictly Nazi who isn't outright bonkers is Hermann Göring. He much prefers to pay lip service to the ideology of National Socialism, much like how OTL China does the same to Communism, in order to pass through his direly needed reforms without opposition. He's the Führer candidate with the highest potential success rate of avoiding the civil war, and can even prevent the TA itself from going to war with Germany, something no other candidate can.
• Pragmatic Villainy: Göring is a greedy opportunist whose concern for any ideology, including Nazism, is much lower than his desire for wealth and power. As such, in order to maintain his own position, he has no qualms about pulling back on some of the excesses of Nazi Germany in order to keep it, and himself, afloat. He's the only real pragmatist in the upper echelons of the NSDAP.
• Realpolitik: Göring will seek a détente with the Toronto Accord in order to avoid conflicting with the United States.

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Role: Führer^note Country Leader (Hitler succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Kaltenbrunner, or 'The Terror', as his friends call him, has the dubious honor of being the second most physically intimidating man in the Reich. Now that Heydrich has been posted to Gotenland, Kaltenbrunner stands as the most loyal, silent and terrifyingly effective man in the SS hierarchy, and now the most recent of Germany's leaders. Not that this should surprise anyone: Kaltenbrunner's history reads like an abridged reader of the National Socialist movement's dirtiest, bloodiest actions, and he was there as an approving witness even when he wasn't knee-deep in the fight against its many, many enemies.

An Austrian lawyer by training, Kaltenbrunner joined the Party's Linz branch in 1930 and soon slipped into its higher echelons of management. He participated in strikes against the Dolfuss government and the eventual Anschluss of Austria, building close relations with Himmler and Heydrich in the process. For his loyalty to his employers he was duly rewarded with a managerial role in the Austrian SS and a role overseeing Austria's first concentration camp. He continued to operate in senior intelligence roles across the Austrian territories, earning him the title of Police President of Vienna (and for a brief time replacing Heydrich as head of the now defunct International Criminal Police Commission).

He was intimately involved in executing the Wannsee Conference's conclusions across Austria - it is said his binders containing details on the Final Solution were among the most detailed ever compiled, at least until he was pressured to destroy them. Kaltenbrunner's genial nature, total loyalty to the Party and utter lack of scruples in carrying out his orders continue to scare hardened Bureaucrats of the Reich, and while many expect him to be a loyal leader, no one truly knows what will become of Germany under his stewardship - the bloodstains under the smile are hard to ignore, no matter how bright that smile flashes.

A potential leader for council Germany, Kaltenbrunner is a high ranking member of the SS that remains loyal to the government rather than defecting to Himmler. Once in power, he initiates a reign of terror worthy of the twin lightning, and forms a cult of personality around himself and his absolute authority.

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• Dragon with an Agenda: His abandonment of Himmler in favor of serving the rightful government can potentially lead to him becoming the Führer and eventually executing his old boss.
• The Purge: Despite siding with the government against the SS, Kaltenbrunner is almost just as brutal and bloodthirsty as his hated rivals Himmler and Heydrich. He doesn't go quite as far as either of them but he's easily the most ruthless of all the council leaders.
• The Starscream: Kaltenbrunner turned on Himmler and the rest of the SS in order to stay in the good graces of the rightful government.
• State Sec: Kaltenbrunner was previously the chief of the Reich Main Security Office, meaning he was in charge of orchestrating the repressive activities of the Gestapo, the Kripo, and the SD. His rule sees him combining those agencies into one centralized security apparatus and using it to establish a massive police state.
• Token Evil Teammate: While none of the council leaders are "good" by any stretch of the imagination, Kaltenbrunner is the most vicious and tyrannical of them all by a significant margin.

Arthur Seyss-Inquart

Role: Führer^note Country Leader (Hitler succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

A potential leader for council Germany, Seyss-Inquart is Hitler's close personal friend and fellow Austrian. His leadership is one of mild reform and successful governing, a moderate and safe option for Germany.

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• Corrupt Politician: Rather than fully clamping down on Germany's exorbitantly wealthy and corrupt oligarchs, he leaves them be as long as they promise their loyalty to him.
• Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Inquart is a Nazi and a Hitlerist, intent on realizing the Germany the former Fuhrer desired, atrocities and all. He also just so happens to require corrective eyewear.
• Internal Reformist: Not unlike Speer, Seyss-Inquart is a committed Nazi who wants the Reich to be more stable and efficient.
• The Power of Friendship: Seyss-Inquart's friendship with Hitler (as well as the implication that he'll govern similarly) is one of his selling points for why the council should select him to be the new Führer.
• Pragmatic Villainy: He makes certain mild reforms in order to keep the Reich from falling into total disarray.

Karl Dönitz

Role: Führer^note Country Leader (Hitler succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

A potential leader for council Germany, Dönitz is Germany's top admiral that remains loyal to the government rather than defecting to the Wehrstaat. His rule will see a clamping down on corruption, and end to factionalism in German politics, and overall competent and effective leadership.

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• A Lighter Shade of Black: Dönitz is relatively bland and sensible compared to most of the Reich's other leaders, given that his tenure as Führer sees him reigning in corruption and easing the Reich's factionalism.
• Insane Admiral: Dönitz is an inversion of this, as he's actually more restrained than most of the Reich's military commanders, who tend to be a lot more bloodthirsty, militaristic, and virulently racist than him (especially those who are commanders in the Waffen-SS).
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Dönitz takes a more moderate and even-handed approach to his rule than the other council leaders.
• Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: Dönitz detests the corruption of the Reich, and focuses more on destroying it than any other potential ruler.

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Role: Führer^note Country Leader (Hitler succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Joseph Goebbels once wrote that Von Ribbentrop had 'bought his name, married his money and swindled his way into office', a sentiment shared by most at the time. It cannot be denied that the man who now possesses the highest offices of the Reich is trusted by few and hated by many, for a multitude of different reasons - but one does not have to be loved to be leader, and while many hate Von Ribbentrop no one can deny his competence.

Von Ribbentrop, born to a career army officer in 1910, grew up in a constantly changing environment, as his family moved from Prussia to Switzerland and then to Montreal on business. He quickly adopted a silver tongue, a natural haughtiness and a wily ambition, all of which would serve him well in future endeavors and led him to a natural career in sales. He was instrumental in organizing the meeting with Franz Von Papen which paved the way into power for Hitler, and into a cushy position of influence for Von Ribbentrop. His natural talent for sycophancy made him despised even among the fellow-sycophants of the Nazi inner circle, and made him almost preternaturally capable at flattering and cozying with Hitler's every whim. Foreign ventures, diplomatic meetings, buying time for rearmament while smiling giddily at the international press - Von Ribbentrop slipped his way into every aspect of German international relations, making sure to press Hitler's agendas so hard it made the Führer look moderate by comparison.

Now that Von Ribbentrop has control over the office he has worshiped for so long, many whisper that he is unused to living without an object of flattery. They would be wrong, however - Von Ribbentrop knows that Europe must change for Germany to survive, and some old plans for a greater Europe built around Germany from the war era have been dusted off in pride. The time for war has passed, but diplomacy is war conducted by other means - and von Ribbentrop is nothing if not a diplomat.

A potential leader for council Germany, Ribbentrop is the Reich's foreign minister, and architect behind the Molotov-Rippentrop pact. His leadership will be one of corruption and tyranny, along with working to create his main goal of a European Union form of organization among Germany and its sphere of influence.

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• The Alliance: Ribbentrop presents his European Confederation as this to its member states, but in reality it's a deeply unequal "partnership" that gives the Reich even more power over Europe's smaller countries.
• Corrupt Politician: Rather than reigning in the Reich's corruption, Ribbentrop lets it continue as long as he can find ways to personally benefit from it.
• Defeat Means Friendship: Ribbentrop pardons Himmler for his actions during the civil war and enlists the SS to help him with suppressing any internal dissent to his rule.
• United Europe: This is Ribbentrop's endgame, and the main focus of his focus tree. The extent of his success or failure depends on the player. Surprisingly enough for a Nazi, he seeks to create this through diplomacy rather than force.

Hans Krebs

Role: Führer^note Country Leader (Bormann succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

A potential leader for Germany once Bormann is ousted, Krebs is an unremarkable general in the Reich who believes in the policy of 'Easy Politics:' There shall be no debates, arguments, or objections. He says he will do something, and everyone will applaud him, rather than trying to give their own input.

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• Appeal to Force: This is Krebs' entire deal once he forms his junta, right down to his first focus literally being called "Power comes from guns," the description of which saying that, since he has the most guns, he's in charge.
• The Generalissimo: Krebs is a mediocre and low-rent version of this trope.
• General Ripper: While he's not very expansionist, his entire rule is predicated on the implied violence he'll carry out against anyone who challenges his military dictatorship.

Fritz Sauckel

Role: Führer^note Country Leader (Bormann succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

A potential leader for Germany once Bormann is ousted, Sauckel is the General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment, and a massive proponent of slave labor. His rule is the most corrupt path for Germany in the entire game.

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• Corrupt Politician: While TWR is filled with them, Sauckel's corruption is his only defining characteristic as a ruler.
• Only in It for the Money: Sauckel has no real ideological convictions. He's only interested in lining his pockets at the expense of the Reich's vast slave population.
• Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: As his focuses would suggest, slave labor is Sauckel's bread and butter.

Gerhard Klopfer

Role: Führer^note Country Leader (Bormann succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

A potential leader for Germany once Bormann is ousted, Klopfer is Bormann's political protégé, and rules suspiciously similarly to how Bormann did.

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• Meet the New Boss: Klopfer's policies represent a continuation of the status quo under Bormann.
• Puppet King: Klopfer is heavily implied to be simply a means by which Bormann can continue his rule over the Reich despite being deposed.

Artur Axmann

Role: Führer^note Country Leader (Bormann succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

A potential leader for Germany once Bormann is ousted, Axmann is the national leader of the Hitler Youth, and uses that political base-that being a base of teenagers and children-to seize and secure power.

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• Young and in Charge: While being forty himself by the time he seizes power, Axmann also begins to assign the Hitler Youth with greater regional and even national responsibilities as a means of securing his power base.

Kurt Daluege

Role: Führer^note Country Leader (Bormann succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

A potential leader for Germany once Bormann is ousted, Daluege is the national chief of the legitimate police force of Germany, the Orpo. His rule will see Germany transformed into a literal police state, with the Orpo replacing organizations like the Gestapo and SS and seizing control of their absolute power.

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• Bad Cop/Incompetent Cop: Daluege isn't quite on the same level of cunning and ruthlessness as Himmler or Heydrich are.
• Police Are Useless: His focus descriptions make him sound significantly less effective than any of the SS leaders.
• Police State: He implements one when he takes power, although the tone of the focus tree implies he's not nearly as driven or competent as Heydrich or Kaltenbrunner.

German Civil War

Schutzstaffel Ordensstaat

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Official Name: Schutzstaffel Ordensstaat, Greater German Reich (GCW victory), SS-Ordensstaat Germania (Himmler), Aryan Empire (Himmler, Aryan Empire path)

Ruling Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party, Nationalsozialistische Fraktion^note National Socialist Fraction (German Civil War)

Ideology: Esoteric Nazism^note National Socialism

The result of the SS not being placated or disarmed during the power struggle, the Schutzstaffel Ordensstaat seeks to create a Germany where every aspect of life is dominated by the SS, much like Gotenland or Banat. Their defectors consists of anyone who has 'Schuttzstaffel Officer' trait, bringing in infamous names such as Otto Skorzeny, Sepp Dietrich, Paul Hausser, and even Felix Steiner and Hermann Fegelein. Many of their generals are notable more for their fanaticism and war crimes than their actual talent as generals. While it can be formed peacefully without the civil war, such an event requires the Wehrmacht to willingly submit to the SS, an outcome so unrealistic is has a mere fifteen percent chance of success.

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• The Empire: While every form of the Reich generally fits the bill, the SS gets special mention for being able to literally name themselves the 'Aryan Empire.'
• General Failure: Not a single general in the SS has a skill rank above 3, and they only have one field marshal with a rank of 4. They were chosen more for their loyalty and fanaticism than actual talent, after all.
• State Sec: The Schutzstaffel Ordensstaat is entirely led by the fanatical Nazi Party paramilitary.

Heinrich Himmler

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Role: Reichsführer-SS, Country Leader

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party, Nationalsozialistische Fraktion^note National Socialist Fraction (German Civil War), Schutzstaffel, Burgunder Schutzstaffel (SS-Ordensstaat Burgund)

Ideology: Esoteric Nazism^note National Socialism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Heinrich Luitpold Himmler, the Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel is a significant political figure within Nazi politics, the face of the Schutzstaffel, a Catholic-turned German Pagan endorser is a controversial figure. From his days as a subordinate of Ernst Röhm to becoming the Reichsführer, Himmler lived a life of immense intrigue and often orchestrated plots that ensured his position as the Reich's number two.

His plots and intrigue did not hinder his ideological beliefs, remaining a staunch believer of his personal ideals while slowly shaping the Schutzstaffel into his ideal image. This agenda of his was accelerated after the 1948 Coup, where his loyalty to the unconscious Führer was rewarded. With virtually free reign over the Schutzstaffel, Himmler continued his hardline policies on the SS, ultimately creating a devoted supporter base.

Now that Himmler is in the position of power, no signs are showing that his ideologically driven politics would stop at any time soon. With immense power and what one might describe as "borderline insanity", the subjects of his future regime have nothing but a grim future.

The Reichsführer-SS. Himmler is generally regarded as the worst and most evil man in Germany, even among his fellow Nazis. His occult beliefs, dystopic goals, and even potential insanity alienate him from many even within his own SS. Still, the influence he wields more than enough to make him a Führer candidate, and even if he is not selected, extreme methods of obtaining absolute power are not beyond him.

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• Big Brother Is Watching: One of the first actions Himmler takes in his national focus tree after coming to power is to begin surveillance on all Germans, and numerous focuses in his tree expands his national surveillance even further.
• Book Burning: Once in power, Himmler will classify all Nazi literature as official documents and ban all kinds of non-governmental books, which he sees as a potential propaganda tool of Judeo-Bolshevism. Soon after this decree is issued, members of the SS Youth will storm people's houses and burn all such illegal books.
• The Caligula: While we often deem Hitler, Goebbels, and other Nazis as "insane," they are, instead, merely evil to the point where normal people can't comprehend. Himmler, on the other hand, can literally become mentally and clinically diagonosed to be insane on an objective level.
• Culture Police: After coming to power, Himmler launches a second Gleichschaltung that tries to create a unified Aryan cultural identity by massacring dissidents and creating extremely draconian cultural regulations. Even intellectual environments like mathematics and science are purged of "Jewishness" and "Aryanized" into new and twisted forms.
• Dystopia Justifies the Means: Himmler believes in a very extreme form of Aryan supremacism, and also believes in using extreme totalitarianism to forcibly steer the nation towards his ideals. As such, should Himmler come to power, he will create a nightmarish nation that is even more totalitarian, oppressive, and supremacist than Hitler's Reich.
• The Emperor: If Himmler goes nuts, he can dissolve the Reich and replace it with the Aryan Empire, with himself as the Emperor.
• Go Mad from the Revelation: It's implied, albeit jokingly and mockingly, that Himmler hasn't gone insane to the point of thinking that ancient Germanic gods are visiting him in his sleep, but that ancient Germanic gods actually are speaking to him, and the answers they give are what drives him to madness instead.
• Insane Equals Violent: If he goes insane, Himmler gains a whopping 90% increase to focusing on offense.
• Madness Makeover: Upon losing his sanity and creating the Aryan Empire, Himmler will switch his SS uniform for ancient Germanic tribal clothing.
• Psycho Serum: If he discovers the formula to create an ancient Tibetan medicine supposedly used to bestow the powers of Shangri-La upon an individual, Himmler tries it out personally, in an effort to 'find the answers.' If Germany is lucky, it will be harmless. If it isn't, Himmler literally goes insane, beyond what he already is.
• Thoughtcrime: One of Himmler's pet projects tries to control the thoughts of individual Aryans and force them to train their thoughts to fully reject all ideas planted by the Reich's enemies. Violation of this pattern of thinking is considered a "loss of Aryaness" and will be subjected to punishment from the Schutzstaffel.
• Villainous Breakdown: Any faction in the German civil war can start going down darker and darker paths if it drags on for too long, but only Himmler is insane enough to flat out nuke Germania proper if he doesn't get what he wants quick enough.

Reinhard Heydrich

Role: Country Leader (Himmler succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}"A man with a cold heart", the former overseer of Bohemia, the architect of Generalplan Ost, and the former governor of Gotenland, Reinhard Heydrich is a man of many abilities, a trait that led to his rapid promotions. A member of the NSDAP since 1931, and later in the SS Unit under the leadership of Heinrich Himmler, Heydrich was a man with a plan and the will to fully commit himself to an objective. After the end of the German-Soviet War, he was sent to Crimea (Gotenland) to monitor the development of the German Lebensraum in that region.

Once the right-hand man of Himmler, the lust for more power has drove the two apart, turning these former associates into enemies of a grandious power struggle in the Schutzstaffel. In the end, Himmler was no match against the cunning beast, and Heydrich has been promoted from the governor of a peninsula, to the paramount leader of Germany.

Ruling over the SS-Ordensstaat Gotenland as Governor since the end of the war, Heydrich can be elected Reichsführer-SS if Himmler is removed from office or is killed.

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• Allohistorical Allusion: Like Mao Zedong's Little Red Book, Heydrich institutes his own Little Black Book, a collection of quotes, wisdom and brevity of the Reichsführer. Freely handed out to citizens of the Reich, they are expected to recite not less than 70% of the book's content at a moments notice. Failure to do so could result in 'appropriate punishments.'

Hans Lammers

Role: Chief of the Reich Chancellery, Country Leader (Himmler succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

Chief of the Reich Chancellery, he can be elected into power in the Ordensstaat if Himmler was ousted or killed. His rule will see a restoration of the NSDAP, a sidelining of SS extremists, rehabilitation of their enemies in the civil war, and generally a return to the status quo, with more of an SS bias than total SS control.

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• Hanging Judge: Despite being less abhorrent than the other SS leaders, Lammers is this by default given that he's a prominent figure in the Reich's judiciary system.
• A Lighter Shade of Black: Lammers is relatively moderate and even-handed compared to Himmler or Heydrich, although that isn't saying a lot given that he's still an evil Nazi judge.
• Meet the New Boss: His focus tree has him reeling in the worst excesses of the SS while maintaining the pre-war status quo as much as possible.
• Red Right Hand: Lammers' portrait emphasizes his lazy eye and the intense, haunting gaze that he makes in just about every photo of him that exists. Even without knowing anything about him or his crimes, it immediately makes him look creepy and malevolent.

Josias zu Waldeck und Pyrmont

Role: Country Leader (Himmler succession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

The spitting image of the Nazi aristocracy, Josias only comes to power if Himmler goes insane, at which point he will lead a coup against him to end his madness. He will destroy Himmler's esotericism, denounce his rule as false, and generally restore a hint of sanity to the Reich, though certainly not any freedoms.

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• Aristocrats Are Evil: Being in the Schutzstaffel by itself is already a sign of being evil, but being high ranking enough to successfully coup Himmler is another level. Despite all of this, he's actually the least evil of all routes for the SS.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Despite the SS as a whole being utterly unrepentantly evil, they at least prefer their evil to be enforced with an element of sanity. Himmler going off the deep end will result in a coup by some of the more sensible members, with Josias leading them.
• A Lighter Shade of Black: Compared to Himmler, Heydrich and Lammers, Waldeck-Pyrmont is the most 'moderate' leader among the SS, though that's an absurdly low bar.
• Nazi Nobleman: He is both a high-ranking member of the SS and the head of the Princely House of Waldeck-Pyrmont, something that comes up in a few of his focuses.

Emergency Wehrstaat

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Official Name: Emergency Wehrstaat, Greater German Reich (GCW victory), German Reich (Speidel/Halder/Olbricht), German People's State (Oster)

Ruling Party: Militärregierung^note Military Government

Ideology: National Socialism

The result of Bormann or the SS failing to disarm the Wehrmacht to grant an advantage to said SS, or else the state of affairs becoming so chaotic that the generals deem it necessary for the heer to step in to restore order, the Emergency Wehrstaat, while filled to the brim with hardcore Nazis, is also the faction that is most likely to care more about functioning government and military supremacy than ideology. Defectors to their side include anyone with the 'Wermacht Sympathizer' trait, including big names such as Erich von Manstein, Erwin Rommel, Heinz Guderian, and Claus von Stauffenberg, which just so happens to coincide with the most skilled and talented generals the Reich has to offer. While they can seize power without plunging the nation into civil war, to do so requires them to fully disarm the SS, and Himmler isn't going to take that lying down 85% of the time.

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• Military Coup: The Emergency Wehrstaat comes into existence after a coup launched by the Heer against the German civilian government.

Erich von Manstein

Role: Country Leader

Ruling Party: Militärregierung^note Military Government

Ideology: National Socialism

Widely regarded as the greatest general the Reich has to offer, he is second in popularity to the German public only to Rommel himself, and is the natural choice to lead the Wehrstaat with Rommel's disinterest in ruling.

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Franz Halder

Role: Country Leader (Manstein succession)

Ruling Party: Militärregierung^note Military Government

Ideology: National Socialism

The former chief of staff of the OKW, he seeks to recreate the old Nazi regime as accurately as possible, though with far more military control over political matters.

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• Meet the New Boss: Halder seeks to maintain as much of the old regime as possible, while keeping the Heer in power.

Friedrich Olbricht

Role: Country Leader (Manstein succession)

Ruling Party: Militärregierung^note Military Government

Ideology: Third Positionism^note Fascism

An important member of the reserve army, Olbricht wants to turn Germany into a Prussia-style army with a state, caring little for the ideology of National Socialism.

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Hans Speidel

Role: Country Leader (Moderate coup)

Ruling Party: Militärregierung^note Military Government

Ideology: Third Positionism^note Fascism

The leader of the reformist faction of the Heer, he intends to transform Germany from a Hitler-style dictatorship to a Mussolini-style dictatorship, while getting rid of many of the racial laws that govern society.

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• Les Collaborateurs: Speidel can make a deal with Goralenvolk collaborators to create an autonomous Polish-Goralenvolk Protectorate in the former Generalgouverment territories.
• The Coup:
• A Lighter Shade of Black: Although he is still a fascist, Speidel does not believe in the Nazis' racial purity theories and prefers to turn Germany into an orthodox fascist state, like Mussolini's Italy, and repeal the Nuremberg Laws.
• The Purge: In order to maintain power and avoid being deposed by Rommel, he needs to purge the military of hardline Nazis who would otherwise support Rommel's coup.

Erwin Rommel

Role: Country Leader (Moderate coup, Anti-Moderate coup)

Ruling Party: Militärregierung^note Military Government

Ideology: National Socialism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}A soldier by trade and veteran of the first great war to ravish Europe, Rommel continued rising through the ranks in the interwar period. The second war saw him becoming close friends with Adolf Hitler despite a brief fall from grace in 1938 following a tat subordinating the Hitlerjugend botched attempt at to the Heer. Rommel rose to international fame for his actions in France during the European War War and subsequently quickly became an Accord and Reich propaganda favorite favorite. With the Reich falling into civil war following his friends death, Rommel led the German Heer valiantly against the pretenders to the throne and at the end of the civil war secured the reformist faction of the Heer ultimate power over what is left of the glorious Reich, his protegé Hans Speidel assuming the position of leader.

Yet all, it turns out, was not as it seems and following Speidel's attempt to transition the Reich from an orthodox Nazi state into an oligarchy, Rommel has overthrown the very man he helped put into power. Declaring himself the new Führer and making sure that his late friends legacy remains untarnished. With Rommel's coup the dream of a new Reich has effectively died.

An erstwhile ally of Spiedel, he becomes disilussioned from his leader after his reforms 'go too far' in his eyes. He will coup Spiedel and restore National Socialism, before retiring from rulership once his job is done.

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• Cincinnatus: Rommel comes to power by overthrowing Hans Speidel in a coup. Once he thinks he has fulfilled his duty of saving the Reich, he'll step down and hand power back to the restored NSDAP under Hermann Esser, because he is not interested in ruling.
• The Coup:
• Evil Reactionary: Rommel is a hardline Hitlerist who seek to reverse Hans Speidel's reforms and return Germany to how it used to be under Adolf Hitler.
• Retired Monster: If he successfully cedes power back to the NSDAP, Rommel fully retires not just from governing, but from the military itself. You can't assign him as a general or a field marshal afterwards.
• Retirony: Rommel can be purged by Spiedel precisely before he intends to perform his final duty to the Reich by restoring civilian rule.

Hans Oster

Role: Country Leader (Moderate coup, Democratic coup)

Party: Abwehrfraktion

Ideology: National Conservatism^note Conservatism

The only high ranking Nazi who isn't actually a Nazi, Oster, in seizing power, has successfully worked within the system to destroy the system, bringing in a new, democratic age for Germany free from the stains of National Socialism.

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• Allohistorical Allusion: The flag used for the German People's State is the Wirmer Flag, which was to be used if the 20 July plot had succeeded.
• Clear Their Name: One of Oster's first actions after taking power is to rehabilitate Henning von Tresckow, who was executed for treason, murder and espionage after his failed 1948 coup, declaring him one of Germany's first 'righteous among the nation'.
• The Coup:
• Dark Is Not Evil: Germany under Oster, despite being an anti-Nazi democracy, retains the dark grey color of the Wehrstaat.
• Internal Reformist: Oster seeks to lead Germany back onto the correct path by releasing political prisoners, forming a cabinet of like-minded people (including a social democrat) and restore the suspended constitution.
• Necessarily Evil: How Hans Oster justifies sticking with the Nazis after all these years: He's in a much better position to tear down National Socialism as a powerful internal figure than some fringe rebel, after all.
• Rage Within the Machine: Despite being a general in the Wehrmacht, Oster has no love for Nazism and has worked tirelessly to free Germany from the brainwashing and tyranny of the Nazi regime. His path under the banner of the German People's State is the only way for Germany to become a democracy outside of the People's Germany rebellion, while also keeping the territories it conquered from other countries^note although his path currently does not include anything after the democratic transition, including foreign affairs, so it is possible this will change once the GCW factions get more work.

Hermann Esser

Role: Führer^note Country Leader (Rommel steps down)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

An old friend of Hitler, Rommel will declare him to be the new Fuhrer after restoring civilian rule in Germany to the NSDAP. His leaderships consists of little more than coasting off the legitimacy Rommel gave him and attempting to reclaim the eastern RKs.

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• Dark Horse Victory: The odds of Esser coming to power are more astronomical than almost every other path in the whole game, as it's contingent on every other potential Führer getting killed during the civil war and Rommel being the one to lead the Emergency Wehrstaat.
• Dark Secret: The focus where Rommel hands him absolute power makes note of how carefully they will have to hide his past from the media.
• Ephebophile: Esser fell from grace from the inner circle of the NSDAP after raping the underage daughter of a businessman.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Hitler and the upper echelons of the NSDAP were repulsed by his sexual misconduct, although their decision to exile him from mainstream politics probably had more to do with optics than them having any moral qualms with what he did.
• Unexpected Successor: Esser is quite literally the least likely candidate to become Führer in the entire game. For him to even be in contention, Every single previous successor on this list-Göring, Goebbels, Speer, Bormann, Himmler, Heydrich, Lammers, Josias, Seyss-Inquart, Dönitz, Kaltenbrunner, Ribbentrop, Daluege, Klopfer, Axmann, Krebs, and Sauckel-all have to be dead, lost to the civil war. And even then, he can only come to power if Rommel is in charge, and he still needs to beat out Manstein, Olbricht, Halder, and Speidel for such a position. He is quite literally the only Nazi left with even a hint of legitimacy at this point, so the job automatically falls to him. The only scenario that it's even remotely comparable to would be if the President of the United States and the next 17 officials of the line of succession were all killed at once, leaving someone below even that to fill in the role, completely unprecedented.
• Would Hurt a Child: This is what made Hitler and his inner-circle distance themselves from Esser.

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck

Role: Reichspräsident^note Figurehead

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, born 20th of March 1870 in Saarlouis. Coming from a small nobility of Pomerania, the Lion of Africa has served under the German Empire with utmost loyalty, being a true supporter of Kaiser Wilhelm II and patriot to his country. Becoming a renowned figurehead of German strength and heroism after the First World War, the heroic tales of his defense of German East Africa are known far and wide by not only Germans but Brits and Americans alike. After being forced to retire from his military service in October 1919 after a failed coup attempt against the Weimar Republic, he became an author for most of the 1920s. From 1928 to 1930 he involved himself in German Politics, becoming a deputy in the Reichstag for the German National People's Party, which was a right leaning Monarchist movement for the restoration of the House of Hohenzollern. After leaving the party in July 1930, because he disagreed with the new party policies of Alfred Hugenberg, he ran for office as the head of the Conservative People's Party which saw little to no success whatsoever, after which he retired from politics.

Although he was always very suspicious of Hitler's leadership and his policies, often even going as far as questioning and outright denouncing them, the Reich called upon him after the conclusion of the German Civil War to take the position of Reichspräsident. A hero of the German people, a seasoned military expert and a patriot, with these traits he was swiftly and decisively voted into office by the Wehrmacht to rule over the nation as its new leader. However, as good as this may seem for the military it is actually a reason to worry for many. Lettow-Vorbeck is still not a true supporter of National Socialism and its harsh policies, still his distaste for many of those who follow it. His independent and free thinking path may prove a challenge for the stability of Germany, if it was to clash with the interests of the military, whose interests now represent those of the Greater German Reich...

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Eberhard von Mackensen

Role: Reichspräsident^note Figurehead

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Eberhard von Mackensen, born 24 September 1889 in Bromberg. Fourth Child to the famous "Last Hussar" August von Mackensen. Standing in the shadow of his father for his entire life, he tried to make a name for himself by starting his own military career as early as 1908, in which he has served the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and now the Third Reich. Serving in both World Wars he fought many battles ever since, ranging from leading the 12th Army in France to the 1st Panzer Division in the Battle of Kiev during Operation Barbarossa. By the end of the war he had reached the rank of Generaloberst and was awarded the Iron Cross of 2nd Class. However, despite all of his achievements one cannot deny the shadow his father's legacy still casts over Eberhard's own life. With the military taking charge in the Greater German Reich following the conclusion of the German Civil War, he has been put into power over the country as the new Reichspräsident. Viewed as nothing more than a dull military man by the public, with no regards for politics whatsoever he seems perfectly fit to lead the new Germany which is dominated by the policies of the Wehrmacht.

The new Reichspräsident stands at a crossroads. It is up to debate if he will continue to be a personal lapdog of the military for their own interests, or if he will finally will find his own political path independent from those who put him into power. Whether he will lead Germany into greatness and bypass his father's legacy, or if his leadership will crumble before he can achieve such a goal remains to be seen.

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Wilhelm Canaris

Role: Reichspräsident^note Figurehead

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Wilhelm Franz Canaris, born 1st of January 1887 in Aplerbeck, Dortmund. From a U-Boat Commandant in the First World War, a German spy in Spain, to a Freikorps member in the interwar years, and finally, the leader of the German Abwehr in early 1935, Canaris has truly proven his loyalty and faith in the Fatherland. Ever since he was made head of the Abwehr he has been the mastermind behind numerous political as well as military moves which further cemented the legacy and influence of the Reich, ranging from pulling strings in the Anschluss of Austria to the greenlighting of German weapons and troops being deployed in Spain to support dictator Francisco Franco. However, despite his service to Germany and his numerous achievements one can such a high ran only be baffled how such a high ranking official could be accused of secretly plotting against the Führer. Canaris was accused of having orchestrated large parts of the 1948 coup, which was later dismissed by the Ges I by the Gestapo as nothing more as vague rumors that have been put into the world by certain members of the SS, whom he never had good relations with. He was known for publicly denouncing the war crimes of the Schutzstaffel on the Eastern Front from 1941 to 1943 for their sheer brutality and disregard for human life.

Now that the storm over Germany has started to slowly fade and with the nation making first attempts of recovery after the bloody civil war, Canaris has been called upon by the Wehrmacht to take the spot of the new Reichspräsident.

With his incredibly achievements in the prewar era and his impression of a true loyalist, he surely will prove to be a fit choice for the new Germany whose policy is dominated by the Wehrmacht, which he is so fond of, due to his own service in recent years. However, one can only wonder if there wasn't more to the accusations of the SS and that fateful day in 1948...

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Walther von Reichenau

Role: Reichspräsident^note Figurehead

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People's Germany

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Official Name: People's Germany, German People's Republic (GCW victory)

Party: Volksfront^note People's Front

Ideology: Radical Socialism^note Socialism

A rag-tag group of unarmed, unsupported, and often at odds with each other rebels and milita who only rise up after the civil war drags on for too long, giving time for the people to become disillusioned with National Socialism. They have no unified ideology: communists, monarchists, and democrats alike stand united to purge the Nazi scum from their homeland. This does, however, lead to significant infighting, even before they achieve victory...

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• Dark Horse Victory: People's Germany can only appear at the first place if the German civil war goes on for too long, allowing more radical ideologies like communism to grow when Nazism is increasingly discredited by the drawn-out civil war. Then after that, the rebels must defeat the Wehrmacht, the SS and the German goverment itself in order to assert their control over Germany.
• Defector from Decadence: Many members of the anti-Nazi resistance are former members of the NSDAP who became disillusioned with how they ran Germany, and defected to the side of the resistance.
• Full-Circle Revolution: It is completely possible for People's Germany to become a highly authoritarian socialist state under leaders like Willi Stoph or Erich Mielke, or to slide back into a different form of Nazism under Otto Strasser.
• Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The leadership of People's Germany spans the entire political spectrum from communists to ex-Nazis, and it can adopt nearly every ideology in the game.
• La Résistance: People's Germany is made up of German socialists, democracy supporters and disillusioned fascists, all united in their desire to see the Nazi regime fall.
• The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified: Though People's Germany has a few evil paths, it has far more morally upstanding paths and clearly holds the moral high ground over Nazi Germany overall.
• Revolving Door Revolution: Ending up with a People's Germany led by the FDJ (Free German Youth, Freie Deutsche Jugend) involves a long series of government replacements, starting with People's Germany winning the German Civil War, the Councilists coming to power and then getting couped by the Revolutionäre Kommunistische Front, who put Marshal Willi Stoph's junta in power, and ending with the FDJ couping Marshal Stoph when they're sick of his dictatorship.

Otto Grotewohl

Role: Country Leader (Democracy Path)

Party: Union der Deutschen Proletarier^note Union of German Proletarians

Ideology: Marxism-Leninism-Kalininism^note Revolutionary Communism

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Erich Ollenhauer

Role: Country Leader (Democracy Path)

Party: Europäische Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands^note European Social Democratic Party of Germany

Ideology: Social Democracy

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Eugen Grimminger

Role: Country Leader (Democracy Path)

Party: Neue Rosen^note New Roses

Ideology: Liberal Socialism^note Social Democracy

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Karl Hamann

Role: Country Leader (Democracy Path)

Party: Deutsche Liberale Liga^note German Liberal League

Ideology: National Liberalism^note Liberalism

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Konrad Adenauer

Role: Country Leader (Democracy Path)

Party: Demokratische Partei^note Democratic Party

Ideology: Traditionalist Conservatism^note Conservatism

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• Good Old Ways: Adenauer's conservatives seek to maintain German traditions, protect the country from the Communists, and restore some semblance of order to Germany.
• In Spite of a Nail: Adenauer was the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany in our world. He can still lead Germany in this world, under far different circumstances than he did historically.

Bertha Thalheimer

Role: Country Leader (Guidance Path)

Party: Vereinigte Volksfront (Revolutionary)^note United People's Front

Ideology: Luxemburgism^note Revolutionary Communism

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• Chummy Commies: Thalheimer is a council communist who seeks to establish Germany as a free and democratic socialist republic, discrediting Stalin's authoritarianism.
• Old Soldier: Bertha is an old-school Luxemburgist who participated in the 1918 Spartacist Uprising. Should she become the Chairwoman of People's Germany, she has the opportunity to fulfill the goals of the revolution decades after it was brutally suppressed by the Friekorps.
• Taking Up the Mantle: Thalheimer is one of the last surviving revolutionaries of the Weimar era, and vows to honour Rosa Luxemburg's legacy should she be elected Chairwoman.

Rosi Wolfstein

Role: Country Leader (Thalheimer succession)

Party: Vereinigte Volksfront (Revolutionary)^note United People's Front

Ideology: Luxemburgism^note Revolutionary Communism

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Erich Mielke

Role: Country Leader (Guidance Path)

Party: Vereinigte Volksfront (Marxist)^note United People's Front

Ideology: National Communism^note Marxism-Leninism

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• Dirty Communists: Mielke is one of the worst possible leaders for People's Germany after Willi Stoph and Otto Strasser due to his oppressive policies.
• Emergency Authority: Soon after taking power, Mielke gives himself sweeping emergency powers, apparently to carry out reconstruction and restore stability. At the end of his political tree, he declares a permanent state of emergency, effectively turning him into Germany's new dictator.
• The Purge: After becoming Chairman of Germany, Mielke will start an extensive process of denazification, which ends up to be little more than an excuse for him to purge everyone else.

Willi Stoph

Role: Country Leader (Guidance Path)

Party: Vereinigte Volksfront (Marxist)^note United People's Front

Ideology: Stalinism^note Marxism-Leninism

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• Allohistorical Allusion: Stoph's ideology of "New Dawnism" has more than a few similarities to North Korean Juche.
• Being Tortured Makes You Evil: Stoph became more extreme and ruthless after being imprisoned by the Gestapo and tortured for years.
• Dirty Communists: Stoph turns Germany into an equivalent of real life North Korea, with a basis on the concept of permanent revolution and children driving tanks. His route has been described as the worst one People's Germany can take.
• Fallen Hero: Or "even more fallen villain." Stoph was already a totalitarian Communist, but he was part of an anti-Nazi resistance network within the Wehrmacht that had been cooperating with partisan cells across the Reich prior to his imprisonment by the Gestapo in. When he's freed after the People's Germany revolution succeeds, he's... not quite the same as he was before.
• General Ripper: Marshal Stoph's "New Dawnism" ideology advocates for a very jingoistic and austere version of Stalinism.
• Sanity Slippage: Stoph was never a particularly good man, but in this timeline, Stoph has become much more brutal and extreme following a long period of imprisonment by the Gestapo.

Otto Strasser

Role: Country Leader (Guidance Path)

Party: Deutsche Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei^note German Socialist Workers' Party

Ideology: Strasserism^note National Socialism

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• Back from the Brink: The Strasserist movement was virtually annihilated decades prior to the start of the game, but it can potentially make a tremendous comeback if the Nazi regime falls and Otto somehow manages to come to power.
• Commie Nazis: As a particularly stubborn SA radical on the Nazi Party's left-wing who was purged by Hitler in the Night of the Long Knives, Strasser will implement a form of leftist National Socialism in Germany if he becomes Chairman.
• Dark Horse Victory: The odds of Otto coming to power in most playthroughs are slim at best, given that it's contingent on the People's Germany rebellion happening (which it doesn't always), it beating all the Nazi factions, Otto being allowed to return to Germany, and then him getting selected from among several other potential leaders.
• A Lighter Shade of Black: Strasser is still a chauvinist and a German supremacist, but he's opposed to militarism, implements certain worker-centric social policies, and is generally more restrained compared to the Nazis (possibly because he's forced to abide by the newly-founded political system of People's Germany and because Peoples' Germany coming to power involves Germany's military and economy collapsing).
• The Remnant: Strasser is one of the last surviving ideologues of the Strasserist movement, which was wiped out decades ago.
• Sole Survivor: Otto is one of the last remaining members of the Strasserist old guard who evaded Operation Hummingbird.

German Occupations

German Confederal Union

Official Name: German Confederal Union

Ruling Party: United Nations Provisional International Authority for Germany

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy^note Paternal Autocracy

The Toronto Accords occupation authority over Germany if they intervened in the German Civil War and defeated all Nazi factions while People's Germany does not exist. Nicknamed "Prison Germany", the German Confederal Union is a thoroughly disarmed, heavily deindustrialized, and completely decentralized Confederation under the direct supervision of the United Nations, ensuring that Germany will no longer become a threat to world peace.

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• Allohistorical Allusion: The flag used for the Confederal Union is the exact same as the Allied-occupied Germany's C-Pennant that was used for German shipping, though without the swallowtail.
• Balkanize Me: The UN balkanizes the core Reich territories as much as possible, releasing the Low Countries (either as a unified Benelux Republic or as three independent nations), Poland, Czechia, and Switzerland. The Confederal Union itself is officially a balkanized Confederation consisting of a multitude of independent states, though it is represented as a singular nation on the map.
• The Federation: Germany is completely dissolved into a series of individual decentralized states under the TA/UN occupation to further ensure that Germany will never threaten the world again.
• The Remnant: A small amount of Nazi terrorist holdouts still exist in occupied Germany, and the UN will have to spend some time clearing them out.

Soviet/Russian Military Administration

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Official Name: Soviet Military Administration (Socialist/Communist), German People's Republic (Post-Batov Administration), Russian Military Administration (Autocrat)

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• Balkanize Me: The occupation takes away all of the territories that Germany conquered from other countries, restoring independence to Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, Czechia, and Slovenia, albeit with Communist governments.
• Fate Worse than Death: Ivan Konev's USSR's brutal treatment of Germany is represented with an absolutely crippling national spirit that outright states that he intends to militarily occupy the greatly reduced lands of Germany forever.
• Please Select New City Name: Bagramyan’s administration renames Germania, Nuremberg, Hamburg and Leipzig to Marxstadt, Engelsstadt, Thälmannstadt and Liebknechtstadt, respectively.

Ivan Bagramyan

Role: Country Leader

Party: Red Army Command

Ideology: Ultravisionary Marxism^note Marxism-Leninism

Bagramyan is installed as Military Governor by the Kazan Military Okrug.

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Pavel Batov

Role: Country Leader

Party: Red Army Command

Ideology: Zhukovism^note Socialism

Batov is installed as Military Governor by any Communist Russian unifier besides those from the Kazan Military Okrug or those with a Paternal Autocrat government.

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Fyodor Ivanov

Role: Country Leader (Batov succession)

Party: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands^note Communist Party of Germany

Ideology: Plurinational Zhukovism^note Revolutionary Communism

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Vasily Margelov

Role: Country Leader (Autocrat puppet state)

Party: RAF Command

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

Margelov is installed as Military Governor by Andrey Vlasov of the Kazakh Military Okrug, Nikolai Bulganin of the Perm Soviet Government or Jaba Ioseliani of the Yeniseysk Governorate.

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German Republic

Official Name: German Republic

Ruling Party: Russische Besatzungstruppen^note Russian Occupation Forces

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Balkanize Me: The Russian occupation takes away all of the territories that Germany conquered from other countries, restoring independence to Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland and Czechia. Austria and Slovenia are not given independence but are instead given to the Republic. A democratic occupier will let the Republic keep the states of Pommern, Ostmark, and Niederschlesien, while granting independence to Slovenia.

Vladimir Artsezo

Role: Country Leader (Russian National Republic puppet state)

Party: Russische Besatzungstruppen^note Russian Occupation Forces

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

Military Governor installed by the Russian National Republic.

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Constantine Kromiadi

Role: Country Leader (Russian Empire puppet state)

Party: Russische Besatzungstruppen^note Russian Occupation Forces

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

Military Governor installed by the Russian Empire.

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Vladimir Vitkovsky

Role: Country Leader (Democratic Russia puppet state)

Party: Russische Besatzungstruppen^note Russian Occupation Forces

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

Military Governor installed by democratic Russian unifiers.

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Lev Okhotin

Role: Country Leader (Russian Fascist Party puppet state)

Party: Russische Besatzungstruppen^note Russian Occupation Forces

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

Military Governor installed by the Russian Fascist Party.

German Breakaways

Reichsbezirke Westland

Official Name: Reichsbezirke Westland^Tr.Reich District Westland

Ideology: Ultranationalism^note National Socialism

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• Team Switzerland: Westland declares itself neutral during the German Civil War. However Feldmeijer still tries to support the SS however he can.

Henk Feldmeijer

Role: Country Leader

Ideology: Ultranationalism^note National Socialism

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• Choosing Neutrality: During the German Civil War, Dutch officials pressure the SS Gauleiter Feldmeijer to declare neutrality in order to avoid conflict in the Netherlands. That said, Feldmeijer is still pro-SS, and as such allowed Dutch SS Units to join the war and granted the SS military access through Westland.
• Pragmatic Villainy: To remain in power, Feldmeijer chooses to stay out of the German Civil War.

Generalgouvernement

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Official Name: Generalgouvernement, Polish-Goralenvolk Protectorate (Krzeptowski)

Ruling Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

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• Deadly Gas: They may choose to deploy chemical weapons to destroy the Polish and Ukrainian resistance in the Generalgouvernment's territory.
• Emergency Authority: The Generalgouvernment is recreated for the purpose of maintaining Nazi rule in former Poland as the German Civil War erupts.
• Foreign Ruling Class: The Generalgouvernment is controlled by the Germans, who turned Poland into a settler colony.
• Team Switzerland: The Generalgouvernment declares their neutrality during the German Civil War to avoid conflict and ensure stability in the Polish territories.

Hans Frank

Role: Governor-General^note Country Leader

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}The leader of the Generalgouvernement, Hans Frank is one of the prime examples of a Nazi "Old Fighter". He took part in the failed Beer Hall Putsch and later became Adolf Hitler's personal legal adviser as well as the lawyer of the NSDAP. During his time as the Governor-General of Poland, he instituted a reign of terror against the civilian population and became directly involved in the infamous Generalplan Ost. Even after the direct annexation of Generalgouvernment in 1949, Hans Frank retained his powerbase within the former Polish region, making him the obvious choice for a leader of a provisionally recreated Generalgouvernement during the Civil War.

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• Evil Colonialist: Hans Frank will continue the colonial policies of the German Reich in the Generalgouvernment.

Wacław Krzeptowski

Role: Country Leader (Autonomy agreement accepted)

Party: Militarregierung^note Military Government

Ideology: Fascism

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• Les Collaborateurs: Should the Polish Home Army accept Hans Frank's proposal for Polish autonomy, Krzeptowski will become the leader of the collaborationist Polish-Goralenvolk State.

Polish Home Army

Official Name: Polish Home Army, People's Republic of Poland (Failed Sikorski purge or Communist puppet state), Republic of Poland (Democracy restored), Union of Zapadoslavia (Polish-Czechoslovak unification)

Ruling Party: Armia Krajowa^note Home Army

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

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• The Alliance: The Polish Home Army will form the Southern Liberation Front with the Ukrainian resistance to fight the Nazis together.
• The Federation: Poland can form the Union of Zapadoslavia with Czechia and Slovakia, a post-Nazi federation of three West Slavic nations.
• La Résistance: The Polish Home Army has been fighting the Nazi occupation of their homeland since the European War.

Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski

Role: General Inspector of the Armed Forces^note Country leader

Party: Armia Krajowa^note Home Army

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Rebel Leader: Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski is the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Home Army.

Władysław Sikorski

Role: Country leader (Revolt victory), General-Regent^note Country leader (Dictator Sikorski)

Party: Armia Krajowa^note Home Army, Polskie Korzenie^note Polish Roots Party (Dictator Sikorski, Polish Roots Party formed)

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy, Authoritarian Democracy^note Paternal Autocracy (Democratic Sikorski)

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• Cincinnatus: If Sikorski remains committed to democracy, he will remain in power only until the elections give Poland its new leaders.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Dictator Sikorski's attempt to purge dissidents to his regime can backfire into provoking a communist revolution and his subsequent execution.
• Off with His Head!: If Sikorski is successfully removed from power by the communists, they will guillotine him and his allies.
• The Purge: Sikorski may organize a purge of dissidents to his rule if he decides to become a dictator known as the Polish Great Purge.

Bolesław Bierut

Role: Country leader (Failed Sikorski purge, Chairman election or Marxism-Leninist puppet state)

Party: Komunistyczna Partia Polski^note Communist Party of Poland

Ideology: Stalinism^note Marxism-Leninism

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• In Spite of a Nail: Despite the German victory in Europe, Bierut can still end up leading the Polish Communist Movement (Either ruling with the KPP's domestic support following "The Unpopular Revolution", or with the aid of a Communist Russia - just like in OTL).
• The Quisling: He fills this role if put in place by an invading communist country, most likely the USSR as OTL.

Kazimierz Mijal

Role: Country leader (Failed Sikorski purge, Chairman election)

Party: Komunistyczna Partia Polski^note Communist Party of Poland

Ideology: Maoism^note Marxism-Leninism

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Stanisław Mikołajczyk

Role: Deputy Prime Minister (Sikorski), Country leader (Election)

Party: Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe^note Polish People's Party

Ideology: Social Patriotism^note Social Democracy

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Leader of the PSL (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe) and former deputy prime minister of Władysław Sikorski, Mikołajczyk is a strong advocate of the democratic system, radical land reform and establishing definitive borders for the Polish state; especially in the eastern borderlands.

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• Number Two: Mikołajczyk is initially Władysław Sikorski's deputy prime minister, but can also become leader of Poland in his own right.

Jan Stanisław Jankowski

Role: Country leader (Election)

Party: Stronnictwo Pracy^note Labour Party

Ideology: Conservatism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Co-founder of the pre-war NPR (Narodowa Partia Robotnicza), Jankowski subscribes to the ideas of corporatist solidarism. This is not to be confused with typical fascist corporatism however, as he believes in reforming the capitalist system to better accommodate the relations between trade unions and employers, which also makes it distinct from Marxist theories.

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Tadeusz Bielecki

Role: Country leader (Election)

Party: Stronnictwo Narodowe^note National Party

Ideology: Reactionary Nationalism^note Paternal Autocracy

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Leader of the SN (Stronnictwo Narodowe) and originally the secretary of legendary Polish nationalism Roman Dmowski, Bielecki is a firm believer in the role of the Roman Catholic Church in Polish society. Taking Francooist Spain as his model, his desire is that of a democratically enlightened state where national catholicism is oficial policy. He is also known to admire Portugal's Salazar and it wouldn't be unheard of for him to advocate for a form of corporatism.

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• Token Evil Teammate: Of the electable polish leaders, Bielecki is the only explicitely authoritarian one, being a Francoist.

Konstantin Rokossovsky

Role: Country leader (Communist puppet state)

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Lviv Liberation Army

Official Name: Lviv Liberation Army

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• The Alliance: The Lviv Liberation Army will form the Southern Liberation Front with the Polish resistance to fight the Nazis together.
• Occupiers Out of Our Country: The Lviv Liberation Army seeks to oust Nazi occupation and liberate the Ukrainians of Galicia from German, and if need be Polish, oppression.

Czech Resistance Government

Official Name: Czech Resistance Government, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Speidel autonomy), Czech Republic (Revolt victory), Czechslovak Republic (Czech-Slovak reunification), Czech Socialist Republic (Communist puppet state)

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Occupiers Out of Our Country: If the German Civil War erupts, the Czech resistance will seize its chance for the liberation of Czechia from Nazi rule.
• La Résistance: The Czech resistance has continuously opposed Nazi occupation since it began.

Jaroslav Eminger

Role: Country leader

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Jan Masaryk

Role: Country leader

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Antonin Novotny

Role: Country leader (Communist puppet state)

Party: Komunistická strana Česko^note Communist Party of Czechia

Ideology: Marxism-Leninism

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Benelux Revolutionary Movement

Official Name: Benelux Revolutionary Movement, Benelux

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Occupiers Out of Our Country: If the German Civil War erupts, the Benelux Revolutionary Movement will rise up.
• La Résistance: The Benelux Revolutionary Movement is the main resistance movement in the Low Countries.

Swiss Liberation Army

Official Name: Swiss Liberation Army, Swiss Confederation (Liberation), United Cantons of Helvetica (Communist puppet state)

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Occupiers Out of Our Country: If the German Civil War erupts, the Swiss Liberation Army will rise up.
• La Résistance: The Swiss Liberation Army fights for the liberation of Switzerland from Nazi occupation.

Henri Guisan

Role: Country leader

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• Rebel Leader: Henri Guisan is the leader of the Swiss Liberation Army.

Léon Nicole

Role: Country leader (Communist puppet state)

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Kingdom of Austria

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Official Name: Kingdom of Austria, Republic of Austria (Raab), Federal State of Austria (Starhemberg), Austrian Democratic Republic (Communist puppet state)

Ideology: Transitional Regime^note Paternal Autocracy

Austria can be released by Germany in certain of its paths or by the Toronto Accord.

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Julius Raab

Role: Country Leader

Ideology: Liberal Conservatism^note Conservatism

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Otto von Habsburg

Role: Monarch^note Country Leader

Ideology: Monarchism^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Rightful King Returns: The Habsburg monarchy may be restored in Austria with Otto as the ruling monarch.

Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg

Role: Country Leader

Ideology: Fascism

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Johann Koplenig

Role: Country Leader (Communist puppet state)

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• The Quisling: Johann Koplenig may be installed as a puppet leader by a Communist power occupying Austria.

Republic of Slovenia

Official Name: Republic of Slovenia, Slovenian People's Republic (Kardelj), Slovenian People's Federative Republic (Kardelj, Greater Slovenia), Slovenian Transitional Region (Artuković Croatian occupation), State of Carniola (Ustaše Croatia puppet state), Croatian Mandate of Slovenia (Homeguard Croatia puppet state)

Ruling Party: Deutsche Notverwaltung^note German Emergency Administration

Ideology: National Socialism

If the German Civil War occurs, the German occupied part of Slovenia will break away from its owner at the time, usually the Emergency Wehrstaat, facing no opposition on account of Germany's ongoing civil war. The local Nazi leadership will soon collapse after secession, leaving Slovenia under the control of the locals.

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• Les Collaborateurs: The Slovene Home Guard are the main collaborationist force in German-controlled Slovenia.
• Emergency Authority: The Slovene Emergency Administration is created to maintain German rule in Slovenia after the eruption of the German Civil War. It is quickly overthrown by the Slovenians, eitheir socialists or fascists.
• La Résistance: Socialist partisans form the active resistance in the country.
• State Sec: The Home Guard are a collaborationist militia in charge of fighting partisans in Slovenia.
• Team Switzerland: The Republic of Slovenia is initially set up to keep German-controlled Slovenia out of the German Civil War.

Leon Rupnik

Role: Country Leader (Home Guard takeover)

Party: Slovensko Domobranstvo^note Slovene Home Guard

Ideology: Fascism

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• The Coup: Leon Rupnik and the Home Guard will launch a coup against the Emergency Administration after defeating the Partisans to establish an independent Slovenian fascist regime.

Edvard Kardelj

Role: Country Leader (Socialist takeover)

Party: Narodnoosvobodilna Vojska in Partizanski Odredi Slovenjie^note National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Slovenia

Ideology: Radical Socialism^note Socialism

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• Chummy Commies: Edvard Kardelj and the Slovene partisans are socialists fighting to liberate their homeland from fascism.
• The Exile: The Partisans will deport German settlers out of Slovenia after the liberation.
• Occupiers Out of Our Country: The Slovenian partisans will attempt to overthrow the German administration, then to liberate the rest of Slovenia from Italian control.
• Rebel Leader: Edvard Kardelj is the leader of the Slovenian partisans.

Vuk Rupnik

Role: Country Leader (Ustaše Croatia puppet state)

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Ivan Markulj

Role: Country Leader (Homeguard Croatia puppet state)

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Vladimir Košak

Role: Transitional Commissioner (Croatian occupation)

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Drago Marušič

Role: Country Leader (Toronto Accord liberation)

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SS-Ordensstaat Burgund

Offcial Name: SS-Ordensstaat Burgund^Tr.SS Order-State of Burgundy

Ruling Party: Burgunder Schutzstaffel^note Burgundian Schutzstaffel

Ideology: Esoteric Nazism^note National Socialism

An artificial state that encompasses most of German-occupied France, and part of German-occupied Belgium and Switzerland. It can be formed by Speer, Goebbels, Göring, and Bormann, and its creation is the only way to prevent the SS from rising up and starting the civil war, other than trying to disarm them.

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• Reassigned to Antarctica: Göring and many others view the creation of Burgundy as a way to give Himmler a personal fiefdom to exercise his insanity without restraint, so he is prevented from interfering with German politics, specifically on the matter of Hitler's successor.

Western Europe

United Kingdom

Official Name: United Kingdom, British Government-in-Exile (Conquered in a war)

Puppet State: Provisional Authority of Free Britain (Nazi Germany occupation), State of Great Britain (Nazi Germany collaborator regime), German Assistant Commission of England (Nazi Germany occupation, Balkanized), Union of England (Nazi Germany collaborator regime, Balkanized), Union of Socialist Republics of Britain (Communist)

Ruling Party: Labour Party (Mainstream)

Ideology: Social Democracy

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• Balkanize Me: If invaded and defeated by Germany, the UK might be divided into a German-controlled England, and independent and pro-German Scotland and Wales, while Northern Ireland is either put under German control or given to the Republic of Ireland.
• Vestigial Empire: Britain, once the most powerful nation on Earth, is not doing particularly well by 1952. The defeat at Dunkirk caused an international humiliation, hastening the fall of the British Raj, and bringing the power of the empire seriously into question. The United States now dominates western geopolitics, and the dominions such as Canada and Australia have become de facto independent, and are just as much under American control as British.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: King George VI of the United Kingdom dies in February 1952, a month after game start.
• Western Terrorists: Starting from 1960, the UK will start having to deal with IRA attacks both in Britain and (mostly) in Northern Ireland.

George VI

Role: Monarch^note Figurehead

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936. He is the last Emperor of India and the first Head of the Commonwealth. As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward. He attended naval college as a teenager, and served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during the First World War. In 1920, he was made Duke of York. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923 and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret. In the mid-1920s. George's elder brother ascended the throne as Edward VIII uppon the death of their father in 1936. However, later that year Edward revealed his desire to marry divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. British prime minister Stanley Baldwin advised Edward that for political and religious reasons he could not marry a divorced woman and remain king. Edward abdicated to marry Simpson, and George ascended to the throne as the third monarch of the House of Windsor.

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Clement Attlee

Role: Prime Minister^note Country Leader

Party: Labour Party (Mainstream)

Ideology: Social Democracy

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Having resoundingly defeated a humiliated Churchill in the post-war snap election, Clement Attlee brought the Labour party to power for its first majority government in history. Attlee's government so far is most famous for building the welfare state, and other such domestic reforms, as well as a reasonably moderate foreign policy, working not to escalate the "cold war' with Germany, and attempting, somewhat unsuccessfully, to reform the slowly collapsing colonial system of the British Empire. Despite the attempted reforms at home and abroad, however, the 1940s have been a disaster for the United Kingdom as a whole, and the once mighty empire is seeing signs of collapse. 1952 will see a time of great change for Britain, as an especially important general election coincides with huge developments in Nazi Europe.

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• Succession Crisis: As shown in a teaser, Attlee's retirement will lead to a leadership contest between the two wings of the Labour Party, with Gaitskell representing the younger right and John Freeman representing the old left.

Hugh Gaitskell

Role: Chancellor of the Exchequer (Attlee cabinet), Prime Minister^note Country Leader (Post-Attlee leadership contest)

Party: Labour Party (Mainstream)

Ideology: Social Democracy

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John Freeman

Role: Prime Minister^note Country Leader (Post-Attlee leadership contest)

Party: Labour Party (Bevanites)

Ideology: Democratic Socialism^note Socialism

Rab Butler

Role: Prime Minister^note Country Leader (Elections), Deputy Prime Minister (National Government)

Party: Conservative and Unionist Party, New Democratic Party (Conservative-Liberal merger), National Liberal Party (Conservative-Liberal merger)

Ideology: Liberal Conservatism^note Conservatism, Classical Liberalism (Conservative-Liberal merger), Liberal Conservatism^note Conservatism (Conservative-Liberal merger)

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Harold Macmillan

Role: Prime Minister^note Country Leader (Labour government, Second election)

Party: Conservative and Unionist Party

Ideology: Conservatism

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Peter Thorneycroft

Role: Prime Minister^note Country Leader (Butler ousted)

Party: Conservative and Unionist Party

Ideology: Fiscal Conservatism^note Conservatism

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Harold Wilson

Role: Prime Minister^note Country Leader (Conservative government, Second election)

Party: Labour Party

Ideology: Social Democracy

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Herbert Morrison

Role: Prime Minister^note Country Leader

Party: Labour Party (Mainstream)

Ideology: Social Democracy

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Archibald Sinclair

Party: Liberal Party

Ideology: Social Liberalism^note Liberalism

Leader of the Liberal Party.

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• Kingmaker Scenario: Davies' Liberal Party was relegated to the status of a third party and has no chance to win the 1952 election, but might make their way into the government by being a 'kingmaker' and piggybacking off a larger party.

Oswald Mosley

Role: Prime Minister^note Country Leader (Elections)

Party: Union Movement

Ideology: Fascism

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• Choosing Neutrality: Should Mosley and his government survive, he can take Britain on a radical path of concentrating on internal affairs, withdrawing from the Toronto Accord, and declaring neutrality between the superpowers.
• Dark Horse Victory: Mosley is a very divisive figure within the British political scene, and is the least likely candidate to win the 1952 election.
• Player-Exclusive Mechanic: His victory can only happen as a result of human intervention, and will never occur in an AI-controlled UK.

Jeffrey Hamm

Role: Deputy Prime Minister (Mosley cabinet), Prime Minister^note Country Leader (Mosley assassinated)

Party: Union Movement

Ideology: Fascism

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Elizabeth II

Role: Monarch^note Figurehead, Monarch^note Country Leader (Queen's coup)

Party: House of Windsor

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Emergency Authority: If Oswald Mosley wins the 1952 election and is then assassinated, the Queen might exercise her emergency powers and assume executive power for a brief time before elections can be called.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: She can become this if the player goes down Mosley's path for the UK, by ordering his assassination and taking direct rule over the country, at least for a while.

Louis Mountbatten

Role: Country Leader (Queen's coup or Government-in-Exile)

Party: House of Windsor (Queen's coup), British Salvation Military Command (Government-in-Exile)

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy^note Paternal Autocracy

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Frederick I

Role: Monarch^note Figurehead (Nazi Germany puppet state)

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• The Quisling: Frederick I can be installed as king by the Nazis.

Ernst Wilhelm Bohle

Role: Country Leader (Nazi Germany occupation)

Party: Anglo-German Reconstruction Council

Ideology: National Socialism

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• Day of the Jackboot: Bohle’s military rule marks the end of Britain’s freedom, as the shadow of Nazism descends over Britain, once and for all.
• People's Republic of Tyranny: Bohle's occupation government calls itself "Free Britain" while being a Nazi puppet state.

Ronald Nall-Cain

Role: Country Leader (Nazi Germany collaborator regime)

Party: United Party

Ideology: Third Positionism^note Fascism

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• Aristocrats Are Evil: Nall-Cain is an aristocrat, under the title of Baron Brocket.
• Historical Villain Upgrade: In OTL, Nall-Cain was just a low-level MP in Merseyside and a Nazi sympathiser, but here he can rise to become the despicable collaborationist dictator of a Nazi Great Britain.
• The Quisling: He is a British aristocrat put in charge by his German benefactors.
• Wicked Cultured: Nall-Cain received education in both Eton College and Oxford University, and is a fascist Nazi collaborator.

Harry Pollitt

Role: Country Leader (Communist puppet state)

Party: Communist Party of Great Britain

Ideology: Stalinism^note Marxism-Leninism

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Ireland

Official Name: Ireland, Irish Union State (Nazi Germany puppet state), People's Republic of Ireland (Communist puppet state)

Ruling Party: Fianna Fáil^note  Warriors of Fál'

Ideology: Right-Wing Populism^note Conservatism

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Éamon de Valera

Role: Country Leader

Party: Fianna Fáil^note Warriors of Fál'

Ideology: Right-Wing Populism^note Conservatism

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Seamus O'Donovan

Role: Country Leader (Nazi Germany puppet state)

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Michael O'Riordan

Role: Country Leader (Communist puppet state)

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Spanish State

^{Flag of the Third Spanish Republic (Transitional government)}

^{Flag of the Third Spanish Republic (Exiles return/FELN)}

Official Name: Spanish State, Third Spanish Republic (Republic restored), People's Republic of Spain (Communist puppet state)

Ruling Party: Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista^note Traditionalist Spanish Phalanx of the Councils of the National Syndicalist Offensive

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

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Francisco Franco

Role: Caudillo^note Country Leader

Party: Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista^note Traditionalist Spanish Phalanx of the Councils of the National Syndicalist Offensive

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Francisco Franco, known by his Spanish allies as the Caudillo of Spain, has ruled the unstable state for around a decade now. The dictator, having been rather succesfull in establishing his base of power, has yet to settle down into his power, still fearing republican treachery and seeing danger in the growing student population of Spain. Franco, as a former soldier and commander in the Rif war, has had a general interest in the Berber-Arabic region of Morocco, making the Moroccan project his passion project, wanting to fulfill it before the end of 1952. Franco has put much into the project, promoting it as a prestige project for the entire Spanish state, comparable to the inquisition and reconquista. He happily awaits the day that Morocco becomes a core Spanish region.

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• Assassination Attempt:
  • If Spain won the war in Morocco and France is under socialist rule, French support for the ETA will allow the latter to plant a bomb on the car of Franco and his second-in-command, Luis Carrero Blanco, killing them both in the same way Blanco was killed IOTL by the ETA.
  • If Spain lost the war in Morocco, Franco will be assassinated shortly after by a lone gunman.
• Evil Colonialist: Franco's passion project is the colonization of Morocco to make it a part of Spain.
• The Generalissimo: He is the military dictator of Spain.
• Regent for Life: Franco has promised to restore the Spanish monarchy but has yet to act on it, partly because of the dynastic dispute between Carlists and Alfonsists.

Rafael García Valiño

Role: Caudillo^note Country Leader (Franco succession, Abandon Falangist Principles focus)

Party: Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista^note Traditionalist Spanish Phalanx of the Councils of the National Syndicalist Offensive

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

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José Luis de Arrese

Role: Caudillo^note Country Leader (Franco succession, Isolate the Carlists focus)

Party: Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista^note Traditionalist Spanish Phalanx of the Councils of the National Syndicalist Offensive

Ideology: Falangism^note Fascism

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Luis Carrero Blanco

Role: Deputy Prime Minister, Caudillo^note Country Leader (Franco succession, Defeat in Morocco)

Party: Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista^note Traditionalist Spanish Phalanx of the Councils of the National Syndicalist Offensive, Ejército de Tierra^note (Spanish) Land Army

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Luis Carrero Blanco, known as The Most Excellent among the Cortes, was born on the 4th of march, 1904, in Santoña, Cantabria. He entered the Naval Military Academy at the age of 14 and participated in the infamous Rif War, making him part of the old nationalist guard. When the civil war broke out, Blanco was able to reach the nationalist frontline by taking refuge in the embassy of Mexico and later in the embassy of France. At the end of the civil war, Blanco had planted himself as one of Franco's closest allies, becoming the chief of naval operations. His power would become a major tool for the Opus Dei in the Franco government, as he aspired to closer economic integration with the European markets, though never outright becoming a proponent of liberalization. As a devout catholic, Blanco is seen by many as the perfect successor of Franco, though some question his decision-making skills when facing pressure.

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Adolfo Suárez

Role: Country Leader (Blanco steps down or Toronto Accord liberation)

Party: Partido de Transición Liberal^note Liberal Transition Party

Ideology: Social Liberalism^note Liberalism

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• Allohistorical Allusion: IOTL Adolfo Suárez was the first democratically elected prime minister of Spain since the fall of the Second Republic. Here he can become the first democratic leader of Spain 20 years earlier.

Federica Montseny

Role: Country Leader (Elections)

Party: Frente Español de Liberación Nacional^note Spanish National Liberation Front

Ideology: Council Communism^note Revolutionary Communism

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• Chummy Commies: Montseny's faction of the FELN can take power through democratic elections.

Julio Álvarez del Vayo

Role: Country Leader (PTL (M-L) coup or Communist puppet state)

Party: Partido de Transición Liberal (Marxist-Leninist)^note Liberal Transition Party, Partido Comunista de España^note Communist Party of Spain (Communist puppet state)

Ideology: Stalinism^note Marxism-Leninism, Marxism-Leninism (Communist puppet state)

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• The Coup: If Montseny cracks down on the universities, the hardline faction of the FELN, the PTL (M-L), will make a coup against her.
• Cult of Personality: Del Vayo will organize a cult of personality around Stalin and himself after taking power.
• Dirty Communists: Del Vayo's faction of the FELN may take power by a coup to instaure a communist dictatorship.
• The Quisling: He fills this role if put in place by an invading communist country.

Blas Piñar

Role: Caudillo^note Country Leader (Búnker coup)

Party: Búnker

Ideology: Falangism^note Fascism

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• The Coup: If the focus 'Undo Franco's Mistakes' is not completed within about four months after the restauration of democracy, hardline fascist members of the military, known as the Búnker, will coup and take over, with Blas Piñar becoming leader.
• Evil Reactionary: The Búnker will restore the Francoist dictatorship and undo all of the Third Republic's efforts to democratize Spain.
• Warhawk: The Búnker is willing to go to war with the British to get Gibraltar back from them if they are not successful diplomatically.

Catalonia

Official Name: Catalonia

Ruling Party: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya^note Republican Left of Catalonia

Ideology: Social Democracy

Catalonia breaks away from Spain shortly after FELN comes to power if it refuses to grant it autonomy.

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Josep Tarradellas

Role: Country Leader

Party: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya^note Republican Left of Catalonia

Ideology: Social Democracy

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José Díaz Ramos

Role: Country Leader (Communist puppet state)

Ideology: Marxism-Leninism

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Basque Country

Official Name: Basque Country, People's Basque Country (Communist puppet state)

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy^note Paternal Autocracy

The Basque Country breaks away from Spain shortly after FELN comes to power if it refuses to grant it autonomy.

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José Antonio Aguirre

Role: Country Leader

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy^note Paternal Autocracy

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Portuguese Republic

Official Name: Portuguese Republic

Ruling Party: União Nacional^note National Union

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy^note Paternal Autocracy

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Antonio de Oliveira Salazar

Role: Prime Minister^note Country Leader

Party: União Nacional^note National Union

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy^note Paternal Autocracy

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Humberto Delgado

Role: Prime Minister^note Country Leader (Delgado coup)

Party: PRP

Ideology: Conservative Liberalism^note Liberalism

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• The Coup:

Francisco Craveiro Lopes

Role: President^note Country Leader

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Kingdom of Italy

^{Flag of the Empire of Italy}

Official Name: Kingdom of Italy, Empire of Italy (Borghese), Italian Republic

Puppet State: Reichsbehörde Italien^Tr.Reich Authority of Italy (Nazi Germany occupation), Social Republic of Italy (Nazi Germany collaborator regime), Ordensstaat Lombardei^Tr.Order-State of Lombardy (SS), National Administration of the Italian Peninsula (Ustaše Croatia), Croatian Mandate of Italy (Homeguard Croatia), Socialist Republic of Italy (Communist)

Ruling Party: Partito Nazionale Fascista^note National Fascist Party

Ideology: Fascism

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• Allohistorical Allusion: The Verona Trials will take place like IOTL if democracy is restored in Italy.
• Kangaroo Court: The democratic government of Italy can choose to execute, pardon or give a fair trial to the Fascist leaders during the Verona Trials.
• Succession Crisis: Even before Mussolini's death a power struggle exist between the two contenders to his succession, Italo Balbo and Galeazzo Ciano, representing the Blackshirts and the Grand Council of Fascism respectively.

Benito Mussolini

Role: Duce^note Country Leader

Party: Partito Nazionale Fascista^note National Fascist Party

Ideology: Fascism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Benito Mussolini, fascist ruler since 1922, stands as a victor of the wars, but only in name. The embarrassing performance of his forces against France, Britain, and Greece left Italy increasingly the lesser partner in the Axis powers. However, Italy did gain an Empire in Africa, and a sphere of influence over the Mediterranean, but at the same time economic and political instability threatens to tear apart this regime, while Berlin acts increasingly as a rival than an ally.

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• State Sec: The Blackshirts, officially called the Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale.

Umberto II

Role: Monarch^note Figurehead, Country Leader (Post-Mussolini interim)

Party: Partito Nazionale Fascista^note National Fascist Party

Ideology: Fascism

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• Run for the Border: If the Hardliner coup happens, Umberto II and the royal familiy will flee to Spain.

Italo Balbo

^{Balbo as a General}

Role: Military Commander, Duce^note Country Leader (Mussolini succession)

Party: Partito Nazionale Fascista^note National Fascist Party

Ideology: Fascism

The youngest of the original Quadrumvirs, the four men who lead the March on Rome, Balbo has made a name for himself with his aerial exploits, has made great improvements to the Italian Air Force, and, as overseer of the Colonial and Military affairs of the Italian Empire, has significantly improved the quality of life in Libya.

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Galeazzo Ciano

Role: Duce^note Country Leader (Mussolini succession)

Party: Partito Nazionale Fascista^note National Fascist Party

Ideology: Fascism

Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari, is the son-in-law of Il Duce Mussolini, and oversees the Financial and Diplomatic affairs of the Italian Empire.

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• Run for the Border: If the Hardliner coup happens, Ciano will flee to Spain.

Junio Valerio Borghese

Role: Imperator^note Country Leader (Hardliner coup)

Party: Partito Nazionale Fascista^note National Fascist Party

Ideology: Fascism

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• The Coup: Harliners led by Junio Borghese may lead a group of army, navy and blackshirt forces to coup the government.
• New Era Speech: Borghese will pronounce one after his coup, proclaiming the Empire of Italy.

Giovanni Messe

Role: Country Leader (Italian Thaw or Toronto Accord liberation)

Party: Partito Nazionale Monarchico^note National Monarchist Party

Ideology: Transitional Regime^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Cincinnatus: Giovanni Messe is the interim leader of Italy appointed by the king during the Thaw to restore democracy.

Giuseppe Saragat

Role: Country Leader (Election)

Party: Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale - Partito Socialista dei Lavoratori Italiani^note National Liberation Committee - Italian Workers' Socialist Party

Ideology: Social Democracy

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Ferruccio Parri

Role: Country Leader (Election)

Party: Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale - Partito d'Azione^note National Liberation Committee - Action Party

Ideology: Social Liberalism^note Liberalism

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Amintore Fanfani

Role: Country Leader (Election)

Party: Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale - Democrazia Cristiana^note National Liberation Committee - Christian Democracy

Ideology: Traditionalist Conservatism^note Conservatism

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Alessandro Pertini

Role: Country Leader (Election)

Party: Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale - Partito Socialista Italiano^note National Liberation Committee - Italian Socialist Party

Ideology: Radical Socialism^note Socialism

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Rudolf Rahn

Role: Country Leader (Nazi Germany occupation)

Party: Reichsbevollmächtiger^note Plenipotentiary of the Reich

Ideology: National Socialism

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Alessandro Pavolini

Role: Country Leader (Nazi Germany collaborator regime)

Party: Partito Socialista Nazionale Italiano^note Italian National Socialist Party

Ideology: National Socialism

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• The Quisling: Pavolini serves at the head of a collaborator ‘Social Republic of Italy’, reminiscent of the OTL Italian Social Republic, a German puppet regime in Northern Italy.

Constantin Heldmann

Role: Country Leader (SS puppet state)

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Julije Makenec

Role: Country Leader (Ustaše Croatia puppet state)

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Edo Bulat

Role: Country Leader (Homeguard Croatia puppet state), Country Leader (Turkey, Ustaše Croatia puppet state)

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Luigi Longo

Role: Country Leader (Communist puppet state)

Party: Partito Communista Italiano^note Italian Communist Party

Ideology: Bordigism^note Revolutionary Communism

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

French State

^{Flag of the French State (Doriot)}

^{Flag of the French Commune (Mollet)}

^{Flag of the French Republic}

^{Flag of the Transitional Administration of France}

Official Name: French State, French Commune (Mollet, Duclos), French Republic (Democratic Revolution), Transitional Administration of France (Nazi Germany occupation), French Democratic Republic (Communist puppet state)

Ruling Party: Gouvernement français^note French Government

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Les Collaborateurs: The Trope Namer.
• People's Republic of Tyranny: The French State can organize elections but the choice is between two different kinds of military leaders supporting no great change from the established order, and the election itself is plagued by fraud in favor of either candidates.
• La Résistance: The Trope Namer. After all these years the Resistance continues to fight against the dictatorship of the French State and may successfully overthrow it.
• Shocking Defeat Legacy: The legacy of the defeat on 1940 looms heavily over France as the German Reich continues to dominate European and French affairs.

Willhelm Schepmann

Role: Reichsvertreter^note Figurehead

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}The Reichsvertreter of France, Willhelm Schepmann is the designated Reich Representative of French State, having a great amound of power over the French Government while answering only to the German Reich. However, over the years, the Reichsvertreter's power has been limited greatly, though technically he still holds great power over any sorts of major policy implementation.

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• The Man Behind the Man: The office of Reichsvertreter holds a great amount of power over the French Government, representing the German Reich's control over the French State.

Maxime Weygand

Role: Chief of State^note Country Leader

Party: Gouvernement français^note French Government

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Action Politician: Weygand is a general and veteran of both World Wars.
• Assassination Attempt: An attempt on Weygand's life will be made and the player may choose if he dies or survive, leading to different paths for France.
• The Generalissimo: Weygand is a military dictator ruling over a weakened France.
• Meet the New Boss: Except for his critical position towards French collaboration with Germany, Weygand is not much different in his ideas than his predecessor Pétain.
• Plot-Triggering Death: Weygand's death can be the spark for a new French Revolution or a Fascist takeover.

Charles Noguès

Role: Chief of State^note Country Leader (Weygand succession), President^note Country Leader (French State election)

Party: Gouvernement français^note French Government

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Action Politician: Noguès is a general, veteran of several wars, and can become leader of France.
• Evil Reactionary: In the French State elections, Noguès promises to establish a "moral France" inspired by the Portuguese Estado Novo.
• The Generalissimo: Like Weygand, Noguès is a military dictator.
• Meet the New Boss: Weygand chooses Noguès as his successor, sharing very similar ideas.

François Darlan

Role: President^note Country Leader (French State election)

Party: Gouvernement français^note French Government

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Action Politician: François Darlan is foremost known as an admiral of the French Navy.
• The Generalissimo: Like Weygand and Noguès, Darlan is a military dictator.
• Internal Reformist: Downplayed. Darlan promises to be a reformist leader in the election, creating a Fourth Republic and bringing France closer to the Toronto Accords, but remains an authoritarian strongman.
• A Lighter Shade of Black: Darlan is by all means an authoritarian leader but also a reformist.

Guy Mollet

Role: President^note Country Leader (French Revolution, Leftists hijack congress)

Party: Organisation Civile et Militaire^note Civil and Military Organization

Ideology: Democratic Socialism^note Socialism

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• Action Politician: Guy Mollet is an important member of the Leftist part of the French Resistance.
• Dirty Communists: While not Communists, the leftists of the Resistance may attempt to use their large influence of the movement to hijack the congress and create a revolutionary socialist government. Ultimately downplayed as despite this undemocratic seizure of power from their fellow Resistance members, they will create a democratic socialist France.

Jacques Duclos

Role: President^note Country Leader (PCF coup or Communist puppet state)

Party: Parti Communiste Français^note French Communist Party

Ideology: Marxism-Leninism

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• Action Politician: Duclos is an important member of the Communist part of the French Resistance.
• The Coup: If the leftist resistance hijacked the congress, the PCF will attempt a coup against them.
• Dirty Communists: Duclos adheres to an authoritarian form of Communism.
• Full-Circle Revolution: If Duclos comes to power, France would've exchanged the dictatorship of the French State for a Marxist-Leninist one.
• The Quisling: If a Communist state occupies France, it may install Duclos as puppet leader.

Henri Frenay

Role: President^note Country Leader (French Revolution, Democracy prevails)

Party: Résistance Française Libre^note Free French Resistance

Ideology: Social Liberalism^note Liberalism

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• Action Politician: Henri Frenay serves in the Resistance and can become the leader of a restored and democratic French Republic.

Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie

Role: President^note Country Leader (Democratic election)

Party: Résistance Française Libre^note Free French Resistance

Ideology: Social Democracy

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• Action Politician: Emmanuel is part of the Resistance and can be elected president of the French Republic.

Antoine Pinay

Role: President^note Country Leader (Democratic election)

Party: Résistance Française Libre^note Free French Resistance

Ideology: Traditionalist Conservatism^note Conservatism

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• Action Politician: Antoine Pinay served during World War I.

Jacques Doriot

Role: Chief of State^note Country Leader (Weygand assassinated, March on Paris)

Party: Parti Populaire Français^note French Popular Party

Ideology: Fascism

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• The Coup: Doriot orchestrates the assassination attempt on Weygand, planning to blame Communists and to seize power in the chaos following his success. He may succeed or fail to take power even after a successful assassination.
• Day of the Jackboot: Doriot creates his fascist dictatorship after leading his supporters on a March on Paris.

Ludwig Ruckdeschel

Role: Country Leader (Nazi Germany occupation)

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Edgard Puaud

Role: Country Leader (Nazi Germany collaborator regime)

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• The Quisling: If Germany invades France again, Puaud will be their new puppet leader.

Tropes pertaining to the Rework

Role: General

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Provisional Government

Role: Country Leader (Toronto Accord liberation)

Party: Provisional Government

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy^note Paternal Autocracy

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Rework

Ruling Party: FRN

Ideology: Third Positionism^note Fascism

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• The Alliance: A teaser shows the socialist People's Republic of France is able to form the Socialist Security Treaty Organization to ensure the collective defense of socialist states against capitalist and fascist states, with socialists able to request to join.

Pierre Laval

Role: Country Leader

Party: FRN

Ideology: Third Positionism^note Fascism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}A natural scientist turned defender of the poor, an outspoken socialist turned face of the reactionary right, a sworn enemy of Germany turned Hitler's biggest collaborator in Europe.

Pierre Jean Marie Laval is a conflicted man. While his pragmatic ways might have propelled his career multiple times, with the ultimate climax of his political life being the "successor" to the late Marshal Phillipe Pétain. Despite this seemingly uncanny skill of obtaining power, the majority of France despises Laval and what he stands for. On one hand, he is too radical for the moderates, and on the other, he is too indecisive for the extremists. While the government and the politicians show "respect" to him as the leader of France, Laval truly holds no "power", only "authority". Even with this amount of authority, nobody understands Laval's goals, nobody knows what Laval is trying to achieve, and nobody knows where the French State is headed.

"We have given most of Europe to Hitler. Let us try to hold on to what we have got left."

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• 0% Approval Rating: Laval is despised by people and other politicians alike.
• The Quisling: Laval served as Prime Minister of the French State under its German overlords and now leads the country as part of the German sphere of influence.

Algerian War Factions

Algeria

Official Name: Republic of Algeria

Ideology: Arab Social Democracy^note Social Democracy

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• Occupiers Outof Our Country: The Republic of Algeria fights to become an independent nation from France.

Ben M'hidi

Role: Country Leader

Ideology: Arab Social Democracy^note Social Democracy

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• Rebel Leader: M'hidi is the leader of an independentist government taking arms against colonialism.

Oran

Official Name: Oran Free State

Ideology: Fascism

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• Foreign Ruling Class: The Oran Free State is the state of the pied-noirs and European-born colonists, and while their starting position in the Algerian War downplays this trope (the reason they can consolidate around Oran is that they constitute a majority in the area), their goal is to re-establish and secure their dominance over Algeria.

Edmond Jouhaud

Role: Country Leader

Ideology: Fascism

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• Allohistorical Allusion: OTL Jouhand was one of the leaders of the 1961 Algiers Putsch attempting to maintain French rule in Algeria by force. In TWR, he is the leader of the Oran Free State attempting to maintain white rule in Algeria.

Barbary

Official Name: Barbary People's Republic

Ideology: Revolutionary Communism

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Robert Lacoste

Role: Country Leader

Ideology: Revolutionary Communism

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• Historical Hero Upgrade: OTL Lacoste supported French rule in Algeria and its enforcement by use of force and torture. In TWR he leads the Barbary People's Republic against the Algerian independentists but also against the white fascist Oran Free State.
• Mighty Whitey: The Barbary People's Republic is led by French politician Robert Lacoste.

Sahara

Official Name: Council of Sahara

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Team Switzerland: The Council of Sahara proclaims the neutrality of the territory it administers upon the outbreak of the Algerian War.

Council of Sahara

Role: Country Leader

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy^note Paternal Autocracy

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Northern Europe

Danish State

Official Name: Danish State, SS-Ordensstaat Dänemark^Tr.SS Order-State of Denmark (SS puppet state), Kingdom of Denmark (Toronto Accord liberation)

Ideology: National Socialism

Through Nazi racial policy, a generally cooperative government, and little strategic interest, Denmark managed to remain mostly sovereign, even under the German boot, until in 1947, when the Nazis installed a military junta after the democratic government was rumored to be in contact with the Toronto Accord. It now awaits it's fate of one day becoming just another Reichskommissariat.

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• Regime Change: Following rumors of contact between the Danish government and the Toronto Accord, the German Reich organized a coup and installed a military junta in Denmark to make sure the country would remain subservient to them.

Hermann von Hanneken

Role: Country Leader

Ideology: National Socialism

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Werner Best

Role: Country Leader (SS puppet state)

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Hans Hedtoft

Role: Country Leader (Toronto Accord liberation)

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Union State of Norway

Official Name: Union State of Norway, Kingdom of Norway

Puppet States: Reichskommissariat Norwegen^Tr.Reich Commissariat of Norway (Nazi Germany), SS-Ordenstaat Norwegen^Tr.SS Order-State of Norway (SS), Soviet State of Norway (Communist), Transitional Authority of Norway (Toronto Accord liberation)

Ideology: Fascism

When attempts to turn Norway into a full Reichskommissariat fell through, Hitler instead chose to form a friendly puppet government, led by the infamous collaborator Vidkun Quisling. Quality of life is high, but freedom remains low, especially as the looming spectre of German domination threatens to take back what little autonomy has been granted if given the opportunity...

Vidkun Quisling

Role: Country Leader

Ideology: Fascism

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• A Lighter Shade of Black: Quisling is the archtypical traitor and Nazi collaborator, who participated in a Nazi-backed coup during the German invasion of 1940 and the brutal repression and genocides of his own countrymen. However, he is a sincere patriot who desires Norway to march alongside the Reich rather than behind it. The early stages of Norway will focus on the political struggle between himself and the even-more-pro-Nazi Jonas Lie.
• The Quisling: Norway is ruled by the Quisling, though funnily enough, he is not as much of a total puppet as others who fall under the same trope. He actively seeks an independent Norway, though is willing to remain within the German sphere of influence to accomplish this. This is in stark contrast to Jonas Lie, who turns Norway into an SS-Ordensstaat.

Josef Terboven

Role: Reichskommissar^note Country Leader (Reichskommissariat Norwegen)

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Jonas Lie

Role: Country Leader (SS puppet state)

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• The Quisling: Manages to be an even bigger example of The Quisling than Vidkun Quisling. While Quisling seeks an independent, Fascist Imperial Norway that is alligned with Nazi Germany but able to govern itself and pursue its own interests, Jonas Lie wishes for greater integration into the Reich and to turn his own country into an Ordensstaat of the SS.

Keller Emrick Rockey

Role: Country Leader (Toronto Accord liberation)

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Carl Joachim Hambro

Role: Country Leader (Toronto Accord liberation)

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Emil Løvlien

Role: Country Leader (Communist puppet state)

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Kingdom of Sweden

Official Name: Kingdom of Sweden

Puppet State: Swedish Rik (Nazi Germany), Ordensstaat Schweden^Tr.Order-State of Sweden (SS), People's Republic of Sweden (Communist)

Ruling Party: Sveriges Socialdemokratiska arbetareparti^note Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party

Ideology: Social Democracy

Managing to avoid getting caught up in the wars in which Germany secured dominance, Sweden is now in a unique position to play a dangerous game: Remaining in contact with the Toronto Accords while retaining ties to the Nazi regime. If they can pull it off, they can secure themselves as a full member of whichever side wins without having to ever actually fire a shot.

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Tage Erlander

Role: Country Leader

Party: Sveriges Socialdemokratiska arbetareparti^note Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party

Ideology: Social Democracy

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Sven Olov Lindholm

Role: Country Leader (Nazi Germany puppet state)

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Philipp Bouhler

Role: Country Leader (SS puppet state)

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Nils Holmberg

Role: Country Leader (Communist puppet state)

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Republic of Finland

Official Name: Republic of Finland, State of Finland (Fascist coup, Nazi Germany puppet state), Greater Finland, Democratic Republic of Finland (Communist puppet state), Ordenstaat Finland^Tr.Order-State of Finland (SS puppet state)

Ruling Party: Kansallinen Edistyspuolue^note National Progressive Party

Ideology: Social Liberalism^note Liberalism

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• Evil Colonialist: Until 1952, Finland has officially maintained a policy of removal for non-Finns in Karelia, who have been rounded up in containment camps and deported into German occupied territory, but this has been inefficient due to budget cuts.
• Please Select New City Name: The cities of Murmansk and Petroskoi (Petrozavodsk in Russian) were renamed Muurmanni and Äänislinna following Finland's conquest of Russian Karelia and the Kola Peninsula in World War II.

Risto Heikki Ryti

Role: President^note Country Leader

Party: Kansallinen Edistyspuolue^note National Progressive Party

Ideology: Social Liberalism^note Liberalism

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Irma Helena Karvikko

Role: President^note Country Leader (Election)

Party: Kansallinen Edistyspuolue^note National Progressive Party

Ideology: Social Liberalism^note Liberalism

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• Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Irma Karvikko can become the first female President of Finland.

Juho Kusti Paasikivi

Role: President^note Country Leader (Election)

Party: Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue^note Social Democratic Party

Ideology: Social Democracy

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Karl-August Fagerholm

Role: Prime Minister^note Head of Government (Paasikivi cabinet), President^note Country Leader (Paasikivi succession)

Party: Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue^note Social Democratic Party

Ideology: Social Democracy

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• Meet the New Boss: Karl-August Fagerholm shares the exact same focus tree as Juho Paasikivi, making their respective presidencies practically no different.

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen

Role: President^note Country Leader (Election)

Party: Maalaisliitto^note Agrarian League, Military Junta (Kekkonen's coup)

Ideology: Liberal Conservatism^note Conservatism, Authoritarian Democracy^note Paternal Autocracy (Kekkonen's coup)

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• Tyrant Takes the Helm: Urho Kekkonen is elected as a democratic leader but can turn himself into Finland's dictator by abolishing elections.
• The Coup: Kekkonen may launch a self-coup.

Paavo Susitaival

Role: President^note Country Leader (Election)

Party: Isänmaallinen Kansanliike^note Patriotic People’s Movement

Ideology: Third Positionism^note Fascism

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• Civil War: If the military stops their coup, the Fascists may trigger a civil war called the Kurikka Rebellion.
• The Coup: After his election, Susitaival will make a self-coup, the "Night of the Cudgels", to turn the country into a dictatorship. It may succeed or be foiled by the Finnish army.
• Dark Horse Victory: The victory of Susitaival in the Finnish election is the most surprising possible result.
• Day of the Jackboot: During the Night of the Cudgels, the Fascists will attempt to march on Helsinki, which would mark the end of Finnish democracy.
• Tyrant Takes the Helm: If Susitaival is elected, he'll replace Finland's democracy with a dictatorship, and in order to achieve his goal of a Finnish ethnostate, he'll rescind the Swedish language's official status and invade Sweden to claim its Meänkieli-speaking regions.

Kaarlo Heiskanen

Role: President^note Country Leader (Failed Fascist coup)

Party: Military Junta

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Cincinnatus: The military may choose to step down and restore democracy.
• Emergency Authority: After defeating the Fascist coup, the military will proclaim martial law.

Otto Wille Kuusinen

Role: President^note Country Leader (Communist puppet state)

Party: Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue^note Communist Party of Finland

Ideology: Stalinism^note Marxism-Leninism

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Rolf Nevanlinna

Role: President^note Country Leader (Nazi Germany puppet state)

Party: Svensk-socialistisk Parti

Ideology: National Socialism

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Karl Ullrich

Role: Country Leader (SS puppet state)

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Republic of Iceland

^{Flag of the Provisional Government of Iceland}

Official Name: Republic of Iceland, Provisional Government of Iceland (US coup), Icelandic Authority (Nazi/SS puppet state), Workers' Republic of Iceland (Communist puppet state)

Ideology: Conservative Liberalism

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Sveinn Björnsson

Role: President^note Country Leader

Ideology: Conservative Liberalism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}First President of Iceland. Björnsson is a renowned figurehead and his role on securing Icelandic Independence makes his fame everlasting. However, due to poor health, many are worried, and some even think that his days are numbered.

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• We Hardly Knew Ye: Bjornsson dies less than one month from game start. The office of President will be shared by an Interim Triumvirate, consisting of the the Prime Minister, President of Parliament, and the President of the Supreme Court until a new President can be elected.

George Davis Webster

Role: Country Leader (US coup)

Party: Toronto Accord Headquarters

Ideology: Transitional Regime^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Regime Change: If the socialists win the 1953 elections and then leave the Toronto Accord, ordering all US forces to leave Iceland, the US can conduct a coup to bring down the isolationist government. US Marine Corps General and the Military Commander of Iceland George Davis Webster will take over the government while keeping local governments, and President Ásgeir Ásgeirsson in place.

Björn Sveinsson Björnsson

Role: Country Leader (Nazi Germany/SS puppet state)

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• The Quisling: Björnsson is a native Icelander and put in power by the Nazis to rule Iceland on their behalf.

Eggthor Vagnsson

Role: Country Leader (Communist puppet state)

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Formables

Greenland

Flag of Grönland

Official Name: Grönland^Tr.Greenland (Nazi Germany puppet state), Ordensstaat Hyperborea^Tr.Order-State of Hyperborea (SS puppet state)

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Werner Graf von Bassewitz-Levetzow

Role: Reichskommissar^note Country Leader (Nazi Germany puppet state)

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Fritz Witt

Role: Country Leader (SS puppet state)

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Faroe Islands

Flag of the Reichskommissariat Färöer

Official Name: Reichskommissariat Färöer^Tr.Reich Commissariat of the Faroe Islands (Nazi Germany puppet state), Ordensstaat Färöer^Tr.Order-State of the Faroe Islands (SS puppet state)

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August Wittmann

Role: Reichskommissar^note Country Leader (Nazi Germany puppet state)

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Matthias Kleinheisterkamp

Role: Country Leader (SS puppet state)

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Ulster

Flag of the Ulster Protectorate

^{Flag of the Union of Ulster}

Official Name: Ulster Protectorate (Nazi Germany occupation), Union of Ulster (Nazi Germany collaborator regime)

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Georg Leibbrandt

Role: Country Leader (Nazi Germany occupation)

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Richard Pim

Role: Country Leader (Nazi Germany collaborator regime)

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Scotland

Official Name: Scotland

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Arthur Donaldson

Role: Country Leader (Nazi Germany puppet state)

Party: Scottish National Party (Far-Right)

Ideology: Third Positionism^note Fascism

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Wales

Official Name: Social Republic of Wales (Nazi Germany puppet state)

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Saunders Lewis

Role: Country Leader (Nazi Germany puppet state)

Party: Plaid Cymru (Far-Right)

Ideology: Third Positionism^note Fascism

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Brittany

Flag of the Reichskommissariat Bretagne

Official Name: Reichskommissariat Bretagne^Tr.Reich Commissariat of Brittany (Nazi Germany puppet state)

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Neven Hénaff

Role: Reichskommissar^note Country Leader (Nazi Germany puppet state)

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• The Quisling: He is a native ruling on behalf of his puppet masters.

Iberia

Flag of the Iberian Federation

^{Flag of the Reichskommissariat Spanien-Portugal}

Official Name: Iberian Federation (US puppet state), Reichskommissariat Spanien-Portugal^Tr.Reich Commissariat of Spain-Portugal (Nazi Germany puppet state)

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Jacob L. Devers

Role: Country Leader (US puppet state)

Party: United States Transitional Administration for the Iberian Peninisula

Ideology: Transitional Regime^note Paternal Autocracy

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Franz Hofer

Role: Reichskommissar^note Country Leader (Nazi Germany puppet state)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

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The Microstates

Nations that do not actually exist in game, and instead serve as terrain modifiers for certain provinces. As such, they do not have ideologies, though their politics can certainly change over the course of the game.

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• Micro Monarchy: Barring San Marino, every other microstate is essentially this to a T.

Vatican City

Established via the Lateran Pacts, Vatican City exists through the rise of Fascism. Despite this, they have no love for the ideology, especially for the pagan Himmler and the Anti-Catholic Goebbels.

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• The Theocracy: The Vatican is an catholic theocracy ruled by the Pope.

Principality of Andorra

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Principality of Monaco

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Most Serene Republic of San Marino

The Serene Republic remains a Fascist state backed by Mussolini. Unless Italy goes through a drastic change in ideology, this is likely to remain unchanged.

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Giuliano Gozi

Role: Country Leader

Party: Partito Fascista Sammarinese^note Sammarinese Fascist Party

Ideology: Fascism

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