The Eternal Reich

#### World War II

The German Reich (1933–1943) and Greater German Reich (1943–1957) were previous versions of the Nazi German state. These states existed during World War II and the following decades and were almost identical to the current Eternal Reich in a political sense.

In 1938, the German Reich began growing when it peacefully annexed Austria and the Czechoslovak Republic. However, war would quickly erupt when it allied with the Soviet Union to invade Poland. As a result, Britain and France declared war on the Reich. This was not an issue for the Germans as they were able to continued to conquer lands including Denmark and Norway. Afterword, they would pushed into France from neutral Netherlands and Belgium. They then divided France and created Vichy France.

In 1941, Adolf Hitler became upset that he could not reach the British Empire so he turned his soldiers east and he launched an invasion into the Soviet Union alongside other Axis Powers. This went well until the invasion stalled after reaching Moscow. The Soviet Red Army was able to push the Axis Powers past their boarders which created several Satellite States and caused the Germans to sign a peace treaty with the USSR. Germany would annex the remaining Hungarian land not controlled by the Soviets.

In 1945, the D-Day invasions failed and Germany was able to occupy the British Empire and Ireland. The following year, the United States of America and Canada occupied the former British land in America to prevent the Nazis from using it to wage war in America. This did not stop them and a sea war was waged and German troops landed in the mainland United States and took Washington DC. As a result, the US government launched a nuclear attack on the German city of Munich. This attack on European soil caused the Reich and USSR to sign the European Protection Act and jointly occupy the United States until they signed the Remaining Dominion Act which removed the states from American control.

#### Post-War

After the World War, the Germans created their own nuclear weapons. The Reich then turned Greenland into a Free State alongside the Middle American Zone as a place to send the Jewish people to free up German jobs from dealing with them.

### New Empire

From 1957-61, the Greater German Reich was reorganized into the Eternal Reich. This new state held greater control over their territories and wanted to expand. The Reich began to expand into the former Axis Powers during the Battles of Betrayal until the Reich gained control over southern Europe.

In the 1970s, the Reich discovered safe nuclear energy and was able to create Wonder Weapons which allowed them to maintain control over their land.

## Politics

### Government Structure

The Eternal Reich is divided into three branches, the Imperial Court (Kaiserlicher Hof) which is appointed by the Führer Adolf Hitler to represent the Riech Territories, the Parliament (Reichstag) which is elected by the citizens of the Reich to represent the people directly, and the Federal Council (Bundesrat) which is elected by the people of the Reich States to represent the states they live in.

The Eternal Reich has three separate leaders, the Führer who appoints the Imperial Court and is currently Adolf Hitler. The Reichskanzler who is elected by members of the Reichstag to manage them. The current Reichskanzler is Adolf Hitler who is also the current Führer, as such the role of Deputy Reich Chancellor was created and given the powers for the Reichskanzler. The final leader is the Bundespräsident who was elected by the Federal Council to directly lead the Reich States and the country as a whole.

These leaders are all of equal rank but Adolf Hitler has taken on the role of Eternal Führer (Ewiger Führer) which is above all the other ranks. He is also the Führer and Reichskanzler. This has caused a succession crisis as a Führer has never been elected and when Hitler dies the Imperial Court and Parliament will be without a leader which could enable the President to claim the role of Eternal Führer in a coup. To solve this problem there are three main proposals.

The first is known as the Monarch Plan which involves making the role of Eternal Führer pass through the generations of Hitler's family. However, this plan is complicated due to Hitler having no heirs in political office besides an illegitimate son. The second is known as the Austria-Prussia Plan, this plan involves marrying Hitler's nephews into either the royal House of Hohenzollern or the House of Habsburg to create a new royal line. The final plan known as the Democratic Plan involves the Imperial Court, Parliament and Federal Council combining to create a new ruling rank and elect a ruler, although this plan would take awhile to enact and during that time the Reich would be extremely unstable.