Federation of Germania

The **Federation of Germania;** (*Bund Germania - in German),* often referred to as **Germania** or sometimes **Germany** was a Federal Presidential Democracy located in Central Europe. Germania is comprised of some of Pre-WW2 Germany's borders, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg. Austria and Czechoslovakia.

Germania was formed by Jayren Gallec who ran a union of anti-warlord German fighters that invaded Kiel in 2058 and after one year of intense fighting, liberated Northern Germany and Prussia. Germania used to be a Hereditary Monarchy until 2080 when the nation adopted Republicanism. The German Royal Family of Gallec still holds some of the most prominent Germans in modern history.

## History

The history of Germania follows much of the same history as Germany in the real world did. However, in the 2020s, Germany diverges from the real world as the EU collapses due to the financial struggle of America's collapse, Covid-19 and Russian aggression in the East. The subsequent anarchy that followed led Germany down a path similar to its radical past which now many Germans attempt to move forward from. The nightmare of Central Europe has ended, the Germans now seek to build a nation of peace, despite the claims of some of its neighbors.

### Liberation from Warlords

In 2059, an unknown man, for the most part, from the America's with some sort of ties to the German people led a union of Germans against the warlords occupying their country. This man, Jayren Gallec became something of a Bismarck to the German people when their nation was being torn apart by the cancerous ideologies of the old German regimes. After intense fighting across Northern Germany, Gallec and his soldiers managed to liberate most of the North German Confederation. However, in the South, a Union of Christian Socialist Workers emerged in Bavaria which managed to liberate most of Southern Germany. The UCW and the NGF more or less collaborated and kept very friendly relations with one another, described by some European historians as the different faces of the same coin.

After liberating Northern Germany, Jayren Gallec was declared in a ceremony in Berlin the new Kaiser of the Northern German Federation. Under his reign many Germans were rehabilitated and re-educated to ensure the cancerous ideologies of the warlords would never return to Germany again. Under Kaiser Jayren, Germany also began reorganizing its many roadworks and railways being the first European nation to restore formal railway and highway services to its people by 2063. The Germans also during this time studied medicine and the sciences attempting to rebuild much of the research and information that was lost after years of occupation and death. German scientists re-patented many medical devices such as medical vacuums, contraceptives, aspirin, skin creams and x-ray devices such as the MRI. By 2065, the German Government stated it would be ready to reach out to its neighbors in Europe.

### Polish Civil War

In 2066, the German Government received a telegram from Warszawa from the Mierzwa Government calling for aid. Kaiser Gallec, quick to respond to the telegraph looked at the Polish nation next to it in complete disarray. However, instead of taking advantage of a weakened Poland and seizing the corridor for Germany, he extended his hand to the Poles agreeing to temporarily recognize the Polish claims to the corridor until the war concluded and a formal border be drawn between Germany and Poland. Germany also provided intelligence, use of German airspace and humanitarian aid for the Poles. Marshal Mierzwa, leader of the National Republic of Poland, stated that "Poland and Germany have finally put the gun away at the diplomatic table, instead, they have now put up bread and wine." Kaiser Gallec and Marshal Mierzwa would after the war begin growing a close friendship and Polish-German relations were at an all time high. The Gallec Family was also very close to the Marshal and his Generals.

#### Polish-German Border Agreement

After the Polish Civil War, the Polish and German Governments met in Poznan/Posen to discuss the border between Germany and Poland. Officials from both states agreed that Poland would retain the corridor and upper Silesia in return, Germany would keep lower Silesia, Prussia and Pomerania with free access to Prussia. The agreement was seen as beneficial to both sides until the Polish Government illegally betrayed the agreement in 2075 by seizing Danzig from Germany and Polonizing it.

### German Colonialism

At the height of the Germany in the 2060s, the German Government, along with the other organized Governments in Europe participated in the 2nd Colonization of Africa with Germans taking over parts of Cameroon and in South America the Germans colonized Columbia. The German Federation also had claims in Antarctica alongside ColdLisitania, Poland and Pedople. The German Colonial Empire at its peak generation billions of dollars in revenue for the German Federation. During this time, the Germans also participated in a Naval Arms Race against the Pacific States of America and Pedople. This Naval Arms Race led to increased tensions between both the PSA and Germania as the PSA felt angered that a European nation attempted to surpass their capabilities of naval warfare. Eventually, the tensions boiled over to the point that German ships were not allowed near the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.

### Economic Domination - Germany Royal Family Expands

Having secured it's place in the sun, the German Federation experienced a relative peaceful era in the late 2060s and early 2070s. Having grown closer to Poland economically and diplomatically, the Polish and German states experienced a very close relationship between their leaders. The two nations eventually grew to the point of dominating the European market. Germany in particular managed to secure international trade across the world to China and Oceania through the Suez and had many outstanding deals with American companies in the Sovereign States of America. German society during the late 60s experienced a revitalization of the fine arts as well as many luxuries that couldn't be afforded by even citizens of the SoA. Automotive producers also monopolized the European market with producers such as Volkswagen and BMW becoming the new leading automotive brands not only in Europe but across the world, putting Ford Motor Company and GMC in the PSA almost out of business.

It was also during the late 2060s that the Germans proposed the idea to unite Europe's highways again by creating the Inter-European Highway Project. This project saw almost all European countries participate in the cross continent construction project leading to the 2070s automotive boom across the world. Thousands of workers from across Europe and the Americas came to work on the new project crews creating thousands of jobs for people across Europe. Credited for the automotive boom of the 2070s, the Germans single handedly took over the European market by creating the now famous highway.

Outside of industrial and economic projects, the German Royal Family also expanded as Jayren Gallec's daughter, Emma Gallec, controversially married a nobleman from Poland, Mikolaj Augustyn. Their marriage, looked down upon many Poles but supported by many Germans became subject to world wide scandal. However, the two eventually raised a family of over 5 children before their separation and Augustyn's attempted coup in Germany. However, the marriage between Mikolaj and Emma increased Polish relations as Marshal Mierzwa was incredibly pleased that Germany moved away from its past and accepted a beneficial and collaborative future with Poland.

### South German Compromise

The United Christian Workers, essentially a Southern German Confederation, led by Erich Kölzer saw the development of the German Federation in the North and in order to appease the Northern Germans and also due to pressure from Poland and the PSA, the UCW decided to cede the territories of Bavaria the Rhineland and Baden along with Luxembourg to the German Federation. The UCW stayed in its native territory of Austria annexing Czechoslovakia and Hungary which were long time puppets of the UCW. The compromise saw the German population double in size as well as the number of different religious minorities increase. To avoid tensions between the Southern German Catholics and the Northern German Protestants, the German Federation granted extended rights to practicing Catholics within Germany.

The UCW, after ceding the territory formed the Austrian Federation, a successor to the Austro-Hungarian Empire which continued to administer most of the former Austro-Hungarian Territories until it's dissolution in the mid-2070s.