South America

The **South American Reich** (Südamerikanischreich)**,** officially the **Great House of South America** and commonly known as the **Fourth Reich** or simply **South America** is a Dynastic House located primarily in Central and South America, with some territory located in the Caribbean. It consists of 19 federated realms and shares a land border with the North American Union to its north.

## South American Reich

The Volkshalle, the capital building of South America

The Great House of South America

### Inhabitants

German South Americans
Latin South Americans

The genesis of the South American Reich began towards the end of the Second World War, when Adolf Hitler tasked Sturmbannführer Montana Max to lead the Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehoerigen and the Institut für Wehrwissenschaftliche Zweckforschung. The groups escaped to Argentina before Berlin fell to the Soviet Union and soon made contact with the Peronist Government in Argentina. Over the following decades, under the leadership of Friedrich von Eisenfaust a secret National Socialist regime came to dominate politics in Argentina, Chile, and Peru, bidding their time for the perfect moment to strike and continuing their metahuman experiments.

When Hammer and Columbia launched their coup that toppled the world governments, von Eisenfaust struck, taking advantage of the chaos and seized control over the majority of Latin America. By 2003, with the successful Reich metahuman von Eisenfaust secured his iron-grip on South America, and with control over the valuable oil fields of Venezuela and the Panama Canal, the Dynastic Congress begrudgingly tolerated his rule; in return, von Eisenfaust used his resources to continue to fight the human-led Resistance against the Dynastic System. By 2016, South America was transformed into a single-party totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government, with racism, Nazi eugenics, and antisemitism the central ideological features of the regime, all controlled by the ethnic-German minority.

In July of 2016, a coup against the von Eisenfaust regime replaced him with his metahuman granddaughter Viktoria, who began a process of liberalisation and reform, including a new constitution and expanded rights for non-Germans. Viktoria has since integrated South America into the wider Dynastic System, although South America and Viktoria herself are still considered a pariah by many other Houses, especially the NAU and New United Soviet Socialist Republics.

The South American Reich is a federated neo-feudal one party autocracy, with a parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy. As one of the Eleven Great Houses, its leader holds a permanent seat on the High Council. South America is considered a middling power economic and militarily, with high levels of poverty, especially amongst its Latino majority.

## History

### Pre-2000

As German citizens made their way to Latin America following Germany's defeat in 1945, ODESSA and the SS began collaborating with the Perón government, first to bring millions of Germans into South America, and later as propping up the Perón Regime following a series of crises which threatened to topple Perón and later, his wife Isabel. Von Eisenfaust, using Argentina as a front, spread SS influence in the region by supporting friendly governments in Chile and later Peru. By 1999, Argentina, Peru, and Chile were functionally under complete SS control, known as the Shadow Reich

Post-2000

The Millennium Coup and the collapse of the world order cause von Eisenfaust to begin his full takeover of South America, declaring the Fourth Reich in 2001 as he and the SS moved quickly to seize the rest of the continent. By 2005, with the first batch of Reich Metahumans, von Eisenfaust focused on suppressing resistance activity in South America, particularly in the north. For ten years they fought a blood war against the guerillas, utilising their Metahuman Squads to devastating effect.

By 2016 South America was largely pacified using collaboration governments across the continent, and following von Eisenfaust's overthrow and subsequent takeover by his granddaughter Viktoria von Eisenfaust, the Reich had near complete domination over South America. Viktoria's reforms further changed the continent, adopting a Federal-style and delegating certain powers to the Federated States of the Reich as she retained control over the Party and the SS. As of 2020, Viktoria's power within the Reich is unchallenged.

## Geography

South America occupies the southern portion of the Americas. The continent is generally delimited on the northwest by the Darién watershed along the Colombia–Panama border, although some may consider the border instead to be the Panama Canal. Geopolitically and geographically, all of Panama – including the segment east of the Panama Canal in the isthmus – is typically included in North America alone and among the States of Central America. Almost all of mainland South America sits on the South American Plate.

South America is home to the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, Angel Falls in Venezuela; the highest single drop waterfall Kaieteur Falls in Guyana; the largest river by volume, the Amazon River; the longest mountain range, the Andes (whose highest mountain is Aconcagua at 6,962 m ); the driest non-polar place on earth, the Atacama Desert; the wettest place on earth, López de Micay in Colombia; the largest rainforest, the Amazon rainforest; the highest capital city, La Paz, Bolivia; the highest commercially navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicaca; and, excluding research stations in Antarctica, the world's southernmost permanently inhabited community, Puerto Toro, Chile.

## Government and Politics

### Ideology

The primary ideology of the Reich is National Socialism, albeit filtered through its interpretation of Metahuman Supremacy as understood by Viktoria von Eisenfaust. The highest echelons of power within the Reich are occupied by Metahumans, and this fact is stressed more than orthodox National Socialist thought.

### Government

The South American Reich is officially a Neo-feudal One-Party Autocracy; actual government power is divided between various organisations and institutions. Under the elder von Eisenfaust only Argentina was directly administered by the SS; the other 18 states were ruled by collaboration governments and occupied by the Waffen-SS. Since Viktoria’s ascendancy, the continent has adopted a Federal model with feudal elements, taking inspiration from the First and Second Reichs. The primary institution is the Great Lord of South America, who is currently Viktoria von Eisenfaust. The Great Lord is also the emperor of South America and is the head of the Federated States. Each Federated State retains much internal autonomy and day-to-day governance, serving as the direct vassals to Viktoria. South America's legislature, the Reichstag, is elected from across the continent. The Cabinet, appointed by the emperor, heads the various ministries that unite South America and is the primary governing body, working in tandem with the Reichstag to dictate policy. The Great Lord is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Reichswehr when it is called together.

Existing parallel to the Federated States is the National Socialist Worker's Party. Each of the Federated States also have their own local Parties tied to the larger continent-spanning Party. Party membership is required to hold any office, and while initially this was limited to ethnic Germans, under Viktoria Party membership has expanded to include all Metahumans and those who completed four years military service. The Head of the Party, the Führer, is also the Chancellor of the Reichstag and the Party Chancellery. Viktoria von Eisenfaust is the current Führerin of the Party. All Party officers are subordinated to the Führer, and directly under the Führer are the Reichsleiter. There is one Reichsleiter in each federated State, who heads the Party apparatus in the States, and are in charge of Party operations in those regions. The Party is further divided into 50 Gaue, headed by a Gauleiter, who is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Party on the local level.

Outside of the normal governance of the Federated States are the Reichsstädte, formerly Führerstädte. The Reichsstädte are given autonomy and protection under the direct purview of Great Lord of South America. The Reichsstädte are where the majority of German South Americans reside, and they serve as the administrative centres of the Reich, in some cases serving as the capitals of the Federated States. The Seven Reichsstädte are headed by a governor appointed by the Führerin.

Finally, existing as a separate institution is the SS, headed by the Reichsführer-SS. Its current head is Viktoria von Eisenfaust. The Waffen-SS, given its jurisdiction across the Reich, is the de facto national Army of South America. While subordinated directly under Viktoria, most operational matters are handled by the Chief of Staff of the Oberkommando der Waffen-SS, a post shared with the Reich Minister of War.

### Military

The Waffen-SS functions as South America's de facto "national" armed forces, headed nominally by the Reichsführer-SS but with most matters handedly by the Chief of Staff of the Oberkommando der Waffen-SS. The current Chief of Staff is SS Oberst-Gruppenführerin Erika Bormann, who also holds the office of Reich Minister of War.

The War Ministry also oversees the three other branches of South America's armed forces; the Reichswehr, Reserved Army, and Kriegsmarine.

## Demographics

### Language

German is the official language of South America and is the language used primarily by the Party, government, and military. Given the large Spanish and Portuguese speaking populations, they serve as the general lingua franca across most of the continent and most citizens of South America have a working knowledge of German and Spanish

### Religion

Roman Catholicism is the largest religion, with over 80% of the population as adherents. During the early days of the Fourth Reich the Church was routinely targeted by authorities as the Church became a centre of opposition against von Eisenfaust's regime. Since Viktoria's takeover, she has reversed many of those policies and has come to a tacit agreement with the Vatican regarding the Church's positions within the regime.