Grand Duchy of Baden

State flag of Baden

The **Grand Duchy of Baden** (German: *Großherzogtum Baden*) is a southern German state, located east of the **River Rhine**, bordering the French Empire, the Kingdom of Bavaria, the Grand Duchy of Hesse and the Kingdom of Württemberg. Baden is a Satellite State and Puppet State of the French, compared to its neighbor Württemberg, Baden has maintained its own government, although it is the only non-Autonomous or Partially Autonomous Puppet State as is the case with Württemberg, the French control Baden closely in addition to of being the one that suffers more French influence.

## History

### Before the Unification War Attempt (1860-1870/71)

*Main Article in: Grand Duchy of Baden (German)*

The Grand Duchy of Baden entered into a kind of new policy, called the New Age Policy, where the Grand Duke carried out reforms in accordance with the essential requirements of liberalism in order to solve the national question. The Grand Duke wanted the Church to be under state control, for a certain period, some foreign ministers were in favor of Prussia, due to the dedicated support of the position of Archdiocese of Freiburg, even so, during the War of the Brethren, Baden sided with Austria over the view that the Prussians would spare the state of Wilhelm I's son-in-law, although the Grand Duke preferred Baden's neutrality, during a battle at Württemberg Wilhelm I kept Baden's troops out of fight, prompting an indictment of Baden for "Complicity in the Failure of the Campaign".

As hostilities between Prussia and France were heightened, Baden kept quiet, as it was not in Baden's interest to participate in a war between the Prussians and the French, surprised the government of the Grand Duchy of Baden.

### Unification War Attempt (1870/71)

With the beginning of the so-called War of Unification, Baden initially declared its neutrality, which would not last long due to politicians in favor of France or Prussia, on November 5, 1870, something happened that was already happening in the War, limited only to Hesse, the Freikorps Insurgency, thus causing Baden to enter the war in favor of the French, Baden's main role was to try to support the Grand Duchy of Hesse and ensure that the Freikorps do not occupy the entire Grand Duchy of Baden, with the risk of them ending up occupying Bavaria, Württemberg and Hesse, surrounding Baden entirely.

Fortunately the Freikorps were defeated in Burchsal forcing the Paramilitaries to retreat to the city of Adelsheim, closer to the Prussians, unfortunately, creating a defensive line that was difficult to be broken, forcing the French to resort to Bavaria and run towards Dresden, which although fully protected, the Prussians lost out of despair, and with the arrival the French in Berlin, the Prussians surrendered and the Freikorps were banished from the southern German states

### Post-Unification War Attempt (1871-1889)

With the French victory, Baden entered headlong into its sphere of influence, now being obliged to seek permission from France to do whatever it could, in addition to being entirely ignored in the history of that war, being by far the state with the least credits in the war. with his only feat recognized being the defeat of the Freikorps in Burchsal, with his important figures in the war being forgotten, along with that a huge public debt fell on Baden, which he needed that France would not let him pay without a supposed authorization, causing several riots public and military, against France, which now Baden was obliged to deal with, even the French increased their joint military presence with the presence of the Francs-tireurs, which did not please the civilians and military of Baden including the Grand Duke of Baden was bothered by the French military presence, although he could do nothing about it.

As time went by, Baden managed to pay its debts, but the riots were still present, with now and then a clandestine activity by the Freikorps who incinerated the firewood at the stake, until they were banished again or arrested, meanwhile Baden's politics also gradually became pro-French or neutral, creating a relationship of political dependency on the French.

## Politics

### Leadership

The Grand Duchy of Baden is ultimately governed by a single party, whereas the other posts are managed by non-affiliates, with only a single elected party ruling the country until the next elections, which have a high chance of being rigged by the French.

**(Großherzog)**
(born 9 September 1826)
**(Staatsminister)**
(born 31 March 1819)
**(Staatssekretär für Wirtschaft)**
**(Staatssekretär für Außen- und Innenhandel)**
**(Generalstaatssekretär für die Streitkräfte)**

### Political System

The Grand Duchy of Baden is formed by a Parliamentary Monarchy, which uses Constitutionalism and Federalism to function, with French interventions in certain cases, the Grand Duke according to the Constitution has the standard theoretical powers of a Parliamentary Monarchy, the rest of subjects such as Commerce and Economy are led by the General Ministry of Economy, founded by the Grand Duke himself, in addition to simplifying the government, but with the real objective of getting more economic strategists at once.

## Military

On the military front, Baden has an "Out of Control" army, but unlike the chaos that is Württemberg they are officially loyal and operational, with the main excuse used by the Grand Duke for the French to keep him being "They do this alone, the fault of possibly Socialist or Anarchist revolutionaries"