Aryan People's Federation

The **Aryan People's Federation (APF)** *[Deutsch: **Arisch Volksbund**, Danish: **Arisk Folksbund**, Dutch: **Arisch Volksbund**]*, often referred to as simply the **Volksbund** or **Aryan Volksbund (AV)**, and often referred to as Germania informally, is a political union of twelve nations; five "unterstaaten" and six "volkskolonies", all spearheaded by Germany, the "uberstaat", in addition to a federal district and numerous military occupation governments which serve as non-voting observers. The union identifies itself as a supranational federation of various Germanic-speaking nations for purposes of unity, "racial protection", defense, and economic cooperation. However, in practice, it is mainly an extension of the Greater Germanic Reich itself; no state has control of its own foreign policy, and the only nation with mostly autonomous internal structures is the constituent unterstaat of Britain.

Advocating pan-Germanism, Germany had declared itself the "Greater Germanic Reich" in 1945 during the Second World War, but had not officially integrated Germanic territories in the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Britain until the Cornwall Proclamation of 1950, creating the Germanic People's Federation; it would later be renamed the "Aryan People's Federation" two years later at Heinrich Himmler's recommendation. The model of the Volksbund's government is nominally structured around cooperation between Germany, which is at the center of control over the union, and Britain, the only nation to hold significant autonomy. The government of the Volksbund is heavily centralized around the Nazi Party as a one-party state, and its capital is located in Welthauptstadt Germania; a purpose-built city thirty miles north of Osnabrück, Germany.

Following the death of Adolf Hitler in 1954, after a brief power struggle, Heinrich Himmler came to power as the Fuhrer of the Aryan People's Federation. Himmler suppressed political opposition to his rule inside the union and party alike, and reaffirmed the continued existence of federation. As a result, the country underwent a period of forced integration at the cost of draconian suppression of autonomist movements and totalitarian rule. The APF was prioritized around supporting Germany itself, even during periods of famine; the Year of Black Dust in 1960 in storm-ridden Ukraine had caused the deaths of millions from refusal to send rations to Slavs.

After the famine, the 1960s were a significant era for the member states, as reorganization and purges had allowed Himmler to implement major reforms. The 1950's population boom saw the new "Sieger" generation of youth under a school curriculum designed by the Ahnenerbe, furthering the ideal of "uberism" and reimplementation of Germanic paganism with middling results. The country was rapidly industrializing, but suffered from a labor shortage as the Siegers were not keen on blue-collar work, and instead the Volksbund had decided to partially integrate Slavs into the cities as "special workers". The Cold War with Japan also dominated the union; Himmler was deeply paranoid of classical fascists potentially sympathetic to Japan. It embarked in the Space Race against Japan, successfully sending the first human into space, but was unable to live up to the successes Japan held within the technological race, which concluded in the failure to establish the Friedrichstadt Raumkolonie. It also struggled to hold dominance in the Antarctic Wars, a low-intensity conflict in Antarctica between the colony of Neuschwabenland and Japanese scientists and mercenaries.

Now, in 1975, Heinrich Himmler is on his deathbed and it seems as if the federation will reach a time of turbulence once again. His right-hand man and likely successor, Reinhard Heydrich, does not have the cult of personality Himmler has to his advantage. Many in foreign nations wonder if the cycle of violence will end with Heydrich's failure to govern, or if the Second Dark Age will be a permanent nightmare holding Europe down.

## Member States

### Unterstaaten

* State of the Netherlands
* State of Denmark
* State of Norway
* State of Iceland
* Kingdom of Britain\*

### Volkskolonien

* Volkskolonie of Ostland
* Volkskolonie of Ukraine
* Volkskolonie of Sarmatia
* Volkskolonie of Ruthenia
* Volkskolonie of Volgaland
* Volkskolonie of New Swabia

In addition to the World Capital federal state, there are also the Ordensstaaten, Militärstaaten, and Reichskolonie governments. While they are not officially co-equal members of the Volksbund due to being officially members of the Greater Germanic Reich itself, and do not have voting power, they maintain observer status within the legislature.

### Ordensstaaten

Ordensstaaten are provisional military administrations governed primarily by the Schutzstaffel.

* Ordensstaat of Thule
* Ordensstaat of Gotenland
* Ordensstaat of Palestine
* Ordensstaat of New Normandy

### Militärstaaten

Militärstaaten are peacekeeping forces governed officially as autonomous occupation governments of the Volksbund's military.

* Thessaloniki Military Authority
* Belgrade Military Authority
* Ostwand Peacekeeping Provisional Authority

### Reichskolonien

* Reichskolonie of Kamerun
* Reichskolonie of South-West Africa
* Reichskolonie of Sinai-Suez

\* - While still nominally labeled a constitutional unterstaat, Kingdom of Britain maintains special autonomous status within the Volksbund, with full control over its own domestic policy and the maintenance of the British monarchy.