Argentina

**The Kingdom of Argentina** (German: Königreich Argentinien), formerly known as the Free State of Argentina (German: Freistaat Argentinien), is one of the Federated States of the South American Reich. Argentina is the second-largest of the Reich's Federated States, behind the Kingdom of Brazil, and is the centre of the Reich's apparati in South America.

Argentina's relationship with the SS and ODESSA began in the 1940s, as German citizens made their way to Latin America following Germany's defeat in 1945. As a key hub for German migration, ODESSA leaders Montana Max and Friedrich von Eisenfaust collaborated with the Perón government. After Perón's death in 1974, von Eisenfaust propped up Isabel Perón's government, effectively turning Argentina into a puppet government for the burgeoning Shadow Reich. After the Millennium Coup toppled the global establishment, von Eisenfaust enacted his decades long plan and used Argentina as the centrepiece of his growing power in South America, transforming the country into the key State of the new Fourth Reich.

Following von Eisenfaust's own fall from power and the ascension of his granddaughter Viktoria as the Reich's new leader, Argentina retained its position as the most important and powerful of the Federated States, and the centre of German power in the region.

## History

Hipólito Yrigoyen, leader of the Radical Civic Union, enacted social and economic reforms and extended assistance to small farms and businesses, but during his second administration, Yrigoyen faced an economic crisis, precipitated by the Great Depression, and in 1930, Yrigoyen was ousted from power by the military led by José Félix Uriburu, marking the start of the steady economic and social decline that pushed the country back into underdevelopment. Uriburu ruled for two years; then Agustín Pedro Justo was elected in a fraudulent election, and signed a controversial treaty with the United Kingdom. Argentina stayed neutral during World War II, a decision that had full British support but was rejected by the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1943 a military coup d'état led by General Arturo Rawson toppled the democratically elected government of Ramón Castillo. Under pressure from the United States, later Argentina declared war on the Axis Powers on 27 March 1945.

During the Rawson dictatorship a relatively unknown military colonel named Juan Perón was named head of the Labour Department. Perón quickly managed to climb the political ladder, being named Minister of Defence by 1944. Being perceived as a political threat by rivals in the military and the conservative camp, he was forced to resign in 1945, and was arrested days later. He was finally released under mounting pressure from both his base and several allied unions. He would later become president after a landslide victory over the UCR in the 1946 general election as the Laborioust candidate.

By this point, ODESSA established itself in Argentina, basing itself in San Carlos de Bariloche and creating official channels with Perón. Von Eisenfaust and Perón begin to bring millions of Germans into Argentina in exchange for ODESSA and the SS's support for the Perónist regime. Perón managed to get reelected in 1951. His wife Eva Perón, who played a critical role in the party, died of cancer in 1952. As the economy continued to tank, Perón started losing popular support, and came to be seen as a threat to the national process. The Navy took advantage of Perón's withering political power, and bombed the Plaza de Mayo in 1955. Perón survived the attack, and in September 1955 the SS proved their power when they saved Perón from a coup attempt led by Eduardo Lonardi. By 1961 the situation stabalised and fearing Soviet influence in Latin America, the Kennedy Administration lifted its embargo on Argentina, greatly improving its economy.

With American and SS support, and with millions of German immigrants, Perón became the main anticommunist bulwark in South America and pivoted towards the Right, liberalising the economy, privatising some state-owned industries nationalised decades earlier, and combating inflation through interest rate hikes.

Following Perón's death in 1974, von Eisenfaust continued his support for Isabel Perón and thwarted a coup attempt. Admiral Massera, member of the Propaganda Due lodge, falls under von Eisenfaust's influence and increases his control over the government. By 1975, Argentina is effectively a front for von Eisenfaust's Shadow Reich, as he expanded his influence into Chile and Peru. Argentina continued to prosper throughout the rest of the 20th century under the ostensible leadership of Isabel Perón and the increasingly Right-winged Justicialist Party, until the fateful events of the Millennium Coup.

In early 2000, as the global governments begin to fall, Isabel Perón resigns from the Presidency and is succeeded by Néstor Carlos Kirchner. On 12 October 2001, von Eisenfaust officially declared the establishment of the Fourth Reich, and President Kirchner became the first Minister President of the new Free State of Argentina, effectively ending Argentina's independence and becoming a subordinate member of the Reich, albeit in a leading and pivotal role. The Justicialist Party soon folded into the Argentine National Socialist Party, the regional branch of the wider National Socialist Worker's Party. Buenos Aires remained the capital of the Free State as Welthauptstadt Germania, completed in 2003, became the de facto capital of the Reich.

With the Southern Cone and Peru effectively pacified, and with the rest of the world too busy grappling with the sudden Metahuman takeover and subsequent rebuilding, von Eisenfaust's campaign across South America continued. The fruits of decades of research produced the first Reich Metahumans in 2003, and by 2005 Valkyrie Squad began fighting resistance elements in Argentina and across the Reich. After von Eisenfaust's death in 2016 and the failure of the South American resistance to topple the Reich, Viktoria von Eisenfaust took full control over the Fourth Reich, and began issuing her own reforms, transforming the Free State of Argentina into the new Kingdom of Argentina, with Viktoria as its new Queen. Viktoria replaced Kirchner, having him arrested for treason, and appointed his wife Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as Argentina's Minister President.

## Government

The Kingdom of Argentina is a continuation of the Free State of Argentina and the earlier Republic of Argentina. Argentina is divided into twenty-three Provinces and one Autonomous city. Welthauptstadt Germania exists outside of the Kingdom's jurisdiction and is administered directly by Viktoria as Great Lord. The only legal political Party is the Argentine National Socialist Party.

The head of the Kingdom of Argentina is its sovereign, currently its Queen, Viktoria von Eisenfaust, who is also head of the Argentine Armed Forces. Most of the day-to-day functioning of the Kingdom is handled by the Minister President, who is appointed by the sovereign and who rules in her name. The Minister President also is the head of National Congress and appoints the Cabinet Ministers, with the approval of the sovereign.

The National Congress consists of the Senate (72 seats), headed by the Cabinet Chief**,** and the Chamber of Deputies (257 seats), headed by the Minister President. Senators stay in office for six years and deputies, for four.

Each of the Provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires elect deputies and senators directly. Deputies are representatives of the whole people of the Kingdom, while Senators represent their districts. Each district elects a number of deputies roughly proportional to their overall population by proportional representation, and three senators: two for the majority, and one for the first minority. Members of both chambers are allowed indefinite re-elections.

Every two years, each of the 24 electoral districts elects one half of their lower chamber representatives. Districts with an odd number of Deputies elect one more or one fewer of them on each election. As for the Senators, the twenty-four districts are divided into three groups consisting of eight districts. Every two years all eight districts of one of those groups elect all their three senators, assigning two of them from the party that obtains the majority, and one from the first minority party. Six years later, the same group of districts will hold its next senatorial elections.

The Provinces and Autonomous City have their own constitution, laws, and authorities, though these comply with the Kingdom's constitution and laws as well as the laws established by the Reich. Each Province is headed by a governor elected by the people, as well as a bicameral legislature and Judiciary.

## Military

Following the official establishment of the Fourth Reich, Argentina ceded its navy and airforce over to the SS, and maintained its Army as an organ to fight resistance elements. Under Viktoria's regime, the Argentine Army's role has shifted to being one of both defense against resistance elements but also one capable of fighting alongside the SS within the wider Reichswehr. All citizens of Argentina from 18 to 30 are required to spend a minimum of 7 years of military service, three years in the active service and four years in the reserves. When the Reichswehr is called, the Argentine Army is required to send 84,000 soldiers; the armed forces of the Federated States perform yearly training exercises and drills with the Reichswehr and with each other within the unified command.