Sweden

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Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a large country in Northern Europe. It is a Unitary Constitutional Monarchy with the prime minister holding a lot of power but the King still has some ability to effect the outcome of certain things. It's monarchy is the house of Bernadotte left over from the Napoleonic Wars. Sweden remained militarily neutral during the Weltkreig until 1944 when it fully joined with the Reichspakt. This entry into the war allowed for the survival of Finland in the aftermath of the Russian offensive on Helsinki. Sweden is the strongest of all nordic nations at the present time. Sweden was proclaimed in the 16th century in the aftermath of the collapse of the Kalmar Union. Sweden has been a regional power ever since, well known for its military's professionalism and ability to unleash destruction in the case of a war. Sweden is a victor of the Second Weltkrieg, however its parliament is about to have another election. The current Right-wing conservative government favors Germany, but other parties support the Entente. Thus Sweden may become a neutral broker between the two sides, a kind of "Swedenization". Due to this political situation, Sweden may leave the Reichspakt due to political misalignment

## History

Sweden in 1936 had remained quite rich due to Mittleleuropa and had nothing particularly challenging going on at the time. However this would change when Black Monday hit the Swedish economy hard as they were economically tied to Germany. But also because Sweden exported much of its Iron ore to Germany witch was Sweden's largest industry. This came just in time for the 1936 elections where despite the increased popularity of radicalist parties, the Conservatives and Market Liberals were able to form a stable government. Because of this, Sweden was spared much of the wave of revolutions and civil wars that rocked the world in the lead up to the Second Weltkrieg. Sweden was able to restore trade with Germany and repair its economy by 1938 and was beginning to pull ahead in the economic area. But Sweden also had begun to branch out beginning to export to more countries in order to avoid blows like that in 1936. However this would all come to a screeching halt in 1940 when the Second Weltkrieg broke out as different nations began to try and vy for the loyalty of different nations all across the world in terms of military, and economic support. Sweden had closer ties to Germany and began to export goods only to the Reickspakt and not to the Moscow Pact or Third Internationale. Denmark would end up becoming an important land way into the German factories as the waters of the Baltic sea were not safe from Russian submarines who targeted Swedish vessels. However it was in 1944 when the Russians sieged Helsinki that the Swedes started to get worried. They thought that if Russia took out Finland that Sweden might be attacked for suppling much of Germany's Iron Ore and being a lifeline for the country. So Sweden decided to preempt the Russians by declaring war on them and sending in Swedish troops into Finland. There the Swedes and Finns would launch an offensive up until 1945 pushing the Russians back away from the Finnish capital and back towards Vipuri. After the Russo-German truce the Swedes decided to go back into being a non-combatant but continued to supply Germany with iron for the rest of the war. In the meantime the death of the old Social-Democratic leader led to the election of the Next one. Jarl Hjalmarson. Now that the Second Weltkrieg is over the Swedes democratic system has prevented it from taking a side. And unless someone wants to invade the country, Sweden should be relatively safe for the time being.

## Military

Sweden's military is known for being very advanced for its size with its army having equipment capable of defeating several times the number of Swedish troops. However Sweden truly shines in its air-force witch has used jet-fighters to their fullest abilities, even being more advanced than the German Air force in terms of development of this field.