Sweden

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**Sweden**, officially the **State of Sweden** is a nation located in Northern Europe. It borders Russia to the East, Germany and Poland to the south and the North Sea to its west, Baltic Sea to its south-east and the Arctic Ocean to its north. It's capital and largest city is Stockholm followed by other major cities like Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg), Malmö, Theobourg (Swedish: Theoborg), Helsinki and Oslo. The official languages of Sweden are Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, Icelandic and English. Swedish is the largest ethnicity group totaling for around 60% of the population.

Sweden was formed after the chaotic aftermath of World War 4, with the country having been split between East and West as Svealand was abolished as a political entity. The West was largely a free and democratic society but the East was a breeding ground for revanchism and nationalism. This allowed the Fascist Sweden Nationalists party to emerge as the leader of East Sweden. After a short 4-month war between both Swedens, the East emerged victorious and reunited Sweden. It continued facing challenges such as ethnic tensions, a stagnating economy and tensions around the world rising which culminated in World War 5. The country was on the side of Greatland and her allies during the war.

After World War 5, Sweden emerged out of the war as a European Great Power being able to project its influence onto the European continent with the acquisitions of Finland, Karelia, the Kola Peninsula and Iceland. The nation also acquired Swedish Pomerania during the First German War. In 2119, the highly conservative leader Henrik G. Larsson would lose his power after being overthrown by his own party due to his failures to lead the country. Gordon Banks was elected as Supreme Leader by his fellow party members, he oversaw a complete revision of the constitution which culminated into the 2120 Swedish Constitution. Gordon Banks also oversaw a period of economic prosperity and increase in quality of life in Sweden. Theobourg was built as a new city in Karelia to cement Swedish control over it and honour the late king Theo I.

In World War 6, the country paid a hefty price of 3 million casualties to maintain its sovereignty against an aggressive Russia and the Ultimate Alliance. After the war, Sweden aquired Schleswig-Holstein and Bremen-Wisnau from Germany as it was turned into a Swedish puppet state. Denmark was annexed and Poland made into another Swedish puppet state after the Swedish-Polish War that started shortly after the end of World War 6.

Daniel Stén later became Supreme Leader after Gordon Banks resigned. Sweden went through even more liberal reforms in the economic and political systems. As of 2157, Sweden is involved in World War 7 against France but not the African Union.

## History

### Post-World War 4 Era

Svealand was abolished as a political entity and split into East and West with the aftermath of World War 4. West Sweden was generally more richer and wealthier than the East, having more freedom, money and the bigger population compared to the East where corruption was rampant and revanchist sentiments quickly arose following the end of World War 4.

The East experienced great democratic backsliding as extremist parties cemented themselves as candidates for the 2086 East Swedish Election which the Sweden Nationalists led by Carl Albinsson won. The Sweden Nationalists later enforced their policies and rearmed themselves with support from S.F.R Yeetland who wanted leverage in the Nordic Region. This rearmament came at a rapid pace where the East used loans as a means to make money and not collapse their economy, they later fought a short war against West Sweden which the East won, establishing the modern-day State of Sweden that has persisted all the way to the present day.

After Reunification, the Swedish economy was sorted out with a highly centralized command economy implemented by the government. The army also waged war on Denmark-Norway, reclaiming Scania and annexing Norway from the country. The Swedish state also underwent 1 year of preparations and threats against the Sami Kingdom in a period known as the Sami Intimidation, culminating in an invasion of the country in 2098 by Swedish forces. In the same year, Carl Albinsson would die due to lung cancer and Jimmy Andersson would succeed him as Supreme Leader.

### World War 5

After tensions rose across the entire world in the 16 years since the end of World War 4, the powderkeg was set ablaze in the Ugandan-Congolese War as World War 5 would start. Sweden remained neutral at the start to avoid any bloodshed but was dragged into the conflict after the Swedish Congo Colony was attacked by the Octuple Pact. The war took a heavy toll on the Swedish nation as it lost 2 million troops in combat and the economy was almost ruined by the war. Sweden almost collapsed as Finland and Denmark invaded the country together, it was only in the tide-turning battles of Jönköping and Narvik that forced the Danish and Finns to surrender respectively. When the war ended, Sweden had emerged as one of the victors.

### Post-World War 5 Era

After the end of World War 5, Sweden stood at its peak ever since the days of Estraeland. The nation had annexed Finland, Karelia, the Kola Peninsula and Iceland during the course of the war and gained immense international prestige and pride. Jimmy Andersson would end the wartime powers he had and stepped down as the Minister of War. Sweden also decolonized, allowing their African colonies to declare independence as the Commonwealth of Independent States was established between Sweden and their previous colonies.

Numerous wars were also waged, with notable ones being the Russo-Swedish War of 2107 and War of De-Sevenization.

### Henrik G. Larsson Administration

Jimmy Andersson would be assasinated on December 31st 2109 by a Norwegian nationalist named Anders Olsen. Henrik G. Larsson would succeed Jimmy Andersson as the Supreme Leader and continued the path Carl Albinsson and Jimmy Andersson had laid out for Sweden. Sweden was involved in numerous wars during this period such as the First German War and an escalation of the Mountain War overall, with Swedish troop presence increasing to combat the rebels.

At the same time, Theobourg started construction to solidify Swedish control over Karelia as the economy started to stagnate. Around the same period, a new liberal bloc inside the Sweden Nationalists emerged which advocated for a more liberal economy to modernize Sweden and slowly but surely transistion Sweden to a democratic state. A power dynamic emerged in the Sweden Nationalists cause of this, with a constant balance between the liberal bloc and conservative bloc having to be balanced.

### 2119 Regime Crisis

*Main Article: 2119 Swedish Regime Crisis*

In 2119, the Swedish economic was stagnating and everyone blamed Henrik G. Larsson for it, even his own party members so he was swiftly overthrown and ousted from power. Sweden later entered into a regime crisis where the Riksdag temporarily took control while the Sweden Nationalists debated over who would become leader. Many candidates were thrown around but only 4 emerged as possible leaders of Sweden. These were the Conservative Julian Engstrand, Pro-Western Sven Svensson, Monarchist Alexander Olausson and the Progressive Gordon Banks. Gordon Banks won the race for leadership and became the 4th Supreme Leader of Sweden.

During the crisis, the Soviet Union annexed Karelia and the Kola Peninsula from Sweden.

### Gordon Banks Administration & Swedish Golden Age

Under Gordon Banks, the Swedish nation greatly liberalized economically and in some aspects politically and culturally. Private corporations were let into Sweden, opening up an entire market for every corporation outside of Sweden. This would allow the Swedish economy to skyrocket as the government would reform the entire economy and eventually the entire constitution was rewritten which set in place the current 2120 Swedish Constitution. This new era for Sweden is usually considered as the "Swedish Golden Age".

Unprecedented economic growth, environmental and political reforms allowed Sweden to modernize properly and propel itself back onto the world stage as a European Great Power. In 2123, the territories of Karelia and the Kola Peninsula were bought back by the Swedish state as apart of the Karelia Purchase. Construction on Theobourg subsequently also finished and the economy continued to boom.

Many societal changes brought cultural respect to minority groups by the Swedish government with languages like Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, Icelandic and English becoming official languages of Sweden with other languages given a recognized status within the country. Despite all these great changes economically, politically and socially however, the deportation of the Sami peoples continued.

Sweden continued remaining a neutral country on the world stage as tensions rose once again between Greatland and the Soviet Union with the Swedish government mainly profiting of it by exporting gas & oil to Europe when the Soviets embargoed all of Europe from buying it. This allowed the Swedish economy to profit a bit more before Greatland stepped in to become Europe's main oil & gas exporter. Sweden also joined the World Treaty Organization as an observer state as the nation grew closer to the West while also keeping its decades-old friendship with the Russians by signing friendship treaties, entering into several military alliances and assisting eachother economically. All of this led to Sweden being on a fine position in world politics as it went on to become the "Arsenal of Fascism" and one of the best countries in all of Europe during a time of uncertainty and fear for the future of the world.

The nation was also involved in the Second German War which saw Sweden expand Swedish Pomerania slightly more to the South.

#### World War 6

As tensions were rising around the world yet again and another world war seemed inevitable, Sweden mobilized itself as the nation was raised to level 3 of combat readiness. When the Mughal Empire invaded Iran, World War 6 would begin as Sweden was dragged in when Germany bombed cities in Scania with no clear casus beli. Sweden spent the early years of World War 6 conducting the invasion of Germany as they fought in battles like the Battle of Berlin and capitulated the German forces.

After Russia surrendered and European Russia was taken over by the Pro-UA Russian Interim Government, Sweden redirected all forces to the Russian front as the Battle of Theobourg saw the bloodiest combat of the entire war. When Theobourg eventually fell, Sweden retreated out of Karelia and the Kola Peninsula, consolidating their positions in Finland while also planning out a naval invasion together with Greatland onto Estonia and Latvia.

Sweden and Greatland eventually landed on Estonia and Latvia towards the end of the war as Yugoslavia launched an offensive into the Caucasus, Ukraine was counterattacking and the Russian government in-exile started a massive offensive from Siberia into European Russia. This all overwhelmed the Russian Interim Government which was forced to surrender. Although the war wouldn't end for another 2 years, Sweden was out of the war as it didn't send any troops to fight in Africa.

### Post-World War 6 Era

After World War 6, Sweden unsuccessfully sought to annex the Russian territories of Ingria, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and instead annexed Schleswig-Holstein and Bremen-Wisnau into the country while also puppeting Germany. The puppeting of Germany was largely supported by every major power on the Allied side cause of the Germans war crimes and reputation to keep being on the losing side of any major war. This treaty was viewed by many as unfavourable to Sweden, as they had fought and bled against the Russians to liberate their territories with nothing to show for it except territories in Central Europe.

Many Swedish politicians, however, argued that it was better to get gains from Central Europe than from Russia, as it would've severely damaged relations between both nations and a fullscale war would've happened eventually between both over the territory.

Shortly after World War 6 had concluded however, a new situation was unfolding in Central Europe as the nations of Denmark and Poland splintered off from the World Treaty Organization and formed the European League alliance instead. The European League wanted to rid itself of Swedish influence in Central Europe to liberate Germany and get it to join the alliance. After a staged incident by the Polish in which a Swedish missile hit Poland, Sweden declared war on both Denmark and Poland.

The war lasted for about 3 months as the Swedish soldiers forced Denmark out of the war fairly quickly and steamrolled Poland after some small difficulties in crossing the Vistula and Oder rivers. After the war was over, Denmark was annexed into Sweden proper as Poland was turned into a Swedish puppet state and Gdansk was annexed into Sweden proper aswell.

### Daniel Stén Administration

In 2139, Gordon Banks announced his intentions to resign as Supreme Leader and instead give power to the Minister of Finance Daniel Stén. In 2140, Gordon Banks officially resigned as Daniel Stén was inaugurated as the 5th Supreme Leader. Being apart of the Liberal Bloc of the Sweden Nationalists, he promoted liberal reforms as he started the slow process to peacefully transistion Sweden into a full liberal democracy. The economy was also further liberalized aswell as the deportations of the Sami People being stopped and the inclusion of the Sami ethnicity as an equally respected culture and identity aswell as becoming a recognized language in Sweden.

When Claire Hale came into power in Russia, the Swedish-Russo Defensive Pact was signed which made Sweden enter into a military alliance with the world superpower which implied that if one country is attacked, the other shall come to it's aid regardless. Swedish-Russo relationships continued improving under the reign of Claire Hale and even after her assasination.

### World War 7

When World War 7 started in 2155, Sweden remained neutral at first but when a resurgent Napoleonic France attacked Germany, it was forced to join the war against France but not against the African Union. Sweden quickly retreated to it's mainland and sat there not doing much. Chapter 1 was reset before a victor could be determined in World War 7, leaving the question of who won up to much speculation.

### Modern Day

In the modern day, Sweden stands as one of the strongest European nations with them being able to project their influence across the European continent. This status of a European Great Power came at a cost however, that being Russia. Russia can end Sweden whenever they feel like it and thus the center of Swedish policy is focused on friendly ties with Russia.

Sweden is also regarded as the "Arsenal of Fascism" as it is the only country left in the entire world with fascist ideals and elements still incorporated in their constitution.

The future of Sweden is an uncertain one as the quick polarization of the world and the threat of Russia looming closer than ever before, no one knows if Sweden will maintain their status as a European Great Power or fall to Russia.

## Government

The Swedish government is a federal one-party dictatorship with the power going to the Sweden Nationalists party as all other political parties are banned by the state. 349 delegates from the Sweden Nationalists meet every day in the Riksdag Building in Stockholm to discuss new suggestions and motions laid forward by either the regime or a delegate. The Supreme Leader of Sweden retains full powers over the Riksdag at all times and can introduce his own bills regardless of the opinion of the 349 delegates. The 349 delegates can, however, vote in leader elections every 4 years where each of the delegates cast their vote out of a set number of candidates. This system is in place to make sure no dictator jeopardizes the stability of the nation.

Sweden is separated into 34 provinces, each with a varying degree of autonomy depending on ethnic minorities and the local unrest in the area towards the regime. These provinces have alot of independence, but their main primary goal is to make sure laws and acts passed in Stockholm are actually implemented across the rest of the country. Provinces can draft their own laws on things like healthcare and social security, the Swedish Supreme Leader can choose to veto any proposed laws in the provinces if he dislikes or does not approve of said law.

Despite the dictatorial nature of Sweden, a moderate amount of freedom of speech is still allowed to allow the people to express their opinions about the current system. However, heavy security and surveillance is present in Sweden to crack down on any people who get way too liberal ideas. Serious political opponents are often claimed to have mysteriously disappeared by the state, despite it being clearly perpetrated by the government to rid them off these said opponents. Sweden is, however, making steady progress towards a fully-fledged federal presidential republic as liberal leaders like Gordon Banks and Daniel Stén have started the process towards democratization, describing the current dictatorship as a caretaker government to foster in a new age of Swedish democracy in the near future.

The economy is also decentralized as the government only controls a few key corporations which could jeopardize the stability of the nation and government if allowed to fall into the hands of private peoples. Before, the economy was highly centralized with the government controlling almost every aspect of it until the 2120 Swedish Constitution was signed into law and allowed for private corporations to start business in Sweden. The shift from a highly centralized and planned economy to a decentralized market economy allowed Sweden to enter into an economic boom and an era of prosperity during the 2120's as the GDP doubled and living standards rose dramatically. Many people have considered Sweden's economy to be based off the state capitalist economic model.