Cassidy
Arcane
Index
I could put all playable countries but that would be way too inane, so I made a selection of some which I consider the most interesting countries, and also some lulz options. Like in the Fallout: Doomsday mod, most voted option will be the one to be played as. Poll will run for 4 days after which results will define it. Also, if Austria is chosen, because it's a bit "overpowered" compared to the other options, I'll see if I can ensure the commies win most wars Austria lack strategic conditions to intervene at to make everything more interesting.
Also, here are the descriptions of these ten countries in Kaiserreich:
Austria
Although Austria was on the winning side of the Weltkrieg, the war’s main impact was to reveal the Empire’s significant weaknesses and utter dependence upon Germany. Over the course of the 1920s one disaster followed another: the Emperor Karl died in 1922 causing the throne to pass to his 10 year old son Otto. Austrian industry collapsed in face of competition from German manufactures, while the quarrels of the Czechs and ethnic Germans in Bohemia nearly pushed the Empire into civil war. Finally, the humiliation of having to call in German mediation to resolve the deadlock of the Ausgleich negotitions in 1927, which resulted in the concession of autonomy statutes given to Bohemia and Galicia, seemed to signal the end of Austria as a Great Power. However, many feel that there is new hope for the Osterreich - now that the Emperor Otto has come of age and the terms of the ‘Great Compromise’ are to be renegotiated at the 1937 Ausgleich next year. Could this be the time for Austria to throw off her shackles of dependence on Germany and reassert the power of the Habsburg dynasty over her Empire?
Bhartiya Commune
In the aftermath of the complete collapse of British control over India it was the syndicalist movement in that was first to act. Inspired by the revolutions in Britain the Bhartiya Commune was proclaimed in Calcutta on the 19th of October 1925. However, the reality of the situation was not so simple. While the British garrisons were being withdrawn to the northwest (to what became Delhi), many other groups remained to oppose the new state. It was not until 1927 that the Bhartiya Commune was in a fairly stable and cohesive state at a local level, by which time two other large Indian states were already firmly established.Faced with deadlock in terms of expansion the government of the Bhartiya Commune chose instead to look inwards temporarily, rooting out 'imperialist sympathisers' and trying to repair the damage caused by the chaos of revolution. The Bhartiya Commune was also keen not to act too belligerently lest she incur the wrath of Germany, who was by no means pleased with the existence of yet another radical regime.In the early 1930's the Bhartiya Commune began to take a more ‘outwards-looking’ stance once more. Although she remains unwilling to risk a large scale war immediately, Bengali foreign policy is instead aimed at supporting syndicalist movements in her neighbours with the aim of agitating revolution and the political collapse of those states. By 1936 there is evidence that this strategy is beginning to bear fruit in Indo-china and in Delhi, and the Bengali army stands ready to capitalise on the chaos which might ensue.
Canada
Canada saw a quick economic rise through the combined impacts of the transcontinental railroad (completed in 1885), shipping, industries and settling in the West. The dominion supported Great Britain during the Boer War and the Weltkrieg, but due to her remote location she was able to avoid serious penalties in the resulting peace, and Canada seemed set to continue as she always had. However, when the collapse of royal and parliamentary authority in Britain in 1925 resulted in the royal family and central government of Britain fleeing to the country, Canada has been set down a different path.Slow industrialisation funded by the old families of Britain and the maintenance of trade links to the US have allowing it to avoid some of the economic decline seen in other nations outside German influence. There is some dissent growing amongst the Canadian population about the presence of the British exiles increasing political dominance and the fixation of Canada bending towards being the means towards their aim of ‘liberating’ Britain. The spread of such sentiment has however been slowed by propaganda against the left and encouraging a strong and restored Commonwealth, seen as a means of returning to the economic and political securities of the 19th century.The political situation with regards to the newly created Union of Britain remained tense over the next decade but neither side was prepared or able to escalate matters into open warfare. By 1936, however Canada's navy continues to grow rapidly in strength, and some amongst the Royalist faction are beginning to suggest that the time has come for direct measures to retake the Home Islands. With the possibility of this being a feasible goal growing with each day, war seems inevitable.
Delhi
In 1925 the syndicalist revolution in Britain precipitated the collapse of the British Empire, the constituent parts of which were rather abruptly left to find their own way. In India a combination of princes, rajahs, nationalists and syndicalists started to fight for the control of the sub-continent. Realising the impossibility of these tumultuous events being resolved favourably for the Empire, Governor-General Isaacs chose to create a free nation in the northwest of India under his leadership in the hopes that some day the Royalists would return to Britain and the Empire be restored. The move received harsh criticism from some, India as a united colony was after all was still considered ‘the Jewel of the Empire’, but the Royalist government in Canada realised and accepted the necessity of the move in keeping a hold of the sub-continent.The new state of Delhi has thus remained in a close partnership with Canada and her allies of the former Entente, and it was agreed that in order to appease the local population
Georgia
The modern state of Georgia was established under the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, and during the ensuing chaos of the Russian Civil War she emerged as a Menshevik stronghold, firmly establishing a potentially grave threat to White Forces in the Caucasus and Don-Kuban region who were only just beginning to regroup. However, the Georgian leadership quickly declared their new country's neutrality in the Civil War, and unwilling to risk a potentially disastrous conflict in the mountains of the Caucasus, especially when the Bolsheviks still held the Russian heartland, Kerensky and the Generals were content to leave the small state alone for the time being. A Popular Front of native Mensheviks, small groups of Bolsheviks, and Social Revolutionaries quickly emerged, and went to work building a new form of 'Caucasian Socialism' under a representative parliamentary system. Since the revolution, the state has been characterised by strong state power, regulation, and intervention, and although this has given the country a surprisingly strong industrial base, not all is well in Menshevik Georgia. Indeed, the industrialisation process subverted the country's constitution by creating a massive and unaccountable bureaucratic administration and putting it in charge of the country, and with each day the regime of this vast organisation becomes more and more bound to the police and 'internal security service'. Georgia's democratic constitution has now become irrelevant, and all real power is now concentrated in the hands of the Supreme Economic Council, which is in turn increasingly controlled by the Chairmanship of Lavrenti Beria - a man who is eager to integrate more regions into the Caucasian Socialist State.
Libya
When Italy surrendered to the Central Powers in 1919, the Ottomans regained Libya as part of their Empire. However, despite the final victory in the war, the Weltkrieg showed the weakness and the decline of the Ottoman Empire. During the 1920s, with the decline of the Ottoman authority over the Empire and mounting internal pressure, Libya and Armenia were able to gain the position of autonomous region on June 1928. Since then, Libya remained loyal to its master in Constantinople, but lately the Arab population is again starting to show signs of distress and Egypt in the east might be waiting for the right occasion to free Libya from Ottoman rule... or to become its new master!
Mittelafrika
Mittelafrika was created after the 1921 treaty by a victorious Germany, with the aim of centralising the governing of Germany's newly acquired African colonies under one administration headed by Wilhelm Solf and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, the undefeated commander of German forces in East Africa during the war. Almost from the start Mittelafrika became a semi-autonomous region, with its own government and its own armed forces. Its territories were greatly expanded in 1925 when the political turbulence in England caused Germany to move troops into Britain's African colonies and from this point on the Freistaat was the hegemonic political force in Africa, if only due to its size.However it remained economically backwards, sucking in German money and manpower for little return gain, as minor colonial insurrection continually plagued it through the 1920's and 30's. In 1934 Lettow-Vorbeck was replaced by Hermann Goering- a politician whose actions and right-wing extremist views were embarrassing the Kaiser's government. Goering saw the move as an opportunity to create his own power base, and by 1936 has begun to enlarge the army and now looks greedily at his neighbours, especially the Portuguese colonies and the native state of Abyssinia.
Mongolia
Once the greatest empire in the world, the land of Genghis Khan has long had to struggle for it's independence. Though freed from Chinese rule following the collapse of the ruling Manchu dynasty in 1911, Mongolia's independence was not recognized by the new Republic of China, and therefore Mongolia increasingly turned to Russia for it's continued survival. Yet, the unexpected Russian Revolution of 1917 placed Mongolia in a vulnerable position, with the Russian Civil War soon spilling over the border into it's protectorate. After suffering from an invasion by a Chinese warlord army, a counter-invasion White Russian forces under Baron Roman Nicolaus von Ungern-Sternberg, who established himself as rule of Mongolia. Eager to maintain the security of their southern flank, the remaining White Generals recognized von Ungern-Sternberg's government, believing that he would pursue a pro-Russian foreign policy. However, the Baron had other ideas. While Civil War raged within European Russia, Mongolian forces with Japanese diplomatic support seized and announced their sovereignty over a significant section of the Transiberian Railroad. Kerensky had no choice but to accept this, to avoid the complete strangulation and isolation of Russian troops in Europe and the Far-East. Sternberg then set to work promoting his political authority in Mongolia, and developing a powerful military apparatus. He is now too powerful for a weak Russian government to dislodge, and any crisis in Russia or China may inspire him to make his claims to be Khan of All Mongols a reality...
National France
The Third Republic ended in the way it began: defeated by German arms, and facing Communist Revolution at home. In the aftermath of the French Communal Revolution, the whole apparatus of state and French military, sheltered in Marseille, quickly embarked with the French Navy to Algiers, fleeing the newly created Commune of France. After the peace negociations with Germany, the French refugee politicians decided to start from scratch again, proclaiming the French Fourth Republic, in exile in Africa but claiming the French motherland. Soon, it was obvious that the parliamentarian regime was outdated, as the exiled leading politicians were mainly nationalists and authoritarian : the military subsequently seized the executive powers, under the leadership of popular marshal Ferdinand Foch. After his death in 1929, the victor of Verdun, Philippe Pétain, took his succession, helped by his protégé, admiral François Darlan. Now, the military regime of French Republic in exile, still allied with the British monarchy in exile, continues to take nationalist orientations, even restablishing the fleur-de-lis, the Royalist symbol, on the flag. Does National France will be ready to go back to his motherland, despite the increasing troubles with the native populations, tired of French authority, or with the Young Guard represented by colonel Charles de Gaulle?
Ukraine
Following centuries of subjugation under the Russian Empire, Ukraine was liberated following the ""Peace of Nations"" at Brest-Litovsk. Under German pressures that culminated in a coup by Pavlo Skoropadsky, what initially began as a socialist inspired ''Ukrainian People’s Republic'' saw a an inexorable transformation into an authoritarian Hetmanate, which was essentially a mechanism to support the interests of landowners. However, due to unrest at these developments, compromises had to be met and at the end of 1919 Wilhelm Habsburg-Lothringen was accepted as titular King of Ukraine with the name of Vasyl Vyshyvanyi, a new constitution was drafted and the elected legislative Rada was restored. Eventually, Ukraine fell under the Austro-Hungarian sphere of influence, with the King holding the greater power. However, following the deadlock in the renegotiations of Ausgleich in 1927, Austria-Hungary had to ask Germany's mediation and the price was the transfer of control of Ukraine. While Vasyl Vyshyvanyi remained King of Ukraine, the true power was handed over to Skoropadsky as the Hetman, a Chief Executive position which combined both civil government and military command functions. Since then Ukraine has been transformed (thanks mainly to German investment and favouritism in trading arrangements) into an agricultural giant. However, the lack of representative government and the increasingly desperate position of the masses in relation to the rich has lead to a rapidly rising Social Democratic movement, which shows increasing signs of radicalization under the inspiration of the Socialist government in Georgia. This internal threat combined with the dangers posed by ambitious states on her frontiers has lead many observers to doubt Ukraine’s ability it to survive the coming years.
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