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Here is my latest creation, an almighty German wank which is set in a slightly more dialled back version of my Teutonic China map. I've actually had this map ready for quite some time, but writing the back story has proven to be the biggest problem for me. So instead of writing a massive chunk of poorly written text I've decided finally to give a brief, abridged version of a far larger work. As usual comments and questions are always welcome.

Essentially, the PoD is the rise of a more successful Poland and Kievan Russia in the Early Middle Ages. Whilst normally this would be good for them, here it proved detrimental as the deadly Slavic Plague spreads across the region in the 12th century, killing a large portion of Ukraine and Southern Russia and spreading as far as Poland in the west. While the Slavic states try to rebuild themselves after plagues and civil wars the Teutonic Order managed to find themselves at the centre of a morbid opportunity and expand along the Baltic and into now largely depopulated Russia. Novgorod and Lithuania fell to their rule, followed eventually by Poland after the Mongols had smashed it to pieces in the 13th century. Eventually the Order fell and the aristocracy formed the Kingdom of Prussia in its place and from there went on to expand further eastwards into Siberia (called Tartary in this timeline). In the rest of Europe the Netherlands never formed, instead Brabant and Holland took their relative place in history, whilst the Byzantines fell to a Turkish sultanate led by the Mentese. America (called Duran after the French explorer who initially made the discover) was found by the Hanseatic League and whilst it was quickly overtaken in territory by the French, English, Spanish and Norwegian Empires they still retained their core territories along the *Saint Lawrence.

For the longest time the Prussians remained focused on eastward expansion, but in the early 18th century they began to focus more on Europe once more, getting involved in the conflicts between the Hungarians and the Mentese Sultanate in the Balkans and in the delicate political arena that was the HRE. This culminated in the 1780s as a new King (who was a little bit insane) ascended to the throne of Prussia who was deeply influenced by the political movement of German Nationalism. Under his reign he began a process of military build up to assert what he believed was his rightful claim to all Germany and in opposition to the Austro-Burgundian alliance which had long dominated the HRE. This eventually led to the German Wars, which saw the Prussians conquer the HRE but was prevented from expanding further westwards by a last ditch alliance between the armies of France, Britain, Spain and the German-exile states. With his dream attained he declared the foundation of the German Empire and placed it as the supreme hegemon of Europe, especially after France moved to a position of heavily armed neutrality. The Germans eventually allied with a more successful Egypt and together carved the ageing Mentese Empire between them.

The remnants of the Alliance which had fought the Prussians in the German Wars did not disappear, however, and from that core emerged the League of Free States. Initially composed of Britain, Spain and the Kaapreich (the remains of the joint Hollander-Brabant colony which became the destination of mass immigration after the German Wars) it eventually grew into a global alliance by the 20th century. Vesterrike, the former Norwegian colony which eventually spread across the north of Nord Duran, is increasingly dictating League actions worldwide, especially in Sud Duran as various states are seeking protection from the Spanish descended Extremist Durani Dictatorship. Their eventual goal is to bring what they see as a mad empire crashing down, although when pressed on exactly how they are going to do so they mostly mumble. France, a former enemy of the Germans, have moved into a state of heavily armed neutrality, fearing that if they align themselves too much with the League they will end up as the primary battlefield in the next great war. The League is still confident that with enough international backing they can stand up to the Germans like no single nation could. And there are options open to them, most notably Second Mughal Empire, who are wary of the German backed Afghan Emirate, and the Holy Empire of Nihon.

The year is 1926 and tensions between the League and the German-Egyptian Pact of Emperor's are reaching still seething over 100 years after the end of the German Wars. Germany has significantly mellowed out after the death of the Mad Emperor, but remains an authoritarian place where democracy exists but holds little power to compete with the Emperor and aristocracy. Still, Germans never dominate the region to the same extent as the Russians did in their empire OTL and as a result have had to make more extensive use of the native populations within their Empire. Whilst Germans still dominate the empire you find Poles, Russians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, Georgians, Kazakhs, Mongolians and Manchurians in positions of authority and power. In Germany your race does not matter, so long as your German is good, are a good Catholic and are loyal to the Emperor. Egypt is a more nasty regime, treating its black population very harshly, but its oil keeps its engines running and is would be tolerated by the League had they not sided so openly with their sworn enemy. It was far more successful in this timeline and has carved itself a large empire in Africa, although it is far less impressive in reality than it is on paper. It's logistics are stretched to breaking point and many in Cairo know that should war come its empire would quickly be overrun by the League, so it would be better to focus their defences on the Middle East and leave its Central African holdings to fend for themselves. The League members, in contrast are a motley crew of democracies, dictatorships and monarchies who are more unified by fear of Germany (and to a lesser extent Egypt) than anything else. Vesterrike, Britain and Spain are relatively free, but the Kaapreich has a history of forceful leadership to maintain its tenuous position and the vote is only given to its white inhabitants. Meanwhile, the Andean Union is in a constant state of emergency, with the Durani breathing down their necks and the Mexique are somewhere in the middle of the democracy-panic spectrum the League seems to possess.

Technology is slightly behind our world, with tanks and planes still being cumbersome whilst battleships still rule the seas. Yet it is ahead of ours in some ways as well, with the television becoming more readily available for the masses, albeit very grainy and many still prefer the radio. International travel is booming, in particular between Europe and Duran, with airships slowly loosing ground to heavier-than-air passenger planes. Aesthetically Western Europe and Nord Duran are enamoured by an alternate Art Deco movement whilst Germany is instead enamoured with a Neo-Gothic variant. Whilst the world is politically divided, science, trade and culture easily flow across borders, despite many League and Pactist politicians preferring if they didn't. This is what many hope will eventually stave off any future war. Whilst tensions remain high between the Pact and the League the memories of the German Wars grow ever fainter and a growing international pacifist movement is gaining momentum in the major powers. Détente is on the minds of many and the German Emperor is planning a state visit to the Neurheinisch Verein, a neutral but very closely aligned with Vesterrike, to discuss with the Versterriker President and British Prime Minister about a potential solution to the Italian problem. Hope remains high that peace may yet win the day, but both camps remain heavily armed and are dabbling into experimental fields of science in the hopes of devising new weapons in case war does rear its head, with nuclear science in particular being appealing to the two sides. It would take one wrong move to destroy all the progress that had been made and the world hopes it can avoid what would likely be the most deadly conflict the world would ever see.

Description
Here is my latest creation, an almighty German wank which is set in a slightly more dialled back version of my Teutonic China map. I've actually had this map ready for quite some time, but writing the back story has proven to be the biggest problem for me. So instead of writing a massive chunk of poorly written text I've decided finally to give a brief, abridged version of a far larger work. As usual comments and questions are always welcome.

Essentially, the PoD is the rise of a more successful Poland and Kievan Russia in the Early Middle Ages. Whilst normally this would be good for them, here it proved detrimental as the deadly Slavic Plague spreads across the region in the 12th century, killing a large portion of Ukraine and Southern Russia and spreading as far as Poland in the west. While the Slavic states try to rebuild themselves after plagues and civil wars the Teutonic Order managed to find themselves at the centre of a morbid opportunity and expand along the Baltic and into now largely depopulated Russia. Novgorod and Lithuania fell to their rule, followed eventually by Poland after the Mongols had smashed it to pieces in the 13th century. Eventually the Order fell and the aristocracy formed the Kingdom of Prussia in its place and from there went on to expand further eastwards into Siberia (called Tartary in this timeline). In the rest of Europe the Netherlands never formed, instead Brabant and Holland took their relative place in history, whilst the Byzantines fell to a Turkish sultanate led by the Mentese. America (called Duran after the French explorer who initially made the discover) was found by the Hanseatic League and whilst it was quickly overtaken in territory by the French, English, Spanish and Norwegian Empires they still retained their core territories along the *Saint Lawrence.

For the longest time the Prussians remained focused on eastward expansion, but in the early 18th century they began to focus more on Europe once more, getting involved in the conflicts between the Hungarians and the Mentese Sultanate in the Balkans and in the delicate political arena that was the HRE. This culminated in the 1780s as a new King (who was a little bit insane) ascended to the throne of Prussia who was deeply influenced by the political movement of German Nationalism. Under his reign he began a process of military build up to assert what he believed was his rightful claim to all Germany and in opposition to the Austro-Burgundian alliance which had long dominated the HRE. This eventually led to the German Wars, which saw the Prussians conquer the HRE but was prevented from expanding further westwards by a last ditch alliance between the armies of France, Britain, Spain and the German-exile states. With his dream attained he declared the foundation of the German Empire and placed it as the supreme hegemon of Europe, especially after France moved to a position of heavily armed neutrality. The Germans eventually allied with a more successful Egypt and together carved the ageing Mentese Empire between them.

The remnants of the Alliance which had fought the Prussians in the German Wars did not disappear, however, and from that core emerged the League of Free States. Initially composed of Britain, Spain and the Kaapreich (the remains of the joint Hollander-Brabant colony which became the destination of mass immigration after the German Wars) it eventually grew into a global alliance by the 20th century. Vesterrike, the former Norwegian colony which eventually spread across the north of Nord Duran, is increasingly dictating League actions worldwide, especially in Sud Duran as various states are seeking protection from the Spanish descended Extremist Durani Dictatorship. Their eventual goal is to bring what they see as a mad empire crashing down, although when pressed on exactly how they are going to do so they mostly mumble. France, a former enemy of the Germans, have moved into a state of heavily armed neutrality, fearing that if they align themselves too much with the League they will end up as the primary battlefield in the next great war. The League is still confident that with enough international backing they can stand up to the Germans like no single nation could. And there are options open to them, most notably Second Mughal Empire, who are wary of the German backed Afghan Emirate, and the Holy Empire of Nihon.

The year is 1926 and tensions between the League and the German-Egyptian Pact of Emperor's are reaching still seething over 100 years after the end of the German Wars. Germany has significantly mellowed out after the death of the Mad Emperor, but remains an authoritarian place where democracy exists but holds little power to compete with the Emperor and aristocracy. Still, Germans never dominate the region to the same extent as the Russians did in their empire OTL and as a result have had to make more extensive use of the native populations within their Empire. Whilst Germans still dominate the empire you find Poles, Russians, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, Georgians, Kazakhs, Mongolians and Manchurians in positions of authority and power. In Germany your race does not matter, so long as your German is good, are a good Catholic and are loyal to the Emperor. Egypt is a more nasty regime, treating its black population very harshly, but its oil keeps its engines running and is would be tolerated by the League had they not sided so openly with their sworn enemy. It was far more successful in this timeline and has carved itself a large empire in Africa, although it is far less impressive in reality than it is on paper. It's logistics are stretched to breaking point and many in Cairo know that should war come its empire would quickly be overrun by the League, so it would be better to focus their defences on the Middle East and leave its Central African holdings to fend for themselves. The League members, in contrast are a motley crew of democracies, dictatorships and monarchies who are more unified by fear of Germany (and to a lesser extent Egypt) than anything else. Vesterrike, Britain and Spain are relatively free, but the Kaapreich has a history of forceful leadership to maintain its tenuous position and the vote is only given to its white inhabitants. Meanwhile, the Andean Union is in a constant state of emergency, with the Durani breathing down their necks and the Mexique are somewhere in the middle of the democracy-panic spectrum the League seems to possess.

Technology is slightly behind our world, with tanks and planes still being cumbersome whilst battleships still rule the seas. Yet it is ahead of ours in some ways as well, with the television becoming more readily available for the masses, albeit very grainy and many still prefer the radio. International travel is booming, in particular between Europe and Duran, with airships slowly loosing ground to heavier-than-air passenger planes. Aesthetically Western Europe and Nord Duran are enamoured by an alternate Art Deco movement whilst Germany is instead enamoured with a Neo-Gothic variant. Whilst the world is politically divided, science, trade and culture easily flow across borders, despite many League and Pactist politicians preferring if they didn't. This is what many hope will eventually stave off any future war. Whilst tensions remain high between the Pact and the League the memories of the German Wars grow ever fainter and a growing international pacifist movement is gaining momentum in the major powers. Détente is on the minds of many and the German Emperor is planning a state visit to the Neurheinisch Verein, a neutral but very closely aligned with Vesterrike, to discuss with the Versterriker President and British Prime Minister about a potential solution to the Italian problem. Hope remains high that peace may yet win the day, but both camps remain heavily armed and are dabbling into experimental fields of science in the hopes of devising new weapons in case war does rear its head, with nuclear science in particular being appealing to the two sides. It would take one wrong move to destroy all the progress that had been made and the world hopes it can avoid what would likely be the most deadly conflict the world would ever see.