The Second World War (OOC/Open/Limited AH)

[Marsisian]

The Second World War

IC: IC
Map: Coming soon.

The year is 1940. The outbreak of war in September 1939 caught everyone by storm after a false hope of peace after the Munich Agreement in 1938. Poland fell quickly to the Germans and Soviets, falling in just a month's time. A titanic effort is about to be begun by the nations of the world against each other. All-new weapons and tools of war will be invented in a never before seen display of destruction, sucking in nations that had tried so hard to get out of it. The conflict will shape the globe for years to come after. You will take command of a nation in this time period. Whether or not you participate in this world war or not is up to you.

The outcome of this war remains to be seen, if the Soviet Union is pummeled into a bloody pulp or if the British surrender to the Axis. Anything could happen. I expect people to be civil around here, that means there should be no flaming or any of that bad stuff that unfortunately exists on this website.

Roster

Commonwealth of the Rhine: Marsisian
German Reich: Zelent
French Republic: New Besancon
Lithuania: Princess Kenny
Argentina: Protector Galactics
United Soviet Socialist Republics: In-Exile
Japan: Nouvelle Valcluse

POD

History is free for you to change as long as it doesn't remotely interfere with rough world history. Alternate history is not allowed if you are playing as a major power such as the United States or United Kingdom. Limited alternate history on nations that were not very significant in the war is fine, such as a Bolivia that won the War of the Pacific or a Fascist Argentina.

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Application:

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[b]NS Name:[/b]
[b]Nation Name:[/b] (You are encouraged to include both its formal name and its informal name)
[b]Head of State[/b]
[b]Head of Government[/b]
[b]Flag:[/b]
[b]Claims:[/b] (The official territory of your country)

[b]Government Form:[/b]
[b]Ideology:[/b] (Political, not economic)
[b]Foreign Policy:[/b] (How does your nation see the world? What is its stance or position on issues outside its country?)
[b]Civil Freedoms /10:[/b]
[b]Political Freedoms /10:[/b]
[b]Economic Freedoms /10:[/b]

[b]Military Name:[/b]
[b]Military Size:[/b]

[b]Description of Your Nation's Economy:[/b]
[b]Description of Your Nation's Government:[/b]

[b]Alternate History:[/b] (Explain what has differed from the original timeline. Remember no AH on important nations.)
[b]RP Sample:[/b]

NS Name:
Nation Name: Rhineland, Commonwealth of the Rhine
Head of State President Wilhelm Muller
Head of Government Prime Minister Johann Schmitt
Flag: National Flag
Claims: http://i.imgur.com/KfBRnP1.png


Government Form: Semi-Presidential Federal Republic
Ideology: Conservatism
Foreign Policy: Non-aggressive and neutral in world affairs. Aligned with Britain and France against Germany.
Civil Freedoms /10: 8
Political Freedoms /10: 7
Economic Freedoms /10: 8

Military Name: National Armed Forces
Military Size: 550,000

Description of Your Nation's Economy: Powerful, though still not powerful enough to be capable of challenging the major powers of Europe such as the British, French, or Russians.
Description of Your Nation's Government: The legislature is formed of two branches, the Parliament and the House of Governors. The President has most administrative power while the Prime Minister has the same powers as its British counterpart.

Alternate History: The Dutch peoples in the Low Countries did not drift so far from the Germans to the east, so much so that the residents of the Rhine could still be considered true Germans. The Rhenish language formed by the local Germans which evolved very closely along the lines of the contemporary German languages. Eventually, kingdoms began to be formed in the general area of the modern-day Rhine and were associated with the other German states further east. These kingdoms participated in wars and conflicts, most notably the Napoleonic Wars. As time went on, these kingdoms were united under one republic in the late 1860s but did not join the North German Confederation out of a fear of a French war and conquest of the Rhineland.

The Commonwealth, after the Franco-Prussian War, declared its allegiance to the newly founded German Empire but retained a large part of its autonomy. A major reason for this was that Rhenish had grown apart from Germany to the point of being its own unique culture, distinct from any other European ethnic group. The First World War resulted in the Rhenish being independent once again as a buffer state between the rest of Western Europe and the Germans.
RP Sample:

[Kratu]

May I reserve Germany? I think I have an idea I'd like to tinker with since there is some limited AH.

[Marsisian]

May I reserve Germany? I think I have an idea I'd like to tinker with since there is some limited AH.

Just don't mess with it too much, a war and a Nazi Germany still have to be present. Also you need to write longer posts since you're one of the major powers.

[Kratu]

May I reserve Germany? I think I have an idea I'd like to tinker with since there is some limited AH.

Just don't mess with it too much, a war and a Nazi Germany still have to be present. Also you need to write longer posts since you're one of the major powers.

I was still thinking of a Nazi Germany but I was thinking of having Strasserism coming out dominant as opposed to Hitlerism. Still allowing Germany to be expansionist an militarist, still alienated from both the Soviets and the Western Allies.

[Marsisian]

Just don't mess with it too much, a war and a Nazi Germany still have to be present. Also you need to write longer posts since you're one of the major powers.

I was still thinking of a Nazi Germany but I was thinking of having Strasserism coming out dominant as opposed to Hitlerism. Still allowing Germany to be expansionist an militarist, still alienated from both the Soviets and the Western Allies.

Alright, seems fine.

[Of The Rnclave]

Reserve the USA land I wnat incoming

[Marsisian]

Reserve the USA land I wnat incoming

K.

[Benian Republic]

Mars I know you'll hate me for asking but... Can I be a unified Ireland?

[Of The Rnclave]

This is the land I want as well add in Texas as we gained it

[Paginista]

NS Name: Paginista
Nation Name: The kingdom of Brazil (You are encouraged to include both its formal name and its informal name)
Head of State: Getúlio Vargas
Head of Government: Getúlio Vargas
Flag:
Claims: Brazil (The official territory of your country)

Government Form: Dictatorship
Ideology: Autocracy (Political, not economic)
Foreign Policy: Political neutrality (How does your nation see the world? What is its stance or position on issues outside its country?)
Civil Freedoms 4/10:
Political Freedoms 1/10:
Economic Freedoms 7/10:

Military Name: The Brazilian army
Military Size: 300,000 men (80,000 active)

Description of Your Nation's Economy: Heavily export based with a growing manufacturing sector
Description of Your Nation's Government: Opressive Autocratic government hellbent on keeping the other south american nations in line

Alternate History: None really. Only the government is more sympathetic towards the axis
[b]RP Sample: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic ... #p23678568
(Will add more if needed)

[Marsisian]

Mars I know you'll hate me for asking but... Can I be a unified Ireland?

I don't know very much about Ireland at all but that might not be possible. How exactly would that happen?

[New Neros]

This is the land I want as well add in Texas as we gained it

...So, continental USA?

I'd like to throw something up for a Nordic Commonwealth! Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, maybe Finland, that sorta thing.

[Of The Rnclave]

This is the land I want as well add in Texas as we gained it

...So, continental USA?

I'd like to throw something up for a Nordic Commonwealth! Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, maybe Finland, that sorta thing.

Ohh my friend, I have plans… very dark plans mein comrade ( Oh add in Alaska and Hawaii as customary )

[Marsisian]

NS Name: Paginista
Nation Name: The Imperial Federation of Brazil and Argentina (You are encouraged to include both its formal name and its informal name)
Head of State: Getúlio Vargas
Head of Government: Getúlio Vargas
Flag:(Image)
Claims: Brazil, Argentina uruguay (The official territory of your country)

Government Form: Dictatorship
Ideology: Autocracy (Political, not economic)
Foreign Policy: "voilently" neutral with sympathies to Great Britian (I.E will fight to defend its right to remain neutral internationally) (How does your nation see the world? What is its stance or position on issues outside its country?)
Civil Freedoms 4/10:
Political Freedoms 1/10:
Economic Freedoms 7/10:

Military Name: The Federal Army of Brazil and Argentina
Military Size: 300,000 men (80,000 active)

Description of Your Nation's Economy: Heavily export based with a growing manufacturing sector
Description of Your Nation's Government: Opressive Autocratic government hellbent on keeping the other south american nations in line

Alternate History: In 1870 as the Paraguayan war ended the Argentine government, battered from the bitter fighting was overthrown by members who beleived that they rightfully belonged to brazil (Most had fought alongside the brazilians) At the same time the emperor of brazil Pedro the second told inner members of his government his wishes to expand Brazilian territory. The new argentine goverment quickly took steps to see a possible federation happen. Eventually in 1880 a formal federation was formed between the two nations. Uruguay objected and was invaded in 1882 and swiftly conquered. From there the new federation took steps to industrialize. And although they remained neutral in the first world war. They began to sympathise with the plight of the allies in 1939 and started taking quiet steps to support them. (Explain what has differed from the original timeline. Remember no AH on important nations.)
RP Sample: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=327592&start=275#p23678568
(Will add more if needed)

This seems a little unrealistic.

[Marsisian]

This is the land I want as well add in Texas as we gained it

So just the entire US?

[Paginista]

NS Name: Paginista
Nation Name: The Imperial Federation of Brazil and Argentina (You are encouraged to include both its formal name and its informal name)
Head of State: Getúlio Vargas
Head of Government: Getúlio Vargas
Flag:(Image)
Claims: Brazil, Argentina uruguay (The official territory of your country)

Government Form: Dictatorship
Ideology: Autocracy (Political, not economic)
Foreign Policy: "voilently" neutral with sympathies to Great Britian (I.E will fight to defend its right to remain neutral internationally) (How does your nation see the world? What is its stance or position on issues outside its country?)
Civil Freedoms 4/10:
Political Freedoms 1/10:
Economic Freedoms 7/10:

Military Name: The Federal Army of Brazil and Argentina
Military Size: 300,000 men (80,000 active)

Description of Your Nation's Economy: Heavily export based with a growing manufacturing sector
Description of Your Nation's Government: Opressive Autocratic government hellbent on keeping the other south american nations in line

Alternate History: In 1870 as the Paraguayan war ended the Argentine government, battered from the bitter fighting was overthrown by members who beleived that they rightfully belonged to brazil (Most had fought alongside the brazilians) At the same time the emperor of brazil Pedro the second told inner members of his government his wishes to expand Brazilian territory. The new argentine goverment quickly took steps to see a possible federation happen. Eventually in 1880 a formal federation was formed between the two nations. Uruguay objected and was invaded in 1882 and swiftly conquered. From there the new federation took steps to industrialize. And although they remained neutral in the first world war. They began to sympathise with the plight of the allies in 1939 and started taking quiet steps to support them. (Explain what has differed from the original timeline. Remember no AH on important nations.)
RP Sample: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic ... #p23678568
(Will add more if needed)

This seems a little unrealistic.

If you wish i can change it to brazil invaded given how they're the superpower of south america

[Marsisian]

This seems a little unrealistic.

If you wish i can change it to brazil invaded given how they're the superpower of south america

You could just be Brazil.

[Of The Rnclave]

This is the land I want as well add in Texas as we gained it

So just the entire US?

No I want that land, it's special

[Marsisian]

So just the entire US?

No I want that land, it's special

Okay....

[Benian Republic]

Mars I know you'll hate me for asking but... Can I be a unified Ireland?

I don't know very much about Ireland at all but that might not be possible. How exactly would that happen?

Well the cowardly Michael Collins was killed and eamonn de Valera continues the war finally pushing all of the British troops from Ireland once and for all, oh and this scared the unionists into leaving as well.

[Marsisian]

I don't know very much about Ireland at all but that might not be possible. How exactly would that happen?

Well the cowardly Michael Collins was killed and eamonn de Valera continues the war finally pushing all of the British troops from Ireland once and for all, oh and this scared the unionists into leaving as well.

Britain is a very powerful nation. The Boer War? Made great gains in the beginning but lost due to British willingness to use concentration camps and bring in funds and troops from across the Empire. It's unlikely Ireland can stand against the entire Empire. Though I don't really know.

[Benian Republic]

Well the cowardly Michael Collins was killed and eamonn de Valera continues the war finally pushing all of the British troops from Ireland once and for all, oh and this scared the unionists into leaving as well.

Britain is a very powerful nation. The Boer War? Made great gains in the beginning but lost due to British willingness to use concentration camps and bring in funds and troops from across the Empire. It's unlikely Ireland can stand against the entire Empire. Though I don't really know.

Ireland is a special case because the British knew that we would continue rising til we won, and we've beaten the empire several times.

[Marsisian]

Britain is a very powerful nation. The Boer War? Made great gains in the beginning but lost due to British willingness to use concentration camps and bring in funds and troops from across the Empire. It's unlikely Ireland can stand against the entire Empire. Though I don't really know.

Ireland is a special case because the British knew that we would continue rising til we won, and we've beaten the empire several times.

I guess it's fine, then.

[Benian Republic]

Ireland is a special case because the British knew that we would continue rising til we won, and we've beaten the empire several times.

I guess it's fine, then.

Yay thanks.

[Kratu]

NS Name: Kratu
Nation Name: German Reich, Germany
Head of State Otto Strasser
Head of Government Ernst Roehm
Flag: I will put one soon, Strasserism has a different symbol than the Swastika but I'm gonna plop it right in the middle of the Nazi Flag otherwise.
Claims: Weimar Germany, Austria, Bohemia and Moravia, and Western Poland (I should probably ask the Soviet how we divided them).

Government Form: National Socialist Totalitarian Dictatorship
Ideology: National Socialism
Foreign Policy: (How does your nation see the world? What is its stance or position on issues outside its country?)
Civil Freedoms /10: 3/10
Political Freedoms /10: 4/10
Economic Freedoms /10: 6/10

Military Name: Wehrmacht (Heer, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe Branches)
Military Size: 5,500,000 Men

Description of Your Nation's Economy: The German Industrial Centers are largely located in the Ruhr, an urban valley in Western Germany dotted with factories and skilled workers. After Otto Strasser's rise to power the most pressing concern was the high rates of unemployment in Germany, some of the highest in the world. In order to revitalize the German economy many civics projects were put underway, including the expansion of the autobahn system across the Reich along with the rearmament of the nation. But with the breakout of the Second World War in 1939 the German Economy was almost entirely geared towards the war machine, as it was hoped a swift victory over the Western Allies could be won allowing Germany to assert itself as the dominant nation in Continental Europe.
Description of Your Nation's Government: The German Reich is a single-party state dominated by the National Socialist Party. Led by Otto Strasser who has assumed the role of Führer, the Leader of the German Reich. As the Leftist Wing of the National Socialist Party takes the socialist portion very seriously, there is a council of workers, the Reichsarbeiterrat, though Otto Strasser still holds much of the power over the nation. Much of the Prussian Junker class has been deposed save for those who have declared loyalty to the National Socialist Party and it's tenants.

Alternate History:

At the Bamberg Conference the Strasserite's win out over the Hitlerite's faction. Throughout the late-1920's during what is now known as the Wilderness Period, the Strasser brothers attempted to rebuild the National Socialist Party following the devastating decline in the Mid-1920's. With the Stock Market Crash in the United States, the German Economy took a fatal blow. As unemployment rates started to rapidly rise again the National Socialist Party started to regain traction among the German Middle Class, which was rapidly shrinking.

In the Federal Elections of 1930 the National Socialist started to make gains again, showing that the party was not dead. It was decided that the chances of winning the election in the 1932 were going to be high and Otto Strasser would be run against Hindenburg, in the elections it came down to a runoff. But in the end Otto Strasser won out becoming the new Reichspraesident.

Following Strasser's election he started several projects in order to rebuild the German Economy allowing confidence in his new government to be built. In 1934 the German Armed Forces were restructured, allowing the Luftwaffe to be announced as a new branch. The Plebiscite for the fate of the Saarland, which had been occupied by the French since the conclusion of the First World War, was held on January 30th, 1935. German voters voted for reunification of Germany, and next year German troops once again moved into the Rhineland and Saarland. Confidence in the National Socialist Government was high following these displays of German might.

In March of 1938 a successful National Socialist overthrow of the Austrian government was achieved allowing the annexation of Austria into the German Reich. By September the German machine was not yet satisfied and, at the Munich Conference, the Sudetenland was handed over to the German Reich. Soon after Memel was negotiated from Lithuanian to German control, and in March of 1939 the remainder of Czechoslovakia was occupied by Wehrmacht troops. But in September tension in Europe finally boiled over to war on the issue of Poland with German and Soviet troops moving into Polish territory, conquering the country within a week.

RP Sample: You know me Mars.