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[Memestan union]

How’s South America looking?

[Shohun]

Nationstates Name: Catalaonia
Nation Reserving: Mongolia
Description of location on map: Mongolia as of the 2023 Territory on the map.

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Ultra-nationalist Mongolia incoming!

Interesting concept, would Mongolia be interested in a partnership with Japan? Two nationalist nations both seeking a free Asia?

[Chewion]

How would the two successor governments (PSA and AUS) in the US look like?

I’m thinking that the PSA is actually pretty similar to the US today, whilst AUS is something China-ish, combined with a healthy dose of Yugoslavia (when successful, and ignoring the debt a little), drip of the Swedish welfare state, and a pile of ultranationalism (and probably social conservatism, or maybe Progressives Conservatism)

Fairly spot in to what I was thinking lol. A bit more detailed for the AUS but same general concept I think.

[Chewion]

Would Greece be a Kingdom, a republic...or maybe a sort of dictatorships

Likely a Kingdom in line with Germany? But up to you.

[Chewion]

Reservations should be up to date.

[Chewion]

How’s South America looking?

Fairly open to player interpretation. Argentina is in the GSO.

[Catalaonia]

Nationstates Name: Catalaonia
Nation Reserving: Mongolia
Description of location on map: Mongolia as of the 2023 Territory on the map.

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Ultra-nationalist Mongolia incoming!

Interesting concept, would Mongolia be interested in a partnership with Japan? Two nationalist nations both seeking a free Asia?

Sure!

[Chewion]

Lord willing, I will have a completed app sometime this weekend. I’d also like to get y’all’s input on opening up a Discord now so that we can collaborate on there. I think that might be easier and more active? The plan is to have one but this would just be when it’s opened.

[The Felan Federation]

Nationstates Name: the Felan Federation
Nation Reserving: United Baltic Duchy
Description of location on map: Estonia, Latvia.

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[Arvenia]

Lord willing, I will have a completed app sometime this weekend. I’d also like to get y’all’s input on opening up a Discord now so that we can collaborate on there. I think that might be easier and more active? The plan is to have one but this would just be when it’s opened.

I hope this RP gets more active soon.

BTW, would communism (and probably other forms of socialism) still be a thing after WK2?

[Chewion]

Lord willing, I will have a completed app sometime this weekend. I’d also like to get y’all’s input on opening up a Discord now so that we can collaborate on there. I think that might be easier and more active? The plan is to have one but this would just be when it’s opened.

I hope this RP gets more active soon.

BTW, would communism (and probably other forms of socialism) still be a thing after WK2?

Not really too much. And it would’ve been in the form of Syndicalists. As for the RP, I understand it taking folks a bit to write history etc so I think that should be considered.

[Chewion]

Nationstates Name: Greater Hamtun
Nation Reserving: United Kingdom of Great Britain
Description of location on map: The nations of England, Scotland and Wales

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Apologies, I missed this earlier but I’ve added it to the reservation list now!

[Memestan union]

I know Syndicalists are basically gone due to WK2, but would it be possible for me to play a Totalist state surviving as a hermit kingdom/rogue state similar to North Korea irl?

[Chewion]

I know Syndicalists are basically gone due to WK2, but would it be possible for me to play a Totalist state surviving as a hermit kingdom/rogue state similar to North Korea irl?

Definitely possible. Depends on which nation you’ve got in mind tho.

[Memestan union]

I know Syndicalists are basically gone due to WK2, but would it be possible for me to play a Totalist state surviving as a hermit kingdom/rogue state similar to North Korea irl?

Definitely possible. Depends on which nation you’ve got in mind tho.

I was thinking South America either Peru or Colombia

[Chewion]

Definitely possible. Depends on which nation you’ve got in mind tho.

I was thinking South America either Peru or Colombia

Colombia might work best if that’s ok with you?

[Tau Hegemony]

Nationstates Name: Tau Hegemony
Nation Reserving: Kingdom of Thailand - Siam
Description of location on map: Same as the Map (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Parts of Myanmar (Tanintharyi, Mon, Kayin), Kelantan and Terengganu

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[Chia Dal]

Nationstates Name: The European Federation
Nation Reserving: The Kingdom of Spain
Description of location on map: All of Spanish territory held in 2023

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[Tau Hegemony]

Nationstates Name: Tau Hegemony
Nation Name: Kingdom of Thailand - Siam
Capital: Bangkok
Territory: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Parts of Myanmar (Tanintharyi, Mon, Kayin), Kelantan and Terengganu
Population: 85.500.000
Official Language: Thai
Recognized Languages: Isan, Lanna, Dambro, Karen, Malay, Lao, Khmer, Hmong, Teochew, Hokkien
Flag:

National Anthem (optional): Phleng Chat Thai

Head of State: Maha Vajiralongkorn
HoS Picture:

Head of Government: Pita Limjaroenrat
HoG Picture: Prime Minister[/spoiler]
Legislature Name:National Assembly of Thailand
Party in Power:
House of Representatives : Thai Forward coalition (Move forward - 151 seats and Pheu Thai - 141 Seats)
Senate: Non-Partisan

Government System Explained: Unitary parliamentary semi-democratic constitutional monarchy


GDP Nominal:$574 billion
GDP Nominal Per Capita:$8,181
Currency: Thai Baht

Domestic Policy Overview/Challenges:
On thin Ice: Thailand's rocky history of military coups and strongmen leader comes up once more as a Progressive civilian government has won the most recent General election, with a staunch policy to reduce the power and influence of both the king and the royal thai army

Slumping Economy: During the Military Junta's 9 year rule of the country the thai economy's growth has fluctuated and slumped in recent years which lead to the Junta being voted off power in the recent general election.

Foreign Policy Overview/Challenges:
A United asia is a free asia: The situation in asia and especially in southeast asia has grown more and more tense in the recent years, of course thailand itself would want to avoid a repeat of the blooshed during the Japanese invasion of Malaysia and Indonesia. Thailand's newly elected government puts a strong emphasis on inter-asian cooperation, planning on the creation of a pan-asian economic organization compared to that of the EEC in southeast asia

Military Information:

Manpower
Available Manpower: 46,217,021
Fit-for-Service: 38,859,247
Reaching Mil Age Annually: 2,100,370
Tot Mil. Personnel:456,000
Active Personnel:350,000
Reserve Personnel:100,000
Paramilitary:6,000
Air Force Personnel:47,000
Army Personnel:180,000
Navy Personnel: 70,000

Air power
Aircraft Total: 488
Fighters: 73
Attack Types:18
Transports (Fixed-Wing):50
Trainers:145
Special-Mission: 20
Tanker Fleet:0
Helicopters:182
Attack Helicopters: 7

Land forces
Tanks:587
Vehicles: 39,808
Self-Propelled Artillery:50
Towed Artillery: 256
MLRS (Rocket Artillery): 22

Naval Forces
Total Assets:292
Aircraft Carriers:0
Helicopter Carriers:1
Destroyers:0
Frigates:7
Corvettes:6
Submarines:0
Patrol Vessels:49
Mine Warfare:5

Alliances:Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP, please consult the timeline): N/A same as Timeline


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[Chewion]

Nationstates Name: Tau Hegemony
Nation Name: Kingdom of Thailand - Siam
Capital: Bangkok
Territory: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Parts of Myanmar (Tanintharyi, Mon, Kayin), Kelantan and Terengganu
Population: 85.500.000
Official Language: Thai
Recognized Languages: Isan, Lanna, Dambro, Karen, Malay, Lao, Khmer, Hmong, Teochew, Hokkien
Flag:

(Image)

National Anthem (optional): Phleng Chat Thai

Head of State: Maha Vajiralongkorn
HoS Picture:

(Image)

Head of Government: Pita Limjaroenrat
HoG Picture: Prime Minister[/spoiler]
Legislature Name:National Assembly of Thailand
Party in Power:
House of Representatives : Thai Forward coalition (Move forward - 151 seats and Pheu Thai - 141 Seats)
Senate: Non-Partisan

Government System Explained: Unitary parliamentary semi-democratic constitutional monarchy


GDP Nominal:$574 billion
GDP Nominal Per Capita:$8,181
Currency: Thai Baht

Domestic Policy Overview/Challenges:
On thin Ice: Thailand's rocky history of military coups and strongmen leader comes up once more as a Progressive civilian government has won the most recent General election, with a staunch policy to reduce the power and influence of both the king and the royal thai army

Slumping Economy: During the Military Junta's 9 year rule of the country the thai economy's growth has fluctuated and slumped in recent years which lead to the Junta being voted off power in the recent general election.

Foreign Policy Overview/Challenges:
A United asia is a free asia: The situation in asia and especially in southeast asia has grown more and more tense in the recent years, of course thailand itself would want to avoid a repeat of the blooshed during the Japanese invasion of Malaysia and Indonesia. Thailand's newly elected government puts a strong emphasis on inter-asian cooperation, planning on the creation of a pan-asian economic organization compared to that of the EEC in southeast asia

Military Information:

Manpower
Available Manpower: 46,217,021
Fit-for-Service: 38,859,247
Reaching Mil Age Annually: 2,100,370
Tot Mil. Personnel:456,000
Active Personnel:350,000
Reserve Personnel:100,000
Paramilitary:6,000
Air Force Personnel:47,000
Army Personnel:180,000
Navy Personnel: 70,000

Air power
Aircraft Total: 488
Fighters: 73
Attack Types:18
Transports (Fixed-Wing):50
Trainers:145
Special-Mission: 20
Tanker Fleet:0
Helicopters:182
Attack Helicopters: 7

Land forces
Tanks:587
Vehicles: 39,808
Self-Propelled Artillery:50
Towed Artillery: 256
MLRS (Rocket Artillery): 22

Naval Forces
Total Assets:292
Aircraft Carriers:0
Helicopter Carriers:1
Destroyers:0
Frigates:7
Corvettes:6
Submarines:0
Patrol Vessels:49
Mine Warfare:5

Alliances:Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP, please consult the timeline): N/A same as Timeline


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Nice app! Just to clarify, is the history of Thailand similar to irl domestically then with the differences being what’s outlined in the Timeline?

[Chewion]

Nationstates Name: The European Federation
Nation Reserving: The Kingdom of Spain
Description of location on map: All of Spanish territory held in 2023

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Nice! I will mark it down!

[Chewion]

Nationstates Name: NewLakotah
Nation Name: Austro-Hungarian Empire, Habsburg Empire, Danubian Empire, Austria-Hungary. Colloquial: Dual Monarchy, the Triple Kingdom, Kaiserreich
Capital: Vienna (Budapest, Zagreb)
Territory: the Empire of Austria-Hungary minus Bosnia
Population: 67,380,000
Official Language:

There are multiple official languages at the imperial level. German is the primary language of the imperial family, however. Hungarian, Czech, Croatian, are also formally recognized languages of wider communication. However each constituency has their own language laws. However, national standardization programs have increased bilingualism and trilingualism through education programs. At the imperial level, all recognized languages are entitled to service as citizens of the empire in their own language. Practically, German and Hungarian are the two most common languages spoken, both as first languages and as second languages.

For military service, each kingdom has their own recruitment and units by language. All officers however are required to be bilingual in German. All German officers are required to be bilingual in at least Hungarian or Czech. Most senior officers are trilingual.

Most intercommunication is in German or Hungarian.

Language Demographics:
L1:
German - 28%
Hungarian - 26%
Czech - 17%
Croatian - 8%
Slovak - 6%
Romanian 5%
Ruthanian 4%
Polish 3%
Slovene 2%
Italian 1%

L1 +L2:

German 70%
Hungarian 63%
Czech 25%
Croatian 15%
Slovak 10%
Romanian 10%
Ruthanian 5%
Polish 8%
Slovene 2%
Italian 14%

Flag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_ ... (1869-1918).svg
National Anthem (optional):

Head of State: Emperor-King Ferdinand II of Austria, Emperor of the Austrian Empire, King of Hungary (Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen or Transleithania), King of Croatia-Slovenia
HoS Picture: 60s with mostly grey hair and grey beard
Head of Government:
Prime Minister Karl von Freiburg of Cisthethania
Prime Minister Istvan Szabó of Transleithania
Prime Minister Ivana Horvat of Croatia-Slavonia
HoG Picture (If different from HoS):
Legislature Name:
Diet of Cisthethania
Diet of the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (Transleithania)
Diet of Croatia-Slavonia


Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each):
Christian Democratic Coalition (plurality of seats)

As head of state, all of the constituent kingdoms foreign affairs are handled through the Emperor. Each of the three kingdoms has their own separate parliament and each elects, with the consent of the Emperor/King, a Prime Minister that is the head of government for their own constituent kingdom. There is no national election or body, only the emperor. However, his power is restricted due to the fact that he rules with the consent of all three kingdoms.

Crown Affairs are thus as follows:
Defence & Security
Interstate Trade and Relations
Intrastate Trade and Relations
Environmental Protection and Conservation
Cultural promotion and protection
Language, Cultural, Civil, and Religious Protection
Central Police Service
Emergency Response
National Energy Sector
Space and science

Each of these departments is led by a minister that is appointed by the king from an approved list of candidates from all three kingdoms. No more than 5 can be from any one kingdom and no less than 2 from any kingdom. This allows for each kingdom to have their say in the manner in how things are run on the matters of foreign affairs.

Internally, the emperor sits as head of state of all three kingdoms and plays a role in internal politics, however, does not have significant power to influence policy in each kingdom beyond dissolving the parliament. All matters of internal affairs are handled by each prime minister as head of government of each kingdom. Taxes for Crown Affairs are set by the Crown and approved by all three ministers and the respective parliament.
Today, all passports are issued by the Crown and by the respective government, effectively giving each citizen two passports. However, the national passport is generally only accepted in European states and a few outside. The Crown passport is accepted everywhere.

Each kingdom varies in its own politics with Austria generally skewing more progressive on many issues, while Transleithania and Croatia-Slovonia tend to remain more conservative. However, the economic union of all states is handled by the Crown and operates under a generally social market economic principles, promoting free trade, less regulations, and less barriers.

At the Imperial level, religious rights are protected in all states no matter the laws of the constituency. Abortion is federally legalized at federal health centers, however, abortion is banned except in emergency under Hungarian law and only available through government centers. Abortion is banned after 9 weeks in Croatia and 12 weeks in Austria.

Gay marriage is also federally recognized and laws internally vary with Austria fully affirming gay marriage along with Transleithania, and Croatia recognizing marriage liscenses issued by the other states, but will not issue licenses themselves. However, most individuals are able to get married in national churches and thus are still able to be married and recognized by the state, if only at the imperial level.

Economically, Cisthethania, or Austrian-governed territory, is the most progressive state with a strong social service system and a generally liberal market with heavy focus in technology, advanced industry, aerospace, banking, and other primarily service sectors. Per Capita, it is the richest kingdom of the Empire at an average of $51,000. It also has good social mobility ratings and good income inequality rankings. It is also the state with the highest income taxes, but also the highest standard of living and the best quality healthcare of the Empire.

The Kingdom of Hungary is the next most economically successful kingdom of the Empire. With an average GDP per capita of $44,000 it sits just below Austria. It is a large manufacturing and energy hub for the empire, with most of its economy focused on advanced manufacturing, general manufacturing, construction, technology, finance, and public works. Tourism also plays a major role of the Hungarian economy. Transleithania tends to be economically progressive with a strong interventionist economic policy. This has limited economic growth, but has ensured that Transleithania has the best social mobility of the Empire and the best income inequality difference. Transleithania, however, tends to be the most heavily indebted state and relies the most on global markets for its economic success, primarily in exporting of advanced manufacturing goods.

Croatia-Slavonia is the economically smallest and weakest with an GDP per capita of $38,000. Its primary sector are agricultural, manufacturing, energy, tourism, and transportation. Being the smallest and economically the weakest, Croatia has long relied on support from its larger two neighbors. Its economic policy tends to run inbetween Austria and Hungary and follows a more traditional economic philosophy focused on growing its wealth and to encourage immigration to Croatia.

Linguistically, the territory of Cisleithania, the Imperial ‘Austrian’ lands is divided into German, Czech, Ukrainian, and Polish regions. These regions are subdivided into Imperial Austria, Dutchy of Bohemia, Austrian Galicia, and the Dutchy of Bukovina. All the lands are represented in the Cisleithania Diet on a proportional basis. German is the lingua franca of Cisleithania, however, Czech, Ukrainian and Polish are recognized languages of their duchies.

Roman Catholicism is the official religion of Cisleithania, however, Eastern Orthodoxy is an officially recognized religion along with Judaism. All other languages are unrecognized but protected under religious liberty laws. Due to the variety of religions, proselytizing is generally frowned upon in the Empire, with each constituency having their own laws. Cisleithania has the most liberal laws on proselytizing, allowing for all forms as long as you belong with an organization and are not using hateful or provocative language publicly. Croatia is the most restrictive and only allows proselytizing from recognized religions under license from the government, usually only given to clergy. Hungary allows for open-air proselytizing, as long as the they are not provocative and are a member of clergy. Otherwise, proselytizing is allowed for anyone.

TV Evangelism is strictly monitored and equal airtime for all recognized religions is guaranteed through Imperial funding. State-Run media is a strong component of Austria-Hungary. There are a number of state owned media operations, from both the federal and provincial, and even smaller, levels.

Language media is offered in every recognized language of the Empire through Imperial funded television that offers a variety of content, including locally broadcasted news and local tv shows. However, the majority of the content is originally produced or broadcast in Austrian or Hungarian and translated.

The Crown also funds 2 imperial TV stations that operate in all 3 official languages of the Empire: German, Hungarian, and Croatian, showing an equal amount of airtime for all shows and hosting a variety of shows multilingually. One is a dedicated news station, the other offers original content in all three languages. Outside of this, most national level broadcasts operate in one of the three languages, with German and Hungarian being the most dominant, comprising 91% of all airtime, with only 2 nationally broadcast Croatian channels.

The Crown also operates a fund that sponsors arts and media in all recognized languages, with 55% of the fund being dedicated to languages that were not German or Hungarian due to the prevalence of that media. However, due to the relationship with Germany, strong protections of Austrian-made productions are still ensured. However, The Austrian-German media market is often considered one due to the language, and German media is very popular across the German speaking parts of the Empire. This actually makes Hungarian the strongest in original productions followed by German then Croatian, followed by Czech and a very distant last are Polish and Ukrainian.

On the music side of things, German music dominates most of the market, with Hungarian following close behind, then Czech, then Croatian. This is, again, largely thanks to the massive platform that Germany can give Austrian singers compared to the other languages. However, Hungarian performers have also achieved international fame. Crown laws state, however, that music stations are required, through public radio, to play an equal airtime of all three national languages on any national public radio channel. Private or local channels only have to follow their local laws on language rights.

In Cinema, the situation is also the same, with German productions being extremely popular due to the strength of German cinema. However, Austrian productions do have a strong niche and often prove popular in Germany. Hungarian films are also very popular. Laws on language representation requires cinemas to show all languages in one subtitled in another official language or local regional language (thus, for Bohemia, shown in Czech/German and subtitled in the other). The Crown sponsors productions in recognized languages and sponsors cinemas nationally to ensure all recognized films are shown nationally. Some of these have often performed well and minority language films often do the best at the annual Königliche Filmpreise (the Austro-Hungarian equivalent to the Oscars), with 3 out of the last 5 best picture awards going to non official languages (2 Czech and a Romanian).

The Austro-Hungarian Empire is a sprawling, mostly terran Empire with only limited access to the ocean. As such, it has placed a heavy focus on land-transportation, particularly rail-lines and airports. Beginning in the 1950s, Austria-Hungary has placed a high focus on public transportation and in 2023, AH has a high-speed rail network that connects the majority of its country together. There are 12 major international airports and 21 major train stations, both for passenger and freight rail. Local rail lines feed into the Imperial High-Speed Rail Network. The effort into creating alternative forms of transit has increased dramatically since the mid to late 1990s, beginning with the establishment of the Imperial Ministry of Environmental Protection.

Since the ministry was formed, dependence on coal was entirely eliminated by 2011, largely with a combination effort of nuclear energy, natural gas, wind, solar, hydro, and other green energy alternatives. The largest energy sources are nuclear energy (51%), natural gas (19%), hydroelectric (12%), wind (9%), oil (4%), solar (3%), other (2%). By 2023, nearly 35% of all vehicles on the streets are electric, hybrid-electric, or other alternative form of fuel-based vehicle, with electric being the vast majority. Government investment into hydrogen fuel cells has proven somewhat successful and government established hydrogen refueling stations have been set up, mostly in major urban centers. The government of Cisthethania has a plan to be fossil fuels free by 2050 and have zero transportation emissions by 2035. Currently, 70% of all electric vehicles are located in Cisthethania, with Bohemia being the largest and most progressive. Transleithania has the next highest, with nearly 20% and Croatia-Slavonia makes up the remainder.

GDP Nominal: $3,099,480,000,000
GDP Nominal Per Capita: $46,000
Currency: krone

Domestic Policy Overview/Challenges:
Domestically, the country faces significant internal fracturing issues and remains politically divided. This has always been an issue with Austria-Hungary and it remains so today. Other issues are economic primarily, as the country works to diversify its economy amidst rising debt and slowing growth.

Foreign Policy Overview/Challenges:
The Austro-Hungarian military has diminished in recent years due to a strong feeling of isolationism and pacificism during the latter part of the Cold War and into the post-Cold War era. Recent efforts to reinvigorate the defence policies of AH have been very slow. The country remains a stalwart ally of Germany, however, it will more than likely take some time to shake off the rust, however, should major military threat arise.

The Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces, or the Imperial and Royal Armed Forces, are subdivided into three branches:
The Austro-Hungarian Army
Common Army
Imperial-Royal Landwehr
Royal Hungarian Honved
Royal Croatian Voksja
The Imperial and Royal War Navy
Coast Guard
Kriegsmarine
The Imperial Air & Space Forces
Imperial Space Force
Imperial Air Force

With a very small coastline, the navy of Austria-Hungary is the smallest, however it is also the pride of Croatia-Slavonia, and the vast majority of the Imperial Navy cadre comes from Croatia-Slavonia per capita. The navy is equipped with two Amphibious Assault Ships, each capable of carrying 12 VTOL fighter aircraft or helicopters. These serve as the primary strike forces of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial Navy. These are supported by 12 frigates, 4 destroyers, and three nuclear submarines.

The Imperial and Royal Army is the largest branch, consisting of 309,000 active duty members of the Common Army and 359,000 members of the various national armies. The Common Army is the primary and largest single branch of the Army. Its primary languages are German and Hungarian, however, Croatian is also commonly spoken. German remains the most used language, but all officers are required to be bilingual in Hungarian and German. Enlisted are also generally required to be fluent in one of the two languages and classes are offered for all enlisted personnel in language studies. Language requirements for the other services are not as strict. Only The Landwehr has major language requirements and that being for Czech. The Landwehr is formally bilingual with Czech units being formed by the Dutchy of Bohemia. The two Bohemian Regiments, one infantry and one armour, are fully Czech-speaking, with all officers required to be bilingual in German. All German officers of the Landwehr are trained to be bilingual in Czech as well.

Both the Honved and the Voksja have no significant language requirements. The Honved is primarily Hungarian speaking and offers language training for all enlistees in Hungarian and requires courses for officers during training in a recognized Transleithanian language with Romanian and Polish being generally the most common. Croatia has no language laws and no language requirements for the Vojska which is the smallest branch with only 43,000 soldiers. The Landwehr is the next with 125,000 soldiers, and the largest is the Honved with 191,000 soldiers

The Imperial and Royal Air and Space Forces are equipped with 117 5th Generation DA Falke air superiority fighter, 130 5th Gen DA Villám multirole fighter-bombers, and 45 4.5+ Gen DA Imperator multirole fighters. The Space Force currently has no major equipment, however, it is in charge of the Kosmodrom, where launches are facilitated and to monitor satellite infrastructure and to prepare for current and future threats to Austro-Hungarian aerospace and space activities. The IRSF currently has 2 X-1 Spaceplanes, which are unmanned test planes with plans to build the X-2 which will be a manned variant.

Geopolitically, Austria-Hungary is closest with the German Empire as its closest partner throughout much of its history. Since World War I, Austria-Hungary has largely played a minor supporting role to Germany and assisted them during World War II and the later Cold War against the Japanese Empire. However, in recent years, the Habsburgs have largely withdrawn back into themselves and focused on internal issues, leaving Germany to handle the role of global policeman themselves. However, they did assist in peacekeeping operations in the war against terrorism following the German invasions of Libya and Algeria.

Alliances: Global Security Organization (GSO)

The Austro-Hungarian Empire exited World War I exhausted and politically shaken. It had survived collapse only by the skin of its teeth and relied heavily on Germany to help right their ship following the war and during the reconstruction efforts. Politically, the Empire was divided and fractured and unrest in Bosnia was strong, however, nationalism was growing across the Empire. By 1920, Emperor Charles I was unable to keep up with the internal issues of the Empire and, for a short time, there was serious considerations of dissolving the Empire due to its economic and political malaise.

However, that would prove to be unnecessary. Kaiser Charles I would instead take matters into his own hands, enacting new controls over the economy and over the domestic policies of each internal country in an attempt to right the ship. Massive reforms and public works are enacted to stimulate the economy throughout much of the 20s and into the early 30s. New infrastructure projects to repair the damage during the war and to continue to connect the empire as it modernized into the 20th century.

During this time, the ‘despotism’ of Charles I grew steadily as the country continued to falter internally. Protests and disruptions from Bosnia were common and a large number of soldiers were stationed there indefinitely in order to maintain peace. Even conflicts between Austrians, Hungarians, and Croatians had increased significantly. Charles I did not focus much on these issues and instead focused mostly on the economic side of things.

While this worked to improve the Empire’s economy, it did little to improve the political and cultural situation of the empire. It is also did little to maintain or improve the Armed Forces of the Empire, especially as tensions and powers begin to rise during the 1930s.

Beginning with the Spanish Civil War, in which Germany played a heavy role, Europe began to take on a more violent stance. Kaiser Charles I did not care. Or, at least, did not do much of anything about it and instead focused on building power around the Habsburg throne and building up the economy back to its prewar levels. At long last, popular opinion of the Kaiser collapsed by the 1940s. However, it collapsed at the ideal time, since Kaiser Charles I would die in June of 1941 from a sudden and brutal bout with pneumonia. He is replaced by his second child and eldest son Franz Josef II of Austria.

Josef II starts his reign with a national tour, where he showed off his skills in Hungarian, Croatian, Czech, and even Ruthenian in each of the constituencies. He kept most of the controls over the constituent kingdoms from the throne, however, did allow for significantly more representative control, mostly through the Prime Minister, of each constituent kingdom. Meanwhile, the situation globally worsens as tensions between France and the UK and Germany and Austria-Hungary escalate dramatically until eventually war breaks out. Yet again, Austria-Hungary found itself in total war. Fighting soon began and the newly rebuilt roads and infrastructure were soon damaged and destroyed again as conflict raged across all of Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia.

After years of conflict, the costs on Austria-Hungary are immense. Over 1 million soldiers and civilians have been killed and millions more were wounded or displaced as a result of the war. Fighting on the Eastern Front is the most intense and bloody. The war seems to be dragging into a total stalemate until Germany unleashes its secret weapon, the atom bomb. Dropping two on Russian cities, the unthinkable act accomplishes the mission and Russia sues for peace. The act proves to be highly controversial as time would go on, especially as more nations acquire nuclear weapons, however, in the short term the act is highly praised across the Empire as securing full and lasting peace.

However, the war had taken a deep toll and, combined with the still lingering effects of the Great War, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was sinking rapidly in a mess of internal confusion, declining economic power, and a collapsing political system. As AH exited the war, peace did not immediately return to the country. Internal conflict, primarily in Bosnia, had escalated and would continue to escalate throughout the late 40s and into the early 50s when the violence would break out into a full out Bosnian War of Independence.

Kaiser Josef II would respond immediately and with a strong hand, ordering the Common Army and the Imperial-Royal Landwehr into Bosnia to secure peace. The move would prove to be devastatingly unpopular across the Empire. War weary from two world wars, there was no stomach for an occupation force, especially not with the German and Japanese alliance breaking down and both sides developing nuclear weapons and engaging in proxy wars across Asia and Africa. Soon, AH was dragged into these new types of war and having one in their own country was not popular.

After 3 months of bitter fighting, the Bosnian militias were defeated and forced underground. However, that did not end the conflict. Fighting would continue with asymmetric and guerilla style warfare for years. In order to achieve victory, Kaiser Josef II ordered drastic measures to be taken. Forests were firebombed and whole villages were forced to relocate in order to deny support to the Bosnian rebels. Thousands of Imperial soldiers and thousands of Bosnian soldiers and civilians would die until the people of Austria-Hungary had had enough. Calling through three public referendums and supported by 3/4th vote of all Diets (at this time there were many), Kaiser Josef II was ordered to abdicate the throne in favor of his only child, his 19 year old daughter Lena, in 1954. The first Kaiserin of Austria-Hungary would take the throne in the worst political mess in the history of the Austrian Empire. Secessionism was at its peak and talks of reforming the Hungarian throne was high. Kaiser Josef II himself would at first remain in Vienna, however, he soon moved to Berlin then later to Paris where he would live out the rest of his days in peaceful solitude and in close and often contact with his reigning Kaiserin daughter.

The first act of the new Kaiserin was to immediately call for a ceasefire in Bosnia and prepare for a new constitutional process between all states of the Empire. The process would begin in November of 1954 and would end in September of 1957. The talks were long and very intense. At times, it seemed as though the entire process would fail, leaving Austria-Hungary as a total failed state in the middle of Europe at the worst possible time. However, instead, the three year process would result in a transformation of the existing governments of the entire Empire. First, the Bosnian territories were granted their full independence as the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1955 with the Treaty of Athens. Nearly $1 billion was to be given in economic redevelopment aid and as reparations for the actions of Austro-Hungarian troops. A full and formal apology, signed by the Kaiserin, was publicly issued on behalf of the Imperial and Royal Family. Meanwhile, the existing states were formed and merged into three constituent kingdoms of Cisthethania (Austria), The Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen or Transleithania (Hungary) and Croatia-Slavonia. These three kingdoms would consistent of autonomous dutchies, separated by their ethnic and historic composition, such as the Duchy of Bohemia, Austrian Galicia, Bukovina, Duchy of Dalmatia - which was ceded from Cisthethania to Croatia-Slavonia - and many others. Each of these three kingdoms would have almost complete autonomy from each other, which they more or less had before, and significantly more freedoms from Crown Laws. Crown Affairs would be handled by the Kaiserin and her Imperial Cabinet, which was first organized with 6 constituent departments on August 18, 1959 with 2 from Cisthethania, 2 from Transleithania, and 2 from Croatia-Slavonia.

The new role of the Kaiser was that as Head of State of all three kingdoms, both separately and united, and to work to find the best solutions to allow for the best possible outcomes for all three kingdoms to work together rather than work in total isolation. Thus, rather than focusing on building industries internally within the kingdoms, Kaiserin Lena instead focused on transportation and interstate trade. This would begin in the massive public infrastructure plan, the Lena Plan, as it became known. The Lena Plan would see massive highway expansions across all of the territory to facilitate easier trade and travel between all the kingdoms. Furthermore, the existing rail lines would be radically increased to allow for greater freight and passenger lines. New international airports were planned in all three kingdoms, all of whom were to be outside the capitals in order to promote connectivity in all regions of the Empire.

As Head of State, the Lena Plan took off in a significant way as the infrastructure plans soon linked up with other European countries and their own plans, namely Germany. Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm III was now looking at expanding Europe’s trade and cooperation and Kaiserin Lena was all too willing to join in this project. This would eventually result in a European common trade area that would see Austria-Hungary, centrally located in Europe, benefit greatly as a transit hub for all of Europe. Politically, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Hapsburg Dynasty had been saved. Economically, the progress would be slow, however, the intense work done by Kaiser Josef II would prove to be successful in the long run, as the economies of all three kingdoms, but particularly Cisthethania, would boom greatly in the Golden Age of Austria-Hungary which would last from 1957 until 1995.

The Golden Age of Austria-Hungary was not just a political and economic recovery. It was a cultural revolution and a transformation of the society and culture of the entire Empire. Geopolitically, Austria-Hungary would remerge as Germany’s closest and strongest ally on the global stage, including developing their own nuclear weapons program that would see its first successful test in 1968. In 1953, Germany’s Vietnam colony was finding itself in significant trouble and more German forces were being dragged into the developing proxy war against Vietnamese freedom fighters. Still embroiled in its Bosnian War, there was little Austria-Hungary could do. However, following the successful war of independence for Bosnia, the Imperial and Royal Armed Forces were freed to fight in Vietnam. However, by now, there was little stomach in the Empire for a long war against freedom fighters, having so recently exited a war of independence of their own. Thus, support for Germany would remain extremely limited during the Vietnam War, straining the relationship slightly during this era, however, beyond this foreign policy hiccup, the relationship between Germany and Austria-Hungary would blossom during the Austro-Hungarian Golden Age.

The latter half of the 1950s and early part of the 1960s were the truly transformative parts of the Golden Age. Society and Culture transformed as connectivity grew across the Empire. Television had become mainstream across the Empire and the Crown was keen on stepping in. This would become known as the Imperial Cultural Revolution. Kaiserin Lena would intervene to set up a variety of publicly funded and privately funded societies and academies for the arts. These would be the Imperial and Royal Academy of Film and Television, The Imperial and Royal Art Academy, The Royal Society of Music, Theater, and Ballet, and the Imperial and Royal Academy of Traditional and Cultural Arts. These academies and societies would later grow and eventually evolve to fall under the modern Ministry of Cultural Protection and Promotion.

This revolution of national identity and culture did not lead to sovereigntism. Instead, led by Kaiserin Lena, the focus was on the nation and on the Crown. The Crown allowed for each of their own cultural identities, practices, and languages to be taken to national and even global stages, ensured that they were not only protected from foreign threats as a global power, all while still allowing for significant internal autonomy as far as politics, economics, and internal affairs went. Soon, instead of dividing the nation and something that the Empire tried hard to stamp out, the diversity soon became something that was celebrated by the Empire, and its regional autonomy and diverse political map soon became something all Imperial citizens were proud of, regardless of how the rest of the world viewed their chaotic and confusing empire. In 1960, Kaiserin Lena would make the first public television appearance and interview for any member of the Hapsburg Dynasty. This historic interview, however, did not take place in German. Instead, Kaiserin Lena conducted the interview during a state visit to Croatia and, through a heavily accented voice, gave a full interview with the Croatian state news channel that had been established by Crown Law. This boosted the admiration and respect for the Royal family across the Empire, particularly in areas such as Croatia-Slavonia where popularity for the monarchy had always been its lowest and cultural separation was at its highest.

The late 1950s would also see the launch of the Japanese and German satellites, kick starting the space race. Kaserin Lena would establish the Imperial and Royal Space and Aerospace Sciences Academy in 1959 to launch their own space race. These would be split in 1970 into the Imperial and Royal Space Agency and the National Academy of Astronomical Sciences, the former focusing on manned and unmanned space exploration and the latter focused on the study of deep space, potential for alien life, and for researching and testing for all things related to humanity’s exploration and survival in space and beyond. This would culminate in the Satellit-1 launch in February 1965 and the Satellit-2 in 1966. From this point on, Austria-Hungary would join forces with Germany on their launch to the moon and with further developments in space. In the 1970s, they would split off, launching their own 2-man space laboratory, the Raumstation 1 and Raumstation 2 in 1974 and 1978. Both would cease active functioning by 1990 and the eventual launch of the International Space Station.

Germany’s wars in Africa and the ongoing Cold War, including the development of their own nuclear arsenal, had placed Austria-Hungary directly in play as one of the major world powers. To match this, Kaiserin Lena had embarked upon a massive reorganization and restructuring of the Austro-Hungarian Military. Fighting in Bosnia, Vietnam and in African conflicts had given them significant experience to work with and by the 1970s and turned out an impressively large military with active deployments all around the world. Its navy had also expanded, including 1 nuclear powered aircraft carrier that supported Germany’s and the rest of the alliance’s navy in trying to combat Japan’s massive naval forces.

However, political support for war largely varied in between states, with support for the German-led coalition being the highest in Cisthethania and lowest in Croatia-Slavonia. Most people outside of the German-speaking world could care less if Germany held on to its colonial holdings. Austria-Hungary had never engaged in colonial land-grabbing and were now sitting quite satisfied as the European and Asian colonial powers suddenly faced an onslaught of independence movements, similar to the ones Austria-Hungary faced during the first half of the 20th century with Bosnia and Croatia-Slavonia. Kaiserin Lena chose to advocate for peaceful solutions, in direct opposition to the actions taken by her father.

This was popular domestically however, it was met with mixed reactions from her European allies. While Germany agreed with this in large part, it still found itself engaged in colonial conflicts in Africa and Asia, with Austria-Hungary often joining as an unwilling ally due to Japanese involvement. However, by the 1980s, the colonial conflicts had largely ceased as the vast majority of former colonial states had been granted or won independence. This would also be the peak for the Austro-Hungarian renaissance and the Golden Age.

The 1980s saw the Japanese invasion of Indonesia and Germany and Austria-Hungary on the opposite side of the proxy war, supplying aid and weapons to the Indonesian rebel movement. During this time, the Austro-Hungarian economy began soaring to new heights as the global economy picked up greater speed with the technology boom of the 1970s and 1980s. Across Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas, technology quickly boomed into a major industry and Cisthethania soon took full advantage, with Innsbruk and Prague becoming tech hubs of the Empire, sending their economy skyrocketing along with the new boom. Much of this boom was coming from Asia, thanks to heavy investment into the technology industry by Siam, Japan, and Korea.

However, this boom would prove not to last. The Japanese intervention in Indonesia soon took a turn similar to Germany’s bout in Vietnam or Kongo and slowly the Japanese were forced to give ground and, by the end of the decade, the Japanese were in full withdrawal. By the 1990s, Japan was a spent force, tied down fighting guerilla wars across its Empire and with Germany and her allies pushing in hard from all sides. However, things would only get worse. Not just for Japan, but for the rest of the world. ‘

Beginning with a financial crisis in Siam, Asia soon found itself embroiled in an economic mess as Japan slowly fell into economic disrepair and its empire soon collapsed with it. While the West celebrated the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Japanese Empire, the revelry would not last long. Especially in Austria-Hungary. The beloved Kaiserin Lena would become sick in 1995 and die in less than 2 months. The entire nation was in shock and mourning. More than this, nearly immediately after her death, the Asian Financial Crisis soon spread across Asia and into the rest of the world as the Asian markets collapsed. Soon the European Markets were hit. Trading dropped dramatically in Prague, Vienna, and Budapest, the largest exchanges of the Empire. In a short period of time, billions of marks were wiped out in the single greatest drop in Austro-Hungarian stock market history.

Hundreds of thousands of citizens would soon find themselves completely out of work and a massive recession set in across Europe. ‘The Great Mourning’ is the Austro-Hungarian term for the first months of the Great Recession as it followed only days after the death of Kaiserin Lena.. Her death and the ensuing Great Recession was the end of the Austro-Hungarian Golden Age. What followed was a growing economic and geopolitical disaster that again threatened to destroy the Empire.

First, Kaiser Ferdinand II ascended to the throne at the age of 31 in 1995. The economy was crashing rapidly and Croatia was on the verge of declaring bankruptcy. Immediately Crown funds were dispatched to bail out Croatia-Slavonia while other funds went to bail out both other kingdoms as well. While this did prevent a total economic run, it did little else. Each nation, with their own economic policy, followed their own radically different plan to solve the crisis, all of which directly affected and conflicted with each other. Cisthethania wanted to cut taxes and invest in private companies to stimulate economic development. Transleithania on the other hand wanted to invest heavily in public works and programs to stimulate the economy and bring jobs back. Croatia-Slavonia for their part focused heavily on major austerity measures.

All three methods were contradictory and exacerbated the overall problems between each nation. Transleithania’s plan saw massive investments but they demanded significant help from the Crown in order to fulfill all of their public spending needs. Since this included dramatic infrastructure investment, Kaiser Ferdinand II agreed and authorized 30 billion marks to be send from the Crown Treasury to the Transleithanian government. This angered the government of Cisthethania and Croatia-Slavonia who saw this as wasteful government spending. Instead, Vienna demanded that Crown taxes be waived from the government in order to further drop taxes on corporations and individuals. This, however, the Kaiser refused. The Kaiser also refused to adopt further austerity measures for the Crown and instead focused on doubling down on Crown investments across the country, primarily working to build rail-lines and high-speed rail across the country.

The Imperial High-Speed Rail Network would open its first two stations in 2004, connecting Vienna to Bratislav. The connection to Budapest would open in 2006 while the connection to Zagreb would not open until 2010. Other connections and infill stations would appear throughout the 2000s. By 2023 every major capital has been connected, as well as most major cities. However, virtually all the funds came as part of the massive Crown Works program during the 90s. Other public works included new roads and bridges and repairing millions of kilometers of pipelines.

These works and the actions taken by Transleithania proved to be the most successful followed by Cisthethania, while Croatia-Slavonia’s austerity measures had put it in a very tight spot that it was desperately trying to recover from, largely with the help of Crown funds. The spending was aggressive and put the Crown and its kingdoms close to the edge of their spending limits, with the Crown Treasury nearly emptied. However, by the turn of the century, the Empire was slowly recovering from the losses and markets were beginning to return to normal, especially as the Asian economies rebounded. This rebound would come just in time. In 2001, a radical government would seize power in Libya, prompting a UN intervention force. Austria-Hungary joined the initial fray in 2001 and would remain a significant player in the Libyan Intervention.

However, Germany’s next move to launch a seemingly unprovoked invasion of Algeria was met with much less support. Austria-Hungary publicly said very little on the matter but did not participate. However, privately, Kaiser Ferdinand would plead heavily with the Kaiser to stop the war. This would create something of a divide between Germany and Austria-Hungary as the latter criticized the former heavily for being a warmongering state. At least behind closed doors and elected members of the Diets. Publicly, the Kaiser continued to declare his support for ‘his brother Kaiser’ and his Empire. This, coupled with the devastating effects of the recession turned public opinion against many of the more interventionist policies that Austria-Hungary had been engaging in for the past 75 years. Instead, the people began clamouring for a drawdown of troop numbers and to bring home our troops.

In 2009, this was accomplished with the withdrawal of the Common Army from Libya, capping off the last foreign intervention campaign of the Austro-Hungarian military. Instead, what followed was a massive cutback of its military, keeping spending at recession levels and reducing the nuclear arsenal significantly. Many of the cuts came to the navy, since the collapse of Japan no longer necessitated a large naval presence. Instead, a larger focus was placed on other forms of development. Austria-Hungary would take a larger role at the United Nations, advocating for an expanded mission for the organization. They would focus on cultural expansion and conservation, working hard to preserve languages and cultures of the Empire and around the world. The International Cultural Exchange Museum in Bratislav is one of the achievements of this effort. They would also take a leading role in peacekeeping operations through the United Nations, advocating for a larger role for the United Nations in peacekeeping and security roles, rather than national militaries. In 2014, the Academy of Green Accessibility was established as an Imperial and Royal Academy. Its mission; to act as a national grant to either domestic or international developments of clean energy. This is primarily for overseas use, however, it has been used twice for domestic purposes; once to fund the building of 5,000 charging stations in Croatia-Slavonia, and again placing 40 million krone towards the establishment of a new tram line in a town of around 75,000 in Cisthethania.

Otherwise, the fund is primarily given to developing countries in order to facilitate easier transitions from high emission sources towards low or no emission sources. Examples include building hydroelectric plants, solar plants, wind plants, and other forms of alternative energy across Europe, Africa, Asia, and anyone willing to accept the grant

Other efforts include expanding heavily into scientific study, particularly into space and human missions. Alongside Germany, Austria-Hungary would make the long trip to Mars, landing on Mars in 2018. Since then, the focus of the Austro-Hungarian space agency and other private space companies has been on establishing a permanent base on the moon, starting with a Lunar Orbital Station that is set to launch in 2023.

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