Greater German Reich
From Autonomicon Mk. II
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The Greater German Reich represents one of the major human powers in space. It's armed forces, while in fewer numbers than the other major powers, advocates a focus on discipline and quality on the field of combat.
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History
Utterly devastated after the war with the Scinfaxi, the German Reich suffered a long grueling campaign of restoration after the end of the conflict. In a mere twenty years the German Reich was once again a world power, with its industrial levels back to pre-war levels.
In the uneasy peace that followed the Germans converted their V2’s to primitive rockets and became the first Nation of Earth to send an object into space. In 1967, amid the space race with the Soviets and Allies the German spacecraft “Bismarck IV” landed on the moon, another immense technological achievement.
By 1999 the German lead into advancements in space had waned, nevertheless they pursued and developed a space station orbiting the moon and had numerous spacecraft operating in and out of their spaceport in Frankfurt.
In 2085, when the American Space Forces achieved faster than light travel, the German Reich began a massive program to achieve parity, and succeeded in 2089. For the next 80 years, the GGR has sent dozens of colony ships to nearby star systems and in 2150 named Germania (Weisslicht System) their new capital.
Government
See: National Socialist German Workers' Party
The National Socialist German Workers' Party is the ruling political party of the German government, and is infact, the government itself. The various ministries controlling the vast Reich are controlled by the leadership of the party, each of whom has a firm power base and a great amount of influence, but are ultimately fanatically loyal and subserviant to the Fuhrer.
National Authorities
- Office of the Reich Chancellery
- Chancellery of the Fuhrer
Reich Offices
- Office of the Inspector for Interplanetary Travel
- Reich Youth Office
- Reich Treasury Office
Reich Ministries
- Reich Foreign Ministry
- Reich Science Ministry
- Reich Interior Ministry
- Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
- Reich Aerospace Ministry
- Reich Interstellar Naval Ministry
- Reich Ministry of Finance
- Reich Ministry of Justic
- Reich Labour Ministry
- Reich Ministry of Lebensraum
- Reich Ministry for Weapons, Munitions, and Armament
- Reich Ministry for Development
Law
Foreign Relations
Despite the truce that had prevailed throughout the Scinfaxi War, the Greater German Reich immediately resumed its icy relations with the other human powers when the war ended.
When reconstruction began, and its shattered infrastructure was restored the Greater German Reich adopted a period of isolation. For over 20 years there was little contact until the mid 1960s when the German Spacecraft Bismarck IV landed on the moon.
The Reich attempted to maintain relations with the Democratic Federation, Earth was finally abandoned, this became harder to maintain. A break away state New Weimar Republic, after resisting efforts to be incorporated into the GGR, has adopted hostile relations to the Reich. Only Soviet and Democratic Federation are keeping war (which would almost inevitably be a GGR victory) between the two at bay.
Relations with the Empire of Japan remain strong, with talk of an official reaffirmation of the Triparite Pact between the two nations circulating between both Empires' foreign ministries. The Kriegsmarine and the Imperial Japanese Navy conduct an annual naval exercise, whilst the selected Heer and the Imperial Japanese Army units conduct war games against one another on military reserved planets.
Unlike the Empire of Japan, the Reich makes little use of permenant puppet states or protectorates, directly absorbing worlds or states directly into its national body over time with justification presented by the Constitution and national policies. Had the Imperium of Deutschland succeeded in maintaining control over the New Weimar Republic, it would have been reintroduced into the Reich completely.
Military
See: Wehrmacht, Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS
The Wehrmacht of the Greater German Reich includes the Heer, Kriegsmarine, and the Luftwaffe. The Waffen-SS, is also a powerful arm of the Wehrmacht, maintaining powerful ground forces, elite air forces and its own naval units.
While numerically smaller than other human national militaries, the average German soldier is trained far longer and is expected to accomplish far more, with the discipline of ancient Prussia and the fanaticism of National Socialism. All military forces, apart from the independent Waffen-SS, are commanded by the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, which is in turn commanded by the Führer.
Security Services
See: SS
Policing functions are provided by the Schutzsfaffel, which has absorbed almost all federal law enforcement and intelligence duties into itself. Whilst local Volksturmm militia on planets handle local protection, the [Schutzsfaffel is the most powerful federal agency, kept in check from a coup by fanatical loyalty to the Fuhrer. In addition, the Schutzstaffel controls a significant portion of the Reich's colonization programmes, with its own Lebensraum Colonization and Settlement Office.
Economy
Infrastructure
Corporations
Mauser AG (Weapons manufacturer)
Hartmann-Krupp AG (Weapons and Orbital manufacturer)
Arado Flugzeugwerke (Aerospace manufacturer)
Junkers & Co (Aerospace manufacturer)
Henschel & Son (Aerospace manufacturer)
Messerschmitt AG (Aerospace manufacturer)
Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG (Aerospace manufacturer)
Gothaer Schiffbau AG (Aerospace manufacturer)
MeyerNeumann Marine Systems (Shipbuilder and Space Station manufacturer)
Blohm + Voss Shipbuilding GmbH(Shipbuilder)
Krauss-Werner GmbH & Co AG (Produces Kampfpanzers, IFVs, Self Propelled Artillery)
Rheinmetall AG (Produces Kampfpanzers, IFVs, APCs)
Science
Society
Education
Social Welfare
Health
Women's Rights
Environmentalism
Culture
Media
Religion
Sports
Racial and Colonization Policy
See: Aryan Lebensraum
Planets
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