Union of Germanic Federalist Republics

The Union of Germanic Federalist Republics is a country that stretches from Western Europe up to some of the former Soviet territories.

Summary: Everything that happened after WW1 up until Hitler becomes Chancellor in 1933 still happens but a bit differently. A man named Lukas Hermann (1887-1960) who served in the German Army during WW1 decides to become an MP in the Reichstag so he raises some money and he forms a new party called the Repulikanische Partei der Demokraten (German Democratic Republican Party) in 1925. In the party's first national elections in 1928 they finish 2nd however Adolf Hitler (who is still the same Hitler but he is the party's co-leader) is not happy and he resigns from the party, in disgust even though Hermann told him they just have to try win more peoples votes next time.

Skip ahead to 1933 and the GDRP is the largest party in the Reichstag also President Paul Von Hindenburg chose Lukas to be Chancellor which Lukas accepts but Hitler and the Nazis (The Nazi's in this world formed in 1926) are furious at whats happening and so organise a Coup against the government (Basically this worlds version of The Night Of The Long Knifes and theres no Reichstag fire). However it doesnt go to plan as the police capture Hitler and the Nazi's and excecute them for crimes of high treason. After this, Hermann passes through the Emergency Bill and puts through the Enabling Act when Hindenburg dies in 1934.

Following Hindenburgs death, Lukas combines both the roles of Chancellor and President into the Chairman of Germany.

Republics Unite! (1938): Lukas Hermann was a kind and powerful Chairman who did whatever he could to keep the country safe and he also managed to get Germany back into the allies goodbooks. On March 12th 1938, following a plebiscite in Austria and Czechoslovakia both countries agreed to join Germany and form the Union of Germanic Federalist Republics which the League of Nations accepted and agreed to.

Republics in the UGFR: Germanic Socialist Federalist Republic Austrian Federalist Republic Czechoslovak Federalist Republic Luxembourgish Federalist Republic Belgian Federalist Republic Dutch Federalist Republic Swiss Federalist Republic French Federalist Republic (Northen France, this republic also has the Channel Islands given to the UGFR in 1941 by the UK) Danish Federalist Republic Hungarian Federalist Republic Polish Federalist Republic Latvian Federalist Republic Estonian Federalist Republic Lithuanian Federalisr Republic Ukranian Federalist Republic (This republic had Crimea until the peninsula declared independence from the UGFR in 2008 it also currently holds what is moldova from our world)

Each republic is a member of the EU and UN but they have to show they're part of the country.

Chairmen and women of the UGFR: Lukas Herman (Time in office 1933 (from when he was chancellor of the old Germany) - 1959) Lukas Hermann Jr (1959-1964) Joseph Goebbles (1964-1975) Albert Speer (1975-1982) Hercule Merlin (1982-1988) Gerhard Schmidt (1988-1990) Mikhail Gorbachev (1990-2002) Angela Merkel (2002-2011) Heiko Maas (2011-2016) Andreas Christensen (2016 to current)