Weimar (1983: Doomsday)

Weimar is a city-state in former East Germany controling most of the OTL German state of Thuringia.

Post Doomsday
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Weimar - Jena Cooperative
The nearby university city of Jena managed to survive more or less intact, with the university taking an active role in the city. When representatives of Weimar arrived to discuss resources sharing, the Jenan populace welcomed their neighbors.

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Centralization
Recognizing the symbolic significance of Weimar, the leadership of Jena relocated to the city, merging with the Weimar city council and bringing both cities under a central government. The university was brought under the jurusdiction of the council and reorganized. The faculties of philosophy, jurisprudence, theology, economics and social sciences were merged into the College of Humanities, the faculties of Mathematics and Physics were merged and expanded as the College of Engineering, the faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Biology were merged into the College of Biotechnology, and to research new more efficient technologies and techniques, or to improve current techniques, the College of Agriculture was created. The emphasis put on maintaining a high standard of education and research was believed to ensure that the region would remain

Northeim Conflict
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Government
The government of Weimar is a combination of democratically elected council, and technocracy. The council is in charge of everyday decision making, legislation, and diplomacy, but when a decision is better served by a technical expert, the matter is deferred to the Jenan Colleges, where appropriate experts determine the course of action.

Foreign Relations
Following the Northeim conflict tentative relations were established with the city-state, but no other states have been encountered.