Right-Wing Government (CYOAH! Redux)

Everything goes according to the new Emperor Luitpold`s plans: After conservative and Catholic parties gained a majority in the new Reichstag, he can appoint Josef Jörg, a Catholic Conservative, as chancellor.

The new government formalises its strong ties with Austria-Hungary and quickly adds an alliance with the Russian Czar, effectively recreating the "Holy Alliance" of 1815.

As far as the economy is concerned, protectionist policies are pursued. The lack of external trade, together with a generally expansionist nationalism, make Germany a late but fervent participant in the race for colonies. Some parts of Africa and some islands in the Indian and Pacific Ocean soon become German colonies. To defend them - and the colonial merchant navy that trades between them and (not only) Germany -, the Reich invests in enlarging its navy.

Naval build-up and colonial competition increase already existing tensions between Germany on the one hand and England and France on the other.