Empire of Germany during the Second World War (Eastern Manifest Destiny)

The Empire of Germany was a member of the Confederation of Imperial States during the Second World War, along with the Persian, Korean, and Italian Empires. The German Empire was the largest of the four Empires as it controlled a huge swathes of land, either directly or indirectly throughout the course of the war.

Imperial Home Territories
The Imperial Home Territories of the German Kaiserreich were European territories under direct control of the Kaiser and the Imperial German Army. The territories consisted of the territory of the German Empire before the war, as well as the newly acquired territories from Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein. Together, these territories all flew the flag of the German Empire and were directly ruled by the Kaiser.

European Viceroyalties
Following the invasion of Iberia, the Kaiser adopted the old Spanish method of indirect rule by establishing viceroyalties across Europe. As the name implies, all these territories were ruled by an Viceroy appointed by the Kaiser, usually of the same ethnicity of the territory. These territories included the Viceroyalty of Alsace-Lorraine, the Viceroyalty of France, the Daneslaw Viceroyalty, the Viceroyalty of Scandinavia, and the Viceroyalty of Iberia.

Viceroyalty of South Africa
Not only did Europe have viceroyalties, but so did the German-held areas of South and Central Africa. Following the Afrikaner Rebellion of 1943 against the British government in South Africa, German forces landed in South Africa and consolidated all the German African territories in central and southern Africa. The territory was ruled by locally elected viceroy who served the interests of the German Empire. The Viceroyalty controlled the Belgian Congo, Portuguese Angola, British South Africa, Portuguese Mozambique, and French Madagascar. The territories were controlled indirectly via Governor-Generals and a President-General. The Viceroyalty of South Africa was divided into the Voortrekkerland (Angola, Northern Namibia, Western South Africa, and British Rhodesia), the Transvaal Republic (Mozambique, Madagascar, and the rest of South Africa), and the Kongoland (Belgian Congo).