Germany (1983: Doomsday)

Germany is the name of a former country in central Europe and the region it once occupied. Germany was one of the hardest hit nations in Doomsday, and wide patches of radiation and lawlessness exist to this day. There are, however, organized nations within the chaos.

Historically an area populated with a great number of diverse nations, it was only in the last two centuries that Germany was unified under a single flag. That newly formed nation's history was tarnished, however, by the blame of two World Wars, a genocidal government, and the division of the nation into two following these wars. One of the most contentious borders between the NATO alliance and the Warsaw Pact, Germany was a hotbed of conflict when Doomsday occured.

The Soviet Offensive
When the order came to attack on Doomsday, the Soviet Union strikes included a vast number of strikes into West Germany. With a short flight distance and no forewarning, the NATO-aligned nation is devastated by an unprecedented nuclear offensive. The Soviet Plan of attack took place in three stages:

The first wave, taking place at 1:51 am, was designed to cripple the ability of West Germany and the NATO forces stationed within it to deliver an immediate military response. Nuclear missiles struck almost every airport and military airfield in West Germany. These strikes included the following sites: The second wave, following at 1:56 am, was intended to demoralize the West German public and cripple the economy, aimed at a number of cultural and population centres. Far smaller than the first strike, only a single warhead exceeding 200Kt was launched in the second wave, aimed at Kiel. Irregardless, the damage was still horrifying, taking out a number of sites near to the heart of the German public: The third wave, at 2:01 am, was intended to destroy the long-term capacity of West Germany to retaliate. To that end, it was aimed at a number of primary and secondary industry centres, as well as the administrative centre of Wurzburg:
 * Minor Nuclear Strikes (100KT or less): Furth, Mannheim (Multiple Strikes), Nuremberg, Spangdalhem, Zindorf
 * Average Nuclear Strikes (101-200KT): Bamberg, Bitburg, Erfurt, Essen, Goppingen, Hannover, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden
 * Major Nuclear Strikes (201KT or more): Bonn, Bremen, Dortmund, Dusseldortf, Frankfurt Am Main (Multiple Strikes), Hamburg, Koln, Munich
 * Minor Nuclear Strikes (100KT or less): Ansbach, Heidelburg, Hof, Munster
 * Average Nuclear Strikes (101-200KT): Lubeck
 * Major Nuclear Strikes (201KT or more): Kiel, Mainz
 * Minor Nuclear Strikes (100KT or less): Bochum, Duisburg, Freiburg, Heilbron, Kassel, Koblenz, Wurzburg
 * Average Nuclear Strikes (101-200KT): Braunschwieg
 * Major Nuclear Strikes (201KT or more): Bremerhaven

NATO Retaliation
Despite the horrifying success of the Soviet Offensive, a number of NATO sites managed to initiate retaliation protocols before they were destroyed, and a smaller number were spared from destruction, allowing them to orchestrate a response. Due to the widespread destruction, a much smaller amount of NATO nuclear strikes were successful, but enough landed to deal signifigant damage to West German infrastructure.

The NATO attack was organized into only two waves. The first, occuring at 1:53 am, was a punishing strike, designed to destroy West's capacity to launch any further strikes at NATO targets, as well as simultaneously attacking a number of major population centres and military installations: The second wave, taking place around 1:59 am, was focused on crushing the military command structure and crippling the long-term military capacity of West Germany. Notably, a second strike was sent at the already devastated Dresden, presumably to ensure that the highly strategic state capital, containing an Officer's Training School among other things, was demolished:
 * Minor Nuclear Strikes (100KT or less): Strausberg
 * Average Nuclear Strikes (101KT-200KT): Altenberg, Peenmunde
 * Major Nuclear Strikes (201KT or more): Dresden, Leipzig
 * Minor Nuclear Strikes (100KT or less): Rostock, Furstenberg/Havel, Dranske
 * Average Nuclear Strikes (101KT-200KT): Magdeburg
 * Major Nuclear Strikes (201KT or more): Wunsdorf, Dresden

Aftermath
As the dust settled after the blistering nuclear exchange which would soon be known as part of the catastrophe known as Doomsday (called Weltgericht by German survivors), it became clear that all that remained of former Germany was a smouldering, radioactive ruin. Strong winds pushed radioactive fallout in northern Germany to the east, while a cycling weather pattern, common in September, pushed most fallout in Southern Germany to the south and to the east.

A wide chain of strikes in the West of Germany created wide belts of radioactivity and destruction that was once one of the most populous regions of Germany. The repeated pummeling of Frankfurt Am Main has left a vast field of destruction and radioactive fallout that remains dangerous to this day. Almost all of the most populous cities in Germany fell to nuclear fire, yet pockets of survivors remained, determined to reforge their nation. Most notably, no bombs fell on Berlin. Both East and West Germany considered it too important to bomb, believing they would be able to seize it in the aftermath of a nuclear conflict.

Nations Of Germany
A number of survivor states exist in the territory of Former Germany, seen on the map to the right. Only controlled territory, and not claims, are shown on the map. Soured by the Third Reich and the Cold War's division of the nation, there is little hope for these nations to ever re-unify at present. These states are:
 * Bavaria - A parlimentary republic in former West German state of the same name. It is a self-governing protectorate of the Alpine Confederation.
 * Bayreuth - Also known as the Franconian Confederation, it is a confederation of survivor communities in the region of Upper Franconia.
 * Prussia - A constitutional monarchy and successor to the historic Kingdom of Prussia. Irredentist claims and strategic ambitions have brought the kingdom into diplomatic conflict with surrounding nations.
 * North Germany - A parlimentary republic in the north of former Germany, North Germany is considered the most legitimate successor to pre-Doomsday Germany.
 * Northeim - An expansionist military republic in central former Germany. Northeim recently warred with the neighboring state of Weimar.
 * Rhineland Federation - A federal republic made up of survivor communities and city-states in the extreme west of former Germany. It was formed out of fear after nearby Luxembourg began annexing territory in the Rhine.
 * Saxony - A presidential republic in the former German state of Saxony. It has declared itself the successor to the pre-West German nation of Saxony.
 * Swabia-Wurttemberg - A constitutional monarchy in the extreme south of former Germany. It is regarded as the successor to the historic nations of Swabia and Wurttemberg.
 * Waldeck-Hesse - A landgraviate state in central-western former Germany. Its government is styled after the Diet and principalities of the Holy Roman Empire.
 * Weimar - A technocratic republic in the centre of former Germany.