United Baltic Duchy (Central Victory)

Role in the First World War
As part of the Russian Empire, Latvia & Estonia were key port areas for Russia. Russia’s Baltic Sea fleet was engaged in 1916 and destroyed. The following month, Latvia was completely overrun by the German Army.

At first the Baltic Duchy was a pure military runned state with the German Kaiser as it’s monarch. In 1918 the Baltic Duchy council elected a Grand Duke to run the government. And the German minority in the new Baltic state was granted majority of power.

Interwar Years
The German minority quickly lost power and the Latvians quickly gained the most controll, but they allowed the German Grand Duke to remain in power and continued to be a German puppet state.