Rheinland Federation (1983: Doomsday)

The Rheinland Federation is group of city states and former nations in the area surounding the Rhine in what was once West Germany. It was formed out of fear of invasion or seziure by luxumburg as had happened to the Saar region.

Aftermath of Doomsday
As it was the idustrial heart of West Germany the Rhine area was hit extreemly hard by Doomsday with around 12 cities/air bases in the region being targeted by missiles. In the aftermath of the chaos the FGR was disolved and a variety of city states and small nations were formed by US Army units and German Army forces. One of the largest and most prosperous of these was the one built around the city of Karlsruhe which was led by the former city council.

Slowly the area stabalised as the many city-states established diplomatic relations with each other and also began to develope militarys to protect themselves. The government of Waldeck also interveened in the north-east region of the Rhine area and siezed it for itself.

Southern Alliance
The feudal state of Saar had been expanding since its creation in the aftermath of Doomsday and several of the city sates in the belived (Corectly) that only by pooling thier military and resources together could they defend themselves. They formed what became known as the Southern Alliance and established formal relations with Luxemburg. Although tensions allways remained high the two nations never went to war and the success of the Alliance in containing Luxemburg led to several other states in southern Rheinland joining the alliance.

Although these states were not a united nation they did have a shared currency, military and economy. This led to the creation of a Rhineland Parliament which was established in 2000 and governed economic policy. The Southern Alliance soon came into contact with another coalition of city states and nations in the northern regions. The northern group had a more co-ordinated government structure as the government also governed interal policies within its constituant states. The Southern Alliance soon adopted this form of goverment for itself as the diferences between its members slowly faded away.

The two Rhineland Confederations eventualy decided to unify as a single entity in the early 2000's and a period of intergration was undertaken over the next three years and in 2005 the two groups united as a single group with the city states as members.