Kingdom of Prussia (1983: Doomsday)



The Kingdom of Prussia is a German survivor nation located in norther germany along the coast of the Baltic sea.

Post-Doomsday
Due to Germany's unique circumstances of being split amongst Warsaw Pact and NATO signatories, it managed to escape Doomsday in better shape than most. After the bombs fell, with Soviet leadership in shambles, the oppressed people of East Berlin rose up against Socialist regime. Christian-Sigismund, member of the former royal family of Prussia, was visiting West Berlin at the time. On hearing of the uprising in East Berlin, gathered a mob armed with sledgehammers and other makeshift weapons and began assaulting the gates of the Berlin wall and the wall itself. His aid couldn't have come at a better time, as the Soviet forces were beginning to get the upper hand against the East Berlin people. The Wall came down and Christian's mob came to the aid of the East Berlin people. Fighting lasted for days before the Soviet troops admitted defeat and surrendered to Christian and the people of Berlin. In a speech before the people Christian stood in the gates of the Berlin Wall, with it being torn down around him East and West on either side and said "Today, we are not of east, nor west. No, today, we are all Berliners!". Soon after he was informed of the deaths of his father Louis Ferdinand and nephew Georg Fredrich in the fallout of the Hamburg bomb as they travelled to Potsdam. He was named Prince Christian-Sigismund of Prussia and head of the house of Hohenzollern.

Soon after the fall of the Soviet regime and unification of Berlin, reports started coming in of the destruction around the world. West German administration in Bonn was hit and the rest of the country was in shambles. It was decided that with much of Germany's history as a nation soaked in war and devastation, the idea of a unified Germany was a thing of the past. Leaders in Berlin gathered and drafted a plan to revive the past glory of the Kingdom of Prussia, inspired by the man who led them to their freedom. A provisional compact was laid out until a formal constitution could be laid out outlining the new nation.

Consolidation
Leaders in Berlin organized troops and militia stationed all over Berlin into a semi-unified force, and sent them across the countryside in order to establish order. West and Southern germany was largely in chaos with bombs being detonated in Bonn, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Nuremburg, and Dresden. It was too dangerous and costly to attempt to keep order in those areas, but most of northern germany all the way to Lubeck in the west came easily under Berlin control. Eventually news of Berlin's independance spread further east, and Polish troops stared coming over the border. German troops were pulled out of Hannover, Bremen, and Leipzig and sent to the Polish front. Inevitably the troops needed to hold back the Polish invaders were too much to be able to spare more to bring more territory under Berlin control. A series of forts were constructed along the Polish border in order aid in defense, and a relative calm settled over the territory secured.

Rebirth of a Nation
In 1988 after months of deliberation and negotiation, a new constitution was drafted for the new Kingdom of Prussia. In honor of his service to the people of Berlin, Christian-Sigismund was restored to the throne of Prussia as Christian I. The role of Monarch was limited by the constitution, but instead of the figurehead most monarchs were in a constitutional monarchy, the Prussian constitution recognized the leadership role a monarch could have. The monarch would act as speaker of the house in parliament, breaking ties in votes and declaring results. As monarch he was entitled to a royal veto of laws passed in parliament, he could also draft and propose laws to be discussed and voted on in parliament. The monarch also served as commander in chief of the Prussian armed forces. All major military decisions had to go before him. The monarch acted as both head of state, and head of government. Succession was defined as the eldest child of the sitting monarch, if there is no child, succession moves to eldest sibling, and so on.