Commonwealth of Independent States (Crown of Anjou and Jerusalem)

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)[]

Founded: March 3, 1931 | Headquarters: Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire | Official languages: German, English and French.

Context & Origins[]

The Commonwealth of Independent States (in German: Gemeinschaft unabhängiger Staaten) was founded in 1931 amidst the backdrop of rising tensions between imperial blocs, economic instability following the End of the Great war (Eastern Theatre, 1925), Petroleum Crisis of 1929, and the decline of global colonial systems.Unlike older empires that had fractured or receded from the world stage, the Holy Roman Empire, sought to create a transcontinental framework of cooperation, free from both Chinese and Russian economic dominance and the ideological upheaval brewing in revolutionary circles across the world.

The goal was to protect the sovereignty and economic independence of like-minded nations—mostly Central and Eastern European states, Middle Eastern protectorates, and anti-colonial settler states—through economic integration, shared military doctrine, technological cooperation, and collective resource development.

Founding Members (1931)[]

Marked in dark green on the map as "Full Member and Founder," these states included:

The Holy Roman Empire (acting as the bloc's federal core) and its dominions.As the leader of the organisation.

The American Republic
Great Britain, along with some of its dominions
The Kingdom of Hungary
The United Kingdom of Scandinavia
The Commonwealth of Vesperia
The Netherlands
Poland and Lithuania
Japan

Purpose & Structure[]

The CIS was envisioned not as a federation, but as a coalition of sovereign states aligned through shared technological, military, and infrastructural policies, specifically designed to avoid monopolic domination by superpowers like Britain, Russia, or China.

There are 2 bodies within the alliance, the Council of Defense and the Council of State Representatives.The defense council members are always 3, no more - no less.Currently its made up by the American Republic, the European Empire, and Great Britain.

Key Objectives:[]

Strategic Sovereignty – Members agreed to mutual defense against external economic or military coercion.
Economic Integration – The CIS Energy Accord (1933) linked oil, iron, and rare metal markets across Europe and the Near East, establishing a shared energy reserve and bail-out mechanism.
Scientific Cooperation – Establishment of the Frankfurt Institute for Applied Sciences and Engineering, tasked with coordinating joint development in radio, aviation, and early computing systems.
Colonial Disengagement – CIS strongly encouraged decolonial frameworks—states like Ciscaucasia, Circassia, and others were designed as post-imperial buffer states resisting control from declining empires.
Military Coordination – Though not a unified army, the CIS Command Doctrine (1937) ensured standardized ranks, munitions calibers, and radio codes, allowing joint operations in case of war.

Opposition & Global Reaction[]

The formation of the CIS was heavily opposed by the Russians, and in particular China, which saw the Commonwealth as a continental economic bloc rivaling its own imperial network, and by Albionoria, which feared the CIS's influence in the Continent.

Nation-Member states[]

Various nations would join the CIS in the following decades, many nations which were opposed to the idea of this international organisation eventually settled for Observer status and mended relations.Rhomania, Russia, Egypt and Persia, were all nations that were granted Observatory status as part of the Rif Congress.Though they did not embrace full integration, these countries preferred observer status, mainly due to fear of loosing some of their economic and geopolitical influence.

Nations in Vesperia followed a decade after the foundation of the alliance, with Panandea being the first nation to achieve full member status, and Mexico gaining observatory status right after.Various post-British colonial states would also enter the alliance, such as India and Moghulistan.Mainly out of a fear from Chinese's dominance.

Albionorian withdrawal[]

Albionoria, following its breakdown with Great Britain, The military's coup and the disposition of the British Monarchy, after the rejection of global cooperation, reverted to withdrawing from the alliance in March of 1978.The country has been at a standoff with other members of the CIS, mainly America ever since.

Banned states[]

Due to the rise of anti-Chinese sentiment within the alliance, the HRE and Britain passed a motion in the Council, which would ban hostile foreign states from applying to join the organisation.This was meant as a deterrent and warning towards nations that the alliance felt threatened their position.It was mainly directed towards the Chinese Empire, and its clients.The motion managed to pass despite dissaproval from important member states like Scandinavia and America.China and Burma remain forbidden from applying to this day.