Sovereign State of Prussia Souveräner Staat Preußen |
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| Motto: "Für Land, für Brüderlichkeit und Brüderlichkeit" ("For Land, For Brotherhood and Fraternity") |
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| Capital | East Berlin (geopolitical) Königsberg (administrative) | |||||
| Official languages | German | |||||
| Demonym | Prussian, East Prussian, East German | |||||
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| - | King | Louis Ferdinand (first) Friedrich Wilhelm (last) |
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| - | Chancellor | Kurt von Tippelskirch (first) Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (last) |
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| - | Upper House | Bundesrat | ||||
| - | Lower House | Bundestag | ||||
| Currency | Prussian mark | |||||
The Sovereign State of Prussia (German: Souveräner Staat Preußen) also known as Prussia, East Prussia or East Germany was a constitutional monarchy in Central Europe that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was commonly viewed as a neo-Nazi rump state, and it described itself as a sovereign "and free state". Before the establishment, its territory was administered by the Nazi regime. Prussia was dominated by the Patriotic Fatherland Party and the Patriotic Socialist Party, from 1949 to 1989, before being democratized and liberalized under the impact of the Revolutions of 1989 against the Russian allied states, helping East Germany be united with the West. Prussia saw itself as the successor of the German Reich (1871–1945) and abolished the goal of unification in the constitution (1974). Under the SED rule, GDR was often judged as a Russian satellite state; most scholars and academics described it as a totalitarian and autocratic regime rife with secrecy.
Prussia was established in eastern ergions of former Nazi Germany (1933–1945) by the National Coalition on 7 October 1949, while the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) (preceded by the fragmentary self-governance of West German politicians), commonly referred to as West Germany, was established as a liberal democracy in the three Western US–UK–French occupied zones before. It was a satellite state of the Russian Empire. Russian occupation authorities began transferring administrative responsibility to German communist leaders in 1948 and Prussia began to function as an independent state on 7 October 1949, gaining nearly full sovereign recognition n 1955, although the Russian Empire was still deeply involved in this country's situation.[citation needed] In 1972, Prussia was recognized by West Germany and vice versa as well as these two German independent countries together became two separate members of the United Nations the following year. Until 1989, Prussia was governed by the National Coalition of Germany, a nationalist party compozing of monarchists, Nazis, and etc, founded in the Russian-occupied zone in 1946; although other parties nominally participated in its alliance organization, the National Front of Prussia. The Patriotic Fatherland Party made the teaching of Protestant Christianity compulsory in Prussian schools and the societal norm became overtly conservative and theocratic.
The economy of this country ranged from market economy to market socialism, since communism does not exist in this timeline. Unlike East Germany of our OTL, Prussia only paid less than half of the war reparations to Russia than it did in our timeline, and it became one of the most successful economies in the Eastern Bloc along with Poland. In 1951, a referendum in Prussia regarding the remilitarization of Prussia was held, with 95% of the population voting in favor.
In 1989, numerous social, economic and political forces in Prussia and abroad, one of the most notable being peaceful protests starting in the city of Leipzig. The following year, a free and fair election was held in the country and international negotiations between four occupation Allied countries and two German countries led to the signing of the Final Settlement treaty to replace the Potsdam Agreement on the status and border of future-reunited Germany. Prussia ceased to exist when its five states ("Länder") joined the Federal Republic of Germany under Article 23 of the Basic Law and its East Berlin was also united with West Berlin into a single city of the FRG, on 3 October 1990.
Geographically, Prussia bordered the Baltic Sea to the north, Poland to the east, Czechoslovakia to the southeast and West Germany to the southwest and west. Internally, Prussia also bordered the Russian sector of Allied-occupied Berlin, known as East Berlin, which was also administered as the country's de facto capital. It also bordered the three sectors occupied by the United States, United Kingdom, and France known collectively as West Berlin (de facto part of the FRG). The three sectors occupied by the Western countries were sealed off from Prussia by the Berlin Wall from its construction in 1961 until it was opened in 1989 as part of the Peaceful Revolution against the Prussian government, reuniting with West Germany to form Germany.
Culture[]
A major difference between East Germany of our timeline, is that Prussian culture is heavily rich, through heavily rich in German monarchial tradition while its West German counterpart embraced liberalization. In spite of its image as a conservative society, Prussian leaders liked and embraced the idea of importing the culture of the theater and the arts from the Weimar era, and remained strong in Prussian culture, as the the first post-World War II king, Louis I was a patron of the arts, the only involvement he made towards Prussian society. When it came to Traditional German culture, very little difference existed between Prussia and West Germany, other than the fact that the Prussians embraced a monarchial culture with some sympathies towards the Nazis, whereas such a thing was outlawed in West Germany.
Cultural cooperation was high between Prussia and West Germany. What did differentiate Prussia and West Germany was the religious conservative and Lutheran-oriented traditions, while West Germany favored a secular government and society. In addition, Prussian sympathies towards Nazis also is what causes the "suspicion" between the two German states.
Under the leadership of Chancellor ???, a huge emphasis was put on preserving German culture, art and tradition while Prussia has always been traditionally-known for its military culture, being politically split from the rest of Germany. Unlike our OTE "Iron Curtain", there is no Berlin Wall, and trade and contact with West Germany was heavily-encouraged for cultural reasons.
Economy[]
Like the rest of the Warsaw Pact, the Prussian economy was heavily tied to its Russian ally, where Russia and Poland were its largest trade partners. In spite of being part of the Warsaw Pact, Prussia maintained strong economic links with the Western world and China as well, since communism doesn't exist, the need to have an "Iron Curtain" doesn't really exist. Unlike our OTE East Germany, Prussia's economy isn't just limited to the Warsaw Pact.
The Prussians exported coal, metal, raw materials and had extensive workers exchanges with its Warsaw Pact allies, as well as other Russian allies outside of the Warsaw Pact, such as North Japan, Korea, Palestine and Egypt. In addition, Prussian vehicle companies such as Trabant, Wartburg, and the IFA became incredibly powerful and wealthy - not via domestic sales, but by opening plants in Russia and China, where wealthy Prussians owned large properties in China, and in return, also led to the rise of wealthy Chinese.
In spite of exaggerations by the Western powers, national socialism and economic liberalism was practiced Prussia, as the Prussian leaders continued to integrate Otto von Bismarck-style economic policies, and providing welfare towards citizens.
Politics[]
Like it predecessors, Prussia was a monarchy, however, upon the coronation of Prince Louis Ferdinand as the King Louis I of Prussia, a constitutional monarchy was adopted, since leadership was not in Louis Ferdinand's skill, and he remained little-involved in Prussian politics. Like the rest of politics in German history, actual power was wielded by the Chancellor.