Oooooo! And also. YAY!
+ 1. Eagerly waiting for the next part.
Oooooo! And also. YAY!
You claim Russia was forced out but I doubt there was a heavly lithunain population and if you are claiming it due to historical significance, Russia should also have claims, make ruthenia a battle ground for a massive warMinsk had been capital city of independent White Ruthenia for 23 years already, Russians were driven out across the border. In Ukraine, however, large portion of Russian-speaking population remained, especially in rural northern areas and historically Russian Kursk.
Tomorrow: Information update on Internationale and Entente, as well as local alliances around the world and their attitude towards Mitteleuropa. Stay tuned!
In red lines, current borders of Ukraine and White Ruthenia. In orange - Lithuanian gains, in green - Russian, in blue - Cossack Union's claims.
... The Warsaw Treaty was signed and ratified during the next week, and it was kept in total secrecy. Whole territory of White Ruthenia would go over to Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as Kiev and western Ukraine. Cossacks would receive Crimea and Zaporozhye region, Russians were to receive Russian-speaking regions around Kursk. This way, the major powers in the region agreed to divide the world again, twenty years after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
yay, the commonwealth is starting to look as it used to
but will the lithuanians press claims for the western polish territories and go on collision course with the germans?
btw the proposed cossack state resembles the crimean khanate a bit
October 1, 1940
World map, October 1st 1940.
The Old World map, October 1940.
Grey - Mitteleuropa
Green - Lithuania as part of Mitteleuropa
Red - Internationale
Pink - Syndicalist, Bolshevik, Socialist states not present in Internationale
Blue - Entente
Yellow - Catholic League
The Mitteleuropa Alliance currently consists of Germany, Lithuania, the Republic of China (ROC), Free State Mittelafrika, United Baltic Dutchy and Flanders-Wallonien. Our joint military strength is rougly 250 divisions.
The Internationale currently consists of Combined Syndicates of America (CSA), French Commune, Union of Britain, Bengal India, Republic of Sicilies and Iran. Their armies, including militia and paramilitary organizations, number over 450 divisions.
As for the Entente, they consist of Canada, National France, Pacific States of America, Australasia, Mexico and the Central American states of United Provinces, Carribean Federation, Cuba, as well as Liberia. They have 205 divisions at their disposal.
IC comparison:
- Internationale - 705 IC
- Mitteleuropa - 437 IC
- Entente - 301 IC
Non-aligned countries with major IC amounts:
- Russia - 184 IC
- Austria - 165 IC
- Catholic League (Spain, Papal Italy, Ireland) - 113 IC
Top 10 countries by army size:
- Russia
- France
- Germany
- CSA
- Austria
- Union of Britain
- Ottoman Empire
- Carlist Spain
- Japan
- Ukraine
New World map, October 1940.
Notes:
Eurasia and Afrika:
- Ukraine applied for Internationale membership, but the French decided not to interfere with Mitteleuropean plans for now and ignored the eastern Syndicalists. Bengal joined the Internationale right after winning the Indian Civil War, at which point it proclaimed a crusade against non-syndicalist Asians and steamrolled Butan, Nepal and Afghanistan, annexing them.
- Iran was annexed by Deli way back in 1936, and freed by victorious Bengal troops in 1939. Bengali organized a Radical Socialist government there and forced them to declare war on Azerbaijan.
- You may also notice a Bolshevik Cyprus. No idea, really. I missed it all, guess Turkey had a lot of dissent at some point, Cyprus broke free, and Turkey didn't declare war against them. Cypriots have somehow managed to assemble 12 militia divisions while not being at war with anyone.
- Not shown on the map are the Austrian United Kingdom - centralised monarchy of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia, Croatia becoming a completely independent country, and the Russian Far East Union, consisting of Russia, Mongolia and Korean Republic.
Americas:
- CSA have joined the Internationale following their victory over USA in the American Civil War. Afraid for their independence, PSA and Mexico joined Canada in Entente. Futher diplomatic activities by the Canadians lured Cuba, also United Provinces (shown on the map with captured Panama and Honduras) and Carribean Federation.
- Brasil and Centroamerica didn't join the Internationale. However, now that Centroamerica is subject to United Provinces and Mexican attack, Syndicalist Brasil will apply for membership any time soon.
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Tomorrow, White Ruthenia Campaign! Thanks a lot for the comments, everyone. Constructive criticism and requests for more information, as usual, appreciated and satisfied.