How exactly does faction inheritance work?

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So I am playing as Fascist India, and I joined the Axis, but never joined the war. Germany and friends are defeated, leaving me and Slovakia as the only Axis nations left. However, Nazi Germany is still listed as the faction leader, despite no longer existing (West and East Germany now). Shouldn't I or Slovakia have taken over by now?

Here is the weird bit. Slovakia is a puppet nation (I know because I hopped into them and they had an autonomy meter), but their puppet master is not listed. This may be a glitch where they never became independent of Germany, and Germany still exists as their puppet master, but that is it.