The "February's Legacy" Alternate Timeline

ALBANIAN KINGDOM

Capital :
Tiranae

Official Language :
Albanian

Head of State :
King Victor Emmanuel I of Albania (also King-Emperor Victor Emmanuel III of Italy)

Chief of Government :
Shefqet Verlaci

Form of Government :
Corpocratio-monarchist

History :
An italian-backed coup lead Corporatist party leader Shefqet Verlaci to power forcing King Zog to abdicate. Verlaci then officialy requested that the King of italy assumed the crown. The kingdom was shortly afterward integrated into the Italian Empire's state apparatus only retaining autonomy in token areas.

Geography :
Include the territory of Kosovo which the albanian invaded with the italians blessing.

ARMENIAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Capital :
Yerevan

Official Language :
Armenian

Form of Government :
Republic

History :
Armenia broke away from russia when it became clear that the Transcaucasian Commitee would not resolved the problems of repatriating thousands of refugees. It then fought a few low-level conflicts with its neighbours due to some unresolved issues regarding its borders.

Geography :
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AZERBAIDJANI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Capital :
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Official Language :
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Form of Government :
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History :
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BELARUSSIAN NATIONAL REPUBLIC

Capital :
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Official Language :
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Form of Government :
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History :
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DANZIG FREE STATE

Capital :
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Official Language :
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Head of State :
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Form of Government :
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History :
Was separated from the german empire following the Great War. The state has fared much better then Germany thanks largely to its status as an open port.

Geography :
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BALKAN DEMOCRATIC UNION

Capital :
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Official Language :
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Head of State :
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Form of Government :
Communist Republic. Its component states are independent in some matters (such as education) while united in others (common foreign policy, custom union, etc..).

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Geography :
Composed of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia, Turkey

ESTONIA

Capital :
-

Official Language :
Estonian

Form of Government :
Parliementary Republic

History :
Was granted independance from Russia following the February Revolution. Following this, the country established economical ties with Great Britain and Scandinavian countries (especialy Finland).

The government of Estonia has maintained a policy of neutrality since the begining of Mediteranean War.

Geography :
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FRENCH REPUBLIC

Capital :
Paris

Official Language :
French

Head of State :
- (President of the republic)

Chief of Government :
Leon Blum (President of the Council )

Form of Government :
Republican

History :
Since the end of the Great War, France has maintained a sometime strained relationship with the german republic. While it has signed various treaties to stabilise germany and hope for a continued republican government, various political factions would prefer to maintain an hardline toward the country they perceive as their ancestral ennemy.

The begining of the Meditaranean War has brought them somewhat closer although they have continued to consider themselves co-beligerents and not allies.

Geography :
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GEORGIAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Capital :
Tblisi

Official Language :
Georgian

Form of Government :
Republican. The head of state was the Chairman of the Government who was named by the parliement for a one year term (individual being limited to two consecutive terms). The Parliement was elected. The chairman named his cabinet and formed the executive. The legislative branch was the parliement whose members were elected through a proportional representation system. Together the cabinet and the parliement formed the Constituant Assembly.

History :
Following the February Revolution, Georgia found itself part of the a semi-autonomous Transcaucasian Region of Russia. Although the socialist leaders had remained loyal to the Provisional Government, pressure from the more nationalistic factions forced them to seek independance to prevent a potential civil war.

The bi-partisan negociation that followed (instead of an unilateral declaration of independance) allowed for a peaceful transition and showed the way for other Independantist groups. Thanks largely to this, Georgia has maintain a close wroking relationship with the Russian Republic, allowing troops to be stationed near the border to prevent an invasion by the germans or ottomans.

Geography :
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GERMAN REPUBLIC

Capital :
Berlin

Official Language :
German

Form of Government :
Republican. Voters directly elect the President of the Republic who names a chancelor as head of the executive. This chancelor is usualy (but not always) the leader of the party or coalition who has a majority in the Assembly of the Republic. Members of the Assembly of the Republic are elected through a proportional representation system.

History :
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Hungarian State

Capital :
Budapest

Official Language :
Hungarian

Form of Government :
One party dictatorship

History :
Backed by Romania, the Hungarianist movement staged a coup against  the governing Social Democrat.

Geography :
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ITALIAN EMPIRE

Capital :
Rome

Official Language :
italian

Head of State :
King-Emperor Victor Emmanuel III

Chief of Government :
Benito Mussolini

Form of Government :
Corpocratio-monarchy

History :
-

Geography :
Composed of the Kingdoms of Italy, as well as the colonies of Italian East Africa (Somaliland, Ethiopia & Abyssinia), Lybia (Tripolitania & Cyrenaica) and Tunisia. Enjoying some limited level of autonomy are the protectorates of Albania, Croatia, the Dodecanese Islands and Montenegro

LATVIA

Capital :
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Official Language :
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Form of Government :
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History :
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Geography :
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LITHUANIA

Capital :
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Official Language :
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Form of Government :
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History :
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Geography :
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MONTENEGRINE KINGDOM

Capital :
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Official Language :
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Head of State :
King Victor-Emmanuel I of Montenegro (also King-Emperor Victor-Emmanuel III of Italy)

Chief of Government :
-

Form of Government :
Corpocratio-monarchist

History :
Montenegro was invaded by Italy at the begining of the Mediteranean War and the crown was given to the Italian King.

Geography :
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POLISH STATE

Capital :
Warsaw

Official Language :
Polish

Form of Government :
Military Dictatorship

History :
Poland broke away from Russia in 1919 after a plebiscite on independance. Instability within the republic lead to a Coup by Army Marshal Józef Pilsudski in 1926. While he was not its creator, the marshal is credited as the propagator of Prometheism, a vaguely defined political doctrine promoting nationalism abroad.

Thanks to diplomatic efforts and in some cases, manipulation of opinion abroad, Poland has managed to create one of Pilsudski dream of a unified confederation (the Intermarum) stretching from one sea to another as a defence against both Russia and Germany.

Geography :
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ROMANIAN LEGIONARY STATE

Capital :
Bucharest

Official Language :
Romanian

Head of State :
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (Conducator)

Form of Government :
"Neo-feudalism". Every citizen was assigned a class (worker, bourgeois, ruler) which granted him certain rights and responsability.

History : The Legionary Movement was a polical organisation built on a platform of nationalism, anti-semitism and pro-orthodoxy. In 1940, a coup d'etat lead by Codreanu took down the monarchy and its coalition partners. The kingdom was then replaced with a one party dictatorship of the Legionary Movement.

One of the Legionaries first order of business was removing the citizenship of those considered "ennemies of the romanian blood" namely: jews, tsiganes, communists, etc..

Geography :
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RUSSIAN REPUBLIC

Capital :
St-Petersburg

Official Language :
Russian

President :
Karensky

Form of Government :
Republican

History :
In February 1917 (old style calendar), a revolution took place in the russian empire which forced the abdication of the Tsar. A provisional government was created until such time as elections could be called.

Geography :
Russia has been much reduced since the revolution with most non ethnic russian regions chosing to secede.

SAARLAND

Capital :
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Official Language :
German

Head of State :
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Form of Government :
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Currency :
Saar Franc

History :
Saarland was detached and occupied by the allies following the Great War. A referendum on re-attachement was organised on january 1935 but due to continued instability in Germany, it was rejected in favour of sovereignty.

In the following years, saarland has adopted a politic of neutrality.

Geography :
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SPANISH CONFEDERATIVE REPUBLIC

Capital :
Barcelona

Official Language :
Castillan, Catalan & Basque

Form of Government :
Republican

History :
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Geography :
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UKRAINIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

Capital :
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Official Language :
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Form of Government :
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History :
Ukraine broke away from the Russian Empire following the February Revolution although it had maintained a cordial relationship with the Russian Republic. Both for economical reasons and due to internal pressure, Ukraine joined the Intermarum confederation which has strained its relationship with Russia.

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