40 Fun Facts About Kaiserreich

Kaiserreich's alternate history begins with which alliance, led by Germany, winning the First World War in 1919?

The Central Powers win in Kaiserreich after a failed Allied counter-offensive in July 1919 and mutinies along the Western Front. Germany emerges as the dominant power in Europe.

Kaiserreich had its public alpha release in December 2016 as a mod for which Paradox grand strategy game?

Hearts of Iron IV has hosted Kaiserreich since 1 December 2016, yet the mod is older than the game. Its first version appeared in 2005 for an earlier entry in the same series.

Which monarch, forced to abdicate in 1918 in real history, still rules Germany as Kaiserreich begins?

Wilhelm II still reigns in 1936, nearly half a century after taking the throne in 1888. In real history he died in exile in the Netherlands in 1941.

In Kaiserreich, which German-led military alliance includes client states such as Poland, Lithuania and White Ruthenia?

The Reichspakt, or Imperial Pact, is the network of military alliances binding Germany to its allies. Every member also belongs to the customs union that Berlin leads.

In Kaiserreich, which ideology replaces communism as the leading revolutionary creed, ruling France and Britain?

Syndicalism grew from trade-union direct action into a system of government. With the Bolsheviks beaten in Russia, revolution takes hold in Western Europe instead of the East.

What name does Kaiserreich give the Berlin stock market crash of February 1936 that shakes the world economy?

Black Monday strikes on 3 February 1936, the day after the government suspends the mark's convertibility to gold. The crash keeps deepening for about two months.

After Kaiserreich's 1925 British Revolution, which dominion hosts the exiled royal family and British government?

Canada received the royal family during the revolution, when they were evacuated under the guise of a state visit. The dominion now leads what remains of the British Empire.

In Kaiserreich's timeline, which great power never enters the First World War, staying neutral to the end?

The United States broke off relations with Germany over submarine warfare in 1918 but never declared war. Its banks were left holding unpaid loans to the defeated Allies.

Which Louisiana senator leads the southern American People's Government in Kaiserreich's second American civil war?

Huey Long, nicknamed the Kingfish, founded the Share Our Wealth movement as a machine for his own presidential ambitions. In real history he was assassinated in 1935.

Who is prime minister of the Socialist Republic of Italy when Kaiserreich's scenario opens in 1936?

Benito Mussolini, the fascist dictator of real history, has been the socialist republic's prime minister since 1934. His government is both internationalist and nationalist in character.

In Kaiserreich, the exiled French Republic governs its remaining empire from which North African city?

Algiers became the seat of France's old government in April 1920, as revolution swept the mainland. Marshal Philippe Pétain later made himself president in a military coup.

Which politician leads the hardline Maximist faction as Deputy Chairman of Kaiserreich's socialist Union of Britain?

Oswald Mosley, founder of the British Union of Fascists in real history, is a radical socialist here. His Maximists demand maximum effort for the revolution.

Which emperor is restored to the Qing throne in Kaiserreich's lore, only to be a puppet of warlord Wu Peifu?

Puyi was reinstated in Beijing in 1927, in what the lore calls the Xuantong Restoration. Germany demanded the restoration as a price for backing Wu, the so-called Jade Marshal.

Which Irish revolutionary, killed in an ambush in 1922 in real history, is president of Ireland as Kaiserreich begins?

Michael Collins leads a democratic Irish Republic that has tied itself to Germany's economic bloc. Relations with socialist Britain across the sea remain cold and undefined.

Which revolutionary, assassinated in 1919 in real history, is president of Mexico when Kaiserreich's scenario begins?

Emiliano Zapata heads a left-leaning coalition in a country devastated by a civil war that coincided with the Weltkrieg.

Which Gallipoli war hero is reforming the surviving Ottoman Empire as its Grand Vizier in Kaiserreich?

Mustafa Kemal, who founded the Turkish Republic in real history, never needs to here. The empire survives the war, and he drives its political reforms from within.

Which Democrat, beaten by Herbert Hoover in the real 1928 election, is American president when Kaiserreich begins?

Al Smith wins in 1928 in this timeline and keeps office when the 1932 election is thrown to the House. His policies fail to lift the country out of depression.

Which American general can overthrow the elected government in Kaiserreich, sparking a four-way civil war?

Douglas MacArthur marches on Washington and removes the president, creating a military administration. He begins the game as Chief of Staff of the Army.

Which revanchist veteran becomes president of Russia in 1934 in Kaiserreich's lore, alarming Germany?

Boris Savinkov leads the ultranationalist SZRS, and his 1934 victory revived German fears of encirclement. In real history he died in a Soviet prison in 1925.

Which authoritarian branch of socialism in Kaiserreich is named after a charter signed by socialist nationalist parties?

Totalism covers the totalitarian and vanguardist strands of socialism, and takes its name from the Totalist Charter. It attracts figures who became fascists in real history.

Which alliance unites the exiled British and French governments in Kaiserreich, named after a 1904 agreement?

The Entente is what remains of the wartime Allies, kept alive by governments ruling from far-flung colonies. Portugal counts as a nominal member.

In Kaiserreich, which socialist alliance is led by the Commune of France and includes the Union of Britain?

The Third International is led from Paris here, with socialist Britain and Italy as fellow members. In real history the name belonged to the Moscow-run Comintern.

Which German-led customs union in Kaiserreich has grown to include Ireland, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands?

Mitteleuropa, whose name means Middle Europe, was set up after the Weltkrieg to coordinate Germany's economic dominance. It holds a monopoly on Baltic Sea trade.

In Kaiserreich's lore, the November 1919 treaty that ended the war in Europe is named after which place?

The Treaty of Versailles exists in Kaiserreich too, but with France as the loser, forced into wide-reaching concessions. Britain made its own peace the following spring.

In Kaiserreich's lore, which Bolshevik leader dies in 1918, two days after being shot by Fanny Kaplan in Moscow?

Vladimir Lenin survived the same shooting in real history. Here his death sets off a crippling power struggle, and the Whites go on to win the Russian Civil War.

Which socialist leads the Workers' Commonwealth of America from its capital in Chicago in Kaiserreich?

Jack Reed, who chronicled the Russian Revolution in real history, ran as the Socialist Party's presidential candidate in 1924. His faction rises up in the northern states.

Which Habsburg emperor, who died in exile in 1922 in real history, still reigns over Austria-Hungary in Kaiserreich?

Karl I has ruled since 1916 and now presides over a decentralised monarchy. Bohemia, Galicia and Lodomeria, and Illyria sit beside Austria and Hungary as constituents.

In Kaiserreich, which British dominion begins the game under martial law after a 1924 merger of two Pacific nations?

Australasia joined Australia and New Zealand in one commonwealth, a bid to pool resources as the British Empire slid into chaos. Elections were suspended at its creation.

In Kaiserreich, which country is split between a British dominion, a socialist republic and a federation of princes?

India is divided three ways, and each government claims the whole country. The dominion holds the northwest, the socialists the centre and east, and the princes the south.

Which German puppet kingdom in Kaiserreich is headed by the Kaiser's third son, Adalbert von Hohenzollern?

Flanders-Wallonia is deeply divided between its Flemish and Walloon populations. Another of the emperor's sons, the despised King August, sits on the throne of Poland.

Before being retitled Kaiserreich in 2005, the mod was created by Sarmatia1871 under which original name?

All the Russias imagined only a White victory in the Russian Civil War. Its creator widened the premise to a German victory in the Great War after tiring of the original's limits.

A version of Kaiserreich launched in April 2011, one day after which strategy game it was built for?

Darkest Hour came out on 5 April 2011 and its Kaiserreich version followed on 6 April. The game runs on a heavily modified engine from an older Paradox title.

In Kaiserreich's lore, which American city hosts the 1920 Summer Olympics once occupied Antwerp is ruled out?

Cleveland was chosen after Rome, Budapest and Lyon withdrew from economic exhaustion. The Games disappointed, with attendance low while half of Europe was stuck in unrest or civil war.

In Kaiserreich's lore, the 1925 British Revolution grew from a mutiny aboard which warship docked at Plymouth?

HMS Hood's crew refused orders, and a violent crackdown on the protest that followed set off strikes across the country. Within months the unrest had grown into open revolution.

In Kaiserreich, Germany runs its East Asian and Pacific colonies from which formerly British port city?

Singapore passed to Germany along with Malaya, Brunei and Sarawak when the British Empire collapsed. It now seats the general government of German East Asia.

Which former Russian general rules Buddhist Mongolia as regent in Kaiserreich, having restored the Bogd Khan in 1921?

Roman von Ungern-Sternberg took Urga with his Asiatic Cavalry Division, and Mongolia was proclaimed independent with him as regent. His rule depends entirely on Russian support.

Which far-right movement, led by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, shares power with King Carol II in Kaiserreich's Romania?

The Iron Guard holds the premiership in a nationalist, revanchist monarchy. Its uneasy balance with the king defines Romanian politics as the game begins.

Which state, headed by Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi, does Kaiserreich's lore call Germany's biggest and most valuable ally?

Ukraine is an autocratic but benevolent dictatorship under the Hetman. Most of his opposition has retreated to Galicia and Lodomeria, where it plots the regime's overthrow.

Which kingdom has inherited the nickname Sick Man of Europe in Kaiserreich's lore since the Ottoman Empire recovered?

Spain has been plagued by political unrest, economic instability and separatism for decades. The old nickname passed to it once the Ottomans revived.

Which country, led by Augusto César Sandino, is the first truly socialist state in the Americas in Kaiserreich?

Nicaragua turned socialist after Sandino expelled the Americans in 1931 and marched on the capital.