Deutchland

Deutchland, or more properly the Federal Republic of Deutchland, is one of four human Colonies and/or Interstellar Nations located trailward and towards the Rim. the nation shares a border with the Scro, and there is a dispute over a system that is controlled by humanoid cats (the Falar). Deutchland is a Federal Republic with a limited Monarchy with a strong middle class. The nominal head of state is the Kaiser, or High King; although the body elects Representatives in the Reichstag; and the Chancellor heads the Riechstag.

History

After President Kennedy approved the Sleeper Ship Project, not to be outdone the Germans and Austrians did the same. Five years after the U.S.A. launched their Sleeper Ships, the Germans and Austrians launched the Deutchland and the Austria Toward the Rim and Trailing part of the Orion Spur. The ships made it to two habitable planets which they dubbed the systems Brandenburg and Stieirmark. Since then, German influence extended out to four more systems dubbed Bavaria, Saxony, Vienna, and Carinthia. For a time, they tried Fascism, but Fascism didn't work so they turned back to Capitalism and Free Enterprise. After contact with Sol was lost, the German and Austrian colonies united under one government.

That government was headed by a Kaiser, the Austrians' wish; but the Kaiser would be held in check by a Reichstag; the Germans' wish. To prevent the nightmare of Fascism from rearing its ugly head again, the Deutchlanders abandoned the Philosophy of Positivism and embraced Reason and Liberalism. Currently, the Deutchlanders have a treaty of Non-Aggression with the Republic but they don't trust the American-descendants for the simple reason that the Deutchlanders are involved with a border dispute with the Scro that might erupt into a full scale war. In dealing with the Dispute, the Kaiser had signed the Privateer Laws, allowing their citizens to apply for a Letter of Marque to legally pirate Scro shipping and Scro Military.

Controlled and Contested Space

The Federal Republic consists of Six systems, four with habitable planets. They are: Brandenburg, Stieirmark, Bavaria, Saxony, Vienna, and Carinthia. The systems with human populations include: Brandenburg, Stieirmark, Bavaria, and Vienna.