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''[[Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg]]'' is a popular ''[[Hearts of Iron]] II'' [[Game Mod]] that is set in an alternate timeline where the Central Powers win [[World War
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* [[Adolf Hitler]]: Died as a soldier in [[World War I]] in this timeline. His memoirs during the war have been collected among others, and released as a book called [[Historical
* [[AI Roulette]]: The A.I's decisions when it comes to events can be... strange at times.
* [[Allohistorical Allusion]]: Many. The [[The Great Depression|Berlin Stock Crisis]] at the start of the mod is just one example.
** [[Triumph of the Will|Lefi Riefenstahl]] ends up directing a movie about [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Adolf Hitler's heroism and valor combined with a message about Germany superiority.]]
* [[Alternate History]]: The basis of the mod, as said above, is a timeline where Germany won World War I.
* [[Alternate History Wank]]: Subverted by the victorious German Empire after WWI. Despite winning, it lost great amounts of men still, was unable to prevent hostile revolutions from breaking out in France and Britain, and has a very unstable colonial empire at the start of the game combined with a huge stock market crash.
** Given this is [[Hearts of Iron]] though, it is possible to do this with some nations if you're a good enough player.
* [[Ambiguously Evil]]: Khan Sternberg, at least how he views himself.
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* [[American Civil War]]: A new one is a big event in the game. Between the Federal Government (Which may or may not be lead by a military coup headed by General MacArthur), the [[Deep South|American Union State]] lead by Huey Long, Jack Reed's [[Punny Name|Combined Syndicates of America]] trying to wrest control of all America, there's the Pacific States of America that want to secede, [[And Zoidberg|and Hawaii]].
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: The Synicalist International view on royals. Can be averted depending on in-game choices.
* [[Back
* [[Badass in Charge]]: Some Heads of State are battlefield leaders, and are quite effective. [[Badass Moustache|Baron]] [[Badass Beard|Sternberg]] is the most obvious example.
* [[Balkanize Me]]: As is in the Vanilla Game, China is divided into several factions, though there are two less. This is also the case with Russia (1 major, 2 minors and 11 peripheral states), India (3 states), Italy (2) and Austria-Hungary (6 states, all but Austria proper semi-autonomous territories).
** Balkanization is a major goal in most of the major war events in the game. A Brazilian victory in the Platinean War can divide La Plata into Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The U.S.A depending on the results of the Second American Civil War can have New England and the Pacific States secede. Also possible with whoever wins in the inevitable Germany/France war; Germany possibly dividing into Bavaria, the Rhenish Republic, the North German Federation, and Prussia if the Synditern wins. And France divided into Normandy, Brittany, Occitania, and central France itself if Germany is victorious.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Liberia, if it sides with National France. Gets thrown into chaos by the U.S Civil War, and if it decides to become a puppet of National France, then National France [[Running Gag|gets thrown into chaos.]] One of the options Liberia can choose from this is even called [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"Why does this always happen to us?"]]
* [[Cheese
* [[Chinese With Chopper Support]]: In Qing and Republican flavors.
* [[Commie Land]]: What Totalists seek to create.
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* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Iron Guard Romania to Monarchist Romania, if you know anything about what the Iron Guard did in [[Real Life]]...
* [[The Evil Prince]]: Prince Sigismund of White Ruthenia is explicitly this.
* [[Four
** They can even occasionally end up fighting ''themselves'' due to a [[Good Bad Bugs|bug]] that sometimes causes multiple factions to receive the same general.
* [[Gauls With Grenades]]: Qualifies for both Commune of France and National France. Subverted somewhat with {{spoiler|German-puppeted France.}}
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* [[Josef Stalin]]: Is Commissar of Security for the Georgian Socialist Republic, [[Allohistorical Allusion|an inverse of his relationship with Beria]] in the original timeline. Known by his Georgian name in-universe.
* [[La Résistance]]: In Alsace and Wallonia once war between Germany and France breaks out. Can really help the Commune if they exploit it well.
* [[Luck
* [[Magikarp Power]]: Out of all three main alliances the Entente starts off the weakest. All of its starting members face the possibility of being overthrown or leaving the alliance, and most of its potential members (like the US or Russians) are more likely to end up joining one of the other factions. However with the right events it's possible to end up with a democratic US, Russia, Republican China, unified India, and have all the former British Dominions rejoin/stay and end up with truly unstoppable force.
** Also counts for certain nations. For example, Shangqing, the smallest of the starting Chinese states, can potentially unify all of China under a new imperial dynasty if played right.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, the appropriately named [[Evil Overlord|Mad]] [[Evil Is Cool|Baron]] [[The Horde|of Mongolia.]]
* [[A Nazi
** It's safe to say all National Populist nations are basically this.
** Totalists are this for Communists.
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* [[One Nation Under Copyright]]: Allgemeine Ostasiatische Gesellschaft, Germany's colony in southern China. The Syndicalist point of view is that all capitalist countries are this.
** Legally speaking, the AOG isn't a German colony. That doesn't really weaken the point though, since what it ''is'' is a German corporation that effectively governs half of the de jure Qing Empire.
* [[One
* [[Pet the Dog]]: It's possible to be ''extremely'' lenient to defeated enemies if the player so chooses - playing as the victorious White Russians, for example, one of the choices given fairly early on provides the option to formally recognize the local Soviet councils and essentially integrate the defeated Reds peacefully into the government.
* [[Putting
** Cardinal Innitzer led Italy is this, and potentially the American Union State if Fritz Kuhn's coup succeeds.
* [[Rape, Pillage and Burn]]: What Mongolia can do to its enemies.
* [[Red Baron]]: The Baron himself is the head of the ''Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte'' (The German Air Force) here.
* [[Red October]]: A third Russian Revolution can happen, if the current regime becomes too oppressive. This can cause Russia itself to be massively fractured, as Siberia declares independence, and numerous border states can seize territories from the weakened Russia at this time.
* [[Red Scare]]: The Syndicalist Internationale is this, and should the Combined Syndicates win the Second American Civil War, it could become this in particular.
* [[Rightful King Returns]]: ''Numerous'' examples. Serbia and Russia for example, can both have their monarchs return by event.
** [[The French Colonial Empire|National France]] can restore the monarchy of France as well, in [[L'État,
** The whole point of playing as Canada is to do this for [[The House of Windsor|Edward VIII]].
** This happened to Pu Yi in the backstory, with the help of German arms. The Shanqing can do this for Zhu Rongji, a distant descendant of the Ming dinasty (the previous, and last non-barbarian rulers of China). Both can unify the entirety of China.
* [[Shown Their Work]]: The mod has a ton of nods to real history, along with being based on an incredibly plausible [[Alternate History]].
* [[Shout
** One of the ministers for the Fengtian Republic is named [[Harry Turtledove|Liu Han.]]
** One of the Canadian Generals is named [[
* [[Spanish Civil War]]: This alternate timeline scenario features a [[Melee a Trois]] between the Kingdom of Spain, Carlist Spain and the CNT-FAI.
* [[The Spanish Inquisition]]: If the Carlists win the [[Spanish Civil War]], this can be reborn. It's used to hunt down CNT-FAI agents, and can spread to Portugal as well.
* [[Ungern
* [[We Have Reserves]]: The Syndicalists in the Second American Civil War have this as their primary advantage - the other factions get better generals and usually have better-trained and equipped troops, but at the end of the day there just aren't very many of them, while every Syndicalist soldier killed has three more lined up to take his place on the battle line.
* [[World War Two]]: While it is still feature Germany vs. France and Britain, this time Germany is less Fascist and France and Britain more Communist.
* [[Vestigial Empire]]: Numerous examples exist in the game. One is the remains of the collapsed British empire which has been reduced to a government in exile operating out of Canada with a very loose alliance with only a few of its former dominions/colonies. However given the nature of the game it's fully possible to subvert the situation.
** One of the major goals when playing as Russia is to subvert this.
* [[Victory
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: Almost more than actual [[Hearts of Iron]]. Want to reenserf the peasantry under a new Russian Empire? Create a fully dictatorial Totalist regime in America? Execute protesters and those who oppose your reign? Make the civil wars of our timeline ''[[It Got Worse|even worse?]]'' [[And Zoidberg|Not allow women to vote?]] Then come and play Kaiserreich!
* [[The Von Trope Family]]: Seeing as [[Imperial Germany]] is still alive, Von names are much more in use. Notable example include [[Ungern
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