White Ruthenia

= White Ruthenia = White Ruthenia, also known as Weissruthenien, is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders the United Baltic Duchy to the north, Russia to the east, Ukraine to the southeast, Galicia-Lodomiera (part of Austria-Hungary) to the south, Poland to the southwest and Lithuania to the west.

History
The lack of an historic Byelorussian state did not prevent the Germans establishing the Kingdom of 'White Ruthenia' along ethnographic lines following the successful conclusion of the Weltkrieg and the collapse of Russian power. Despite the lack of an historic identity the legitimacy of the new state was secured during the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s brother Heinrich, who used the strong constitutional Royal prerogatives to promote land reform, education programs, and balance the interests of the various factions within his Kingdom.

Unfortunately upon Heinrich’s death in 1929 the throne passed to his son Waldemar, who has not been able to live up to the standards set by his father. In 1936 Weissruthenien is an increasingly divided society and the young kingdom appears to be approaching a crisis as power slips away from the legitimate monarch to his younger brother Sigismund, who has managed built up a formidable power base through the ‘National Security Services’ and various Byelorussian extremist groups unhappy with the current situation.

Politics
King of White Ruthenia: S.K.H. Vladimir I von Hohenzollern

Prime Minister: Pyotr Krecheuski

Foreign Minister: Nikolay I. Gusarov

Armament Minister: Mikhail Bonch-Bruevich

Head of the National Security Services: Sigismund von Hohenzollern

Head of Military Intelligence: Radio Survilla

Chief of Staff: Yurij B. Gamarnik

Chief of Army: Bronislav Kaminski

Chief of Navy: Friedrich Wilhelm Kurzr

Chief of Air Force: Hans Baur

Military
The Armed Forces of White Ruthenia comprise six infantry divisions (one with an artillery brigade) and are ready to follow the orders of the King... whoever he may be...

Foreign relations
Lithuania is part of the Mitteleuropa military and economic alliance.

Very friendly relations with Germany and other countries in Mitteleuropa.

Friendly relations with Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Poland.