United Baltic Duchy

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Vereinigtes Baltisches Herzogtum
United Baltic Duchy
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Flag and Coat of Arms of the United Baltic Duchy

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Official Language German
Capital Riga
Head of State Adolf Friedrich
Head of Government Andrievs Niedra
Establishment
  - Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

 March 3, 1918
Government Constitutional Monarchy
Currency Papiermark


The United Baltic Duchy was established as a tributary state of the German Empire in the aftermath of the collapse of the Russian Empire in the face of decisive German offensives. The early days of the Duchy were not the best ones, as it had to fight for survival in the face of nationalist Estonian and Latvian forces, supported by the Entente. The bolshevik threat from the east, the general chaos in the years of the Russian Civil War until German intervention helped ensure White Russian victory, all this has left a mark on the baltic country.

The Baltischer Landeswehr, the armed forces of the newly established state, performed admirably during the wars of establishment and even came to be semi-seriously referred to as the östliche Schutzwall des Kaiserreichs (the Eastern Rampart of the Empire). The term was quickly picked up by official Duchy propaganda agencies to stress the importance of the Baltic state to the Empire as a whole.

Initially, and unlike other states established in the areas of western Russia ceded to Germany, the United Baltic Duchy was expected to one day become a formal constituent state of the German Empire. However, internal problems in both the Fatherland and in the Duchy itself have delayed initial plans.

Contents

History

Politics

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The Baltic German government

Duke: His Highness Adolf Friedrich zu Mecklenburg (born 10 October 1873)

Prime Minister: Andrievs Niedra (born 8 February 1871)

Minister of Relations with the German Empire: Alfred Rosenberg (born 12 January 1893)

Minister of Economy: Baron Heinrich von Stackelberg (born 31 October 1905)

Minister for Colonization: Hans Georg Andersen

Director of Secret Services: Walter Zapp (born 4 September 1905)

Chief of the General Staff of the Baltischer Landeswehr: General Rüdiger von der Goltz (born in 1865)

Commander of the Baltischer Landeswehr: General Johan Laidoner (born 12 February 1884)

Commander-in-Chief of the Baltischer Marine: Admiral Alexander von Salza (born 16 April 1885)

Commander-in-Chief of the Baltischer Luftwaffe: Bruno Loerzer (born 22 January 1891)

Military

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A Baltic German propaganda poster.

Foreign relations

Culture

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