History Characters / TNOEurope

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The government's policy of forced agrarianism, mockingly labeled as an "agricultural devolution", has been largely unsuccessful because Norway lacks arable land and can't possibly specialize in farming. Worse, rural farmers are often alleged to have ties to Norwegian resistance cells, creating even more controversy towards an ineffective policy that has only wrecked the economy.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: If the 1963 parliamentary election ends in a deadlock, Söderhjelm can take the premiership on account of winning every opinion poll, even though the his party did not win the most votes. He's a mere compromise candidate between the Rural Party and the Social Democrats, balancing a shaky coalition between them.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Söderhjelm can take the premiership on account of winning every opinion poll, even though the his party did not win the most votes. He's a mere compromise candidate between the Rural Party and the Social Democrats, balancing a shaky coalition between them.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Söderhjelm can take the premiership on account of winning every opinion poll, even though the his party did not win the most votes. He's a mere compromise candidate between the Rural Party and the Social Democrats, balancing a shaky coalition between them.

* LesCollaborateurs: Most parties on the Finnish political scene advocate for this to some degree with Germany. The ruling party, ''Kansallinen Kokoomus'', is the biggest example, having started as a pro-war party that was home to numerous pro-German politicians with German connections. In OTL, the Axis defeat meant that Kokoomus mediated itself to a more center-right alignment to distance themselves from the internationally disgraced Nazis. In this timeline, the German military victories meant that this political shift never happened and thus they've remained in power.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: On paper, the IKL seems like a minority party, but it's actually very influential in Finnish politics. Using intimidation and violence, they can subtly manipulate Parliament without having a strong explicit presence in it, even possibly taking the presidency if circumstances turn for the worst.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Should the Karelian War last too long, but slant in favor of the Russians, the Finnish government will sue for an armistice, acquiescing their claims to the Kola Peninsula, in return for West Russia renouncing Eastern Karelia.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: As the USSR was getting decimated by the Axis in World War II, Finland jumped on the opportunity to seize Karelia and the Kola peninsula. Finland still owns these territories in 1962, though many Russians contest these land claims.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When Western Russia is reunified and successfully negotiates with Finland for the return of Onega and the Russian-majority areas annexed during World War II, Finland no longer needs the Anti-Communist Volunteer Guard and will stop guaranteeing them, allowing West Russia's unifier to annex Onega with ease.

->'''Role:''' Head of State

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Should Finland repel the Russian invasion in the Karelian War, Rihtniemi's approval ratings will skyrocket, easily earning him a reelection in 1967.

!!''Kauno Kleemola''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Karelian War defeat)

* ShortLivedLeadership: If the Karelian War ends in a ceasefire or Russian victory, Rihtniemi will resign and leave the presidency to Kleemola, who will only serve until the upcoming 1967 election.

!!''Matti Virkkunen''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Kansallinen Kokoomus[[note]]National Coalition Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Conservatism[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]

* {{Realpolitik}}: Becoming the National Coalition Party's new presidential candidate after Rihtniemi's disgraceful resignation, Virkkunen pledges to align even more closely with the Reich, using Pakt investments to repair the damage left by a Karelian War defeat.

!!''Johannes Virolainen''
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->'''Role:''' Head of Government (Rihtniemi cabinet), Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Maalaisliitto[[note]]Agrarian League[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The Finnish tongue has a long and benighted history compared with Swedish, but it is ours nonetheless - Finns all, from Helsinki to Karelia. Especially Karelia - our land, robbed from us for nearly half a century, but no longer. The lone man who fights for the rights of Finn Karelians is Johannes Virolainen - the only man who cares, Vyborg born, who knows their struggle.\\\
He may be controversial to some. However, the need to settle Finns in their native land, and expel the foreigners from land that is not theirs - may not be... palatable to those who care more for foreign responses than actions. Pruning those who care about Finland from those who do not is an entirely different question. One that is guaranteed to be resolved the correct way.\\\
At the end of the day, it is clear that some are born to see the whole picture - and some are born to actually deal with it. Johannes Virolairen is one of those men who will nominate scapegoats for the nation's sake - a patriot thinking only of the nation's greater good. Either way, he needs to enter power...[[/labelnote]]

* MeetTheNewBoss: He largely maintains the policies of Rihtniemi, such as his developmentalist economic policies and Finland's cooperation with the Reich.

!!''Karl-August Fagerholm''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue[[note]]Social Democratic Party Of Finland[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]

* HonorBeforeReason: Fagerholm protested Finland's instigation of the Continuation War, which led him to being expelled from the government cabinet.
* {{Realpolitik}}: {{Inverted}}. Fagerholm will sever Finland's ties with Germany in favor of aligning with the OFN, costing them support of the nearest superpower.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite his anti-communist views, Fagerholm believes they can be reasoned with and pledges to legalize them back into politics.

!!''Lauri Törni''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Finnish Civil War)
-> '''Party: ''' Isänmaallinen Kansanliike[[note]]Patriotic People's Movement[[/note]]
-> '''Ideology: ''' Fascist Populism[[note]]Fascism[[/note]]

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Though it is possible for Törni to win the Second Finnish Civil War, it will not be the same with preserving their claims over Eastern Karelia. As such, Törni concedes the West Russian seizures of the land, knowing he can't do anything about it anyways.
* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: If the Second Finnish Civil War happens, Rihtniemi will resign under the justification that the country needs "a unifying government devoid of political alignment". His replacement is Törni, an open fascist and former SS member who has ties with Germany.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In real life, Törni was a fanatically anti-communist military officer who joined the Waffen-SS to continue fighting the USSR after his country left the Axis, moved to the US after World War II and met his end in Vietnam. In a timeline where the Axis won, he has stayed in Finland as a war hero and entered politics as a public face of the fascist Patriotic People's Movement, and can eventually become President of Finland in the same way Hitler took over Germany.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: After President Rihtniemi resigns in the aftermath of the Second Finnish Civil War's eruption, the IKL nominates Törni as his successor due to his status as an [[BlatantLies 'apolitical']] war hero.
* WarHero: He's hailed as a hero in Finland for his service in the Continuation War.

!!''Elias Simojoki''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Törni succession)
-> '''Party: ''' Isänmaallinen Kansanliike[[note]]Patriotic People's Movement[[/note]]
-> '''Ideology: ''' Fascist Populism[[note]]Fascism[[/note]]

* PresidentForLife: After succeeding Lauri Törni as President of Finland, Simojoki and Prime Minister Paavo Susitaival (both of whom are members of the IKL) cancel the 1969 election, putting an end to Finland's democracy and ushering in a fascist dictatorship.
* SinisterMinister: Simojoki is both a Lutheran priest and a member of the fascist Patriotic People's Movement, who will put an end to any pretences of democracy and turn Finland into a fascist dictatorship after he becomes president.
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[[folder:Finnish Socialist Republic]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Finnish Socialist Republic
->'''Ruling Party:''' Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue[[note]]Communist Party of Finland[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Marxism-Leninism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* HistoryRepeats: If Finland does not legalise socialist parties prior to the Karelian War, there is a possibility that the Communist Party will rise up in arms against the government, sparking the start of a Second Finnish Civil that is similar to the first civil war Finland experienced.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: If they win the civil war, they sign away their claims to the Åland Islands, Eastern Karelia and the Kola Peninsula, since all they want is peace with West Russia and Sweden.
* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Finland's continued repression of communist parties does not end up breaking them apart. Instead, they rise up in revolt, deeming violence to be the only avenue left for them to take.

!!''Aimo Aaltonen''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
-> '''Party: '''Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue[[note]]Communist Party of Finland[[/note]]
-> ''' Ideology: ''' Marxism-Leninism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* NecessarilyEvil: After winning the Finnish Civil War, Aaltonen establishes a police state out of necessity to deal with a political scene full of people who have collaborated with Nazis for more than 25 years.
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[[folder:Murmansk People's Republic]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Murmansk People's Republic
->'''Ruling Party:''' Murmanskaya Gosudarstvennaya Duma[[note]]Murmansk State Duma[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Provisional Government[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]

An ethnic Russian rebellion rising out of Murmansk, the destination of the Finnish deportation of Russians in East Karelia.

* TheDogBitesBack: After years of abuse suffered by the hands of the Finnish government, the ethnic Russians in Karelia rise up in secession, starting the Karelian War and declaring their intent to join the West Russian unifier, barring the Aryan Brotherhood.
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: The Russians in Murmansk and East Karelia are unified in their hatred of Finnish rule and have been operating an insurgency since Finland annexed these territories in the aftermath of the Continuation War. When West Russia is unified (except by the Aryan Brotherhood), they'll revolt with the help of the West Russian unifier.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Murmansk People's Republic is not an ideological state. Due to the decay of the city (most Russians in East Karelia were deported there, resulting in an overpopulated mess in a harsh climate without sufficient resources to support them, while Helsinki has chosen to ignore developing Murmansk in favour of Viipuri and the west) and being discriminated against by the rest of Finland, the Murmansk State Duma is a very pragmatic body, incorporating elements from all sectors of society, including labour unions and criminal elements. When rebelling against Finnish rule, it counts among its ranks everything from communists to liberals and nationalists, all working together to save the city and the ethnic Russians.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Even if the Murmansk People's Republic is soundly defeated, there is a chance that Finland could reorient their policies towards the Russian population, legalizing their parties and finally providing public services to them.

!!''Lev Shestakov''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Murmanskaya Gosudarstvennaya Duma[[note]]Murmansk State Duma[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Provisional Government[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]

* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In real life, Shestakov was a Ukrainian-born ethnic Russian flying ace who died in World War II. Here, he's far from home leading the Murmansk State Duma.

%%!!''Federico Bigi''
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%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Election)
%%->'''Party:''' Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese[[note]]Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Christian Democracy[[note]]Liberal Conservatism[[/note]]
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%%!!''Alvaro Casali''
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%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Election)
%%->'''Party:''' Partito Socialista Democratico Sammarinese[[note]]Sammarinese Democratic Socialist Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]
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[[folder:Monaco]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Principality of Monaco
->'''Ruling Party:''' Royal Family
->'''Ideology:''' Semi-Constitutional Monarchy[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]

%%!!''Bjarni Benediktsson''
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%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (1963 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn[[note]]Independence Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Paternalistic Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]
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%%!!''Eysteinn Jónsson''
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%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (1963 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Framsóknarflokkurinn[[note]]Progressive Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Agrarianism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]
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%%!!''Emil Jónsson''
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%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (1963 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Alþýðuflokkurinn[[note]]People's Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]
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%%!!''Hannibal Valdimarsson''
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%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Alþýðubandalagið[[note]]People's Alliance[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]
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%%!!''Ólafur Jóhannesson''
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%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Framsóknarflokkurinn[[note]]Progressive Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Agrarianism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]
%%----

%%!!''Jóhann Hafstein''
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%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Framsóknarflokkurinn[[note]]Progressive Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Free-Market Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]
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%%!!''Geir Hallgrímsson''
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%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Government collapse)
%%->'''Party:''' Umsjónarstjórn[[note]]Board of Supervisors[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Free-Market Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]], Big Tent[[note]]Liberal Conservatism[[/note]]
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%%!!''Halldór Eggert Sigurðsson''
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%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (1971 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Framsóknarflokkurinn[[note]]Progressive Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Agrarianism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]
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%%!!''Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason''
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%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (1971 election)
%%->'''Party:''' Alþýðuflokkurinn[[note]]People's Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]
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%%!!''Adda Bára Sigfúsdóttir''
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%%->'''Role:''' Head of State
%%->'''Party:''' Alþýðubandalagið[[note]]People's Alliance[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Democratic Socialism[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]
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[[folder:Faroe Islands]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Republic of the Faroe Islands
->'''Ruling Party:''' Tjóðveldisflokkurin[[note]]Republican Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarian Socialism[[note]]Socialism[[/note]]

A former Danish Realm territory that has declared its independence. Like Iceland, It has been continuously occupied by the Western Allies since 1940.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Fishing has been so ingrained in the Faroe Islands' culture that the industry makes up 90% of their exports to the outside world. The economic prosperity of the nation is entirely dependent on this specialization and will suffer, if it isn't kept healthy or outcompeted by foreign countries.
* MeetTheNewBoss: Control of the Faroe Islands was passed from the Danes to the British and now the Americans. From the independence movement's perspective, this change in leadership hasn't changed the fact that the Faroe Islands have always been subjugated by a foreign occupier and treated as a disposable vassal.
* PuppetState: After Denmark was defeated by Germany in the Second World War, the Faroe Islands were officially given their independence. However, they act as little more than a military base for the United States to maintain a presence in Europe.

!!''Erlendur Patursson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Tjóðveldisflokkurin[[note]]Republican Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarian Socialism[[note]]Socialism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]In his small office in Tórshavn, during the time between meetings with party members and union members, Erlendur Patursson takes time to look out his window towards a vast sea, glittering, as trawlers towards deeper waters. It reminds him what he is fighting for.\\\
Patursson's political career paralleled his work leading the Føroya fiskimannafelag, or Fishermen's union. There, he saw the failures in OFN policy up close, the ways that American agreements corralled fisheries to work around restrictive resource rights and military plans.\\\
Already politically active as the son of nationalist politician Jóannes Patursson, the realization compelled him to found his own party, the Tjóðveldisflokkurin. There, he worked his misgivings into proper policy. With allies new and old, he crafted a vision of a left-wing Faroe Islands, freed from the web of the OFN, ready to work for the citizens that form it.\\\
Now president, Erlendur Patursson is ready to enact that vision. He knows that he dreams big, but he is ready to fight the OFN for whatever scraps they will give. He will do anything to help the fisheries of the Faroes - he always has."[[/labelnote]]

* ChoosingNeutrality: Knowing of the OFN's one-sided relationship with the Faroe Islands, Patursson's main objective is to free his country from their restrictive control, prepared to oppose a much larger foe for the greater good.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: He's just as politically active as his father, Jóannes Patursson.

!!''Hákun Djurhuus''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1966 election)
->'''Party:''' Hin Føroyski Fólkaflokkurin[[note]]Faroese People's Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternalistic Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Twenty years ago, the Fólkaflokkurin did all it could to free the Faroe Islands. As the British moved in, the party tried in vain to create an independent state, refusing to work with the occupiers once they recognized the Danish governor. Fólkaflokkurin was powerful, strident, and only growing.\\\
Then the British left, and America came, now with Cold War politics on the mind. Rather than bother with a truly independent nation, they forced through a second occupation, leaving the Faroese to deal with the consequences.\\\
Hákun Djurhuus was a young man then, just entering politics. Yet after twenty years in the party, "independence" has played out just as he expected. The rights and opportunities of the Faroese people are placed behind a foreign military and its foreign market. His countrymen's culture is fading, while Americans run amok on their shores.\\\
Now, there has come a chance to break this inequality. Djurhuus has gathered a coalition from all strains of life, from fisheries to parishes, across multiple leading parties. At last, he has the community he needs to force his occupier's hand.[[/labelnote]]

* ChoosingNeutrality: Gathering a diverse coalition of allies, Djurhuus is determined to force the Americans to leave the Faroe Islands and give proper independence to the Faroese people.

!!''Peter Mohr Dam''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1966 election)
->'''Party:''' Javnaðarflokkurin[[note]]Equality Party[[/note]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Peter Mohr Dam is one of the Faroe Islands most storied politicians, serving in the Løgting for the last forty years. He has worked under the Danes, under the British, and now under the Americans, dutifully serving the Javnaðarflokkurin party. In that time, he has learned the value of maintaining his nation's ties.\\\
Yes, the Faroe Islands' captors are not always kind. Yet each has left a mark on the state, working to invest in the nation's future. From Vága Airport to Tórshavn, the boons of these ties dot the nation. And even now, there is so much more left to give.\\\
If the Faroe Islands are to grow, they cannot do so from splendid isolation. President Dam promises instead to create something better by working with the OFN. Through focused intervention, the Faroes can develop past their agrarian existence and into a more specialized, modernized economy. The Faroe Islands will become a star in a prosperous constellation, from far-off America to Britain and Iceland at home.[[/labelnote]]

* VoluntaryVassal: In his long, forty year career, Dam has collaborated with the occupying Danish, British, and Americans. His experience has convinced him that the Faroe Islands needs a more equal relationship with the OFN to develop the country rather than pursue complete isolation.

!!''Atli Dam''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Dam succession)
->'''Party:''' Javnaðarflokkurin[[note]]Equality Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]To many, Atli Dam appears as the future of the Faroe Islands itself - an astute progressive finding his footing in the wider world, still learning from the wisdom of his father. Whenever his feet land, the rest of the Faroes may follow.\\\
Like his father Peter Mohr Dam, Atli Dam is a Social Democrat, leading under the Javnaðarflokkurin party. The two also share the same core willingness to work with the Americans, even as opponents scoff from both sides of the aisle. Though he hails from a younger generation, Atli intends to carry on his father's work.\\\
Yet there is one core difference: president Atli appears more willing to push his luck. Where Peter Mohr Dam seemed reverent to the ideals that supposedly defined his foreign ties, Atli has thus far imagined them as transactional, leaning on his natural charisma and skill to get needed provisions out of the OFN. So far, it seems to be working - Alti is getting investments that Peter could never manage.\\\
It is an energy and force that no one, domestic or foreign, was quite prepared for. It seems that is the clearest sign of a fruitful career to come.[[/labelnote]]

* LikeFatherLikeSon: He is a social democrat and willing to cooperate with the United States, like his father Peter Mohr Dam.
* SuperiorSuccessor: Thanks to his natural charisma, Atli is able to squeeze more concessions from the OFN, whereas his father preferred to play it safe. As a result, Atli is able to make even more progress than Peter could.
* TakingUpTheMantle: After his father's death, Atli will take over the Javnaðarflokkurin party and continue championing his ideals.
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!! Finland
[[folder:Republic of Finland]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Finland
->'''Ruling Party:''' Kansallinen Kokoomus[[note]]National Coalition Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Conservatism[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]

* LesCollaborateurs: Most parties on the Finnish political scene advocate for this to some degree with Germany. The ruling party, ''Kansallinen Kokoomus'', is the biggest example, having started as a pro-war party that was home to numerous pro-German politicians with German connections. In OTL, the Axis defeat meant that Kokoomus mediated itself to a more center-right alignment to distance themselves from the internationally disgraced Nazis. In this timeline, the German military victories meant that this political shift never happened and thus they've remained in power.
* CivilWar: If Finland doesn't integrate the communists into politics by the time West Russia is unified, the Second Finnish Civil War will begin between the government, the communists, and the Murmansk People's Republic. The conflict escalates further when Sweden, Germany, and the West Russian unifier get involved.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: To the oblivious, Finland is an anomalous success story in German-dominated Europe, privileged with a strongly developed industrial base, an influx of resources from their territorial gains, and a close trading relationship with Sweden. However, it disguises the active ethnic cleansing campaigns being carried out in Karelia and the far-right's surprisingly wide-reaching influence in the country's politics.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: On paper, the IKL seems like a minority party, but it's actually very influential in Finnish politics. Using intimidation and violence, they can subtly manipulate Parliament without having a strong explicit presence in it, even possibly taking the presidency if circumstances turn for the worst.
* CrushingThePopulace: After conquering Eastern Karelia and the Kola Peninsula from the fallen Soviet Union, Finland has undergone an extensive ethnic cleansing campaign of the Russians still in the region, deporting them to the decaying city of Murmansk or Onega. This comes back to bite them in the ass when West Russia is reunified and the native Russians rise up against the government that has long oppressed them.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Their seizure of Karelia during World War II backfired in the long term, as Finland has to pour significant resources to combatting communist partisans in the area and deporting the Russian natives to delegitimize Russian claims on the land. Matters get even worse when tensions finally explode into a civil war.
* EarnYourBadEnding: The fascist IKL can only rise to power if the Finnish Civil War breaks out and the Whites win. It's a really specific path with events that have a low probability of happening, and is also the worst path for Finland, as the IKL turns the country into a fascist dictatorship.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Should the Karelian War last too long, but slant in favor of the Russians, the Finnish government will sue for an armistice, acquiescing their claims to the Kola Peninsula, in return for West Russia renouncing Eastern Karelia.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: As the USSR was getting decimated by the Axis in World War II, Finland jumped on the opportunity to seize Karelia and the Kola peninsula. Finland still owns these territories in 1962, though many Russians contest these land claims.
* RedScare: As punishment for protesting Finland's actions during the West Russian War, the government banned all left-wing political parties and still enforces this policy. In the long term, it's better for Finland to lift this restriction because leaving it be will incite a civil war.
* StateSec: Paramilitaries loyal to the fascist IKL operate with government approval to suppress communists and Russian insurgents in East Karelia.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When Western Russia is reunified and successfully negotiates with Finland for the return of Onega and the Russian-majority areas annexed during World War II, Finland no longer needs the Anti-Communist Volunteer Guard and will stop guaranteeing them, allowing West Russia's unifier to annex Onega with ease.

!!''Juha Rihtniemi''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Kansallinen Kokoomus[[note]]National Coalition Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Conservatism[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]There are two types of politicians - loud, brash showmen who embrace loud and brash policies, and the quiet workhorses without which all world governments would collapse in seconds. Juha Rihtniemi is one such man - intensely patriotic, from a family deeply involved in politics, and focused on the well-being of his people and his own personal interest in fully returning East Karelia to the Finnish fold.\\\
When the roof fell in on the German economy and mud splashed all over the faces of the National Coalition Party's most high ranking, Juha remained clean - and with a reputation as a diligent, experienced functionary who handled the West Russian War calmly and neatly, he was elected President with a whopping 72% of the vote.\\\
Juha's time as President has been spent slowly but surely developing the nation even as it continues to walk the tightrope between the German behemoth and the shattered titan of Russia as it gradually begins to pull itself together once more. Though he has authorised significant funding of Finnish units in Onega as a bulwark against the Russian menace, it is all too self evident that sooner or later, Finland's old enemy will return once more to claw away Karelia from the motherland. To that effect, programs to teach Finnish to the Karelian populace, settle Finns in significant numbers, and deport the Russians still remaining have all received generous support under his administration.[[/labelnote]]

* EvilColonialist: Rihtniemi knows that the Russians will one day reunify and come after Karelia. As such, he has enthusiastically supported the colonisation of Eastern Karelia by ethnic Finns and the deportation of the remaining Russians, attempting to legitimize Karelia as rightful Finnish territory.
* TheQuietOne: Rihtniemi is a quiet man who doesn't publicly show much emotion in favor of diligently working behind the scenes.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Should Finland repel the Russian invasion in the Karelian War, Rihtniemi's approval ratings will skyrocket, easily earning him a reelection in 1967.

!!''Kauno Kleemola''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Karelian War defeat)
->'''Party:''' Maalaisliitto[[note]]Agrarian League[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Conservatism

* ShortLivedLeadership: If the Karelian War ends in a ceasefire or Russian victory, Rihtniemi will resign and leave the presidency to Kleemola, who will only serve until the upcoming 1967 election.

!!''Matti Virkkunen''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Kansallinen Kokoomus[[note]]National Coalition Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Conservatism[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]

* {{Realpolitik}}: Becoming the National Coalition Party's new presidential candidate after Rihtniemi's disgraceful resignation, Virkkunen pledges to align even more closely with the Reich, using Pakt investments to repair the damage left by a Karelian War defeat.

!!''Johannes Virolainen''
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->'''Role:''' Head of Government (Rihtniemi cabinet), Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Maalaisliitto[[note]]Agrarian League[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The Finnish tongue has a long and benighted history compared with Swedish, but it is ours nonetheless - Finns all, from Helsinki to Karelia. Especially Karelia - our land, robbed from us for nearly half a century, but no longer. The lone man who fights for the rights of Finn Karelians is Johannes Virolainen - the only man who cares, Vyborg born, who knows their struggle.\\\
He may be controversial to some. However, the need to settle Finns in their native land, and expel the foreigners from land that is not theirs - may not be... palatable to those who care more for foreign responses than actions. Pruning those who care about Finland from those who do not is an entirely different question. One that is guaranteed to be resolved the correct way.\\\
At the end of the day, it is clear that some are born to see the whole picture - and some are born to actually deal with it. Johannes Virolairen is one of those men who will nominate scapegoats for the nation's sake - a patriot thinking only of the nation's greater good. Either way, he needs to enter power...[[/labelnote]]

* MeetTheNewBoss: He largely maintains the policies of Rihtniemi, such as his developmentalist economic policies and Finland's cooperation with the Reich.

!!''Karl-August Fagerholm''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue[[note]]Social Democratic Party Of Finland[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]

* HonorBeforeReason: Fagerholm protested Finland's instigation of the Continuation War, which led him to being expelled from the government cabinet.
* {{Realpolitik}}: {{Inverted}}. Fagerholm will sever Finland's ties with Germany in favor of aligning with the OFN, costing them support of the nearest superpower.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite his anti-communist views, Fagerholm believes they can be reasoned with and pledges to legalize them back into politics.

!!''Lauri Törni''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Finnish Civil War)
-> '''Party: ''' Isänmaallinen Kansanliike[[note]]Patriotic People's Movement[[/note]]
-> '''Ideology: ''' Fascist Populism[[note]]Fascism[[/note]]

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Though it is possible for Törni to win the Second Finnish Civil War, it will not be the same with preserving their claims over Eastern Karelia. As such, Törni concedes the West Russian seizures of the land, knowing he can't do anything about it anyways.
* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: If the Second Finnish Civil War happens, Rihtniemi will resign under the justification that the country needs "a unifying government devoid of political alignment". His replacement is Törni, an open fascist and former SS member who has ties with Germany.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In real life, Törni was a fanatically anti-communist military officer who joined the Waffen-SS to continue fighting the USSR after his country left the Axis, moved to the US after World War II and met his end in Vietnam. In a timeline where the Axis won, he has stayed in Finland as a war hero and entered politics as a public face of the fascist Patriotic People's Movement, and can eventually become President of Finland in the same way Hitler took over Germany.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: After President Rihtniemi resigns in the aftermath of the Second Finnish Civil War's eruption, the IKL nominates Törni as his successor due to his status as an [[BlatantLies 'apolitical']] war hero.
* WarHero: He's hailed as a hero in Finland for his service in the Continuation War.

!!''Elias Simojoki''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Törni succession)
-> '''Party: ''' Isänmaallinen Kansanliike[[note]]Patriotic People's Movement[[/note]]
-> '''Ideology: ''' Fascist Populism[[note]]Fascism[[/note]]

* PresidentForLife: After succeeding Lauri Törni as President of Finland, Simojoki and Prime Minister Paavo Susitaival (both of whom are members of the IKL) cancel the 1969 election, putting an end to Finland's democracy and ushering in a fascist dictatorship.
* SinisterMinister: Simojoki is both a Lutheran priest and a member of the fascist Patriotic People's Movement, who will put an end to any pretences of democracy and turn Finland into a fascist dictatorship after he becomes president.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Finnish Socialist Republic]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Finnish Socialist Republic
->'''Ruling Party:''' Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue[[note]]Communist Party of Finland[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Marxism-Leninism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* HistoryRepeats: If Finland does not legalise socialist parties prior to the Karelian War, there is a possibility that the Communist Party will rise up in arms against the government, sparking the start of a Second Finnish Civil that is similar to the first civil war Finland experienced.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: If they win the civil war, they sign away their claims to the Åland Islands, Eastern Karelia and the Kola Peninsula, since all they want is peace with West Russia and Sweden.
* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Finland's continued repression of communist parties does not end up breaking them apart. Instead, they rise up in revolt, deeming violence to be the only avenue left for them to take.

!!''Aimo Aaltonen''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
-> '''Party: '''Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue[[note]]Communist Party of Finland[[/note]]
-> ''' Ideology: ''' Marxism-Leninism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]

* NecessarilyEvil: After winning the Finnish Civil War, Aaltonen establishes a police state out of necessity to deal with a political scene full of people who have collaborated with Nazis for more than 25 years.

[[folder:Murmansk People's Republic]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Murmansk People's Republic
->'''Ruling Party:''' Murmanskaya Gosudarstvennaya Duma[[note]]Murmansk State Duma[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Provisional Government[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]

An ethnic Russian rebellion rising out of Murmansk, the destination of the Finnish deportation of Russians in East Karelia.

* TheDogBitesBack: After years of abuse suffered by the hands of the Finnish government, the ethnic Russians in Karelia rise up in secession, starting the Karelian War and declaring their intent to join the West Russian unifier, barring the Aryan Brotherhood.
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: The Russians in Murmansk and East Karelia are unified in their hatred of Finnish rule and have been operating an insurgency since Finland annexed these territories in the aftermath of the Continuation War. When West Russia is unified (except by the Aryan Brotherhood), they'll revolt with the help of the West Russian unifier.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Murmansk People's Republic is not an ideological state. Due to the decay of the city (most Russians in East Karelia were deported there, resulting in an overpopulated mess in a harsh climate without sufficient resources to support them, while Helsinki has chosen to ignore developing Murmansk in favour of Viipuri and the west) and being discriminated against by the rest of Finland, the Murmansk State Duma is a very pragmatic body, incorporating elements from all sectors of society, including labour unions and criminal elements. When rebelling against Finnish rule, it counts among its ranks everything from communists to liberals and nationalists, all working together to save the city and the ethnic Russians.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Even if the Murmansk People's Republic is soundly defeated, there is a chance that Finland could reorient their policies towards the Russian population, legalizing their parties and finally providing public services to them.

!!''Lev Shestakov''
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->'''Party:''' Murmanskaya Gosudarstvennaya Duma[[note]]Murmansk State Duma[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Provisional Government[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]

* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In real life, Shestakov was a Ukrainian-born ethnic Russian flying ace who died in World War II. Here, he's far from home leading the Murmansk State Duma.

!!''Federico Bigi''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Election)
->'''Party:''' Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese[[note]]Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Christian Democracy[[note]]Liberal Conservatism[[/note]]

!!''Alvaro Casali''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Election)
->'''Party:''' Partito Socialista Democratico Sammarinese[[note]]Sammarinese Democratic Socialist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Monaco]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Principality of Monaco
->'''Ruling Party:''' Royal Family
->'''Ideology:''' Semi-Constitutional Monarchy[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
----

!!''Bjarni Benediktsson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1963 election)
->'''Party:''' Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn[[note]]Independence Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternalistic Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]

!!''Eysteinn Jónsson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1963 election)
->'''Party:''' Framsóknarflokkurinn[[note]]Progressive Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarianism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]

!!''Emil Jónsson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1963 election)
->'''Party:''' Alþýðuflokkurinn[[note]]People's Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]

!!''Hannibal Valdimarsson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Alþýðubandalagið[[note]]People's Alliance[[/note]]

!!''Ólafur Jóhannesson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Framsóknarflokkurinn[[note]]Progressive Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarianism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]

!!''Jóhann Hafstein''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Framsóknarflokkurinn[[note]]Progressive Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Free-Market Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]

!!''Geir Hallgrímsson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Government collapse)
->'''Party:''' Umsjónarstjórn[[note]]Board of Supervisors[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Free-Market Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]], Big Tent[[note]]Liberal Conservatism[[/note]]

!!''Halldór Eggert Sigurðsson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1971 election)
->'''Party:''' Framsóknarflokkurinn[[note]]Progressive Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarianism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]

!!''Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1971 election)
->'''Party:''' Alþýðuflokkurinn[[note]]People's Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]

!!''Adda Bára Sigfúsdóttir''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Alþýðubandalagið[[note]]People's Alliance[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Democratic Socialism[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Faroe Islands]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Republic of the Faroe Islands
->'''Ruling Party:''' Tjóðveldisflokkurin[[note]]Republican Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarian Socialism[[note]]Socialism[[/note]]

A former Danish Realm territory that has declared its independence. Like Iceland, It has been continuously occupied by the Western Allies since 1940.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Fishing has been so ingrained in the Faroe Islands' culture that the industry makes up 90% of their exports to the outside world. The economic prosperity of the nation is entirely dependent on this specialization and will suffer, if it isn't kept healthy or outcompeted by foreign countries.
* MeetTheNewBoss: Control of the Faroe Islands was passed from the Danes to the British and now the Americans. From the independence movement's perspective, this change in leadership hasn't changed the fact that the Faroe Islands have always been subjugated by a foreign occupier and treated as a disposable vassal.
* PuppetState: After Denmark was defeated by Germany in the Second World War, the Faroe Islands were officially given their independence. However, they act as little more than a military base for the United States to maintain a presence in Europe.

!!''Erlendur Patursson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Tjóðveldisflokkurin[[note]]Republican Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarian Socialism[[note]]Socialism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]In his small office in Tórshavn, during the time between meetings with party members and union members, Erlendur Patursson takes time to look out his window towards a vast sea, glittering, as trawlers towards deeper waters. It reminds him what he is fighting for.\\\
Patursson's political career paralleled his work leading the Føroya fiskimannafelag, or Fishermen's union. There, he saw the failures in OFN policy up close, the ways that American agreements corralled fisheries to work around restrictive resource rights and military plans.\\\
Already politically active as the son of nationalist politician Jóannes Patursson, the realization compelled him to found his own party, the Tjóðveldisflokkurin. There, he worked his misgivings into proper policy. With allies new and old, he crafted a vision of a left-wing Faroe Islands, freed from the web of the OFN, ready to work for the citizens that form it.\\\
Now president, Erlendur Patursson is ready to enact that vision. He knows that he dreams big, but he is ready to fight the OFN for whatever scraps they will give. He will do anything to help the fisheries of the Faroes - he always has."[[/labelnote]]

* ChoosingNeutrality: Knowing of the OFN's one-sided relationship with the Faroe Islands, Patursson's main objective is to free his country from their restrictive control, prepared to oppose a much larger foe for the greater good.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: He's just as politically active as his father, Jóannes Patursson.

!!''Hákun Djurhuus''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1966 election)
->'''Party:''' Hin Føroyski Fólkaflokkurin[[note]]Faroese People's Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternalistic Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Twenty years ago, the Fólkaflokkurin did all it could to free the Faroe Islands. As the British moved in, the party tried in vain to create an independent state, refusing to work with the occupiers once they recognized the Danish governor. Fólkaflokkurin was powerful, strident, and only growing.\\\
Then the British left, and America came, now with Cold War politics on the mind. Rather than bother with a truly independent nation, they forced through a second occupation, leaving the Faroese to deal with the consequences.\\\
Hákun Djurhuus was a young man then, just entering politics. Yet after twenty years in the party, "independence" has played out just as he expected. The rights and opportunities of the Faroese people are placed behind a foreign military and its foreign market. His countrymen's culture is fading, while Americans run amok on their shores.\\\
Now, there has come a chance to break this inequality. Djurhuus has gathered a coalition from all strains of life, from fisheries to parishes, across multiple leading parties. At last, he has the community he needs to force his occupier's hand.[[/labelnote]]

* ChoosingNeutrality: Gathering a diverse coalition of allies, Djurhuus is determined to force the Americans to leave the Faroe Islands and give proper independence to the Faroese people.

!!''Peter Mohr Dam''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1966 election)
->'''Party:''' Javnaðarflokkurin[[note]]Equality Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Peter Mohr Dam is one of the Faroe Islands most storied politicians, serving in the Løgting for the last forty years. He has worked under the Danes, under the British, and now under the Americans, dutifully serving the Javnaðarflokkurin party. In that time, he has learned the value of maintaining his nation's ties.\\\
Yes, the Faroe Islands' captors are not always kind. Yet each has left a mark on the state, working to invest in the nation's future. From Vága Airport to Tórshavn, the boons of these ties dot the nation. And even now, there is so much more left to give.\\\
If the Faroe Islands are to grow, they cannot do so from splendid isolation. President Dam promises instead to create something better by working with the OFN. Through focused intervention, the Faroes can develop past their agrarian existence and into a more specialized, modernized economy. The Faroe Islands will become a star in a prosperous constellation, from far-off America to Britain and Iceland at home.[[/labelnote]]

* VoluntaryVassal: In his long, forty year career, Dam has collaborated with the occupying Danish, British, and Americans. His experience has convinced him that the Faroe Islands needs a more equal relationship with the OFN to develop the country rather than pursue complete isolation.

!!''Atli Dam''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Dam succession)
->'''Party:''' Javnaðarflokkurin[[note]]Equality Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]To many, Atli Dam appears as the future of the Faroe Islands itself - an astute progressive finding his footing in the wider world, still learning from the wisdom of his father. Whenever his feet land, the rest of the Faroes may follow.\\\
Like his father Peter Mohr Dam, Atli Dam is a Social Democrat, leading under the Javnaðarflokkurin party. The two also share the same core willingness to work with the Americans, even as opponents scoff from both sides of the aisle. Though he hails from a younger generation, Atli intends to carry on his father's work.\\\
Yet there is one core difference: president Atli appears more willing to push his luck. Where Peter Mohr Dam seemed reverent to the ideals that supposedly defined his foreign ties, Atli has thus far imagined them as transactional, leaning on his natural charisma and skill to get needed provisions out of the OFN. So far, it seems to be working - Alti is getting investments that Peter could never manage.\\\
It is an energy and force that no one, domestic or foreign, was quite prepared for. It seems that is the clearest sign of a fruitful career to come.[[/labelnote]]

* LikeFatherLikeSon: He is a social democrat and willing to cooperate with the United States, like his father Peter Mohr Dam.
* SuperiorSuccessor: Thanks to his natural charisma, Atli is able to squeeze more concessions from the OFN, whereas his father preferred to play it safe. As a result, Atli is able to make even more progress than Peter could.
* TakingUpTheMantle: After his father's death, Atli will take over the Javnaðarflokkurin party and continue championing his ideals.

!! Finland
[[folder:Republic of Finland]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Finland
->'''Ruling Party:''' Kansallinen Kokoomus[[note]]National Coalition Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Conservatism[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]

* LesCollaborateurs: Most parties on the Finnish political scene advocate for this to some degree with Germany. The ruling party, ''Kansallinen Kokoomus'', is the biggest example, having started as a pro-war party that was home to numerous pro-German politicians with German connections. In OTL, the Axis defeat meant that Kokoomus mediated itself to a more center-right alignment to distance themselves from the internationally disgraced Nazis. In this timeline, the German military victories meant that this political shift never happened and thus they've remained in power.
* CivilWar: If Finland doesn't integrate the communists into politics by the time West Russia is unified, the Second Finnish Civil War will begin between the government, the communists, and the Murmansk People's Republic. The conflict escalates further when Sweden, Germany, and the West Russian unifier get involved.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: To the oblivious, Finland is an anomalous success story in German-dominated Europe, privileged with a strongly developed industrial base, an influx of resources from their territorial gains, and a close trading relationship with Sweden. However, it disguises the active ethnic cleansing campaigns being carried out in Karelia and the far-right's surprisingly wide-reaching influence in the country's politics.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: On paper, the IKL seems like a minority party, but it's actually very influential in Finnish politics. Using intimidation and violence, they can subtly manipulate Parliament without having a strong explicit presence in it, even possibly taking the presidency if circumstances turn for the worst.
* CrushingThePopulace: After conquering Eastern Karelia and the Kola Peninsula from the fallen Soviet Union, Finland has undergone an extensive ethnic cleansing campaign of the Russians still in the region, deporting them to the decaying city of Murmansk or Onega. This comes back to bite them in the ass when West Russia is reunified and the native Russians rise up against the government that has long oppressed them.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Their seizure of Karelia during World War II backfired in the long term, as Finland has to pour significant resources to combatting communist partisans in the area and deporting the Russian natives to delegitimize Russian claims on the land. Matters get even worse when tensions finally explode into a civil war.
* EarnYourBadEnding: The fascist IKL can only rise to power if the Finnish Civil War breaks out and the Whites win. It's a really specific path with events that have a low probability of happening, and is also the worst path for Finland, as the IKL turns the country into a fascist dictatorship.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Should the Karelian War last too long, but slant in favor of the Russians, the Finnish government will sue for an armistice, acquiescing their claims to the Kola Peninsula, in return for West Russia renouncing Eastern Karelia.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: As the USSR was getting decimated by the Axis in World War II, Finland jumped on the opportunity to seize Karelia and the Kola peninsula. Finland still owns these territories in 1962, though many Russians contest these land claims.
* RedScare: As punishment for protesting Finland's actions during the West Russian War, the government banned all left-wing political parties and still enforces this policy. In the long term, it's better for Finland to lift this restriction because leaving it be will incite a civil war.
* StateSec: Paramilitaries loyal to the fascist IKL operate with government approval to suppress communists and Russian insurgents in East Karelia.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When Western Russia is reunified and successfully negotiates with Finland for the return of Onega and the Russian-majority areas annexed during World War II, Finland no longer needs the Anti-Communist Volunteer Guard and will stop guaranteeing them, allowing West Russia's unifier to annex Onega with ease.

!!''Juha Rihtniemi''
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->'''Party:''' Kansallinen Kokoomus[[note]]National Coalition Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Conservatism[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]There are two types of politicians - loud, brash showmen who embrace loud and brash policies, and the quiet workhorses without which all world governments would collapse in seconds. Juha Rihtniemi is one such man - intensely patriotic, from a family deeply involved in politics, and focused on the well-being of his people and his own personal interest in fully returning East Karelia to the Finnish fold.\\\
When the roof fell in on the German economy and mud splashed all over the faces of the National Coalition Party's most high ranking, Juha remained clean - and with a reputation as a diligent, experienced functionary who handled the West Russian War calmly and neatly, he was elected President with a whopping 72% of the vote.\\\
Juha's time as President has been spent slowly but surely developing the nation even as it continues to walk the tightrope between the German behemoth and the shattered titan of Russia as it gradually begins to pull itself together once more. Though he has authorised significant funding of Finnish units in Onega as a bulwark against the Russian menace, it is all too self evident that sooner or later, Finland's old enemy will return once more to claw away Karelia from the motherland. To that effect, programs to teach Finnish to the Karelian populace, settle Finns in significant numbers, and deport the Russians still remaining have all received generous support under his administration.[[/labelnote]]

* EvilColonialist: Rihtniemi knows that the Russians will one day reunify and come after Karelia. As such, he has enthusiastically supported the colonisation of Eastern Karelia by ethnic Finns and the deportation of the remaining Russians, attempting to legitimize Karelia as rightful Finnish territory.
* TheQuietOne: Rihtniemi is a quiet man who doesn't publicly show much emotion in favor of diligently working behind the scenes.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Should Finland repel the Russian invasion in the Karelian War, Rihtniemi's approval ratings will skyrocket, easily earning him a reelection in 1967.

!!''Kauno Kleemola''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Karelian War defeat)
->'''Party:''' Maalaisliitto[[note]]Agrarian League[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Conservatism
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* ShortLivedLeadership: If the Karelian War ends in a ceasefire or Russian victory, Rihtniemi will resign and leave the presidency to Kleemola, who will only serve until the upcoming 1967 election.

!!''Matti Virkkunen''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Kansallinen Kokoomus[[note]]National Coalition Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Conservatism[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
----
* {{Realpolitik}}: Becoming the National Coalition Party's new presidential candidate after Rihtniemi's disgraceful resignation, Virkkunen pledges to align even more closely with the Reich, using Pakt investments to repair the damage left by a Karelian War defeat.

!!''Johannes Virolainen''
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->'''Role:''' Head of Government (Rihtniemi cabinet), Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Maalaisliitto[[note]]Agrarian League[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The Finnish tongue has a long and benighted history compared with Swedish, but it is ours nonetheless - Finns all, from Helsinki to Karelia. Especially Karelia - our land, robbed from us for nearly half a century, but no longer. The lone man who fights for the rights of Finn Karelians is Johannes Virolainen - the only man who cares, Vyborg born, who knows their struggle.\\\
He may be controversial to some. However, the need to settle Finns in their native land, and expel the foreigners from land that is not theirs - may not be... palatable to those who care more for foreign responses than actions. Pruning those who care about Finland from those who do not is an entirely different question. One that is guaranteed to be resolved the correct way.\\\
At the end of the day, it is clear that some are born to see the whole picture - and some are born to actually deal with it. Johannes Virolairen is one of those men who will nominate scapegoats for the nation's sake - a patriot thinking only of the nation's greater good. Either way, he needs to enter power...[[/labelnote]]
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* MeetTheNewBoss: He largely maintains the policies of Rihtniemi, such as his developmentalist economic policies and Finland's cooperation with the Reich.

!!''Karl-August Fagerholm''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue[[note]]Social Democratic Party Of Finland[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]
----
* HonorBeforeReason: Fagerholm protested Finland's instigation of the Continuation War, which led him to being expelled from the government cabinet.
* {{Realpolitik}}: {{Inverted}}. Fagerholm will sever Finland's ties with Germany in favor of aligning with the OFN, costing them support of the nearest superpower.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite his anti-communist views, Fagerholm believes they can be reasoned with and pledges to legalize them back into politics.

!!''Lauri Törni''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Finnish Civil War)
-> '''Party: ''' Isänmaallinen Kansanliike[[note]]Patriotic People's Movement[[/note]]
-> '''Ideology: ''' Fascist Populism[[note]]Fascism[[/note]]
----
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Though it is possible for Törni to win the Second Finnish Civil War, it will not be the same with preserving their claims over Eastern Karelia. As such, Törni concedes the West Russian seizures of the land, knowing he can't do anything about it anyways.
* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: If the Second Finnish Civil War happens, Rihtniemi will resign under the justification that the country needs "a unifying government devoid of political alignment". His replacement is Törni, an open fascist and former SS member who has ties with Germany.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In real life, Törni was a fanatically anti-communist military officer who joined the Waffen-SS to continue fighting the USSR after his country left the Axis, moved to the US after World War II and met his end in Vietnam. In a timeline where the Axis won, he has stayed in Finland as a war hero and entered politics as a public face of the fascist Patriotic People's Movement, and can eventually become President of Finland in the same way Hitler took over Germany.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: After President Rihtniemi resigns in the aftermath of the Second Finnish Civil War's eruption, the IKL nominates Törni as his successor due to his status as an [[BlatantLies 'apolitical']] war hero.
* WarHero: He's hailed as a hero in Finland for his service in the Continuation War.

!!''Elias Simojoki''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Törni succession)
-> '''Party: ''' Isänmaallinen Kansanliike[[note]]Patriotic People's Movement[[/note]]
-> '''Ideology: ''' Fascist Populism[[note]]Fascism[[/note]]
----
* PresidentForLife: After succeeding Lauri Törni as President of Finland, Simojoki and Prime Minister Paavo Susitaival (both of whom are members of the IKL) cancel the 1969 election, putting an end to Finland's democracy and ushering in a fascist dictatorship.
* SinisterMinister: Simojoki is both a Lutheran priest and a member of the fascist Patriotic People's Movement, who will put an end to any pretences of democracy and turn Finland into a fascist dictatorship after he becomes president.

[[folder:Finnish Socialist Republic]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Finnish Socialist Republic
->'''Ruling Party:''' Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue[[note]]Communist Party of Finland[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Marxism-Leninism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
----
* HistoryRepeats: If Finland does not legalise socialist parties prior to the Karelian War, there is a possibility that the Communist Party will rise up in arms against the government, sparking the start of a Second Finnish Civil that is similar to the first civil war Finland experienced.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: If they win the civil war, they sign away their claims to the Åland Islands, Eastern Karelia and the Kola Peninsula, since all they want is peace with West Russia and Sweden.
* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Finland's continued repression of communist parties does not end up breaking them apart. Instead, they rise up in revolt, deeming violence to be the only avenue left for them to take.

!!''Aimo Aaltonen''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
-> '''Party: '''Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue[[note]]Communist Party of Finland[[/note]]
-> ''' Ideology: ''' Marxism-Leninism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
----
* NecessarilyEvil: After winning the Finnish Civil War, Aaltonen establishes a police state out of necessity to deal with a political scene full of people who have collaborated with Nazis for more than 25 years.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Murmansk People's Republic]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Murmansk People's Republic
->'''Ruling Party:''' Murmanskaya Gosudarstvennaya Duma[[note]]Murmansk State Duma[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Provisional Government[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]

An ethnic Russian rebellion rising out of Murmansk, the destination of the Finnish deportation of Russians in East Karelia.
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* TheDogBitesBack: After years of abuse suffered by the hands of the Finnish government, the ethnic Russians in Karelia rise up in secession, starting the Karelian War and declaring their intent to join the West Russian unifier, barring the Aryan Brotherhood.
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: The Russians in Murmansk and East Karelia are unified in their hatred of Finnish rule and have been operating an insurgency since Finland annexed these territories in the aftermath of the Continuation War. When West Russia is unified (except by the Aryan Brotherhood), they'll revolt with the help of the West Russian unifier.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Murmansk People's Republic is not an ideological state. Due to the decay of the city (most Russians in East Karelia were deported there, resulting in an overpopulated mess in a harsh climate without sufficient resources to support them, while Helsinki has chosen to ignore developing Murmansk in favour of Viipuri and the west) and being discriminated against by the rest of Finland, the Murmansk State Duma is a very pragmatic body, incorporating elements from all sectors of society, including labour unions and criminal elements. When rebelling against Finnish rule, it counts among its ranks everything from communists to liberals and nationalists, all working together to save the city and the ethnic Russians.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Even if the Murmansk People's Republic is soundly defeated, there is a chance that Finland could reorient their policies towards the Russian population, legalizing their parties and finally providing public services to them.

!!''Lev Shestakov''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Murmanskaya Gosudarstvennaya Duma[[note]]Murmansk State Duma[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Provisional Government[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
----
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In real life, Shestakov was a Ukrainian-born ethnic Russian flying ace who died in World War II. Here, he's far from home leading the Murmansk State Duma.
[[/folder]]

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* AllohistoricalAllusion: The [[https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombningarna_av_Stockholm_och_Strängnäs_1944 bombing of Stockholm]] still takes place in the TNO timeline, with the timeframe changing to 1941 just after Operation Barbarossa and the bombing leading to Sweden joining [=WW2=] as a co-belligerent of Finland in the Continuation War.

* DealWithTheDevil: Sweden's de-facto collaboration with Germany has been particularly fruitful, allowing it to enter an economic golden age in the fifties much like in our timeline while remaining one of the few states left in Europe with an intact industrial base while remaining democratic. However, this freedom and prosperity is the by-product of German conquests and goodwill. If Sweden were to go against their wishes, they will experience a rude awakening from the master of Europe.

* WarIsHell: Sweden's front in the 2nd World War was one of the most brutal, consisting of gruelling and miserable trench warfare in frigid wastelands of the Karelia.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Erlander gets assassinated shortly after the German and Ostland civil wars, which throws the domestic situation in Sweden into further chaos.

!!''Torsten Nilsson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Erlander succession)
->'''Party:''' Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti - Mainstream[[note]]Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]With the German Civil War having already thrown the nation's economy into chaos, the assassination of Prime Minister Tage Erlander came as a far larger shock to the nation than the untimely death of his predecessor, proving that Sweden's attempts to remain independent did not shield her from the turmoil that has befallen the entirety of Germany's new order across the continent. Nilsson has thus been thrust into office midst a time not only of national mourning, but also the worst crisis that the nation has witnessed since the nineteenth century with an economy in tatters, political institutions in chaos, and seemingly all progress made on the People's Home over the past decades eradicated in a matter of weeks.\\\
With only months left until the 1964 elections, Nilsson has vowed to keep the nation united through the crisis, to offer strong leadership as he did during the West Russian War, and to not only have the nation's robust social reforms be restored, but pledging to work day and night to achieve the VISION set out by Per Albin Hansson in all those decades ago before the blight of war hit Sweden's shores. Under his watch, the dream of a social democratic society for everyone will not die with Erlander.\\\
With the nation in turmoil, her closest trade partner locked in a life-or-death struggle against itself, and with a populace that seems to have finally hadi enough of the "good old ways" of the SAP, the winds of change are surely in the air. Whether they will turn into a hurricane that sweeps the SAP and Nilsson way with it, however, remains to be seen.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (1964 election victory) [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Tough there had certainly been a lot of well-deserved criticism of the party after the 1963 crash, in the nation's darkest hour the Swedish people spoke loud and clear as they elected Torsten Nilsson to office. More than just the "old reliable" candidate they knew, he had already proven that he could guide them through the West Russian War as the nation's defense minister, and that he would guide them through this crisis as well. Charismatic and cunning as a politician, he managed to convince the public to put their faith in the SAP once more, and allow him the chance to restore the prosperity they'd seen diminished in the crisis.\\\
A veteran social democrat, Nilsson has held several important positions within both the party and government since 1940 in fields as broad as communications, infrastructure, defense and recently as foreign minister. As he enters office he does so as once of the nation's most experienced politicians with a proven cabinet and the demonstrated ability to work both with both Germany abroad and the opposition at home, Nilsson embodies the idea of the SAP as the party of stability and security. It's a reputation that has been earned over three decades of rule, and one that may be gone forever if the SAP fails to live up to the expectations of the electorate and steer the nation out of the crisis that they've presided over.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Minister for Defence) [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Torsten Nilsson's tenure as Minister of Defense has been a long and difficult one. Originally expected to take up a different office in 1957, the looming West Russian War made the Erlander government keep him as the defense minister, a decision that proved, wise as he led the civilian side of the nation's efforts in the West Russian War. Under his watch, Sweden was able to help her Finnish allies fend off the West Russian Revolutionary Front's westward, push without mobilizing its masses of conscripts like it had during the Second World War, relying instead on elite forces backed up by modern aircraft and armored vehicles. Known for his charisma and wit, he has become one of the most important people in the Social Democratic Party's efforts to retain power in the uncertain 1964 election.[[/labelnote]]

* TheAce: Nilsson has served in the SAP for over three decades, serving various important positions, including communications, infrastructure, defense, and foreign policy. Combined with his charisma, Nilsson is one of the most respected politicians in Sweden, giving him a good chance of winning public support for his focus on stability and security.
* TakingUpTheMantle: Following Erlander's assassination, Nilsson will take over the prime ministership, vowing to continue Hansson's social reforms and maintain the social democratic status quo.

!!''Bertil Ohlin''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Election)
->'''Party:''' Folkpartiet[[note]]People's Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Classical Liberalism[[note]]Liberalism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]From humble beginnings as an economics professor at the Stockholm School of Economics and Harvard M.A. holder, Ohlin became the leader of the Tiberal People's Party in 1944. Since then, he was able to turn it into the main opposition party against the SAP throughout the turbulent fifties. This twenty year political journey has finally allowed him to unseat the social democratic leviathan of Swedish politics, hoping to usher in an era of liberal change after decades of the social democratic stranglehold on power.\\\
Campaigning on a platform of social liberalism and stable reforms, he has vowed to create a soft transition from the SAP to a more liberal framework, one that will re-adjust towards a new economic doctrine without any disruptive cuts to the social fabric of the nation. The mild-mannered maestro of finance is expected to work nearly as much with his social democratic colleagues as he is to work with his conservative allies, something the trifecta of liberals, conservatives and social democrats became more than accustomed to during the complex days of the Second World War.\\\
Well aware of the challenges that lie ahead, the professor from Skåne sets out to put all his theories into practice as he sets out to deliver on the mandate given to him by the Swedish people.[[/labelnote]]

* BefriendingTheEnemy: {{Inverted}}. Sweden's already under Unity-Pakt's sphere of influence and will remain so, but Ohlin also wants to thaw relations with the more heroic OFN.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Ohlin is open to working with liberals, conservatives, and social democrats.

!!''Jarl Hjalmarson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Election)
->'''Party:''' Högerpartiet - Light Blue[[note]]Rightist Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism[[note]]Liberal Conservatism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Affectionately nicknamed "The Jarl", Hjalmarson's vigor and energy led to a revival of the conservative Rightist Party after he took over the leadership in 1950 and the stodgy conservatism of the forties had been replaced with an almost youthful exuberance. Under his leadership, the party has gone from strength to strength in recent elections. Though the 1960 election was meant to be his last, the lack of a clear successor made him stay on for another election cycle. Clearly the right call, because the Jarl has not only unseated the SAP, but even managed to turn the conservatives into the dominant right-wing party in Sweden.\\\
A moderate conservative by international standards, Hjalmarson is a borderline radical by Swedish standards after three decades of dominant social democracy. Sweeping market-liberal reforms, a sharply reduced public sector and an increased freedom to own, act and invest as one pleases are the core tenets of his party's platform, one that saw broad successes after the Swedish state found itself in yet another massive economic crash. However, still reliant on social liberals in his own coalition and with a strong force of social democrats in the Riksdag, it remains to be seen if he'll manage to deliver on the dream he's promised, Sweden, or if he'll just be another round of the "same old" in the end.[[/labelnote]]

* DefectorFromDecadence: Hjalmarson believes that Sweden's best interests lie outside of the Unity-Pakt and will instead open relations to the OFN.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Hjalmarson can't go too radical with his agenda because his market-liberal reforms and cuts to government intervention will alienate the social liberals in his coalition and the strong faction of social democrats still in the Riksdag.

!!''Nils Flyg''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Election)
->'''Party:''' Sveriges Socialistiska Samlingsparti - Flygists[[note]]Swedish Socialist Gathering Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Fascism
%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The political journey of Nils Svante Flyg has been an extraordinary one. From humble working-class roots, he joined the SAP in his youth and went on to be a key player in the nation's early communist movement. As time went on, Flyg found himself, disillusioned by Bukharin's betrayal of socialism as he saw the regime in Moscow implement economic and foreign policies that made them increasingly resemble the imperialism that made him turn to Communism in the first place. It was this epiphany that made him turn towards National Socialism in 1940, splintering the communist movement between pro-Soviet and pro-German factions, a fight that Flyg would unexpectedly win when Soviet bombs fell over Stockholm shortly after Barbarossa.\\\
This would not last forever. The establishment of the Reichskommissariats was the final straw that made him change his stance towards Germany and try to steer his party back to a more traditional and isolationist form of nationalistic socialism. However, it was too late as his party had become dominated by his pro-German perversion of Marxism and the agrarian Nazis in the SSS. With his heart condition growing worse by the day and with vultures circling over him, he can only hope to live long enough to see his vision of sincerely independent socialism be realized. Yet if he fails, he and his future will be nothing more than fodder for the dustbin of history.[[/labelnote]]

* BrokenPedestal:
** Once an ardent communist, Flyg's faith in Bukharin slowly diminished over the years much like it did with Stalin in our timeline. Before Sweden even entered the war with the USSR, his views had begun to mirror those of National Socialism.
** Germany's post-war policies have ended up disillusioning Flyg, leading to him eventually growing to resent the Third Reich as much as he resented the USSR.
* ChoosingNeutrality: Flyg is in favour of Sweden becoming more isolationist, focusing inwards instead of expanding trade with the Pakt or opening up to the OFN.
* CommieNazis: Flyg's party is a coalition of far-right and far-left movements, a ramshackle Frankenstein creation that shuffles from opposite political extreme.
* DarkHorseVictory: Flyg's party stands no chance of winning an election under normal circumstances. If it does manage to come out on top, it will be a result of Sweden suffering from extreme instability and the SSSP being very lucky.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Once a committed Nazi, Flyg broke from his pro-German views in the 1950s as he saw their post-war policies come into effect, with the iron-fisted rule over Moskowien proving a final straw.
** A somewhat downplayed example. Rather than out of humanitarian concerns, however, his resentment towards Germany is driven more by the influence Germany has over Swedish politics and economics, and a fear that Germany will one day treat Sweden like it treats its Reichskommissariats.
%%* DefectorFromDecadence: Flyg joined an orthodox communist movement early in his career, but turned towards National Socialism when he considered Bukharin to have betrayed socialism with his foreign and economic policies. However, he eventually defected from that ideology too towards more traditional socialism when Germany's imperialist ambitions were revealed following the establishment of the Reichskommissariats.
%%* PatrioticFervor: Flyg's ultimate goal is to turn Sweden towards socialism so that it won't have to submit to any foreign power.
* VillainHasAPoint: Bukharin's reign led him to repeat many of the worst excesses that Stalin took in OTL, making it understandable for Flyg to denounce him. His later turns to fascism and then a strange mixture of both ideologies however, is indefensible.
%%* YouAreTooLate: His early support of Germany ended up backfiring when fascists and agrarian Nazis began coalescing around his party. By the time he tried reorienting the party back to more moderate form of nationalistic socialism, it was too late to stop their influence.

!!''Hilding Hagberg''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Sveriges Socialistiska Samlingsparti - Berlinists[[note]]Swedish Socialist Gathering Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Communism

* BeneathTheMask: As a result of still active [=WW2=] censorship laws and a de-facto ban on communist movements, Hagberg has kept his true beliefs hidden, appearing more moderate when he needs to be.
* BrokenPedestal: Like Flyg, Hagberg was once an admirer of Bukharin, but the fall of the USSR has led him to reject Bolshevism in favour of more radical communist beliefs.
* CommieNazis: Downplayed. While Hagberg is a loyal and committed communist, he is also part of Flyg's far-left and far-right hybrid party, even if most know that the alliance won't last much longer past election day.
* PrisonChangesPeople: After his party was criminalised in [=WW2=] and he was sent to an internment camp over his left-wing beliefs, Hagberg communist views took a turn to the hardline, solidifying his radical politics.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Hagberg is a hardline communist but believes his actions are necessary to establish a communist state in a nation where economic and political cooperation with Germany has become so normalised.

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[[folder:Iceland]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Iceland
->'''Ruling Party:''' Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn[[note]]Independence Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternalistic Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]

A former Danish Realm territory that has declared its independence. It has been continuously occupied by the Western Allies--later the OFN--since 1940.

* IncitingIncident: The anti-OFN frustrations in Iceland finally boil over when evidence is uncovered of drunk American soldiers beating an Icelandic college student to death and covering the story up. By the time the White House learns about this leak, massive riots amass outside the American embassy and the Icelandic government ends up collapsing, creating a delicate power vacuum in the 1971 elections for the United States and Germany to back the pro-OFN or anti-OFN coalitions, respectively.
* KickTheDog: To really show how detrimental the American occupation is, several events detail American soldiers harassing innocent women and making perverted comments toward them out of naked lust, which really reaches its climax when several drunk soldiers try to rape a passerby and then beat her friend to death when he tries to intervene.
* PowderKegCrowd: The anti-OFN protests reach a new height when they raid the Keflavik Airbase and come to an impasse with the American [=MPs=]. The crowd gets broken up when the airmen fire tear gas at them.
* {{Protectorate}}: Iceland is completely, and even legally mandated to be, reliant on the United States for its protection. This status in the OFN both works for and against Iceland. On one hand, they don't need to finance a standing army of their own and they can rely on the United States to intervene on their behalf in international disputes--provided that it doesn't contradict American interests. On the other hand, it also means the American military can appropriate their land with no repercussions and thus extract whatever benefits they want from the island.
* PuppetState: Iceland has a 'special' relationship with the US. Those who support it credit the presence of US troops with economic benefits, the preservation of stability and the defence of Iceland's interests, while detractors complain that this is little more than an occupation and accuse US troops of stealing Iceland's resources, leaving little for Icelandic citizens. Some even go so far as to compare it to the Nazi jackboot.
* RebelliousSpirit: Some Icelandic teenagers are ballsy enough to flash a Nazi salute in front of several American patrols.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Iceland isn't a huge player on the geopolitical stage, but their membership in the OFN allows the United States to exert its influence into the North Atlantic and contain the German sphere of influence. When anti-OFN sentiments flare up, a major proxy conflict flares between the United States and Germany in the 1971 election, which will determine Iceland's status in the OFN and tip the scales for either of them.

!!''Ólafur Thors''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn[[note]]Independence Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternalistic Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Thors will only be leader for a year and a half before he is succeeded by someone from his own party or a rival party in the 1963 Icelandic elections.

!!''Bjarni Benediktsson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1963 election)
->'''Party:''' Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn[[note]]Independence Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternalistic Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]

!!''Eysteinn Jónsson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1963 election)
->'''Party:''' Framsóknarflokkurinn[[note]]Progressive Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarianism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]

!!''Emil Jónsson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1963 election)
->'''Party:''' Alþýðuflokkurinn[[note]]People's Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]

!!''Hannibal Valdimarsson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Alþýðubandalagið[[note]]People's Alliance[[/note]]

!!''Ólafur Jóhannesson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Framsóknarflokkurinn[[note]]Progressive Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarianism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]

!!''Jóhann Hafstein''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Framsóknarflokkurinn[[note]]Progressive Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Free-Market Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]

!!''Geir Hallgrímsson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Government collapse)
->'''Party:''' Umsjónarstjórn[[note]]Board of Supervisors[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Free-Market Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]], Big Tent[[note]]Liberal Conservatism[[/note]]

!!''Halldór Eggert Sigurðsson''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1971 election)
->'''Party:''' Framsóknarflokkurinn[[note]]Progressive Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarianism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]

!!''Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1971 election)
->'''Party:''' Alþýðuflokkurinn[[note]]People's Party[[/note]]

!!''Adda Bára Sigfúsdóttir''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Alþýðubandalagið[[note]]People's Alliance[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Democratic Socialism[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]

[[folder:Faroe Islands]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Republic of the Faroe Islands
->'''Ruling Party:''' Tjóðveldisflokkurin[[note]]Republican Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarian Socialism[[note]]Socialism[[/note]]

A former Danish Realm territory that has declared its independence. Like Iceland, It has been continuously occupied by the Western Allies since 1940.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Fishing has been so ingrained in the Faroe Islands' culture that the industry makes up 90% of their exports to the outside world. The economic prosperity of the nation is entirely dependent on this specialization and will suffer, if it isn't kept healthy or outcompeted by foreign countries.
* MeetTheNewBoss: Control of the Faroe Islands was passed from the Danes to the British and now the Americans. From the independence movement's perspective, this change in leadership hasn't changed the fact that the Faroe Islands have always been subjugated by a foreign occupier and treated as a disposable vassal.
* PuppetState: After Denmark was defeated by Germany in the Second World War, the Faroe Islands were officially given their independence. However, they act as little more than a military base for the United States to maintain a presence in Europe.

!!''Erlendur Patursson''
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->'''Party:''' Tjóðveldisflokkurin[[note]]Republican Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Agrarian Socialism[[note]]Socialism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]In his small office in Tórshavn, during the time between meetings with party members and union members, Erlendur Patursson takes time to look out his window towards a vast sea, glittering, as trawlers towards deeper waters. It reminds him what he is fighting for.\\\
Patursson's political career paralleled his work leading the Føroya fiskimannafelag, or Fishermen's union. There, he saw the failures in OFN policy up close, the ways that American agreements corralled fisheries to work around restrictive resource rights and military plans.\\\
Already politically active as the son of nationalist politician Jóannes Patursson, the realization compelled him to found his own party, the Tjóðveldisflokkurin. There, he worked his misgivings into proper policy. With allies new and old, he crafted a vision of a left-wing Faroe Islands, freed from the web of the OFN, ready to work for the citizens that form it.\\\
Now president, Erlendur Patursson is ready to enact that vision. He knows that he dreams big, but he is ready to fight the OFN for whatever scraps they will give. He will do anything to help the fisheries of the Faroes - he always has."[[/labelnote]]

* ChoosingNeutrality: Knowing of the OFN's one-sided relationship with the Faroe Islands, Patursson's main objective is to free his country from their restrictive control, prepared to oppose a much larger foe for the greater good.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: He's just as politically active as his father, Jóannes Patursson.

!!''Hákun Djurhuus''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1966 election)
->'''Party:''' Hin Føroyski Fólkaflokkurin[[note]]Faroese People's Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternalistic Conservatism[[note]]Conservatism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Twenty years ago, the Fólkaflokkurin did all it could to free the Faroe Islands. As the British moved in, the party tried in vain to create an independent state, refusing to work with the occupiers once they recognized the Danish governor. Fólkaflokkurin was powerful, strident, and only growing.\\\
Then the British left, and America came, now with Cold War politics on the mind. Rather than bother with a truly independent nation, they forced through a second occupation, leaving the Faroese to deal with the consequences.\\\
Hákun Djurhuus was a young man then, just entering politics. Yet after twenty years in the party, "independence" has played out just as he expected. The rights and opportunities of the Faroese people are placed behind a foreign military and its foreign market. His countrymen's culture is fading, while Americans run amok on their shores.\\\
Now, there has come a chance to break this inequality. Djurhuus has gathered a coalition from all strains of life, from fisheries to parishes, across multiple leading parties. At last, he has the community he needs to force his occupier's hand.[[/labelnote]]

* ChoosingNeutrality: Gathering a diverse coalition of allies, Djurhuus is determined to force the Americans to leave the Faroe Islands and give proper independence to the Faroese people.

!!''Peter Mohr Dam''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1966 election)
->'''Party:''' Javnaðarflokkurin[[note]]Equality Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Peter Mohr Dam is one of the Faroe Islands most storied politicians, serving in the Løgting for the last forty years. He has worked under the Danes, under the British, and now under the Americans, dutifully serving the Javnaðarflokkurin party. In that time, he has learned the value of maintaining his nation's ties.\\\
Yes, the Faroe Islands' captors are not always kind. Yet each has left a mark on the state, working to invest in the nation's future. From Vága Airport to Tórshavn, the boons of these ties dot the nation. And even now, there is so much more left to give.\\\
If the Faroe Islands are to grow, they cannot do so from splendid isolation. President Dam promises instead to create something better by working with the OFN. Through focused intervention, the Faroes can develop past their agrarian existence and into a more specialized, modernized economy. The Faroe Islands will become a star in a prosperous constellation, from far-off America to Britain and Iceland at home.[[/labelnote]]

* VoluntaryVassal: In his long, forty year career, Dam has collaborated with the occupying Danish, British, and Americans. His experience has convinced him that the Faroe Islands needs a more equal relationship with the OFN to develop the country rather than pursue complete isolation.

!!''Atli Dam''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Dam succession)
->'''Party:''' Javnaðarflokkurin[[note]]Equality Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]To many, Atli Dam appears as the future of the Faroe Islands itself - an astute progressive finding his footing in the wider world, still learning from the wisdom of his father. Whenever his feet land, the rest of the Faroes may follow.\\\
Like his father Peter Mohr Dam, Atli Dam is a Social Democrat, leading under the Javnaðarflokkurin party. The two also share the same core willingness to work with the Americans, even as opponents scoff from both sides of the aisle. Though he hails from a younger generation, Atli intends to carry on his father's work.\\\
Yet there is one core difference: president Atli appears more willing to push his luck. Where Peter Mohr Dam seemed reverent to the ideals that supposedly defined his foreign ties, Atli has thus far imagined them as transactional, leaning on his natural charisma and skill to get needed provisions out of the OFN. So far, it seems to be working - Alti is getting investments that Peter could never manage.\\\
It is an energy and force that no one, domestic or foreign, was quite prepared for. It seems that is the clearest sign of a fruitful career to come.[[/labelnote]]

* LikeFatherLikeSon: He is a social democrat and willing to cooperate with the United States, like his father Peter Mohr Dam.
* SuperiorSuccessor: Thanks to his natural charisma, Atli is able to squeeze more concessions from the OFN, whereas his father preferred to play it safe. As a result, Atli is able to make even more progress than Peter could.
* TakingUpTheMantle: After his father's death, Atli will take over the Javnaðarflokkurin party and continue championing his ideals.
[[/folder]]

!! Finland
[[folder:Republic of Finland]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Finland
->'''Ruling Party:''' Kansallinen Kokoomus[[note]]National Coalition Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Conservatism[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]

* LesCollaborateurs: Most parties on the Finnish political scene advocate for this to some degree with Germany. The ruling party, ''Kansallinen Kokoomus'', is the biggest example, having started as a pro-war party that was home to numerous pro-German politicians with German connections. In OTL, the Axis defeat meant that Kokoomus mediated itself to a more center-right alignment to distance themselves from the internationally disgraced Nazis. In this timeline, the German military victories meant that this political shift never happened and thus they've remained in power.
* CivilWar: If Finland doesn't integrate the communists into politics by the time West Russia is unified, the Second Finnish Civil War will begin between the government, the communists, and the Murmansk People's Republic. The conflict escalates further when Sweden, Germany, and the West Russian unifier get involved.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: To the oblivious, Finland is an anomalous success story in German-dominated Europe, privileged with a strongly developed industrial base, an influx of resources from their territorial gains, and a close trading relationship with Sweden. However, it disguises the active ethnic cleansing campaigns being carried out in Karelia and the far-right's surprisingly wide-reaching influence in the country's politics.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: On paper, the IKL seems like a minority party, but it's actually very influential in Finnish politics. Using intimidation and violence, they can subtly manipulate Parliament without having a strong explicit presence in it, even possibly taking the presidency if circumstances turn for the worst.
* CrushingThePopulace: After conquering Eastern Karelia and the Kola Peninsula from the fallen Soviet Union, Finland has undergone an extensive ethnic cleansing campaign of the Russians still in the region, deporting them to the decaying city of Murmansk or Onega. This comes back to bite them in the ass when West Russia is reunified and the native Russians rise up against the government that has long oppressed them.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Their seizure of Karelia during World War II backfired in the long term, as Finland has to pour significant resources to combatting communist partisans in the area and deporting the Russian natives to delegitimize Russian claims on the land. Matters get even worse when tensions finally explode into a civil war.
* EarnYourBadEnding: The fascist IKL can only rise to power if the Finnish Civil War breaks out and the Whites win. It's a really specific path with events that have a low probability of happening, and is also the worst path for Finland, as the IKL turns the country into a fascist dictatorship.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Should the Karelian War last too long, but slant in favor of the Russians, the Finnish government will sue for an armistice, acquiescing their claims to the Kola Peninsula, in return for West Russia renouncing Eastern Karelia.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: As the USSR was getting decimated by the Axis in World War II, Finland jumped on the opportunity to seize Karelia and the Kola peninsula. Finland still owns these territories in 1962, though many Russians contest these land claims.
* RedScare: As punishment for protesting Finland's actions during the West Russian War, the government banned all left-wing political parties and still enforces this policy. In the long term, it's better for Finland to lift this restriction because leaving it be will incite a civil war.
* StateSec: Paramilitaries loyal to the fascist IKL operate with government approval to suppress communists and Russian insurgents in East Karelia.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When Western Russia is reunified and successfully negotiates with Finland for the return of Onega and the Russian-majority areas annexed during World War II, Finland no longer needs the Anti-Communist Volunteer Guard and will stop guaranteeing them, allowing West Russia's unifier to annex Onega with ease.

!!''Juha Rihtniemi''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Kansallinen Kokoomus[[note]]National Coalition Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Conservatism[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]There are two types of politicians - loud, brash showmen who embrace loud and brash policies, and the quiet workhorses without which all world governments would collapse in seconds. Juha Rihtniemi is one such man - intensely patriotic, from a family deeply involved in politics, and focused on the well-being of his people and his own personal interest in fully returning East Karelia to the Finnish fold.\\\
When the roof fell in on the German economy and mud splashed all over the faces of the National Coalition Party's most high ranking, Juha remained clean - and with a reputation as a diligent, experienced functionary who handled the West Russian War calmly and neatly, he was elected President with a whopping 72% of the vote.\\\
Juha's time as President has been spent slowly but surely developing the nation even as it continues to walk the tightrope between the German behemoth and the shattered titan of Russia as it gradually begins to pull itself together once more. Though he has authorised significant funding of Finnish units in Onega as a bulwark against the Russian menace, it is all too self evident that sooner or later, Finland's old enemy will return once more to claw away Karelia from the motherland. To that effect, programs to teach Finnish to the Karelian populace, settle Finns in significant numbers, and deport the Russians still remaining have all received generous support under his administration.[[/labelnote]]

* EvilColonialist: Rihtniemi knows that the Russians will one day reunify and come after Karelia. As such, he has enthusiastically supported the colonisation of Eastern Karelia by ethnic Finns and the deportation of the remaining Russians, attempting to legitimize Karelia as rightful Finnish territory.
* TheQuietOne: Rihtniemi is a quiet man who doesn't publicly show much emotion in favor of diligently working behind the scenes.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Should Finland repel the Russian invasion in the Karelian War, Rihtniemi's approval ratings will skyrocket, easily earning him a reelection in 1967.

!!''Kauno Kleemola''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Karelian War defeat)
->'''Party:''' Maalaisliitto[[note]]Agrarian League[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Conservatism

* ShortLivedLeadership: If the Karelian War ends in a ceasefire or Russian victory, Rihtniemi will resign and leave the presidency to Kleemola, who will only serve until the upcoming 1967 election.

!!''Matti Virkkunen''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Kansallinen Kokoomus[[note]]National Coalition Party[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Conservatism[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]

* {{Realpolitik}}: Becoming the National Coalition Party's new presidential candidate after Rihtniemi's disgraceful resignation, Virkkunen pledges to align even more closely with the Reich, using Pakt investments to repair the damage left by a Karelian War defeat.

!!''Johannes Virolainen''
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->'''Role:''' Head of Government (Rihtniemi cabinet), Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Maalaisliitto[[note]]Agrarian League[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Liberal Conservatism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]The Finnish tongue has a long and benighted history compared with Swedish, but it is ours nonetheless - Finns all, from Helsinki to Karelia. Especially Karelia - our land, robbed from us for nearly half a century, but no longer. The lone man who fights for the rights of Finn Karelians is Johannes Virolainen - the only man who cares, Vyborg born, who knows their struggle.\\\
He may be controversial to some. However, the need to settle Finns in their native land, and expel the foreigners from land that is not theirs - may not be... palatable to those who care more for foreign responses than actions. Pruning those who care about Finland from those who do not is an entirely different question. One that is guaranteed to be resolved the correct way.\\\
At the end of the day, it is clear that some are born to see the whole picture - and some are born to actually deal with it. Johannes Virolairen is one of those men who will nominate scapegoats for the nation's sake - a patriot thinking only of the nation's greater good. Either way, he needs to enter power...[[/labelnote]]

* MeetTheNewBoss: He largely maintains the policies of Rihtniemi, such as his developmentalist economic policies and Finland's cooperation with the Reich.

!!''Karl-August Fagerholm''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (1967 election)
->'''Party:''' Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue[[note]]Social Democratic Party Of Finland[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy[[note]]Progressivism[[/note]]

* HonorBeforeReason: Fagerholm protested Finland's instigation of the Continuation War, which led him to being expelled from the government cabinet.
* {{Realpolitik}}: {{Inverted}}. Fagerholm will sever Finland's ties with Germany in favor of aligning with the OFN, costing them support of the nearest superpower.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite his anti-communist views, Fagerholm believes they can be reasoned with and pledges to legalize them back into politics.

!!''Lauri Törni''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Finnish Civil War)
-> '''Party: ''' Isänmaallinen Kansanliike[[note]]Patriotic People's Movement[[/note]]
-> '''Ideology: ''' Fascist Populism[[note]]Fascism[[/note]]

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Though it is possible for Törni to win the Second Finnish Civil War, it will not be the same with preserving their claims over Eastern Karelia. As such, Törni concedes the West Russian seizures of the land, knowing he can't do anything about it anyways.
* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: If the Second Finnish Civil War happens, Rihtniemi will resign under the justification that the country needs "a unifying government devoid of political alignment". His replacement is Törni, an open fascist and former SS member who has ties with Germany.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In real life, Törni was a fanatically anti-communist military officer who joined the Waffen-SS to continue fighting the USSR after his country left the Axis, moved to the US after World War II and met his end in Vietnam. In a timeline where the Axis won, he has stayed in Finland as a war hero and entered politics as a public face of the fascist Patriotic People's Movement, and can eventually become President of Finland in the same way Hitler took over Germany.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: After President Rihtniemi resigns in the aftermath of the Second Finnish Civil War's eruption, the IKL nominates Törni as his successor due to his status as an [[BlatantLies 'apolitical']] war hero.
* WarHero: He's hailed as a hero in Finland for his service in the Continuation War.

!!''Elias Simojoki''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State (Törni succession)
-> '''Party: ''' Isänmaallinen Kansanliike[[note]]Patriotic People's Movement[[/note]]
-> '''Ideology: ''' Fascist Populism[[note]]Fascism[[/note]]
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* PresidentForLife: After succeeding Lauri Törni as President of Finland, Simojoki and Prime Minister Paavo Susitaival (both of whom are members of the IKL) cancel the 1969 election, putting an end to Finland's democracy and ushering in a fascist dictatorship.
* SinisterMinister: Simojoki is both a Lutheran priest and a member of the fascist Patriotic People's Movement, who will put an end to any pretences of democracy and turn Finland into a fascist dictatorship after he becomes president.

[[folder:Finnish Socialist Republic]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Finnish Socialist Republic
->'''Ruling Party:''' Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue[[note]]Communist Party of Finland[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Marxism-Leninism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
----
* HistoryRepeats: If Finland does not legalise socialist parties prior to the Karelian War, there is a possibility that the Communist Party will rise up in arms against the government, sparking the start of a Second Finnish Civil that is similar to the first civil war Finland experienced.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: If they win the civil war, they sign away their claims to the Åland Islands, Eastern Karelia and the Kola Peninsula, since all they want is peace with West Russia and Sweden.
* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Finland's continued repression of communist parties does not end up breaking them apart. Instead, they rise up in revolt, deeming violence to be the only avenue left for them to take.

!!''Aimo Aaltonen''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
-> '''Party: '''Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue[[note]]Communist Party of Finland[[/note]]
-> ''' Ideology: ''' Marxism-Leninism[[note]]Communism[[/note]]
----
* NecessarilyEvil: After winning the Finnish Civil War, Aaltonen establishes a police state out of necessity to deal with a political scene full of people who have collaborated with Nazis for more than 25 years.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Murmansk People's Republic]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Murmansk People's Republic
->'''Ruling Party:''' Murmanskaya Gosudarstvennaya Duma[[note]]Murmansk State Duma[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Provisional Government[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]

An ethnic Russian rebellion rising out of Murmansk, the destination of the Finnish deportation of Russians in East Karelia.
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* TheDogBitesBack: After years of abuse suffered by the hands of the Finnish government, the ethnic Russians in Karelia rise up in secession, starting the Karelian War and declaring their intent to join the West Russian unifier, barring the Aryan Brotherhood.
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: The Russians in Murmansk and East Karelia are unified in their hatred of Finnish rule and have been operating an insurgency since Finland annexed these territories in the aftermath of the Continuation War. When West Russia is unified (except by the Aryan Brotherhood), they'll revolt with the help of the West Russian unifier.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Murmansk People's Republic is not an ideological state. Due to the decay of the city (most Russians in East Karelia were deported there, resulting in an overpopulated mess in a harsh climate without sufficient resources to support them, while Helsinki has chosen to ignore developing Murmansk in favour of Viipuri and the west) and being discriminated against by the rest of Finland, the Murmansk State Duma is a very pragmatic body, incorporating elements from all sectors of society, including labour unions and criminal elements. When rebelling against Finnish rule, it counts among its ranks everything from communists to liberals and nationalists, all working together to save the city and the ethnic Russians.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Even if the Murmansk People's Republic is soundly defeated, there is a chance that Finland could reorient their policies towards the Russian population, legalizing their parties and finally providing public services to them.

!!''Lev Shestakov''
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->'''Role:''' Head of State
->'''Party:''' Murmanskaya Gosudarstvennaya Duma[[note]]Murmansk State Duma[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Provisional Government[[note]]Paternalism[[/note]]
----
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In real life, Shestakov was a Ukrainian-born ethnic Russian flying ace who died in World War II. Here, he's far from home leading the Murmansk State Duma.
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Kjøs was born into a farming family, but quickly set his sights on a military career. His decision seemed destined to bear fruit, as he was promoted to major by 1940, but all plans would be thrown aside when the Germans landed on Norwegian shores. Kjøs was captured early on, and could only watch helplessly from behind the barbed wire as his beloved nation was crushed beneath the Nazi boot. When the war came to an end, and POWs were finally released, Kjøs quickly joined the resistance, fighting tirelessly for Norway's freedom. As with his military career, so did his tenure with the resistance bear fruit, as he rode triumphantly into Oslo alongside his counterparts. Finally, as he entered politics on the side of the Right, his message of economic liberalism, state protestantism, and industrialization caught fire with the Norwegian people, who elected him to their highest office.\\\

* MoralMyopia: In one event from the Denmark rework teaser, Hans Berger speaks about how much Germany and Denmark have had a prosperous friendship. But, when a mob attacks his car and are brutally beaten by the Hilspolizei in another teased event, Berger doesn't bear any thought to the violence and is only glad that he can get to the Christiansborg Palace safely.
* TeamSpirit: {{Invoked}} by the German ambassador, Hans Berger, in the Denmark rework teaser. During a speech at the Danish-German Friendship Society in Schleswig, Berger proclaims that the two nations are brother nations walking towards a united and prosperous future, earnestly wishing that every European nation would be as willing to follow Germany without question. However, Berger must be careful about how to deliver this message; it might not be as hard of a job in eastern Europe, but it is still a job.
* TornApartByTheMob: {{Subverted}} in the Denmark rework teaser. The German ambassador to Denmark, Hans Berger, almost gets mobbed during the ten year celebration of Departementschefstyret's end, as his car is swarmed by protestors trying to break in. A panicked Berger is only saved when the Hilfspolizei arrives, [[PoliceBrutality hitting them with batons]] and dragging them away.

* MoralMyopia: In one event from the Denmark rework teaser, Hans Berger speaks about how much Germany and Denmark have had a prosperous friendship. But, when a mob attacks his car and are brutally beaten by the Hilspolizei in another teased event, Berger doesn't bear any thought to the violence and is only glad that he can get tot hte Christiansborg Palace safely.

* MoralMyopia: In one event from the Denmark rework teaser, Hans Berger speaks about how much Germany and Denmark have had a prosperous friendship. But, when a mob attacks his car and are brutally beaten by the Hilspolizei in another teased event, Berger doesn't bear any thought to the violence and is only glad that he can get tot hte Christiansborg Palace safely.

* TeamSpirit: {{Invoked}} by the German ambassador, Hans Berger, in the Denmark rework teaser. During a speech at the Danish-German Friendship Society in Schleswig, Berger proclaims that the two nations are brother nations walking towards a united and prosperous future, earnestly wishing that every European nation would be as willing to follow Germany without question. However, Berger must be careful about how to deliver this message; it might not be as hard of a job in eastern Europe, but it is still a job.
* TornApartByTheMob: {{Subverted}} in the Denmark rework teaser. The German ambassador to Denmark, Hans Berger, almost gets mobbed during the ten year celebration of Departementschefstyret's end, as his car is swarmed by protestors trying to break in. A panicked Berger is only saved when the Hilfspolizei arrives, [[PoliceBrutality hitting them with batons]] and dragging them away.

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Kampmann is the current Danish Prime Minister and very reluctant collaborator of the Nazi government in Germania, tasked with keeping Denmark and the Danish people in line with the German Reich's policies.

* TheQuisling: Of the trio, Krag is the most open to collaborating with the Germans. As stated in the Denmark rework teaser, he sees the Pakt as a tool to support Denmark's welfare state and eliminate poverty as a problem.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: In their rework teaser, Denmark seems to be a good place to live within the Pakt; it's got an extensive welfare system and functioning, democratic elections. While it is better relative to other states in the Pakt, it's still no paradise in Denmark. Lurking in the shadows, Hilfspolizei and the Efterretningstjeneste spy the streets for any dissidents, where they will be taken and tortured in the Shellhouse, a facility now owned by the SS. Even the currently reining social-democratic government is a fragile coalition, barely surviving the twin crises of Germany's invasion and Thorvald Stauning's death, yet still in danger of falling apart.

->'''Role:''' Head of State (Seyss-Inquart succession or Bormann appointment)

->'''Role:''' Head of State (Bormann appointment)

->'''Role:''' Head of State (Bormann appointment)

* VestigialEmpire: Denmark lost all of its overseas territories (Greenland, Iceland, and Faroe Islands) as a result of WWII; the Western Allies occupied them during the war, with Iceland and Faroe Islands having since declared their independence under the watch of the Western Allies (or their successors the OFN).

* AllohistoricalAllusion: Just like how in real life Bornholm found itself temporarily occupied by the Soviet Union in the immediate aftermath of World War II, an armed force fighting under the banner of Communism force occupies the island ITTL too, albeit a homegrown and signifactly less impressive one.

* VestigialEmpire: Denmark lost all of its overseas territories (Greenland, Iceland, and Faroe Islands) as a result of WWII; the Western Allies occupied them during the war, and all three have since declared their independence under the watch of the Western Allies (or their successors the OFN).

"Peacefully" occupied by Germany in 1940, Denmark was formally given back independence by their German "benefactors" in 1950. While Danish democracy has been nominally restored, it is an OpenSecret that the "free" Danish government remains chained to the powers that be in Germania, and that any sign of "subversion" will be harshly cracked down by the German garrison stationed in Slikeborg.