Characters / BNW Misc

Main Character Index Russia | Other Countries

• Satellite Character: Since the submod specifically focuses on Russia, other countries do not receive playable content for the game's second decade, only skeleton content for a human-controlled Russia to interact with.

Russian Reconstruction Zones

West Russian Reconstruction Authority

Official Name: West Russian Reconstruction Authority

Ideology: Military Mandate^note Paternalism

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• Climax Boss: The Werwolf insurgency is the last obstacle for Russia before it can begin to reintegrate Moscow.

Black Sea Reconstruction Authority

Official Name: Black Sea Reconstruction Authority

Ideology: Military Mandate^note Paternalism

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• Allohistorical Allusion: After Crimea is liberated, Russia can choose to gift it to Ukraine instead of annexing it, like what Nikita Khrushchev did in real life.

Western Europe

Netherlands

Official Name: Republic of the Netherlands (Exiles Referendum Failure), Kingdom of the Netherlands (Exiles Referendum Success), People's Republic of the Netherlands (Red Germany Puppet)

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• Earn Your Happy Ending: If both the anti-Nazi uprising and the Exiles Referendum succeeds, then the Government in Exile can finally see Amsterdam for the first time since 1940.

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Paul de Groot

Role: Head of State (Red Germany puppet)

Party: Communistische Partij Nederland ^Tr Communist Party of the Netherlands

Ideology: Communism

Denmark

Official Name: Kingdom of Denmark, People's Republic of Denmark (Petersen)

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Arne Munch Petersen

Role: Head of State (Petersen Coup or Red Germany puppet)

Party: Dansk Kommunistisk Parti ^Tr Danish Communist Party

Ideology: Marxist-Leninism^note Communism

Paktkommission Frankreich

Official Name: Hohe Paktkommission für Frankreich^note High Pact Commission for France, French Socialist Republic (Red German Puppet)

Ruling Party: Übergangsregierung^note Provisional Government

Ideology: Interim Government^note Despotism

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Andre Lajoinie

Role: Head of State (Red Germany puppet)

Party: Communism

Ideology: Bolshevism^note Communism

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• Beneath Notice: The Communist Party of France operated right under the nose of the Vichy government due to its instability. They then began operation in the Paktkommission.

Eastern Europe

Poland

Official Name: Republic of Poland, People's Republic of Poland (Red Germany puppet)

Ideology: Provisional Gorverment^note Paternalism

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Polish Home Army

Role: Head of State

Party: Polish Salvation Authority

Ideology: Provisional Gorverment^note Paternalism

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• My Greatest Second Chance: The outbreak of a second German Civil war is the absolute last chance of a Free Poland.

Kazimierz Puczynski

Role: Commisar (Head of State, Red Germany Puppet)

Party: Polska Partia Socjalistyczna ^Tr Polish Socialist Party

Ideology: Syndicalism ^note  Socialism

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• The Quisling: His willingness to work with the Germans ultimately leads to him being placed in charge of the new regime.

Slovakia

Official Name: Slovak Republic, People's Republic of Slovakia (Red Germany puppet)

Ideology: Free Market Consertivism^note Consertivism

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Július Ďuriš

Role: Head of State (Red Germany puppet)

Party: Komunistická strana Slovenska ^Tr Communist Party of Slovakia

Ideology: Communism

Hungary

Republic of Hungary

Official Name: Republic of Hungary

Ideology: Agarianism^note Consertivism

Hungarian People’s Republic

Official Name: Hungarian People’s Republic

Ideology: Socialism

Hungarian State

Official Name: Hungarian State

Ideology: National Socialism

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United States of America

Returning Leaders

Francis Parker Yockey

Role: Senator (Illinois, potentially), President (1972 election)

Party: American National Vanguard

Ideology: National Socialism

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• Allohistorical Allusion: During his impeachment hearing, supporters of Yockey will storm the Capitol Building in a way similar to the Jan. 6 2021 capitol attack after Trump's loss.
• The Bad Guy Wins: Should the National Guard fail to arrive at the Capitol Building, Yockeysts will slaughter every non-ANV politician and, should the military not intervine after that, allow Francis to reorganize the US into the Imperium of America.
• Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Yockey doesn't have full control of the country just because he was elected President. His blatant corruption surpassing Nixon immediately organized every non-AVP congressperson to remove him. Though, that's not to say it's going to stay that way...

Henry M. Jackson

Role: Senator (Washington), President (1972 or 1976 elections)

Party: Progressive Party

Ideology: Western Progressive ^note Progressive

Gus Hall

Role: Senator (Minnesota, potentially), Head of State (1972 election)

Party: Communist Party USA

Ideology: Communism

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• Dirty Communists: In his (probably fradulent) second term, he does a self-coup and transforms the US into the Union of Socialist States of America, undermining democracy and ruling by decree.
• Vote Early, Vote Often: Implied by the game mechanics; if he won in the '72 election, he will be reelected without any other choice.

New Leaders

Bill Ayers

Role: President (Weatherman Coup against Yockey)

Party: Weathermen

Ideology: Left Communism^note Communism

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• Good Is Not Soft: The Weathermen bomb the entire line of sucession to deal with the Yockeyites.
• Please Select New City Name: A nationwide example: the old American constution is replaced by one that renames the nation into the Union of American Councils

Ella Baker

Role: President (1976 Election)

Party: Communist Party USA

Ideology: Communism

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• Artistic License – History: Ella Baker in OTL never was a communist; she had socialist beliefs, but never anything further left of that. The devs confirmed they simply had nowhere else to put her in the idelogy wheel without adding an entirely new sub-ideology.
• Breaking the Glass Ceiling: She can become the first black president of the United States, and can also be the first female president if no preceding female option was chosen beforehand.
• Chummy Commies: In contrast to Hall, she wants to impliment direct democracy, criminal justice reform, and continue her staunch crusade of civil rights through democratic means.
• Cool Old Lady: By 1976, she's 73 and has been fighting for equal rights in America for over fourty years.

Jimmy Carter

Role: President (1976 Election)

Party: Democratic Party

Ideology: Christian Progressivism^note Liberalism

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• In Spite of a Nail: Just like in OTL, Carter can win the 1976 election on a moderate platform after a chaotic 1972 term.

John B. Anderson

Role: President (1976 Election)

Party: Republican Party

Ideology: Liberal Conservatism^note Conservative

Herman Talmadge

Role: President (1976 Election)

Party: Nationalist Party

Ideology: Right-Wing Populism ^note Paternalism

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• Politically Incorrect Villain: The moment he gets into office, he lets the southern states violate the Civil Rights Act and wishes to repel it.

William Westmoreland

Role: Interm President (Order restored after the Sack of Washington)

Party: United States Armed Forces

Ideology: Controlled Democracy^note Paternalism

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• Emergency Authority: Due to the entire presidental line of sucession either a Yockeyite or killed in the Sack, he takes up the role of President to de-nazify the nation.

William Luther Pierce

Role: Senator (Georgia, Potentially), Secretary of State (Yockey Cabinet), President (Pierce Coup)

Party: National Alliance

Ideology: National Socialism

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• Historical Villain Upgrade: In OTL, he was a Neo-Nazi author who wrote The Turner Diaries and inspired terrorist attacks commited by other Neo-Nazis. Here, he can have his "dream" come to life by his own hand.

Germany

• Enemy Mine: If Omsk reunifies Russia and begins the Great Trial, once they makes its goal of nuclear apocalypse clear, the Führer will call on the OFN, Italy, and Turkey (plus other Balkan nations) for assistance.

Gerhard Klopfer

Role: Führer ^note Head of State (Borrman Sucession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei - Konservativ Faction^note National Socialist German Workers' Party - Conservative Faction

Ideology: National Socialism

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• Meet the New Boss: His description notes that if Borrman was a continuation of Hitler, then Klopfer is a continuation of Borrman.

Reinhard Gehlen

Role: Führer ^note Head of State (Bormann Sucession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: National Socialism

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Kurt Waldheim

Role: Führer ^note Head of State (Bormann Sucession)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei - Reformists^note National Socialist German Workers' Party - Reformists

Ideology: Reformed National Socialism^note National Socialism

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• The Remnant: Waldheim is one of the last Reformists after the Second Night of Long Knives.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: Waldheim pursues dentente with both the US and Japan to hold onto Germany's remaining hegemony.

Adolf Heusinger

Role: Führer ^note Head of State (Coup against Bormann's Sucessor if Russia didn't achieve total victory in 2WRW)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei - Militarist Faction^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: Stratocratic Nazism^note National Socialism

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• The Remnant: Heusinger is one of the last Militarists after the Second Night of Long Knives.
• War Hawk: Heusinger is a member of the Militarists, who wish to achieve Total War to prove German dominance.

Kurt Georg Kiesinger

Role: Führer ^note Head of State (Germany loses 2WRW, Coup against Speer or GO 4)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei - Reform^note National Socialist German Workers' Party

Ideology: Reformed National Socialism^note National Socialism

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• The Starscream: Kiesinger can betray both the Gang of Four and Speer once the power struggle restarts to take control of Germany himself.

Hans Speidel

Role: Head of State (Speer loses 2WRW)

Party: Oberkommando der Wehrmacht^note Armed Forces High Command

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

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• Military Coup: The failures of Speer and the Gang in the 2WRW outrages Speidel and the Wehrmacht enough to launch a putsch to restore order in the Reich

Helmut Schmidt

Role: Chancellor ^note Head of State (Assertive Speer loses 2WRW)

Party: Freie Demokratische Partei ^Tr.Free Democratic Party

Ideology: National Liberalism ^note  Liberalism

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• The Coup: Schmidt will force Speer to resign as Führer and install him as Chancellor.
• Nostalgia Filter: Invoked by Schmid, who claims he will "restore the prosperity we enjoyed under Hitler", but uses the opprotunity to instead restore German democracy and end the eugenic policies.

Second German Civil War Factions

The Democrats

Official Name: Republik Deutschland ^Tr.Republic of Germany

Party: Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold

Ideology: Transitioning Democracy^note Paternalism

Willy Brandt

Role:Chancellor ^note Head of State (Germany suffers total defeat against Russia)

Party: Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold

Ideology: Transitioning Democracy^note Paternalism

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• The Coup: Brant launches a coup against the Führer should Germany suffers total defeat in the 2WRW and announces a new democratic republic.
• Short-Lived Leadership: Unfortunately, Brant will get assassinated by a member of the Nazi insurgency, which triggers the second Civil War.

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Reichsbanner Emergency Council

Role: Emergency Council ^note Head of State (2GWC starting leader)

Party: Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold

Ideology: Transitioning Democracy^note Paternalism

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Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Role: Chancellor (Emergency Council Succession)

Party: Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, Freie Demokratische Partei ^Tr.Free Democratic Party (Post-Victory Election)

Ideology: Transitioning Democracy^note Paternalism (Civil War), Social Democracy ^note  Progressivism (Post-Victory Election)

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• Taking Up the Mantle: Afer Brandt's assassination, Genscher considers it his duty to fulfil Brandt's dream of a democratic Germany.
• You Cannot Kill An Idea: Namedropped in his bio, Genscher believes that the dream of a democratic Germany will outlive even the great man Brandt was.

Manfred Gerlach

Role: Chancellor (Post-Victory Election)

Party: Liberaldemokratische Partei ^Tr.Liberal Democratic Party

Ideology: Liberalism

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Walter Scheel

Role: Chancellor (Post-Victory Election)

Party: Konservative Demokratische Partei Deutschlands ^Tr.Conservative Democratic Party of Germany

Ideology:Progressive Conservatism ^note  Conservatism

The Rotfront

• Enemy Mine: The Rotfront will work with the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold up until either the Nazis or Wehrmacht are pushed to the brink, upon which they will turn on eachother.

Rheinland

Official Name: Volksrepublik Rhein ^Tr.People's Republic of Rhine, Vereinigte Rotfront ^Tr.United Red Front (Post- Victory Unification), Deutsche Sozialistische Republik ^Tr.German Socialist Republic (Post-Election)

Party: Kommunistische Partei Deutschland ^TrCommunist Party of Germany

Ideology: Bolshevism^note Communism

Heinz Hoffmann

Role: Chairman (Rhein Starting Leader and Post-Victory Election)

Party: Kommunistische Partei Deutschland ^TrCommunist Party of Germany

Ideology: Bolshevism^note Communism

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Hannover

Official Name: Sozialistische Republik Hannover ^Tr.Socialist Republic of Hannover

Party: Sozialistscher Deutsche Studentenbund ^TrSocialist German Student Association

Ideology: Revolutionary Front ^note Socialism

Rudi Dutschke

Role: Chairman (Hannover Starting Leader and Post-Victory Election)

Party: Sozialistscher Deutsche Studentenbund ^TrSocialist German Student Association

Ideology: Revolutionary Front ^note Socialism

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• Historical Badass Upgrade: Rudi Dutschke was an anti-Leninist West German communist who stood as the spokesperson for the Socialist Students Union before his death in 1979 from complications from a near assassination in 1968. Here, he can be the leader of Germany and implent his ideals himself.
• Young and in Charge: In contrast to his pre-Nazi comrades, Dutschke was born during the Nazi era in 1940, meaning he's only in his thirties when the 2GCW starts.

Hamburg

Official Name: Hamburger Revolutionstaat ^TrHamburg Revolutionary State

Role: Chairman (Hamburg Starting Leader and Post-Victory Election)

Party: Kommunistische Partei Deutschland - Marxisten-Leninisten ^TrCommunist Party of Germany- Marxist-Leninist

Ideology: Communism

''Ernst Aust

Role: Chairman (Hamburg Starting Leader and Post-Victory Election)

Party: Kommunistische Partei Deutschland - Marxisten-Leninisten ^TrCommunist Party of Germany- Marxist-Leninist

Ideology: Communism

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The Wehrmacht

Official Name: Bundeswehrbehörde^Tr.Federal Armed Forces Authority

Party: Heersgruppe Ferber^note Army Group Ferber

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

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Ernst Ferber

Role: Head of State (2GCW starting leader)

Party: Heersgruppe Ferber^note Army Group Ferber

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

The Freikorps

Official Name: Schlesische Freikorps^Tr.Silesian Free Corps, Deutsche Freikorps^Tr.German Free Corps (Civil War Victory), Großgermanische Reich^Tr.Great Germanic Reich (Country Rename)

Party: Schwarze Band^note Black band

Ideology: Ultramilitarism^note Ultranationalism

Heinz-George Lemm

Role: Head of State (2GCW starting leader)

Party: Schwarze Band^note Black band

Ideology: Ultramilitarism^note Ultranationalism

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''Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Role: Head of State (Post-Victory Power struggle)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei - Schutzstaffel ^note National Socialist Germany Worker's Party - Schutzstaffel

Ideology: Spartanism^note  National Socialism

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Herbert Backe

Role: Head of State (Post-Victory Power struggle)

Party: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei - Backe Clique^note National Socialist Germany Worker's Party

Ideology: Spartanism^note  National Socialism

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Asia

NRA 40th Army Group

Official Name: NRA 40th Army Group, West Chinese Republic (Northwest War begins)

Ruling Party: Ma Jiajun^note Ma Clique

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

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• Start My Own: With Russia's assistance, Ma Jiyuan will attempt to unite the western Chinese provinces and form a rival government to the one in Nanjing.

Ma Jiyuan

Role: Military Commander, Head of State

Party: Ma Jiajun^note Ma Clique

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show} The Northwest is a bloody place. Many fathers lay dead in the austere, spartan landscape that the region is known for, some buried, most not. Those fathers have left behind countless sons, some bearing arms, others bearing pitchforks, to mourn and to nurse anger and resentment in their hearts. And yet, it is the grave of one father, and the rage of a single son that will come to define this corner of China. Ma Bufang perished against the Northwestern Area Army, and his son, Ma Jiyuan, will avenge him.

With the previous leader of the Ma Clique, his father, dead in the wake of a campaign against the Northwestern Area Army, control of the Ma Family and its armies fell to the young and ambitious Ma Jiyuan. Ma Jiyuan has been forced to watch as Tsuji and his band of rapacious bandits tear through the Northwest, and left just as helpless as the perfidious Tibetans tested their southern border in their moment of weakness. Though his enemies may wish it, Ma Jiyuan has not forgotten these crimes.

The air is still once again, a calm before the storm breaks. Plans are drawn up, and the preparations will be complete soon. Ma Jiyuan will pay back blood for blood, he will right the wrongs that have been committed against his family, against his lands. They have been battered and bruised, but the Ma are not beaten. Ma Jiyuan knows this, and soon, all of China will as well.

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• Cincinnatus: Should he suceed in uniting the West Chinese Republic, Ma Jiyuan will step down in favor of Sun Tse Ping.

Sun Tse Ping

Role: Head of State (Northwest War Victory)

Party: Kuomintang - Orthodox Faction

Ideology: Xunzheng^note Paternalism

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• Like Father, Like Son: And grandson in this case; as the grandson of Sun Yat-Sen and son of Sun Fo, Sun Tse-ping believes in the Three Principles of the People.

Li Xiannian

Role: Party Leader

Party: Communist Party of China

Ideology: Mao Zedong Thought^note Communism

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• Allohistorical Allusion: Li Xiannian in OTL was the 3rd President of the People's Republic of China.
• The Remnant: He is one of the few followers of Mao Zedong Thought and members of the Communists to remain in the post-World War 2 Chinese landscape.