History Fanfic / TheCrownAtomic

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The Totalist government in Britain is defeated, the island is fully under Canadian control, so, we can just restore the UK and move back to Britain, right? ''Wrong.'' The reconstruction of the original British administrative system and rebuilding of the infrastructure after the devastating war will take a long time, and Edward VIII chooses to install the British Reconstruction Authority with Lord Mountbatten in charge instead of moving to Britain immediately. The various dominions are also reluctant to surrender their newfound autonomy, resulting in a much more decentralized federation of Imperial Dominions rather than a return to the old hierarchic structure of the British Empire.[[note]]The events representing this were purposefully modified by the author from the original ''Kaiserreich'' events, which portrayed the exact scenario listed in the first sentence. Incidentally, later versions of the mod would [[AscendedFanon incorporate their own reconstruction event sequence]] loosely inspired by this portrayal.[[/note]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The Totalist government in Britain is defeated, the island is fully under Canadian control, so, we can just restore the UK and move back to Britain, right? ''Wrong.'' The reconstruction of the original British administrative system and rebuilding of the infrastructure after the devastating war will take a long time, and Edward VIII chooses to install the British Reconstruction Authority with Lord Mountbatten in charge instead of moving to Britain immediately. The various dominions are also reluctant to surrender their newfound autonomy, resulting in a much more decentralized federation of Imperial Dominions rather than a return to the old hierarchic structure of the British Empire.[[note]]The events representing this were purposefully modified by the author from the original ''Kaiserreich'' events, which portrayed the exact scenario listed in the first sentence. Incidentally, later versions of the mod would [[AscendedFanon incorporate their own reconstruction event sequence]] loosely inspired by this.[[/note]]

* CruelTwistEnding: The Totalist government in Britain is defeated, the island is fully under Canadian control, so, we can just restore the UK and move back to Britain, right? ''Wrong.'' The reconstruction of the original British administrative system and rebuilding of the infrastructure after the devastating war will take a long time, and Edward VIII chooses to install the British Reconstruction Authority with Lord Mountbatten in charge instead of moving to Britain immediately. The various dominions are also reluctant to surrender their newfound autonomy, resulting in a much more decentralized federation of Imperial Dominions rather than a return to the old hierarchic structure of the British Empire.

** [[spoiler: The Mittelafrikan War proves to be Germany's UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. Increase of presence of the German military in the war is evel called "Germanization'. There are also echoes of OTL's French Algeria and British Rhodesia, as Germany is caught as the middleman between indigenous factions trying to throw off imperialism and colonial homesteaders who think that the Fatherland is being too ''lenient'' on the rebels]].

* DeterminedWidow: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soong_Ching-ling Soong Ching-ling]], Sun Yat-sen's widow, still struggles for the cause of her husband and becomes President of China.

** After the [[spoiler: Arab-Turkish War, the Imperial powers redraw the Middle East]] in an UpToEleven echo of the UsefulNotes/ThePartitionOfIndia.

* WarRefugees: All over the place, given the setting, but UpToEleven in the Middle East after [[spoiler:the Imperial powers basically expel everyone into contiguous ethnic states to make them easier to rule over.]]

* RealityEnsues:
** The Totalist government in Britain is defeated, the island is fully under Canadian control, so, we can just restore the UK and move back to Britain, right? ''Wrong.'' The reconstruction of the original British administrative system and rebuilding of the infrastructure after the devastating war will take a long time, and Edward VIII chooses to install the British Reconstruction Authority with Lord Mountbatten in charge instead of moving to Britain immediately. The various dominions are also reluctant to surrender their newfound autonomy, resulting in a much more decentralized federation of Imperial Dominions rather than a return to the old hierarchic structure of the British Empire.
** Polish students rally for economic reforms because the German-imposed European market leaves them with few opportunities. [[spoiler: As soon as their demands shift to political reform the Germans send in the tanks.]]

* EvilColonialist: Hermann Göring, who isn't ashamed to admit that he treats African natives as dirt.
--> '''Hermann Göring''': (abour violence between colonial settlers and Congolese) It's not my responsibility. I was sent here to build civilization, and I will build it. If you trample a man's garden, he has a right to punch you back. Go home. My measures will not be crippled by any bureaucracy. We'll go down in history either as the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains. There is a clarity to that.

* FatBastard: Göring weights over 400 lb by his 60s, which causes major health problems [[spoiler:and eventual death]] for him.

** [[spoiler:Hermann Gauch in Mittelafrika ends up even more brutal than his dead master, Hermann Göring, although his rule ends quickly in a military coup]].

** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Brunner Alois Brunner]] goes from minor Nazi functionary to the leader of the Ultranationalists movement in Austria [[spoiler:and later to the Volksführer of Austria after the coup and the main architect of the Balkans War]].
** Similarly, [[https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/João_Cabanas João Cabanas]] an obscure Brazilian revolutionary becomes the leader of the Anarcho-Totalist faction of Amerosul and one of the main initiators of deadly reforms in Amerosul. [[spoiler: Later he becomes the leader of Amerosul, purging all his opponents]].

* RefugeInAudacity: Hermann Göring, already being despised by the German government for tainting Germany's reputation with his cruel treatment to the native African population and living like a Roman emperor in his colonies, declares himself the Viceroy of Mittelafrika, the title which is secondary only to the Kaiser himself in the terms of the law. The German nobles are shocked but powerless to do anything about it.

* CultOfPersonality: The cult of King-Emperor Edward VIII is wide and pervasive around the Empire. To understand the scope of it, there was a criminal case where the defendant was alleged [[DisproportionateRetribution to have failed to return a greeting of “God Save the King”]].

* EvilColonialist: Hermann Göring, who isn't ashamed to admit that he treats African natives as dirt.
--> '''Hermann Göring''': (abour violence between colonial settlers and Congolese) It’s not my responsibility. I was sent here to build civilization, and I will build it. If you trample a man’s garden, he has a right to punch you back. Go home. My measures will not be crippled by any bureaucracy. We’ll go down in history either as the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains. There is a clarity to that.

* FatBastard: Göring weights over 400 lb by his 60s, which causes major health problems [[spoiler:and eventual death]] for him.

** [[spoiler:Hermann Gauch in Mittelafrika ends up even more brutal than his dead master, Hermann Göring, although his rule ends quickly in a military coup]].

** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Brunner Alois Brunner]] goes from minor Nazi functionary to the leader of the Ultranationalists movement in Austria [[spoiler:and later to the Volksführer of Austria after the coup and the main architect of the Balkans War]].
** Similarly, [[https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/João_Cabanas João Cabanas]] an obscure Brazilian revolutionary becomes the leader of the Anarcho-Totalist faction of Amerosul and one of the main initiators of deadly reforms in Amerosul. [[spoiler: Later he becomes the leader of Amerosul, purging all his opponents]].

* RefugeInAudacity: Hermann Göring, already being despised by the German government for tainting Germany's reputation with his cruel treatment to the native African population and living like a Roman emperor in his colonies, declares himself the Viceroy of Mittelafrika, the title which is secondary only to the Kaiser himself in the terms of the law. The German nobles are shocked but powerless to do anything about it.

* NonIndicativeName: Downplayed. While you can probably expect from the title that the AAR would include atomic warfare in some way or another, the nuclear weaponry still has yet to be developed in the timeline. [[https://loreandfiction.com/questions-creator-crown-atomic/ The author himself recommends]] to interpret the title as "competing crowns in the atomic age"

* FatBastard: Göring weights over 400 lb by 60s, which causes major health problems [[spoiler:and eventual death]] for him.

** [[spoiler: If you thought Huey Long was bad, prepare for his successor, Charles Coughlin. He tries to even more restrict the liberties of the American people, subject the African Americans to further segregation and pass the most extreme Fundamnetalist laws. In the end, his policies lead to another Civil War]].

''The Crown Atomic'' is a ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronII'', ''Darkest Hour'' AfterActionReport, set in and expanding the same universe as the popular ''VideoGame/KaiserreichLegacyOfTheWeltkrieg'' GameMod. Like ''Kaiserreich'', it is set in an [[AlternateHistory alternate timeline]] where the Central Powers win UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. ''Crown Atomic'' begins in 1943 following an alternate UsefulNotes/WorldWarII in which the reactionary powers have crushed the resulting Syndicalist states, setting the stage for a new UsefulNotes/ColdWar between various factions, most of which are somewhat [[{{Grimdark}} unpleasant]].

* TheWarRoom: The Hungarian leadership are seen in one during [[spoiler:the Balkans War. Somewhat subverted as they're later all killed when a lucky bomb strikes the bunker.]]

* [[spoiler: Mostly played straight by the end of the story. Elizabeth II restores democracy throughout the Empire, and tensions between them and Germany cease for the most part. Major threats to world peace, such as the Empire of Japan or the American Union State, either collapse or undergo reforms to lower the chance of another world war, dawning a new era of (relative) world peace. Nevertheless, various regimes immoral regimes still exist throughout the world, (such as [[{{VestigialEmpire}} Nationalist France]], [[{{TheTheocracy}} the Christian American Republic]], and [[{{DirtyCommies}} Transcaucasia and Amerosul]]. And above all else, the vast human toll, tyrannical regimes, and lost potential of the 20th century will forever be a scar on the world no matter how bright the future may be.]]

* RecursiveFanfiction: ''Crown Atomic'' is a fan fiction written for the GameMod ''VideoGame/KaiserreichLegacyOfTheWeltkrieg'', specifically a version of the mod ported over to ''Darkest Hour'', which itself started life as a fan-made overhaul of ''Hearts of Iron II''. On other words, this is a fan work of a fan work of a fan work -- four layers deep.

* CommieLand: Amerosul, although it arguably has a nightmarish [[{{Literature/NineteenEightyFour}} Orwellian]] ideology all of its own.

''The Crown Atomic'' is a ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronII'', ''Darkest Hour'' AfterActionReport, set in and expanding the same universe as the popular ''VideoGame/KaiserreichLegacyOfTheWeltkrieg'' GameMod. Like ''Kaiserreich'', it is set in an [[AlternateHistory alternate timeline]] where the Central Powers win UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. ''Crown Atomic'' begins in 1943 following an alternate UsefulNotes/WorldWarII in which the reactionary powers have crushed the resulting Syndicalist states, setting the stage for a new UsefulNotes/ColdWar between various factions, most of which are somewhat [[{{Grimdark}} unpleasant.]]

* TheBigRottenApple: New England's New York City, in the spirit of '''Literature/TheGreatGatsby''', is a city of contrasts, where beauty and luxury coexist with corruption and greed.

* TheBigRottenApple: New England's New York City, in the spirit of Literature/TheGreatGatsby, is the city of contrasts, where beauty and luxury coexist with corruption and greed.

** The American Union State. Reforms of a Share Our Wealth program carried out by Long's government lead to the economic decline, increasing of poverty, unemployment and, ironically, economical inequality (especially in the Midwest, which was under Syndicalists during the Civil War), while Coughlin's faction pursues all "un-American" and "anti-Christian" elements in the country. Racial tensions become stronger than ever and Black riots occur on a regular basis. The state suppresses any dissent and builds a wall between the border of the AUS and the Entente countries to prevent any attempts of defection from the country.

** The Totalist government in Britain is defeated, the island is fully under Canadian control, so, we can just restore the UK and move back to Britain, right? ''Wrong.'' The reconstruction of the original British administrative system and rebuilding of the infrastructure after the devastating war will take a long time, and Edward VIII chooses to install the British Reconstruction Authority with Lord Mountbatten in charge instead of moving to Britain immediately.

** [[spoiler: The Mittelafrikan War proves to be Germany's UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. Increase of presence of the German military in the war is evel called "Germanization']].

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Coughlin is fine with using the Biblical notion of the curse of Ham as to justify segregation in the US.