Chancellor Amalia Elisabeth Brandenburg

Head of Government of Großdeutsches Republik

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Reichskanzler und Prinzessin

Amalia Elisabeth Brandenburg

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Photo taken approx. 1978 with one of her old cameras as part of a costume party in Berlin

Reichskanzler of Die Großdeutsches Republik

Style	Her Excellency – (Formal) Ma'am – (In-formal)
Reign	6th April, 1982 - Present
Born	9th September, 1957 (a.27)
Spouse	Alice Helena Mary Windsor [1999]
Issue	Natalie Ana Brandenburg [1989] Michelle Jessika Brandenburg-Windsor [1991]
Full Name	Amalia Elisabeth Brandenburg
Household	Brandenburg
Father	Unknown
Mother	Victoria Louise Brandenburg [adopted]

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Education Humboldt University of Berlin History and Politics, M.A. and PhD

Religion Atheist

Military Service

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Allegiance	Großdeutsches Republik
Service Branch	Heer
Years of Service	6th April, 1982 - Present
Rank	Commander-in-Chief - Reichskanzler

Her Excellency, Reichskanzler und Prinzessin Doctor Amalia Elisabeth Brandenburg, is the adopted daughter of the first President of the Greater-German Republic: Victoria Louise Brandenburg. Born on the 9th of September, 1957, Victoria Louise adopted her in March 1958, raising her alongside Dutch politician Sophie Windt - her secret partner. Due to her familial relation - the fact it wasn't by blood didn't matter - she also inherited the title of Princess, though the title still held no official power.

She would lead the Greater-German Republic through the most turbulent part of the Cold War. Political parties in Germany and abroad became increasingly polarised, with pro-US and pro-Soviet forces openly clashing in the streets of Berlin. Several wars across the globe threatened to escalate the Cold War into a nuclear exchange.

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Early Life

Amalia Elisabeth Brandenburg was officially named and adopted on March 1st, 1958 by Reichspräsident und Prinzessin Victoria Louise Brandenburg - serving at the time as the Head of State of the Greater-German Republic. She spent much of her time in Kranenburg, a village near the German-Dutch border, living with her - unofficial - other mother, Sophie Windt - Victoria Louise's secret partner. She had a bilingual upbringing, learning both German and Dutch. She attended school in Kranenburg and no one was aware of her position as the adopted daughter of the lesbian German President and Dutch labour minister.

Although same-sex relationships were decriminalised in 1962, she was scolded by her teachers several times for expressing interest in - or even engaging in relationships with - other female students. She resolved to follow in her mothers' footsteps and enter politics, with her primary aim being to break down the stigma around homosexuality and create a progressive new German society.

She was also upset by her mothers' being forced to hide their relationship, especially as it meant that she had to keep her family a secret - her official story was that Victoria Louise was her adopted mother and Sophie Windt was just a family friend who cared for her in her childhood.

She enrolled at the Humboldt University of Berlin - the most prestigious politics school in the country and where her mother had attended - studying History and Politics in 1976. She was a thoughtful and attentive student, but was fearsome and uncompromising in her beliefs, often taking part in heated debates. She entered politics formally for the first time in 1980, the same year she earned her Master's degree, elected to Kleve as part of the Volksnationale Demokratische Partei (VDP) - the party her mother had founded and led up until 1965, two years after her 3rd Presidential term.

She was immediately seen as her mother's heir apparent, receiving immense public support. Though many conservatives opposed her open homosexuality and uncompromising support for progressive ideals, many could not deny her mother's abilities or popularity. In 1982, two years into her doctorate studies, she was elected as the leader of the VDP, then as Chancellor when the VDP won the popular vote and the President - VDP member Adelheid von Teppin - appointed her.

Most of the major opposition to the VDP came from the CDU/CSU "Union". CDU propaganda running up to the election frequently pointed out Amalia's homosexuality as a reason to vote against her. After her election, CDU-aligned news outlets ran numerous stories about supposed scandals - including a relationship with President von Teppin. Though the VDP leadership urged lawsuits, Amalia refused, stating in a televised interview: "it is not my business what they say about me. Why should I waste my time in countering harmless falsehoods? If they wish to spread lies in an attempt to create scandal instead of focusing their efforts on proper politics, who am I to complain? All they are doing is making it easier for me next election." Her casual conversational style of speech - coupled here with her sharp criticism of the CDU - earned her great respect.

Her election as Chancellor came as part of the "German Spring" - a wave of progressive activism across the country. Many of the older conservative movements either shifted more liberal, or outright collapsed. The VPD, its ideology essentially representative of the dominant public opinion at the time, shifted even more progressive and further left. Amalia was one of the few at the top of German politics who had been openly and strongly progressive before the German Spring, leading to widespread support in the election of 1982 - with the VPD relying heavily on grassroots activism.

The Iran-Iraq War began on August 3rd 1982 - only 4 months after Amalia's election. The Iraqi forces - supported by the US - and the Iranian forces - supported by the USSR - clashed over the course of the next 7 years. However, early interventions by both sides' respective great power allies resulted in several battles exclusively between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces - causing several heated debates in the United Nations as to the legality of such battles. The contained conflicts threatened to boil over into full-scale war between the two powers as US President Reagan demanded Soviet forces withdraw, with General Secretary Andropov responding by demanding the same of the US.

The situation in Iran and Iraq slowly defused, until it heated up again in 1984 - when the US initiated Operation El Dorado Canyon and bombed Libya, an ally of the USSR and Iran. The bombing was met with widespread condemnation, especially from the USSR - who considered the attack tantamount to a declaration of war and demanded an immediate apology and deescalation. Reagan, seeing an opportunity to drum up further support for his Presidential campaign, declared that the US would stand against the USSR everywhere and in every way it could.

With the increasingly heating Cold War, the Western Union countries were forced to make a number of tough decisions. The Verdun Conference, called on September 16th 1984, was called to determine the Western Union's response to escalating tensions. Reichskanzler Amalia led the German delegation, calling for - in combination with the British delegation - opposition to the US and demand for an immediate detente. The French, Belgian, and Austrian delegations all called for isolation from the conflict and a build up of the Western Union's Strategic Weapons Department - the unified organisation that controlled the WU's nuclear weapons. The Dutch, Luxembourger, and the new Danish and Norwegian, delegations were on the fence.

Eventually a decision was made. The Western Union called for an immediate detente between the USSR and US, as well as began a large-scale expansion of its nuclear arsenal. The latter move was especially unpopular in the Benelux and prompted large-scale protests against nuclear weapons, which would spread into the Rhineland and eventually throughout Germany. Amalia would address the concerns by stating, "I am a pacifist - I am committed to the end of warfare in all of its forms. I am opposed to nuclear war and nuclear weapons - as all people are. However, the Western Union must hold nuclear weapons, or else we may well be destroyed. Until such a time comes as all of the nations of the world can come before the negotiation table and agree that nuclear disarmament is the only right and proper course of action, it is vital we hold nuclear weapons - so that war can be avoided."

Mid-way through her second term, came the May 2nd Crisis - where US strategic bombers and fighter accompaniment crossed over British territory, moving towards London, and shooting down a pair of British interceptors over the Irish Sea. British fighters of 244. Squadron, joined later by Jagdgeschwader 35 of the Luftwaffe, scrambled to intercept and down the aircraft before they could reach London. Only after all of the bombers and most of the fighters were shot-down nearly one hundred miles from the outskirts of London did the US issue a formal statement, claiming that General Jonathan Kinsey of the US Air Force had gone rogue and ordered the attack - with Kinsey being arrested and executed promptly. The attack was widely condemned, especially after British Queen Charlotte I made public the fact the bombers were equipped with nuclear weapons.

After the May 2nd Crisis, Amalia made a fierce speech before the United Nations General Assembly - the US representative not present - stating that "an attack of such a magnitude is not only an attack upon one nation, nor indeed a group of nations - but on all nations, on humanity as a whole. Any such action in the future, against Germany, Germany's allies, or any nation on the entirety of the earth, will be met with ferocious and uncompromising justice." The speech was applauded, especially on the domestic front - cementing Amalia as a strong leader intent on protecting Germany and furthering Germany's interests, just like her mother had been.

Ideology

Whilst Victoria Louise was a very shrewd diplomat, playing the various factions such as conservatives and pro-monarchists in the VPD to keep power, Amalia Elisabeth does not conceal her aims or true beliefs. She is openly progressive and a supporter of Democratic Socialism, supporting a nationalised economy and the future hope for full worker's self-management.

She is far more controversial than her mother was, due in part to her refusal to conceal her beliefs or use as much populist rhetoric in her speeches. Her style of speaking is fiery and shows a clear lack of respect for her more virulent opponents, going so far as to call the CDU "an irrelevant and indolent party of old men and bigots, who can affect me as much as an ant can affect the sun - except the ant is racist."

She is far less appealing to nationalists than her mother was, preferring greater cooperation with the Western Union countries. Regardless, she is clearly patriotic, but frequently criticises Germany's moral failings, especially in regards to treatment of minorities such as LGBT+ people. As she stated in an address at a a VDP rally in 1984: "I love Germany as all Germans do. I want Germany to be strong as all Germans do. That is exactly why I criticise Germany's failings. In its treatment of many minorities, Germany has failed, and this failure makes the nation weaker and worse off for it. Germany has failed, but Germany can change and Germany can then succeed, and Germany can become a stronger nation for it."

Using her natural height and commanding presence, she augments her fiery public-speaking style. She utilises a powerful and fearsome persona well, intimidating her opponents and rousing support.

Religious Views

Personally, Amalia is an atheist and often refers to herself jokingly as a "practising heretic". The strong opposition of the - especially Protestant - clergy and CDU has led to her developing an even more vehemently disapproving relationship with Christianity. Regardless, she supports freedom of religion. She often criticises organised religion in her speeches, calling the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) - Germany's primary protestant church organisation - a "state within a state" and referring to its treatment of LGBT+ people as "a sign that the organisation retains many of its immoral roots," she also believes the EKD "is an organisation that has not been fully reconstructed," linking its treatment - and the general treatment - of LGBT+ people to Nazism.

Hobbies and personal life

Amalia developed her love of horse-riding from her mother, whose horse she would often ride at the house in Kranenburg. She writes poetry of all types - but with a special emphasis on romance poetry - and combines this with her other hobby of book-binding, creating elaborately decorated hardback books of her poems that she often gives as gifts to friends or foreign leaders. In her free time before entering politics she was a theatre actor - sometimes moonlighting when the Chancellorship doesn't demand her full attention.

She was involved in numerous whirlwind romances, the most notable of which being Reichspräsident Adelaide von Treppin - though it is important to note the relationship started several months after the newspapers reported on the supposed scandal. Other romantic partners include the English Dame Catherine Grey and Baronet Isabella Smith-Wilson; French Socialist Defence Minister Lucille d'Auvignon; Sofia Bianchi, wife of the Italian Finance Minister; and Princess Alice Helena Mary of Britain - whom she would marry upon the legalisation of same-sex marriage (the decision to do so was made by the Western Union as a collective and implemented at the same time) on December 29th, 1999.

Unlike her mother Victoria Louise, she has a naturally loud and deep voice. She is intelligent, fiery and passionate, and has a good sense of humour. She greatly enjoys the company of animals, often more than people, and has a number of dogs, cats, and birds around her residence. Away from public scrutiny, she is kindly, loving, and all round very friendly.

She is friends with many important people, in both Germany and beyond, such as the British Ambassador in Berlin - Sir Alexander Montgomery; the President of France - Jean-Baptiste l'Marc; and the Queen of Britain - Charlotte I.

She would have two children, both born by IVF. The first was Natalie Ana Brandenburg, born in 1989, who would later go on to join the VDP and enter German politics. The second was Michelle Jessika Brandenburg (later Brandenburg-Windsor after the marriage of Amalia and Alice Helena Mary Windsor of Britain), born in 1991, who would enter British politics, retaining her royal British titles.

Trivia

• Her nickname is "Elsie"

• She is 6 feet 4 inches tall

• She speaks Dutch, German, English, French, and Italian fluently

• She has a pilot's license

• She doesn't smoke

• She has never drank alcohol

• She has a small collection of late 19th and early 20th century cameras, which she often uses

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