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The Federal Republic of East Alba (Bundesrepublik Ostalba) is a country located on Atlantica Alba. In the east, it borders the Atlantic Ocean and the East Alban Bay. It also shares land borders with Royal Cytheria in the north, Calderwood in the west and Valicia in the south. The territory covers 29,590 square kilometers which compose the four federal states (Bundesländer). East Alba is inhabited by about 4.3 million people, which makes it to one of the smallest member states of the Sim City Journal Union, by both population and economic size.

Geography

Bundesrepublik Ostalba
*Federal Republic of East Alba*
Flag	Coat of arms
	Motto: "Steige hoch, oh Kronenbanner!"; Rise high, oh crown's banner!
	Anthem: Kronenbanner
Capital	Hansestadt Böhlingen Haven
Largest city	Hansestadt Böhlingen Haven
Official language(s)	German; regional also Welsh, Hebrew
Government Federal President; Federal Chancellor	Federal Parlamentary Republic; Herrmann von Gröhnen; Friedrich Gustav Demusch
Republic; Act of Unity; Prussian Colonization; Bad Precht Treaty; Foundation of the Federal Republic	; 1010; 1702; 1936; 1953
Area; • Total; • Water (%)	; 29,590 km² (127th); 9.3
Population; • 2009 est.; • 2009 census; • Density	; 4,300,000 (132th); 2009; k.A./km² (87th)
GDP (PPP); • Total; • Per capita	US$ 79 billion estimate; KP (KP); $US k.A. (101th)
HDI (2003\|2009)	KP KP – KP
Currency	Neue Albische Mark (NAM)
Time zone; • Summer (DST)	GMT-2 (UTC-3); (UTC)
Internet TLD	.oa
Calling code	+492

East Alban Geography

The Federal Republic of East Alba is located in the north-east of Atlantica Alba. The country's territory covers 29,590 square kolimeters which is shared into four federal states; three territory states and the city state of Böhlingen Haven which also is the country's largest city and capital at the same time. The country has a large varity of different geographic areas. The elevation ranges from 2,267 meters in the Teutschen Berge (Teutonic Mountains) in the south to the coast lines of the Atlantic Ocean in the west and the great lowlands in the central area with the lowest point at 4.3 meters below sea level.

In the East Alban landmass flow 5 large rivers and hundreds of small ponds which mostly end either in one of the 4 large lakes or directly in the East Alban Bay. This enormous mass of water causes the lowlands to be mostly swampy areas. Especially in the south, where the two Nahar-Rivers spring, are large areas of swamplands. But also the great Margraviate Lowland in the central area is known for being very rich of forests, swamplands and maedows.
But the country is also home of a few highlands. In the Northern Margraviate you have the great Northern Margraviate Plateau, which covers about two thirds of the sate's area. Also one third of the Vandaalen-Hills belong to the Northern Margraviate and also its tallest mountain; the Guf with 940 meters.
The other two thirds of the Vandaalen belong to the Western Margraviate aswell as the Neußlow Highlands who are called after the neighbouring town of Neußlow. In the south of the Western Margraviate you find parts of the Teutonic Mountains and the mountains of Hermannsberg (1,875 meters), the Nordspitze (1,701 meters) and the Speyer (1,533 meters); last one gave the neighbouring city of Frankfurt am Speyer its name. The city also is situated at the Mo-River in the Mo-Valley.
The state of New Wales got the largest ranges between high- and lowlands. In the west of the state you have the Teutonic Mountains and their two tallest mountains; the Jennspitze (2,118 meters) and the Zugspitze (2,267 meters). In the north-west of the state you find the Sandstone Hills, who gave the neighbouring agglomeration of HaKartel its name. (HaKartel = hebrew for the Sandstone Hills). Southern of the Sandstone Hills you find the large Nahar Valley with its Nahar Springs. Both, the long and the short Nahar-River, spring here and feed the large swamplands in the area. In the east of the state you find the Welsh Mountains and their tallest mountain Har Gawuah (Har Gawuah = hebrew for tall hill). East of the Welsh mountains you find the coastline of the East Alban Bay.
The fourth state is the country's only city state and its smallest state aswell. About five sixths of the city's area is located on the Böhlinger Land - Island but also the areas around Treptow southern of the island and two small parts western of it belong to the state. The highest elevation of the state is the Kreuzberg (Kreuzberg = german for Hill of the Cross) with 97 meters and is also known as the Parliament Hill.

The East Alban Federation

The Federal Republic of Eat Alba consists out of four states. This means that these states have their own governments but form a Federation which is ruled by the Federal Government, while the state governments just rule their own state. The Federation is based on a reform which took place in 1780. Back then the Prussian King Friedrich II shared the area of German Alba into three Margraviats. The Northern and Western Margraviate still exist today and the Southern Margraviate is nowadays known as New Wales. The modern fourth state is the territory of Böhlingen Haven known as Böhlinger Land. In 1953 the modern East Alban state was founded and the British Occupation Powers decided to make Böhlingen Haven to the new capital and to let it symbolize an own Federal State as free and capital city.

the East Alban Federation

Federal State	Area (sq km)	Population	Capital
Böhlinger Land	591.8	940,000	/
Nordmark Northern Margraviate	11,836	720,000	Bad Heiligensee
Westmark Western Margraviate	10,356.5	770,000	Velten
Neuwalisien New Wales	6,805.7	1,600,000	Friedrichsburg

Böhlinger Land

Typical street in Böhlingen Haven

Böhlingen Haven Central Business District

Famous sights in Böhlingen Haven

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Typical mixture of Old and New in Böhlingen Haven

Treptow Central Business District

The Böhlinger Land is with less than 600 square kilometers the smallest East Alban state but got the highest population density and symbolizes the country's largest and capital city. Treptow belongs to the Böhlinger Land but is an independent city. The city of Böhlingen Haven consists several districts. Melwin is the largest district in both, area and population and that's why it's sometimes listed as own city next to Böhlingen Haven even though it belongs to Hanseatic City. The districts of Böhlingen Haven have all their own District's-Mayor and an own government for the district. The government of the whole city-area, the Senate, is hosted in the New City Hall, which was built by Friedrich II in the 1740s.

Largest Cities	Population	Foundation	Official Title	Nick Names
Böhlingen Haven	780,000	ca. 1250	Bundeshauptstadt und Hansestadt Federal Capital and Hanseatic City	/
Treptow	160,000	1703	Freie Stadt Free City	Friedrichstadt Frederick's City

The Böhlinger Land is the political and cultural heart of the country. Almost all Federal Ministries are hosted here aswell as important cultural institutions; for instance the National Archive, the National Libary, the National Museum, the National Cathedral and the Imperial Mausuleum. The population of the state grew very rapidly in the last 60 years after the end of World War Two. Until the 1850s Böhlingen Haven was a beautiful but unimportant town for the Imperial German Alba; the status as an economic boom town was lost in the 1650s yet. In 1800 the town had about 50,000 inhabitants and in 1850 about 60,000. In the second half of the 19th century the city became a cultural center of the country. Especially the construction of the former National Libary (nowadays the seat of the East Alban Federal Parlaiment)caused a rapid growing of the population so that in 1900 the city had 150,000 inhabitants yet. This developement even was increased after the city became capital in 1953 so that in the 1970s the city had 500,000 inhabitants and became the country's largest city at the same time. During the following years it also became an economic center. This boom caused many new building to be built in the city. Especially in the eastern districts as Melwin were a lot of very old structures demolished to build modern high rises instead. Nowadays only a few medieval buildings still exist in the city. Especially the western districts with the central business district are dominated by modern skyscrapers. No other city in East Alba has as many and as tall high rises as Böhlingen Haven. Most national and a lot of international companies have built their local territory in the Hanseatic City, including for instance Volkswagen, Deutsche Bank and the HSBC but also the IASA has built its headquarters there.
Böhlingen Haven also is the diplomatic heart of East Alba. Almost all countries have their embassies within the borders of the city. The largest embassy building is the British one, which also hosts the embassies of most Commonwealth-countries aswell, including Australia and Canada. That embassy was built between 1964 and 1967 and was East Alba's first high rise. This building is one of the most important and most famous symbols for the friendship East Alba got with the United Kingdom. Compared to the German embassy the British one is more than 10 times larger, without taking the other Commonwealth-Embassies into account.

Nordmark

Westmark

Neu Walisien

History

The name Bundesrepublik Ostalba is a relatively new term for the area. Until the foundation of the Republic in 1953, the country was known as Deutsch Alba (German Alba). After WWII, the new government decided to make a complete new start and give the new country a ethno-neutral name.

East Alban Tribes (until 1010 AD)

The time of the East Alban Tribes is not well documented; most knowledge about this era is taken from fairy tales and local legends. The most important historian on that topic is Ysmael Silberwasser (1822-1901), who wrote the book "Legends and Truth - History of the East Alban area" which is known today as being the most expansive book on East Alban history until 1010. In Legends and Truth, he collected the most important, and probably the most realistic, legends of that time into one encyclopaedia.

In what is now East Alba, the original inhabitants were four main tribes: the Mudd tribe (in the southwest), the Addacom tribe (in the southeast), the Orny tribe (in the West), and the Shawlu tribe (in the center of the region). Historians sometimes refer to these tribes collectively, simply as the Four Tribes. The four tribes mostly lived together in peace and traded with each other.

East Alban Tribes

In 354, they formed an alliance with each other to fight together against their common enemy, Valicia, who often invaded Addacom, wreaking havoc among the Addacomites. Early Valicians also abducted numerous children from the Four Tribes.

In 356, the war ended with a victory for the Four Tribes. However, the victory was also the beginning of an alliance between the Four Tribes and Valicia. The conquerers brought the Valician technology into the Four Tribes, increasing the standard of living of the Four Tribes peoples; especially in the areas of healthcare and technical technology, which were copied and resulting in the Four Tribes establishing a unique civilization. The capital of this civilization was called Berl, which means swamp lands. The exact location of Berl is not known, but historians assume that it must have been in the south, in the great swamp lands of New Wales. In 373 the town of Berl already had about 20,000 inhabitants and the central temple was built there. Each of the four tribes --Mudd, Addacom, Orny, and Sawlu-- were monotheistic, believing in a single deity they called Eyschey. It is assumed that this is a short form for Eyeh asher eyeh the name of the Jewish God. It is also believed that the East Alban tribes are descendants of the 10 north Israeli tribes, so that the temple in Berl would be the East Alban version of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem.

During the following years a religious rift began between the Orny tribe and the remaining Four Tribes nations. The rift centered around the question of rebirth. The Orny tribe believed that the soul dies as soon as the body dies, while the other tribes believed that the soul is immortal, irrespective of physical death. The rift soon spiraled into a civil war and the Orny tribe built its own temple and invaded the Shawlu tribe in 534, conquering and annexing the Shawlu Nation. In the same year the army of the Orny tribe invaded the two southern tribes. Now, Valicia supported the Mudd and Addacom tribe and the civil war became a war of international importance. The final battle took place at the Wehr-Hill in New Wales, where the southern tribes built their largest castle. The war ended with a victory for the Orny, and its army marshalled to Berl and completely razed the city, killing all male men and children as well.

In 600, the Orny tribe established the first kingdom what was to become East Alba. The King became the high priest of the Orny temple called Daniel Yeshey Melem (Daniel, God's King), who just was 9 years old at this time. In short, King Daniel was a tyrant, oppressing his people and using armed force as an instrument of national policy. He ruled the East Alban kingdom for 51 years until his death in 651. After his death a second civil war broke out due to a weak successor.

In 666, the former southern tribes of Mudd and Addacom formed a new tribe and established their own kingdom. This Kingdom was allied with Valicia, which grew very fast in the last years, so that the Orny kingdom did not dare to invade the southern kingdom. At the end of the 7th century, the Kingdom of Orny was suffering from a severe famine, which resulted in the dissolution of the Kingdom into several small city-states. In 787, the king of the southern kingdom died, soon after, the Kingdom began to break apart, so that by 788, the Southern Kingdom was nothing but a memory and the civilization of the four East Alban tribes ceased to exist. Until 1010, the city-states were not able to establish a nation-state, often forming alliances and invading each other, but none were able to become dominant state in East Alba These 200 years were a very rough time. Especially for the population living in the countryside and working on the farms and in the mines. Illnesses, wars and other crimes killed about one third of the population in the area. This also caused a complete loss of what the East ALban people had achieved in the last 500 years.

Act of Unity, Germanization & Christianization (1010 until 1701)

In 1010, there were more than 50 small states in East Alba. In the same year, an army of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nations arrived in East Alba and conquered a small land-strip at the southern coast. The native inhabitants called these strangers Goy Zarah, which means an unreligious stranger and were everything but happy about their arrival. For a long time after there were no more direct confrontations between the native East Albans and the Germans. In almost 40 years the Germans made the small land-strip to an economic well-developed area and built the town of Sankt Saßnitz (Saint Sassnitz), and to defend the area, two castles. Even today Sankt Saßnitz still is the 2nd most important habour city in the country and one of its largest industrial agglomerations.

The fact that suddenly these unreligious strangers collected an unbelievably large amount of wealth made the native inhabitants of East Alba angry and soon a guerrilla warfare broke out. Due to the split of East Alba in several small states there was no large army, which was able to fight against the Germans, so the only fights that took place were East Alban farmers against German soldiers. Often Sankt Saßnitz itself and the surroundings were attacked by the farmers who stole mostly money, domesticated animals and food in general. In 1059, after almost 50 years of guerrilla warfare, the Germans put their interest on expanding their territory yet again, invading several small states in the south and pushing a huge wave of refugees forwards. This emigration is written down in one of the most famous East Alban poems, which was written in 1073:

Medieval Sankt Saßnitz

Tränen des Vaterlandes
Wir sind doch nunmehr ganz, ja mehr denn ganz vertrieben
Die Fremden kamen und haben geklaut, uns're Männer aufgerieben
Das Schwert ist fett vom ganzen Blut und niemand kann's ertragen
Tausend Jahre Vaterland haben wir im Staub vergraben
Die Türme brennen, die Städte auch, der Hafen ist ersoffen
Nun sin' 'ma hier und ziehen fort, worauf können wir noch hoffen?

Final Battle in Gloria

Tears of the Fatherland
Now we are completely, even more that this chased away
The stranges came and stole, our men were killed
The knife is full of blood and nobody can take it
Tousand years fatherland we have burried in the dust
The towers burn, the cities too, the habour is drowned
Now we're here, moving away, what can we still hope for?

This poem illustrates how the Germans conquered the East Alban states. The towns they had conquered, were destroyed, as were many men killed; the people who remained, were hunted and tortured. During the following 150 years, about three-fourths of the native population emigrated to neighbouring countries. Especially in Valicia they found a new home. This wave of emigration was the largest one that Atlantica Alba had seen in its early history. More than 250,000 people left their homes and fleed from the Germans. Out of the fourth fourth, that stayed in East Alba, survived about one half. So in the last 300 years East Alba lost more than 90% of its native population due to illnesses and wars.
In 1209 an alliance finally was formed between the 19 East Alban city states that still existed to fight against the Germans. After four years the large East Alban army was founded and marched into the German areas and had a fiew victories in the Vandalen (An area full of hills in the north) and in the swamp lands next to the Vandalen. The german army with its heavy armery neither was able to fight in swampy areas nor to react fast enough to react to the rapidly moving East Alban army in the hills. The final battle took place in 1213. About 100,000 native East Albans and Valicians fought against 60,000 Germans. The battle ended with a victory for the Germans and 80,000 dead East Albans. On that battlesite, the Germans founded a monastery and called it Gloria. The surviviors were mostly punished and were brought to Germany as slaves and workers. About 5,000 stayed in Gloria and were forced to learn German in that monastery and had to become Christians. During this wars the Germans had almost killed all native East Albans. Only a few thousand survived the Germanization. Nowadays Gloria belongs to the Maewydd-Addacom metropolitan area, and is home of the country's largest memorial. On August 1st in 1214, one year after the final battle the leaders of the native East Albans came to Sankt Saßnitz and were required to disarm themselves to the Governor of German East Alba as a symbol of surrender. That day is known as Act of Unity because it was the first time since 666 that one country composed the whole East Alban area. They called this united country 'German Alba' to make its links to the German Empire clear. Still today August 1st is the national holiday of East Alba.

Sankt Saßnitz, the white 'Act of Unity Hall' (right) and the black St. Mary's Church (left)

In the following 500 years German Alba became an important economic and cultural extension of the German Empire. In the beginning 1350s the cities of Böhlingen Haven and Friedrichsburg even became members of the Hansa Teutonica, the German Hanseatic League. Sankt Saßnitz didn't become a member of the league because the local economy still was based on armery while the economies of Böhlingen Haven and Friedrichsburg grew rapidly in many different economoc sectors. The population grew fast and soon many new cities were built such as Friedrichsburg (Fredrick's Castle), Frankfurt am Speyer, Velten and Bad Heiligensee. These 500 years also known as the longest peace-time period German Alba ever had because there were no more wars taking place in that time. But for the native population this time was everything but peaceful. Even though the war officially had ended they still had to suffer a lot and had to give up their roots. The languages and the religion of the tribes were forbidden in German East Alba. By forbidding Jewish people doing any other work than making clothes a lot of them were urged to become Christians so that the old religion soon was forgotten and German Alba a Christian country. The first Jews resettled in that area in the 17th century in the HaKartel-Area in New Wales.

Prussian Colonization and the 2nd German Empire (1701 until 1918)

In 1701, Prussia became a kingdom and therefore German Alba became a part of that German kingdom as present of the Emperor for the Prussian King. King Friedrich I visited East Alba for the first time in 1703 and explained the will to build a new capital. Treptow, back than a small village of about 500 inhabitants, was chosen to become the new capital of the province and thereby Sankt Saßnitz lost its status as the capital after about 650 years. In Treptow Friedrich I built the

Friedrichstadtpalast in Treptow

Friedrichstadt; old city center of Treptow with the CHRONOS-listed English Gardens

Friedrichstadtpalast (the royal palace), the English Gardens, which are listed in the CHRONOS, the German Cathedral and the new Mausoleum. These buildings still belong to the largest and cultural most important buildings in the whole country. In the following years, Treptow grew very fast and soon had 70.000 inhabitants - a large city for these times. Friedrich I died in 1713, not seeing his projects completed. Even though his projects led Prussia and East Alba nearly into a financial chaos, he still is quite popular in East Alba and therefore the historical city center of Treptow is still known as "Friedrichstadt" (Fredrick's Town).

After the death of Friedrich I, his son, Friedrich Wilhelm I, became King of Prussia. He despised everything his father had done and his character and kind of leadership differed very much from those of his father. He ruled the kingdom in a very citizen-friendly way and saved much money by selling royal furniture and diamonds, as well as reducing the size of the royal budget and the size of the army. Even though he hated spending money on senseless things he decided to built a new capital in East Alba. After just ten years after Treptow became capital he built a new capital in the north-east of the country. He called the city "Wilhelmstadt" and made it to the industrial heart of the country and home of its largest university. Because of the missing of any large and royal buildings the city never had the same golden and prompy atmosphere as Treptow or Sankt Saßnitz though. In the time Friedrich Wilhelm I ruled the country, the army became very strong, even though the size had been reduced by about one fourth. He achieved this aim by giving the soldiers a special training and good-quality armaments. The army was never engaged in any wars by Friedrich Wilhelm I himself. During his leadership the Jewish community grew rapidly, especially since his government started a few programs to settle down Jewish families in the country because they were known for being very good traders, bankiers and civil servants. About the half of the government of Friedrich Wilhelm I was Jewish and thereby Wilhelmstadt became the second largest Jewish community in German Alba. He died in 1740 and was the first Prussian king, that was buried in German Alba. His coffin is put in the large Wilhelm Mausoleum at the east cap of Wilhelmstadt, one of the only large buildings that were built in the name of Friedrich Wilhelm I. The Mausoleum belongs to the most famous sights in East Alba and attracts about 1 Million visitors per year. Especially for the pro-German parties it is a symbol for the German culture in East Alba and a highlight in East Alban architecture.

In 1740, Friedrich II, also known as Friedrich der Große (Frederick the Great), became King of Prussia and East Alba. He is mostly known for his affection of poetry and music, which made his relationship to his father Friedrich Wilhelm I very complicated. But in the way of ruling the country he was quite similar to his father. He didn't spend money on extravagant projects and preferred that the army espouse quality over quantity. Even though he visited East Alba very often to put some space between himself and the

Old City Hall of Böhlingen Haven; burned down in 1769

troubles going on in Prussia proper, he never realized large projects in the country. There are only two buildings of cultural importance that were built during his leadership: The large Wilhelm Memorial Cathedral in Wilhelmstadt, to honour his father and the New City Hall in Böhlingen Haven. Friedrich II always prefered being in Böhlingen Haven during his visits but he never made the city the capital. Böhlingen Haven back then was known for being a city with lots of green areas and free of any trouble. In East Alba he was the first king to regulate the country in a bureaucratic way. In 1757 he made a census which had shown, that back then, German Alba had about 1.1 million inhabitants and that Wilhelmstadt was, with about 200,000 inhabitants, the largest city in the country. In addition to his cultural affection he also used the strong army his father had established in German Alba. He invaded Valicia and conquered the area around the town of Llwlhyma. This area was known of being full of natual resources, such as iron and coal. In 1772 Prussia became a sovereign kingdom and therefore East Alba a part of a European superpower again. In the years he ruled East Alba the Jewish community aswell as the Welsh community (the former East Alban tribes) had a climax of emancipation and social equality. He gave these two minorities the rights to settle wherever they liked and to do every job, except serving in the army. But still Jewish people mostly worked as traders and civil servants. Due to a reform taking place in 1780 the area of German Alba was shared into three Margraviats; the Northern Margraviate, the Western Margraviate and the Southern Margraviate. Even though these Margraviats had the possibility to decide some things on their own they still were completely dependent to the Prussian Kingdom. In general the Federal States East Alba got nowadays are based on these Margraviates. The Southern Margraviate is known as New Wales today though and the capital Böhlingen Haven symbolizes as free capital an own state. Another part of the reform was that three cities became free imperial cities and thereby important spots for the whole German area in Atlantica Alba and Europe. These three cities were Bad Heiligensee, Frankfurt am Speyer and Friedrichsburg. Friedrich II died in 1786 in Potsdam (suburban Berlin). His death shocked the country, especially since he died without producing an heir, but also because he was the most popular leader German Alba ever had. Today he is honoured in many different ways. For instance, the central airport in the Hanseatic City of Böhlingen Haven is called "Frederick II, King of Prussia International Airport" and the largest street in the city is called "Friedrichsdamm" (Frederick's Avenue). But the largest honour is the fact that his quotaion, Ich bin der erste Diener des Staates (I am the first server of the state), still is known as the raison of the East Alban parliament.

In 1786, his nephew Friedrich Wilhelm II became King of Prussia. He was known of doing nothing sensefull for the country. In his 53 years long leadership he never visited German Alba and therefor is the most unpopular King German Alba ever had. He died in 1797 and after his death the people of German Alba hoped for a King, who knows how to rule a kingdom.
In 1797, his son Friedrich Wilhelm III became King. He was known for being very shy and talking in a very simple and military way. He was the king who established the compulsory military service in Prussia and German Alba for all citizens, Germans, Welshs and Jews. Thereby he wanted to fulfill his duties to fight against the Grand Armée of Napoleon in Europe. His letter "An mein Volk" (To my Nation), which was printed in almost all large newspapers in Prussia and German Alba, was the beginning of the military culture in German Alba which still exists today and still has effects on the modern East Alban Republic. Nearly 150,000 inhabitants of East Alba became a member of the army voluntarily to support the war against France. Friedrich Wilhelm III also established the medal "Eisernes Kreuz" (Iron Cross), which still is the highest medal people can get in Germany and East Alba. He died in 1840 in Berlin. In East Alba he isn't known for constructing large buildings but for giving the nation a new military identity. He established a new school system aswell as compuslory education, which still is in use, reformed the East Alban navy and also established the Gesetz zum Erhalt der Lebensumstände (Law for keeping life standards), which makes sure that every citizen in East Alba had access to free food and water if needed. Nowadays this law still belongs to the East Alban Basic Laws, the country's constitution.

In 1840, Friedrich Wilhelm IV became King. He was the oldest son of Friedrich Wilhelm III and reformed the whole Prussian and German Alban justice-system. He established the protective custody for instance. Because of an illness he had to retreat in 1858 and his brother Wilhelm I became king.

All three parliament buildings were built during the leadership of Wilhelm I.

Wilhelm I is one of the most important kings in the East Alban and German history. He reigned during the Prussian-Danish, Prussian-Austrian and also the Prussian-French wars. Due to his glorious victories in these wars, he became Emperor of the 2nd German Empire in 1871 in Versailles after the victorious Prussian-French war. In German Alba itself he was a great builder and built buildings such as the Great Cathedral in Treptow, the Melwin Gate and the former National Libary (today East Alban Parliament Building) in Böhlingen Haven, the former Orangerie (today Parliament Building of new Wales) in Friedrichsburg, the former Summer's Residence (today Parliament Building of the Westmark) in Velten and the former Opera House in Bad Heiligensee, which is used as parliament building of the Nordmark today. He used to visit East Alba at least once a year until his death in 1888.
His son Friedrich III became King of Prussia and Emperor of the 2nd German Empire in the same year, but died 99 days later. In his life he only visited East Alba once.
His son, Wilhelm II, became King and Emperor in 1888. As was his grandfather before him, Wilhelm III was a great builder and constructed whole districts in a very luxurious and prompy way. The architectural style is called Wilhelminisch and was very popular in Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg, but also in East Alban cities such as Böhlingen Haven, Frankfurt am Speyer, Addacom and Bad Heiligensee. In Böhlingen Haven, you still find many buildings that are of that style. In 1914 he made a speech in which he told to the German people that the army would support Austria-Hungary in its war against the Russian Empire; this is known as the beginning of World War I. In World War I the harbours of East Alba were a very important base of the Imperial German Navy. The position of East Alba made it possible to the German armies to attack France from East and from West. In 1918 Wilhelm II retreated from all positions for now and for the future after the First German Republic (the Weimar Republic) was founded with Weimar as capital. For the rest of his life Wilhelm II lived in German Alban exile in the palace of Bad Heiligensee in the Nordmark.

Bad Precht Treaty and World War Two (1918 until 1945)

With the foundation of the Weimar Republic in Germany, German Alba became a free and independent state after about 900 years of Germanization. The fact that suddenly there wasn't a King ruling the country from Germany led EGerman Alba into a financial, cultural and political crisis. The lack of a strong leader confused the population. In 1919 a national convention took place in Wilhelmstadt what all citizens were allowed to attend. About 5,000 volunteers and elected representives met at Wilhelmplatz, the large central square in the city. They discussed for two weeks and wrote the first republican constitution of the country, the Präambel. But not all citizens were confident with this constitution. The Welsh minority felt unrepresented by the new government and therefore demanded a new constitution, in which their cultural group would be represented in a better way. Their demands were left unheard and that's why the Welsh minority founded the Welsh Republic of Alba in the south of the country. This caused a civil war between the German population and the Welsh population. Some areas in the south of German Alba lost up to one third of their population. The city of Friedrichsburg lost about 50,000 inhabitants out of its original population of 150,000. The civil war ended in 1930 with a surrender of the Welsh state which immediately was re-occupied by the newly established Republic of German Alba.

In the following five years, the government was not able to rule the country in a stable way. The missing of any election thresholds caused a varity of parties in the parliament which resulted in German Alba having eleven different governments in only five years. This might explain why the people of East Alba were looking for a strong leader, which was soon be found in the national socialistic leadership in Germany. In 1933 the NSAAP Nationalsozialistische Albische Arbeiterpartei (National Socialistic Workers' Party of Alba) was founded as sister party of the German NSDAP, or National Socialist German Worker's Party, or as it is commonly known, the Nazi Party of Germany. The totalitarian attitude of this party's ideology attracted many people in German Alba, who recognised it as the legitimate panacea in harsh conditions. That's why the party already had one-fourth of the votes in the German areas. In 1936, the then Imperial German Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, visited Wilhelmstadt and other large cities in the country, this caused a wave of enthusiasm in German Alba and soon the NSAAP reached the absolute majority in 1937. In the same year the government led by the NSAAP and the German government led by the NSDAP met in the small town of Bad Precht east of Böhlingen Haven and drew up the Bad Precht Treaty. Due this treaty German Alba became a part of the 3rd German Empire, also known as Third Reich, completely absorbed by Nazi Germany as Austria and parts of the Czech Republic were two years later . Even today the town of Bad Precht still is the heart of the fascist movement in East Alba and seat of the fascist party.
During World War II, East Alba was a strategic base for the Wehrmacht (Nazi-German military). Especially advantageous for Germany in northern Africa, helping Germany to conquer large areas very quickly. But the fact that German Alba is situated far away from contiguous Germany was its demise at the same time. After D-Day, Germany was not able to defend German Alba anymore and put all energy in defending Germany proper. German Alba was conquered by the United Nations (Allied) Forces within just three days. All large cities suffered immense damage due to widespread bombing. Wilhelmstadt was virtually leveled, and Sankt Saßnitz, Güterslow and Böhlingen Haven were heavily damaged during the war.
During the leadership of the NSAAP, the cultural minorities (Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals, Slavs, Non-Germans) suffered immensly under the East Alban Nazi reign. The fascist regime in East Alba built one concentration camp in 1937. But because of the fact that the news of what's happening to minorities and other-thinkings in Germany made a lot of these unwanted people flee before the concentration camp was finished. Yet again Valicia symbolized a save place for people being hunted in East Alba.

British Occupation and the Federal Republic (1945 until 2010)

After WWII, German Alba stood under British occupation. As in Germany, the main aims of the Allied powers was the De-Nazification of the population and the establishing of a real republican system. Since the former capital Wilhelmstadt was completely destroyed, the British decided to declare the Hanseatic City of Böhlingen Haven the new capital. Böhlingen Haven was also an attractive site due to the relatively low amount of damage inflicted to the city during the war and the central location within the country. Thereby the former National Libary became the new parliamentary building and therefor heart of the new Republic. In 1947 the new constitution was written by the British Occupation Authority together with East Alban specialists and representatives. But the constitution was called Grundgesetz (basic laws) because it only was supposed to be the constitution of the country until the moment that the country can write and own constitution. But the country did not get a new constitution until nowadays. Due to this basic laws the country was called "East Alba" now. They wanted to make a new start and give the country an ethno-neutral name.
In the following years the relationship between the East Alban population and the occupation forces changed and friendship began to grow. Very soon, the people started to see the British forces as helpers and no longer as occupiers. East-Albans started to act like Britons; they began to talk in English and copied elements of the British culture. In 1953 the Federal Republic of East Alba was founded; its seat of power was to be Böhlingen Haven. Cities that were heavily damaged in WWII were repaired, or at the very least, they were cleaned, and the country found a new identity. In 1951, two years before the foundation of the Bundesrepublik, the people even made a bid to become a part of the United Kingdom, but the British Government denied. Three years later in 1954, East Alba again asked to become a member of the Commonwealth but again the request was denied. But the very close relationship between East Alba and the United Kingdom remained. For the Welsh minority in the south it was the first time, that they were really recognized as a part of the country's population. This way of treatement changed in the following decades again and the german majority fell back into the old behaviour and soon the old conflicts between the German majority and the Welsh minority broke out again. But this conflict remained small and did not become a national problem.
The Federal Republic was founded in the borderes before WWII and without the area around Llwlhyma because this area still was internationally recognized as part of Valicia even though Friedrich der Große conquered it 200 years ago. This area was given back to Valicia and the protests of the inhabitants remained unheard. In 1955 a vote took place in which the inhabitants of Llwlhyma and the surrounding areas had to decide whether they want to be a part of East Alba or of Valicia. The poll has shown that about three fourth of the population preferred staying a part of East Alba but of course this vote was internationally not recognized so that the government of Valicia did not accept the area to become East Alban again. Since that day the area is claimed by the Eat Alban government, which says that it's a part of East Alba because of historical and cultural reasons, while the government of Valicia says it's not. The argument still affects the relations between East Alba and Valicia which remains icy.
In the following years the economy of East Alba grew very fast and reached pre-war-level in 1960 and still the economy kept growing so that soon the country achieved full employment and even had to rely on immigration so that the companies would find enough workers. Especially the coal and iron industry, the chemistry industry and the vehicle inudstry was the basic of this 'Economy-Wonder', how the late 50s and 60s are known in East Alba. The creator of this grow was the Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who was chancellor between 1957 and 1969. He was the 2nd Federal Chancellor and until today the only one who remained chancellor for 3 legislative sessions. He attracted lots of international, and especially german, companies to build factories in East Alba. The country had a low earn-level and low taxes and was able to produce needed recources on its own, so that an import of recources, such as iron and steel, was not needed. These years were also the time when the cities got rebuilt and East Alba made first own steps on the international parkett.
in the beginning 80s East Alba had its first economy crisis. The fact that the country's economy relied almost only on heavy industry caused the country to become an unimportant economy in the new high-tech world. The country suddenly had to import more goods than it produced itself. Especially the import of computer-technology, other high-tech technology and oil brought the country into an economiy and financial crisis. The Federal Republic made depts it couldn't take anymore so that taxes rised and soon first companies left the country and the unemployment rised. In 1985 East Alba had a 15% unemployment-rate yet. This is a crisis the country never completely recovered from, because even in the 2000s the country had almost no own high-tech industry. Between 1980 and 2000 the economy lost 10%. The financial crisis of 2001/2002 even increased this effect. Within the following 5 years the country lost further 8% of its economy and the unemployment rate soon rised above 25%. The negativ-trend stoped in 2008 for the first time for almost 30 years. Especially the joining of the SCJU in 2007 and the linked financial helps and new trade contacts made the economy grow by 0.8% in 2008. This doesn't seem to be much but for a country which was used to lose about the same amount of economy per year it was a great success. In 2009 the economy grew by 1.2% and the unemployment rate in December 2009 was at 24.7%. But within the country there are huge differences in matters of wealth. The four metropolitain areas of Böhlingen Haven, Maewydd-Addacom, Fankfurt am Speyer and Bad Heiligen are the only ones to be claimed as rich. The farther you get away from these areas the poorer does the population get. Cities such as Wilhelmstadt, Güterslow and Friedrichsburg are known for being very poor and having imense economic and financial problems. Also the population in small villages and towns in the countryside is poor and mostly unemployed or has to rely on self-farming. East Alba also has problems in matters of communication. Internet isn't aviable everywhere and fast Internet such as DSL only in large cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants.