Reichskommissariat Kaukasien

Reichskommissariat Kaukasien
The flag of Reichskommissariat Kaukasien
Location of Reichskommissariat Kaukasien in Einheitspakt
Official name	Reichskommissariat Kaukasien
Common name	R.K. Kaukasien, Kaukasien, Kaukasus
Tag	CAU
Language(s)	German (official), Georgian, Azeri, Armenian, Russian, Chechen, Abkhaz, Ossetian, Adyghe, Avar, Taylsh (unofficial)
Capital	Katharinastadt (Yekaterinodar)
Government/party	National Socialist German Workers' Party
Ideology	Rosenbergite Tendency
Faction	Einheitspakt (as an Autonomous Reichskommissariat)
Currency	Reichsmark
Established	1941

Reichskommissariat Kaukasien (also spelt Kaukasus) is a colony of the Greater Germanic Reich comprised of most of the North Caucasus (formerly part of the Russian SFSR), the entirety of the former Azeri SSR and most of the Georgian SSR.

Geography

Kaukasien is bordered by Reichskommissariat Moskowien to the north, the Republic of Turkey and the Imperial State of Iran to the south. It is a largely mountainous region, with plains in the north. Kaukasien is rich in natural resources and as such is used as a mining colony by the Germans. The unrestricted industrialization and mining has caused Kaukasien to be heavily polluted and covered in smog, leading to its unflattering nickname "the Black State" (along with the lack of information leaving the country).

Politics

National spirits

Memories of the Tiflis Three	Stability: -20.00% Effect of Partisans on Us: +25.00% The Tfilis Three were the leaders of the Transcaucasian Soviet, a partisan group who launched an organized uprising during the West Russian War. They were captured and publicly hanged in 1961, but much to the Reichskommissar's consternation, the natives have turned them into martyrs and lionized their cause.
Das Bergbaureich	Resource Gain Efficiency: +50.00% Research Speed: -10.00% Fuel Gain per Oil: +10.00% Kaukasien is renowned not for its land, but for what lies beneath it. The earth offers up endless rivers of oil and tons upon tons of metals and minerals, and the German occupiers partake deeply and greedily in the bounty.
Shipments to the Reich	Fuel Gain per Oil: -25.00% While Ukraine may be the breadbasket of the Reich, Kaukasien is its gas tank. After taking what is necessary to function, the Kaukasian administration forwards all of its resources and profits to the Reich, to the tune of millions of Reichsmarks a day.
A Stratified Society	Daily Political Power Gain: -0.25 Recruitable Population Factor: -75% Stability: +5.00% A hierarchy of sorts has arisen in the Reichskommissariat. At the bottom are the "three loathsome pests," Georgians, Armenians, and Circassians, all loathed by the Germans for their continued rebelliousness. Above them are the other ethnic minorities, only slightly less disdained. Then come the German skilled laborers and their families, and on top sit the bureaucracy and army, thoroughly dominated by Josias's men.

At some point, Paul Pleiger (National Socialism) can replace Josias as Reichskommissar. Then, the spirit A Stratified Society would change into:

Slipping Stratification

Daily Political Power Gain: -0.10 Recruitable Population Factor: -60% As time goes on, it seems that there are more opportunities for non-Aryans in the Reichskommissariat's society. Where one may have only once found German engineers and bureaucrats, there is occasionally an Avar or a Chechen pushing pencils. While these advancements are stil meager, some take it as a sign that minorities may learn to live peacefully under the Reich's close watch.