Reichskommissariat Ukraine

Reichskommissariat Ukraine
The flag of Reichskommissariat Ukraine
Location of Reichskommissariat Ukraine in Einheitspakt
Official name	Reichskommissariat Ukraine
Common name	R.K. Ukraine, Ukraine
Tag	UKR
Language(s)	German (official), Ukrainian, Russian
Capital	Kiew (Kyiv)
Government/party	National Socialist German Workers' Party - Eastern Work Area (AOdNSDAP)
Ideology	National Socialism
Faction	Einheitspakt (as an Autonomous Reichskommissariat)
Head of state	Reichskommissar Erich Koch
Currency	Reichsmark
Established	1941

Reichskommissariat Ukraine is a colony of the Greater Germanic Reich, that is located in former Soviet Ukraine. It borders Reichskommissariat Moskowien and Reichskommissariat Ostland to the north, the General Governorate of the Vistula to the west, the Kingdom of Romania, and German Crimea to the south and Reichskommissariat Kaukasien to the south-east. The colony is led by Reichskommissar Erich Koch and the Arbeitsbereich Osten der NSDAP, a section of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.

National Spirits

The Breadbasket of the Reich Military Spending Factor: -30.00% (at the start) Stability: -14.00% -7.00% From government control -7.00% From Desolation Resource Gain Efficiency: +3.10% +10.10% From Explotation -7.00% from Desolation GDP Growth: +1.20% +0.80% From 8 Development Levels +0.54% From Exploitation -0.14% From Desolation Monthly Population: -12.00% -5.00% From Exploitation -7.00% From Desolation Civilian Spending Factor: -15.00% Daily Command Power Gain: +0.25 Since the Reich's great triumph in the east, Ukraine has been the breadbasket of the Reich and its allies in the Pakt. With its cities starved and its industries reduced to rubble following the Second World War and the Hunger Plan, agriculture was all Ukraine had left. Ukraine is still hopelessly dependent on agriculture twenty years later, despite small developments in other sectors. It will remain so, as that is what the Reich wants. The Breadbasket will continue on, harvesting, exploiting, and killing forever.

Land of Contrasts Daily Political Power Gain: +0.25 Administrative Efficiency Monthly Change: -1.00 Political Parties Policy Monthly Rate: -0.25 Daily Command Power Gain: -0.25 Reichskommissariat Ukraine is divided. Not just between the Germans who rule the land and the Ukrainians who are ruled, but within the halls of power as well. Erich Koch stands for hardline National Socialist policy, for ruthless colonization and exploitation, for unending violence, but there are many within the Reichskommissariat who see things differently. Leibbrandt's gang of Rosenbergite academics and collaborators. Ohlendorf's and his allies in the SS. Bräutigam's small but growing liberal clique. All propose a different vision for National Socialism, for Ukraine. Koch is surrounded by men who oppose him, but the question remains. Will they ever amount to anything?

Paradise Undone Monthly Population: -10.0% Recruitable Population Factor: -75% Stability: -10% War Support: -20.00% Partisan Desolation and Exploitation Modifer: +25.00% Partisan Control Every Activity Cycle: +0.60% Annual GDP Growth Factor: -25.00% Taxable Population Factor: -25.00% Poverty Monthly Change: -0.03 Cannot train units, disband units, or edit unit templates. Ukraine was promised to be a paradise for the Aryan people. A lush land where one would not need lift a finger to reap great wealth, and where the future of Germany could be built in the sun by her sons. A humble Aryan man, with a peaceful farm for his family, free from all of the degeneracy of urban life. Life as it was meant to be. The dream died a slow, painful death. Millions were slaughtered. Cities were left to rot. German settlements continue to be endangered. Endless partisan warfare has rendered Ukraine a hellscape. Poverty, pain, and misery all around. Ukraine is dying. Or already dead.

Cabinet

Cabinet member	Role	Ideology	Trait(s) and effects
Georg Leibbrandt	Head of government	National Socialism	Disgruntled Politician: Political Power Gain: -20%
Hans Otto Bräutigam	Foreign minister	Reformed National Socialism	For Voice of Conscience: War Support: -10.00% Ideology Drift Defense: -15.0% Needed Consumer Goods: +2.50%
Richard Wagner	Economy minister	National Socialism	Colonial Exploiter: Resource Gain Efficiency: +10.00% Production Units to GDP Ratio Modifier: +2.50% Poverty Monthly Change: -0.01
Otto Ohlendorf	Security minister	National Socialism	Self Righteous Prussian: Monthly Population: -5.0% Stability: +10.00% Daily Command Power Gain: +0.30 Partians Control Every Activity Cycle: -0.60%

Flags

Flags
Flag	Country Name	Ideologies	Notes
	Reichskommissariat Ukraine	National Socialism Rosenbergite Tendency Reformed National Socialism
	Ukrainian National Republic	Naturalised National Socialism	Granted nominal independence by Georg Leibbrandt
	People's Directorate of Ukraine	National Socialism	Dutch East Company takeover

Trivia

• The RK Ukraine dev diary during early development showed several old paths for Ukraine, none of which survived to release:
  • Alfred Fraufenfeld's path was focused on taking the Crimean peninsula from Germany during their civil war and dealing with the OUN, either through compromise or by outlawing them. Frauenfeld is now a potential leader in Gotenland.
  • Hans-Adolf Prützmann was described as being "twice as ruthless as Koch", in which he would've restarted Germanization pograms in Ukraine and can even invade the Generalgouvernement to steal more slaves. Prützmann now only plays a much more minor role in Ukraine's story.
  • Theodor Oberländer was a reformist leader, who would've granted more liberalization to the native Ukrainians and even possibly stepped down to give them their independence. In the release version, Oberländer has been moved to the Reich proper as the President of the Reichstag, can be appointed Reichskommissar of Ukraine by Bormann, and is rewritten to be the leader of Speer's hardliner opposition rather than an outright liberal.
  • Alfred Rosenberg was an unorthodox Nazi who could've taken power by either being invited by Oberländer or couping the government if their treatment of the natives got too cruel. Once in power, Rosenberg would've focused on reducing Nazi influence in Ukraine and the rest of Eastern Europe, promoting cooperation between Germans and Slavs.
  • Erich Koch can survive his assassination and go further down the deep end, amplifying his genocidal rule and even allying himself with Heydrich's Germany or Himmler's Burgundy.
• In the original lore, the only separatist faction in Ukraine was the OUN, which was divided between the Melnykites led by Andriy Melnyk and the Banderites led by Stepan Bandera. At one point in the extremists would openly revolt against the Germans, igniting a 2 sided civil war. The OUN (m) no longer has a path, while the OUN (b) is now led by Dmytro Klyachkivsky after Bandera's death in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.