Friedrichländer

The Great empire of Friedrichländer Das Große Reich der Friedrichländer
1651–1779
Flag
Motto: Niemals aufgeben "Never surrender"
Anthem: Der Marsch des Adlers "The March of the Eagle"
Capital	Christopherbucht
Common languages	Gadori
Religion	Catholic Church
Government	Military dictatorship
General
• 1651-1702	Friedrich Meyer I
• 1702-1752	Friedrich Meyer II
• 1752-1759	Dominik Ehmann
• 1759–1779	Friedrich Meyer III
Historical era	The time of uniting
• "Established"	1651
• "Disestablished"	1779
Preceded by Gadorien
Today part of	Canton River Delta
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The Great empire of Friedrichländer was a nation in the west of modern day Canton River Delta that excisted between the years of 1651-1779.

History

The Friedrichländer Civil war

The Friedrichländer Civil war
File:Battle of the plains.png Painting of the Battle of the plains
Date 10th April 1752 - 6th September 1759 Location Friedrichländer Result The house of Meyer was reinstated back into power. Großer Sambac broke away from Friedrichländer to form a new independent nation.
Belligerents
Meyer Friedrichländer	Ehmann Friedrichländer Großer Sambac
Commanders and leaders
Friedrich Meyer III	Dominik Ehmann Baruch Bahorok
Strength
24,000 Troops 4000 Cavalary	15,000 Troops 2000 Cavalary 10,000 armed liberated slaves
Casualties and losses
3,500	6,000

The Friedrichländer Civil war was the second biggest war in all of Friedrichländer history. The war started when Friedrich Meyer II died and his second in command, Dominik Ehmann, took power and burned the former Generals will so that his son could have no power to his new won power.

The battle of the plains was one of the biggest battles of the war. It began on 1754 12 January when a Meyer cavalry detachment attacked an ill prepared group of Ehmann soldiers. Word of this came back to Dominik Ehmann who mustered his forces and took his troops to the battle. Friedrich Meyer III, hearing of his success against the small group of Ehmann soldiers took his main corps of his cavalry and left to engage.

War of the last stand

War of the last stand
File:Battle of the red bay.png Painting of the Battle of the red bay
Date TBA Location Friedrichländer Result Friedrichländer was conquered by Canton River Delta.
Belligerents
Friedrichländer	Ehmann Friedrichländer Rebels Großer Sambac Canton River Delta
Commanders and leaders
Friedrich Meyer III	Leopold Ehmann Baruch Bahorok Yao Shi
Strength
17,000 Troops	5,000 Rebels 6,500 Troops 45,000 Troops
Casualties and losses
8,200	5,800

The War of the last stand was the last war that Friedrichländer fought. After the war the nation no longer existed due to being incorporated into Canton River Delta.

Incorporation into CRD

The incorporation into CRD was for some easier that other. Supporters of the former General Dominik Ehmann were happy to welcome the Cantonese as their new rulers for they Aligned them self with the progressive east. The slaves who were now freed by the Cantonese were happy to see them as their new rulers for the Cantonese promised equality for all and they kept their promise.

On the contrary the supporters of General Friedrich Meyer III were stance opponents of the Cantonese and wanted them gone as fast as possible. They protested against the new government and even tried to assassinate the new governor of Christopherbucht. All this lead to a counter revolution where the Meyers tried to break free from CRD and form an independent country again. But this plan feel trough due to the troops that were stationed in Christopherbucht. The rebels tried to fight but in the first and last battle of the short lived rebellion their leader, Friedrich Meyer III, died.

With this the last large organist opposition against CRD was gone. There were some small groups who wanted the Cantonese gone but never again that would threaten the new prefectures.

Politics and Government

Friedrichländer was a stated that was founded by Gadori general Friedrich Meyer I. When the Gadori government sold the colonies to CRD the general refused to go back to Gadorien and set up his own state with himself as the ruler. The General has absolute power and the title was a hierarchical one.

Generals

List of Generals

Name of the General	In office	Coat of arms	House	Note	Picture
Friedrich Meyer I	1651-1702		Meyer	First General of Friedrichländer. Founded the nation to keep his position and land that should have been given to CRD.
Friedrich Meyer II	1702-1752			TBA
Dominik Ehmann	1752-1759		Ehmann	Took power after that dead of Friedrich Meyer II that lead to a civil war. Abolished slavery in Friedrichländer.
Friedrich Meyer III	1759–1779		Meyer	Reinstated slavery in Friedrichländer and was the last General of Friedrichländer after it was conquered in 1779 by Cantonese troops.

Dominik Ehmann

Flag of Friedrichländer during the house of Ehmann

Dominik Ehmann was the only general that wasn't from the house of Meyer. This was because he took power when Maximilian Meyer II died and burned his will so Maximilian Meyer III wound't have a claim to his power. He was in power for 7 years until when in 1759 Friedrich Meyer III killed him in battle.

He was known as a gentile ruler for his love of the arts and his hatred of the dark subject of slavery. When he was in power, slavery was Abolished only to be reinstated by Friedrich Meyer III.

Military

Friedrichländer was a nation with a big and modern army modeld afther the former Gadori amry they themself where apart of.

Naval forces

Painting of the SHS Helen, SHS Marina and SHS Vicky

The navy of Friedrichländer was a fairly small one with only 10 ships. 1 schooner, 6 sloops and 3 Junks.