Nation of Siberia
Nation of Siberia (Nationalstaat Sibirien)
“The Frozen Outpost of the Reich.”
Overview
The Nation of Siberia is a puppet state under German control, established in 1945 after the total disintegration of the Soviet Union. Situated between the volatile Reichskommissariat Moskowien to the west and the loosely organized Confederation of the Urals to the east, Siberia functions less as a sovereign nation and more as a vast buffer zone. It is one of the least developed territories under Reich administration, plagued by harsh climate, low population density, and constant insurgent activity.
Despite these challenges, the state is officially recognized as a “brother nation” to the Confederation of the Urals, with whom it shares limited economic ties and nominal ideological alignment under German oversight.
Leadership and Governance
The state is led by Georg Otto Hermann Balk, a loyal German colonial official and former Wehrmacht officer with strong ties to the SS. Balk acts as Nationalkommissar, ruling through emergency powers granted by the Reich Ministry for the East.
Local governance is practically nonexistent. Power rests in the hands of military administrators, SS security detachments, and colonial police forces.
Siberia is essentially a military-governed colony, a staging ground for resource extraction, deportation centers, and forced settlement.
Social and Economic Conditions
- Infrastructure is minimal, with only a handful of rail lines, airstrips, and labor camps.
- Colonists, mostly ethnic Germans and collaborators from Eastern Europe, are brought in under harsh conditions.
- The region is rich in timber, minerals, and uranium, but logistics and sabotage limit their extraction.
- Known among Reich officials as the “White Tomb” due to extreme mortality and isolation.
Insurgency and Instability
The Green Army and other leftist partisan groups are highly active in the forests and mountains:
- Sabotaging railroads and ambushing military convoys.
- Liberating forced laborers and burning SS outposts.
- Spreading agrarian-socialist propaganda, gaining limited support even among German settlers.
Efforts by the SS and SD to eradicate them have had little success. The geography, combined with poor morale among the garrison, leaves large areas effectively beyond Reich control.
Strategic Role and Relationships
- With Moskowien: Shares intelligence and military aid in counterinsurgency operations.
- With the Confederation of the Urals: Maintains a symbolic "brotherly alliance", though Siberia remains under tighter German control.
- With Berlin: Considered a low-priority colonial zone, valuable only for its raw materials and use as a penal frontier.
Current Situation (1946)
Under the rule of Nationalkommissar Balk, the Nation of Siberia continues to exist in a state of militarized stagnation. Its administration is held together by a thin layer of German officers, colonial propaganda, and brutal repression. Yet behind the frozen frontlines, resistance grows, and the myth of a pacified East is slowly unraveling.
