Ostania and Westalis
Ostania is east Germany - Ost means east in Germany ,
Westalis is west germany , for obvious reasons .
Berlint is Berlin .
The period is the 50-60 Cold War period, espically the 60s , the height of cold war.
The map of ostania and westalis overlaps east and west germany .
Unlike East Germany, Ostanian society is a Capitalistic one.
And Berlint, unlike Berlin, is not divided among the Allied Nations
Also, the two nations went through a War like the Korean War; the western and eastern Counterpart of a divided nation going through a fratricidal war. And is still at active cold war.
It is particular reference to the Berlin War between East and West Germany, and throwing in some Cold War and World War II animosity in the process. In this scenario, Westalis represents the Federal Republic of Germany of the West, and Ostania, therefore, symbolizes the Eastern component - German Democratic Republic (GDR) , (although the two nations seems to have always been separate states.)
After World War II, West Germany relied on the assistance of the USA, UK, and France, and espionage was definitely a thing of reality, while East Germany had Kgb laison officers and USSR with them .
I wonder if the eastern borders of Ostania are the Lausitzer Neiße like our timeline or if they have kept their Glatzer Neiße borders.
Westalis and Ostania are either one country or two countries with common cultural heritage. Or atleast was in past ...
There is a lot of evidence which supports this. For example, the two have speak the same language, have the same lullabies, and refer to each other with alike terms. For example, Hugaria is referred to as 'Hugaria'
The countries of Westalis and Ostania are at war due to a long history of political and cultural differences, with the ultimate goal of unifying the two nations .
While Westalis is depicted as a relatively free and open country, Ostania has a more authoritarian government, relying on a powerful secret police to maintain control. The conflict is further fueled by a desire for unification and a deep-seated animosity between the two nations.
So far as viewers can tell, Westalians have a lot more freedom than their neighbors do, however, without seeing much of the country firsthand, it is hard to know for sure. The assassination of a Westalian diplomat in episode 1 could be evidence that Ostania does not conform to the idea of peaceful relations, or an attempt to control the spread of information that said diplomat wished to share.
It is important to note that there is a strong materialistic nature to the influential Westalian representative, which is indicative that the country may not be as innocent as viewers assume, as their leaders are clearly fueled by greed.
In East Germany was Stasi, The Stasi, short for Staatssicherheit (State Security), was the East German Ministry for State Security, a notorious secret police and intelligence agency. It existed from 1950 to 1990, playing a crucial role in maintaining the communist regime. The Stasi was known for its vast surveillance network, employing both full-time staff and an extensive network of informants to monitor and suppress dissent.
The Stasi was responsible for internal security, intelligence gathering, and counterintelligence within East Germany.
Surveillance: It had a massive surveillance apparatus, using informants and advanced technology to monitor the lives of ordinary citizens. Suppression of dissent: The Stasi actively suppressed opposition to the East German government and the ruling Socialist Unity Party (SED). Methods: Their tactics included harassment, intimidation, imprisonment, and even forced disappearances. Impact: The Stasi's actions had a profound impact on East German society, creating a climate of fear and distrust. Dissolution: The Stasi was disbanded after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany in 1990.
Particularly singled out were the former members of the Stasi, the East German secret police, who previously had considered themselves the "shield and sword" of the party. When the regime collapsed, the Stasi had 102,000 full-time officers and noncommissioned personnel on its rolls, including 11,000 members of the ministry's own special guards regiment. Between 1950 and 1989, a total of 274,000 persons served in the Stasi. The Gestapo had 40,000 officials watching a country of 80 million, while the Stasi employed 102,000 to control only 17 million." One might add that the Nazi terror lasted only twelve years, whereas the Stasi had four decades in which to perfect its machinery of oppression, espionage, and international terrorism and subversion.
To ensure that the people would become and remain submissive, East German communist leaders saturated their realm with more spies than had any other totalitarian government in recent history. The Soviet Union's KGB employed about 480,000 full-time agents to oversee a nation of 280 million, which means there was one agent per 5,830 citizens. Using Wiesenthal's figures for the Nazi Gestapo, there was one officer for 2,000 people. The ratio for the Stasi was one secret policeman per 166 East Germans. When the regular informers are added, these ratios become much higher: In the Stasi's case, there would have been at least one spy watching every 66 citizens! When one adds in the estimated numbers of part-time snoops, the result is nothing short of monstrous: one informer per 6.5 citizens. It would not have been unreasonable to assume that at least one Stasi informer was present in any party of ten or twelve dinner guests. Like a giant octopus, the Stasi's tentacles probed every aspect of life. Full-time officers were posted to all major industrial plants. Without exception, one tenant in every apartment building was designated as a watchdog reporting to an area representative of the Volkspolizei (Vopo), the People's Police. In turn, the police officer was the Stasi's man.
In Ostania SSS is the Bastard cross child of SS ( nazi germany) and Stasi .
In West Germany, the primary foreign intelligence agency was the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), also known as the Federal Intelligence Service. It was established in 1956 and became the successor to the "Gehlen Organization," an intelligence operation initially run by Reinhard Gehlen with close ties to the CIA. The BND was tasked with gathering political, economic, and military intelligence from abroad.
WISE is the Westalian Intelligence Bureau's espionage organization, working to maintain peace between Westalis and Ostania . Some time after the second East-West war, WISE was formed by the Westalian government.
After World War II, West Germany relied on the assistance of the USA, UK, and France, and espionage was definitely a thing of reality, while East Germany had Kgb laison officers and USSR with them .
The KGB was a foreign intelligence agency of USSR ; Stasi was secret police of east germany .
