| Federation of Poland and the Baltic | |||||
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| Capital | Warsaw | ||||
| Government | Federal presidential republic | ||||
| President | |||||
| - | 2132 | Ivan Alekseev | |||
| Legislature | National Assembly | ||||
| - | Upper house | Senate | |||
| - | Lower house | Sejm | |||
| History | |||||
| - | Established | 2076 | |||
| - | Treaty of San Juan | 2139 | |||
| Today part of | European Association | ||||
Poland, officially known as the Federation of Poland and the Baltic, was a major regional power in Eurasia, and principle member of the Intermarium Council. Modern Poland had its roots in the Little Cold War, which saw Poland define itself as a modern military and political leader. The United States invested a significant amount of capital into Poland to counter the Russians during the Little Cold War, giving Poland the tools to build a modern economy through technology transfer. During the Third World War, Poland's modernization and leadership of the Intermarium made it a major player in the conflict, but by war's end it was banned from access to space by its former ally, the United States of America. In 2077, the Federalists were victorious, forming the Federation of Poland and the Baltic, with the unification of the Baltic states and Poland proper.
History[]
Early History[]
Poland traces its origins to the Iron Age Lusatian culture in the 8th century BCE. The country would later be invaded by Celtic and Germanic tribes in the 5th century BCE before eventually being colonized by the Western Slavs between 600 and 800 CE. The most powerful of these Slavic tribes were the Polans, who eventually united all the other Slavic tribes under the Piast dynasty in the 10th century CE.
By 1384, the Piast dynasty had come to an end and a dynastic union was established that united Poland and Lithuania under the Jagiellon dynasty. The Jagiellons leadership of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth led to Poland becoming the most powerful nation in Europe by the 17th Century, largely due to Poland being spared the ravages of the Thirty Years War. After its defeat at the hands of its neighbors Poland was reduced to a protectorate of Russia, and eventually erased from the map by 1795.
Centuries of Shame[]
After a brief resurgence as a modern state under Napoleon, Poland was broken up under the Congress of Vienna and for the next century and a half it would be a nation either conquered by Germans or Russians.