On March 25, Berlin's Reichstag welcomed several special guests, who were members of the Federal Party and were not part of the German family.

The dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire gave the national fronts in the Balkans the confidence to "rebuild their glory", and the careerists did not miss this great opportunity to make a name for themselves. The snake has no head, the bird has no head, and the interest groups that do not buy each other are scattered, just seizing the top of the mountain, each of them is the king, but they ignore the national economy and the people's livelihood, and let the peninsula become a legacy after the First World War.

From the spring of 1919 to the end of 1920, the main energy of the German Confederation during this period was busy with domestic economic recovery, and Britain and France were also busy licking their wounds. While the Americans were busy counting money, Italy took the opportunity to take the lead, claiming hegemony in the Balkans, attacking cities and plundering land, but the effect was very weak, until the outbreak of the German-Italian war, it was pinned down by the German army, and Croatia and Romania and other countries were ruthlessly driven out of the Balkan Peninsula.

The chaotic Balkans are pitiful and lovable, a vivid depiction of the series of annexations, anti-annexations, independence, and anti-independence wars that broke out in the Balkans in 1920 after Eric took office.

It is a pity for the toiling masses at the bottom who yearn for peace but usher in catastrophe after catastrophe, and it is lovely that such a chaotic situation is suitable for German intervention and integration.

On March 25, 1921, at the solemn entrance of the Reichstag in Berlin, on the red carpet, Stresemann for the first time borrowed the National Guard as a guard of honor, and personally led all the members of the cabinet at home to greet several members of the Federal International, who were the chairman of the Croatian Federal Party, the chairman of the Slovenian Federal Party, the chairman of the Bosnian Federal Party, the chairman of the Herzegovina Federal Party, the Prime Minister of the Albanian Federal Party, and the Prime Minister of the Federal Party of Negoro who had just left the door of Serbia. Their arrival was not a routine visit, but a national seal in hand, and they agreed to be incorporated into the German territory.

This kind of abandonment of national sovereignty in order to preserve it sounds very absurd, but in fact it is a last resort of the countries of the Balkan Peninsula and is a very common state act. While Britain, France and other countries were licking their wounds, Germany took the opportunity to increase political, military, and economic intervention in the Balkans, and thus won the unanimous approval of the Balkan countries.

The reunited Austria had learned from the past, and the fact that the evenly matched separatist forces began to accept the leadership of the German Confederation at the same time, which was undoubtedly a boon to the poor. At the same time, the Polish peoples, who had been incorporated into Germany and gained autonomy, had also found their own place in the turbulent years.

The strength of the German Federal Army was once again on full display in the artillery fire of the German-Italian War.

In the face of Serbia and the escalating fighting between Hungary and Romania, countries look back at the terrible situation they need to face, either internally torn or with strong neighbors outside, and it is indeed much safer to hide under the wing of the German roc for the time being.

Just when the world was about to calm down, Greece in the south was ambitious, relying on the support of Britain and France, and suddenly took the opportunity to launch an attack on the Ottoman Empire, intending to seize the legacy of the Ottoman Empire by taking advantage of the chaos, and the geopolitical struggle in the south of Europe was far from seeing the end.

After the secret naval treaty between Britain and Germany on March 20 was deliberately disseminated by France, instead of hatred and accusation against both, everyone saw that Britain acquiesced in the division of German power in the Mediterranean, and a powerful Germany was attracting the hearts of returnees from all over the world with its unique charm.

Denmark in the north, because of the relationship between father and son, does not need to be repeated for reasons for leaning towards Germany. Norway's foothold is to find a great power balance, oscillating between doubts about whether territorial integrity can be obtained. At this time, Sweden was keeping its eyes on the big woolly bear to the east, and was looking for an opportunity to reclaim its national superiority from the Finns.

In northwestern Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and other countries once again demonstrated their neutrality. In the midst of the great powers, it is a luxury to have a small piece of calm land.

In the eastern part of the European continent, the Soviet Union, forced by its own development needs, only kept the eastern part of Poland, the last quarantine zone of the West, although it was much safer than directly facing the Western candidates. At this time, the Soviet Union was reluctant to meddle too much in the affairs of the Balkans, because Iran and Afghanistan, which had just arrived, were enough to digest it slowly.

On the map, it appears that the Balkans have been cut off by the rest of the major spheres of influence that Germany has done everything it can to isolate them. When a weak small country is unable to defend itself against a strong enemy, of course, the thought is to find a thick thigh to hold tightly. Looking around, Germany is the first choice and the only choice.

Under Eric's diplomatic strategy, this choice was given an additional condition, which was actually very simple, that is, it was incorporated into the territory of the German Confederation and became a vassal state of the German Confederation. It does have many advantages, such as a high degree of ethnic autonomy and the right to free development, and to put it bluntly, merger is better than being annexed by force. This is also the idea of the small countries of the Slavic region.

Chancellor Stresemann is in high spirits today, and the fact that the federal state is once again strong and prosperous at the end of his term will undoubtedly add to his political career.

At the welcoming ceremony, the delegates of various countries were equally elated and felt at home, and Prime Minister Stresemann also made the most of his diplomatic potential and did his best to entertain guests and friends from all walks of life. I don't know how the French ambassador will feel after seeing this scene, after all, the great France, which was rejected at the door, is not as good as these small countries, trying to survive in the midst of the great powers, but being treated as if they were guests.

Now, Chancellor Stresemann is also running into new problems, which, in his opinion, are really troublesome. In the face of small countries that have just been incorporated into Germany, how to vote for elections must be solved. According to the Federal Constitution, after any country or region makes a relevant request, it is first necessary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to formally contact or accept it on behalf of the suzerain, and seriously discuss and establish the upcoming changes in relations between the two sides, as well as their responsibilities and obligations.

After the discussion, the Cabinet needs to vote on the report submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then draft a formal agenda text for the approval of the President of the National Assembly. After ensuring that both sides are aware of their responsibilities and obligations, the current chairman of the parliament excludes the risk of the bill in the form of law, convenes a special meeting to publish the bill as an official document, and then votes on the representatives of the states of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Every link must be very rigorous, sacred, fair, just, and open, and even an extremely influential president like Eric cannot make every link accurate. All he can do is pre-vet, rule out easy-to-fix issues, and then leave it to the cabinet to implement his decisions and ensure that the vote takes place without any external influence.

The number of votes varies from state to state according to the total population or gross national product of each state, and it varies from year to year, but the total number of votes will always remain at 1,000, because there are only 1,000 federal seats in the Grand Chamber of the Parliament, which belong to all state parties in the country, with the Federalists holding the vast majority of seats.

Hanover, a state in the industrial region of northwestern Germany, and Stanislavov, a state in eastern Germany near Romania, contributed 5 per cent of GDP in 1920, while the latter was less than 1 in 1,000.

Hannover has 50 seats in parliament, and Stanislavov competes with the states that are also unable to secure the lowest seat, and the winner with the highest number of votes wins the seat. Other states with less than one seat share also compete with other states until the total number of seats in parliament reaches 1,000. Therefore, the annexation to the German Confederation does not necessarily mean that there will be seats in the parliament, everything must be done by economic strength. In order to gain political capital, states will also spare no effort to develop their local economies in order to gain more votes and voice in future votes.

In return for the states, the German federal government will also help other states in their economic efforts in the form of economic support and inject funds into potential industrial and mining enterprises.

This is a huge interest group, and it is also a group that takes what it needs and keeps warm, so strictly speaking, the current Federal Republic of Germany is only a multinational alliance with a high degree of concentration of power, a high degree of political mutual trust, economic interdependence, and a joint management of the government, and because of geographical relations.

After Austria was incorporated into Germany in 1920, the population of the German Confederation exceeded 100 million, of which Germany had the largest population, accounting for 60%, and the second largest population was Poles, accounting for 20%. Therefore, during the German-Italian war, Polish soldiers appeared on the battlefield.

Linguistically, the states still retain their local national languages, and official communication is dominated by English, which is still the largest and more widely spoken in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Eric deliberately downplayed the concept of "statehood" and divided the regions into regions in the form of official state names, with notable results in Poznań and Lodz, which were quickly deified with the influx of immigrants from all over the country and the garrison of the Bundeswehr on the border, and completely removed the traces of the state from ideological and people-to-people exchanges.

The Yugoslav countries voted in a bit of a small episode, and in the end they had to go one by one, except for a few negative votes cast by the former Austrian states with a history of dispute, either in favor or in abstention. In fact, the annexation of Yugoslavia has already been officially recognized by Germany, and it only takes one more referendum in their own country to successfully carry out the process of annexing the German Confederation after obtaining a majority of the votes.

Germany's merger will not always be smooth sailing, and at the same time as the Reichstag vote, France expressed a different attitude, and Italy soon sided with France, deriding Germany as a beggar, constantly tinkering with nails in his body. Soon, the two families frequently mobilized troops in the border areas at the same time, and there was a great tendency to raise the army to investigate the guilt.

Europe, which had just calmed down, was once again clouded by Germany's annexation.

Eric pondered and began to ponder how to get out of the war crisis by force or through negotiations, which became the first task before him.