Alright, couple of things to say. First of all, from here on out, I will be unable to make Rise of Bali chapters with absolute ease. As you'll see by the end of this chapter, it's time for me to get really serious and strategic. No longer can I just 'wing it' and 'see what happens', I need to put the most careful planning into the actions I take. Starting in Chapter 9, the world is on the brink of chaos—and Bali must gnaw on what remains of our beloved democracy if we're to survive. As a fair warning, on that note, understand that though there are 8-10 chapters left of this story, I am still playing by the rule: 'If Bali dies, the story ends'. This is why making new chapters will take longer, because I must take every necessary precaution to ensure that Bali does not die in a changing world of this intensity.
Second, as some of you may know, Victoria II ends on the year 1936. This year will arrive in Chapter 10. However, I decided early on that I'm expanding the end date to the year 2000, instead. Be as it may, vanilla Victoria II does not actually have helicopters, jets, nukes, aircraft carriers, etc. So starting on Chapter 10 and onward, there will be an escalation of made up components to the story. As it stands in this chapter, everything is still canon with Victoria II. Anything after Chapter 10 may contain unit types that do not actually exist in the game. Battles will still be fought the same way as we enter the Cold War era, however, I'm going to exaggerate the truth and make mentions of helicopters and other modern weaponry not actually in Victoria II.
I only warn the readers of this so that Chapter 10 and onward does not convince you to buy Victoria II for modern warfare action. Vanilla Victoria II takes place from 1836-1936, just keep that in mind. There are, however, mods that add such technology to the game, I do believe. Though I have not tried it, might I recommend the mod 'Kaiserreich' made by 'El_Primeministere' on Moddb.
Enjoy this wild chapter!
Chapter 8 – New World Order
The immediate repercussions of World War I were over, but now the time for long term repercussions had arrived in the year 1910. The once existing German Empire had been overthrown by August Bebel and transformed into the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik). Under Chairman Bebel's control, the DDR reconstructed their military—thus violating a term of the Treaty of Versailles—and proceeded to annex most of Denmark. Along with Denmark came the peaceful anschluss of Luxembourg into the DDR. Though fearful of Bebel's intentions, the democratic powers of the world keep their guns lowered, as Bebel does continue to pay war reparations to the victorious nations of World War I. But this was to be short lived and every nation knew it. The DDR remained under tight economic control, but its military had begun to grow once more—the new Nationale Volksarmee.
Unknowingly to all nations of the world, Bebel had already begun to work around the sport of secret agents. Poland is now independent but remains weak and without an efficient constitution; this worked very well in the DDR's favor, who funded Polish communists in secrecy in a bid to earn a new powerful ally. With a communist Lithuania to the east, turning Poland into a fellow proletarian dictatorship would help shape Bebel's dream for an indestructible communist Reich. Either way, his secret funding worked, and communist rebels flocked to the capital city of Warsaw, fighting for a reformed communist Poland.
The British Empire, a former Central Power of World War I, now without Queen Victoria dead; and her successor, King Edward VII, having died from a heart attack in 1910; it is up to King George V to keep the British Empire alive. He begins his reign as British king with the unfortunate duty of needing to liberate Scotland from communist rebels—that may or may not have been funded by the DDR as well. Just as all seems lost and that a communist Scotland is to emerge, George V shows good potential and may very well fix what remains of the former United Kingdom. His plan is to retake Scotland by storm, one village at a time at a pace that the rebels will never keep up with.
Lastly, Red India begins their first conquest against the surviving Indian states that stand in their way of full unification. They do so by declaring war on the Indian nation of Hyderabad, which makes up 33% of India. If successful, nothing would stand in Red India's way of achieving full unification.
While the world is going through drastic reshaping, no country—regardless of the impact—can go through as much change as Bali. By 1910, 40% of the entire Balinese population is able to speak and write their own language. By now, it is official that Borneo and Mindanao are what keeps Bali away from perfect literacy. The richest and smartest of Balinese citizens will go on to live on the actual island of Bali—the capital of the growing empire. The common worker will work in Borneo—the industrial paradise of the world. Still, Borneo now suffers a decline in profit after a series of mysterious factory destruction occurred throughout the entire island. Be as it may, the unemployment rate normalized once again.
The Socialist Faction had never lost an election after first being elected, the common finish in elections came to be 75% of the votes, with the Liberal Faction still retaining many supporters. The Socialist Faction had a new threat, however, as a brand new party had been established—the Fascist Party. The Fascist Party of Bali seeks to pass social reforms, keep minorities out of Bali, expand borders, and create an ultimate military. This platform was very similar to the Socialist Faction, except the current ruling party supported immigrants and valued work over fighting. For the time being, the Socialist Faction of Bali needn't worry about the Fascist Party, as they lack public support.
On July 16th, 1910; Chairman Bebel broke his silence and insisted to France that Alsace-Lorraine, the land taken from Germany in World War I, is the rightful land of the DDR and should be returned. The argument was that this region of land has many more ethnic Germans than French. French President Armand Fallieres declined the peaceful proposal and went as far as to put French armies in Alsace-Lorraine, fearing a German invasion to ensue. It was on July 30th that, indeed, the DDR broke yet another term of the Treaty of Versailles, as they proceeded to reoccupy the Rheinland with German troops. With both German and French armies staring at each other from across the border, the world remained watching nervously for World War II to break out. Fortunately, this was but a mere bluff by Chairman Bebel—and no war ensued.
Meanwhile, Red India's plan to invade Hyderabad had backfired, and it was their enemies who marched onto communist soil. By September of 1910, southern India had been occupied by Hyderabad, thus leaving Red India only in control of the north. Both armies of India met in the north and battled the war out there.
During that conflict, Chairman Bebel's plan to overthrow Poland with communists had both an up and downside. On the upside, his funding had influenced almost 50,000+ communist rebels to rise up and fight. On the downside, the Russian Empire of all countries rushed to Poland's aid to stop this from going in the DDR's favor. Not long ago the two nations were enemies, now Tsar Nicholas II came to Poland's aid and fought off the communist forces. Be as it may, the Russians were still a fair distance away from Poland—which was now under very intensive siege by the communist forces. Nicholas II had but mere months to reach Warsaw, otherwise, they may be too late.
November 3rd, 1910; an unprecedented attack had been commenced by Italy against Austria-Hungary for the region of Venice—rightful land of the Italian nation. While the Austrians were unprepared for such a threat, the British Empire and communist Lithuania were quick to arrive on the scene to fight Italy. There were no existing negotiations made between the two sides, Italy decided to wage war without talking things through. It would only take two months for the Italian armies to seize control of Venice; however, Italy's navy had been shot to pieces by Austria-Hungary during the invasion—leaving a major hole in the Italian naval field.
In Scotland, King George V found amazing success as British troops made quick work of the Scottish communists and restored British order to the Highlands. And in another land where communists fight, Red India finds itself locked in even battle with Hyderabad. Though it could be argued that Hyderabad was winning because of the southern occupation, it was the northern section of Red India that mattered most. Red India's communist forces couldn't break through their defense, nor could Hyderabad with their defense.
May 7th, 1911—Italy won the war against Austria-Hungary after having both occupied Venice and killed countless amounts of soldiers. All in all, the Austrian government saw no sense in sacrificing the lives of so many soldiers just to retain control over the land. Both Lithuania and the British Empire agreed and lowered their weapons as well.
One month later, the Indian War would end in success for Hyderabad. Red India failed with their invasion, and as a repercussion, ceded southern India to Hyderabad—making the nation even larger.
Two major wars had just ended, but in the innocent island empire of Bali, a new war was about to unfold. The USA continued to sanction any attempts at invading the Philippines, so the Socialist Faction sought to expand elsewhere. In Indochina, the conservative dictatorship of Cambodia continues to oppress its people. Bali finds this to be an excellent opportunity to expand and would even put them in mainland Asia. It was made official and even public knowledge on July 5th, 1911, that Bali would be preparing for war with Cambodia. The intention, of course, was to liberate the Cambodians from their dictatorship and introduce them to Balinese democracy. Cambodia would also make excellent target practice for Bali's new powerful battleship led fleets.
In November of that year, the world was beyond shocked to find another possible road to World War II. For the second time, the United States, led by President William J. Bryan; started up a crisis for the liberation of Ireland and removal of the British Empire from the world. The Russian Empire was quick to respond on the British Empire's side. In response, the United States called upon Bali, of all nations, requesting that they back them up in the event of World War II. Frantic, the Socialist Faction of Bali explained that they were already working on plans to liberate the Cambodians and would be unable to aid them against the British and Russians. This caused a fair strain in relations between the two allies. By April 1st, 1912, Austria-Hungary and Belgium would join the British Empire as well, thus leaving England and the DDR to pick a side. Both nations were undecided. A decision would not be made, however, as the United States would call off the crisis with white peace, once again failing to free Ireland.
June 30th, 1912—a day that would be well recognized by the world as beyond threatening. In secrecy, Chairman Bebel met the chairmen of both Cuba and Lithuania—two communist nations—in the Reichstag building in Berlin. It was here that through convincing talks and promises of economic aid, the three nations could unite and form a communist pact. Respectively, the DDR would be the leader of the axis of nations. Both Cuba and Lithuania agreed, and thus, the three nations united together as allies. Along with an alliance, both Cuba and the DDR agreed to help Lithuania with a secret plan that had been in the works—a full invasion of Latvia. If supported by the DDR, Lithuania could annex Latvia and become twice as big, and in turn, become a more prominent ally. Cuba would accept this plan if Chairman Bebel did, and as a counter-offer, Bebel insisted that Lithuania come to the DDR's aid if France goes to war after refusing to continue paying war reparations for World War I. Lithuania accepted, and thus, the DDR broke the final term of the Treaty of Versailles by refusing to continue paying the former Iron Allies. The plan was set, and within mere months, Latvia would find communist troops of all three nations in their country.
By September of 1912, Bali had mobilized 75% of their units and were preparing their new powerful fleets. War with Cambodia was closing in fast. Presuming that Cambodia lacked the essential weapons needed to fend off against Bali, the plan was very simple—to land on their shores and seize the country by force.
On November 15th, the Cambodians were surprised to find the red, white, and blue striped flags of Bali blocking their only harbor of Kampat. The blockade would go on for one month, threatening any trading vessels from entering Cambodia. Understanding what was happening, the Cambodian dictatorship mustered together 6,000+ soldiers in preparation for a full Balinese invasion—the unexpected was happening.
A month later, 6,000+ Balinese soldiers would step onto the shores of Cambodia and begin their occupation of Kampat. Machine guns were placed around the city, soldiers stationed in buildings, and artillery batteries dug into the beach. Any attacks made against this modern military would suffer a humiliating defeat. The Balinese were deprived of battle, however, as the 6,000+ Cambodian army threw up a white flag without shooting a single bullet. Rather than die in a pointless attempt at saving the dictatorship, the Cambodian military dropped their weapons and allowed for the Balinese to continue annexation. This was was going to be even easier than first expected.
Seeing as to how the Balinese military wouldn't need the extra funding to win, the Socialist Faction used the leftover war funds to treat themselves to another battleship and three more cruisers. On March 23rd, 1913, a pitiful attempt was made by the Cambodian leaders to try and flee from the nation by ship. The Cambodian supreme leader had boarded the Cambodian pride of the navy and left port in a bid to outrun the Balinese navy. However, they had underestimated the true firepower of Bali's fully operational battleships. The BN Kuching alone turned its primary weapon batteries onto the fleeing Cambodian fleet, each ship was sunk in no more than five minutes. It was welbelieved that the supreme leader of Cambodia had died on this day. Days after this event, the Balinese army moved into the jungles of Oudong and furthered their occupation.
May 13th, 1913, the day of shock had arrived in Europe. For on this day, Lithuania declared war on Latvia, assisted by the DDR. Cuba announced their entrance into the war about a week later. Shocked by the sudden reappearance of a fully militarized Germany, the Russian Empire intervened on Latvia's side in a bid to both save the nation and put the DDR in its place. Sixteen days into the war, 23,000+ Latvian soldiers surprised the Lithuanians by invading their country. Despite this being an invasion of Latvia, it was the Latvians that brought a much bigger invasion force to the table. A massive amount of 53,000+ Russian troops would then proceed to enter Lithuania as well, leaving the communist government to wonder where their DDR ally was.
Little did Lithuania know, Chairman Bebel had fallen ill in early August of 1913, hence his absence from the war. The worst case scenario would then occur, as Bebel would proceed to die of a heart attack August 13th, 1913. He would be succeeded by Ernst Thälmann, new Chairman of the DDR.
In later August, Bali would finalize the BN Mindanao, named after the Filipino region they own. Due to amazing demonstrations of power with this battleship, the Socialist Faction would take the risk of requisitioning yet another battleship. By October 23rd, 1913; without a leader, military, and half their country occupied; Cambodia would go bankrupt to add on to the insult. Thus, there was little reason to continue forward. Even if they were to fend off the Balinese, they would be left with little to nothing. It was on this day that Cambodia accepted annexation, officially putting Bali in Asia. The Socialist Faction would applaud the public decision for annexation and take immediate action in explaining to the Cambodians that they have liberated them and will bring economic prosperity to the nation. Despite having been just conquered, the Socialist Faction received a surprising turnout of support from the Cambodians. Whether this support would stay or not all depended on what the Balinese could bring them; and in this case, Bali would do what they're best at—create working factories.
November 13th, 1913, the DDR would make immediate work of the Latvians and go on to occupy their entire country. Lithuania would thus annex all of Latvia and become a much larger nation. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia would see no point in continuing the fight, and thus, would back out of the fray a loser, this time.
While the Russian Empire would back out of the fight without complaining, the same could not be said for Austria-Hungary, who already decided that the DDR had to be stopped. June 26th of 1914, Austria-Hungary would declare war on the DDR with the sole intention of breaking their country. Austria-Hungary was supported by both Sweden and the British Empire, thus almost creating what could be considered World War II. Fortunately for newly appointed Chairman Thälmann, he had Cuba, Lithuania, and Italy on his side. Italy had joined on the DDR's side, seeing both an injustice in the Austrian act of aggression and an opportunity to steal land from Austria-Hungary. Italy proceeded to swarm into the southern states of the Austrian Empire, while the DDR did so from the north. Lithuania, on the other hand, struggled to hold off Sweden and even found the Swedish demanding Latvian independence.
While Sweden would make quick work of communist Lithuania, Austria-Hungary's plan of backfire would have a complete backfire and leave many states to the north and south under hostile control. The British Empire allowed nothing but ships to aid the war effort, but this was irrelevant to the true issue at hand. Lithuania would fall under Sweden's blanket, but Bohemia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria would all fall under German and Italian occupation. Fearing what further issues may arise, Austria-Hungary would make a swift peace offer to avoid losing more land. On November 9th, 1914, Austria-Hungary would cede more land to Italy and all enemy troops would thus withdraw.
Though the Russian Empire had saved Poland from then Chairman Bebel's communist fanatics, the long term struggle would reach its pinnacle on May 25. Facing bankruptcy and uprisings of various sorts, the Polish government collapsed into absolute anarchy. Without a government, almost every political faction in Poland would lash out in the thousands in a bid to claim the throne. Communists, fascists, conservatives, liberals; they would all take up arms and race for Warsaw. The strongest rebels were the ones who could locate machine guns, early submachine guns, and bolt action rifles. Other rebel factions were comprised of mere revolvers and semi-automatic pistols.
There was no comprise between the factions. Socialists engaged communists, fascists engaged conservatives, and even liberals engaged opposing liberal factions. Unsurprisingly, Chairman Thälmann authorized the arming of communist rebels with modern German weaponry, thus making the communist forces the superior fighting force. By June 15th of 1915, communists would arrive in Warsaw and fight the loyalist police force. Unchallenged, the communists would proceed to set up operations in the capital in preparation for a 'Polish People's Republic'. All was going according to plan for the DDR, but little did they know, there was an intervention in the making by a surprise guest.
A surprise to anyone, and a controversial move, Tsar Nicholas II of the Russian Empire violated the border agreement dividing Poland and Russia by sending mass amounts of Russian soldiers into Polish land. The orders were as simple as occupying Poland. Nicholas II, however, promised everyone that this was not a bid for the re-annexation of Poland, but rather, a move toward installing a more friendly government based off the Russian Constitution of 1906.
Lithuania, Cuba, and the DDR came together to discuss whether or not to counter the Russian Empire with an invasion. With a Polish People's Republic within clear reach, they had to consider whether or not to aid the communist rebels that essentially controlled Warsaw at the moment. If action was not taken soon, the Russians would liberate Warsaw from the communists and crush Thälmann's plan for a communist Poland. The three communist nations discussed the plausibility of success in attacking the Russian Empire, but three negative factors were brought up.
First, there was no guarantee that Italy would aid them in this war, for they had no reason to support communism. Second, France and the British Empire may intervene on the side of the Russian Empire, which would almost inevitably start World War II. Last, Lithuania and the DDR were still healing after their war with Austria-Hungary. Lithuania was in no position to fight the Russian Empire, given that they had nearly been annexed by Sweden not long ago. By the end of the conference, the three communist nations decided to let the Russians take Poland.
There was no surprise to anyone that the Russian Empire would succeed, and by March 21st of 1917, the revolution in Poland would end with the Russians having succeeded in their defense of Poland. With the rebels vanquished and all political parties put back into submission, the Russian Empire would install a Tsarist autocracy to mimic that of the Russian Empire. Now pro-Russian and anti-communist, the Russo-Polish Pact would be signed, thus putting Poland back in Russian arms. In the end, this was the complete opposite of what then Chairman Bebel had planned on seeing, Chairman Thälmann would see to it that the DDR becomes more powerful in other ways.
In Balinese Cambodia, all of the requisitioned factories would be completed and opened for te general public. The opening of factories was not the milestone of this year for Bali, however. The biggest event came to be in July of 1917, when the concept of aeronautics had begun to surface in Bali. The idea of human machines that could fly was vague and doubtful, but proven to be possible. An extraordinary level of interest had been taken by the Balinese to study and develop ways to get humans in the air. If successful and proven to be safe, Bali could consider an attempt at designing planes for civilian use, and perhaps one day, military use.
September 29th, 1917, the Asian country of Burma would become the world's first fascist dictatorship—the natural enemy of a communist dictatorship. Armed to the brink with a military, Burma seeks to expand its borders into Indochina and even pose a threat to Bali—of whom now controls Cambodia. Red India and the British Empire express mutual fear over what this new nation may do, but refrain from taking militaristic action—believing that the nation may collapse on its own.
After many decades of Balinese friendship with the United States, a striking event had occurred which shocked both the Socialist Faction and communist faction of the Philippines. Leaked information revealed that, indeed, the United States had been operating in secrecy and evoking tension between Bali and the Philippines. By doing so, both nations would continue to purchase arms from the United States. Though these operations had been long ceased by the current U.S. government, much of the world remained angry at the administration.
Convening together, the British Empire, DDR, Russian Empire, France, Italy, and Austria-Hungary demanded that the United States cease all involvement with Bali and the Philippines, and that both nations be assigned new protectors. The Untied States, under President Woodrow Wilson's administration, would stress that all undercover acts involving Bali and the Philippines had been scrapped. Nevertheless, the demand to release the two nations continued. President Wilson, with tied hands, would accept the demand and terminate their friendship with both nations.
This left Bali with no friends and no protection, the first time in almost 50 years. The same could be said for the Philippines, who was now left with only Hawaii. Bali and the Philippines would be assigned new friends, however. Bali would find itself under the immediate guarantee of protection by England, while the Philippines would be protected by France. On January 16th, 1918, the monarch of England himself would make his arrival in Bali to greet their new ally. Bali would remain nervous but accept a request for friendship with the English. This would also, of course, severe relations between Bali and France—as France would support the reconquest of Mindanao for the Philippines. Despite the agreement made, President Wilson would insist that the Socialist Faction remain on a positive footnote with the United States, asserting that they were permanent friends, regardless of what the other nations say.
Amidst this surprising turn of events, fascist Burma made an unprecedented, yet susceptible, move as they declared war against Siam (better known as Thailand). On June 4th, 1918, the Burmese would march toward Siam, but would then be surprised by the intervention of Dai Nam (Vietnam). Instead of marching toward Siam, the Burmese army would cease movement and prepare for an attack by the Vietnamese. 15,000+ Vietnamese would strike 7,000+ Burmese in a surprise attack from the jungles. The Burmese would lose the battle, but manage to kill about 5,000 Vietnamese soldiers in the process.
On New Year's Eve of 1918, the Burmese would encircle Vietnamese troops and decimate their armies, leaving Siam for an open attack. Seeing a potential crisis at hand, the British Empire would intervene against Burma and send immediate aid to Indochina in Siam's defense.
By 1919, a major milestone in human technology would hit the market. The British Empire and DDR would become the first nations to sell airplanes, but only planes used for civilian use. The British and Germans, however, would become the first to implement fighter planes and bombers into their military. The British Empire would start off with the Vickers Vimy bomber and Airco DH.5 as their first fighter plane. The DDR would use the Siemens-Schuckert as their typical bomber, and the Albatros D.V as their fighter. All designs were based off the biplane. Bali was the official first bidder for civilian craft and would purchase both British and German planes to be used for means of supplying troops and transporting individuals. Bali had yet to implement aircraft into their military, however.
In that same year, another major concept was in Balinese research. The concept of armored mobile artillery being used in war—the tank. The concept was to mix a tractor with artillery and machine guns. This was an idea already being thought of in other countries, but as it stood, no country had successfully developed a tank. Bali had a good shot at becoming the first to introduce tank warfare.
In November of 1919, the worst case scenario had occurred in Europe pertaining to fascism. Italy, long considered a very neutral country, found itself under sudden civil war by the hands of Benito Mussolini (historically, the founder of fascism). He and his many armies of black shirt fascists had arisen and began to take Italy by storm. The DDR mobilized in preparation to fight these fascists, but refrained from taking actual action after realizing the extraordinary amount of supporters. It was well conceived that Italy may be overrun within mere months, and thus, German intervention may not be recommended. Chairman Thälmann gritted his teeth through the conflict and sat back.
As expected, Mussolini would go on to take over all the Italian states with little to not struggle at all. The old Italian kingdom would cease to exist in place of a new fascist dictatorship led by Benito Mussolini himself. This would now divide Europe into three powerful ideologies. To the north, there was the communist DDR, often considered to be the greatest power of all time. To the south was Italy, the complete opposite of the DDR. And then there were the other more democratic nations of the east and west.
July 18 of 1921 would bring about another horrific revolution of unquestionable size. In England, thousands of communist forces would rise up and occupy many cities at once, London would fall to the communists within no more than a month. Likewise, the United States, now led by President James M. Cox, would find itself in a communist revolution like no other. The DDR's success was acting as inspiration to the world population, and the inspiration was strong. What the revolting population of both nations didn't know, was that both were actually fighting to form communist dictatorships—not democracies.
On a brighter note, by 1921, Bali would acquire more than 1,000 biplanes from the DDR and British Empire. These planes would be used for many purposes, but most prominent was the passenger plane. This made it official that, if you could afford it, you could fly across the Balinese empire. The concept of flying from Borneo to Cambodia within a day was unimaginable but made possible. For now, only the richest of Balinese could afford such flights.
In 1922, France became the first nation to create a tank—the Schneider CA1. Though without a turret and armed with machine guns, this tank would provide protection to the drivers through armor and act as an excellent trench buster. Respectively, France was unwilling to sell any of these tanks, fearing that the technology would reach potential enemies—like the DDR. Though France remained the only country in the world to own tanks, this solidified one fact. The 1920s and onward would introduce the concept of tank and plane warfare.
March of 1922 would bring darker days for the United States, a nation that had been suffering since the very beginning. Most of the southern states had been secured by the communists, and Washington D.C. had been seized as well. With every state falling by the minute and President Cox nowhere to be found, the United States once again found itself on the verge of inevitable collapse. This time, however, reclaiming the United States as a democracy would be much more difficult. In a communist government prohibiting guns, free thought, and a censored press—the willpower to rise up for democracy was improbable. On July 4th, there was no doubting the end of monarchic England had come, and that the 'English Commonwealth' had come to be.
The English Commonwealth beared a red and gold variant of the English flag and declared the old British monarchy extinct. Over in the United States, the communists raised their own flag over the White House and declared a dissolution of the United States in place of the 'American Union'. All was going according to plan for Chairman Thälmann of the DDR, as communism made a gradual climb for superiority. With England, the United States, and Germany now controlled by communist dictatorships, the world would hesitate to question the supremacy of the proletarian rulers. No communist liberties—only order.
With an overthrown United States, Bali now found itself in a dilemma. For the first time ever, the Socialist Faction found itself at a loss for their once American friends. For a time, the United States was considered Bali's greatest ally; now the American Union viewed Bali more so as an enemy of communist dictatorships everywhere. This was very bad, too, as Bali had a Filipino communist dictatorship neighboring them. There was no doubting that the American Union would try and aid the Philippines in reclaiming their lost land, if not annex Bali altogether. This was the time for panic.
With the pieces now forming a colorful puzzle, Chairman Thälmann—with Cuba and Lithuania supporting—finalized the sequence of events by suggesting a union between the American Union, English Commonwealth, and the other three major communist dictatorships. Red India insisted on staying out of the DDR's faction. On August 24, 1922—the Comintern came to exist—an alliance between the DDR, American Union, English Commonwealth, Lithuania, and Cuba. The goal of the faction was to unify the world under communism—a New World Order. The first order of business would be to claim what remained of Scotland and perhaps conquer the British Empire.
The world was on edge, World War II was inevitable at any waking moment. The Comintern was a threat to be reckoned with and a natural enemy of Bali. France, the Russian Empire, and Austria-Hungary were the major democratic powers of Europe that stood in defiance of the Comintern—but Italy and Burma were new fascist powers to the world. Italy opposed both democracy and communist dictatorships.
By the 1920s, Bali now had what one might consider the greatest navy in the world. Though lacking in manpower, Bali stood as a socialist democracy that could threaten the Comintern. With communism now sweeping the greatest nations in the world, there was no doubting what had to be done. In order to stop the spread of communist dictatorships, an alliance of democracies would need to be formed—a resistance of some sort. Bali had China, Japan, the Russian Empire, and France in mind. Before making any drastic moves, however, Bali would need to become more powerful.
The time for careful decisions was over, Bali would need to take some risks in order to become more powerful. Starting in 1922, steps would be taken to invade the nation of Java—which borders the islands of Bali. If Bali could become a larger and more fearsome empire, they could draw in allies that would oppose the Comintern and perhaps save fallen nations from the communist dictatorships. Before Bali could liberate the United States from the American Union, the Socialist Faction would need to gain some unlikely friends.
To be continued...