The Three Papacies |
| ©1996 by Jonathan Edelstein |
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...While many outstanding examples of medieval architecture still exist in Avignon, the primary attraction is of course the Papal Curia. Whether you attend Mass at Avignon's imposing 14th-century cathedral, watch Pope John XXVII's glittering daily procession to the altar, or simply purchase an indulgence from the streetcorner pardoner, all the pageantry of the Papacy is there for you to see. Those of different faiths, especially those who follow the Pope in Rome or in London, are warned to become familiar with the Avignon liturgy before attending services in the city. The Estates-General of France still recognizes Henri IV's Edict of Sovereignty, and Pope John is to all intents and purposes Avignon's temporal as well as spiritual ruler. The Act of Toleration is not in force here, and you will *not* have recourse to French law if the Swiss Guard arrests you for heresy. Do not fear, however; most priests in Avignon are easygoing with foreigners, and will gladly instruct you on liturgical and doctrinal matters. Whether or not you recognize Pope John, you will certainly be impressed with his court. The Curia at Avignon is much more glittering than its counterparts at Rome and London, where recent Popes have emphasized asceticism and Church poverty at the expense of pageantry. In addition to the daily ceremony, tours of the cathedral are also available; the admission price of 2 ecus 2 livres per person (discounts for families) includes a free indulgence. Visitors from the Holy Roman electorate may wish to view the statue of Emperor Sigismund, whose unlooked-for championship of Pope Benedict at the Council of Constance (1414-1418) established the Avignon Papacy firmly at a time when its existence was in danger. Visitors seeking lodging in Avignon can stay at any of the city's monasteries free of charge for one night, although accommodations will be rough and - especially at major feast days - crowded. Those seeking more comfortable accommodations may stay at one of Avignon's famous hostels (rooms start at 25 ecus, more during busy seasons) or at the guest house adjacent to the Papal castle (rooms 46 ecus; on-site chapel available; discounts for families and clergy). (From Fodor's France, Aquitaine and Burgundy, 1996) |
Vale of Medi |
| ©1996 By John H. Reiher Jr. |
"Visitors to Helle must visit the great cliffs of Eurcrates,
which
overlook the great valley of the Medi. Two miles deep in spots,
the Medi
is a temporary landform, as the Great Wall holds back the Alta
Ocean. The
thinnest portion of this wall is in the land of Gibral, where
the wall is
naught but a mile thick. Geologist theorized that the Great Wall
has opened
several times in the past, flooding the Vale of Medi several times.
Visitors are forewarned to stay from the Vale of Medi as terrorist
of late
have threatened to shatter the Great Wall, and let the Alta once
more
reclaim the what was once sea floor. Though how they will accomplish
that
is still a mystery, unless they are importing extra-dimensional
material and
weapons.
North of Helle are the Alpi Mountains, which march relentlessly
northward,
taking in the Ital mountains, home to the Estrus, north into the
Celtic
lands, breaking finally on the North Sea of Alta. Here the Norse
hold
sway, the master boatmen of the Alpian continent, and their travels
over
the great ocean are legendary."
(From the travel guide "The Vale of Medi, Cultures
and Places")
Rhine-Khanate |
| ©1996 Harvey Torrance Griffin |
The grand city of Khanforte-on-the-Rhine is a wondrous center
of
Euro-Tartar art and architecture. Here tourists can marvel at
the palace
of Charles Temujin I and the adjoining cathedral which dominates
the island
that serves as the city center. Of post-revolutionary construction
are
the Parliament on West Bank and the Reichstag on the East Bank
(which houses
the Khan's Advisors for the Western and and Eastern Provinces
respectively), as well as Batu X University and the Great Synagogue.
Tourists from the east should be warned; while the results of
the Bavarian
peblicite has been accepted by the seccesionist groups there,
radical
Norman terrorists have continued their attacks both in the northwest
and
the capital.
From the Samarkand Travel Agency and Rhine-Khanate Tourist
Board
1908 London |
| ©1996 Chris Williams |
'Many scuba-diving centres operate from the edge of the London
Crater,
especially in Hamstead and Shooters' Hill. The macabre thrill
of examining
the vitrified relics of the 1908 Event and even the remains of
some of the
victims has been threatened in recent years by members of the
Capital
Restoration League, and their project to remove the seat of government
form
York.'
'The foyer of the National Air and Space Museum contains the Wright
Flyer,
Friendship 7, and replicas of Alexei Leonov's 'D2L' moonlander.
Behind the
Apollo 11 Memorial is a replica of 'Nova 4' in which Young, Gibson
and
Boorman travelled to the planet Mars in 1979.'
Holy Roman Empire |
| ©1996 Gavin Weaire |
"All visitors will agree that the beauty of Paris easily
justifies its
proud title of second city of the Holy Roman Empire. Aside from
Vienna
itself, no part of her realm has benefited more from the generosity
of
Her Imperial Majesty. Paris is easy for most foreigners to find
their
way around in, for, unlike more provincial parts of France, all
the signs
are in German as well as French. However, visitors are advised
to pay
close attention to the security ordinances. These are enforced
very
strictly in Paris at all times, due to the threat of terrorism
on the
part of the Dutch Liberation Front and their French Republican
allies."
Byzantine Empire |
| ©1996 Gavin Weaire |
"'Constantinople! Queen of Cities!' says the poet, and
it is not hard to
see why. Besides the regular tourist attractions like Hagia Sophia,
the
Hippodrome, and St. Nicholas' Imperial Academy of High Energy
Physics, be
sure to have a look at the small but charming Red Mosque, the
most visible
product of Constantine XXIX's Edict of Toleration. The Red Mosque
is an
obligatory stop for visiting Arab dignitaries, and it is not impossible
that a lucky visitor may see some distinguished person. Caliph
Abd
Al-Adil is among those who have worshiped at the Red Mosque in
the past.
Latin visitors are warned that the Romans are more tolerant of
Muslims
than western schismatics. Open displays of heresy are frowned
upon."
Tsarist Russia, 1996 |
| ©1996 Roy Stilling |
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"All visitors to St. Petersburg should make space in their itinerary for a visit to the burnt-out shell of the Winter Palace. Destroyed along with much of the rest of the city during the bloody suppression of the Petrograd Soviet in 1919, it alone has been left unrestored as a monument to all those who died on both sides in the civil war of 1917 to 1920. However, Petersburgers will point out to you that it also serves as a permanent reminder to the Tsar of why his ancestor Nicholas II had to grant the Edict of Liberalisation of 1921 that laid the basis of the limited, constitutional monarchy Russia enjoys today. "It is for this reason that a member of the Imperial Family - the Tsar himself if he is in residence - always lays a wreath at the annual ceremony at the palace every November 7th (October 25th Old Style) commemorating the beginning of the "October Revolution" - the Soviet's attempt to sieze power that sparked off the civil war." From Baedeker's _Russia in Europe_, 1996 |
Springtime for Hitler |
| ©1996 Tim Edwards |
If your travels take you to Vienna before the end of September,
be
sure not to miss the Hitler retrospective at the Vienna Museum
of
Modern Art. The museum has assembled a truly comprehensive exhibit
of
the life work of one of the most interesting and controversial
artists
of the twentieth century.
The exhibit begins with some of Hitler's early watercolors, which
have
never before been exhibited. The works are, frankly, somewhat
prosaic, but they give the viewer a chronological baseline for
the
artist's evolving style. This evolution is visible in the posters
the
artist designed for Germany's ill-fated National Socialist party.
After his brief flirtation
with politics, Hitler returned to painting,
and drew on the rage and hostility of his experience in the Great
War
to produce the stunning surrealist works for which he became famous.
The triptych "Mein Kampf" remains the largest work on
canvas in the
world. The viewer will be overwhelmed with its passion and grandeur,
and may have difficulty penetrating the convoluted internal logic
and
Teutonic mythological imagery that led many critics to dub Hitler
"Austria's answer to Salvador Dali"
Many people are unaware that Hitler also dabbled in sculpture.
The
stunning homoeroticism of "Ubermensch" often surprises
unprepared
viewers.
The painting "Kristallnacht" marks the beginning of
Hitler's so-called
"black period" during which the artist pushed the envelope
of radical
abstract expressionism. Hitler's worsening drug addiction in this
period led to darker and more violent imagery in his paintings.
The
exhibit ends with the macabre "Endlosung" which still
bears the
bloodstains of the tragic dual suicide in 1945 of the artist and
his
favorite model, Eva Braun.
"Hitler: A Retrospective" will be at the Vienna Museum
of Modern Art
until September 30th, every day except Tuesday from 9:00AM to
7:00PM
30 Sch/ 15 Sch with a valid student ID
Another point of view...
©1996 by Pyotr Filipivich
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...The important thing to remember is that following the Great War, Europe went through radical transformation, not only politically but in the arts and society. (Even America, untouched by war, had the roaring twenties.) It is interesting to note that Hitler quit his dabbling in radical politics shortly after the restoration of the monarchy by von Hindenberg. But Hitler himself spoke of his military service as both the consummate horror and crucial events in his development as an artist. Much has been made of his prewar landscapes, particularly the urban watercolors he painted in his early days. But even as they have been dismissed as prosaic, these were harbingers of his later work, for in them one can see the first glimmerings of his conceptualization of the sterile inhumanity of the modern urban landscape. Hitler had intuitively rejected the middle-class expressionism then popular, but had not yet found his metre. Later he was to use the formal structures of the prewar art world to channel (in both senses of the word) the anarchistic postwar weltanschauung, and some say he best expressed the zeitgeist of post war Europe. While some of his immediate postwar works were raw reflective of a neo-wagnerian excess, one can compare them with Goya's Peninsular Etching documenting the atrocities of 1812. Both men had seen things which were unbearable, and both used their artistic abilities to give voice to the unspeakable brutality and inhumanity which is war, and in particular, that of the Great War. But raw outrage can only go so far, and Hitler began what came to be called the Aryan Mystique as he appropriated the symbols and icons of his upbringing and what he considered the bourgeois middle class values of the Whilma Republic. Hitler was not the first who juxtaposed incongruous symbols, but not since Hieronymous Bosch were items of day to day life inhabited with such vigor or malice. It has been explored at great length in "The Aryan Ideal, Hitler's Vision" (Rosenberg, et al, Munich 1955) how Hitler, though raised nominally Catholic, had broke with organized religion, save as how it could provide symbols for his art. Yet even then, there was the rejection, as the crooked crossed evidences, and the even reversal of the fylfot or swastika (a good luck symbol from the Isle of Man). Hitler was especially contemptuous of the Russian Patriarch Vyacheslav "Molotov" and his campaign for Social Realism in art, saying on one occasion "Keinen Kunst ist, Tapete sind!" ("That isn't Art, that's wallpaper!" [Gobbels, "Table Talk in Berchesgaden", Innsbruch, 1947].) As has been noted elsewhere, Hitler had an aversion for things slavic probably originating in his war service on the Russian front, and a resulting suspicion of slavs bordering on the pathological. Some say it is not coincidence that Hitler took his own life in the famous Russian Spring, when Lufthansa, Areoflot and Air Polska engaged in a fare war, flooding Berlin with thousands of Russian Tourists. These two threads, his anti-religion feelings and the hatred of things Slavic, when combined with his drug use, drove his development of the Aryan Ideal in Art. Hitler saw himself as chosen for the mission to bring about the Aryan Artistic Ideal, and took to calling himself "der Fuhrer" (the Leader) and requiring guests at his studio "Eagles Nest" to use the term. While _Kristallenacht_ does mark the beginnings of his black period, there are those who also see the black humor of his _Night of the Long Knives_, with it's images of sacrifice and rejection of the necessity for commercial support needed by an emerging artist. That this was painted when Hitler took control of his own work and presentations, cutting off the large commercial galleries from their control of his work. There are reports that all of his sketch books were burned
upon his death by his friends, all though rumors persist that
they were smuggled to South America... From Nikolai Petrovich's review of the retrospective in the Moscow Pravda Arts section. |
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Sir! I'm no New Aryan but I have to add these small comments to your Hitler as Artist page. I met 'der fuhrer' about three years before his famous suicide. The Eagle's Nest was the product of his final commercial success. It was a grand , imposing, and (to this observer) sterile architectural schema conceived by one of his late lovers...(Speer?). I was, none the less, moved by the mans very presence. He had that unsmiling seriousness that comes from either true genius or true psychosis. Judging from his suicide and his contributions to the arts its likely a combination of the two. I addressed him formally as 'Der Furher!' and he barely showed evidence of my presence. I then told him, 'Sir! Your works have caused and uproar in Bavaria and now I will speak to you as a Bavarian!' His eyes flashed and he turned to me with that hard gaze that has melted many a pretentious young bourgeois girls heart but then it softened and he invited me in to his study for coffee and cakes. His constitution by that time was weak. Its amazing to say but he ate only nuts and a salad while I guzzled good German coffee and chocolates. He smiled frequently, a twinkle in his eye and admitted that he understood the common mood. 'Herr Beethoven knew how to move a crowd too' he said, 'I make love to the people, they are like a women, I give them what they want and...', he paused and looked lovingly on his famous 'Kristallnacht' painting...'they give me what I want!' He finished with a sigh of almost sexual release. 'You see, I find the masses horrid. They know only sheer emotion, sheer terror. But terror has its uses... yes... its uses. I can tell you that a true artist knows how the crowd thinks. What the crowd believes on an unconscious level and...' he sipped at some English Tea here, ' and the true artist knows how to satisfy the crowd, make the crowd scream for more and keep coming back to the only lover that can satisfy!' Why did Hitler confide these things to me, a Bavarian chicken farmer? I suspect he saw in me the appreciation for his 'world view' as the Americans put it. Someone who knew what he intended and could make it happen, could carry out the ultimate end, the master stroke, the final solution if you will of his grand schemes that came from the tortured soul of one who knew suffering as no effeminate Hemingway every did. When Mein Furher took his life I felt a part of myself die. You don't know the power or the passion of the man or his great plans. Having met him I feel as if something is missing now that he has left us. What might have been? What glory could have been? Alas the once Germanic neighborhood I returned to has become a gathering for the filthy Slavic Hordes. I return to my chickens, a wiser but sadder man for having met the one man who could have made a real difference in the world. Imagine there's no heaven and we must live in the hell of his absence! I still have one of his last works. The bold "Band Of Brothers!' painting with its steely eyed young men, the eye of the beast in them ,with the breathtaking black and silver double lightning bolts behind them, marching to a new war that never happened, avenging the losses of the Great War and making a New Germany. Alas, all we have now is the memories. What could have been! Yours Very Truly, Heinrich Himmler 66 Swatchstrasse Ravensbruck |
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KINGDOM OF AL-ANDALUS |
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Occupying the southern third of the Iberian peninsula, the Kingdom ofAl-Andalus is easily one of the most visited spots in Europe. Scholars flock to the Univerisity of Cordova, historians want to study the many bloody battlefields of the many wars with Spain and Portugal, and tourits wish to sample the modern "Arabian Nights" atmosphere. The capital, Granada, is dominated by the beautiful Alhambra palace. Tourists are allowed into some areas, on conducted tours, but caution is advised; the palace is still used by royalty, and the Royal Guards have no sense of humor about infractions of the rules, which your guide will explain to you before you enter. Other sites of interest in the city include the House of Orwell. In this house, the exiled British writer, George Orwell, wrote and entertained for many yers. Captured when Al-Andalus intervened in the Spanish Civil War, he ended up settling in Al-Andalus with his wife Eileen. Many of his most famous works were written in Granada. Today, his descendants keep up his house as a monument to him; it will also be of interest s an example of a wealthy man's private residence, which is normally not seen by foreign tourists. The marketplaces preserve much of the atmosphere of a traditional Middle Eastern bazaar or souk, but all shops are equipped with the latest electronic equipment; hagglers, be warned: you are up against well-informed experts. Electronic equipment is cheap and very well-made, and Al-Andalusian carpets are world-famous. Points of interest outside the cities include the Valley of Ten Thousand Stakes, known to the Spaniards as the Valley of Martyrs. Here Abdullah IV (known to the Spaniards as the Cruel, but to his own people as the Fountain of Justice) publicly impaled ten thousand priests and laymen of the Inquisition, captured by his navy in a surprise retaliatory raid on Santiago de Compostela after several large unofficial attacks on Andalusian territory by Spaniards, in the year 1784. Languages spoken include Mozarab (the local dialect of Spanish) Maghrebi Arabic, similar to what is spoken in the Andalusian territories in Morocco (al-Maghreb) and Modern Standard Arabic, an essentially artificial language invented by the scholars in the great Madressah Al-Malikiya (School of the Kingdom) so that students from clear across the Arabic-speaking world could communicate without having to resort to formal Koranic Arabic. It is now gaining acceptance among educated people from Iraq to Morocco, and deep into Africa. |
See the glory that is Remu! |
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©1997 By John H. Reiher Jr. |
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Pax Mundus Remu welcomes all travelers to her shores. The empire of Remu was founded in the Seven Hills of Remu by the brothers Remus and Romulus. Remus went on to be the first king of the Seven Hills, and the city and the people were named after him, populus Remulus, the people of Remu. Down the Via Eppia, into Remu, you will see sights, never seen before by man. The Great Colosseum, where gladitorial combats are still played out, though now in a more civilized manner, with blunted swords and padded clubs. Still the occaisonal accident occurs, but with modern medical care, the injured warrior can be back fighting in less than a month. The only deaths that occur on purpose, are the monthly executions of criminals. Death is by combat, with the prisoners armed with real swords and maces. The only prisoner left alive at the end is given a pardon by the emperor himself, Tiberius Nonius Macedonicus. Near the Great Colosseum, is the Senate, now a museum, since Marius Lucius Claudius disbanded it, in the Senate Rebellion of 2190 A.S.R., almost 560 years ago. Today, the emperor oversees a vast buracracy, that keeps the empire running. Further into Remu, you will see the great arch of Gaiulus Julius Numidicus, who made his name by conquering not another land on Orbis Terrarum, but by conquering an adjacent world, an "alternate world", Orbis Terrarum Secundus, by means of the Orbis Alternus Canalis. The Orbis Alternus Canalis was devised by the lady Titula Minucia Maxima, who bucked traditional roles for women in Remu society, and studied the philosophical sciences: The Initia, Lex Motus, and Astrologia. After much study and one near fatal accident Titula was able to build a device that has opened up the multiverse for trade and conquest! Currently Pax Mundus Remu, consists of three worlds: Orbis Terrarum Primus, Orbis Terrarum Secundus, and Orbis Terrarum Tertius. Primus is, of course, ruled by Tiberius Nonius Macedonicus, Secundus is ruled by the firstborn son of Gaiulus, Marius Julius Numidicus, and Tertius is ruled by his second son, Lucius Julius Numidicus. Visit Remu today! (From the Remu Visitors Bureau Remu on 20 Denarius a Day publication.) |
Russian Commonwealth (RTL d1825) |
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©1997 by Stephen Voss |
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Note timeline difvergence codes( RTL= RUSSIA d1825 means the time of divergence) Visitors to Moscow will enjoy visiting Decembtist Square, site of the great December revolution that toppled the absolutist monarchy in 1825 and put Constantine the first of the Russian constitutional monarchs. The Empire was changed into a commonwealth following the constitution of 1896. The role of the monarchy is largely symbolic except that the Monarch may annul acts of the legislature and call elections and can "deal" with members of their own family. The major parties are Constitutional Democrat, Social Democrat, Liberal, Green (although several green party members were imprisoned last year for throwing animal blood on the Czarina because she was wearing fur). The monument to WWII in which the imperial forces of the Russian Commonwealth defeated the Nazis is witness to a changing of the imperial guard every day at 11:00. The attempt by facist forces to take over Russia in the 1930s was put down violently and their the pro-fascist leader, Joseph Stalin, was put to death on the orders of the social democrat prime minister Kerensky . The Duma for the last Century has been able to remove corrupt Czars and Czarinas. The Current head of state of Russia is Czarina Alexandra IV, she was profiled in Flair Magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful women in the world. She is known for her temper, palace insiders say her boyfriend narrowly missed becoming her ex-boyfriend (as in EXecution) when he was caught in bed with the Duchess of Kiev. The official word dimissed such claims as "ridiculous". The economy is mostly market except for the Metro built during the reign of the social democrats, even the imperial railway is a stock company, and the Czarina owns 51% of the company personally, and spends more time running the railroad than affairs of state. Russian Commonwealth is one of the few countries with a gold backed currency, except for the period. After 1970, the liberal party began a broad program of tax reduction that has the Russian economy on par with Switzerland. |
Wilhelmintine London |
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©1998 Ray Speer |
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London, England,is the largest city of the British Islands and is the third largest city in the German Reich. More than nine decades after the forcible annexation of the islands into the Reich, toleration of the folk-ways of the English, Scottish, Irish & Welsh has allowed the dual posting of German & English signs throughout the city. This concession has met with wide approval from the locals & American tourists. The ceremonial change of the guard -- half red-coated, shakoed Brits & the other half from the mainland Reich, with polished spiked helmets -- take place every day in front of the Windsor Palace regardless of whether the King-Kaiser is in residence in London. (King-Kaiser Wilhelm V, the present teenaged prince, seldom visits his London estate, in direct contrast to Wilhelm (II) the Great, grandson of Queen Victoria, who often spent half the year in his conquered island provinces.) The Landstag in the Westminster Buildings by the Thames appoints the Minister General of England by virtue of the Responsible Government Act passed by the Reichstag in 1975. Memories of England's independence (from roughly 1066 to 1910) still remain scattered throughout London. In the East End, tourists can follow the trail of Jack the Ripper. The Tower of London is still a historic site, though the Royal Jewels were distributed between Potsdam & Delhi by article 231 of the Articles of Annexation. At the top of Nelson's Tower is the statute of Horatio Nelson, the hero of the Napoleonic seabattle of Trafalgar. By the Thames is the Kaiser Wilhelm Victory Arch, commemorating the surprise invasion of 1910, by which three German divisions were landed successfully in northern England by the Kreigsmarine in spite of the superiority of the British Navy. Von Moltkestrasse (Von Moltke Street), the main throughway in London, bears the name of the victor of the hard-fought ground phase od that military campaign. Nineteen-ninety-nine will be a special year in London. By the terms of the Articles of Annexation, defeated King George and his family were allowed to establish a sovereign court in India & so George I and his successors (his son, Edward I, and then the childless Edward's niece, Elizabeth I) have ruled as Emperors of the East throughout the 20th century. In June 1999, the Prince of Punjab, Empress Elizabeth's son, Rajeesh, will be the first prince of the House of Nehru-Saxe-Coburg to visit his dynasty's ancestral home. Prince Rajeesh will meet Kaiser Wilhelm at a festival to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the League of Baghdad (the miltary alliance of Germany and the Empire of the East against French re-ocupation of the United Nations of IndoChina). Caution to Tourists: If you travel under a passport issued by the United States of America and Australia, do not be surprised if you are harassed at customs. The official reason is that Americans are thought to be bringing marajuana cigarettes to the Reich, where cannabis is verboten. Oldtimers think the rudeness encountered by USAA citizens stems from German anger at the Australian Annexation by the United States in 1934 (ignoring the financial plight that gripped the Aussie Republic in that depression year & the inability or unwillingness of Berlin or Delhi to do anything about it). Japanese and French tourists also report uncouth behavior, possibly stemming from their country's allegiance ith the USAA in the Pacific Alliance Treaty Organization (PATO). |
Welcome to the Free City of Lubeck
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© 1998 Stephen Voss |
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Welcome to the free city of Lubeck! Lubeck is a member of the Hanseatic League, a Military and Economic Alliance of cities covering all of Northern and NorthWestern Europe, including Associate members: the United States, the Baltic States, and other associate members in Asia and the Carribean. The Hanseatic League, in line with its mission to protect its member states, has the 2nd largest Navy and the largest Air Force on this world. However the Hanseatic League provides free access to its ports for all peaceful Naval and Air vessels and has abolished trade barriers throughout its Zone of control. The Hanseatic League is a very loose alliance that has no control over domestic policy except for guaruntees of basic rights and tax limitations. The city of Lubeck is the capital of, and is one of the largest trading ports in the Hanseatic League with Land, Sea, and Air access. Despite its economic status, the city's population is suprisingly low (less than 500,000 people) with most other people just passing through. The Hanseatic League has one of the few Sea Gridneys large enough to pass commercial shipping through. There are hourly Catamarans from Marketplace and ITA Prime. We do issue an advisory to the women of ITA prime, as Hanse sailors may look nicer than sailors from other worlds, but please don't believe everything they say. Also to visitors from other worlds, our sailors may look nice, but realize they are real sailors, so don't treat them as tourist attractions when you tour the fleet in the harbor. The City of Lubeck is also the Administrative Capital of the Hanseatic League province (loosely defined) of Schleswig-Holstein, which contains the cities of Kiel (whose ITHA hostel was profiled). There is also the city of Hamburg, with its wild nightlife and loose women (A very popular place!). The mayor of Lubeck still dresses in the traditional robes of state and greets the citizens and tourists every day. German speakers from other worlds might have a problem understanding people here due to the unusual German dialect, with its hints of Scandanavian and English. The city of Lubeck has many outstanding old churches and trading posts, as well as the Museum of Trade. Which is open every day except Christmas and Easter. The Navy Knife #7 (Also known as the "Official" Hanseatic Navy Knife, much better than those silly Swiss Army ones) is especially popular these days , and shortages will tend to occur because our Navy really uses them and purchases them in bulk, with the surplus going to the public. Recent News: The Hanseatic Navy has been in joint operations with the U.S. Navy to stop raids on International Shipping by Chinese and Japanese Pirates in the Asian Seas and along the Indian subcontinent. The ITA has given this area a D-10 travel advisory, Banditry and Kidnapping. |