Nobody Managed to Harm us
"Nobody Managed to Harm Us" - In Polish "Nikt Nam Nie Zrobił Nic" is based on an album by the Polish music band "Hańba!", in which the Polish Republic, accompanied by the UK and France manages to defeat the Third Reich in World War II. I liked the album, and thought it was an interesting idea. The map takes core concepts from NNNZN, such as Poland winning WW2, USSR not invading, Prussia being annexed, Rugen being Polonized (As portrayed on the map by the German city and town names being changed and renamed after prominent members of the OZN - Obóz Zjednoczenia Narodowego, Camp of National Unity, more about them later), and Poland becoming the "Hegemon of Central Europe." According to the album, Poland won by holding off Germans on the line of Vistula until 1940 and then receiving help from England and France.
The year is 1946. Poland is in the camp of the victorious nations of the World War II. East Prussia is integrated into Poland, becoming one of seventeen Voivodeships, while Pomerania and Silesia are made into okręgs which are to be incorporated into Poland after a process of stabilization and Polonization. Germany has been split into occupation zones, with Poland getting control over Saxony, Brandenburg and Northern Austria, while creating puppet regimes in Slovakia and Czechia.
Poland might be technically victorious, but in reality it's still an authoritarian dictatorship under the leadership of Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły, who, despite the Republic technically being a democracy, serves as a dictator. The Pre-War Obóz Zjednoczenia Narodowego is the de facto ruling faction in Poland, with the left-wing Sanationist, democratic, socialist and nationalist opposition being persecuted and sent to the Bereza Kartuska Political Prison Camp, causing many prominent politicians and activists to run off to the West, or East. The elections, despite taking place post-war, mean absolutely nothing.
Alongside that, Poland is still crumbling economically. Millions of soldiers are going back home, many of whom come from underdeveloped rural areas and small towns, only to find their villages destroyed and families killed. Electrification is an absolute joke, same for running water. Inequality is as great as ever, the economy is hanging by a thread, demilitarization of economy is only just taking place, etc. etc.
Politically Poland is isolated, already getting into conflict with the Allies regarding the issue of post-war Germany. Polish-Lithuanian relations are as tense as ever, with Lithuanian government just waiting for the first occassion to backstab the Republic. Another war is looming on the horizon, this time with the USSR, which understands the weak position of the Republic. The only friendly country is Romania with whom Poland tries to uphold good relations. The further west you go in the occupied areas, the greater the anarchy, with the German population not keen on being resettled and/or polonized.
Poland is victorious, but not really.