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Greetings Deeds of Men!
The New Reich of Bunicken Imperial Christmas Service will be hosted soon!

YOU ARE HEREBY INVITED!!!

When: Friday, December 20th
Where: NRoB Discord Server - 3PM MT / 5PM EST
This Christmas Event consists of service by his Imperial & Holy Majesty Wilhelm von Wermarn-Anburg in the Royal Garden that consists of Christmas music and mass gathering. Afterwards, this mass is to bring everyone together in a warm and welcoming environment and to overall have a good time.
Hope to see YOU there!

First established as an eastern vassal of the German Empire during the First World War, the Kingdom of Poland was the first polish nation for a hundred years. In it's premature state, it was led by three key men, Cardinal Aleksander Kakowski, Prince Zdzisław Lubomirski, and Baron Józef Ostrowski, who formed the Regency Council, which stood in place of the vacant polish throne. As the war ended with the collapse of the Central Powers, Poland now stood free of foreign interference, and began the process of rebuilding the nation. During this time, the Regency Council came under the domination of one man, Field Marshal Józef Piłsudski. The Constitution of 1919 saw absolute power being given to the sovereign, or in the case of a vacant throne, the regent. Piłsudski ruled Poland as a military dictatorship, appointing himself as the sole regent in 1921, and removing many powers from the elected national assembly, the Sejm. The Sejm attempted many times to appoint a King for Poland, but each candidate was vetoed by Piłsudski.

At the same time, Lithuania was enjoying it's independence from Russia, being ruled by a nationalist republican government led by Antanas Smetona. Smetona was unwilling to cooperate with Poland, fearing Lithuania's sovereignty to their much stronger southern neighbor, and remembering the days of the Commonwealth, where Lithuania were subject to Poland's dominance. However, Piłsudski was able to secure the support of many Lithuanian generals, who overthrew Smetona in a coup in 1926, supported by Poland. Lithuania soon became nothing more than a puppet of it's southern neighbour.

Between 1922 and 1929, a civil war raged on in neighboring Germany. At first, Piłsudski was unwilling to cooperate with either side, seeing both as the enemy of the Polish nation. However, nearer the end Poland became more and more closer to Prussia, eventually providing aid for them during the last few months of the war.

By 1930, Piłsudski's health was worsening, and became less and less able to carry out his duties as regent. The Sejm voted to label him as 'incapable to rule', and forced him to resign as regent. Subsequently, the position of Regent was abolished, with the Sejm taking up it's powers. The assembly were quick to begin the process of appointing a King for Poland. The German King of Saxony, Georg II, of the House of Wettin, a dynasty that had previously ruled Poland during the days of the Commonwealth, was proposed, and approved, and took the throne of Poland as Mieczysław I. A confirmatory referendum held the next year showed that 58% of the population approved the choice of King.

In Lithuania, the Seimas (the National Assembly), on the advice of many members of the Sejm, voted to abolish the Republic, and replace it with a monarchy system in the form of a Grand Duchy, proclaiming the new King of Poland Mieczysław I as Grand Duke Mečislovas I of Lithuania. This radical turn of events saw the restoration of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, the two lands being integrated into a dual monarchy in the Constitution of 1932. This constitution also saw the role of the King reduced from what was set out in the 1919 Constitution, giving many powers to the Sejm and Seimas and establishing the office of a new Head of Government, the Chancellor. It also saw the creation of the Senate, a unified upper house of both realms, incorporating delegates from both Poland and Lithuania, while their respective lower houses remained separate.

King Mieczysław was an avid anti Nazi, who supported the ideas of monarchy and aristocracy, but also believed in religious equality, and particularly was disgusted by the West German's anti semite policies. These, besides him being of course a German, saw the Commonwealth enter a deep friendship with Prussia, a friendship which would not ware off to this day. The King allowed many German businesses into the country, allowed German troops to be stationed within it, and helped to fund Prussia's rebuilding after the Civil War.

Through the rest of the 1930s and 1940s, the Commonwealth built up it's industry and armed forces, and made many reforms to it's government as well. Poland-Lithuania enters the 1950s in a good state, although many see it as nothing more than a puppet of it's Western neighbor, it has in it's own right made itself great. Let us discover what the Commonwealth can achieve in this next decade...