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Nation:
D : Bundesrepublik Deutschland
E : Federal Republic of Germany

Name:
Ludwig Beilschmidt

Gender:
Male

Appearance Age:
22

Actual Age:
Since Holy Roman Empire: 1050
Since Unification: 141




Hair Color:
Blonde

Eye Color:
Blue

Height:
188 cm
6'2

Weight:
215 pounds

Appearance:

Ludwig, for lack of better words, is an intimidating man with his six foot two height and incredibly muscular frame to accompany his impassive expression that most mistake for a scowl. His hair is always seen slicked back unless he’s just woken up and even then he doesn’t wait long to fix it to its usual well-kept style not liking the youthfulness his normal style gives him.

Ludwig likes to be well-dressed when he’s out and about and even more so when he’s at work. He may not give off that vibe but his entire youth, from what he can remember, and throughout his adolescences, it’s always been about image and that aspect about himself has just stuck to modern times. It also didn’t help that he was and is close friends with Italy who’s had some friendly pointers to his manner of dress.

His muscular build has everything to do with the fact that he has an almost unhealthy obsession with working out. He likes to keep himself as fit as possible without pushing his body to hard that he hurts himself. He wasn't always this strong and actually it took him quite a bit of time during his youth to reach this point but the dedication that came from starting so young has remained. And so he manages to maintain his fitness level with ease thanks to his strict regiment and strong economy.

Ludwig's facial features are all sharp lines giving him a very put together and almost handsomlely rugged look. There is no doubt about his gender since he lacks any soft curve that accompanies many of the other nations he associates with. The sharp lines add to his intimidating look but the few times his expression softens they highlight his features showcasing his good looks for once.

Defining Features:
Ludwig’s piercing blue eyes are one of his most defining features considering that for a nation who is viewed as young, because of his ambiguous past, his eyes reflect those of a nation who’s been alive a lot longer than given credit for.

There are several circular-like scars that are intricately placed on his back that come from the allied bombing at the end of World War II. They aren’t very noticeable at first but on closer inspection one can see that they follow an intricate design as if one were looking at a geographical map of Germany. The areas more heavily affected the more prominent the scar.

Ludwig’s sleeked back hair is one of his trademark features. He is rarely seen with his natural style for it gives him a youthful look and one he feels would not give him the respect he deserved.



Personality:

Ludwig's personality is, in itself, very complicated in nature. There is what he portrays to the world outside and then there are his intricate thoughts that usually never come out verbally.

Inside his head, Ludwig can't help but store everything in it's proper order as if his brain was filled with thousands of tiny filing cabinets. In each drawer there is listed a fear or emotion that when all the filing cabinets are considered together create the man and nation known as Germany.

Germany is a driven and determined invdividual that will not stop until he achieves his goal no matter how difficult the task. He's very ressourceful and uses everything at his disposal to make ends meet.

He's also a very analytical individual using his common sense to drive him forward rather than his emotions. He doesn't like the uncertainty emotions bring up in a person but rather enjoys facts and topics that can be explained with concrete proof. Which explains how he excels in the sciences and maths rather than in subjects like art or drama.

However, no matter how composed Ludwig may seem there are many things that scare him such as the idea of becoming cruel. His fascination with war and war culture and the fact that he loves to strategize, taking on an even keener interest in chess after the Second World War to satisfy that thirst (as best as he can), puts him on edge. There is something about the thrill of battle that puts him on a high that has only vaguely been reproduced when he plays sports such as Football.

He has seen what a group of his people were capable of and, although that is in the past now, he can't help but wonder what would have happened to his sanity if the allies hadn't won.

However, on a general basis Ludwig is a fairly friendly individual enjoying the fact that other nations have taken interest in what his lands have to offer. Although, when nations begin to take advantage of his generosity that's when he draws the line and sets them straight.

Since he can remember Ludwig has always been a by the manual type of guy, following any type of instruction booklet/book/pdf that is presented to him. He follows the rules to a 'T' which comes off as, more than not, him being very strict. But what's the point of having rules if you aren't going to follow them. None, and so Ludwig keeps to them making sure that everyone else does as well.

Likes:

• Old BMWs
  
• Wursts
  
• Business (International Business specifically)
  
• Dogs
  
• Rule Books
  
• War History
  
• Efficiency
  
• Working out
  
• The Outdoors
  
• Beer
  
• Potatoes
  
• Christmas
  
• Politics
  
• High German
  
• Baking
  
• Reading
  
• The Red Baron and General Erwin Rommel
  
• His bruder
  
• Turkish Food (the largest minority in Germany are Turks and so he's been exposed to a lot of Turkish food.)
  
• Football (He loves watching Champions League)
  

Dislikes:

• Tardiness
  
• Disorder/Chaos
  
• Uncleanliness
  
• Burnt food
  
• Animal Cruelty
  
• Ignorance
  
• Stupidity
  
• Laziness
  
• Unprofessionalism in a professional setting
  
• Talking about his feelings
  
• Euro crisis
  
• Taking too much of a leadership role that consequently leads to rumours about his Nazi days
  
  

Fears:

• Another dictatorship similar to Hitler’s will arise a second time
  
• The re-separation of west and east
  
• Becoming cruel
  
• Nationalism (to an extent, as in reaching a nationalistic level such as what occurred in the Third Reich)
  
• Becoming weak
  
• Being blamed for another World War if there is to be one
  
• Having a weak economic much like after WWI
  

Fun Facts:

• Ludwig has trouble understanding Switzerland’s German and half the time guesses what the other is saying to embarrassed to ask the other to speak more clearly.
  
• He has a secret love of baking or at least he thinks it is secret.
  
• He carries his Iron Cross with him wherever he goes.
  
• Ludwig secretly enjoys watching porn specifically BDMS
  
• When he gets really stressed out Ludwig cools himself down by working on old BMWs he’s managed to salvage from scrap yards.
  

Strengths:

• Ludwig’s organizational skills
  
• His OCD
  
• His physical strength
  
• His logical and analytical mind set
  
• Strategizing
  
• His fighting skills
  
• Economic strength
  
• Competitive
  
  

Weaknesses:

• His OCD
  
• His short-fuse in most scenarios especially settings such as world meetings
  
• His lack of ability concerning emotional interactions
  
• Stubborn
  
• His awkwardness
  
• His to the point manner of speaking, it can be offensive even if he doesn’t mean to be
  
• Competitive
  

• 962 - German King Otto I crowned Roman emperor after gaining control of northern Italy; beginning of what became known as Holy Roman Empire centred on Germany.
• 1250 - Death of Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen marks virtual end of central authority and acceleration of empire's collapse into independent princely territories.
• 1438 - Election of Albert I marks beginning of Habsburg dynasty based in Austria.
• 1517 - Martin Luther proclaims Ninety-Five Theses against traditional church practices; start of Protestant split from Catholic Church.
• Early modern Germany
• 1618-1648 Thirty-Years' War: failure of Habsburg emperors' attempt to restore Catholic dominance and imperial authority against opposition of Protestant princes; 1648 Treaty of Westphalia confirms near total independence of territorial states.
• 1806 - Napoleon's armies impose French rule over much of Germany; Francis II declares abolition of Holy Roman Empire and adopts title of emperor of Austria.
• 1813 - Defeat of Napoleon at Battle of Leipzig.
• 1848 - Year of Revolutions; failure of liberals' attempt to unite Germany under democratic constitution; start of period of rapid industrialisation.
• 1871 - Otto von Bismarck achieves unification of Germany under leadership of Prussia; new German Empire's authoritarian constitution creates elected national parliament (Reichstag) but gives Kaiser (emperor) extensive powers.
• 1888 - Start of William II's reign; start of trend towards colonial expansion and build-up of German navy to compete with Britain's; rapid growth of Germany's economic power.
• 1890 - Growing workers' movement culminates in founding of Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
• 1914-1918 - World War I
• 1918 - Germany defeated, signs armistice. Emperor William II abdicates and goes into exile.
• 1919 - Treaty of Versailles: Germany loses colonies and land to neighbours, pays large-scale reparations.
• Beginning of the Weimar Republic, based on a new constitution. Its early years are marked by high unemployment and rampant inflation.
• 1923 - Adolf Hitler, head of the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) Party, leads an abortive coup in a Munich beer hall.
• France, Belgium occupy the Ruhr over failed reparation payments. Hyperinflation leads to economic collapse.
• 1924 - Hitler writes Mein Kampf - "My Struggle" - in prison.
• 1929 - Global depression, mass unemployment.
• Third Reich
• 1933 - Hitler becomes chancellor. Weimar Republic gives way to a one-party state. Systematic persecution of Germany's Jews escalates. Hitler proclaims the Third Reich in 1934.
• 1935 - Germany begins to re-arm. Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
• 1936 - Berlin Olympics.
• 1938 - Annexation of Austria and Sudetenland.
• Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) sees orchestrated attacks on Jews and their property as well as synagogues.
• 1939-1945 - Invasion of Poland triggers World War II.
• Millions of people of all ages, mostly Jews but also large numbers of Gypsies, Slavs and other races, the disabled and homosexuals, die in the Holocaust as the Nazis implement an extermination policy in the death camps of eastern Europe.
• 1945 - German army defeated. Allies divide Germany into occupation zones.
• 1945-1946 - Nuremberg war crimes trials.
• Divided country
• 1949 - Germany is divided. The US, French and British zones in the west become the Federal Republic of Germany; the Soviet zone in the east becomes the communist German Democratic Republic.
• Konrad Adenauer, of the Christian Democrats (CDU) is West Germany's first chancellor. East Germany is led by Walter Ulbricht.
• 1950s - Start of rapid economic growth in West Germany.
• 1955 - West Germany joins Nato; East Germany joins the Warsaw Pact.
• 1957 - West Germany joins the European Economic Community.
• 1961 - Construction of the Berlin Wall.
• 1968 - East German constitution declares unification impossible until the West becames socialist.
• 1969 - Social Democrat (SPD) Willy Brandt becomes chancellor and seeks better ties with the Soviet Union and East Germany.
• 1971 - Walter Ulbricht is succeeded in East by Erich Honecker.
• 1973 - East and West Germany join the UN.
• 1974 - Brandt resigns after spy revelations surrounding one of his aides. New Chancellor Helmut Schmidt continues Brandt's "Ostpolitik" (eastern policies).
• Wall tumbles
• 1982 - Christian Democrat Helmut Kohl becomes chancellor.
• 1987 - East German leader Erich Honecker pays a first official visit to West.
• 1989 - Mass exodus of East Germans as Soviet bloc countries relax travel restrictions.
• Berlin Wall is torn down.
• 1990 - Kohl leads a reunified Germany.
• 1991 - Parliament names Berlin the new capital.
• 1992 - Erich Honecker is brought back to Berlin from Moscow to face political charges.
• 1993 - Germany joins the Maastricht Treaty on European union.
• 1994 - Honecker dies. Kohl re-elected.
• Constitutional court rules that German troops can participate in UN peacekeeping operations outside Nato.
• Russian and Allied troops finally leave Berlin.
• Schroeder years
• 1998 - General election victory for SPD leader Gerhard Schroeder leads to "Red-Green coalition" with the Green Party.
• Kohl replaced as CDU leader by Wolfgang Schaeuble.
• Government and industry announce compensation fund for former slave workers under Nazis.
• 2000 January/April - CDU party funding scandal. Kohl resigns as honorary party chairman after he admits illegally accepting thousands of dollars in party contributions. Party leader Schaeuble resigns over his handling of the scandal. Angela Merkel takes over.
• 2001 March - European Court of Human Rights rules that three former East German Communist leaders should serve jail terms for sanctioning a policy of shooting would-be escapees at the Berlin Wall. The Court said that the men - among them the last East German leader Egon Krenz - had violated international human rights law.
• 2001 June - Government and nuclear industry representatives sign agreement to phase out nuclear energy entirely over next 20 years.
• 2001 November - Chancellor Schroeder survives parliamentary confidence vote over the government's decision to deploy 4,000 troops in the US-led campaign in Afghanistan, Germany's largest deployment outside Europe since World War II.
• 2002 January - Euro replaces Deutsche Mark (DM).
• 2002 March - Government pushes controversial immigration bill through upper house of parliament. It allows a limited number of skilled non-EU workers into the country.
• Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl wins court battle to prevent access to files held on him by the former East German secret police, the Stasi. The ruling also puts out of bounds files on many other people.
• 2002 August - City of Dresden is submerged under floodwater from River Elbe following torrential rain across central Europe. Schroeder says situation is national catastrophe, announces plan to finance repairs by delaying proposed tax cuts.
• Schroeder re-elected
• 2002 September - Schroeder re-elected but with a sharply reduced majority thanks to good showing by his coalition partners, the Greens.
• 2003 March - Constitutional Court decides not to uphold government request to ban neo-Nazi National Democratic Party because of accusations that government informants planted in party ranks had acted as agents provocateurs to discredit it.
• 2004 May - Opposition CDU-backed candidate Horst Koehler, former IMF head, elected president.
• 2004 August/September - Tens of thousands protest in streets, particularly in eastern regions, over government plans to cut unemployment benefit and other welfare and labour reforms.
• 2005 March - Edited East German secret police files on former chancellor Helmut Kohl made available to researchers under certain conditions. Mr Kohl had fought a long legal battle to prevent publication.
• 2005 May - After his party suffers defeat in North Rhein-Westphalia regional election, Chancellor Schroeder announces that he will seek early general elections.
• Parliament ratifies EU constitution.
• 2005 July - President calls early general elections after Chancellor Schroeder deliberately loses a confidence vote in parliament in order to trigger the poll.
• 2005 September - Elections produce very close result. Coalition talks follow.
• 2005 October - Dresden's Frauenkirche reconsecrated 60 years after its destruction by Allied bombers.
• First female chancellor
• 2005 November - Angela Merkel of the CDU becomes chancellor in a "grand coalition" involving the CDU and SPD.
• 2006 July - Parliament approves far-reaching changes to the way in which Germany is governed; the reforms are intended to speed up decision-making.
• 2006 August - Police say two bombs, discovered on regional trains near Cologne at the end of July, were intended to kill large numbers of people. The devices failed to go off.
• 2006 November - Unemployment falls below 4 million for the first time in four years.
• 2008 March - Chancellor Angela Merkel makes historic address to Israeli parliament (Knesset) during a trip marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel. Her address is the first ever given to the Knesset by a German head of government.
• Financial crisis
• 2008 October - Germany agrees a $68bn plan to save one of the country's largest banks, Hypo Real Estate, from collapse.
• European governments pledge up to 1.8 trillion euros as part of co-ordinated plans to shore up their financial sectors, hit hard by the global financial crisis. Germany says it will make as much as 500bn euros available in loan guarantees and capital to bolster the banking system.
• 2008 November - Germany is declared to be officially in recession.
• 2009 February - Parliament approves $63bn stimulus package aimed at shoring up recession-hit economy.
• 2009 August - Figures are released showing that economy grew by 0.3% in last quarter, bringing country out of recession.
• 2009 September - Angela Merkel wins another four years in office as her centre-right alliance (CDU/CSU) secures victory in general election.
• 2009 October - Mrs Merkel's CDU seals coalition deal with pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) after parties reach agreement on major tax cut proposals.
• 2010 - Official data shows the German economy shrank by 5% in 2009, hit by a slump in exports and investment.
• 2010 March - Four Islamists are convicted by a court in Germany of plotting to attack US facilities in the country.
• Eurozone woes
• 2010 May - Germany's parliament votes to approve a 22.4bn euro German contribution to bail out debt-ridden Greece, prompting widespread public anger.
• Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing centre-right coalition suffers a defeat in regional elections in North-Rhine Westphalia, losing its majority in the upper house of parliament.
• 2010 September - Cabinet approves controversial plan to extend lifespan of Germany's nuclear reactors, reversing 2001 decision to phase out nuclear energy by 2021.
• 2011 January - Provisional figures show the economy grew by 3.6% in 2010, its fastest pace since reunification in 1990. Economists attributed the rate to a recovery in exports.
• 2011 March - Setback for Chancellor Angela Merkel as her Christian Democrats lose the key state of Baden-Wuerttemberg after six decades.
• 2011 May - In further u-turn on nuclear power following crisis at Japan's Fukushima plant, German government says all nuclear power plants will be phased out by 2022.
• 2011 June - With German electorate becoming increasingly jittery at prospect of having to fund large part of a second bail-out for Greece, Chancellor Merkel insists that Greek parliament must approve new austerity package to qualify for further EU assistance.



Germany had watched them lay waste to his cities as bomb after bomb destroyed the many buildings that had meant something important to him. It was honestly not only seeing but feeling each impact, feeling the vibrations that followed the sharp intake of breath and blinding pain.

There was nothing left.

Only the rubble of what used to be several glorious cities. The heartache that he not only felt but the heartache that came from his people at such a blow.

The allies had not only won the war but destroyed all semblance of who he had been before the war.

The pride of being German was gone and it was something he suspected would not return to his devastated (and embarassed) people for many years to come. And at the moment nothing could repair what had been done. He knew it would only progressively worsen before they could even pick up any semblance of civilization.

Hitler had led them down a very dark path. But to say it was only Hilter would be a grave mistake because those who had joined his cause continued the spiral into oblivion. And all this while Ludwig watched from the sidelines, at first enchanted by the increase in employment and lowering of his debt and then horrified upon the realisation that a few pros had brought a bout so many cons.

Of course, he should have seen it considering he had gone to the beer halls to listen to this new voice that filled him with better possibilities from that of his former state. It had even blinded him to the more outrageous statements that seem to spew out from this rigid man. It was as if Hitler had cast a spell over him to assure that the German nation would only hear what he wanted him to hear.

It had worked...but, soon certain events began to unsettle him and by that point Hitler had already enraptured the entire nation inadvertently placing Ludwig in a difficult position.

This was all so very wrong...

And that was fact.

Nuremburg 1945

The city was a mess. It could vaguely be considered anything but a pile of rubble. However, even though the state of Nuremburg was pathetic, this is where the allies wanted to hold the trials against the Nazis. Fitting, the tall German thought as this location still held memory of the rally that had been pivotal to keeping the support of the citizens of Germany. The formations, the enthusiasm, the passion…and yet now that he thought about it how easily swayed his people could be but could he blame them. It had even marvelled him…nearly convinced him that their cause was just. That it was right and that everyone else knew nothing when it came to the betterment of the world. That was something Ludwig was ashamed of and would have to live with the reminder of what he had almost become. Perhaps in the future they wouldn’t be blamed for their decision in following such a monster so blindly but today, today was a completely different matter altogether. It was time for the truth to be set free.

Ludwig’s dull blue eyes spotted a woman straining to move some rubble from what, he assumed, used to be her home. It took him a moment to react but luckily for her he managed to make it to her side before she tumbled back and most likely injure herself. Strong arms took hold of the piece of rubble hefting it up and discarding it to the side before he gave the woman a sad smile that she returned. There was a silent understanding between the two and Ludwig found it oddly comforting to say the least. He spent a few more minutes helping her move larger pieces before he bid her farewell and continued his trek through the chaos. There were too many American’s loitering around it was painful to see but it got him thinking.

America was probably somewhere in the village looking for the building he would deem appropriate for the trials. The tall German knew for a fact that these trials would take months if not years to get through. There were too many crimes to try and on top of that there had never been laws put in place for international crisis such as this although in reality there should have been. The lawyers being assigned to this case would have to start from scratch. They would have to create stuff that could work in a legal case of this magnitude and Germany couldn’t help but be interested to see how it would play out.

Honestly, he wasn’t even sure what America was thinking letting him roam around so freely. What if he ran? What if he had truly agreed with the beliefs of the Nazi party? The young nation was being really risky but perhaps he really wasn’t. Germany would never run. He would face his punishment like a man and whatever is to be said at the trail he would have to live with it for the rest of his existence and that was a punishment far worse than being incarcerated or even killed.

The Player

Name:
Christa
Age:
22
Fun Fact:
I have a weakness for Ritter Sport specifically the one with chocolate mousse filling.