North German Federation
| North German Federation | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Government type | N/A |
| Ruling party | N/A |
| Capital | Adopts the forming nation's capital. (Most likely Berlin (ID 549)) |
| Population | N/A |
| Primary culture | North German |
| Accepted cultures | |
| Religion |  protestant
|
| Literacy | N/A |
| National value | Order |
| Tech school | Military-Industrial Complex |
| Status | Civilized |
The North German Federation (NGF) may be formed by 
Prussia or any nation with North German primary culture. It is usually the midway in forming 
Germany. Even without its southern counterpart, it is one of the most powerful nations on Earth, and has a great potential for Industry. It has a southern (and weaker) counterpart in 
South German Federation.
Decisions
All of Prussias decisions can also be taken by North German Federation, but 
Hannover, 
Hesse-Darmstadt and 
Lippe-Detmold cannot. Other than those, they do not have any unique decisions.
Formation
The decision The North German Federation to form the NGF can be taken if
- the country is a Great Power
- primary culture is North German
- neither the NGF nor the German Empire already exist
- the country is at peace
- the country either owns or has in its sphere of influence all core provinces of the German Empire with majority North German culture. This also includes
Holstein (initially a puppet of 
Denmark) and the province of Flensburg in 
Schleswig. Not included are 
Luxembourg and southern german states like 
Bavaria, 
Württemberg and 
Baden .
The decision annexes all sphered North German countries. Luxembourg and Schleswig (if it exists) are optional. Then the decision adds NGF cores on all owned German Empire cores, and finally changes the country to the NGF.
Prussia begins with all required countries in its sphere, except Holstein, Hannover (which is in 
United Kingdom's sphere, but will break free in a couple of years), and 
Saxony (which is in 
Austria's sphere).
This is the first step along the path of German unification and the decision Three Hurrahs For Germany!. The North German Federation provides a vastly increased population base, more territory, and more factories. However, true unification as the German Empire lies in war with 
France and influence over the south German states: Baden, Bavaria and Württemberg. Greater Germany can (in 99% of all playthroughs) only be formed with direct conflict with Austria. One needs influence over Austria; to do so, Austria needs to drop to at least a secondary power.
Strategy
The strategy follows the strategy of Prussia. One has to go to war with France over Alsass-Lothringen and either by war or diplomacy.
NGF should be able to take on both of these countries by its own might, but it might want to find allies in either 
Ottoman Empire or 
Spain.
Forming Germany, once NGF is formed, should be doable with or without allies.
Greater Germany
If one spheres Austria as well as the 3 other South German States, one can annex all of them. This can be done by completely wiping out Austria's army, occupy all land, wait until they drop to Secondary Power and then adding the war goal 'add to sphere'.
Alternatively, Austria can join Germany after its formation, but that requires a fully independent 
Hungary. Also, this method will not add German cores to Austrian territories.
| Great powers | Austria • France • Ottoman Empire • Prussia • Russian Empire • Spain • United Kingdom • USA |
| Secondary powers | Belgium • Brazil • Denmark • Mexico • Netherlands • Portugal • Sardinia-Piedmont • Sweden • Two Sicilies |
| Notable nations | Bavaria • Chinese Empire • Egypt • Greece • Japan • Panjab • Papal States • Persia • Switzerland |
| Formable nations | Arabia • Byzantium • Czechoslovakia • Germany • Gran Colombia • India • Italy • Poland • Poland-Lithuania • Romania • Scandinavia • United Baltic Nations • Yugoslavia |
