[quote=@Wildman13]
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you can either play as Russia, Germany or, why not merge it all together to create a new superpower? 
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For the alternative universe part of your questions. I could say yes, but if you wanted to play as for example our real world japan, then that's fine. I set this to be a semi-realistic RP so pre-war history isn't really required. But, I encouraged that you would be creative and make your own nation instead or, better yet based your nation on a group of survivors and create your nation from the ground up.