New German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic | |
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| Motto: Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch! (English: Proletarians of all countries, unite!) | |
| Anthem: Auferstanden aus Ruinen | |
 The Bust of Ernst Tählmann, before it was knocked down by Hurricane Mitch in 1998. | |
| Capital and largest city | Ernst Thälmann Island |
| Official languages | German |
| Demonym(s) | East German |
| Government | Federal Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic |
• President | Vittorio I of Umbria |
• Prime Minister | Vittorio I of Umbria |
| Legislature | Parliament of the German Democratic Republic |
| Volkskammer | |
| Establishment | w:1949 (as macronation) 2019 (as micronation) |
| Population | |
• (as of 2024 census) census | 1 |
| Currency | Mark of the German Democratic Republic |
| Time zone | (UTC-5) |
This nation is a member of the Warsaw Pact | |
The German Democratic Republic, (Deutsche Demokratische Republik in German) is an micronation that formed in 1949 and became a micronation in 1990 with the German unification, when the rest of the GDR unified with the German Federation. The GDR continued to exist on the East German Ernst Thälmann Island, which wasn't included in any documents during the unification.
The GDR had no government between 1990 and 2019, until the 9th of September 2019, when a person known as Vittorio I of Umbria decided to take matters into his own hands and formed the first GDR government in over 20 years.
Ante-1990 History
Explaining the internal impact of the GDR government from the perspective of German history in the long term, historian w:Gerhard A. Ritter (2002) has argued that the East German state was defined by two dominant forces – Soviet communism on the one hand, and German traditions filtered through the interwar experiences of German communists on the other.[30] The GDR always was constrained by the example of richer West, to which East Germans compared their nation. The changes implemented by the communists were most apparent in ending capitalism and in transforming industry and agriculture, in the militarization of society, and in the political thrust of the educational system and of the media. On the other hand, the new regime made relatively few changes in the historically independent domains of the sciences, the engineering professions, the Protestant churches, and in many bourgeois lifestyles[citation needed]. Social policy, says Ritter, became a critical legitimization tool in the last decades and mixed socialist and traditional elements about equally.[31]
Post-1990 History
Absent Period (1990-2021)
The Absent Period (1990-2021), starting the 3rd of October 1990 with the German Reunification, is the 20-year period of East German history where the GDR had no government whatsoever. This period is known for different micronations claiming Ernst Thälmann Island as theirs and declaring war against the GDR.