January 7th, 1919
When the dust had settled after WWI, Germany emerged victorious. Rebellions formed across the world because of their countries failing to beat Germany. The Queen of England was overthrown, and fled with the Royal Navy to the Province of Canada, essentially turning it into a naval powerhouse. A similar fate awaited France, and their government retreated to their African colonies, extremely weak. The United States of America is suffering from a great recession, and is on the brink of an all out civil war. Russia has been divided in two, however the new country is a vassal state of the Soviet Union.
February 11th, 1919
A brilliant theoretical scientist named Elric VonStauffer has risen to popularity from his most recent document, detailing a very solid theory that there exists minerals near the core of many planets and celestial bodies, that bear the effects from another dimension. These minerals, if they so exist, would be greatly valuable strategically for Germany. An exploratory mineshaft is being bored out this moment, to prove this claim.
February 13th, 1919
Word spreads quickly when something of this gravity is released to the public, and other nations are also digging mineshafts to try and beat the Germans to it, but they do have a slight head start. The race to learn the secrets of this technology has now officially started.
Starting Statistics:
British Empire
Population: 20m
CI: 40
Maintenance Facilities: 5
Research Labs: 1
Shipyards: 1
GFTF: 1
Commune of France
Population: 36m
CI: 84
Maintenance Facilities: 5
Research Labs: 1
Shipyards: 1
GFTF: 1
German Coalition
Population: 100m
CI: 180
Maintenance Facilities: 5
Research Labs: 2
Shipyards: 1
GFTF: 1
Russian Empire
Population: 125m
CI: 100
Maintenance Facilities: 5
Research Labs: 1
Shipyards: 1
GFTF: 1
