I've brought this idea up a few times but never made it is own discussion. Now I myself am not a modder, so unless someone decides to help make this a reality, I can only speculate. Basically the idea is to create a mod that both includes Fictional Characters into a Hearts of Iron game(other Paradox games could also have this done but World War II would be the most interesting to start in). Fictional Characters can also replace existing figures
Here's a rough list of the Major Powers. Other entries would likely discuss events, individuals and other countries.
Major Powers
Germany
Fascist/Nazi line of succession
Adenoid Hynkel(The Great Dictator)
Heinrich Kemmler(The Dresden Files)
Goring Herring(The Great Dictator)
Vandal Savage(DC Comics)
Johann Schmidt(Marvel Comics)
Wilhelm Strasse(Wolfenstein)
Democratic
Colonel Wilhelm Klink(Hogan's Heroes)
Communist
Jon Frederson(Metropolis).
Monarchy
The Inca of Perusalem
Otto Von Bludiron(Meccania the Super State)
Notes
Hynkel and Herring are the stand in/parodies of Hitler and Goring. Hynkel thus replaces Hitler in all contexts. Adolf Hitler in this Universe moved to America after World War I and became a science Fiction Writer(The Iron Dream), since his disappearance creates a world where the Soviet Union dominates without Nazi Germany to counter it, Hynkel was instead raised by time travellers to fill Hitler's place in history. One event will have a coup replaced Hynkel with a Jewish lookalike which, if not averted or discovered, will naturally lead to a complete political 180 and possibly Nazi Civil War among the members of the party.
Heinrich Kemmler is not just a Himmler stand in, but also a powerful wizard and leader of the Thule Soicety, responsible for many Supernatural Nazi based events like opening a portal to another universe(Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shambhalla), and hunting for ancient artifacts(Indiana Jones series). Given how powerful he is implied to be in the Dresden Files(mentioned as being one of the most powerful sorcerers of all time). As such event surrounding his assassination should have flavoring like being killed by powerful sorcerers like Dumbledore(Harry Potter) or Yen Sid(Fantasia) if Britain or America has him assassinated, or using enchanted weapons. I also see this Kemmler as a composite with the one from Warhammer 40k.
Vandal Savage taking over is based on the Justice League episode "The Savage Time". Since he's immortal, his assassination attempts would also likely get flavoring, such as being presumed dead in an explosion with no body, being sent to another dimension or so on. Though the comic DC One Million revealed that an Atomic Bomb blast will evidently do the trick. Legends of Tomorrow gave another way to possibly kill him.
Johann Schmidt in the comics is implied to have been planning to betray Hitler and in the Movie does so. As such you can't expect Schmidt to remain loyal for long and create a civil war where he leads Hydra.
Strasse is the opposite, based on Heydrich's role in The Man with the Iron Heart, Strasse is prepared to continue fighting even if the War is over.
Colonel Wilhelm Klink leading a democratic Germany, likely in the event of Germany's defeat would do a lot to help explain how characters in crossovers tend to respond warmly to him despite him having been a Nazi. For example an episode in Batman 66' where Batman is friendly towards him and him being Homer Simpson's conscience in an episode of the Simpson's(which indirectly implies he's real when Homer asks if he got his letters and the Conscience says he's not really him, he's just assuming his form, making him make more sense if he's a real person). He could also just have claimed he was in on Hogan's plans and secretly helped them, at the very least him men claimed to "No nothing" of Hogan's actions.
Jon Frederson is a main character from Fritz Lang's Metropolis, which I place in the 1920's rather than the future. So Berlin is much more advanced, though the creator's death meant they couldn't exactly replicate it. Frederson is sympathetic towards a worker's revolution. in this context he helped the Workers overthrow their masters but Hynkel replaced him as the Worker's Party leader(allusion to the Nazi party starting as the Worker's party). So Frederson now hopes to overthrow Hynkel, he just so happens to have Communist views.
The Inca of Perusalem is a George Bernard Shaw novel obviously parodying Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany with the possiblity that the titular "Inca" is not a real Inca.
Given the popular "King under the Mountain" trope, it could be possible to summon Otto Von Bludiron(expy of Otto Von Bismarck from Meccania the Super State, which itself is a stand in for Germany). However i doubt he'd be that powerful and be armed with just Middle ages technology. He'd also likely be tricked into helping the Nazis, and the truth could be revealed, leading to a situation where he returns to power.
Soviet Union
Communism/Leaderism
Fearless Leader(Rocky and Bullwinkle)
Communism/Benderism
Ostap Bender(The Silver Chair
Communism/Antipovism
Pasha Antipov(Dr.Zhivago)
Democracy/Socialism
Grigori Melehkov(And Quiet flows the Don)
Tsarism
Anastasia(Anastasia)
Tsarevich Alexei(Mirror, Mirror)
Natasha Romanova(Marvel Comics)
Fascism
Gregory Arkaddin(Mr.Arkaddin)
Peter Rastov Rasputin(Hellboy/Anastasia)
Koschei the Deathless(Ivan Tsarevich)
Notes
Fearless Leader replaces Stalin, the real Stalin appears as Politician Joe Steele, having been born in America when his father immigrated. His name is either Josef Besstrashnyy or Besstrashny Leaderev when translated. he usurped control of the Soviet Union after the apparent death of Pasha Antipov and forced Bender into exile.
Ostap Bender was Antipov's intended successor and fled to Mexico when Besstrashny took over. He replaces Trotsky.
Antipov in this timeline, formed an alliance with the sorcerer Rasputin and was cursed by him into a Snow White, Sleeping Beauty esque sleep, hence why he is displayed in the way Lenin is OTL. Since he's cursed, it's possible to wake him up and for him to take back control, possibly kicking out the Fearless Leader and unbanishing Bender.
Melehkov is based off two Cossacks who fought against the Bolsheviks, so him falling into opposing Communism just makes sense.
Anastasia's survival is of course taken from both the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and the Animated Don Bluth film. Should Rasputin be defeated or not be in Russia, and the Communists be overthrown, her return could be arranged(likely due to Rasputin having clouded the minds of the people into turning against the royal family).
Alexei was smuggled to New Zealand in Mirror, Mirror and was also turned into a vampire. However this detail could be hidden and possibly revealed should another Vampire leader like Dracula emerged.
Natasha Romanova, the Black Widow herself in the Comics was a relative of the Romanov's, she would be very young by this time, having just entered Red Room training, but if things improve and Fearless Leader isn't running things, she may become a royal.
Gregory Arkaddin, a weapons dealer based on Stalin, played by Orson Welles.
Rasputin himself, evil undead sorcerer, likely to be killed by Anastasia or the BPRD, will probably be helping out the Germans as in Hellboy.
Koschei the Deathless, a mysthical figure who created the world's first Horcrux, placing his soul in an egg. If someone finds the egg and manages to destroy it, then this will successfully defeat Koschei. Koschei has two enemies, Ivan the Fool, or Ivan Tsarevich, a figure in Russian Fairy tales who here became Ivan the Terrible, and Baba Yaga, who will actually help someone kill Koschei. To add one more reference, Baba Yaga could slaughter a town that displeased her and leave one survivor, a boy named Jardani Jovonich.
United Kingdom
Democracy/Conservatism
Sir George Brown(Vile Bodies)
Davenport Spry(Scarlet Traces)
Severus L.Heppenstall(Death of a Train)
Rupert Catskill(Men Like Gods)
William Bunter(Billy Bunter)
Edmund Blackadder V(Blackadder)
Fascism/Ingsoc
Rudolf Whitlow(The Holy Terror)
Harold Wharton(Billy Bunter)
Gerald O'Brien(1984)
"Big Brother(1984)
Roderick Spode(Jeeves and Wooster)
Everard Webley(Point Counter Point)
King's Party
Edward VIII
George VI
Gloriana II
Anne II(The Avengers)
Communism/Antipovism
Bill Hayden(Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Sir Phillip Kimberly(The Jigsaw Man)
Timothy Hobson(The Guardians/Agent Lavender)
Notes
Not much to say about Brown and Heppenstall.
Spry is a bit more interesting. Scarlet Traces concerns the aftermath of the War of the Worlds and so he's obsessed with invading Mars rather than on Earthly matters. He's meant to be a Neville Chamberlain stand in, except that he ignores the European threat in favor of an offworld threat.
Rupert Catskill is a Churchill stand in from Men Like Gods, which was written before Churchill became Prime Minister.
William Bunter, a character which could also serve as a Churchill analogue.
Edmund Blackadder, because why not? The V is a nod to if we considered all the Blackadders in the series to be related than he would be the 5th.
Whitlow is a Dictator who takes over before he is killed in a coup. Making him the perfect Candidate for Big Brother.
Wharton is canonically Big Brother in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and could possibly take the role if Whitlow dies.
Emmanuel Goldstein is an unseen(possibly having no photo) figure who apparently helped establish the Ingsoc government before turning traitor and fleeing. However, the Big Brother Government was canonically established in the late 1940's, sometime around 1945 or 1948. So he'd start off working with Ingsoc only to be declared a traitor and flee. He then would either lead a communist revolution(as a parallel to Trotsky and Stalin) or would flee to Israel, since his name is Jewish. He is also tied to wizards here since his name implies a connection to Tina and Queenie Goldstein from Fantastic Beasts.
Gerald O'Brien would possibly brainwash Winston Smith into assassinating Big Brother. Though Big Brother can always simply "live" on his own as a figurehead.
Spode and Webley are both Oswald Moseley analogues, so they'd have to be included.
The Royal family is mostly the same but with different depictions. Edward VIII plays up his Nazi Sympathy views in pop culture. George VI is Colon Firth's King's Speech version. Gloriana and Anne are alternate names for Queen Elizabeth II. This is due to Queen Elizabeth being replaced by Queen Gloriana from The Fairie Queen and Queen Anne being from the Avengers.
King Arthur is another "King in the Mountain" example and is prophecized to return when England needs him. It's possible for Merlin or someone to revive him to charge into battle with Excalibur.
Hayden and Kimberley are both based of Communist spy Kim Philby.
Timothy Hobson is a Prime Minister who in the Guardians, takes over and rules as a fascist. However, him being a Communist spy is a nod to Agent Lavender, in which Prime Minister Harold Wilson(who's tenure Hobson takes), is a communist spy.
I also considered making Snowball and Napoleon from Animal Farm Communist Leaders, but I doubt they'd rise to Prime Minister positions. More likely whoever's in charge of England would have to deal with the Manor Farm crisis.
France
Could use more for this one.
Democracy/Conservatism
Phillip Gerbier(Army of Shadows)
Paul Renault(Casablanca)
Jacque Clouseau(the Pink Panther)
Arsene Lupin
Democracy/Socialism
Eric Claudin(Phantom of the Opera)
Fascism
Fantomas
Notes
Gerbier is based on Jean Cavailles
Paul Renault is currently is now in a Charles De Gaulle type role after resisting the Nazis in Casablanca.
Jacque Clouseau is shown to be an incompetent member of the French resistance in one of the Pink Panther sequels.
Couldn't resist having the Phantom of the Opera himself. I imagine a stylized portrait of Lon Chaney's monster mug.
Fantomas would certainly be an interesting character to feature.
Another idea is reintroducing the Monarchies, either of them, Bonaparte or Orleaniste, though I'm uncertain on how to give it a fictional twist.
USA
Democrat
Peter J.Varney(The Phantom President)
Berzelius Windrip(It Can't Happen Here)
Lee Sarason(It Can't Happen Here)
Joe Steele
Phillip Dru(Phillip Dru-Administrator)
Jefferson Smith(Mr.Smith Goes to Washington)
Craig Stanley(The President Vanishes).
Stephen Wayne(First Lady)
Arthur Hockstader(Best Man)
Mike Thingmaker(Mess Mend)
Republican
Walt Trowbridge(It Can't Happen Here)
Dewey Haik(It Can't Happen Here)
Henry Howell(Kiss Me Kate)
Ted Scott(Ted Scott's Flying Adventures/The Plot Against America)
Walter Winchell(The Plot Against America)
John Lindsay(I am the Law)
CSA
Jake Featherston(Timeline 191)
Doland Partridge(Timeline 191)
Notes
Varney is the starting President, having won in 1932 in this timeline. He is mentioned as having defeated Betty Boop and Rufus Jones, both of which had short films depicting their candidacies. As a reference to an episode of Voyagers! Franklin Delano Roosevelt became a director instead of a Politican, directing Dealer's Choice, this timeline's stand in for the Jazz Singer.
The 1936 election is between Windrip and Trowbridge. Given Windrip's landslide victory in the original story. It is ensured his victory would cause civil war and a split of the country like in Kaiserreich. This causes Jake Featherston to restore the confederacy. Joe Steele and Lee Sarason may also betray. Phillip Dru(who ends a civil war in his own work) can take over to restore order. it could also leader to Steele taking over. Like in It can't Happen Here and Kaiserreich, a Douglas MacArthur stand in steps in to take over, in this case two possible ones. Haik is more willing to take over, while Howell is loyal to the US and will go onto fight Japan rather than attempt to takeover. Craig Stanley is likely a placeholder President. If Windrip is exiled as in the book, he could takeover France if it becomes Fascist or being handed control of it by the Nazis.
The 1940 election is between Stephen Wayne and Ted Scott. Scott is based off Charles Lindbergh, who turns the US Fascist in the Plot against America, though he could end up succeeding Windrip. Scott like Lindbergh in the book could be killed in a plot by the Nazis. Wayne would receive much advice from his advisor and cousin, Bruce Wayne.
The 1944 Election had Walter Winchell in the Plot against America, but also has John Lindsay a stand in for Thomas Dewey.
Hockstader is a Truman analogue. Thingmaker is a communist President and may be overthrown.
If the election comes down to Hockstader vs Lindsay, a nod to the infamous "Dewey beats Truman" will be made, possibly reversed.
Italy
Facist
Benzino Napaloni(The Great Dictator)
Notes
yeah all I got so far. Our Mussolini stand in from the Great Dictator. Although a Footprints of Mussolini reference could be made if an assassination attempt on his life is prevented by a Jewish man, causing him to distance himself from Hitler.
Japan
Fascism
Yoshiro(Command and Conquer)
Notes
Yoshiro is played by George Takei and is based on Emperor Hirohito. He would logically have been alive when Hirohito was as well.
China
Communist
Peng Tse Tung(Shoes of the Fisherman)
Wu Qinghua(Red Detachment of Women)
Nationalist
Chen Zhen(Fists of Fury)
Notes
Peng Tse Tung is our Mao Zedong analogue.
Wu Qinghua's source material is famous for being played in front of Richard Nixon during his visit to China. Something possibly alluded to if a player commands China and ends the game, resulting in a "Distant finale" where Wu Qinghua meets a Nixon Analogue(with the name either being one of three: Ferris F.Fremont(Radio Free Abermouth), Richard Monkton(The Company), or Lex Luthor(Just Because). If Nixon is actually featured Fremont is his birth name but he uses Monkton since the Fs in his name translate to 666 is numbers(fitting since in this timeline he is also the adopted father of Damien Thorn, the Antichrist).
Chen Zhen is difficult to put in given his multiple appearances. He first appeared played by Bruce Lee in Fists of Fury, but has since appeared in other films such as Legend of the Fist, which gave him a Kato costume as a nod to Bruce Lee's role in The Green Hornet tv show. Here if the Chinese Civil War is interrupted, Chen Zhen, a general leading the armies, is captured by the Japanese but saved by Britt Reid and brought over to America. After the war he has two options, he either returns and possibly helps the Nationalists fight the Chinese Civil War, or becomes a Vinewood(Hollywood stand in from Grand Theft Auto) Actor, with a pretty successful career starring in movies like A Fistful of Yen in the epilogue(well aside from that one time he picked a fight with Stunt Double Cliff Booth)
And that is what I have so far for the Major Powers. Let me know what you think. Will put in my ideas for Lesser countries next.
Here's a rough list of the Major Powers. Other entries would likely discuss events, individuals and other countries.
Major Powers
Germany
Fascist/Nazi line of succession
Adenoid Hynkel(The Great Dictator)
Heinrich Kemmler(The Dresden Files)
Goring Herring(The Great Dictator)
Vandal Savage(DC Comics)
Johann Schmidt(Marvel Comics)
Wilhelm Strasse(Wolfenstein)
Democratic
Colonel Wilhelm Klink(Hogan's Heroes)
Communist
Jon Frederson(Metropolis).
Monarchy
The Inca of Perusalem
Otto Von Bludiron(Meccania the Super State)
Notes
Hynkel and Herring are the stand in/parodies of Hitler and Goring. Hynkel thus replaces Hitler in all contexts. Adolf Hitler in this Universe moved to America after World War I and became a science Fiction Writer(The Iron Dream), since his disappearance creates a world where the Soviet Union dominates without Nazi Germany to counter it, Hynkel was instead raised by time travellers to fill Hitler's place in history. One event will have a coup replaced Hynkel with a Jewish lookalike which, if not averted or discovered, will naturally lead to a complete political 180 and possibly Nazi Civil War among the members of the party.
Heinrich Kemmler is not just a Himmler stand in, but also a powerful wizard and leader of the Thule Soicety, responsible for many Supernatural Nazi based events like opening a portal to another universe(Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shambhalla), and hunting for ancient artifacts(Indiana Jones series). Given how powerful he is implied to be in the Dresden Files(mentioned as being one of the most powerful sorcerers of all time). As such event surrounding his assassination should have flavoring like being killed by powerful sorcerers like Dumbledore(Harry Potter) or Yen Sid(Fantasia) if Britain or America has him assassinated, or using enchanted weapons. I also see this Kemmler as a composite with the one from Warhammer 40k.
Vandal Savage taking over is based on the Justice League episode "The Savage Time". Since he's immortal, his assassination attempts would also likely get flavoring, such as being presumed dead in an explosion with no body, being sent to another dimension or so on. Though the comic DC One Million revealed that an Atomic Bomb blast will evidently do the trick. Legends of Tomorrow gave another way to possibly kill him.
Johann Schmidt in the comics is implied to have been planning to betray Hitler and in the Movie does so. As such you can't expect Schmidt to remain loyal for long and create a civil war where he leads Hydra.
Strasse is the opposite, based on Heydrich's role in The Man with the Iron Heart, Strasse is prepared to continue fighting even if the War is over.
Colonel Wilhelm Klink leading a democratic Germany, likely in the event of Germany's defeat would do a lot to help explain how characters in crossovers tend to respond warmly to him despite him having been a Nazi. For example an episode in Batman 66' where Batman is friendly towards him and him being Homer Simpson's conscience in an episode of the Simpson's(which indirectly implies he's real when Homer asks if he got his letters and the Conscience says he's not really him, he's just assuming his form, making him make more sense if he's a real person). He could also just have claimed he was in on Hogan's plans and secretly helped them, at the very least him men claimed to "No nothing" of Hogan's actions.
Jon Frederson is a main character from Fritz Lang's Metropolis, which I place in the 1920's rather than the future. So Berlin is much more advanced, though the creator's death meant they couldn't exactly replicate it. Frederson is sympathetic towards a worker's revolution. in this context he helped the Workers overthrow their masters but Hynkel replaced him as the Worker's Party leader(allusion to the Nazi party starting as the Worker's party). So Frederson now hopes to overthrow Hynkel, he just so happens to have Communist views.
The Inca of Perusalem is a George Bernard Shaw novel obviously parodying Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany with the possiblity that the titular "Inca" is not a real Inca.
Given the popular "King under the Mountain" trope, it could be possible to summon Otto Von Bludiron(expy of Otto Von Bismarck from Meccania the Super State, which itself is a stand in for Germany). However i doubt he'd be that powerful and be armed with just Middle ages technology. He'd also likely be tricked into helping the Nazis, and the truth could be revealed, leading to a situation where he returns to power.
Soviet Union
Communism/Leaderism
Fearless Leader(Rocky and Bullwinkle)
Communism/Benderism
Ostap Bender(The Silver Chair
Communism/Antipovism
Pasha Antipov(Dr.Zhivago)
Democracy/Socialism
Grigori Melehkov(And Quiet flows the Don)
Tsarism
Anastasia(Anastasia)
Tsarevich Alexei(Mirror, Mirror)
Natasha Romanova(Marvel Comics)
Fascism
Gregory Arkaddin(Mr.Arkaddin)
Peter Rastov Rasputin(Hellboy/Anastasia)
Koschei the Deathless(Ivan Tsarevich)
Notes
Fearless Leader replaces Stalin, the real Stalin appears as Politician Joe Steele, having been born in America when his father immigrated. His name is either Josef Besstrashnyy or Besstrashny Leaderev when translated. he usurped control of the Soviet Union after the apparent death of Pasha Antipov and forced Bender into exile.
Ostap Bender was Antipov's intended successor and fled to Mexico when Besstrashny took over. He replaces Trotsky.
Antipov in this timeline, formed an alliance with the sorcerer Rasputin and was cursed by him into a Snow White, Sleeping Beauty esque sleep, hence why he is displayed in the way Lenin is OTL. Since he's cursed, it's possible to wake him up and for him to take back control, possibly kicking out the Fearless Leader and unbanishing Bender.
Melehkov is based off two Cossacks who fought against the Bolsheviks, so him falling into opposing Communism just makes sense.
Anastasia's survival is of course taken from both the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical and the Animated Don Bluth film. Should Rasputin be defeated or not be in Russia, and the Communists be overthrown, her return could be arranged(likely due to Rasputin having clouded the minds of the people into turning against the royal family).
Alexei was smuggled to New Zealand in Mirror, Mirror and was also turned into a vampire. However this detail could be hidden and possibly revealed should another Vampire leader like Dracula emerged.
Natasha Romanova, the Black Widow herself in the Comics was a relative of the Romanov's, she would be very young by this time, having just entered Red Room training, but if things improve and Fearless Leader isn't running things, she may become a royal.
Gregory Arkaddin, a weapons dealer based on Stalin, played by Orson Welles.
Rasputin himself, evil undead sorcerer, likely to be killed by Anastasia or the BPRD, will probably be helping out the Germans as in Hellboy.
Koschei the Deathless, a mysthical figure who created the world's first Horcrux, placing his soul in an egg. If someone finds the egg and manages to destroy it, then this will successfully defeat Koschei. Koschei has two enemies, Ivan the Fool, or Ivan Tsarevich, a figure in Russian Fairy tales who here became Ivan the Terrible, and Baba Yaga, who will actually help someone kill Koschei. To add one more reference, Baba Yaga could slaughter a town that displeased her and leave one survivor, a boy named Jardani Jovonich.
United Kingdom
Democracy/Conservatism
Sir George Brown(Vile Bodies)
Davenport Spry(Scarlet Traces)
Severus L.Heppenstall(Death of a Train)
Rupert Catskill(Men Like Gods)
William Bunter(Billy Bunter)
Edmund Blackadder V(Blackadder)
Fascism/Ingsoc
Rudolf Whitlow(The Holy Terror)
Harold Wharton(Billy Bunter)
Gerald O'Brien(1984)
"Big Brother(1984)
Roderick Spode(Jeeves and Wooster)
Everard Webley(Point Counter Point)
King's Party
Edward VIII
George VI
Gloriana II
Anne II(The Avengers)
Communism/Antipovism
Bill Hayden(Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Sir Phillip Kimberly(The Jigsaw Man)
Timothy Hobson(The Guardians/Agent Lavender)
Notes
Not much to say about Brown and Heppenstall.
Spry is a bit more interesting. Scarlet Traces concerns the aftermath of the War of the Worlds and so he's obsessed with invading Mars rather than on Earthly matters. He's meant to be a Neville Chamberlain stand in, except that he ignores the European threat in favor of an offworld threat.
Rupert Catskill is a Churchill stand in from Men Like Gods, which was written before Churchill became Prime Minister.
William Bunter, a character which could also serve as a Churchill analogue.
Edmund Blackadder, because why not? The V is a nod to if we considered all the Blackadders in the series to be related than he would be the 5th.
Whitlow is a Dictator who takes over before he is killed in a coup. Making him the perfect Candidate for Big Brother.
Wharton is canonically Big Brother in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and could possibly take the role if Whitlow dies.
Emmanuel Goldstein is an unseen(possibly having no photo) figure who apparently helped establish the Ingsoc government before turning traitor and fleeing. However, the Big Brother Government was canonically established in the late 1940's, sometime around 1945 or 1948. So he'd start off working with Ingsoc only to be declared a traitor and flee. He then would either lead a communist revolution(as a parallel to Trotsky and Stalin) or would flee to Israel, since his name is Jewish. He is also tied to wizards here since his name implies a connection to Tina and Queenie Goldstein from Fantastic Beasts.
Gerald O'Brien would possibly brainwash Winston Smith into assassinating Big Brother. Though Big Brother can always simply "live" on his own as a figurehead.
Spode and Webley are both Oswald Moseley analogues, so they'd have to be included.
The Royal family is mostly the same but with different depictions. Edward VIII plays up his Nazi Sympathy views in pop culture. George VI is Colon Firth's King's Speech version. Gloriana and Anne are alternate names for Queen Elizabeth II. This is due to Queen Elizabeth being replaced by Queen Gloriana from The Fairie Queen and Queen Anne being from the Avengers.
King Arthur is another "King in the Mountain" example and is prophecized to return when England needs him. It's possible for Merlin or someone to revive him to charge into battle with Excalibur.
Hayden and Kimberley are both based of Communist spy Kim Philby.
Timothy Hobson is a Prime Minister who in the Guardians, takes over and rules as a fascist. However, him being a Communist spy is a nod to Agent Lavender, in which Prime Minister Harold Wilson(who's tenure Hobson takes), is a communist spy.
I also considered making Snowball and Napoleon from Animal Farm Communist Leaders, but I doubt they'd rise to Prime Minister positions. More likely whoever's in charge of England would have to deal with the Manor Farm crisis.
France
Could use more for this one.
Democracy/Conservatism
Phillip Gerbier(Army of Shadows)
Paul Renault(Casablanca)
Jacque Clouseau(the Pink Panther)
Arsene Lupin
Democracy/Socialism
Eric Claudin(Phantom of the Opera)
Fascism
Fantomas
Notes
Gerbier is based on Jean Cavailles
Paul Renault is currently is now in a Charles De Gaulle type role after resisting the Nazis in Casablanca.
Jacque Clouseau is shown to be an incompetent member of the French resistance in one of the Pink Panther sequels.
Couldn't resist having the Phantom of the Opera himself. I imagine a stylized portrait of Lon Chaney's monster mug.
Fantomas would certainly be an interesting character to feature.
Another idea is reintroducing the Monarchies, either of them, Bonaparte or Orleaniste, though I'm uncertain on how to give it a fictional twist.
USA
Democrat
Peter J.Varney(The Phantom President)
Berzelius Windrip(It Can't Happen Here)
Lee Sarason(It Can't Happen Here)
Joe Steele
Phillip Dru(Phillip Dru-Administrator)
Jefferson Smith(Mr.Smith Goes to Washington)
Craig Stanley(The President Vanishes).
Stephen Wayne(First Lady)
Arthur Hockstader(Best Man)
Mike Thingmaker(Mess Mend)
Republican
Walt Trowbridge(It Can't Happen Here)
Dewey Haik(It Can't Happen Here)
Henry Howell(Kiss Me Kate)
Ted Scott(Ted Scott's Flying Adventures/The Plot Against America)
Walter Winchell(The Plot Against America)
John Lindsay(I am the Law)
CSA
Jake Featherston(Timeline 191)
Doland Partridge(Timeline 191)
Notes
Varney is the starting President, having won in 1932 in this timeline. He is mentioned as having defeated Betty Boop and Rufus Jones, both of which had short films depicting their candidacies. As a reference to an episode of Voyagers! Franklin Delano Roosevelt became a director instead of a Politican, directing Dealer's Choice, this timeline's stand in for the Jazz Singer.
The 1936 election is between Windrip and Trowbridge. Given Windrip's landslide victory in the original story. It is ensured his victory would cause civil war and a split of the country like in Kaiserreich. This causes Jake Featherston to restore the confederacy. Joe Steele and Lee Sarason may also betray. Phillip Dru(who ends a civil war in his own work) can take over to restore order. it could also leader to Steele taking over. Like in It can't Happen Here and Kaiserreich, a Douglas MacArthur stand in steps in to take over, in this case two possible ones. Haik is more willing to take over, while Howell is loyal to the US and will go onto fight Japan rather than attempt to takeover. Craig Stanley is likely a placeholder President. If Windrip is exiled as in the book, he could takeover France if it becomes Fascist or being handed control of it by the Nazis.
The 1940 election is between Stephen Wayne and Ted Scott. Scott is based off Charles Lindbergh, who turns the US Fascist in the Plot against America, though he could end up succeeding Windrip. Scott like Lindbergh in the book could be killed in a plot by the Nazis. Wayne would receive much advice from his advisor and cousin, Bruce Wayne.
The 1944 Election had Walter Winchell in the Plot against America, but also has John Lindsay a stand in for Thomas Dewey.
Hockstader is a Truman analogue. Thingmaker is a communist President and may be overthrown.
If the election comes down to Hockstader vs Lindsay, a nod to the infamous "Dewey beats Truman" will be made, possibly reversed.
Italy
Facist
Benzino Napaloni(The Great Dictator)
Notes
yeah all I got so far. Our Mussolini stand in from the Great Dictator. Although a Footprints of Mussolini reference could be made if an assassination attempt on his life is prevented by a Jewish man, causing him to distance himself from Hitler.
Japan
Fascism
Yoshiro(Command and Conquer)
Notes
Yoshiro is played by George Takei and is based on Emperor Hirohito. He would logically have been alive when Hirohito was as well.
China
Communist
Peng Tse Tung(Shoes of the Fisherman)
Wu Qinghua(Red Detachment of Women)
Nationalist
Chen Zhen(Fists of Fury)
Notes
Peng Tse Tung is our Mao Zedong analogue.
Wu Qinghua's source material is famous for being played in front of Richard Nixon during his visit to China. Something possibly alluded to if a player commands China and ends the game, resulting in a "Distant finale" where Wu Qinghua meets a Nixon Analogue(with the name either being one of three: Ferris F.Fremont(Radio Free Abermouth), Richard Monkton(The Company), or Lex Luthor(Just Because). If Nixon is actually featured Fremont is his birth name but he uses Monkton since the Fs in his name translate to 666 is numbers(fitting since in this timeline he is also the adopted father of Damien Thorn, the Antichrist).
Chen Zhen is difficult to put in given his multiple appearances. He first appeared played by Bruce Lee in Fists of Fury, but has since appeared in other films such as Legend of the Fist, which gave him a Kato costume as a nod to Bruce Lee's role in The Green Hornet tv show. Here if the Chinese Civil War is interrupted, Chen Zhen, a general leading the armies, is captured by the Japanese but saved by Britt Reid and brought over to America. After the war he has two options, he either returns and possibly helps the Nationalists fight the Chinese Civil War, or becomes a Vinewood(Hollywood stand in from Grand Theft Auto) Actor, with a pretty successful career starring in movies like A Fistful of Yen in the epilogue(well aside from that one time he picked a fight with Stunt Double Cliff Booth)
And that is what I have so far for the Major Powers. Let me know what you think. Will put in my ideas for Lesser countries next.
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