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Flag of Pottsylvania (KaiserIOT 2)
Flag of Pottsylvania (KaiserIOT 2) by @Thorvald (El Thorvaldo)

Pottsylvania was Omega124's country in KaiserElectric's superhero-themed KIOT2. Developed out of a persistent German occupation of the Courland pocket in World War II, it was named in honour of Waffen-SS rifleman Hermann Pott, who in the living definition of Plot Armour didn't so much deflect bullets as warp reality against would-be assassins. Unable to physically destroy the unit, the Allies and Soviets failed to reach a mutually acceptable decision on its fate before a jailbreak ahead of the Nuremberg Trials soured any remaining postwar polity. Left to de facto independence, the Ostland pocket became a hermit-kingdom for Hitler loyalists.

By the game's start, Pott had died of natural causes and his personality cult was grafted onto his granddaughter Elsa, who surfaced during the alien invasion with the same reality-warping invulnerability. In tragic irony, Elsa despised Nazism and developed a crush on a Lithuanian would-be assassin, only to serve as the figurehead to a revanchist campaign to 'reclaim' Germany proper when the GSG 9 military government was violently overthrown by Nazi sleepers loyal to Rennard von Fertig (think Furry Red Skull).

Pottyslvania's only tangible links to its Rocky & Bullwinkle namesake were its Baltic location and a shout-out likening Hermann's appearance to Fearless Leader—it was otherwise a straight-faced portrayal of a remnant Nazi society. Omega later said she regretted the premise; OTL fascism would see a rapid resurgence only the next year.

SVG remake of Omega's original design, uploaded to the now-defunct IOT Wiki in 2017. Cross by Masturbius.

Download submitted to DeviantArt September 2022; alternative download available via Patreon.


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Posted: Tuesday, 29 August, 2023 @ 10:01 PM

Evil Germany be like: I gotta create world peace

Posted: Tuesday, 29 August, 2023 @ 10:16 PM
Posted: Sunday, 03 September, 2023 @ 08:50 PM

@Thorvald: >evil mirror universe nazis

But the nazis are already evil ;0;

Posted: Monday, 04 September, 2023 @ 05:08 PM

@Warehouse_Rabbit: Can't find the actual mashup but Battle Tendency be like:

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