Bulgaria
From Turtledove
Bulgaria is a state in Southeastern Europe, bordered by five other countries; Romania to the north (mostly along the Danube), Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south. It is bordered by the Black Sea to the east.
Bulgaria has been the center of two medieval empires (AD 632-1018 and 1185 to 1396), as well as the subject of foreign empires (Byzantine Empire, 1018-1185; Ottoman Empire, 1396-1877), an constitutional monarchy, and a communist regime.
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[edit] Bulgaria in In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Bulgaria was an ally of the Greater German Reich, ruled by the King of Bulgaria and by a variety of Fascistic political formations.
Bulgaria and Croatia frequently collaborated on the persecution of the Serbs.
[edit] Bulgaria in Southern Victory
During the Great War, Bulgaria aligned itself with the Central Powers, and Bulgarian troops saw action against Russian forces. In 1917, Bulgaria granted diplomatic recognition to the Republic of Quebec.
During the Second Great War, the early Entente victories saw Bulgaria waver in its allegiance to the Central Powers, though the presence of Germany's ally, the Ottoman Empire on its southern border persuaded the Bulgarians to remain associated with Germany.
[edit] Bulgaria in The Two Georges
The budding of Bulagarian nationalism in the early 19th Century was nipped when the Ottoman Empire became a British Protectorate and the British guaranteed its territorial integrity. Russia, which sought Bulgarian autonomy, decided war with Britian would have been too high a price. British policy favored maintining Burlgaria as an Ottoman province, with a British resident keeping an eye on the Turkish governor to ensure a more humane treatment of the Bulagrian and other subjects.
Still, due to long-lasting cultural and religious affinities, Russia regarded Bulgaria as "a weak link" in their rival power's colonial structure, and Russian agents continually infiltrated into Bulgaria in an effort to foment trouble and disaffection against Ottoman-British rule. To hamper such efforts, a squadron of the Royal Navy was permannetly stationed off the Bulgarian Black Sea shore in order to intercept Russian arms shipments - for which, when caught, the Russian Government denied all resposibility.
The British also promoted the granting of greater authonomy for the Bulgarian Orthodx Church from its much resented, centuries-long tutlage by Greek clerics - so as to make Ottoman rule more palateable to Bulgarians.
[edit] Bulgaria in Worldwar
Bulgaria was a satellite/ally of the Greater German Reich. It participated in the Race-German War of 1965, and suffered for it.
[edit] Bulgaria in "The Bleeding Moon"
A century and a half after Bulgaria was conquered by the Turks, the Bulgarian village of Gramada was plagued by a vurkolak.
