nah, revolution didn't happen at all
too busy fighting the Great War against neuroi
Interestingly, Leagu of Nations was still formed right after the war
Most of the JFW are supposed to be under its command as they are part of Leage of Nations Air Force(LNAF)

>>5672
>nah, revolution didn't happen at all
>too busy fighting the Great War against neuroi

Russian revolution was 1917.
Neuroi show up in 1939.

>>5687
Beginning of the movie implies the Neuroi have been showing up throughout history, likely replacing every major human conflict.

>>5688
>the Neuroi have been showing up throughout history, likely replacing every major human conflict.
>replacing every major human conflict.

That was obvious, but now that you put it like that... maybe the viewer is meant to draw that connection and assume neuroi indeed are trying to help the human race, in their own way.

>>5689
Adrian Veidt traveled back in time and summoned the Neuroi after the success of the giant squid diminished over time. Makes perfect sense.

iirc, the world really hasn't changed since 1914 so Sanya would be an Imperial Orussian witch no matter what. Maybe there was breakthrough at the Duma in this universe and Lenin never made that train so the menshiviks were the prominent group that led to a relatively better Social-democrat constitutional monarchy in Orussia. Lord knows that would be better than what the poor sods had prior.

>>5670
>the communist revolution never took place in Strike Witches Universe
There's something even more interesting about this: Suomus shouldn't exist - If the 1917 October Revolution never happened, Suomus wouldn't have gained independence, it would be a grand duchy of Orussia.

Is this explained anywhere in the Strike Witches canon? Or for that matter, are Suomus-Orussia relations(other than pic related) detailed anywhere?

>>5742

that's true but there are countries are independent in the SW universe that would not otherwise be, specifically Venezia, and some countries that are rolled together, like Baltland which seems to be roughly analogous with Scandinavia.

>>5747
Yeah, I know.

Suomus however, seems to have the exact borders Finland had in 1917 when it gained indepedence from Russian Empire.

My guess? It's a small continuity error. No attention was paid to the implications of Orussian empire never experiencing the communist revolution.

Sanya and Eila should technically be fellow orussian countrywomen, just saying.

>>5749
Or, it was never part of Orussian empire to begin with
I mean, who knows what the fuck happened in SW universe's history, aside from what is mentioned in the timeline.
All the post-colonial nations are somehow independent, like India and most of Africa.
For all we know, the world is as it is, and we wouldn't know know for sure what shaped them until Yamibun decides to write it in the future.

>>5750
True, there are many divergences, but also many parallels to our own timeline.

Many other European nations and/or their borders in SW universe are comparable to nations before/around the times of the first world war (eg. Venezia = Venice until 1979, Ostmark = Austria-Hungary until 1918) yet Suomus seems to be comparable to its post-1917 counterpart.

>Or, it was never part of Orussian empire to begin with
Everything's possible! It could have been a part of Baltlands earlier in SW history, if not independent.



Gah. I want another official SW fanbook to detail the history even more!

The Empire of Orussia is a large country, that stretches from Eastern Europe, all the way to the Fuso Sea in the far east.
Orussia is a monarchy ruled by a Tsar or Tsaritsa, with a Parliament consisting of an upper house; the Imperial Council and a lower house; the State Duma.

Though behind other countries in striker development, Orussias witches make up for this with their dogged determination and bravery. Many of Orussias witches have a lot of experience in fighting the Neuroi, because they fought alongside Fuso's Witches during the Fuso Sea Incident in 1937.
A Neuroi hive appeared around the area of Moscow, and then the Neuroi besieged the city of Tsaritsyn and attacked Petersburg, though after half a year of fierce fighting the Neuroi were driven off. However the hive remained until late 1945.