Germany, Stettin City.
Stettin is one of Germany's important port cities. It may not sound familiar, but in its previous life, it had a more resounding "Polish" name—Szczecin.
This is the birthplace of the female Russian Tsar Yekaterina II, the creator of the Russian Empire. Her father was a Prince in the Kingdom of Prussia.
The name Szczecin also appears in the famous "Iron Curtain" speech, where Churchill declared that "from the Baltic Sea's Szczecin to Trieste on the Adriatic Sea, an iron curtain has descended across the continent," witnessing the Cold War.
Of course, in the previous world, these two cities, Szczecin and Trieste, served as important port cities of Germany and the Austria-Hungary Empire, respectively. Their destinies were quite similar.
Nonetheless, Germany fared slightly better; however divided, it still exists, while the Austria-Hungary Empire dissolved after World War I. Therefore, nationalism is always a concern for Ernst.
