Heil dir im Siegerkranz



"Well, my village never heard of this anthem since my country never participated World War I after all, even though if it's under Japanese occupation, just since that Japs went to that war to fight the Krauts for the Brits. So, with Werman restoring the glorious days of imperial Germany, maybe he'd use Heil dir im Siegerkranz as his empire's national anthem."

--Su Ji-Hoon, The Grand Coronation Night of Kaiser Werman I

"Heil dir im Siegerkranz" (German for "Hail to Thee in the Victor's Crown," literally: "Hail to You in a Victor's Wreath") is the unofficial national anthem of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 and is officially the national anthem of the Werman Reich.

Before the foundation of the Empire, it had been the royal anthem of Prussia since 1795 and remained it after 1871. The melody of the hymn derived from the British anthem "God Save the King." For these reasons, the song failed to become popular within all of Germany. Not only did it fail to win the support of most German nationalists, it was never recognized by the southern German states, such as Bavaria or Württemberg. After World War I, the German Empire came to an end and "Das Lied der Deutschen" became the national anthem of the Weimar Republic.

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, it is officially restored by Kaiser Werner Werman of the newly-established Werman Reich as its national anthem.

The anthem remains as same as its final version before the German Empire's eventual dissolution, but the word "Werman" is referred to replace the late Wilhelm II (the last Emperor of the German Empire at the time of World War I).