 There is also mention of a German naval base in Trondheim, Norway, where the Reich's nuclear submarines are based.Berlin has been remodelled as Hitler's "capital of capitals" and is designed according to the wishes of Hitler and his top architect, Albert Speer, and is the world's largest city, with a population of ten million, where the virtually-powerless "European Parliament" is based.In the novel, the rest of Western and Northern Europe, excluding Switzerland and Vatican City, has been corralled by Germany into a European Community, which is made up of Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.