^Kaiserreich is - if anything - an alt-history nazi-oriented (or cis-nazi, if you will) mod. Not surprised it got so popular (i obviously don't mean you) with the paradox forums crowd
The thought of an alternative reality where Germany has won ww1 tickles them.
Not going to disagree with you that there is a serious problem with fascists and fascist-sympathisers in the HOI community. In fact, I've taken serious flak for my comments about that regards on the mod I'm working on. That being said, I really dispute the idea that KR is a nazi mod.
Firstly, there's no nazis in power in Germany, nor is there a path for them to get into power. The German Empire is reactionary, but it is reactionary in the sense of junker control of the state. The Nazis, while open to working with the rich industrialists, actually hated the junkers (which was mutually shared), and they tried to block his rise to power, including a failed assassination attempt sometime in the war. Any nazi that wanks to the survival of the German Empire is honestly a bad nazi; their anthem literally refers to fighting reactionaries just as much as it does with communists.
Now, that isn't to say that the Iron Guard isn't in power in Romania, and that other nazi-esque groups can't also get into power in some other countries, but they almost universally are actually opposed to Germany and want to cut them down to size due to percieved slights due to the post-war settlements and status quo. Goering is also admittingly the head of their African colonies, but he's explicitly shown as a terrible person and incompetent leader, and if he isn't removed by Berlin, African nationalist movements tend to explode as he loses any central authority over the people he's trying to oppress. It's really not a flattering deception.
Secondly, I consider KR to be more of a left wing wank than a right wing wank (which is why I love it so much, admittingly). Yeah, the Bolsheviks are ultimately defeated due to Germany's mary sue powers in the backstory, but that allows a much better form of socialism, syndicalism, to come to the forefront with the successful French and British revolutions. Socialism takes a much more anti-authortorian bent in its development, with both the Commune of France and the Union of Britain being, at least to me, more pure expressions of democracy than in their respective capitalist states. While tankies can get into power (and god I hate the mosely wanking by the community in particular; it's gotten way too far and I'm afraid people are starting to unironically romanticize a literal fascist), they are not guaranteed and in fact oftentimes never do. Also, pretty much
every nation can go red besides Germany herself. Socialist America, Socialist Russia, Socialist Norway, Socialist Ireland, etc, etc. If I just want to spend my whole day doing nothing but overthrowing the capitalist mode of production in every corner in the globe, I can do that in KR. And it feels great.
But yeah, definitely a problem with the community that has attached itself with the mod. Creeps me the hell out. But I still wouldn't call it a nazi mod, much in the same way that people trying to twist Orwell's novels to be a general criticism of socialism instead of a specific criticism of Stalinism that they are, doesn't
make them capitalist books.
Edit: Also not sure what you're trying to imply with the cis-nazi comment
