Military service is still compulsory. Eastern Europe has been colonised by German settlers although local partisan resistance movements are still active, and the German population has soared as a result of Nazi emphasis on childbirth. As the first generation of Nazi leaders, which founded the party and came to power alongside Hitler, begins to die off, Nazi officials are increasingly well-educated technocrats in the mould of Albert Speer. The police force (the "Orpo", or uniformed police, and the "Kripo", or criminal investigation bureau) is integrated with the SS, with police officers having honorary SS ranks.