A neutral empire receives the German fleet after World War I

What if another empire as large as Britain remained neutral in the First World War and accepted the German fleet instead of its surrender to the Allies?

The recipient would need Baltic access and a workable transfer of command, then face intense British diplomacy rather than an immediate new war.

Germany could not simply hand over a battle fleet unless the recipient could take command and get it to a friendly port. A neutral state might send officers while German crews sailed the ships under its flag. Russia is raised as a geographically plausible recipient, with the immediate complication that it is descending into civil war. The scenario then considers a hypothetical Scandinavian empire and adds the condition that the recipient has Baltic harbours and neutral relations with Britain. Britain would probably demand extended negotiations over the transfer while avoiding another immediate war.