Africa - Listings of Countries

[GBW]

This thread is for those listing the countries they want in Africa and the information related behind their nations. Only post here if your nations is approved either by a majority of the moderators/other participants of SME.

The format of your nation's information should (as a guideline) be this:

Post the Region of your nation/country in the Title bar at the very top.
Name
Leader
Government
Flag
Military Forces
History (about two paragraphs)
Technology

[Beck Reilly]

Category: Nation
Name: The Union of South Africa
Capital: Pretoria
Population: 50,000,000 (30,000,000 citizens, i.e. white)
Leader: State President Rolf Kruger
Government: Limited Republic
Military: South African Defense Force
Technology: 1980-civilian, 1995-military
History:
Created with the addition of Rhodesia (in 1923) to the already formed Union of South Africa, the USA experienced a boom in the late 1920s- late 1940s, with the attraction of many refugees from Europe, fleeing both war and depression. Following the Second World War, in which the USA stayed neutral, nearly 10 million Germans and Jews entered the Union of South Africa. Most of the second-half of the 20th Century focused on industrializing and improving the new lands of the nation (Mozambique and Angola annexed in 1963). The influx of Europeans was timed with the out-flux of many Africans to independent African states to the north – African states which came into frequent conflict with the USA. In fact, the USA was on the brink of war with the Nigerian Empire at the time of the Event…

[GBW]

NAME: Kingdom of Madagascar
CAPITAL: Antananarivo
POPULATION: 28,541,000
LEADER: King Radama VI
GOVERNMENT: Constitutional Monarchy
MILITARY:
Royal Army
-Royal Army
-Royal Air Corps
Royal Navy
(Primary Naval Stations at Tamatave and Majunga)
Provincial Militias
(Coordinated by Ministry of Defence, Antananarivo)
TECHNOLOGY: Similar to OTL's 2004
HISTORY:
The modern history of the Kingdom of Madagascar begins with the union of the Merina peoples of the interior by King Andrianampoinimerina in the late 18th century, who later also subjugates the Bétsiléo. He was succeeded by his son Radama I, otherwise known as Radama the Great, who ended the slave trade in return for British aid in modernizing and equipping his army which helped him conquer the Betsimisáraka kingdom and founded the Kingdom of Madagascar with it's capital at Antananarivo. The Protestant London Missionary Society was welcomed and gained many converts, opened schools and helped to transcribe the Merina language, beginning the spread of Merina culture across Madagascar. When Radama died in 1835, he was succeeded by his son Radama II who continued his father's policies despite the obvious disapproval of his mother Ranavalona. The Kingdom continued to expand until it encompassed the entire island by 1865. Madagascar's agriculture diversified dramatically as cash crops such as coffee, cocoa and various spices were introduced and mines were opened that produced coal, bauxite, garnets and other minerals. The ports of Tamatave (Toamasina) and Majunga (Mahajanga) were expanded and railroads were built between them and Antananarivo which soon became Madagascar's leading industrial city.

After Radama II died in 1868, Madagascar saw a period of fighting against the colonial ambitions of the French in the late 19th century which was only thwarted by a British-sponsored general European agreement that preserved Madagascar's independence. During World War 1 Madagascar remained neutral and during the 1920s, the Kingdom continued a pro-Britain and America foreign policy. Under Radama V, however, Madagascar began a rapid military expansion during the 30s and occupied and annexed the Comoros islands in the Mozambique Channel in 1938. When World War 2 broke out and France collapsed into the puppet Vichy regime, Madagascar found a way to expand their territory at the hated French's expense while assisting their long time ally, Great Britain. In late 1940, the Kingdom of Madagascar declared war on Germany, Italy and Vichy France and 'occupied' the French territories of Reunion, the Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, Europa Island, Bassas da India and Tromelin Island, gaining control of the Mozambique Channel and the waters surrounding Madagascar. After the war, Madagascar began to pay for it's aggressive policies before and during the war as relations with Britain and the United States cooled while relations with France were downright venomous. Taking some notes from the Soviet Union, Madagascar created the MIS, or Malagasy Intelligence Service, and poured funds that otherwise have gone into offensive measures for the military into the new agency. The MIS proved remarkably capable as the 20th century wore on and the Madagascar intelligence network spanned the African continent and into Europe, Asia and the Americas. MIS covert operations are unofficially considered largely responsible for independence movements in African colonies across the Sub-Saharan region and is consulted on occasions by the CIA, Interpol and the KGB for intelligence data.

Today the Kingdom of Madagascar is non-aligned in the Cold War between the American-led NATO and the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact but isn't lumped automatically in with such nations as India. Madagascar and its surrounding empire of islands is a source of great mystery to diplomats and intelligence operatives around the world. Madagascar's military and economy, while strong and prosperous enough, are nothing compared to the two known superpowers, the United States and Soviet Union, or even some of their minor allies. But the MIS's intelligence network is one to be feared and it's indirect control over most of the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa make it a possible third player in the Cold War though Madagascar has made no threatening moves for over 60 years. Shrouded in mystery and secrecy, the Kingdom of Madagascar continues its long history of plotting and intrigue to benefit only Madagascar.

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[DuQuense]

Name: Spanish Morocco
Ruler: Juan CarlosVII [House of Hapsburg], Defender of the Faith, King of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of Spain and all it's Possessions,
Flag;Spanish Imperial Banner

History: In 1715 following the Jacobite Uprising, the New Hanover King took steps the insure that it wouldn't happen again. A series of Laws, commonly refereed to as "The Scottish Removal Acts" Lead to wholesale deportations to the Americas, a Uprising in Ireland 1732 lead to the Acts being applied in Ireland as Well. TTL had no Bonnie Prince in 1745, in Fact By 1750 there were less than a Half Million people left in Scotland or Ireland. There were however a extra 4 Million people in British North America. The American Part of the War of Austrian Secession latest only three years 1756-59, and ended in British control of Quebec, and Cuba. A Series of "Intorable Acts" Lead to American Independence in 1776. This was followed by "The Articles of Confederation" in 1777 and a Constitutional Convention in 1788. Unable to Agree on several issues, the delegates reconvened in two Conventions [Boston & Charleston] Splitting into the United States [OTL Constitution, except Blacks are Whole People], & the Federated States [ A Hamilton-Adams Constitution]. 1789-1805- Europe went close to OTL.

In 1801 The FSA signed a treaty with Malta For Basing Rites in fighting the Berber Pirates. Over the next four years the FS in Alliance with the US Attacked and Built a series of Forts along the North Africa Coast. In 1806 a Combined FS/US Fleet was in Harbor when a French/Spanish Fleet mistaking them for British Attacked. Over the period 1806-1812 [ fall of Napoleon], FS/US Ships & Troops fought along side the British. At the Congress of London in 1813 the US/FS received Title to all Spanish & French Territory's in North America [except Mexico]. In return the Americans Gave the North African Forts, to the King of Spain & the King of Naples, [Tunis east /west] . The Spanish unleashed the Inquisition on Morocco in 1820. Over the next hundred years Spanish/Austria lost all of it's Lands except for Morocco, and in 1933 with the spainish Civil War Lost even Spain. Fleeing to Morocco, Juan Carlos V vowed to Regain Spain, as of 2004 his Grandson has yet to do so.

Military: While in 1933 the Spanish had a small but state of the Art Military, the Part that was stationed in Morocco wasn't. While much of the Morocco Military stayed with the King, the Treasury Didn't. Most of the Reserves that were in Morocco were spirited away by the Rebels. As Morocco was a Agucultural & resource Extraction area, there were no Industries either. As Such The Small 32 million Population finds it difficult to afford the 150,000 Soldiers that make up the " Loyal Spanish" Military. Most of the equipment the Army, AF, & Navy, processes were bought Used, and are about 20, 30 years behind OTL. This applies to sections of the civilian economy also.

[GBW]

NAME: Empire of Songhai
CAPITAL: Gao
POPULATION: 102,435,000
LEADER: King Muhammad VII Askia
GOVERNMENT: Monarchy
MILITARY:
Songhai Army
Songhai Air Force
Imperial Guard
(Functions as a National Guard)
TECHNOLOGY: Comparable to OTL's 2004 but its military, while large, is of equipment comparable to OTL's 1960s-1970s.
HISTORY:
In the mid 15th century, the Songhai King Sonni Ali assured Songhai its independence from the declining power of Mali and conquered the important cities of Timbuktu and Djenne. After his death, Ali's son was overthrown by his general Muhammad I Askia, founder of the Askia Dynasty. Muhammad reformed the Songhai government by creating a large and elaborate bureaucracy and appointed qadis, Muslim judges, to run the legal system under Islamic legal principles. He also standardized weights, measures, and currency, allowing culture across Songhai to homogenize. He also reversed the official antipathy towards Islam after a pilgrimage to Mecca and reestablished Timbuktu as a seat of Islamic faith and learning and it became the greatest center of learning on the African continent. Books were considered as valuable as gold and a man's wealth could be counted in the number of books he owned. Scholars were held in the highest esteem and they pondered the philosophy of society, Islamic ethics, the nature of God, astronomy, grammar, law and medicine. In the midst of his reforms, Muhammad also conquered the remainder of Mali, making Songhai the undisputed master of West Africa.

Over the 16th century, Songhai's manageable, centralized empire had a growing rich culture and great commercial wealth and its influence spread as far east as the Hausa city-states. Its growing population also spread west into former Ghana and beyond, soon reaching the Portugese trading base of Cacheu. A swift campaign by overwhelming Songhay forces seized the small port and it was soon expanded, allowing for a regular trade with the Portugese and other Europeans, trading salt, gold, ivory and slaves while also having a crucial port for Europe for voyages towards the spice trade of the east. It also gave Songhai access to European technology and the Songhay military and industry soon adapted, allowing for Songhai to repel invasions from Morocco in the latter portion of the century.

Over the next few centuries, Songhai became the major supplier of slaves for European colonies in the Americas, giving it additional commercial influence, and its culture spread north into the oases of the Sahara, south to the damp southern coasts of West Africa and east to Lake Chad. Successive Kings of the Askia Dynasty became more secular in response to the stubborn paganism of most of the peoples of the empire and thus remained open to European culture and technology. During the 19th century, Europe largely ceded the entirety of West Africa outside the northern coastal strips of the Barbary States to Songhai and took only trading ports along the Gold and Ivory Coasts similar to Macao and Hong Kong in China. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Great Powers of Europe competed for influence in Songhai and helped it to start to industrialize by helping to build railroads, roads, canals, etc. Songhay forces fought in all three world wars in Europe, Africa and the Middle East and has become a major country for foreign investment during the remainder of the 20th century and into the 21st.

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[DuQuense]

Name:Italian Libya
Ruler: Joaquin Rabin Governor of the Province
Flag; White with the King of Naples Coat of Arms in Center of a Star of David.

History: In 1715 following the Jacobite Uprising, the New Hanover King took steps the insure that it wouldn't happen again. A series of Laws, commonly refereed to as "The Scottish Removal Acts" Lead to wholesale deportations to the Americas, a Uprising in Ireland 1732 lead to the Acts being applied in Ireland as Well. TTL had no Bonnie Prince in 1745, in Fact By 1750 there were less than a Half Million people left in Scotland or Ireland. There were however a extra 4 Million people in British North America. The American Part of the War of Austrian Secession latest only three years 1756-59, and ended in British control of Quebec, and Cuba. A Series of "Intolerable Acts" Lead to American Independence in 1776. This was followed by "The Articles of Confederation" in 1777 and a Constitutional Convention in 1788. Unable to Agree on several issues, the delegates reconvened in two Conventions [Boston & Charleston] Splitting into the United States [OTL Constitution, except Blacks are Whole People], & the Federated States [ A Hamilton-Adams Constitution]. 1789-1805- Europe went close to OTL.

In 1801 The FSA signed a treaty with Malta For Basing Rites in fighting the Berber Pirates. Over the next four years the FS in Alliance with the US Attacked and Built a series of Forts along the North Africa Coast. In 1806 a Combined FS/US Fleet was in Harbor when a French/Spanish Fleet mistaking them for British Attacked. Over the period 1806-1812 [ fall of Napoleon], FS/US Ships & Troops fought along side the British. At the Congress of London in 1813 the US/FS received Title to all Spanish & French Territory's in North America [except Mexico]. In return the Americans Gave the North African Forts, to the King of Spain & the King of Naples, [Tunis east /west] .
ITTL Naples got Tunis, in the Spanish Morocco TL Spain Got Tunis.

From almost the beginning, before Italian unification, there was a desire to insure the permanency of the new territories with Italian settlements. During the Unification in the 1860's the Settlements in Libya were treated like the rest of Italy [No one bothered to ask the Natives]. In 1935 with the Union of Germany and Austria, over Mussolini's objections, IL Duce took a hard look at Germany, and didn't like what he saw. Starting in 1935 and accelerating as conditions in Germany deteriorated, a trickle of Jews and Others, Started moving thru Italy into Libya. Italian involvement in the Spanish civil war 1936, showed the Italian Military what the new Bombers were capable of. So along with the new Workers, went Industry, as Italy started moving it, out out of range of a possible new European War. Close to Eight Million Immigrants, over 6 of them Jewish, moved to Libya between 1935 & 1945 when the war ended. By 1950 Jews made up close to 20% of Libya's population. With the Rise of Islamic fundamentalism in the 70's & 80's Many more Jews, moved from all over the Middle East. In 1992 when the new Libyan Provincial Flag was Designed, Jews were close to 35%. [TTL has no Israel] At the time of the ISOT Libya's Population was close to 90.000.000, but 35% of that lived in Tunis. The Gov't is still officially Fascist, but a very Democratic version.

Military; Italy has a very large Military, With the rise of a Fundamental Islamic State in Egypt in 1994, a large part of it is parked on the Egyptian Border.
This consists of 250.000 Soldiers with Tanks & Mobile Artillery, 75.000 Sailors, With Cruisers, Destroyers, and Patrol Boats. & 150.000 Airmen with close to a Thousand Fighters, [F 22 Analogue] and 200 Bombers [Older Italian version of a Jet B-29] . Libya was also in the process of building a defense Berm [50 foot deep trench with a fifty foot high dirt wall behind it, along the Egyptian Border, to prevent Terrorist infiltrators. this Berm was 70% complete and all the Heavy Equipment is still there.

Religion: About 50% of the Population is Muslim, 37% Jewish, & 13% Catholic. This is Misleading, because except for the small numbers of Orthodox [of all three religions] Most of the Population is extremely Secular.

Technology: Similar to OTLs with a very Decentralized industrial Base spread thru out to Country. Italy never forgot why it put the Industry there in the first place.

[DuQuense]

AFR 5
Name: Hesperian Empire
Ruler: Caeser -Julius Anthony Augustus
Flag: White with a Golden Imperial Eagle in Center, above SPQR.
Population; pre ISOT -270 million/ post ISOT 120 million
Military: This world just went thru it's GW in the 1980's With Hesperia being the first of the Great powers. As Such Hesperia's Navy is close to OTLs Great Britian with 45 BattleShips & BattleCrusiers,with hundreds of other ships from light Crusiers down to, Subs, Yachts & Tugs. Unlike Britian Hesperia, has a large standing army of over 2 million men. There is also a Small Modern Air Force, of 80.000 Men, 1500 fighter & 250 Bombers, All the lastest generation of planes to come out of the Great War, Unfortunally this was spread out over the whole Country, [afr 5-6-10- & Half of 11 & 4] so about 1/3 of the Navy, & AF, and about half of the Army. was left behind
History: This is from my Hesperia TL, Were a Small Group of Shipwrecked Roma-Greek Merchants establish a Roman Colony in OTL Senagal, 50 BC. over the next 400 years they expand, and after the Collaspe of the Western Roman Empire in the 5 century, continue to take over all southern Africa, along with a colony in Braxile. In 2004, Herperia was the Super power of it's time line though, Vinland, China, Byzanitina, the Anglo Frank ,& the HRE come close.
Technology: This World is about in the Early Twenties OTL, except due to Hesperia being in the Jungles of Africa, & Braxile, the phauricutical Sceince in acually in advance of OTL.


AFR 6 Same as AFR 5 except for a very important thing that happened the day before "THE EVENT" This will help the Hesperians realize the truth of THE EVENT.

[DuQuense]

Name:Nigeria
Ruler None, Nigeria is a area of small Independent Tribes, With some European Trading posts along the Coast. Total population <300.000
Military: The Trading Posts have a few Soldiers from their Home Countries, but there are no more than 5-600 total, most Tribesmen are Armed, and occasionally fight among them self's.
History In 1832 a major epidemic broke out almost simitaniously in Africa and Brazil, It was probably a load of African Slaves that carries it there. Some SME Historians since the Event, have Sepulated that it was the same [or close relation] disease that affected Hesperia in the 500's. Whatever or Where ever it came from it swept around the world. In parts of Africa , South America, and Parts of Asia, the Death toll was over 85%, in Europe it reached over 60% in the poorer Dirtiest Slums. World wide the toll was estimated later as 55-60% of the World's Population . Even 175 years later this is still a world in Recovery. The Technology level is about 1850-60, thro it has been at this level for 150 years, it is well understood, with all bugs long worked out.

[DuQuense]

Name: Congo
Ruler: None
Flag: None
Military: None
Technology: Remains of 1940-1- Rusting, decaying, and being reclaimed by the Jungle.
History: In spring of 1939, the World Health Organization, in Geneva, began receiving reports of strange deaths in the Belgium Congo. People were dieing of Illnesses, they normally would have shrugged off. By late Summer there were reports from all across central Africa, as well as the first reports coming from Belgium. In late fall, the WHO realized it had some kind of world wide Epidemic, with reports from India, Indonesia, and South America. Of Course the World had other thing on it's mind , as Hitler's Storm Trooper Invaded Poland, and the World mobilized for war.

In Spring 1940 as Hitler prepared to strike north at Denmark and Norway, The WHO Released the Reports of deaths in Europe & North America, of Infants & toddlers dieing, of things like the Common Cold, and of whole towns & villages being wiped out in Africa, South America, and Asia. Suddenly the War, became the back story. By Summer all thoughts of War, except War against the Plague. were forgotten. That Fall the plague got a name SISS, [System Immunity Suppression Syndrome]. This world had no Manhattan Project, No space Race. And no GW2. All Mankind's efforts Went into Medical research. Fortunally, areas that had been hardest hit by the Black Death of the 1300's seemed to be most immune to this new plague. By the late Fifties, A vaccine was finally developed. But it was to late for areas like the Congo, were the population was to be numbered in the Hundreds.

[Nosb]

Name: The Republic of Eritrea
Capital: Solomon City
Population: 7,000,000
Government: Limited Democracy
Leader: Currently in election.
Flag:
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Military Forces: Ground Forces: 12,000 Air Force 12 plans; Naval Forces: 6 coastal ships
Technology Level: Ruffle 1960s military, 1970s medicine, 1950s aerospace
History: see Abyssinia, The Republic of

Name: The Empire of Abyssinia
Capital: Addis Ababa
Population: 48,000,000
Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Leader: Menelik IV
Flag: http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v352/marzhukov/album/flag.bmp
Military Forces: Ground Forces: 85,000 Air Force 55 plans; Naval Forces; none
Technology Level: Ruffle 1960s military, 1970s medicine, 1950s aerospace
History:

No Mussolini rise in Italy. Hitler still rises in Germany. Abyssinia isn’t enthralled in WW2. Tens of Thousands of German and later Polish (if they can get out), French, Danish, Italian and Libyan (Italy eventually still allied with Germany) Jews flee to Abyssinia eventually settling manly in Addis Ababa and in special areas, formerly Italian Somaliland and Eritrea, manly Eritrea, occupied by England assigned to them. Eventually around 100,000 Jews settle in what was formally Italian Eritrea and around 25,000 in Somaliland and Addis Ababa. At the end of WW2 Eritrea was made a Jewish State in an alternative to hotly contested Palestine. Zionist terrorist still hampered the development of a Palestine state until many were forcefully deported with British and Jordanian help, but eventually a Jewish enclave was created around Tel Aviv after a brief war of independence in 1950. Eritrea Jewish population around 250,000 most Jews moving to Israel instead, which quickly destroyed Palestine and mist placed thousands following a war in 1957. Eritrea developed comparable to other more developed African nations. It eventually lead in technology for the Horn of Africa, because of the small European community that stayed in Eritrea. Whites dominate the country’s economy, army, and institutions. Blacks, both Jewish and none, demand more equal rights and privileges.

Abyssinia developed much better with the influx of European Jews and no WW2 to devastate fragile agriculture and infrastructure. Population growth remained steady, but lower then in our timeline. No famines throughout the later part of the century. More stable government, but a steady elimination of monarchic power. Ethiopia is much better of then in our time line, but still not close to those of stable Northern Africa countries. Growth rate is steady and the country was earned the name of the “Turtle of the Horn”.

[Marius]

Name: The Federal Republic of the Cape of Good Hope, also known as the Cape Republic and Capeland. (made up of our OTL Western Cape, western Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa, most of Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Lesotho and south-western Zambia).
Region: Africa 20
Capital: Cape Town. Other major cities include Port Elizabeth, East London, Grahamstown, Windhoek, Walvis Bay, Luanda, Huambo, New Brighton, Upington, Churchill and Somerset West.
Population: 35-million
Leader: Amos Mnyantheli
Government: Federal Republic
Technology: Comparable to OTL 2004

The Cape Republic or Capeland is the most prosperous and advanced nation on the African continent. Its modern history began in 1652 when Jan van Riebeeck established Cape Town as a fuelling station for the Dutch East India Company. It was seized by the British in the early 19th century following the Napoleonic Wars. It soon became a popular destination for British settlers, and was also used as a penal colony during the 19th century, along with Australia. It became a member of the short-lived Union of South Africa, which dissolved after World War I, following the seccession of first Natal, and then the resurrected South African Republic (which was now made up of the Transvaal and Orange Free State), after the vicious Afrikaner rebellion which erupted in 1912. The province of Namibia became part of Capeland, following World War I and the successful invasion of the German colony. Southern and Western Angola were purchased from the Portuguese government in the 1930s, following the civil war which broke out between pro-Fascist and pro-democrat forces in that country. Botswana also became a Capeland protectorate in 1961, following the British government decision that Botswana would not be viable as an independent state. Barotseland in OTL Zambia was also granted to Capeland as a protectorate, and now exists as a semi-autonomous province of Capeland.

Capeland’s population is about 35-million, which is made up of 18-million blacks, 4-million coloureds (mixed race), 12-million whites and about one-million Asians, equally split between Chinese and Indians. Most of the whites are descended from British settlers (in this ATL Capeland rivaled Australia as a settlement destination following the end of the SA Union), at about 6-million. There are also 2,5-million Afrikaners, many who are refugees from fighting in the authoritarian and white supremacist South African Republic between the white minority government and black nationalists. There are also large minority populations of Portuguese (mainly in Angola-about 2-million), and the rest of the white population is made up of Germans and Greeks. The vote was granted to non-whites in 1965, and the moderate United African Democratic Union (UADMU) was voted into power. Today the main political parties are the left-wing Social Democrats (supported mainly by coloureds and working-class whites) (about 20% of support), the UADU which is a centrist non-racial movement supported by most blacks and liberal whites (55% of support) and has been in power since 1964, apart from a three year gap in the 1980s, the Liberal Democratic Party, which despite its name is relatively conservative and draws its support mainly from whites and some coloureds, (15% of support), and the Labour Party, communist orientated and supported mainly by blacks (10% of support). The country has a bicameral legislature, made up of a 300-member lower chamber, voted in through proportional representation, and a 250-member senate, where members stand in constituencies, and the first-past-the-post system applies. Each of the country’s 27 provinces each have their own legislatures, as well as governors. The level of provincial control over their own affairs is about the same as OTL’s Australian states.

The country is led by President Amos Mnyantheli, a moderate Xhosa whose family were migrants from the Transkei. His deputy is Michael Merriman, the most senior white in government and grandson of the first Capeland Prime Minister, John Merriman, who served from 1917 to 1922. In foreign relations the country is generally non-aligned but enjoys a good relationship with the United States, and sent troops to aid in the War on Terror in occupied Iran and United Korea. Other countries which Capeland enjoys good relations with include Australia, Britain, the Kingdom of KwaZulu-Natal, Israel (about 120 000 Jews live in Capeland), and most of Europe. Capeland is a valued member of the Commonwealth, and is a vociferous supporter of multilateralism in international forums. The economy is relatively strong, thanks to diamond deposits in Bechauana province and oil deposits off the coast of Huambo and Luanda provinces. Cape Town is generally viewed as one of the great cities of the world, Grahamstown hosts the third biggest annual art festival in the world, and Luanda is a popular tourist destination.

[ConfederateFly]

AF 14
Georgian Congo

Leader- Prime Minister Jim Adidz

Military- Royal Palace Guards:15,000 soldiers: 35 tanks
Royal Palace Coast Police: 500 soldiers: 10 ships
Royal Palace Aero Force: 1,000 soldiers: 50 planes

Technology- mostly old Soviet Tanks from WW 2 and rusted and outdated Soviet Coast Ships, also they have fairly new 1985 MIG Fighter jets and outdated biplanes from WW 1

History- Colony of Southwestern Confederate Republic . Became independant nation after Southewestern Confederate Republic lost WW 1 with its ally Germany. Helped Southewestern Confederate Republic and Nazi Germany in WW 2.

[ConfederateFly]

Captial of GC is New Bordeo

[Diamond]

Please PM me with any changes and/or additions you want made.

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[Leej]

The years of...nothing I suppose

This is a 'untaken' land its just untaken lands should be made interesting. Egypt seems the best place for this one-

Egypt is filled with the ruins of 18th century civilization, apparently from what can be figured out from what the people at the time wrote and what I am writing now a great plague struck at this time wiping out 98% of the world's population (the 2% being those totally cut off from the world and a small amount of immune people here and there).
I would rather have had this in Europe but it is full, Egypt is good enough I suppose.

[DuQuense]

Leej forgot Libya has already anexxed Eygpt Ignore his post

[Leej]

DuQuense forgot Egypt is a empty land which has yet to be defined.

[swamphen]

NAME: Empire of Mozambique
CAPITAL: Maputo (not transported); New Capital: Beira
POPULATION: ~38,000,000
LEADER: Emperor Patrick II (Patrick Ryan O'Connell)
GOVERNMENT: monarchy, modified by constitution
MILITARY:
Royal Mozambican Army
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Royal Mozambican Navy
Ships transported: 2 CVN, 2 CVE, 1 AVN, 4 CBGN, 1 CA, 3 CGN/CG, 5 DDG, 2 FF, 2 MCM, 4 PT
Royal Mozambican Air Force
post-Event ORBAT: http://www.swamphen.net/misc/whatif/moz-af2.htm
Imperial Guards
(equivilant of National Guard)
TECHNOLOGY: 10-15 years ahead of OTL
HISTORY:
http://www.swamphen.net/misc/whatif/moz-tl2.htm

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[swamphen]

Here's a bare-bones family tree of the O'Connells in the Mozambicans' home universe.

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Technically, I suppose that Patrick II and Lydia are cousins, but with the difference in rank and age (Generallismo/Emperor vs Lt. Col, and 20 years) they think of themselves (and refer to themselves) as uncle and niece.

Also made some tweaks to the history timeline, tho it's still got more holes than a Swiss cheese factory with a mouse problem.