AHC: Dervish State

Challenge create a surviving Dervish state that captures all of Greater Somalia and manages to keep independence. What would that mean for Somalia today, Africa and the world as a whole.
 
The simplest way would be for the Central Powers to win the Great War and the Dervish State gets British and Italian Somalia. Regarding the inner part of Greater Somalia, I reckon they could cut a deal with Ethiopia. They get the inner part of Greater Somalia and the Dervish helps them get Eritrea to have as a coastal area as well as maintain good relations.

The Dervish State would probably be part of the Mittelmachte along with the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire (which they could have strong trade relations), the new Bulgarian Empire and Darfur, which they could probably travel through Ethiopia. the Dervish would probably become a strong coastal economic area and if they invested heavily into infrastructure, they could do pretty well. They;d probably control the Gulf of Aden while Ethiopia controls the Red Sea.

The Dervish State would be one of the free Free African nations and would probably influence the Eastern African colonies down below. Regarding religion, they'd probably give special treatment to Coptic Christians in comparison (Coptic Christianity being the main Christianity in Ethiopia) along with possibly Judiasm depending on how Ethiopia develops. They'd probably be a strong regional power.
 
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