Alternate Draka Started as Asian Colony?

Hello, what I need is the alternate version (more or less, since that will go to ASB area) of our beloved slave-owning imperialistic South African superpower. This time they should not started as a British colony, hence without the defeated Loyalists fleeing the American Revolution.

I need the "alt-Draka" to start as a colony of certain Asian power (the most viable option would be Ming China, but others may be able to do it). Thus the majority population of this Draka would be East Asian instead of white, but still I need it to be modernized/westernized enough so that it would not be too foreign, like the colonial Japan in 1940s.
By the beginning of 20th century, it must control at least the whole Africa

Butterflies come flying

Second, what name would this altDraka have? Since Draka from Drakia from Sir Francis Drake
Maybe a name from some mythological island?

Thanks!
 
Continuing the Ming Treasure Voyages and have Admiral Zheng He exiled, by the Hongxi Emperor, to Zanzibar (They did make it as far as Mogadishu)?
Named for either the Admiral or the Yongle Emperor.
This also gives the alt-Draka several more realistic centuries to build up their Superstate.

Alternatively, the Moghul Empire had a large naval element up to the 17th century, mostly concerned with the Haji.
By the 18th century there were lots of pretenders to the throne and breakaway kingdoms, the losers in a dynastic squabble might decide to re-settle.

Or consider re-locating the Draka to South America, far less impact on international affairs until the 20th century. The US is distracted by its own expansion and internal strife, and Europe more concerned with Asia and Africa.
It solves some of the more glaring issues of the story.
 
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