As we all know, the modern coutry of Azania (Portuguese: Azânia) grew out of Portuguese the settlements of Boa Esperança, located in the vicinity of the Cape of Good Hope, together with a few smaller scale settlements spread over the east African coast. These settlements were first established in the late 15th century, and were intended to serve as a base to further Portuguese ambitions in India.
With the favourable climate on their side, the european population of these settlements grew exponentially over time, eventually mixing with the native Africans as well as a fair amount of Indians, Sinhalanese and east and southeast asians brought over by the Portuguese.
Eventually, Portuguese-Azanian "bandeirantes" dramatically pushed the borders of the colony northwards, leaving the territories that now form Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo as its only direct neighbours.
Today, Azania is an independent federal republic and has the highest HDI of the African continent. It's also one of the most heavily miscegenated countries in the world, with the overwhelming majority of its population being mixed-race, with different percentages of european, african and asian DNA, depending on each individual case.
But what if the Portuguese had decided not to colonise Azania? People are always speaking of how the got overstretched, so this may be possible. Who else could have got it? Could we get a Spanish Azania? What about a Dutch or English Azania? Who are the most likely alternate colonisers, in your opinion?
Also, what would modern-day Azania look like with a different coloniser.
With the favourable climate on their side, the european population of these settlements grew exponentially over time, eventually mixing with the native Africans as well as a fair amount of Indians, Sinhalanese and east and southeast asians brought over by the Portuguese.
Eventually, Portuguese-Azanian "bandeirantes" dramatically pushed the borders of the colony northwards, leaving the territories that now form Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo as its only direct neighbours.
Today, Azania is an independent federal republic and has the highest HDI of the African continent. It's also one of the most heavily miscegenated countries in the world, with the overwhelming majority of its population being mixed-race, with different percentages of european, african and asian DNA, depending on each individual case.
But what if the Portuguese had decided not to colonise Azania? People are always speaking of how the got overstretched, so this may be possible. Who else could have got it? Could we get a Spanish Azania? What about a Dutch or English Azania? Who are the most likely alternate colonisers, in your opinion?
Also, what would modern-day Azania look like with a different coloniser.