"Union state of South African Colonies"
Entry 1:
United Commonwealth of Africa, also known as the Commonwealth.:
The Commonwealth encompasses half the continent of Africa up to the Nassau river (OTL Congo River). After the "Grote Treks" in the 19th century many independant republics were proclaimed across the whole southern half of the continent: during these turbulent times the white settlers of these republics resorted to what was later called "de Groote Verschooning" (the '"Great Cleansing): the systematical oppression and eradication of non-whites in the newly established republics. After the First World War all the small republics came under the influence of the Zuidkaap Republic, the oldest en strongest republic (OTL South-Africa). In time the republics were absorbed one by one to establish the United Commonwealth of Africa.
During the Second World Wat the Commonwealth contributed greatly to the war effort of the German and Italian Empires: in the end great parts of Asia, Africa and South-America came under economical and/or political influence of the Commonwealth.
Entry 2:
The United States of Southern Africa (Estados Unidos da Africa Austral)
- Affonso III's son with Matilda of Boulogne survives to become King Roberto I
- King Roberto II of Portugal becomes King of Castile in 1325 then Leon in 1340
- lack of Spanish Mexico or Peru (they end up somewhere between China and India analogues) creates greater colonisation of the South African Provinces
- by 1800 the Empire of the United Kingdoms of Castile-Leon-Portugal includes the Antilles, Eastern South America, the East Indies, and Southern Africa
- in 1803 alarmed by recent increases in interventions by the CLP Home Government on maintaining slavery* rebellions break out in 7 of the Southern African Provinces; continued crackdowns promotes a full revolution
- by 1811 thanks to foreign support against the CLP the United States achieves recognition of its independence
Like OTL's Colonial Latin America the EUAA uses a Casta system for the rights of its citizens; though its socialist parties have recently got the Reduction Act through the Federal Senate reducing many of the racial categorizations and granting further rights for the black majority, discrimination is still rife and causes many an international issue.
* the black majority is simply too great for slavery to be feasibly maintained - this doesn't mean a lack of discrimination, indentureship, or abuse
Entry 3:
The Republic of Australia
In the 1850s independence movements based on those in the Americas started occurring in the Australian colonies. The large number of immigrants from Europe in the 17-1800s had created a wave of "native" Australians, who wished independence from the British Empire. By 1864 the various colonies had rallied together and forced out the British. Although there was a large and prevalent level of Australian society of free blacks from the UK and US, the indigenous blacks were mostly subjugated to segregation in the Cape and Natal. The other parts of the republic had no segregation measures (leading from not much slavery in the parts pre-revolution), and in the late 1930s enacted national reforms so that no racist policies could be deemed official in Australia.
Entry 4:
Unie van die Kaap (Union of the Cape)
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Entry 5:
Verenigde Suid Afrika State
United South African States (also referred to as the African United States, the USAS, or South Africa) is a federal constitutional republic located in the South of African continent.
Negroid peoples of African origin have inhabited what is now the contiguous African United States for many thousands of years. The disease and warfare that accompanied European contact served to greatly reduce this Native African population.
Most of original Dutch colonists witch came to new land where Mennonites (members of Anabaptist Christian sect). Due to their evangelical radicalism, they need to live Netherlands. Mennonite doctrine and work affirmation became important factor witch decide about fast grow of new colonies and made significant influence on their future struggles for independence.
Nowadays since more than 200 years after gaining independence and tough experiences with Slavery and Racial Discrimination, the core Mennonite "God's Land" founding ethos is still alive and very important among most of USAS citizens. Such a influence can be also seen in USAS flag witch consist Mennonite symbolism, recognised now as symbols of common values on witch USAS was build, thought present day society is no longer religious or nationality monolith being actually a mix of many different origins peoples.
Entry 6:
Republic of Brian Boeru
While many would mark the formation of the first Boer nations as the start of the Republic of Brian Boeru, the formation of the RBB can most likely be attributed to the rise of the Native American Party (see Know Nothings) in the USA in the mid-1840s. Their miraculous and bewildering rise to hold the reigns of federal power still fascinates scholars today. Within months they enacted policies which prevented first the Irish, then the Germans, and finally other people they considered “undesirable” entry into the US. When the Potato Famine hit Ireland, unable to go to the US many want to Canada, but most who could afford the passage moved to Brazil or the Cape Colony of Southern Africa. It is estimated that over one million Irish emigrates came to southern Africa to start a new life. Meanwhile those who had already made it to the USA, before the American Party came to power, slowly found their rights infringed upon. Many would move to Canada or Mexico, with the subsequent emigration from Mexico to the Cape Colony when the US went to war with Mexico over the annexation of Texas in 1846 and the War of American Aggression in 1854.
As with the Irish, the Germans fleeing the steadily harshening conditions in central Europe* also were turned away from the US. Many of these people ended up in Southern Africa also. Most of these people had sought to institute more democratic policies in the German states and then the German Empire, but persecution had forced migration on them.
With so many people moving into the territory the Voortrekkers began to move even further north. While initially it was in response to the treatment of the British, the increase in the numbers of Irish, German, and other peoples were the final ignition** to their largest migration.
In 1868 Brian Boruma Slook, son of an Irish catholic mother and a protestant Trekboer father, came to lead the largest group of freedom fighters against the British. The Fellows of Brian Boeru, the name Boeru began as a friendly pun on his name by his followers, would slowly organize and bring the various rebel outfits under his command. The Boeruvan Revolutionary war would last nine years, at the cost of numerous lives, until the British gave the nation its independence. Unfortunately, by this time Brian Boeru had been killed in battle as he helped to evacuate women and children from the town of Oneel. His second in command, Jost Schulz, was able to hold the desperate groups together and after the war to get compromise to create the Republic of Brian Boeru.
Flag: The flag is divided into a Bends pattern (two Triangular halves). The upper is light gray represents the Neuchemitz Massacre and the color of the dusk sky when the British attacked the town under the impression that the town had proclaimed independence. The blue triangle represents the Fellows of Brian Boeru, the independent fighters that had been fighting the British in South Africa***. The harp represents the Irish of the RBB and the original Brian Boru, but the traditional golden color has been replaced with blue representing the old flag of the Kingdom of Ireland. The White oak leaf represents the Germans and is also a reference to the Donar Oak. Interestingly the acorn of the oak is green for Catholicism, while the harp strings are orange for Protestantism. Normally it would have been the other way, but the founding fathers of the Republic wanted to express that no matter the religion all are one people together.
Entry 1:
United Commonwealth of Africa, also known as the Commonwealth.:
The Commonwealth encompasses half the continent of Africa up to the Nassau river (OTL Congo River). After the "Grote Treks" in the 19th century many independant republics were proclaimed across the whole southern half of the continent: during these turbulent times the white settlers of these republics resorted to what was later called "de Groote Verschooning" (the '"Great Cleansing): the systematical oppression and eradication of non-whites in the newly established republics. After the First World War all the small republics came under the influence of the Zuidkaap Republic, the oldest en strongest republic (OTL South-Africa). In time the republics were absorbed one by one to establish the United Commonwealth of Africa.
During the Second World Wat the Commonwealth contributed greatly to the war effort of the German and Italian Empires: in the end great parts of Asia, Africa and South-America came under economical and/or political influence of the Commonwealth.
Entry 2:
The United States of Southern Africa (Estados Unidos da Africa Austral)
- Affonso III's son with Matilda of Boulogne survives to become King Roberto I
- King Roberto II of Portugal becomes King of Castile in 1325 then Leon in 1340
- lack of Spanish Mexico or Peru (they end up somewhere between China and India analogues) creates greater colonisation of the South African Provinces
- by 1800 the Empire of the United Kingdoms of Castile-Leon-Portugal includes the Antilles, Eastern South America, the East Indies, and Southern Africa
- in 1803 alarmed by recent increases in interventions by the CLP Home Government on maintaining slavery* rebellions break out in 7 of the Southern African Provinces; continued crackdowns promotes a full revolution
- by 1811 thanks to foreign support against the CLP the United States achieves recognition of its independence
Like OTL's Colonial Latin America the EUAA uses a Casta system for the rights of its citizens; though its socialist parties have recently got the Reduction Act through the Federal Senate reducing many of the racial categorizations and granting further rights for the black majority, discrimination is still rife and causes many an international issue.
* the black majority is simply too great for slavery to be feasibly maintained - this doesn't mean a lack of discrimination, indentureship, or abuse
Entry 3:
The Republic of Australia
In the 1850s independence movements based on those in the Americas started occurring in the Australian colonies. The large number of immigrants from Europe in the 17-1800s had created a wave of "native" Australians, who wished independence from the British Empire. By 1864 the various colonies had rallied together and forced out the British. Although there was a large and prevalent level of Australian society of free blacks from the UK and US, the indigenous blacks were mostly subjugated to segregation in the Cape and Natal. The other parts of the republic had no segregation measures (leading from not much slavery in the parts pre-revolution), and in the late 1930s enacted national reforms so that no racist policies could be deemed official in Australia.
Entry 4:
Unie van die Kaap (Union of the Cape)
[censored]
Entry 5:
Verenigde Suid Afrika State
United South African States (also referred to as the African United States, the USAS, or South Africa) is a federal constitutional republic located in the South of African continent.
Negroid peoples of African origin have inhabited what is now the contiguous African United States for many thousands of years. The disease and warfare that accompanied European contact served to greatly reduce this Native African population.
Most of original Dutch colonists witch came to new land where Mennonites (members of Anabaptist Christian sect). Due to their evangelical radicalism, they need to live Netherlands. Mennonite doctrine and work affirmation became important factor witch decide about fast grow of new colonies and made significant influence on their future struggles for independence.
Nowadays since more than 200 years after gaining independence and tough experiences with Slavery and Racial Discrimination, the core Mennonite "God's Land" founding ethos is still alive and very important among most of USAS citizens. Such a influence can be also seen in USAS flag witch consist Mennonite symbolism, recognised now as symbols of common values on witch USAS was build, thought present day society is no longer religious or nationality monolith being actually a mix of many different origins peoples.
Entry 6:
Republic of Brian Boeru
While many would mark the formation of the first Boer nations as the start of the Republic of Brian Boeru, the formation of the RBB can most likely be attributed to the rise of the Native American Party (see Know Nothings) in the USA in the mid-1840s. Their miraculous and bewildering rise to hold the reigns of federal power still fascinates scholars today. Within months they enacted policies which prevented first the Irish, then the Germans, and finally other people they considered “undesirable” entry into the US. When the Potato Famine hit Ireland, unable to go to the US many want to Canada, but most who could afford the passage moved to Brazil or the Cape Colony of Southern Africa. It is estimated that over one million Irish emigrates came to southern Africa to start a new life. Meanwhile those who had already made it to the USA, before the American Party came to power, slowly found their rights infringed upon. Many would move to Canada or Mexico, with the subsequent emigration from Mexico to the Cape Colony when the US went to war with Mexico over the annexation of Texas in 1846 and the War of American Aggression in 1854.
As with the Irish, the Germans fleeing the steadily harshening conditions in central Europe* also were turned away from the US. Many of these people ended up in Southern Africa also. Most of these people had sought to institute more democratic policies in the German states and then the German Empire, but persecution had forced migration on them.
With so many people moving into the territory the Voortrekkers began to move even further north. While initially it was in response to the treatment of the British, the increase in the numbers of Irish, German, and other peoples were the final ignition** to their largest migration.
In 1868 Brian Boruma Slook, son of an Irish catholic mother and a protestant Trekboer father, came to lead the largest group of freedom fighters against the British. The Fellows of Brian Boeru, the name Boeru began as a friendly pun on his name by his followers, would slowly organize and bring the various rebel outfits under his command. The Boeruvan Revolutionary war would last nine years, at the cost of numerous lives, until the British gave the nation its independence. Unfortunately, by this time Brian Boeru had been killed in battle as he helped to evacuate women and children from the town of Oneel. His second in command, Jost Schulz, was able to hold the desperate groups together and after the war to get compromise to create the Republic of Brian Boeru.
Flag: The flag is divided into a Bends pattern (two Triangular halves). The upper is light gray represents the Neuchemitz Massacre and the color of the dusk sky when the British attacked the town under the impression that the town had proclaimed independence. The blue triangle represents the Fellows of Brian Boeru, the independent fighters that had been fighting the British in South Africa***. The harp represents the Irish of the RBB and the original Brian Boru, but the traditional golden color has been replaced with blue representing the old flag of the Kingdom of Ireland. The White oak leaf represents the Germans and is also a reference to the Donar Oak. Interestingly the acorn of the oak is green for Catholicism, while the harp strings are orange for Protestantism. Normally it would have been the other way, but the founding fathers of the Republic wanted to express that no matter the religion all are one people together.
