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In a timeline where Mussolini's Italy never aligned itself with Nazi Germany and remains having a rather large colonial empire in Libya and the horn of Africa, I want to discuss the development of Italian East Africa (this including Ethiopia just for clarification). Colonial policy in regards to the native population usually came in encouraging the locals into integrating into the Italian culture in addition to implementing divide and conquer. The Fascist regime also tried to encourage Italian immigration into East Africa by the creation of agriculture and small industries though the Fascists were not successful in this regard at least into the heartland of Italian East Africa, Ethiopia. Wikipedia did state they were a little more successful in Italian Somaliland and Eritea where more Italians did settle down, at least until WW2.

So anyone willing to predict how Italian East Africa develops? I highly doubt it would remain merely a colonial federation. Would it win independence as a single federated country with the King of Italy as its monarch or would it split apart?
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