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Continuing on the map of the "Christian World" I am taking a look at the MENA countries. I shall begin in the east. The former republics of the USSR are annexed to the Russian Federation. In Kazakhstan, most are admitted as either oblasts or Krais (when combined with previous oblast subdivisions) to account for federal subjects with at least some 750 000 inhabitants. Much of the Caspian coast is now watering the enlarged Astrakhan Krai, and northern Kyrgyzstan is admitted as well. Out of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and southern Kyrgyzstan a "Turkestan Republic" is established, though even here the majority are ethnic Russians, Ukrainians etc.
Afghanistan is a rather non-existent country, running mostly on paper. The population is no more than 10 000 people, and actual control is held by the US army rather than the local administration, which exists only in cities - or shall we call them villages? - of Kabul, Herat, Kandahar and Balkh.
Iran did fare a little better, though apparently only the northwestern half of the country appears to have been able to gain any real governance. The Provisional Constitution of the Republic of Persia states that its official languages be Persian, Armenian and Syriac. Georgian as a language is namely in the Isfahan province, where it is co-official. Little to no effective control exists in the southeastern half of the country, and the country is able to perpetuate its existance due to support from both Armenia and Assyria.
Azerbaijan as a country ultimately collapses, and is divided up among its neoighbours: the Shirvan Republic of Russia, while Armenia took roughly a hlaf and parts were ceded to Georgia as well. Georgia as a country appears to have been a major winner in the area: due to Russia dealing with its own problems, and demographic losses of the breakaway Abkhazia, it was able to first integrate this rebellious province, before the southern Ossetians diplomatically agreed to join the country. Goergia has also gained some areas from the collapsed Turkey.
Armenia was able to greatly expand its domains, over former Azerbaijani and Turkish territories, hoping to repopulate these areas by returning Armenian diaspora from across the world and now Georgian Abkhazia. Apparently however, the first couple of decades are going to be difficult for the country, as the repopulation of its newest acquisitions is going to be a lengthy process.
Turkey as a country collapsed, as its own Christian population was too small to justify its perpetuated existence in this world, and those who did welcomed the irredentist claims of its neighbours. While Armenia and Greece got the lion´s share, Georgia also helped itslef to former Tao-Klarjeti, while Bulgaria got a small portion of Eastern Thrace as well. In the south Syria and Assyria pushed their borders northwards - the former claiming Cilicia and Antioch, while the latter received Turabdin and Hakkari.
Greece itself is facing a tremendous administrative challenge in getting to integrate Anatolia. Property found in the newly acquired lands was sold and helped Greece somehow to for the first year after so long give it a surplus budget. Descendants of refugees from Asia Minor are encouraged to settle inthe newly acquired regions: a slightly less that one million people have already settled in the Pontus, and Pontic Greek is declared to be the official language alongside English (for practical issues), and another roughly one million have settled in Smyrna and its hinterlands, and a 1.5 million in Constantiniople agglomeration. Cappadocia , Pamphylia and Galatia however have less 500 000 people. In Cappadocia, the Karamanli Turkish language is brought in and continues to be used s part of the national heritage; elsewhere, ancient Greek toponyms were restored.
In the Gulf countries, with the monarchical regimes collapsing, it was mainly the Filipino workers, who became the new dominant people of the area. Out Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oan, the emirates and Saudi Arabia, a the Federal Republic of Qatar was declared, with Tagalog and English the official languages. The political landscape is dominated largely by populist leaders, who are courted by countries across the globe due to access to oil.
The Republic of Assyria, with its capital at Niniveh (Mosul), is a country whose population is made chiefly of the returning diaspora. An agreement with the neighbouring Republic of Syria was signed, whereby Syria ceded the mostly Assyrian populated Hasakeh province. Syria itslef expanded to include Cilicia and Antioch, as well as Jordan. Arabic continues to be the official language, almost everywhere except the newly established Maaloula province, where Western Aramaic is to be further promoted. Another large minority are the Armenians.The dominant political force ruling Syria is now the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, supported primarily by Orthodox Christians.
The political system of Lebanon appears to have shaked a little, and Lebanese politicians are facing another question: should Lebanon joinj syria or not? The Maronites value their independence dearly, though the other Christian denominations have yet to make up their mind.
Without Jews, Muslims and Druze, the Christians of both Israel and Palestine are quick to make common cause and put an end to further separation. A united Republic of Jerusalem is declared in the new capital, and the country makes its money from pilgrim tourism, but also by carrying on the Israeli hi-tech industry. The population triples with the return of the diaspora. As it is, the newly established country faces a threat to its independence from Syria, seeking to annex the country as it had done with Jordan.
The largest indigenous population of North Africa in this scenario are the Copts, who appear to become a regional power. Having annexed both Sudan and Cyrenaica upon agreement with Italy, Egypt is one of the regional powers. With a much smaller population, Egypt is in a better position regarding its food supply. In former Maghreb the situation has become a little more messy. In many areas, isolated communities of a few hundred or a few thousand people were found in what were previously large cities. In Algeria, it were the remnants of the Pied-Noirs, along with their diaspora in France who pressed for a return of French administration into the area. France, hit considerably itslef, nevertheless began an official governmnet program to colinze the now largely depopulated Algeria.
Lybia itself was divided into three: Cyrenaica to Egypt, Tripolitania under joint Italian-Maltese administration and Fezzan under Italian administration. However, it turns out that the Italian administration of Lybia is rather non-existant aside from a few offices and a miliatry barracks. Tripolitania is experiencing a steady migration from Malta, and Maltese migrants now constitute 75% of the population of Tripolitania. Tunisia has come under Italian administration, and becmae the target of the wave of settler migration, though some Italians also returned to Libya due to family ties.
Finally, Morroccco was to receive a Spanish administration. In practice, real Spanish presence was confined to former Spanish Morrocco in the north on the Mediterranean coast. The area received migrants chiefly from Latin America , and within five years, some 350 000 people settled the area. The area is administered from the city of Ceuta as an autonomous community of Riffian Mauretania. The rest of Morrocco , administered from Rabat and Casablanca (the only cities with a real Spanish presence) is ruled rather like a colony, with the Spanish taking care of supplying the cities with goods. The population of Morrocco is diverse, with people of European Mediterranean descent making rouzghly a quarter of the population, another quarter being the expats from all over the world (including Subsaharan Africans), while the remaining half was of local Morroccan Christians. As for Western Sahara, it is administered from the Canary islands, and the only settlement, Laayoune is nothing more than a village with some 750 people, of whom two thirds are there due to administrative, military or other duties, and merely 250 are permanent residents. To put it more frankly, Laayoune is similar in nature to scientific bases in places like Antarctica