The Union Forever: A TL
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Thanks EnglishCanuck. As for Britain's African colonies there is definitely discussion about how/when/if to transition them to Dominions but we will have to wait and see.
Thanks metastatsis_d. Yeah, Germany is doing their best to keep the Congo Belgian. As for the war on drugs, their is certainly a growing movement ITTL to decriminalize/legalize marijuana but many states are still far from doing that.
Those are the Canary Islands. They've been Spanish since the 15th Century. Kind of hard to tell without the North Atlantic.
As metastasis_d said those are the Canary Islands. They are administered separately form Spanish Sahara. Spanish Sahara isn't very Spanish and tensions with the Arab natives remains high. Morocco also has a claim on the territory and has been accused of financing native uprisings.
Not a whole lot of resources in Western Sahara to attract potential colonists.
I think there's a bit of oil there, but otherwise there isn't exactly much of note.
You gentlemen are correct. There are just not a lot of Spaniards queuing up to live there.
What do you guys think about these flags for Ghana and the Saharan Republic? Other designs would be more than welcomed.
Perhaps a couple minor tweaks? The blue and green in the Saharan Republic flag don't really mesh well, while the Ghanan flag could use a slight bit darker green. How about simply swapping the greens between the flags? Also, geographically, isn't the jungle towards the south of the Saharan Republic? Perhaps simlly rotating in 90-degrees left?
Either one could pass, though.
Well, MacG, I really do like the flag of Ghana, although, TBH, I think the one for Sahara probably could be saved for some other state in Africa. I've got an idea for an alternate flag, so stay tuned.....
Perhaps a couple minor tweaks? The blue and green in the Saharan Republic flag don't really mesh well, while the Ghanan flag could use a slight bit darker green. How about simply swapping the greens between the flags? Also, geographically, isn't the jungle towards the south of the Saharan Republic? Perhaps simlly rotating in 90-degrees left?
Either one could pass, though.
Good ideas. I have also changed the white strip for the Saharan Republic to a light orange. The symbolism could be Green for the south/Islam, Light Orange for the Saharan Desert, and Blue for the Sky. What do y'all think?
Well, MacG, I really do like the flag of Ghana, although, TBH, I think the one for Sahara probably could be saved for some other state in Africa. I've got an idea for an alternate flag, so stay tuned.....
Great. I can't wait to see what you have for the Saharan Republic.
Okay, well, here it is. I chose a sienna color to represent the earth, a light yellow for the sand dunes, and I left the blue alone, pretty much. I realize it might be a tad tacky but I hope you're interested.
As others have said, I am glad to see more African nations gain independence (hopefully Congo is on its way) and also glad that the war on drugs hasn't gotten too out of control. And its great to see that finally Peru and Bolivia have been allowed into the LAR (I thought they should have been members since they first elected a democratic government, but better late than never).
I am intrigued however about these protests in Spain. How much popular support do they have and what is the government's response? Hopefully the Carlists will be replaced with a stable democratic government that can rebound after years under a repressive monarchy.
Western Sahara has phosphate mining (which either the rest of Spain doesn't, or isn't in huge supply).
It is worth noting that in 1970 OTL, Western Sahara was 32% European (granted there weren't many people there, but still). The borders are a bit different (notably including Cape Juby), so the percentage might not be as high here. Still, Spain would probably be able to keep Western Sahara and Ifni (as the Berbers there were pro-Spanish)