So, under King Moshoeshoe I the Basotho kingdom developed a literate bureaucracy, army capable of stalemating the British and Boers, strong national identity, and was able to attain the status of a fairly autonomous protectorate within the British Empire. As a result it exists today with what are essentially its exact borders and government from the eve of it becoming a protectorate.
So, which polities that were erased from the map IOTL could have become solid enough to similarly be allowed to survive under the imperial boot?
So, which polities that were erased from the map IOTL could have become solid enough to similarly be allowed to survive under the imperial boot?
