@Tanc49 ,
@DracoLazarus
So what are the regions that can be integrated the most easily?: I see
Easy:
-Gabon, not hard at all, although there may be a lot of illegal immigration, the Jus soli - which was restricted in mayotte IRL last summer - will likely very quickly dissapear on this departement (on a side note, could it be serparated into 2 or 3 departements?)
- 4 Communes of Senegal, there surely was support, although the UN may not like separating the country in two, not that it mattered for mayotte.
-Mers El Kebir, the French had a 15 years lease - Renewable - of it and the surrounding areas (Bousfer, El Ançor), it would be about Ceuta-sized. Although it could end the way of Bizerte (although Pieds noir civilians would live there, contrary to Bizerte, where only the base and port was under french control).
Harder:
-Djibouti, the Somali really didn't like the French, although i guess the animosity could be reduced if they are given more right just after ww2, otherwise the Afar liked the french, but only the northern part of the country had an Afar majority, i guess if they reallywanted to stay they could have cut it in half and rebuilt a military base on the northern side, not economical i guess
-The Rest of the commores, outside of mayotte there wasn't much support, so i guess they would hate the french and would likely have left by 2018, but at least the country would be in a better state than by today.
-Vanuatu, the condominium was a mess, the Ni-Vanuatu would have prefered control under a single country. Now you have to convince the brits... Not that anybody would care, vanuatu doesn't have much ressources, contrary to New Caledonia, nor a large white population, so it would be a larger Wallis & Futuna.
Even harder:
-Rump french algeria, it's a common idea, personally i think it would make more sense to focus it on Algier rather than Oran, the geography was more defensible and there was more industry, while not impossible it would be hard to convince pieds noir from oran and constantine to come, and it would also require a near ASB level of precognition from the french government, and i'm not sure it's defensible without triggering a constant low level war with a POD after 1945.
-Mt Lebannon, A maronite- majority state, it would be tricky to pull off, you'd likely need to increase tensions with muslims to give a reason to separate it, and ofc it's unlikely to be achievable with a post ww2 POD since lebannon was independant after. With the arab sentiment i doubt it could be integrated, but i could see some kind of protectorate, or even an official independance but with very strong diplomatic, economic and military ties. After all it will need a good army to defend itself, and it would tie france to the levant, which could have some interesting consequences
Impossible?
Indochina, no need to explain, even as a rump version there wasn't enough support
Large number of african states, it's impossible to integrate them on an equal footing.
French india (mainly pondichery) They were quite small - closer to daman and diu than Goa - although there was some integration by the upper class IIRC, it will likely end the way of goa, i doubt france would threaten to use nukes for it.
so, what else is possible in your opinion?