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I was thinking that a Fascist Ethiopia would be a good TL and wanted to see if it would be plausible or not.

Let's say, Ras Tafari Makonnen becomes Emperor of Ethiopia in 1918 as a result of Empress Zawditu's death from the 1918 flu pandemic. He is a modernizer, knowing that Ethiopia requires modernization and Westernization to prevent being partitioned by the surrounding colonial powers. In his search for a model for Ethiopia to be based upon, Haile Selassie turns towards Italy and the National Fascist Party which has risen to power because of the March on Rome in 1922. Haile Selassie then decides that fascism seems to be an acceptable model and begins implementing Italian-style fascism throughout Ethiopia as he focuses on consolidating his grip on the Ethiopian state in the 20s and 30s.

How plausible is it for a Fascist Ethiopia to emerge under an earlier Emperor Haile Selassie? What could it be like? How long would it last?
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