History Characters / KaiserreichAfrica

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[[caption-width-right:350:Flag of the South African People's Union ]]

->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Jean III succession or German Puppet Restoration)
->'''Party:''' Action Française[[note]]Founded in 1899, the French Action is a nationalist, royalist, integralist group. Its ideology can be summarised with one quote by Charles Maurras, its most influential theorist: 'In order to love France today, it is necessary to hate what she has become.' The aim of the Integralists is nothing less than the fall of the Republic and the establishment of an integralist state: an absolute, hereditary, anti-parliamentary, reactionary, counter-revolutionary, heavily decentralised, corporatist, and above all Catholic monarchy, protective of local identities and modelled after the traditional institutions of the Kingdom of France. Though it couldn't be called a party, after all the group openly advocates for a coup d'état and has never participated in elections, the AF has created a surprisingly broad network of influence among Catholics radicalised by the anticlerical violence of the revolution, in intellectual circles, and, most importantly, within the military.[[/note]]

* TheQuisling: If a right-wing Germany forms its own French puppet, Henri can be offered the throne to lead the restored, yet puppeted, Kingdom.

* BaitAndSwitch: Regarding democracy; letting General Mordacq take charge in an emergency government actually gives France a greater chance at genuine democratization than forming the Union Sacree. Mordacq is ultimately truthful in his pro-democracy beliefs and steps down as soon as the metropole is liberated. The Union Sacree, while seemingly the more democratic option, has a strong chance to empower De La Rocque, who can choose to launch a surprise coup and become the new military dictator of France after the liberation.

* ForeignRulingClass: National France is an apartheid state where white French settlers and exiles hold all power, despite only making a small minority of the population. The natives, though nominally considered Frenchmen, are essentially second-class citizens, subject to heavy taxes and forced labour and service in the armed forces.

* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: Numerous figures in the National French government, like Philippe Pétain and Pierre-Étienne Flandin, were involved with the Vichy regime in real life. While they cannot collaborate with Nazis in a timeline where Nazism doesn't exist, they are still high-ranking members of a colonial empire that massively exploits the rightful owners of the lands they're squatting on after being overthrown in a popular uprising.

* ForeignRulingClass: Racism and segregation are institutionalised and omnipresent in South Africa. The white settlers hold all political and economic power; under them are the Coloured (people of mixed heritage) and the Asians; and the native black Africans, despite making up the majority of the population, enjoy the least respect. The liberals can alleviate this segregation, but only the native socialists can actually end it.

* SparkOfTheRebellion: If the South African government responds to Black Monday by repealing the Industrial Conciliation Act, the dissatisfied white workers in the Witwatersrand will start to strike. The strikes will quickly grow worse, and can cause the multiracial Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union to form an alliance with the strikers and a full-scale syndicalist revolt to break out if left unchecked.

* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Duncan can become the first South African Governor-General of South Africa.

* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: De Wet can become the first South African-born and Afrikaner Governor-General of South Africa.

* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Jansen can become the first South African-born and Afrikaner Governor-General of South Africa.

* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: At the very least, he can't be a Nazi collaborator in a timeline with no Nazis, and when the game starts he's still considered a war hero by all non-Communard Frenchmen. Whether his actions take a turn for the noble or he goes ahead with a Euro-supremacist anti-Semitic agenda anyway is up to the player or the RNG.

!!''Pierre-Étienne Flandin''
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->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Elections)
->'''Party:''' Parti Républicain Démocrate[[note]]The Democratic Republican Party is a center-right party born from the fusion of the Fédération Républicaine and the Alliance Démocratique. Economically liberal, somewhat socially conservative, attached to parliamentarism, and of course anti-socialist, they are broadly Catholic but remain internally divided on the issue of secularism. Its brand of republican, liberal conservatism struggles to reassert itself, tainted by the Defeat and weakened by the depredations of the PSF upon its traditional electorate.[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Flandin never collaborates with any fascist power invading France ITTL.

* ForeignRulingClass: Racism and segregation are institutionalised and omnipresent in South Africa. The white settlers hold all political and economic power; under them are the Coloured (people of mixed heritage) and the Asians; and the native black Africans, despite making up the majority of the population, enjoy the least respect. While it is possible for the least authoritarian non-socialist paths to alleviate this segragation, none can actually end it.

!!''Daniel François Malan''

* WellIntentionedExtremist: La Guma deposes the provisional government after a racist faction of the South African left attempts to take control of the government and enforce segregation cloaked in socialist language to not lose their own privileges as white workers. With the help of black militias and whites opposed to the rogue faction, La Guma drives out the racists and proclaims a native republic where the black majority will rule exclusively. He argues that this is the only way for blacks to govern their own nation after centuries of white rule.

* Timed Mission: If socialist South Africa is declared war on by Canada after its formation, they must hold for an entire year in order to obtain a white peace with their former overlords.

%%!!''Patrick Duncan''
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%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (George Villiers resigns)
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' South African Party (Conservatives)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
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%%!!''Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_nicolaas_jacobus_de_wet.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Patrick Duncan passes away)
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' South African Party (Conservatives)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
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%%!!''Ernest George Jansen''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_ernest_jansen.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Patrick Duncan passes away)
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' National Party (Moderates), National Party (Afrikaner Nationalists)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy, Paternal Autocracy
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!!''Daniel François Malan''
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->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]] (Elections), President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Republic proclaimed)
->'''Party:''' National Party (Afrikaner Nationalists), Purified National Party (Afrikaner Nationalists) (Fusion Government), Reunited National Party (Afrikaner Nationalists) (Volksparty-Purified election victory)
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Socialists in control)

* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Should Mittelafrika collapse, Southern Rhodesia might be tempted into a military adventure to reunite with Northern Rhodesia.

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]]

%%!!''Patrick Duncan''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/patrick_duncan.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' Dominion Party (Emergency Powers)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy (Emergency Powers)
%%See his entry in the South Africa folder.

%%!!''Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_nicolaas_jacobus_de_wet.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Patrick Duncan passes away)
%%->'''Party:''' Dominion Party (Emergency Powers)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy (Emergency Powers)
%%See his entry in the South Africa folder.

* ForeignRulingClass: Racism and segregation are institutionalised and omnipresent in South Africa. The white settlers hold all political and economic power; under them are the Coloured (people of mixed heritage) and the Asians; and the native black Africans, despite making up the majority of the population, enjoy the least respect.

%%!!''William Henry Andrews''
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%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' South African Trades and Labour Council
%%->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
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!!''David Ivon Jones''
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->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' International Socialist League

* MeetTheNewBoss: After the syndicalist takeover, the ISL can reject the ICU's multiracial power sharing arrangement, instead installing a white socialist regime and continuing the segregation under the old government because they consider it necessary that whites take the leading role in the revolution until the black majority is ready. This ultimately leads to the ICU overthrowing the ISL and installing an all-native government.

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Coup)

* OneNationUnderCopyright: France under the Redressement Français is a technocratic, autocratic state, ruled as a company for the profit of all, with a dictatorial constitution and a barely convincing democratic facade.

%% From Administrivia/HowToCreateACharacterPage: "Remember: Each example needs to follow the normal Zero-Context Example guidelines. If a character does not have at least one non-ZCE trope, they should not be on the page."

%%!!''Léon Sultan''
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%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Released by a Radical Socialist/Syndicalist country)
%%->'''Party:''' Alaitihad Alwataniu Lilquaa Alshaebia, Al-Hizb Al-Aishtirakiu Al-Maghribiu
%%->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism, Syndicalism
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%%!!''Abd el-Krim''
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%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Released by a Totalist country)
%%->'''Party:''' Alhizb Alshuyueiu Almaghribiu
%%->'''Ideology:''' Totalism
%%----

%%!!''Louis Marin''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nfa_louis_marin.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Elections)
%%->'''Party:''' Bloc National[[note]]The National Bloc is a coalition of conservative parties formed after the %%Reconquest of the Métropole, dominated by the PSF. However, Colonel de La Rocque has had to significantly compromise with the more traditional right wing to cement such a coalition. Though of course conservative, somewhat corporatist, anti-socialist, nationalistic and broadly Catholic, the antiparliamentarian rhetoric of the populist right was greatly moderated by its allies. As such the coalition seeks to reform the Republic into a more rational, pragmatic semi-presidential regime, away from divisive populism, autocracy and unstable parliamentary stagnation.[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
%%----

%%!!''Paul Reynaud''
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%%->'''Role:''' Second in Command (Mordacq cabinet, Neutralize the PSF or Flandin cabinet), President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Elections)
%%->'''Party:''' Parti Républicain Démocrate[[note]]The Democratic Republican Party is a center-right party born from the fusion of the Fédération Républicaine and the Alliance Démocratique. Economically liberal, somewhat socially conservative, attached to parliamentarism, and of course anti-socialist, they are broadly Catholic but remain internally divided on the issue of secularism. Its brand of republican, liberal conservatism struggles to reassert itself, tainted by the Defeat and weakened by the depredations of the PSF upon its traditional electorate.[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
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%%!!''Edouard Daladier''
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%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Elections), President of the Council of Ministers[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]] (Chautemps cabinet)
%%->'''Party:''' Radical Party[[note]]Founded in 1901, the Radical Party or more formally the "Radical-Socialist and Radical Republican Party" is a center-left party in the tradition of "radical" republicanism. Historically one of the dominant parties of the Third Republic, they are economically and socially liberal, strongly attached to parliamentarism, and secular in the extreme, bordering on anti-clericalism even after the rise in Catholic fervour since the Exile. Of the old major parties, they suffered the worst from the Defeat, the Civil War, and the Exile. Indeed, the left wing of the party initially supported the revolution, before being marginalised by more radical leftists. As such, the party lost the trust of their liberal, educated middle- and upper-class voting base.[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism

%%!!''Camille Chautemps''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nfa_camille_chautemps.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Elections), President of the Council of Ministers[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]] (Daladier cabinet)
%%->'''Party:''' Radical Party[[note]]Founded in 1901, the Radical Party or more formally the "Radical-Socialist and Radical Republican Party" is a center-left party in the tradition of "radical" republicanism. Historically one of the dominant parties of the Third Republic, they are economically and socially liberal, strongly attached to parliamentarism, and secular in the extreme, bordering on anti-clericalism even after the rise in Catholic fervour since the Exile. Of the old major parties, they suffered the worst from the Defeat, the Civil War, and the Exile. Indeed, the left wing of the party initially supported the revolution, before being marginalised by more radical leftists. As such, the party lost the trust of their liberal, educated middle- and upper-class voting base.[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism

%%!!''Yousaf Borahil Al-Msmare''
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%%->'''Role''' Country Leader (al-Mukhtar succession)
%%->'''Party:''' Al Sanusia[[note]]Senussi Order[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' National Populism
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%%!!''Hassan al-Banna''
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%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Released by a Social Conservative country)
%%->'''Party:''' Hizb al-Watani[[note]]Watani Party[[/note]]

%%!!''Mostafa el-Nahhas''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_egypt_mostafa_el_nahhas.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Released by a Market Liberal country)
%%->'''Party:''' Hizb al-Wafd[[note]]Wafd Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism

%%!!''Mohammed Mahmoud Pasha''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_egypt_mohamed_mahmoud.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Released by a Social Liberal country)
%%->'''Party:''' Hizb al-Ahrar al-Dusturiyyin[[note]]Liberal Constitutional Party[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism

%%!!''Salama Moussa''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_egypt_salama_moussa.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Released by a Social Democratic/Radical Socialist country)
%%->'''Party:''' Hizb al-Masri al-Dimuqrati al-Ijtma'i[[note]]Egyptian Social Democratic Party[[/note]], Workers Committee for National Liberation
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy, Radical Socialism

%%!!''Muhammad Yusuf al-Mudarrik''
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%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Released by a Syndicalist country)
%%->'''Party:''' Egyptian Socialist Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism

%%!!''Shuhdi Atiya ash-Shafi''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_egypt_shuhdi_atiya.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Released by a Totalist country)
%%->'''Party:''' Egyptian Marxist Organisation
%%->'''Ideology:''' Totalism

%%!!''Mohammed Naguib''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_egy_mohammed_naguib.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' General, Country Leader (Released by a Reactionary country)
%%->'''Party:''' Hizb al-Ittihad[[note]]Ittihad Party[[/note]], al-Usra al-'Alawiyya[[note]]Alawiyya Dynasty[[/note]], Nationalist Islamic Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy, Paternal Autocracy, National Populism

[[/folder]]

%%! West Africa
%%[[folder:Liberia]]
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%%->'''Official Name:''' Republic of Liberia, Socialist Republic of Liberia (Padmore)
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' True Whig Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism

%%!!''Edwin James Barclay''
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%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Elections)
%%->'''Party:''' True Whig Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism

%%!!''Wiliam Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lib_william_tubman.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Elections)
%%->'''Party:''' True Whig Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism

%%!!''Clarence Lorenzo Simpson''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lib_clarence_simpson.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Elections)
%%->'''Party:''' True Whig Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism

%%!!''James Jenkins Dossen''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lib_james_dossen.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Elections or Released by Syndicalist country)
%%->'''Party:''' Peoples' Party (Elections)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism (Elections), Syndicalism (Released by Syndicalist country)

%%!!''Momolu Massaquoi''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lib_momolu_massaquoi_2.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (German bailout)
%%->'''Party:''' True Whig Party

%%!!''George Padmore''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lib_george_padmore_7.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Totalist coup)
%%->'''Party:''' Liberian Destiny Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Totalism

%%* TheCoup:

%%!!''Frank Emmanuel Tolbert''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lib_frank_tolbert.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Freemason coup)
%%->'''Party:''' Grand Lodge of Liberia
%%->'''Ideology:''' National Populism

%%* TheCoup:

%%!!''Marcus Mosiah Garvey''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lib_marcus_garvey_1.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Released by a Social Democrat country)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy

%%!!''Jenkins Yancey''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_lib_jenkins_yancey.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' General, Country Leader (Released by a Paternal Autocrat country)
%%->'''Party:''' Military Junta
%%->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy

! Central Africa
[[folder:Mittelafrika]]
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->'''Official Name:''' German Central Africa
->'''Ruling Party:''' Reichskolonialamt (Hardliner)[[note]]Imperial Colonial Office[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
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* BalkanizeMe: If Mittelafrika's stability drops below -100%, it will collapse and be divided into a multitude of ethno-states, old African kingdoms, Askari warlord states, and remnants of the German colonial government[[labelnote:Full list of states]]Ivory Coast, Kingdom of Ashanti, Togolese Federation, Dahomey, Hausaland, German-controlled Nigeria (which soon collapses into independent rule), Bornu Emirate, Ubangi-Shari, Amadawa Clique, Kamerun, Gabon, Teke Kingdom, Kivu Clique, Kongo, Buganda, Kikuyuland, Zanzibar, Kingdom of Rwanda, Kingdom of Burundi, Tanganjika, Garanganze, Barotseland, Zambia, Nyasaland, Namibland, and Südwestafrika[[/labelnote]]. In a much more downplayed example, if the Reformgruppe comes into power in Mittelafrika, their reforms increase the autonomy of some native kingdoms and British colonist-dominated regions enough that they mechanically become represented as puppets of Mittelafrika rather than part of Mittelafrika.
* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: One of Mittelafrika's admirals is UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich, the infamous SS-Obergruppenführer and a major architect of the Holocaust in real life, who has presumably not been removed from the navy like he was OTL.
* SpaceFillingEmpire: German Central Africa is a massive colony comprising most of the continent's southern half, from the borders of the Sahel all the way south to South African Rhodesia. It's a messy patchwork of tribes, kingdoms, protectorates, and even proud empires whose history stretch back centuries, bound to the German Empire by diplomacy and force alike.
* TimedMission: At game start, Mittelafrika is a patchwork kingdom bursting at the seams with conflicting agendas, ancient tribal feuds, encroaching foreign interests and old-fashioned mismanagement, reflected in a stacking weekly stability penalty. The only way to stop the stability drop is to complete a ''long'' series of focuses built around management reform (reformer path) or allowing independant kingdoms to revolt and then crushing them as they appear (hardliner path), all without causing any outside events to upset the apple cart (even ''victory'' in the Bush War can cause this; if Mittelafrika pushes for too much territory, this can cause a huge stability drop due to having to incorporate new and different regions at a time where the colonial government can't even handle what they already have). If they fail, Mittelafrika descends into anarchy and [[BalkanizeMe disintegrates]], with only Sudwestafrika as the only loyal remaining German landholding.

!!''Karl Ritter''
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->'''Role:''' Statthalter[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Reichskolonialamt (Hardliner)[[note]]Imperial Colonial Office[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
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* TheAllegedBoss: Type 3. After taking the position Ritter initially hoped to break this status quo of a land subject to the whims of the various military cliques but despite being in charge on paper he is ignored. By 1936 he has largely abandoned these efforts.

%%!!''George von Kraut''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maf_georg_kraut.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, Statthalter[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Ritter dies - Kraut succeeds)
%%->'''Party:''' Reichskolonialamt (Hardliner)[[note]]Imperial Colonial Office[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy

%%!!''Creator/ErnstJunger''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maf_ernst_junger.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' General, Field Marshal (Junger promoted), Statthalter[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Ritter dies - Jünger succeeds)
%%->'''Party:''' Reichskolonialamt (Hardliner)[[note]]Imperial Colonial Office[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy

%%!!''Fritz Kolbe''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maf_fritz_kolbe.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Statthalter[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Ritter dies - Kolbe succeeds)
%%->'''Party:''' Reichskolonialamt (Reformist)[[note]]Imperial Colonial Office[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy

%%!!''Rudolf Asmis''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maf_rudolf_asmis.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Statthalter[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Ritter dies - Asmis succeeds)
%%->'''Party:''' Reichskolonialamt (Reformist)[[note]]Imperial Colonial Office[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
%%----
[[/folder]]

!!! Collapse of Mittelafrika
[[folder:Südwestafrika]]
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->'''Official Name:''' German South-West Africa
->'''Ruling Party:''' Südwestafrikanische Kolonialgesellschaft[[note]]South West African Colonial Society[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy

* RuleOfCool: The flag of Südwestafrika is not the real [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reichskolonialflagge.svg German Colonial Flag]], but instead the flag of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutscher_Pfadfinderbund_in_Namibia Deutscher Pfadfinderbund in Namibia]], a scouting organization for German children in Namibia.
* VestigialEmpire: Following the collapse of Mittelafrika, Südwestafrika (Namibia) is one of the last places in Africa ruled by white Germans.

!!''Heinrich Kirchheim''
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->'''Role:''' Statthalter[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Südwestafrikanische Kolonialgesellschaft[[note]]South West African Colonial Society[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
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* EmergencyAuthority: After the fall of Mittelafrika, Kirchheim was appointed Statthalter in a rush during the withdrawal of the German colonial administration to Südwestafrika. After Südwestafrika is stabilised and the native rebellions pacified, he can be kept in his role or replaced by Hans Hollander or Theodor von Hippel.

%%!!''Hans Holländer''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_mittelafrika_hans_hollaender.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Statthalter[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Kirchheim succession)
%%->'''Party:''' Südwestafrikanische Kolonialgesellschaft[[note]]South West African Colonial Society[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy

%%!!''Theodor von Hippel''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_mittelafrika_theodor_von_hippel.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Statthalter[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Kirchheim succession)
%%->'''Party:''' Südwestafrikanische Kolonialgesellschaft[[note]]South West African Colonial Society[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy

[[/folder]]

%%! Eastern Africa
%%[[folder:Ethiopia]]
%%[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_the_ethiopian_empire.png]]
%%->'''Official Name:''' Ethiopian Empire, Socialist Republic of Ethiopia (Socialist)
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' Yemeka'ānichi Kawinisili
%%->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy

%%!!''Haile Selassie''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_ethiopia_kr_haile_selassie_2.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, Monarch[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' Yemeka'ānichi Kawinisili, Yeselomoni Tamanyi Tamanyochi (Selassie's constitution), Dīmokirasīyawī Līgi[[note]]Democratic League[[/note]] (People's constitution), Yetebaberuti Ye'ītiyop'iya Dēmokirasīyawī Hayilochi[[note]]United Ethiopian Democratic Forces[[/note]] (Elections), K'inijiti Le'ānidineti Ina Ledēmokirasī[[note]]Coalition for Unity and Democracy[[/note]] (Elections), Ye'ītiyop'iya Hizibochi Abiyotawī Dīmokirasīyawī Ginibari[[note]]Ethiopian People's Democratic Front[[/note]] (Elections)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy, Authoritarian Democracy (Selassie's constitution), Social Conservatism (People's constitution), Market Liberalism (Elections), Social Liberalism (Elections), Social Democracy (Elections)

%%!!''Imru Haile Selassie''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_ethiopia_imru_haile_selassie.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Released by Socialist country)
%%->'''Party:''' Ye Ityopia Serategnoch Parti[[note]]Workers' Party of Ethiopia[[/note]], Mela Ethiopia Mahiberati Niqinaqē[[note]]All-Ethiopia Social Movement[[/note]], Ye Ityopia T'ek'ilayi Mīnīsitiri Konifīsheri
%%->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism, Syndicalism, Totalism

%%[[/folder]]

%%[[folder:Somalia]]
%%[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/somalia_flag_kr.png]]
%%->'''Official Name:''' Somalia, Somali Revolutionary Federation (Socialist)
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' Golaha Qabiilada[[note]]Tribal Council[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy

%%!!''Maxamuud Cali Shiire''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_som_ali_shire.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Sultan[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' Golaha Qabiilada[[note]]Tribal Council[[/note]], Ururka Dhalinyarada Soomaaliyeed[[note]]Somali Youth League[[/note]] (Elections), Saldanadii Warsangali[[note]]Warsangali Rulers[[/note]] (GQ re-elected, absolutist referendum)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy, Social Conservatism, Paternal Autocracy

%%!!''Haaji Mahammad Husseen''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_som_haaji_1.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Nationalist military coup)
%%->'''Party:''' Dhaqdhaqaaqa Cusub ee Soomaaliya[[note]]New Somali Movement[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' National Populism

%%* MilitaryCoup:

%%!!''Jama Abdullahi Qalib''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_africa_generic_new_6.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Released by a Market Liberal country)
%%->'''Party:''' Muuqaalka Xoriyadda
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism

%%!!''Abdirashid Ali Shermarke''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_som_abdirashid_ali_shermarke.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Released by a Social Liberal country)
%%->'''Party:''' Muuqaalka Casriga ah
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism

%%!!''Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_som_haji_bashir_ismail_yusuf.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Country Leader (Released by a Social Democratic country)
%%->'''Party:''' Muuqaalka Caddaaladda
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy

%%!!''Aden Abdulle Osman Daar''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_som_aden_daar.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Released by a Socialist country)
%%->'''Party:''' Qaswadayaasha ah Golaha, Ururka Shaqaalaha Soomaalida[[note]]Somali Workers Union[[/note]], Golaha Wadajirka ee Muqdisho[[note]]Joint Assembly of Mogadishu[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism, Syndicalism, Totalism

%%[[/folder]]

! Southern Africa
[[folder:South Africa]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_south_africa_19281994.png]]
->'''Official Name:''' Union of South Africa, Republic of South Africa (Republic proclaimed), South African People's Union (Socialist)
->'''Ruling Party:''' South African Party (Conservatives)
->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism

* ForeignRulingClass: Racism and segregation are institutionalised and omnipresent in South Africa. The white settlers hold all political and economic power; under them are the Coloured (people of mixed heritage) and the Asians; and the native black Africans, despite making up the majority of the population, enjoy the least respect.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The conservatives in the South African Party and the Boer nationalists of the National Party are white supremacists who believe that coloured people do not deserve to vote, as they can 'easily be bought by the highest bidder'.
* TheRemnant: South Africa is the last holdout of British rule in Africa, after the United Kingdom lost the Weltkrieg and subsequently fell to the syndicalists.
* SparkOfTheRebellion: If the South African government responds to Black Monday by repealing the Industrial Conciliation Act, the dissatisfied white workers in the Witwatersrand will start to strike. The strikes will quickly grow worse, and can cause the multiracial Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union to form an alliance with the strikers and a full-scale syndicalist revolt to break out if left unchecked.

%%!!''George Herbert Hyde Villiers''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_earl_of_clarendon.png]]

%%->'''Ruling Party:''' South African Party (Conservatives)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism

%%!!''Patrick Duncan''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/patrick_duncan.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (George Villiers resigns)
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' South African Party (Conservatives)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism

%%->'''Ruling Party:''' South African Party (Conservatives)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism

%%!!''Ernest George Jansen''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_ernest_jansen.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Patrick Duncan passes away)
%%->'''Ruling Party:''' National Party (Moderates), National Party (Afrikaner Nationalists)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy, Paternal Autocracy

!!''Daniel François Malan''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kr_daniel_francois_malan.png]]
->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]] (Elections), President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Republic proclaimed)
->'''Party:''' National Party (Afrikaner Nationalists), Purified National Party (Afrikaner Nationalists) (Fusion Government), Reunited National Party (Afrikaner Nationalists) (Volksparty-Purified election victory)
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
----
* CivilWar: When Malan wins the 1938 elections, he removes all mentions of the monarchy and proclaims the Republic of South Africa, which infuriates the Anglo-South African community, results in the secession of Southern Rhodesia and Natal with Canadian support, and kickstarts the Third Boer War.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: If J. B. M. Hertzog's clique in the National Party and the South African Party fuse into the United South African National Party, Malan will split off and create the Purified National Party.
* UncertainDoom: If J.F. Van Rensburg overthrows Malan, Van Rensburg claims Malan and his entire cabinet disappeared the night before, leaving Malan's ultimate fate ambiguous.

%%!!''Walter Bayley Madeley''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_walter_madeley.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' Labour Party (National Council), Labour Party (Fusion government)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Democracy
%%----

%%!!''Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_jacobus_gideon_nel_strauss.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' National Conservative Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism
%%----

%%!!''Jan Christian Smuts''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_jan_smuts.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' South African Party (Conservatives), United South African National Party (Conservatives) (Fusion government), South African Party (Liberals) (Colored Enfranchisement Act passed), United South African National Party (Liberals) (Colored Enfranchisement Act passed, Fusion government)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Conservatism, Social Liberalism (Colored Enfranchisement Act passed)
%%----

%%!!''James Barry Munnik Hertzog''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_jbm_hertzog.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' National Party (Moderates), United South African National Party (Nationalists) (Fusion government), Volksparty (End of Fusion), Reunited National Party (Volksparty-Purified election victory)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
%%----

%%!!''Nicolaas Christiaan Havenga''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_nicolaas_havenga.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' National Party (Moderates), United South African National Party (Nationalists) (Fusion government), Volksparty (End of Fusion), Reunited National Party (Volksparty-Purified election victory)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
%%----

!!''Johannes Frederik Janse van Rensburg''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_johannes_van_rensburg.png]]
->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' National Party (Extremists)
->'''Ideology:''' National Populism
----
* BlatantLies: During his takeover, Van Rensburg claims that D.F. Malan, and his entire cabinet, have "inexplicably vanished" during the previous night, and that this is clearly the result of a native plot against white rule in South Africa.
* TheCoup: If the 'Reorganise the National Party' focus is taken, causing the Extremist wing of the National Party to become dominant, Van Rensburg takes over South Africa, with the help of the Ossewabrandwag paramilitary group, allowing Van Rensburg to rule South Africa as a dictator. Furthermore, it is implied that he has had Malan and his cabinet eliminated.

%%!!''William Henry Andrews''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_wh_andrews.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' South African Trades and Labour Council
%%->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
%%----

!!''David Ivon Jones''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kr_david_ivon_jones.png]]
->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' International Socialist League
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
----
* MeetTheNewBoss: After the syndicalist takeover, the ISL can reject the ICU's multiracial power sharing arrangement, instead installing a white socialist regime and continuing the segregation under the old government because they consider it necessary that whites take the leading role in the revolution until the black majority is ready. This ultimately leads to the ICU overthrowing the ISL and installing an all-native government.

%%!!''Moses Mauane Kotane''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_moses_kotane_2.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' International Socialist League
%%->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism
%%----

%%!!''Clements Kaladie''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_clement_kadalie.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (Syndicalist)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Syndicalism
%%----

!!''James Arnold La Guma''
[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kr_james_la_guma.png]]
->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Coup)
->'''Party:''' Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (Africanist)
->'''Ideology:''' Totalism
----
* TheCoup: If the ISL leadership refuses to share power with the ICU, the ICU will get radicalised under La Guma's influence, and depose the ISL when they get strong enough.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: La Guma deposes the provisional government after a racist faction of the South African left attempts to take control of the government and enforce segregation cloaked in socialist language to not lose their own privileges as white workers. With the help of black militias and whites opposed to the rogue faction, La Guma drives out the racists and proclaims a native republic where the black majority will rule exclusively. He argues that this is the only way for blacks to govern their own nation after centuries of white rule.

!!! Third Boer War
[[folder:Southern Rhodesia]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flag_of_southern_rhodesia_19241964.png]]
->'''Official Name:''' Southern Rhodesia, Zambesian Federation (Rhodesian expansion)
->'''Party:''' Reform Party
->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
----
* ForeignRulingClass: Most of the Southern Rhodesian population are native black Africans, but a small demographic of English-speaking whites hold all political power and enforce a system of segregation.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Should Mittelafrika collapse, Southern Rhodesia might be tempted into a military adventure to reunite with Northern Rhodesia.

%%!!''Herbert James Stanley''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/herbert_stanley.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
%%----

%%!!''Godfrey Martin Huggins''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_zim_godfrey_huggins.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' Reform Party, United Rhodesia Party (Reform wing) (Formation of the United Party)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Authoritarian Democracy
%%----
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Natal]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2000px_flag_of_the_natal_colony_18751910svg.png]]
->'''Official Name:''' Natal, South African Federation (Third Boer War Natalian victory)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Union Federal Party
->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
----
* AntiMutiny: When D. F. Malan declares the Republic of South Africa and withdraws from the British Empire, Natal will secede, reaffirm their loyalty to the Crown, and seek to return South Africa to British rule.
* TheFederation: If Natal defeats the Republic of South Africa, it will reform the country into the South African Federation.
* {{Irony}}: The pro-imperial secession of Natal takes place in Pietermaritzburg, the same city where the Boer republic of Natalia was proclaimed in 1839.

%%!!''George Herbert Hyde Villiers''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_earl_of_clarendon.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' Dominion Party (Emergency Powers)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy (Emergency Powers)
%%See his entry in the South Africa folder.

%%!!''Patrick Duncan''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/patrick_duncan.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]]
%%->'''Party:''' Dominion Party (Emergency Powers)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy (Emergency Powers)
%%See his entry in the South Africa folder.

%%!!''Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_nicolaas_jacobus_de_wet.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Patrick Duncan passes away)
%%->'''Party:''' Dominion Party (Emergency Powers)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy (Emergency Powers)
%%See his entry in the South Africa folder.

%%!!''Nicholls''
%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]] (Elections)
%%->'''Party:''' Union Federal Party
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
%%----

%%!!''Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_saf_jan_hendrik_hofmeyr.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Second in Command[[/note]] (Elections)
%%->'''Party:''' South African Party (Liberals)
%%->'''Ideology:''' Social Liberalism
%%----
[[/folder]]

%%!!''Henri VI''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nfa_henri_d_orleans.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Jean III succession)
%%->'''Party:''' Action Française[[note]]Founded in 1899, the French Action is a nationalist, royalist, integralist group. Its ideology can be summarised with one quote by Charles Maurras, its most influential theorist: 'In order to love France today, it is necessary to hate what she has become.' The aim of the Integralists is nothing less than the fall of the Republic and the establishment of an integralist state: an absolute, hereditary, anti-parliamentary, reactionary, counter-revolutionary, heavily decentralised, corporatist, and above all Catholic monarchy, protective of local identities and modelled after the traditional institutions of the Kingdom of France. Though it couldn’t be called a party, after all the group openly advocates for a coup d’état and has never participated in elections, the AF has created a surprisingly broad network of influence among Catholics radicalised by the anticlerical violence of the revolution, in intellectual circles, and, most importantly, within the military.[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' National Populism
%%----

* HistoricalDowngrade: In real life, de Gaulle led the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 and later served as President of France from 1959 to 1969. Here, as a monarchist, the only thing he does after succeeding Pétain is to ratify a new constitution for the Kingdom of France before handing power to King Jean III.

%%!!''Pierre-Étienne Flandin''
%%[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nfa_pierre_etienne_flandin.png]]
%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Country Leader[[/note]] (Elections)
%%->'''Party:''' Parti Républicain Démocrate[[note]]The Democratic Republican Party is a center-right party born from the fusion of the Fédération Républicaine and the Alliance Démocratique. Economically liberal, somewhat socially conservative, attached to parliamentarism, and of course anti-socialist, they are broadly Catholic but remain internally divided on the issue of secularism. Its brand of republican, liberal conservatism struggles to reassert itself, tainted by the Defeat and weakened by the depredations of the PSF upon its traditional electorate.[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' Market Liberalism
%%----

[[caption-width-right:156:[[labelnote:Pétain as head of the Redressement français]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nfa_petain_army.png[[/labelnote]]]]

[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/portrait_nfa_charles_de_gaulle.png]]

%%->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by a Radical Socialist/Syndicalist country)

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by a Totalist country)

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Vice-President of the Military Council[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Pétain cabinet, De Gaulle favored), Head of State (De Gaulle favored or De Gaulle's coup), Head of Government (Monarchy restored)

->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (De Gaulle, Monarchy restored)

%%->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Jean III succession)

->'''Role:''' Military Commander, Vice-President of the Military Council[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Pétain cabinet, Mordacq favored), President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Union Sacrée or Mordacq's coup)

->'''Role:''' President of the Council of Ministers[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Mordacq cabinet), President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections)

->'''Role:''' Military Commander, President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections), Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Empire Restored)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of Government (Mordacq cabinet, Neutralize the PSF or Flandin cabinet), President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections), President of the Council of Ministers[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Chautemps cabinet)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections), President of the Council of Ministers[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Daladier cabinet)

->'''Role''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

->'''Role''' Head of State (Anti-Ottoman coup)

->'''Role''' Head of State

%%->'''Role''' Head of State (al-Mukhtar succession)

%%->'''Role''' Head of State

%%->'''Role''' Head of State

%%->'''Role''' Head of State

%%->'''Role:''' Sultan[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Sultan[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Fuad succession)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Social Conservative country)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Market Liberal country)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Social Liberal country)

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by a Social Democratic/Radical Socialist country)

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by a Syndicalist country)

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by a Totalist country)

%%->'''Role:''' General, Head of State (Released by a Reactionary country)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Elections or Released by Syndicalist country)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (German bailout)

%%->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Totalist coup)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Freemason coup)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Social Democrat country)

%%->'''Role:''' General, Head of State (Released by a Paternal Autocrat country)

->'''Role:''' Statthalter[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, Statthalter[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Ritter dies - Kraut succeeds)

%%->'''Role:''' General, Field Marshal (Junger promoted), Statthalter[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Ritter dies - Jünger succeeds)

%%->'''Role:''' Statthalter[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Ritter dies - Kolbe succeeds)

%%->'''Role:''' Statthalter[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Ritter dies - Asmis succeeds)

->'''Role:''' Statthalter[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Statthalter[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Kirchheim succession)

%%->'''Role:''' Statthalter[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Kirchheim succession)

%%->'''Role:''' Field Marshal, Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by Socialist country)

%%->'''Role:''' Sultan[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Nationalist military coup)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Market Liberal country)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Social Liberal country)

%%->'''Role:''' Head of State (Released by a Social Democratic country)

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by a Socialist country)

%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (George Villiers resigns)

%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Patrick Duncan passes away)

%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Patrick Duncan passes away)

->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Elections), President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Republic proclaimed)

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' President[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Coup)

%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]

%%->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Patrick Duncan Passes Away)

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Elections)

%%->'''Role:''' Prime Minister[[note]]Head of Government[[/note]] (Elections)

->'''Official Name:''' Sultanate of Egypt, Egyptian Republic (Released by a Non-Monarchist country)

->'''Official Name:''' French Republic, French State (Redressement Français), Kingdom of France (Monarchy restored)

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Crowned with the backing of the Central Powers following his father's forced abdication, King Mohammed styles himself as a western monarch would. He has skilfully manoeuvred his nation's relationship with the wider world and secured the broad support for his at times heavy-handed statesmanship.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1856, by 1914 Philippe Pétain was on his way towards retirement before the Great War destroyed any hope of that. From the early days of the war, he distinguished himself as a capable and charismatic leader and quickly shot up the ranks, replacing officers who had failed before him. Then came Verdun, where he issued his iconic order: 'Be strong, we’ll get ‘em!', granting him national fame. His care for proper logistics and morale contributed heavily to the victory, and from then on he was 'the Lion of Verdun'. Having earned the respect of the many men that served under him, he was able to restore order during the mutinous mood of 1916, and stabilise the front in 1918. His ideas and presence on the field prevented a total rout but was not enough to prevent defeat.\\
Given the honourary rank of Marshal before going into semi-retirement, he remained silent as the Republic descended into parliamentary chaos. But in 1926, supported by veterans, he stepped in, strong-armed the Parliament into being elected president and declared a state of emergency. Seen as an apolitical, unifying figure, this move was welcomed by many. Since then, the Marshal has worked tirelessly to prepare France for the inevitable conflict ahead. However, his increasing lack of reverence for even the pretence of democracy has alienated many and the future of the regime is uncertain.\\
Nevertheless, the Lion of Verdun roars from Algiers, and he is determined to free France with only a single personal purpose in mind: that he be one day buried at Verdun along with so many heroes![[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Redressement Français)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1856, by 1914 Philippe Pétain was on his way towards retirement before the Great War destroyed any hope of that. From the early days of the war, he distinguished himself as a capable and charismatic leader and quickly shot up the ranks, replacing officers who had failed before him. Then came Verdun, where he issued his iconic order: 'Be strong, we’ll get ‘em!', granting him national fame. His care for proper logistics and morale contributed heavily to the victory, and from then on he was 'the Lion of Verdun'. Having earned the respect of the many men that served under him, he was able to restore order during the mutinous mood of 1916, and stabilise the front in 1918. His ideas and presence on the field prevented a total rout but was not enough to prevent defeat.\\
Given the honourary rank of Marshal before going into semi-retirement, he remained silent as the Republic descended into parliamentary chaos. But in 1926, supported by veterans, he stepped in, strong-armed the Parliament into being elected president and declared a state of emergency. Seen as an apolitical, unifying figure, this move was welcomed by many. Since then, the Marshal has worked tirelessly to prepare France for the inevitable conflict ahead. However, his increasing lack of reverence for even the pretence of democracy has alienated many which led to conflict with those who wished to restore democracy, however, the regime is now revitalised, thanks to the influence of the Redressement Français.\\
Nevertheless, the Lion of Verdun roars from Algiers, and he is determined to free France with only a single personal purpose in mind: that he be one day buried at Verdun along with so many heroes![[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1890 in a well-off, profoundly catholic, royalist family, Charles de Gaulle was raised with a taste for hard work, discipline, and profound love for France. At the age of 15, he wrote a story starring a 'General de Gaulle' leading French troops to victory against Germany, avenging the loss of 1870: he has spent his whole life working towards making the dreams of his youth of leading France to victory a reality. An average but hard-working student, he was well-liked by his peers, earning the nickname 'the Rooster' for his capacity to assert his authority. He graduated from the Saint-Cyr military academy before joining the ranks of the army as an officer, under the orders of then Colonel Pétain. There he would become his lifelong protégé, serving under Pétain at Verdun, where he was wounded and captured by the Germans. Escaping captivity later on in the war, he quickly became a national symbol of resistance against the aggression of the Boches.\\
With the defeat and exile, he became a renowned military theorist and lecturer, remaining close to Pétain and becoming the leader of the 'Young Guard', a clique of younger officers deeply loyal to the Marshal and favouring the military reform ideas of de Gaulle. At the same time, witnessing the parliamentary chaos of the early exile, he became further convinced by the arguments of the Action Française, coming to believe that for France to be reborn, the Republic had to be sacrificed. As such, he entirely supported the initiative of Marshal Pétain to seize power, hoping that in time his mentor too would see the truth in the AF’s arguments, and would abolish the Gueuse. A decade later, this hasn’t happened, but de Gaulle remains hopeful that as he grows in influence, he will be able to restore the monarchy before freeing the nation from the Anti-France.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1874, Jean d’Orléans was for long a picture of aristocratic aloofness. He was after all far down the line of succession of the House of France. Barred from service in the French army, he joined the Danish army for some time, as the king Valdemar was his brother-in-law, before eventually settling in Morocco hoping to promote French interests in the region. The Great War would, however, transform him: once again barred from joining the armies of the Republic, he joined the Medical Service of the Red Cross, transforming his French chateau into a hospital and personally taking care of the wounded. Though with initially little interest in politics, the defeat and break out of the revolution would further convince him of the need for deep reform, bringing him closer to the Action Française. In 1924, following the death of his cousin Philippe d’Orléans without an heir, he was acclaimed by royalists as the rightful pretender to the throne of France. In exile in now German Morocco, he would continue the cooperation with the Integralists started by his predecessors. Royalist efforts were now entirely concentrated around the AF, particularly as the Catholic hierarchy went past their issues with the movement, deeply shocked by the anticlerical violence of the syndicalist revolution. In 1933, he issued a manifesto calling for a 'royal government' to save France, instead of a 'government of parties', a clear shot at Pétain’s regime: this would further enhance his political profile in a France-in-exile where the prestige of the Republic was at its lowest and the Marshal’s junta was rapidly losing support.\\
With the triumph of Charles de Gaulle against democratic and reformist forces, few were surprised that the new head of state called for a restoration of the monarchy. King Jean III now leads France as it struggles to purge the remnants of the Republic from the nation, and prepares her, the Eldest Daughter of the Church, to the holiest of struggles, a crusade to reconquer the métropole from the Reds.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1908, young Henri d'Orléans has known exile his whole life. He lived a carefree early childhood on his father's property in Morocco, where he was found to be a particularly bright child, curious and caring of the various workers of the various work the vast plantation, quickly becoming fluent in French, Arabic, English, German, Italian and Spanish. Soon, however, he would be with his father in his chateau-hospital, being exposed to the horrors of war, before having to flee from the wrath of the revolutionaries. This incident would prove deeply traumatic for Henri, sowing the seeds of a later political awakening. Back in Morocco, he was tutored by the best European tutors, who would introduce him to Integralist thought, which resonated deeply with the youth: not just in its deeply reactionary rhetoric, but most particularly in its advocacy of strict adherence to the Social Doctrine of the of the Church and economic reform along with corporatist thought. Furthering his studies in Belgium he discovered for the first time the Belgium, he discovered for the first time the crowded housing, poor working conditions. terrible anonymity of the lives of the European working poor, as he was attending to their needs as part of Catholic charity efforts. When his father became the head of the House of France in 1924, he became its Dauphin, immediately surrounded by advisors who sought to shape the young man into a worthy King of France. As heir presumptive, now banned from France, the dashing Dauphin nevertheless fully dedicated himself to the royalist cause, working closely with the Action Française despite his personal enmity towards Charles Maurras, as he could recognise that the growing movement was the best chance for restoration of the monarchy. His marriage to his cousin Isabelle de Orléans e Bragança in 1931, and the birth of their son Henri in 1933 created further enthusiasm among royalists: the future of the House of France secured.\\\
Often making discreet trips across the border from Morocco to meet with royalist leaders such as Charles de Gaulle, Henri was instrumental in the struggle that led to the restoration of the monarchy. In the early years of the renewed kingdom, he assisted his ageing father in every way and was often seen as the real power behind the throne, attempting to outmaneuver the Action Française about as often as he worked with them. Now in power, King Henri hopes to continue the rebirth of France, to build a monarchy that will last for another thousand years.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1868, Henri Mordacq, nicknamed 'the Bear', is an infantry general who shot up the ranks during the early days of the Weltkrieg through sheer bravery and ability to lead his men, particularly in the desperate defence of the town of Arras. Close to Marshal Pétain but a long time critic of the military establishment, Mordacq eventually found himself at the head of a faction of Reformers disgruntled with the Marshal and embodying the hopes of those few still in favour of democracy in exile, as he remains a man committed to the Republic and democracy, despite his scepticism towards an immediate restoration of full democracy.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Mordacq favored)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1868, Henri Mordacq, nicknamed 'the Bear', is an infantry general who shot up the ranks during the early days of the Weltkrieg through sheer bravery and ability to lead his men, particularly in the desperate defence of the town of Arras. Close to Marshal Pétain but a long time critic of the military establishment, Mordacq eventually found himself at the head of a faction of Reformers disgruntled with the Marshal and embodying the hopes of those few still in favour of democracy in exile, as he remains a man committed to the Republic and democracy, despite his scepticism towards an immediate restoration of full democracy.\\\
Against all odds, the Marshal appointed him as his successor before resigning. And now, the Bear is facing much push back from the armed forces as well as the more conservative elements in society.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Union Sacrée)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1868, Henri Mordacq, nicknamed 'the Bear', is an infantry general who shot up the ranks during the early days of the Weltkrieg through sheer bravery and ability to lead his men, particularly in the desperate defence of the town of Arras. Close to Marshal Pétain but a long time critic of the military establishment, Mordacq eventually found himself at the head of a faction of Reformers disgruntled with the Marshal and embodying the hopes of those few still in favour of democracy in exile, as he remains a man committed to the Republic and democracy, despite his scepticism towards an immediate restoration of full democracy.\\\
Against all odds, the Marshal appointed him as his successor before resigning. Facing pushback against his reforms, the Bear moved past his scepticism and allied with the democratic forces led by Colonel de La Rocque. He has publicly vowed to remain a largely ceremonial president in the tradition of the Third Republic, a unifying force as the Republic faces the toughest challenge in her history.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Mordacq's coup)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1868, Henri Mordacq, nicknamed 'the Bear', is an infantry general who shot up the ranks during the early days of the Weltkrieg through sheer bravery and ability to lead his men, particularly in the desperate defence of the town of Arras. Close to Marshal Pétain but a long time critic of the military establishment, Mordacq eventually found himself at the head of a faction of Reformers disgruntled with the Marshal and embodying the hopes of those few still in favour of democracy in exile, as he remains a man committed to the Republic and democracy, despite his scepticism towards an immediate restoration of full democracy.\\\
Now in power, the Bear has promised an eventual restoration of normal democratic life. For the time being however, he has preferred to create a Committee of National Salvation, made up of military men, parliamentarians and experts, to lead the Republic as she faces the toughest challenge in her history.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1885, François de La Rocque, commonly referred to as simply 'the Colonel', has accomplished a brilliant military and political career. An alumnus of Saint-Cyr, he was grievously wounded during the Great War, was mentioned in dispatches nine times and became at thirty-three one of the youngest commanding officers in the French armed forces, receiving the Légion d'Honneur for military valour in 1916. A patriot and pious Catholic, he remained loyal to the government as the revolution broke out. After the exile he joined the Croix-de-Feu, a veterans group that quickly attracted tens of thousands of veterans who hoped to revive the spirit of comradeship of the trenches and quickly rose through the ranks, becoming its president in 1931. A supporter of Henri Mordacq, like him he supports democracy and the Republic, though he prefers a strong rule, scarred by the infamous parliamentary instability of the Third Republic. Having founded the Parti Social Français in the early 1930s, the party quickly grew exponentially, becoming the first mass party in French politics, all devoted to the Colonel and his hope of a reformed Republic.\\
Chosen to head the democratic coalition after the end of Marshal Pétain’s junta, he has served France since implementing much of his ideas. Now that democracy has been fully restored, he has predictably been elected president by an assembly dominated by the Bloc National and hopes to further transform the Republic, away from the instability of the past, into a strong regime equipped to face any future threat.[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Dictatorial presidential system)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1885, François de La Rocque, commonly referred to as simply 'the Colonel', has accomplished a brilliant military and political career. An alumnus of Saint-Cyr, he was grievously wounded during the Great War, was mentioned in dispatches nine times and became at thirty-three one of the youngest commanding officers in the French armed forces, receiving the Légion d'Honneur for military valour in 1916. A patriot and pious Catholic, he remained loyal to the government as the revolution broke out. After the exile he joined the Croix-de-Feu, a veterans group that quickly attracted tens of thousands of veterans who hoped to revive the spirit of comradeship of the trenches and quickly rose through the ranks, becoming its president in 1931. A supporter of Henri Mordacq, like him he supports democracy and the Republic, though he prefers a strong rule, scarred by the infamous parliamentary instability of the Third Republic. Having founded the Parti Social Français in the early 1930s, the party quickly grew exponentially, becoming the first mass party in French politics, all devoted to the Colonel and his hope of a reformed Republic.\\
Chosen to head the democratic coalition after the end of Marshal Pétain’s junta, he has served France since implementing much of his ideas. However, with the mainland reconquered, the Colonel saw in his former democratic allies the seeds of instability that would once again lead France to her fall, as Communard remnants still lurk and hope for any opportunity to strike. As such, he has formed a new government with military figures, temporarily head France until full democracy can be safely restored.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1871, Louis Marin is a veteran of parliamentary politics, having first been elected as a deputy of his native Moselle in 1905, being a founding member of the Fédération Republicaine that he headed until its fusion with the Alliance Démocratique, he has been a part of the Chamber of Deputies for now close to four decades. An ethnography professor, conservative, cultured, patriotic, a moderate Catholic, Marin is the very picture of a distinguished older gentleman, well appreciated by his colleagues and the public at large. An ardent defender of the primacy of parliament, he nonetheless did little to oppose Marshal Pétain's bid to power, though he still often privately agitated for a restoration of democracy.\\\
Following the fall of Marshal Pétain's regime, he was of course among those chosen to be a part of the Government of National Unity. With the victory of the right in the latest legislative elections, he has been elected president, almost as if it was the natural conclusion of his illustrious career. Preferring a largely ceremonial role, he nonetheless hopes to revive the spirit of the early Third Republic and head a conservative, moderate, patriotic regime.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1914, Louis Bonaparte is a young man who has known exile his whole life. Indeed Louis is since 1926 the head of the Bonaparte family, exiled along with all other former reigning families by French law passed in 1886. Born in Belgium, his family fled to England shortly after his birth, before fleeing further to Switzerland after the British revolution. This allowed him to join the French army, where he quickly rose through the ranks during the war thanks to his heroic deeds, followed by our people with bated breath. Close to PSF, with whom he shares a conception of democratic rule with a strong head, he has surprisingly been elected president by a parliament newly dominated by the Bloc National, creating worry among committed Republicans. Louis Bonaparte has however assured that he would not repeat the modus operandi of his ancestors, praising the Republic for having managed to survive exile and war.\\\
However, once a dead movement, monarchical Bonapartism is seeing a rise in popular support, as young Louis enjoys ever-growing popularity. Only time will tell whether or not the Prince will attempt to seize the crown...[[/labelnote]]
->'''In-Game Biography''' (Empire Restored)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1914, Louis Bonaparte is a young man who has known exile his whole life. Indeed Louis is since 1926 the head of the Bonaparte family, exiled along with all other former reigning families by French law passed in 1886. Born in Belgium, his family fled to England shortly after his birth, before fleeing further to Switzerland after the British revolution. This allowed him to join the French army, where he quickly rose through the ranks during the war thanks to his heroic deeds, followed by our people with bated breath. Close to PSF, with whom he shares a conception of democratic rule with a strong head, he has surprisingly been elected president by a parliament newly dominated by the Bloc National, creating worry among committed Republicans. Though he had assured them of his commitment to the Republic the support for the restoration of House Bonaparte on the throne of France quickly grew.\\\
After his victory against the German Empire and the reconquest of all rightfully French land, his popularity further skyrocketed, and restoration was a simple formality: a single plebiscite and the Empire was reborn. Committed Republicans were appalled, but the French people rejoiced, as they always knew that the Bonapartes were always destined to lead France to glory.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1878, a lawyer by trade, Paul Reynaud was young enough to be mobilised in 1914 and fight in every major engagement of the Great War, even being dispatched to Russia to assist the White forces in 1918. After the defeat, a man of the moderate right, thoroughly committed to economic liberalism, he joined the ranks of the Alliance of Démocratique, revealing himself to be a captivating orator and fierce political animal in the chaos of exile. When Marshal Pétain and his supporters formed an emergency government, he begrudgingly accepted the new status quo, but never wavered in his commitment to his ideals of liberal, democratic Republic. When the AD fused with the Fédération Républicaine to create the Parti Républicain Démocrate, he quickly further rose to prominence in this consolidated liberal right-wing, one of the few voices in parliament to even attempt to push back on some of the Marshal's initiatives.\\\
With democracy restored, Reynaud is hard at work to restore the spirit of the Republic, deeply damaged by the defeat and the junta. Preferring a more active role as president, he hopes t s to implement his unorthodox economic ideas, shying away from free-market economics in favour of light dirigisme, making him somewhat more amenable to the PSF.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1889, Pierre-Étienne Flandin is a lawyer by trade, but as the son of a politician, he was naturally predisposed to following in his footsteps. Elected to parliament at only 25, his burgeoning career was cut short by the Great War during which he served with distinction as a balloon observer. There was born his specialty: advocacy for aeronautical development, and precise technical knowledge. Indeed, Flandin is not a charismatic man: an admirer of British institutions and liberalism, this admiration can be felt in the character of the man, detached, phlegmatic, in stark contrast with the passionate politics of the Chamber of Deputies and so very British. A man of the moderate right, he joined with the Alliance Démocratique. When the AD fused with the Fédération Républicaine to create the Parti Républicain Démocrate, he quickly further rose to prominence in this consolidated liberal right-wing, one of the few voices in parliament to even attempt to push back on some of the Marshal's initiatives. His skills as a knowledgeable technician have made him indispensable in parliamentary commissions, his advice sought after by the government and across political lines.\\\
In short, he is an unassuming but unifying figure within Parliament, and as such he was asked to be part of the Government of National Unity after the fall of Marshal Pétain. With the coalition surviving, to the surprise of many, he was the natural compromise between the right and the left. Preferring a largely ceremonial role, in the tradition of the Third Republic, he hopes to lead a renewed regime, parliamentary and liberal.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1884, son of a baker, a teacher then mayor of his hometown of Carpentras, Édouard Daladier is a pure product of Republican meritocracy. After years on the Western Front, where he bravely served and received citations and the Légion d'Honneur, he remained loyal to the government after the revolution broke out. In exile, a man of the moderate left, he was seen with suspicion despite his opposition to revolutionary socialism, especially as he quickly rose through the ranks of the Parti Radical, so recently divided as its left-wing joined the socialists in revolt. He fiercely defended the primacy of parliament against Marshal Pétain's creeping encroachment, which earned him the praise of the few remaining committed democrats and the nickname "the Bull of Vaucluse" for his pugnacity.\\\
Following the fall of Marshal Pétain's regime, he was of course among those called to serve as part of the Government of National Unity, the new Union Sacrée. With the victory of the reunited Radical Party during the latest legislative elections, he was chosen by his peers as president. Preferring a largely ceremonial role, in the tradition of the Third Republic, he hopes to lead a renewed Republic, parliamentary, secular, and liberal.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1885, Camille Chautemps could be described as the prototypical Radical. Born into a bourgeois family of Radical politicians, a lawyer by trade, a prominent Freemason, committed to economic and political liberalism as well parliamentary supremacy, he quickly rose through the ranks of the Parti Radical following the exile, appreciated for his fierce denunciations of the breakaway left-wing of the party, and willingness to compromise with his opponents. He was among those who actively defended a return to normal democratic life following the bid of Marshal Pétain for power but quickly found himself somewhat isolated. Indeed, his Freemason links worked against him, as he was given the nickname of "Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret" by right-wing newspapers, accused of working in concert with the left-wing of the Radical party still active in the Commune.\\\
%%Following the fall of Marshal Pétain, though he was not called to serve as part of the Government of National Unity, he remained active in the party. With the victory of the reunited Radical Party during the latest legislative elections, he was chosen by his peers as president. Preferring a largely ceremonial role, in the tradition of the Third Republic, he hopes to lead a renewed Republic, parliamentary, secular, and liberal.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Fuad ascended to the Egyptian throne amidst the turmoil of the Weltkrieg and growing nationalism bolstered by continued British defeats in Europe. When the British Revolution broke out, Egypt revolted in turn. Fuad co-opted the revolution, presenting himself as an ardent nationalist, and promulgated a system of government modelled on that of Germany.\\
Fuad's subsequent social and economic reforms have raised questions in Egyptian society about the very identity of the Egyptian people and its place in a region still dominated by the hated Turk. Perhaps the seeds of progress sewn by Fuad will lead to glory. Perhaps his successors may succeed where other rulers have failed and lead Egypt to its rightful place as the shield and sword of an at last liberated Arab people.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Karl Ritter arrived in a Mittelafrika that had for many years been subject to the whims of the various military cliques that had formed in the aftermath of the 1919 and 1925 pacification campaigns, and while he initially hoped to break this status quo, he found that although he was legally in charge, the German army's tradition of “independent action” did not make it particularly amenable to being told what to do. By 1936 he has largely abandoned these efforts, taking comfort in the fact that at least in Africa, things rarely change... or do they?[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]During the Weltkrieg, von Kraut was one of the most senior officers in East Afrika, after Generals von Lettow-Vorbeck and Wahle. He took command of the battles of Kilimanjaro, Saliata Hill and Latema Nek, leading the troops to victory each time. After the war, he took divisional command and put down rebellions in the Upper Kongo and Ruvuma Valley. In 1925, he would be the one to negotiate the entry of German troops into British East Africa and conduct the occupation. Later, he would become commander of all armed forces in Mittelafrika. To the extent that the Schutztruppe has a leader, it's him. With Generaloberst Georg von Kraut in command, we can expect to continue the finest German military traditions.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Awarded the Pour le Mérite for his service in the Weltkrieg, Jünger is something of a renaissance man. He is both an accomplished author, with his best-seller "Storm of Steel" and an educated entomologist, using his time in Africa to discover and document numerous species, while introducing our Askari to 'stormtrooper tactics'. Jünger broke with the German Army after a dispute carried through a series of articles published in military journals in the mid-20s.\\\
Unable to convince the General Staff to adopt his views, he took a transfer to Africa, where he was more free to implement his theories on the importance of psychology in modern warfare. Proclaiming a new era in colonial governance, Ernst Jünger will bring what he calls a "new spirit of adventure" to the colonisation of Africa, as well as help us reform our infantry tactics.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Fritz Kolbe rose through the ranks of the Colonial Office not by patronage and favour, but by diligence and ability. It was his raw intellect that brought him into the service of Karl Ritter, and it was with Karl Ritter that he went to Mittelafrika. When his superior began to falter, Kolbe picked up the pace - and has ran much of the day-to-day operations of the governor's office, ensuring a smooth transition when he found himself formally in charge after the former governor's downfall.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Dr Asmis is a jurist with a long career in the Reichskolonialamt. He has served as a district officer in Togoland, Consul to the Belgian Congo, Counsellor to the General Government of Belgium, delegate to the Shanghai Convention, and most recently, head of the Reichskolonialamt. His most notable, and controversial work has been with his policy of 'Bezirksleiterrecht,' a policy of legitimising and formalising local and tribal law, and giving district officers the power to defer to this law in place of German Law. This has had been tried in Samoa with some success in reducing conflict with the locals. With such a long history in Imperial and Foreign affairs, he naturally has a close relationship with key invididuals in the Colonial Office, and will favour their ideas in decision making. A gifted diplomat with global experience as the head of the Reichskolonialamt, Dr Asmis is eager to see Afrika fulfil a key role in Germany's Weltpolitik.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Following the death of Zauditu on 2 April 1930, Ras Tafari Makonnen was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia on 2 November 1930 at Addis Ababa's Cathedral of St. George. Upon climbing the throne the new Emperor, eager to wield the power he had finally reforms to obtained, started a series of sweeping political to bring Abyssinia 'into the west. In 1923 he toured Europe, inspecting schools, hospitals, factories, and churches, and the contact with the European way of life had greatly impressed him, for he intended to modernise Abyssinia to the European standard. These reforms, however, were fiercely opposed by the powerful conservative elements of the nation and have been delayed by the economic problems affecting the Empire, especially the debt he inherited from Zewditu's reign, and the pervasive and invasive German economic influence.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Having taken up the throne of the Warsangali Sultanate in 1897 after a protracted power struggle with his father Gerad Cali Shiire, he descends from a line of kings that has lasted almost 600 years in the Horn of Africa. While being nominally subservient to British interests, Maxamuud Cali Shiire's support of Abdullah Hassan, the Mad Mullah, was crucial in defeating Italy in Africa during the Weltkrieg. A savvy political navigator, Maxamuud has united the sultanates of Somalia under a federal monarchy under his nominal leadership; but can a man who declared war against his own father for power be trusted not to infringe on constitutional prerogatives?[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Haaji Mohammed is chief among a group of officers and intellectuals who defend the concept of a Greater Somalia above all else, and the unification of the people under one purpose. Despite his deep admiration for Abdullah Hassan, his group seeks completely detach Islam from the state, and such a measure is bound to be unpopular at many levels of society.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Jama Abdullahi Qalib is a young liberal hailing from Hargeisa. His faith in liberalism as the way to Somalia's future is admirable, but his readiness to work with foreigners has raised concerns on the populace, and so have his liberal ideas on the complete secularisation of the state.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]A Majarteen from Mudog, Ali Shermarke is a competent young scholar, well versed in both Islamic, Federal and foreign laws. He wishes for a non-aligned and peaceful foreign policy, but his wishes may very well be overturned by the influences foreign powers exert now on Somalia.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Hailing from the Osman Mahmoud clan of the Majarteen, Yusuf defends a more democratic and equal Somalia, even if he lacks the fervour for change that many of his colleagues do. His hopes are of a Somali Democratic Federation where the small clans and the city folk alike have their voices heard by the powers that be, and vows to fight poverty in rural areas of the nation.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1909 in Beledweyne, Aden Abdulle remembers very well how it is to grow up under the thrall of Colonialism. His studies bring him closer and closer to Syndicalist ideologies, which he believes fit Somalia well; each clan is a trade union which works best autonomously, but must cooperate with its neighbours. He has been strongly influenced recently by French scholarship on matters of decentralised leadership, and hopes that he can ensure that Somalia's rough recent years can culminate in something good in the long run.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]George Herbert Hyde Villiers, the Right Honorable Earl of Claredon in Exile in Canada, was appointed Governor-General of South Africa in 1931, taking care of His Majesty's duties in South Africa for him: appointing the cabinet and dissolving parliament if need be. Notably, the earl is also the chief scout of South Africa. Despite the fact that his political wit induces respect; some voice concerns over the fact that South Africa's Governor-General is not a South African...[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Sir Patrick Duncan was born in Scotland in 1870, in a time quite different from now, when Britain still ruled the world. Having emigrated to South Africa during the Boer War, after which he practiced as an attorney and then joined politics first as a member of the pro-British Unionist Party and then after the merger the South African Party, Duncan is the first South African citizen to be appointed as Governor-General of the Union. A milestone.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet was never supposed to be acting Governor-General of South Africa: a judge by profession, he was Chief Justice of the nation when unexpectedly the existing Governor-General, sir Patrick Duncan, passed away. It was ruled that De Wet would do as an acting Officer Administering the Government of South Africa, and as such, De Wet is now both the first Afrikaner and first South African born in South Africa who takes care of His Majesty's duties as Head of State.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Pushed through on the insistence of the National Party, who were determined to get a 'neutral' Governor-General, of course coming from their own ranks, E.G. Jansen. Jansen, an Afrikaner from Natal, is as such the first Afrikaner and first South African born right here in South Africa who administers His Majesty's duties as South Africa's Head of State.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Daniel François Malan, former editor of the National Party's newspaper, Die Burger, has outmanoeuvred rival James Hertzog to secure dominance of South Africa's nationalist faction. Malan is, even by Afrikaner Nationalist standards, a hard-line proponent of racial segregation and the suppression of South Africa's black population. As State President, Malan strives to transform South Africa into a nation completely by and for the Afrikaner people, and by nearly any means necessary.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Jan Christiaan Smuts, though an Afrikaner veteran of the Second Boer-War, had, by the onset of the Weltkrieg, become a staunch proponent of South African autonomy within the British Empire. During the Weltkrieg, Smuts led South Africa's armies against the Germans in Namibia and clashed with the famous Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck in East Africa. In defeat, Smuts continued for South Africa's future; while he was temporarily swept out of power in 1924 by the National Party, who wanted to break with Britain permanently, he was back in charge in 1929. He has been fighting for South Africa's alliance with the Entente for his entire career, and it does not appear he is about to give up.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]James Barry Munnik Hertzog first rose to prominence as a Boer guerrilla leader in the second Anglo-Boer war; defiant to the last, he resisted the British long after the war had been definitively lost. Even in defeat, however, Hertzog continued to champion the Afrikaner people. He rose to leadership of the Afrikaner dominated 'National Party', and in 1924, became South Africa's first Nationalist prime minister in coalition with Labour. With the collapse of the United Kingdom the following year, Hertzog was confronted with the fact that he did not have the parliamentary majority to take South Africa out of the Empire, but managed to assume stewardship of the High Commissioner Territories. Hertzog, now as State President of the new South African Republic, has been a proponent of segregation between South Africa's various racial groups, and has encouraged the disenfranchisement and resettlement of South Africa's already oppressed black population.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Nicolaas Christiaan Havenga, once a loyal supporter of the James Hertzog and the National Party, and perhaps an even more radical Afrikaner nationalist, left the party over disagreements with its economic policies. He founded the 'Afrikaner Party' in opposition to what was, in his view, the regressive economic platform of the National Party. As president, Havenga seeks to deregulate foreign trade and promote the exploitation of South Africa's vast gold deposits.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]From secretary of former Justice Minister Tielman Roos, to dictator of South Africa. Few will have foreseen how events turned out. Van Rensburg has always been the leader of the most extreme wing of the National Party, speaking of the Afrikaner nation, appealing to the emotion and the religiosity of his audience while not making a secret of his disdain for the democratic system, the British and the supposed threat that the native South African poses to the Afrikaner 'Volk'. And now that he rules South Africa, it is no longer just rhetoric.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]William Henry Andrews, commonly known as 'Bill' Andrews or just 'Comrade Bill' was born in Suffolk, England, on the 20th March, 1870. After dropping out of school at the tender age of 13, Bill drifted between jobs and eventually received training as a mechanical fitter. He took to trade unionism early on, joining the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. By 1893 he secured steady employment on a railroad in South Africa, choosing to immigrate to what was then the Transvaal Colony. Bill then spent the better part of two decades on the Rand frontier and in the city of Johannesburg, toiling on the railroads or in the Gold mines and for a brief time serving in the British army during the 2nd Boer War. He recognised the desperate need for an organised labour movement that could fight back against the local 'Randlords' who dominated the colony, slowly but surely spreading the influence of the ASE and eventually rising up countless local trade union federations and trades and labour councils. By 1909 he took a greater interest in parliamentary politics, recognising the change that the Act of Union would mark, so Bill helped to found the all-white South African Labour Party and elected as an MP on their ticket.\\\
%%Very soon however, Bill became opposed to the party's segregationist agenda and their endorsement of the British war effort in the Weltkrieg. He went on to help found the ISL, beginning to formulate an idea of 'parallel unionism' that would calm racial tensions on the South African left by allowing whites to operate one set of unions, whilst the blacks, coloureds and other minority would operate a parallel union. The promise of blacks and whites being 'separate but equal' was one which was often flaunted and disregarded, Bill knew that much, but he genuinely believed then and still does that this plan is the only way to create racial harmony in South Africa. Parallel unionism was never formally added to the ISL's political platform, though Bill did help codify it as a popular policy within the South African Trades Union Congress after he was elected as the trade union federation's first General Secretary in 1924. Few expected a radical like Bill would head up the SATUC but he won an undisputed majority of the votes and beat out Frederic Creswell, Minister of Labour in the Hertzog government. Bill continued to remain influential within the SATUC's successor, the SATLC.\\\
%%Thanks to this political influence, to say nothing of his legendary reputation as a Syndicalist populist, Comrade Bill has become Chairman Andrews, the first provisional leader of a new socialist South Africa, where he will be forced to thread the needle between tense factional politics, economic collapse and racial tensions.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]David Ivon Jones was born in 1883 in Aberystwyth, Wales to a prominent family of liberal radicals. His grandfather John Jones had been a champion of Welsh rural politics and a participant in the religious Nonconformist movement, which heavily affected David growing up. Though initially following in his grandfather's footsteps and taking up the cause of Welsh nationalism, David contracted tuberculosis in his early 20s, a disease that has haunted him ever since. After being recommended to move to a drier climate to convalesce, David first packed his bags for New Zealand, but later in 1909 migrated to South Africa where he settled in the Witwatersrand. He witnessed vast social and economic inequality among the miners, as well as the racial divides in the labour movement. David thought both white and black labourers were treated as slaves, but put emphasis on how thoroughly downtrodden the blacks were, abandoned by the white workers who could have been their comrades. Motivated by Christian Unitarianism, along with his moralist and nascent socialist views, David proclaimed that the South African worker would have to "fight for human rights, whether for the coloured or white people".\\\
He encouraged the growth of black trade unions and class consciousness among workers of all skin colours. As a staunch pacifist, he joined the anti-war International Socialist League and became its General Secretary, yet David struggled to handle the immense workload that he put on himself and after contracting malaria in addition to his tuberculosis he briefly resigned his position and underwent both a spiritual and health crisis, departing South Africa for medical asylum in the Commune of France in 1920. His love of Christ and Socialism was eventually rekindled and he soon rejoined the ISL, being chosen as their representative to the Third Internationale. While in France, David collaborated with members of the African diaspora to pen his magnum opus, \"Africa Awakening\", which declared that \"Every capitalist government is drenched with the blood of the Negro\". During this time he also reunited with the exiled South African black trade unionist Clements Kadalie, helping to solidify the political alliance between the ISL and the ICU. Eventually in 1928, David felt strong enough to return to South Africa, with his friend and mentor Sidney Bunting arranging passage for him to Johannesburg, where he has been active ever since.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Moses Mauane Kotane was born on August 9th, 1905 in the Transvaal town of Pella, to a Black literate family belonging to the Tswana peoples. Despite his father being a Lutheran preacher, young Moses received little formal schooling as a child and as the second oldest son among eleven siblings was expected to find work at an early age, to help provide for the family. As a teenager, he initially found employment as a farmworker and was paid primarily in livestock that was given to his family. By the time he finally entered school, Moses was far behind his fellow students and grew increasingly confrontational with his teachers, who he believed were unqualified and did not properly nurture his talents. In 1924 he moved to Johannesburg and worked a variety of jobs, eventually joining the ANC and the ICU's trade unions. With backing from his fellow trade unionist Albert Nzula, Moses was soon elected as vice-chair of a national trade union conference and introduced to the wider world of the black, white and coloured intelligentsia in South Africa. He grew close to the ISL, particularly the clique surrounding Sidney Bunting, David Ivon Jones and Eddie Roux, who were greatly sympathetic to encouraging black membership in the South African labour movement. He also briefly flirted with Africanist, nativist ideas due to Nzula's influence, but ultimately feared that black nationalism would lead to racial chauvinism and tribal animosity, endangering the carefully maintained alliances between blacks and coloureds. Moses went on to serve as a typesetter and Setswana translator for various socialist newspapers under Roux' editorship.\\\
%%By the 1930s, Moses packed his bags for Cape Town in an attempt to build a new political following away from the socialist leadership in Johannesburg, but also to slip beneath the South African government's notice, forging secret alliances with coastal trade unions. This paid off after the socialist revolution, as these unions elected Moses as a key member of the new ISL government, eventually paving the way for him to take over as David Ivon Jones' successor, serving as a young, charismatic, black leader of the nation's socialist movement.[[/labelnote]]

%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Clements Kadalie was born with the native name Lameck Koniwaka Kadali Muwamba in the British colony of Nyasaland, in April 1896, to a minor chiefly family. His father and uncle's influence helped secure him entrance to a missionary school, where he turned out to be an exemplary student. At age 16, he was granted a position as a teacher to a minor village school in Nyasaland, but after a year he decided to seek employment as a clerk instead. This eventually brought him to Cape Town, where he first started going by the anglicised name 'Clements Kadalie'. There he met and befriended the white trade unionist Arthur F. Batty and together they joined forces to found a multiethnic trade union, which was dubbed the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union. Clements became known as the 'Father of Black Trade Unionism' in South Africa and gained a great deal of fame after he and Batty led a dockworkers strike in 1919, an experience that brought them in touch with other leaders of the labour movement, such as James La Guma and Sidney Bunting. As La Guma gained a greater role within the ICU, Clements started focusing his efforts on studying political theory and writing for the ICU's newspaper, 'Black Man', where he wove together Syndicalist ideas with Pan-Africanism and a religious rhetoric steeped in Garveyism and Ethiopianism.\\\
%%As a consequence of his political activism, Clements was deported from South Africa in 1924 and left for Britain, right as the British Revolution began. He soon produced firsthand accounts of the revolution's struggles and offered a spirited defence of British Syndicalism to his peers back in South Africa. Yet in time, he grew disaffected with the African diaspora in Britain and its domination by the Anglican faith. Even though Clements was himself a Presbyterian with strong ties to the Ethiopianist movement, he imagined the need for a post-religious society after the revolution, and eventually packed his bags for Paris where the socio-political culture of Laicism suited him better. After garnering ties with Francophone African radicals, he helped provide input on the future of the ICU, laying out proposals for how the union could continue to operate in his absence and adapt to new circumstances. La Guma and other followers thus helped to promote the multi-ethnic Syndicalist wing of the ICU, against the 'Parallel Unionism' of the white moderates, winning over indecisive members and helping to calm tensions within the union.\\\
%%Clements himself became the ICU's main representative to the Internationale, keeping a steady watch on his home continent, even in exile, awaiting the spark that could lead to a grand workers uprising, as had happened in France and Britain.[[/labelnote]]

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]James 'Jimmy' Arnold La Guma was born in Bloemfontein, on August 23rd, 1894, to a lower class family of French-Malagasy immigrants, who died shortly after and left James in the care of an uncle in Cape Town. As a coloured man James was not at the bottom of South Africa's racial hierarchy, but his impoverished upbringing nevertheless taught him the grim realities of oppression and inequality. In his boyhood, he participated in the 1906 Cape Town 'Hooligan Riots', where a multiracial protest of workers and local leftist political leaders was repulsed by police and descended into looting and violence. James for his part joined in by stealing bread and handing it out to the protesting workers. Being largely self-educated, he attributed his first thoughts of class consciousness to reading simple works of proletarian literature and by performing labour-intensive, underpaid jobs. He spent the Weltkrieg in British-occupied Sudwestafrika, toiling on the railroads and in German-owned diamond mines. Here he faced blacklists and arrests, thanks to taking up political activities and trying to organise strikes, which resulted in him returning to South Africa in 1920. James set up shop back in Cape Town, joining Clements Kadalie's Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union and was later elected as its Assistant General Secretary. James emerged as the real power behind the ICU's labour organising, whilst Kadalie tinkered with political theory. Later when Kadalie was deported in 1924, James was tasked together with the British Syndicalist William George Ballinger to argue in Kadalie's absence in order to reconcile the far left of the ICU with its moderate, mainly white wing. Though they managed to secure the ICU's loyalty to Kadalie's vision and James was recognised as leader in Kadalie's absence, the fight over the ICU had a profound effect on James and led him to seriously reconsider the role whites should play in organising the South African labour movement. He began to privately muse that white workers, aware that their privilege always rested on the exploitation of the black proletariat, could not be relied upon to support any revolutionary initiative. James soon forged closer ties with other so-called 'Africanists' on the radical left who shared this sentiment, such as Albert Nzula and J.T. Gumede. In 1935 he started the exclusively black and coloured National Liberation League. Later, these loyal militants would go on to serve as his own political shock troops in the turbulent days of the Second Rand Revolt.[[/labelnote]]

!!''George Herbert Hyde Villiers''
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->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Dominion Party (Emergency Powers)
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy (Emergency Powers)
See his entry in the South Africa folder.

!!''Patrick Duncan''
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->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Head of State[[/note]]
->'''Party:''' Dominion Party (Emergency Powers)
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy (Emergency Powers)
See his entry in the South Africa folder.

!!''Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet''
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->'''Role:''' Governor-General[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Patrick Duncan Passes Away)
->'''Party:''' Dominion Party (Emergency Powers)
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy (Emergency Powers)
See his entry in the South Africa folder.

[[folder:Morocco]]
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->'''Official Name:''' Kingdom of Morocco, Commune of Morocco (Socialist)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Sulalat al-'Alawiyyin al-Filaliyn
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
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->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Crowned with the backing of the Central Powers following his father's forced abdication, King Mohammed styles himself as a western monarch would. He has skilfully manoeuvred his nation's relationship with the wider world and secured the broad support for his at times heavy-handed statesmanship.[[/labelnote]]

!!''Léon Sultan''
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->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by a Radical Socialist/Syndicalist country)
->'''Party:''' Alaitihad Alwataniu Lilquaa Alshaebia, Al-Hizb Al-Aishtirakiu Al-Maghribiu
->'''Ideology:''' Radical Socialism, Syndicalism
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!!''Abd el-Krim''
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->'''Role:''' Chairman[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Released by a Totalist country)
->'''Party:''' Alhizb Alshuyueiu Almaghribiu
->'''Ideology:''' Totalism
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[[folder:French Republic]]
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->'''Official Name:''' French Republic, French State (Redressement Français), Kingdom of France (Monarchy restored)
->'''Ruling Party:''' Gouvernement Militaire Provisoire - Pétain's Faction[[note]]In the aftermath of the Exile, the Republic fell into a period of parliamentary chaos. To restore order, the Lion of Verdun Marshal Pétain stepped in, being elected Head of State, forming a broad coalition government and declaring a temporary state of emergency giving the government, and the military, broad powers to ensure the stability of the nation. This 'Temporary Military Government' has now lasted more than a decade and though the Marshal maintains the illusion of democratic life, few are foolish enough to believe the parliament could impose anything on Philippe Pétain. The thinly veiled junta is still popular but slowly losing political credibility as it slips into autocracy, mostly held together by the prestige of the Lion. Surrounding the Marshal is a clique of loyalists who owe everything to the hero of Verdun and staunchly believe he is the right man to lead France to victory.[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' Paternal Autocracy
The French Third Republic was completely demoralized by Germany's 1919 Spring Offensive. After several mutinies, protests, and strikes, the nation fell to total revolution after the outrageous Treaty of Versailles. The old government and its elites fled to Algeria, while Germany seized France's other colonies according to the terms of Versailles.\\
In exile, the government descended into further instability, and Marshal Philippe Pétain stepped in in 1926 to form an emergency army government. In 1936, the country has a laundry list of problems: Pétain's junta is autocratic and repressive, and its North African territories are worthless and rebellious. But above all, looms the question of how, or if, National France can return home...
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!!''Henri VI''
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->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Jean III succession)
->'''Party:''' Action Française[[note]]Founded in 1899, the French Action is a nationalist, royalist, integralist group. Its ideology can be summarised with one quote by Charles Maurras, its most influential theorist: 'In order to love France today, it is necessary to hate what she has become.' The aim of the Integralists is nothing less than the fall of the Republic and the establishment of an integralist state: an absolute, hereditary, anti-parliamentary, reactionary, counter-revolutionary, heavily decentralised, corporatist, and above all Catholic monarchy, protective of local identities and modelled after the traditional institutions of the Kingdom of France. Though it couldn’t be called a party, after all the group openly advocates for a coup d’état and has never participated in elections, the AF has created a surprisingly broad network of influence among Catholics radicalised by the anticlerical violence of the revolution, in intellectual circles, and, most importantly, within the military.[[/note]]
->'''Ideology:''' National Populism
->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1908, young Henri d'Orléans has known exile his whole life. He lived a carefree early childhood on his father's property in Morocco, where he was found to be a particularly bright child, curious and caring of the various workers of the various work the vast plantation, quickly becoming fluent in French, Arabic, English, German, Italian and Spanish. Soon, however, he would be with his father in his chateau-hospital, being exposed to the horrors of war, before having to flee from the wrath of the revolutionaries. This incident would prove deeply traumatic for Henri, sowing the seeds of a later political awakening. Back in Morocco, he was tutored by the best European tutors, who would introduce him to Integralist thought, which resonated deeply with the youth: not just in its deeply reactionary rhetoric, but most particularly in its advocacy of strict adherence to the Social Doctrine of the of the Church and economic reform along with corporatist thought. Furthering his studies in Belgium he discovered for the first time the Belgium, he discovered for the first time the crowded housing, poor working conditions. terrible anonymity of the lives of the European working poor, as he was attending to their needs as part of Catholic charity efforts. When his father became the head of the House of France in 1924, he became its Dauphin, immediately surrounded by advisors who sought to shape the young man into a worthy King of France. As heir presumptive, now banned from France, the dashing Dauphin nevertheless fully dedicated himself to the royalist cause, working closely with the Action Française despite his personal enmity towards Charles Maurras, as he could recognise that the growing movement was the best chance for restoration of the monarchy. His marriage to his cousin Isabelle de Orléans e Bragança in 1931, and the birth of their son Henri in 1933 created further enthusiasm among royalists: the future of the House of France secured.\\\

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%%!!''Henri VI''
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%%->'''Role:''' Monarch[[note]]Head of State[[/note]] (Jean III succession)
%%->'''Party:''' Action Française[[note]]Founded in 1899, the French Action is a nationalist, royalist, integralist group. Its ideology can be summarised with one quote by Charles Maurras, its most influential theorist: 'In order to love France today, it is necessary to hate what she has become.' The aim of the Integralists is nothing less than the fall of the Republic and the establishment of an integralist state: an absolute, hereditary, anti-parliamentary, reactionary, counter-revolutionary, heavily decentralised, corporatist, and above all Catholic monarchy, protective of local identities and modelled after the traditional institutions of the Kingdom of France. Though it couldn’t be called a party, after all the group openly advocates for a coup d’état and has never participated in elections, the AF has created a surprisingly broad network of influence among Catholics radicalised by the anticlerical violence of the revolution, in intellectual circles, and, most importantly, within the military.[[/note]]
%%->'''Ideology:''' National Populism
%%->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]Born in 1908, young Henri d'Orléans has known exile his whole life. He lived a carefree early childhood on his father's property in Morocco, where he was found to be a particularly bright child, curious and caring of the various workers of the various work the vast plantation, quickly becoming fluent in French, Arabic, English, German, Italian and Spanish. Soon, however, he would be with his father in his chateau-hospital, being exposed to the horrors of war, before having to flee from the wrath of the revolutionaries. This incident would prove deeply traumatic for Henri, sowing the seeds of a later political awakening. Back in Morocco, he was tutored by the best European tutors, who would introduce him to Integralist thought, which resonated deeply with the youth: not just in its deeply reactionary rhetoric, but most particularly in its advocacy of strict adherence to the Social Doctrine of the of the Church and economic reform along with corporatist thought. Furthering his studies in Belgium he discovered for the first time the Belgium, he discovered for the first time the crowded housing, poor working conditions. terrible anonymity of the lives of the European working poor, as he was attending to their needs as part of Catholic charity efforts. When his father became the head of the House of France in 1924, he became its Dauphin, immediately surrounded by advisors who sought to shape the young man into a worthy King of France. As heir presumptive, now banned from France, the dashing Dauphin nevertheless fully dedicated himself to the royalist cause, working closely with the Action Française despite his personal enmity towards Charles Maurras, as he could recognise that the growing movement was the best chance for restoration of the monarchy. His marriage to his cousin Isabelle de Orléans e Bragança in 1931, and the birth of their son Henri in 1933 created further enthusiasm among royalists: the future of the House of France secured.\\\

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