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Algeria

Comando Militar Argelino

Official Name: Algerian Military Command

Ideology: Colonial Goverment^note Despotism

Comando Militar Argelino (lit. Algerian Military Command) is the Iberian-occupied Western section of Algeria.

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• Hoist by His Own Petard: The Comando Militar Argerlino can make a deal with Yves Guérin-Sérac's forces in the event of war with Italy over Algeria. In the event of victory however, this can result in Yves Guérin-Sérac seizing control over much of the territory, leaving Iberia only Oran and its surrounding region as a compromise.
• Invading Refugees: Iberian Algeria became a glorified dumping ground for Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique displaced by the Reich's push into Africa. After being pushed from their old homes, they're not particularly keen to give up their new ones, whether to the natives or their own government.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: One way to both placate Salazar and keep Iberia from being entangled in a potential quagmire with Italy is for the authorities in Madrid to give Iberian Algeria near-complete autonomy, which in practice translates to cutting off virtually all open support, apart from backroom deals and arms shipments. It also means, however, that Iberia would have no control over what happens there, whether or not it succeeds.

Frederico Gómez de Salazar

Role: Head of State

Party: Comando Militar Argelino

Ideology: Colonial Goverment^note Despotism

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• It's All About Me: Downplayed. He still takes his duties seriously, but it's strongly hinted that he's more concerned with his ego and pretensions of being overlord of Iberia's last major colony than anything else.
• Short-Lived Leadership: Less than two years into the game, Gómez de Salazar will be replaced by Jardim, as the Iberian Union prepares to either negotiate or fight Italy for control of Algeria.

Jorge Pereira Jardim

Role: Head of Government (Gómez de Salazar cabinet) Head of State (Gómez de Salazar succession)

Party: Frente de Defensa de Asentamientos

Ideology: Despotism, Corporatism^note Fascism (Algerian War victory)

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• Corrupt Politician: Even though Jardim is meant to head peace negotiations to avert the Algerian War with Italy, he's still pretty bitter about the ambiguity of his role in the new Algerian state and thus may try to sabotage the peace talks. As such, Iberia will need to bribe him otherwise by promising him an important ministerial position.
• Opportunistic Bastard: Jardim doesn't really care about Algeria's future and only seeks to strengthen his own position.
• Short-Lived Leadership: If Iberia wins the Algerian War, Jardim doesn't get to savor the victory as he's soon deposed by Yves Guérin-Sérac, who subsequently seizes control over much of Algeria.

Territorio Militare Algerino

Official Name: Algerian Military Territory

Party: Delegazione Africa Settentrionale - Algeria^note Northern Africa Delegation

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Despotism

Territorio Militare Algerino (lit. Algerian Military Territory) is the Italian-occupied Eastern section of Algeria.

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• The Mafia: Most Italian settlers in Algeria came from Sicily and have ties to old mafia families, seeing Algeria is far from the watching eye of the authorities in Rome. Many rumours circulate about the true extent of Giuseppe Castellano's relationships with the mafia.
• The Migration: Hoping to seek better opportunities, many poor Italians have immigrated to Algeria to buy more land, which has weakened Italy's already tenuous claim over the region.
• Puppet State: They're an Italian puppet state that holds their master country's claim over Algeria, though they only control the eastern portions of the region.
• We ARE Struggling Together: There are some tensions between the more "established" Pied-Noirs (descendants of French colonists) and the more recent Italian settlers.

Giuseppe Castellano

Role: Head of State

Party: Delegazione Africa Settentrionale - Algeria^note Northern Africa Delegation

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Despotism

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• Corrupt Politician: He's made numerous shady deals and backroom negotiations to maintain Italian rule over Algeria, which hasn't made him any more popular in his home country.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: In the upper circles of the Regio Esercito, Castellano is often the subject of many rumors that he's connected to the mafia families that were exiled to Algeria. Castellano's primary motivation is to overcome this status by bringing Algeria to the Italian sphere, which will turn him into a national hero.
• Reassigned to Antarctica: Castellano's lofty ambitions were cut short when Galeazzo Ciano tasked him with watching over Algeria, a lawless backwater corner of the Italian Empire.

Algeria

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Official Name: Algerian Mandate (Messali Hadj), Republic of Algeria (Ferhat Abbas), Algerian Union (Saïd Boualam), Troupes Légionnaires d'Algérie (Yves Guérin-Sérac)

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• Multiple Endings: The fate of Algeria is completely dependent on whether the Algerian War occurs, who emerges victorious in the conflict, and/or who the victor puts into power.

Messali Hadj

Role: Head of State (Algerian Crisis defused)

Party: Delegazione Africa Settentrionale^note Northern Africa Delegation

Ideology: Social Nationalism^note Paternalism

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• Contempt Crossfire: Nobody in Algeria will be happy if he's appointed to lead Algeria; the natives just perceive him as a thinly-veiled puppet to imperialist powers and the European settlers don't think that he will do enough to protect them from native terrorists.
• Puppet King: In the aftermath of the Triumvirate's collapse, if Iberia and Italy decide to defuse the Algerian crisis by turning Algeria into an Italian-Iberian condominium, Messali Hadj becomes its nominal head.

Ferhat Abbas

Role: Head of State (Italian victory)

Party: National Liberation Front

Ideology: Paternalistic Conservatism^note Conservatism

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• Occupiers Out of Our Country: Downplayed. Abbas is still interested in aligning Algeria with Italy, but as an independent nation free from direct Italian control or meddling.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Once Abbas is placed into power by Italy, he'll promise to turn Algeria into a fully functioning democracy for Algerian self-determination.

Saïd Boualam

Role: Head of State (Italian victory)

Party: Tribal Rulers

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Despotism

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• Contempt Crossfire: The native Algerians despise Boualam for his servitude to European interests and Italy only plans on exploiting his state as a bargaining chip for the French State.
• Puppet State: If Boualam is put into power by a victorious Italy, he will effectively turn Algeria into a puppet state for them, which will serve as a useful buffer state against the Iberian Union and a bargaining chip to bring the French State into the Italian sphere.
• The Quisling: Boualam has always opposed Algerian independence and preferred European rule, previously under the French and now under the Italians. If the Italians won the Algerian War, he can potentially lead the Algerian Union, a puppet state of Italy.

Yves Guérin-Sérac

Role: Head of State (Iberian victory)

Party: Cité Catholique^note Catholic City

Ideology: Fascism

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• Enemy Mine: Yves Guérin-Sérac isn't really interested in advancing Iberian interests so much as finding with them a mutual interest in bringing Algeria under one banner. Albeit one under his.
• Fighting for a Homeland: In contrast to Free France, Guérin-Sérac's forces have no intention of reuniting with their ancestral homeland or reclaiming the old colonial empire. Rather, they're fighting for an independent homeland, albeit more for the largely French-descended Pied-Noirs than for all Algerians.
• La Résistance: Guérin-Sérac leads a movement comprised of French Foreign Legion contingents stranded when France fell to the Reich, and Pied-Noir rebels seeking to reassert their birthright by any means necessary.
• The Remnant: He and his forces represent what remains of the old French colonial order in Algeria.
• The Starscream: While nominally aligned with the Iberian Union, Guérin-Sérac wastes no time deposing the Comando Militar Argelino once he's in a position to do so. That said, he does cede Oran and its surrounding territories to the Iberians as a compromise.

Tunisia

Regno di Tunisia

Official Name: Kingdom of Tunisia

Ruling Party: Bey's Court

Ideology: Despotism

Once a colony of France, Tunisia sided with the Axis during the invasion of North Africa. However, they found life under the Italian Empire was no different. In fact, it was worse. They are independent in name only, still a puppet, but for a different regime.

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• Meet the New Boss: During World War II, the Tunisians overthrew their French colonial overlords, only for Axis troops to storm their country and implement an even more repressive system over their country.
• Puppet State: Tunisia is a puppet state under Italy's control that is independent in name only.
• Settling the Frontier: Although colonial policies are currently suspended due to lack of funds, Tunisia attracts many unemployed Italians, and is 25% Italian at game start.

Muhammad VIII

Role: Head of State

Party: Bey's Court

Ideology: Despotism

Muhammad VIII al-Amin (Lamine Bey) is the representative in Tunisia of the Italian crown. He now walks a thin line between accomplice of and force against the Italians, needing to tread carefully between both.

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• Authority in Name Only: Muhammad VIII, for all his trappings of power, is just a glorified puppet for the Italians actually running Tunisia. He knows this, and is aware that he's on borrowed time, whether at the hands of his overlords or his increasingly hostile subjects.
• Broken Pedestal: He was initially considered a national hero for breaking away from France, but this reputation has since been tarnished with his collaboration with the Italians.
• Playing Both Sides: Behind the scenes, he is playing a delicate balancing act by appeasing both the anti-Italian opposition and the Italians themselves.
• The Quisling: Muhammad VIII serves as Italy's regent over Tunisia, since attempts to incorporate it into Libya have failed. However, Muhammad VIII wishes to break free from his Italian overlords, planning to achieve this goal through peaceful negotiation.
• Reluctant Ruler: Muhammad VIII didn't have much of a choice in taking the throne of Tunisia. He longs for Tunisia's independence, but must be cautious by working with the Italian authorities in order not to cause more harm to his country.

Egypt

Regno d'Egitto

Official Name: Kingdom of Egypt

Ruling Party: al-'Usra al-'Alawiyya^note Alawite Dynasty

Ideology: Aristocratic Conservatism^note Despotism

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• Civil War: The Kingdom of Egypt can collapse into three separate civil wars in Egypt proper, Sudan and South Sudan.
• Gratuitous Italian: Due to its status as a client state of Italy, the Kingdom of Egypt uses its Italian name in TNO.
• Puppet State: After defeating the British in the North African Front of World War II, Italy turned Egypt into one of their many client states.

Farouk I

Role: Head of State

Party: al-'Usra al-'Alawiyya^note Alawite Dynasty

Ideology: Aristocratic Conservatism^note Despotism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}King Farouk of Egypt is a man of many, many tastes. To frame him in a positive light, Farouk is determined to make life a party, that every moment should be one of fun and excitement in an effort to never to grow old or dull. To frame him negatively, he is a sinkhole for the Egyptian economy, totally removed from his political responsibilities and an embarrassment for Egypt. The King might have once been a young man, keen and enthusiastic about reforming and modernizing his country. Those days have passed however, and now Farouk wishes only to entertain himself in any way that he can.

Farouk spends his days eating, drinking, and smoking during his quiet moments. In his unfortunately frequent wild moments he spends his time driving through the streets of Cairo at full speed in his red sports car or perhaps engaging in some charity by firing a shower of gold coins into a crowd. If the King finds himself in a particularly active mood, he may get in his jet and fly to whatever destination he desires. His absence in Egypt is joyfully felt, as it usually leaves someone more competent in charge for a week or two.

On his tours of the world, Farouk puts the Egyptian treasury to "great" use, spending it lavishly to obtain all the objects of his desires, whether that be a diamond necklace for his latest mistress, a set of coins for his ever-expanding collection, or perhaps a shot at immortality. Regardless of what he purchases, it is certainly never of any use to the people of Egypt. Farouk is not malicious or evil, but he is a man that cares little for the world outside of his immediate vicinity. Politics is a serious, drawn out, and often boring matter for the King, and as such he ignores it. He would rather be happy himself than stress about what the world wishes for him to do.

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• The Hedonist: Farouk does not have any interest in ruling the country and instead desires to spend his entire life in the most luxurious pleasures.
• Ironic Death: Farouk dies doing what he loves the most, the way he lived, spending his day in one of his luxurious parties and choking on his favorite food.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Soon after the game begins, Farouk dies during one of his parties, leaving the Egyptian monarchy in crisis.

Tropes pertaining to the rework

Role: Head of State

Ideology: Semi-Constitutional Monarchy^note Paternalism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Born in 1920, the young Farouk would, despite being sent to study in faraway England at an early youth, find himself enchanted by the ideals and high spirits that the people of Egypt held dear to themselves and at the age of 16, when his father passed away, and the young prince was crowned King Farouk of Egypt, his ideals, and ambitions showed no signs of diminishing. Instead, the young monarch dreamt to see his country and people free and joyful. With the fervour of the liberal era, the King planned to turn his ambitious plans into reality.

Unfortunately for the young King, his nation's independence and his royal power were both proven to be a farce, his ability to see the change the people had so clamoured for was too often constrained by either the Wafd or the English and Miles Lampson, their wretched ambassador to Egypt.

Soon, the King would find German tanks marching through Matrouh and English tanks marching around his palace, both demeaning him and disrespecting any facade of power and sovereignty that he held. With his influence dwindling, a fear that his reign would soon end, the soon-to-be arrival of a new caste of overlords that would prove no less controlling than their predecessors, and a suspected-adulterer wife at home whom he had little love for, the idealist King of yore perished and a new King, a King that craved the hedonistic pleasures of life to fill in the gap left by the chunk of his soul that he lost, was born.

As the ageing King of Egypt, now a husk of his former self, crawls past his eleventh hour, he finds himself trapped as a a prisoner in his own palace with his only solace being his young son, the surrounding streets are filled with crowds stung with betrayal. When he looks around himself, he sees nothing but a broken heart, a shattered soul, a nation up in arms, a revolution betrayed, and his tears falling down his cheeks.

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• Contempt Crossfire: According to the Egypt teaser, Farouk is just used by the Italians as a figurehead to control Egypt and his former support base has turned on him for failing to reform the country in any capacity.
• Freudian Excuse: Being exploited as a puppet ruler to various foreign powers for nearly his entire life has disillusioned Farouk and turned him from a liberal reformer to the hedonist he is in the Egypt teaser.
• The Hedonist: As seen in the Egypt teaser, Farouk does not have any interest in ruling the country and instead desires to spend his entire life in the most luxurious pleasures.
• Plot-Triggering Death: His passing leaves a power vacuum that the Italians try to fill by sending their troops in the Egypt teaser. Still displeased by the harsh Italian occupation during the "Emergenza" and the excesses of the nobility, the mourners clash with the soldiers, demanding the immediate withdrawal of all Italian forces in the country. This political crisis weakens the Wafd Party's hold over Egypt and sparks the political discourse between the Wafd, Free Officers Movement, and the Muslim Brotherhood.
• Puppet King: Overruled by the British and now the Italians, Farouk I has never held real power in his life and it's taken a toll on his morale, as shown in the Egypt teaser.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: Subverted. When he was crowned, Farouk had very liberal ambitions before the British stripped him of all his authority. In the Egypt teaser, he's since become a puppet to the Italian overlords who truly run the country.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: The Egypt teaser begins with Farouk passing away early in the game, preceding the mass protests against the Italian presence and El-Nahas' resignation.
• Young and in Charge: According to his teased biography, he was just 16 years old when his father passed away and crowned king in his place.

Muhammed Abdel Moneim

Role: Head of State (Farouk succession)

Party: al-'Alawiyya^note Alawite Dynasty

Ideology: Aristocratic Conservatism^note Despotism

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• Meet the New Boss: After succeeding Farouk, Moneim just wants to maintain the status quo in Egypt, even renewing its relationship with Italy.
• Puppet King: Given his conservative agenda, many of his critics have denounced him as a vassal used by Italy to maintain its hold over Egypt.

Adalberto di Savoia-Genova

Role: Head of State (Farouk succession)

Party: al-‘Alawiyya^note Alawite Dynasty

Ideology: Colonial Goverment^note Despotism

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• 0% Approval Rating: Adalberto is extremely unpopular in Egypt as an Italian bootlicker, since he is a prince of Italy's royal house. If he succeeds Farouk, nearly the entire nation will collectively roar in condemnation. Not even the Wafd party supports him, which says a lot because they are a conservative monarchist party that is usually chummy with Italy.
• Foreign Ruling Class: Adalberto's succession is seen by the populace as the Italians dropping the facade of treating Egypt as anything other than a glorified colony.

Anwar Sadat

Role: Head of State (Farouk succession)

Party: Ḥizb al-Wafd - Right Wing^note Wafd Party

Ideology: Provisional Goverment^note Paternalism, Social Nationalism^note Paternalism (Post-civil war)

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• Internal Reformist: Sadat's platform is built on the ideas of republicanism, economic reform, and multi-party democracy for Egypt.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Originally an associate to Gamal Abdel Nasser, Sadat later moderated his more extreme beliefs to increase his popularity, while still remaining committed to his dreams of reform.

"Penelope's Web" Update

Upcoming content coming with the Egypt rework in the "Penelope's Web" update

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• Occupiers Out of Our Country: The Italian occupation of Egypt, remembered as "Emergenza", following World War II was met with heavy resistance and protest by the citizenry. When the Italians return following Farouk's death in the Egypt teaser, similar revolts break out for the same reasons.
• Succession Crisis: Following Farouks's death in the Egypt teaser, mass protests against Italian imperialism lead to the designated successor, El-Nahas, to retire and create a power vacuum that three different factions compete to fill.

Mostafa El-Nahas

Role: Head of State (Farouk succession)

Party: Ḥizb al-Wafd^note Wafd Party

Ideology: National Conservatism^note Paternalism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}"A tyrant and a fighter for democracy, a liberal and a conservative, both nationalist and quisling, corrupt nepotist and man of the law."

What is there to be said about the man that has effectively cemented himself as a centrepiece of Egypt's political order, a man whose importance nas shaped him up to be one of the most consequential men in the history of post-revolutionary Egypt, only shadowed by Saad Zaghloul himself, that has not been said many times before?

Born in 1879 to a well-off lumber merchant, El-Nahası would grow up to live a relatively unremarkable life, as a lawyer. However, that would soon change when he was offered a chance to become a judge in Tanta, from where he would establish connections with the cadres of the Wafd and National parties, before earning his fame as one of the leaders of the 1919 revolution standing alongside Saad Zaghloul.

After Zaghloul's death, El-Nahas would ascend to the leadership of the Wafa, hopping in and out of the premiership throughout the 20s and 30s. That is, until the Abdeen Incident, when the English demand of his appointment as PM, alongside, Makram Ebeid's exposé on corruption within the Wafd, shattered his once peerless reputation, However, El-Nahas would swear to restore the people's trust in him, a task that would prove, challenging to any man but the populist orator that he was, and through his utilization of small, nationalist gestures, the Wafd would return to government twice throughout the 50s.

Unfortunately, both times would end with his dismissal and the subjection of Egypt to the brutalities of the Emergenza. However, even after various dismissals, endless catastrophes and years under house arrest, Egypt has once again come, crawling back to the Party of the People, and so the Sacred Leader of the Nation returns to the premiership for another time.

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• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In the aftermath of Farouk's passing in the Egypt teaser, many expected that El-Nahas would side with the protestors, begin reforming the country, and restore order back to the country. Instead, he announces his complete retirement from politics and leaves his office in shame.
• Taking Up the Mantle: According to his teased biography, El-Nahas took the reins of the Wafd party after his predecessor Saad Zaghloul passed in 1927.

Fuad Serragedine

Role: Head of State (El-Nahas succession)

Party: Ḥizb al-Wafd^note Wafd Party

Ideology: Populist Conservatism^note Conservatism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Every man or woman in Egyptian society is marked by a mannerism that defines the person who they are: the King flaunts, the Nobles gloat, the Fellahin harvest and the Officers scheme. However, one man stands out among many as an outlier to this pattern, for in the case of the eloquent Fuad Serrageddine Pasha, his only idiosyncrasy is the lack of a concrete, defining characteristic or trait.

From his birth in 1910, Fuad Serrageddine would live a life far detached from that of the common Egyptian. As a child, he revelled in a luxury denied to many children across Egypt: education; eventually becoming one of the lucky few that studied at the prestigious King Fuad University I, where he would earn a degree in Law at the young age of 21.

He would soon manage his way into Egypt's parliament, before rising rapidly through the ranks of Egypt's political scene, first becoming a minister at the age of 32, but his portfolio would only grow further with several other ministries and even the Secretary-generalship of the Wafd decorating it. It is at this stage of his life that the conflicts that would later come to define him would first appear, as he often found himself supporting contradictory positions. Whether it be the rumours of him aiding rioters during the era of the "Emergenza", or the populistic bent that he sometimes employed, while simultaneously carving out his own place within the halls of Egypt's gentry and political aristocracy.

With the shameful retirement of his mentor Mostafa El-Nahas, Serrageddine finds himself thrown into the office of prime minister all while the nation runs brim with chaos and turmoil. His only chance of survival requires him to reconcile the contradictions that have plagued him. A conundrum lies ahead of him: to retire himself onto the path of the aristocracy that he belongs to, or to dare dream of something far greater.

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• Internal Reformist: In his victory speech from the Egypt teaser, Serragedine promises to continue the Five-Year Plan for development and uphold the Wafd's national liberal ideals. The chances of him actually satisfying those goals will depend on if he can fix the oligarchical structure within the Wafd and alleviate the pseudo-feudal conditions afflicting Egypt.
• Playing Both Sides: As shown in the Egypt teaser, Serrageddine's career has been very inconsistent, whether he indulges in the corrupt Egyptian aristocracy or appeals to the common folk via populist tactics. If he becomes prime minister, Serragedine will have to commit to either agenda.
• Taking Up the Mantle: The Egypt teaser shows Serragedine take over the Wafd party after his mentor El-Nahas retires in disgrace.

Mohammed Naguib

Role: Head of State (El-Nahas succession)

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}It is said that there comes a point in every man's life where he is imbued with a sense of purpose a sense of purpose born out of his own desire to avenge his failure to achieve a now-forlorn objective. For the well-educated and respected Major General Mohammed Naguib, that point would come in the bitter winter of 1942 as English tanks surrounded the premises of Abdeen Palace. There the English made a mockery out of Egypt, its king and its people, demanding the King invite Mostafa El-Nahas to form a government or face abject removal. The demands were met, a nation was humiliated, and the Major General now carried with him a burden of shame for having been unable to protect the King to whom he swore an oath.

When Mussolini entered Cairo, bringing with him the onset of the Italian era, Naguib, like many others, had believed that the humiliation of 1942 would finally be avenged, yet soon, with the arrival of the "Emergenza" would those hopes be shattered as Naguib saw his people shunned to silence, and his nation sentenced to misery under Italian boots.

However, not all would go south for the ageing general, as he would be granted the directorship of the Royal Military Academy in Cairo in reward for his outstanding military performance. At the Academy, Naguib would soon be introduced to the Free Officers Organization-a cabal of shadowy. nationalist officers headed by a charismatic firebrand by the name of Gamal Abdel Nasser-an organization which he would shortly join.

Now, after nearly a decade of scheming, the Free, Officers with Naquib at their helm have finally seized control of the government. Vowing to avenge, the humiliation that he suffered decades prior, Naguib strives to rid Egypt of the poverty and, corruption that suffocates its people, hoping to see Egypt reborn as an egalitarian, cosmopolitan society in the light of Muslim Andalusia.

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• Cincinnatus: In the Egypt teaser, Naguib promises to return to a civilian government after all of Egypt's political corruption has been dealt with, though only time will tell if he lives up to that promise.
• The Coup: In the political crisis after Farouk's death and El-Nahas' retirement in the Egypt teaser, Naguib and the Free Officers Movement can march onto Cairo and seize power forcefully. With their heavy focus on reforming Egypt's corruption and poverty, the coup is met with jubilant cheers by the people.
• My Greatest Failure: When British tanks forced the Egyptian monarchy to form a government with the Wafd party, Naguib has carried the emotional burden of failing to protect his king. When the Italians invaded Egypt, Naguib initially welcomed them as liberators who would avenge the Abdeen Palace incident, but his hopes quickly soured when the Italians subjected them to the same oppression. The Egypt teaser shows that Naguib will try to redeem himself by seizing control of the government and bring the country to a new golden era.
• Puppet King: Despite nominally being at the head of the Free Officers Movement, many in the Egypt teaser suspect that he's just a figurehead for the subordinates below him.

Hussein Al-Hudaybi

Role: Head of State (El-Nahas succession)

Party: Muslim Brotherhood

Ideology: Islamic Modernism^note Liberal Conservatism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}"I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. Should I do well, aid me; and should I do wrong, set me right."

The second guide of the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt was born in 1891 to a working class father in a village in upper Egypt who, despite his seven children, managed to secure his eldest son a respectable education. After learning the fundamentals of the faith, that son went on to learn and practice law among Egypt's poor, rising in judicial positions through dedication and character alone and living at the border between glamorous Egypt and the other state shriveling up in its shadow.

In 1942, after a conversation with otherwise impoverished and semi-literature relatives, that lawyer learnt of a man who had been giving lectures on matters of political, social, and economic reform after the Friday prayer. Impressed, Hassan set out to meet him, and from then on frequented the sermons of none other than Hassan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. The two men, soon developed a rapport and a working relationship that concluded with the first Murshid making it known that should his followers differ on who to appoint as his successor, then it should be Al-Hudaybi. During this time, he developed a reputation as a preacher, a progressive, and an earnest and capable administrator who preached reform in all its meanings.

The death of al-Banna became tragic reality; the Muslim Brotherhood and their martyred leader, arrive at the halls of power which they had been repressed and looked down upon after the Egyptian people's patience ran thin. As both the murshid of the brotherhood and prime minister of the country, al-Hudaybi faces opposition from outspoken militants within his own party and secular opponents outside it. Nonetheless, he has eschewed both vigilante violence and unprincipled capitulation, declaring that the Brotherhood will first build the state of Islam in the hearts of its citizens, then watch it blossom in government.

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• Dark Horse Victory: Against all odds in the Egypt teaser, Al-Hudaybi can become prime minister in opposition to the dominant Wafd party.
• Internal Reformist: According to his teased biography, Al-Hudaybi is a progressive preacher who will strive to democratize Egypt under Islamic law.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Despite facing opposition from religious fanatics in his party and secular opponents elsewhere, Al-Hudaybi has refused to carry out vigilante violence or authoritarian means to achieve his goals. As stated in his teased biography, he believes that peaceful reform will be more fruitful in the long-term.
• The Theocracy: In the Egypt teaser, Al-Hudaybi preaches for a government that will reform Egypt into a democratic nation, while simultaneously following the egalitarian values outlined in the Quran and Sharia.

Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council

Official Name: Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council, Arab Republic of Egypt (Egyptian Civil War victory), United Arab Republic (Regional unification)

Ruling Party: al-Ittihād al-Ištirākī al-'Arabī^note Arab Socialist Union

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Socialism

After years of rule under the regency council, and fed up with Italian domination, a group of military officers rise under the leadership of Gamal Abdel Nasser. Their goal is to establish a free Egyptian government under a socialist Pan-Arab republic.

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• The Coup: Inspired by the revolt in Yemen, the Nasserists will launch their own revolution in Egypt, attempting a failed coup against the monarchy and being forced to engage in a civil war instead.
• Enemy Mine: During the Egyptian Civil War, the socialist Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council will receive aid from Nazi Germany to subvert Italian influence over the country.
• Occupiers Out of Our Country: Their main goal is to overthrow the pro-Italy government of Egypt and create an independent state instead.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Role: Head of State

Party: al-Ittihād al-Ištirākī al-'Arabī^note Arab Socialist Union

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Socialism

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• Allohistorical Allusion: Just as in OTL, Nasser will launch a revolution against an Egyptian government that he perceives to be serving European interests and can potentially succeed.
• A Father to His Men: Nasser commands a lot of respect and support from the Egyptian military, which rapidly becomes an asset once the civil war occurs.
• Patriotic Fervor: Nasser espouses anti-Italian and anti-colonial sentiment in favor of a pan-Arabic national identity.

Muslim Brotherhood

Official Name: Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic State of Egypt (Egyptian Civil War victory)

Ruling Party: Muslim Brotherhood – Extremist Wing

Ideology: Qutbism^note Ultranationalism

Guided by a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, the Muslim Brotherhood has called for the expulsion of Italian imperialists from Egypt. Their goal is to establish an Islamic caliphate in the country under Sharia Law, as well as spread its influence to the rest of the Islamic world.

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• The Coup: Once the monarchy and Nasser begin fighting each other, the Brotherhood will attempt their own failed coup to take over Egypt themselves.
• Dark Horse Victory: If the Brotherhood wins the Egyptian Civil War, many observers will remark suprise at this outcome.
• Let No Crisis Go to Waste: Shortly after Nasser rebels against the Egyptian monarchy, the Muslim Brotherhood will attempt to coup the monarchy too, which goes poorly anyway and forcing them to enter the civil war as a third faction.
• The Theocracy: The Muslim Brotherhood's goal is to establish an Islamic Caliphate under Sharia law.

Sayyid Qutb

Role: Head of State

Party: Muslim Brotherhood – Extremist Wing

Ideology: Qutbism^note Ultranationalism

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• The Fundamentalist: Not too far away from the real Qutb, he leads the Egyptian Islamist opposition to the Kingdom.

Sudan

Republic of Sudan

Official Name: Republic of Sudan

Ruling Party: Democratic Unionist Party

Ideology: Liberal Conservatism

Moderate Sudanese nationalists whose goal is to create an independent, democratic Sudan.

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• Proxy War: The Republic of Sudan is the faction supported by the OFN during the Sudan civil war.
• The Republic: Out of the three groups fighting for control over Sudan, the Republic of Sudan's leaders want to form a democratic, secular country.

Ismail al-Azhari

Role: Head of State

Party: Democratic Unionist Party

Ideology: Liberal Conservatism

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• The Idealist: al-Azhari truly believes in creating a democratic and secular Sudan, where all ethnic and religious groups can peacefully coexist.

Sudan Defense Force

Official Name: Sudan Defense Force, State of the Sudan (Sudanese Civil War victory)

Party: Sudan Defense Force

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

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• Bilingual Bonus: Fighting in a civil war, the flag for the Sudan Defense Force has Arabic text translating to "Victory is Ours" and "Republic of the Sudan".
• Proxy War: The Sudan Defense Force is supported by Japan in the Sudan civil war.
• The Remnant: They used to be a local armed force recruited by the British to police their territories in Sudan. With the British Empire disintegrated, the Sudan Defense Force is now interested in fighting the Republic and Nasserists for the country, having no further association with Britain.

Ibrahim Abboud

Role: Head of State

Party: Sudan Defense Force

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

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• Les Collaborateurs: Before Italy took over Sudan, Abboud used to work for the British, serving with the British Army during World War II.

Sudanese Free Officers Organisation

Official Name: Sudanese Free Officers Organisation, Socialist Republic of Sudan (Sudanese Civil War victory)

Ruling Party: National Revolutionary Command Council

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Socialism

The Sudanese regional faction of Nasser's socialist movement, they are fighting for Sudan to become a part of a united Arab Republic.

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• Proxy War: Germany supports the Sudanese Free Officers Organization in the Sudan Civil War.
• Voluntary Vassal: If victorious in the civil war, they will always join the United Arab Republic.

Gaafar Nimeiry

Role: Head of State

Party: National Revolutionary Command Council

Ideology: Left-Wing Nationalism^note Socialism

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• In Spite of a Nail: Even though the Axis victory changed the political landscape of Sudan, Nimeiry would still remain a close ally with Nasser, as he did in OTL.
• Patriotic Fervor: Like Nasser, Nimeiry is a pan-Arab nationalist, rallying Sudan to join the United Arab Republic in common opposition to imperialism.

South Sudan

Anyanya

Official Name: Anyanya

Party: South Sudan Liberation Movement

Ideology: Civilian Dictatorship^note Despotism

One of the belligerents in the Azanian Civil War taking place in South Sudan.

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• Bilingual Bonus: "Anyanya" means "snake venom" in Ma'di.
• Let No Crisis Go to Waste: Anyanya is a South Sudanese rebel army that uses the Sudanese Civil War as an opportunity to secede and form their own country.

Aggrey Jaden

Role: Head of State

Party: South Sudan Liberation Movement

Ideology: Civilian Dictatorship^note Despotism

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• In Spite of a Nail: Despite the different circumstances of the Sudanese Civil War, Jaden still manages to become a leading figure in Anyanya.

Azania Liberation Front

Official Name: Azania Liberation Front

Ruling Party: Azania Liberation Front

Ideology: Social Nationalism^note Paternalism

One of the belligerents in the Azanian Civil War taking place in South Sudan.

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• Occupiers Out of Our Country: The Azania Liberation Front seeks independence from the Kingdom of Egypt to establish their own big tent democratic government.

Joseph Oduho

Role: Head of State

Party: Azania Liberation Front

Ideology: Social Nationalism^note Paternalism

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• In Spite of a Nail: Despite Italy now being the colonial power in South Sudan instead of Britain, Oduho still preaches South Sudanese independence and gets his chance to secede during the Oil Crisis.
• Younger Than They Look: Around the start of the South Sudanese Civil War, he should be 42 years old, but his portrait makes him look at least 10 years older than that.

Italian East Africa

Africa Orientale Italiana

Official Name: Africa Orientale Italiana^Tr.Italian East Africa

Ruling Party: Partito Nazionale Fascista - Africa Orientale Italiana^note National Fascist Party - Italian East Africa

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Despotism

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• The Assimilator: Most duces will try to assimilate the natives, one way or the other: forcing Italian education upon them, or using propaganda and fear to turn them into obedient, pliant citizens for a new kind of colonialism, or even more, wildly-different methods of ensuring the same result - that East Africa remains Italian, now and forevermore, with freedom and self-determination finally sent into the dustbin of history, forever and ever.
• Balkanize Me: Like so many other places in TNO, Italian East Africa can collapse into a large amount of countries.
• Les Collaborateurs: Many ethnic groups in Italian East Africa enjoy special privileges for collaborating with the Italians. The Eritrean Ascari receive lands and pensions when their service ends, and some are even members of the local Fascist party. The Nuer people of southwestern Ethiopia enjoy a somewhat autonomous status for helping Italy during the invasion of British Sudan in the second world war.
• Divide and Conquer: Although ethnic relations between groups in Italian East Africa are already strained from before the Italians arrived, they have only made this worse. They often pit ethnic groups against each other, such as favouring the Nuer people over the Anuak and limiting education and other privileges to local Ascari.
• Failure Is the Only Option: The Africa Orientale Italiana is so unstable that it's impossible to prevent its inevitable collapse.
• Foreign Ruling Class: As the name of the colony suggests, the Italian settlers rule over the natives of East Africa.
• Half-Breed Discrimination: Interracial miscegenation exists in low numbers between the Italian soldiers and either prostitutes or "madame,"^note young girls sold by their families to Italians to have them live a better life: while some of them were indeed treated better, most of them were still basically children sold to adults to serve as their toy wives. but is seen as distasteful.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: Even Italo Balbo is forced to concede that keeping all of the Africa Orientale Italiana is untenable in the long run.
• Lesser of Two Evils: Some ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia view Italian colonialism as a better alternative to the oppression they suffered under the Ethiopian empire, even viewing it as a happy period in OTL.
• Penal Colony: Many dissidents in Italy and minorities such as the Roma people often find themselves sent on a one-way trip to penal colonies in East Africa.
• Please Select New City Name: Many towns in Italian East Africa have been given Italian names.^note Addis Abeba (Addis Ababa), Bahr dar Ghiorhis (Bahir Dar), Debre Berhan (Debre Birhan), Diredaua (Dire Dawa), Porto Villagio (Gambela), Gimma (Jimma), Auasa (Hawassa), Arba Minghi (Arba Minch), Giggiga (Jijiga), Mogadiscio (Mogadishu), Chisimaio (Kismayo), Rocca Littorio (Galkayo), Gabredarre (Qabri-Dahare), Garoe (Garoowe), Dante (Hafun), Hargheisa (Hargeisa), Massaua (Massawa), Cheren (Keren), Gibuti (Djibouti), Barentú (Barentu), Macallè (Mekelle), Dessiè (Dessie)
• Prospector: Many Italians have migrated to Eritrea due to the gold mines in the colony.
• Reassigned to Antarctica: Duce Ciano mostly uses the colonial bureaucracy to get rid of troublesome individuals, so it is, as of 1962, a den of corruption, nepotism, cronyism, and disloyalty.
• La Résistance: At game start the mountainous north of Ethiopia is under partisan control, and in “pacified” areas such as Eritrea rebels are a slight concern.
• Settling the Frontier: After decades of colonial rule, many settlers have established themselves in parts of Italian East Africa. In some areas, notably Eritrea, it's reached the point wherein they almost comprise half the population, and depending on who's in charge, Italians can potentially wind up becoming the majority.

Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta

Role: Military Commander, Head of State

Party: Partito Nazionale Fascista - Africa Orientale Italiana^note National Fascist Party - Italian East Africa

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Despotism

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta is a man who can be loved or hated, but not ignored. Nicknamed the Iron Duke and the Hero of Amba Alagi, Amedeo was born into a branch of the Italian royal house, eventually becoming a general of the Regia Aeronautica. In 1937 Amedeo, thanks to his noble blood, was named Viceroy of Italian East Africa, but unlike his more unfortunate brother Aimone, Amedeo immediately took active part in the government of IEA; in WWII, he personally led Italian troops in battle against the British, halting their advance into East Africa with a stunning victory at Amba Alagi.

As the war ended, Amedeo again dedicated himself to ruling the colony. An efficient governor critical of the fascist system (which gained him the sympathy of the new Duce, Galeazzo Ciano), Amedeo did everything in his power to protect the natives of IEA against the encroaching influence of fascist authorities and Italian companies who sought to exploit the labor of the Ethiopians, Eritreans and Somalis. It was largely thanks to Amedeo's restless work that East African natives tend to enjoy a higher standard of living than in the parts of Africa under the German thumb.

However, Amedeo's rule is still one borne out of colonialism, which means that many among the natives still detest him and the Italians. The paramilitaries and rebel groups hiding in the mountains and in the countryside are still a serious problem, and even those natives who aren't actively opposed to the Italian rule still suffer from unequal treatment and poverty when compared to the Italian settlers. As Amedeo grows old and a successor hasn't been named yet, sometimes the viceroy can't help but think of home, and wonder if after all, his work may have been all in vain.

Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, the Iron Duke, the Hero of Amba Alagi, was the duke of Aosta, a member of the House of Savoy, and the Viceroy and Governor-General of Italian East Africa.

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• There's No Place Like Home: After staying in Africa for so long, Amedeo is homesick.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: He is very sick and will die within one year from the game's start.

Davide Fossa

Role: Head of State (East Africa reconquered)

Party: Partito Nazionale Fascista - Africa Orientale Italiana^note National Fascist Party - Italian East Africa

Ideology: Fascism

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• Evil Colonialist: He only sees the Horn of Africa as rightful Italian territory and spends most of his administration restoring their hold over the region by hunting down the remaining insurgents and rebuilding their infrastructure.

Tropes pertaining to the rework

Role: Head of State (Amedeo succession)

Party: Partito Nazionale Fascista - Africa Orientale Italiana^note National Fascist Party - Italian East Africa

Ideology: Fascism

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• Ain't Too Proud to Beg: When his campaign to restore order in East Africa begins to go south, Fossa desperately tries to get reinforcements from Italy. Unfortunately for him, they're unable to send any more men as their military is still recovering from their wars against Turkey and in Algeria.
• Do Not Go Gentle: Fossa is in a very desperate situation in the East Africa collapse teaser. His control over Ethiopia only extends to Addis Abeba and he has minimal communication or avenues of support from Italy, while his garrison is overstretched defending the city and suppressing internal resistance. However, Fossa refuses to submit, both out of bravery and fear of how the Duce might punish his failure.
• Do Wrong, Right: He sees his predecessor, Amedeo, as an ineffectual administrator who's failed to cement Italy's hold over East Africa. When he takes over in the East Africa rework teaser, he begins redoubling Italy's efforts to pacify the reaches of Ethiopia.
• Dystopia Is Hard: His attempts to brutally crush all resistance in East Africa prove fruitless. In the East Africa rework teaser, Fossa's efforts lead to hundreds of Italians soldiers getting killed for minimal gains and ultimately doom the colony to collapse.
• Pet the Dog: Even though he disapproves of Amedeo's "moderate" ruling, Fossa does cherish the time when he was his mentor. When a retired Amedeo prepares to fly back to Italy in the teased "End of an Era" event, the two bid farewell and Fossa wishes his predecessor a well retirement.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: Naturally, for a fascist. In the teased "A Closer Examination" event, Fossa feels sickened about Amedeo downplaying the strength of the East African partisans, considering them "ignorant cavemen" who deserve to be governed by Italy.
• Principles Zealot: In his teased biography, Fossa has zero patience for African resistance and amplifies Italy's suppression of them, regardless of how much it hurts the colony's stability in the long term.
• War Hero: His war participation in the conquest of Ethiopia makes him a respected man in the PNF. His teased biography mentions several political positions he was awarded for his service.
• You Are in Command Now: After Amedeo's abrupt resignation due to ill health, the Ministry for Colonial Affairs appoints Fossa as his successor. According to the teased event "A Logical Choice", they're hoping that Fossa's decisive nature will be the key to ending the native resistance.

East African Collapse

Eritrea

Official Name: Eritrea

Ruling Party: People's Front for Democracy and Justice - Moderate

Ideology: Paternalism

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• But Not Too Foreign: Depending on the policies implemented prior to the East African Collapse, an independent Eritrea can wind up having either a large Italian minority or even a majority European population.
• We ARE Struggling Together: Subverted. Even though they are ruled by the same colony, the native Eritreans despise their Ethiopian neighbors, believing that Italy is ignoring their own interests in favor of the Ethiopians. This means Eritrea is even willing to collaborate with the Italians.

Hamid Idris Awate

Role: Head of State

Party: People's Front for Democracy and Justice - Moderate

Ideology: Paternalism

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• Rebel Leader: Awate has been fighting for Eritrean independence since World War II and gets his dream for a short while when Italian East Africa collapses.

Somalia

Official Name: Somalia

Ruling Party: Somali Youth League

Ideology: Conservatism

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Abdullahl Issa

Role: Head of State

Party: Somali Youth League

Ideology: Conservatism

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• Rebel Leader: Issa leads the Somali Youth League to revolt against Italian East Africa when it collapses, presenting an opportunity for them to liberate their country.

Kenia

Official Name: Kenia

Ruling Party: Kenian Party of Liberty

Ideology: Liberalism

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Tom Mboya

Role: Head of State

Party: Kenian Party of Liberty

Ideology: Liberalism

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• Rebel Leader: Mboya is among the African resistance leaders who rebel against Italian East Africa in its collapse, establishing a liberal democratic Kenian state.

Oromo Liberation Front

Official Name: Oromo Liberation Front

Ruling Party: Oromo Liberation Army

Ideology: Despotism

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• Civil War: After the East African Collapse, the Oromo Liberation Front will fight for control of Ethiopia against the Ethiopian government.

Tadesse Birru

Role: Head of State

Party: Oromo Liberation Army

Ideology: Despotism

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• Rebel Leader: Birru leads the Oromo Liberation Army in overthrowing the Italians in East Africa.

Ethiopia

Official Name: Ethiopia

Ruling Party: Arbegnoch^note Patriots

Ideology: Paternalism

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• Civil War: As the Italian colony over East Africa balkanizes, Ethiopia will fight for control of their former borders with the Oromo Liberation Front.

Abebe Aregai

Role: Head of State

Party: Arbegnoch^note Patriots

Ideology: Paternalism

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• Rebel Leader: Even before World War II started, Aregai waged a war of resistance against Italy when they colonized Ethiopia and briefly liberates the country when Italian East Africa collapses.

"Penelope's Web" Update

Upcoming content coming with the East Africa rework in the "Penelope's Web" update.

Truppe Italiane d'Eritrea

Ruling Party: Truppe Italiane d'Eritrea^note Italian Troops of Eritrea

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Despotism

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• The Remnant: They are the remnant Italian garrisons in Eritrea, as shown in the reworked East Africa collapse map teaser.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: As East Africa breaks out into civil war, the Italian garrisons, Ascari collaborators, and loyal citizens evacuate from Western Somalia and Eritrea. In the teased civil war map, the Italian loyalists are only left in control of Asmara and the immediate surrounding areas.

Amedeo Guillet

Role: Head of State

Party: Truppe Italiane d'Eritrea^note Italian Troops of Eritrea

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Despotism

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• Do Not Go Gentle: As stated in his teased biography, Guillet does not know if he can withstand the rebel onslaught in the civil war, even if he has a large manpower base and port to receive supplies from Italy. Despite this, Guillet intends to hold out as long as possible, no matter the odds.
• A Father to His Men: In the face of his grim situation in the East Africa collapse teaser, Guillet refuses to give up his duties as an officer, for the sake of the thousands of men under his command.
• My Country, Right or Wrong: Guillet warned Fossa of his futile attempt to quash all partisan dissent. However, his teased biography mentions that he nevertheless carried out his orders because he would never betray his country.
• Pragmatic Villainy: Guillet tried to dissuade Fossa's indiscriminate oppression of the native Africans because it would destabilize the balance of power that Amedeo built to support the entire colony. His predictions are proven right in the East Africa collapse teaser.

Libera Milizia di Mogadiscio

Ruling Party: Libera Milizia di Mogadiscio^note Mogadiscio Free Militia

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

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• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: When they were first formed by a ragtag group of inexperienced civilians, they turned out to be surprisingly deadly, capable of launching ambushes to retake Nairobi in the East Africa collapse teaser.
• Paper Tiger: According to Moneta's teased biography, some African partisans confused the Mogadiscio Free Militia for actual soldiers due to their stolen military uniforms from an armory. As such, they fled in terror, unaware of the fact that they were just Italian citizens.

Tullio Moneta

Role: Head of State

Party: Libera Milizia di Mogadiscio^note Mogadiscio Free Militia

Ideology: Military Junta^note Despotism

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• You Are in Command Now: Exaggerated in the East Africa collapse teaser. Moneta isn't even a professional soldier; he's the small business owner of "Moneta Spedizioni s.n.c." who is outranked by even the lowest private. However, in a time of crisis, the civilian militias and actual soldiers turn to him because of his surprisingly good leadership skills.

No Authority

The Somalian Anarchy

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Northern Somalia has always been the most detached part of the province. Annexed at the end of the Second World War from the British Somaliland and French Djibouti, it was never the focus of the colonial administration except for the port town of Gibuti itself: being a depopulated, desert-covered wasteland doesn't exactly attract investments from an administration in dire need of cash.

When the colony fell into civil war, the region was simply abandoned by what little garrison and administrative personnel it had, and no one bothered to take their place. With the heaviest, fighting taking place near Mogadiscio, the former Somaliland is a low-priority target at best: as such, the rebel forces preferred to focus on consolidating the central plains of Somalia rather than wasting men and resources in occupying and defending land with nothing of worth.

For now, Northern Somalia lies in a state of anarchy. Local tribes, stragglers from the Italian irregulars and bandits coexist in a tenuous peace, at least for now, but none of them has any illusion: few as they are, it will take but a willow branch to break their resistance should anyone bother to put in the effort.

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• Abandoned Area: The former territories of French and British Somaliland were annexed by Italy during the Second World War, but once Italy's East African colony collapses, both the Italian garrisons and Somalian rebels choose to ignore the sparsely populated deserts of Northern Somalia in favor of more important administrative centers in the central plains, leaving the territories ruled by various local tribes and bandits. Even whilst the area is ruled by the Italians, the region is neglected by the colonial administrators due to its lack of natural resources, as seen in the Italian East Africa teaser.
• Hub City: Djibouti is this for northern Somalia, being a significant port town on the Gulf of Tadjoura making it the only part of the region to receive significant investments from the Italian colonial regime, as seen in the Italian East Africa teaser.

The Anarchy in the South

In-Game Biography ^{Click to Show}Southern Ethiopia is a melting pot of different cultures and ethnicities, most of which dislike each other. None, however, hate each other with such passion as the Nuer and Anuak: having aided the Italians in their invasion of Sudan during the Second World War, the Nuer were rewarded with power and authority in their lands, and the Anuak were forced to serve them for decades, enduring humiliations and hardships.

When the Italian order collapsed, the Anuak rose in revolt to break their chains, and in their vengeance began to massacre any Nuer they could find, be they men, women or children. The Nuer, on their own part, clung to their power with desperation, and enacted bloody reprisals for any of their dead: having seized a large cache of Italian weapons, they would not go down without a fight.

As of now, Southern Ethiopia is in a a state of anarchy. While the two ethnicities, and many more, hate each other, they also hate the Ethiopians with a passion, still remembering their slavery under the Lion of Judah: as such, they will not accept any authority other than themselves - unless someone forces them to.

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• Anarchy Is Chaos: Upon the collapse of Italian East Africa, what was once southern Ethiopia becomes a chaotic brew of warring tribes, cultures and ethnicities who hate each other, the Ethiopians and the Italians, as seen in the Italian East Africa teaser.
• Les Collaborateurs: Many of the Nuer peoples collaborated with the Italians during their invasion of British Sudan during the Second World War, being rewarded with power and authority under the Italian colonial regime. This heightens tensions between them and other cultures, particularly the Anuak, which boils over into massacres and reprisals once Italian East Africa collapses, as seen in the Italian East Africa teaser.
• Defiant to the End: The various peoples of the south refuse to be ruled by anyone other than themselves, refusing to bow down to rulers from other tribes or a central Ethiopian government, as seen in the Italian East Africa teaser.
• I Just Want to Be Free: Whether it be slavery under the rule of the Ethiopian government or more recently being subordinate to Nuer collaborators, the peoples of the south refuse to be shackled once more, as seen in the Italian East Africa teaser.
• Rape, Pillage, and Burn: Upon the collapse of Italian East Africa, oppressed Anuaks rise up and conduct massacres of Nuers, with the Nuers conducting reprisal killings using caches of Italian weapons, as seen in the Italian East Africa teaser.

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