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French National State

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Official Name: French National State, French Republic (Constitution Restored), Kingdom of France (Monarchy Restored), French Empire (Under Emperor Napoléon VI), French Social Republic (Under de La Rocque), Legionary Order of France (Under Darnand), French National Republic (Darlan)

Ruling Party: Gouvernement Militaire Provisoire^note 
In the chaos of the revolution and exile, parliamentary rule broke down, and the great commander and war hero Ferdinand Foch 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. Following his death in 1929, his fellow Great War hero, Phillipe Pétain, stepped in to fill his shoes, all but unopposed. Pétain, however, has taken a more conciliatory tone than Foch, and has been willing to work with and delegate to political parties and their leadership. Nonetheless, this "Temporary Military Government" has now lasted for almost two decades, and almost every Frenchman is by now embittered against it for any number of reasons. It won't take much for these grievances to come out, and the status quo won't be able to last forever...

Ideology: Military Junta^note Authoritarian Democracy

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• Arch-Enemy: To the Commune of France, since the very existence of one of these states is a challenge to the legitimacy of the other.
• Book Ends: If the French come to victory over their old Arch-Enemy, the Kaiser Reich, a treaty will be signed destroying the German Empire in the same place it began, the Palace of Versailles.
• Demoted to Extra: Henri Mordacq, the integral figure in the return of democracy to National France in the original KR, is not even a general (let alone head of state) here, as his career had already collapsed after his patron Georges Clemenceau's government lost the First World War. Shortly after the game starts, he will either flee or be murdered by La Cagoule, a secretive far-right terrorist group.
• Government in Exile: The French National State is the exiled Government of the French Third Republic, which was overthrown in the French Revolution of 1919. They escaped to their colonial possession of Algeria, and still claims all of metropolitan France, slowly preparing their Liberation of the Mainland from their colonial exile.
• History Repeats: In real life, President Félix Faure died of a heart attack while having an oral sexual act done to him. In KX, history repeats whenever whoever is elected President of France after democracy is restored will have a heart attack while having the same oral sexual act done to them, with the French Press pointing out the similarities to Faure's untimely demise. Unlike Faure however, the President survives this incident, living to see another day.
• The Remnant: National France is the remnant of the French Third Republic founded in 1870 that was overthrown by the Syndicalist Revolution in 1919 after their defeat in the Great War. Despite this, they fled to their colonies in Northern Africa and still claim to be the rightful French Government to this day.
• Rightful King Returns: The exiled claimant to the French throne, Prince Jean d'Orléans can be restored as the King of France by the Action Française movement, led by Charles Maurras, if Pétain aligns with them. In addition to this, the heir to the long defunct French Empire, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte can be crowned as Emperor by Pétain in an attempt to counteract AF influence.

Philippe Pétain

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Role: Field Marshal, President^note Head of State

Party: Gouvernement Militaire Provisoire^note 
In the chaos of the revolution and exile, parliamentary rule broke down, and the great commander and war hero Ferdinand Foch 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. Following his death in 1929, his fellow Great War hero, Phillipe Pétain, stepped in to fill his shoes, all but unopposed. Pétain, however, has taken a more conciliatory tone than Foch, and has been willing to work with and delegate to political parties and their leadership. Nonetheless, this "Temporary Military Government" has now lasted for almost two decades, and almost every Frenchman is by now embittered against it for any number of reasons. It won't take much for these grievances to come out, and the status quo won't be able to last forever...

Ideology: Military Junta^note Authoritarian Democracy

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Born in 1856, by 1914 Philippe Pétain was on his way towards retirement after a discreet and honourable career as innovative military theorist and professor at the École de Guerre. The Great War destroyed any hope of a quiet retirement, however: from the early days of the war, he distinguished himself as a capable and charismatic leader of men, appreciated by his troops to whom he showed paternal care and quickly shot up the ranks, replacing officers who had failed in Belgium and northern France. Then came Verdun, where he issued his iconic order: “Courage, on les aura !”, “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”. Emboldened by his successes and 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 when the front broke between British and French armies at Amiens in 1918, he was the one who succeeded Supreme Commander Foch and stabilised the front. It was his ideas that permitted the successful counter-attacks, his presence that prevented wider mutiny from occurring. This sadly was not enough to prevent defeat.

Amidst the chaos of the civil war and exile, Pétain held on to his career, and his role in the successful evacuation of the loyalist forces to Algiers earned him much admiration. Nonetheless, it would be his old superior Ferdinand Foch, not him, who would assume control some months later in a bloodless putsch. Undaunted, Pétain came to be a firm supporter of the new junta, sharing many of his countrymen's belief that a responsible military government would prove to be a unifying force, and get the nation into shape for a future liberation.
Then, when Foch passed away in 1929, it was Pétain who was destined to fill his shoes, assuming control of the junta largely unchallenged. Since then, he has worked tirelessly to build alliances with both the Croix-de-Feu and centre-right parties, and has been happy to delegate responsibilities to the Assembly and to civilian politicians when necessary. Nevertheless, he has no intention of doing away with the junta entirely, something which is sure to create tension as time goes by.\nFor now, however, it is Pétain and Pétain alone who is at the helm of France, and the Lion of Verdun bravely roars from the sands of Africa, with but one hope: that one day, he might be laid to rest in the soil of Verdun, alongside the valiant men who he is proud to have led.

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• Allohistorical Allusion: In real life, Philippe Pétain was a Maréchal of France and World War 1 hero, turned leader of the a Nazi Collaborationist Government headed out of the city of Vichy in Southern France, basically becoming the epitome of The Quisling. In KX, he is the leader of the French National State, and if he holds onto full power he will begin implementing his Révolution Nationale ideology much as he did in real life.
• Authority in Name Only: If Pétain chooses to ally somebody instead of taking full power for himself, he will effectively become a puppet of them, especially if he allies Louis Marin's Democrats or François de la Rocque's Croix de Feu, the latter of which will perform a soft coup against him to take the Presidency for himself.
• Cincinnatus: In the path where Pétain forms a republican cabinet under Louis Marin, he will continue to lead France throughout the Liberation War until the Métropole has been reclaimed, at which point liberal democracy is restored and Pétain retires to civilian life.
• Cult of Personality: As part of his Révolution Nationale program, Pétain will begin to foster a grand cult of personality around his image, calling back to his accomplishments during the Weltkrieg and the Battle of Verdun and painting himself as the ideal of French patriotism and faith.
• Evil Reactionary: One of the major points of the Révolution Nationale policy is returning France to her traditional values, which Pétain sees as having been lost to the era of "decadent parliamentarism".
• The Generalissimo: Marshal Pétain rules as a military dictator over National France, a government exiled to the colony of Algeria, by militarizing society in an effort to prepare them for the Liberation.
• It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: After the Liberation of the Métropole, Pétain can reinstate the Constitution of France and restore a mostly democracy Government under him. After doing this, he can choose to entirely abandon the Révolution Nationale ideology, admitting it was "against our ideals".
• President for Life: After the Liberation of the Mainland, if Pétain promises Marin that the Constitution would be restored he can do so, forming a Government with him. However, Pétain is still firmly cemented as the President of France for rest of his life, for who is more deserving of the title than the Lion of the Verdun, and the Savior of France?
• Significant Wardrobe Shift: Depending on what path Pétain goes down, his outfit will change accordingly. If he decides to ally the Democrats and liberalize the dictatorship, he will begin wearing a suit and tie. If he allies Charles Maurras and abandons the Republic, becoming Regent of the Kingdom, he will wear a fancy uniform fitting for such a role. If he allies the Veterans of François de la Rocque's Croix de Feu, he will wear the same uniform he wore during the great war, calling back to the times of Verdun.

Maurice Janin

Role: Premier^note Head of State

Party: Gouvernement Militaire Provisoire^note 
In the chaos of the revolution and exile, parliamentary rule broke down, and the great commander and war hero Ferdinand Foch 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. Following his death in 1929, his fellow Great War hero, Phillipe Pétain, stepped in to fill his shoes, all but unopposed. Pétain, however, has taken a more conciliatory tone than Foch, and has been willing to work with and delegate to political parties and their leadership. Nonetheless, this "Temporary Military Government" has now lasted for almost two decades, and almost every Frenchman is by now embittered against it for any number of reasons. It won't take much for these grievances to come out, and the status quo won't be able to last forever...

Ideology: Military Junta^note Authoritarian Democracy

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• Corrupt Politician: Janin is responsible for corruption within the French regime. With him accepting bribes, creating disturbing threats, and encouraging other politicians to engage in corrupt practices just to gain support within the government. This can blow up in his face if his corruption is exposed and his reputation goes out the window, leading him to resign.

François de La Rocque

Role: President^note Head of State (Constitution adopted - La Rocque becomes President)

Party: Croix-de-Feu^note 
Founded by nationalistic veterans, with extensive financial support from right-wing industrialists, the Croix-de-Feu, under the leadership of the war hero Colonel François de la Rocque, has rallied much of the republican right. Staunchly nationalistic, the party vehemently opposes unchecked parliamentary democracy, arguing that its weakness allowed the for fall of the Republic in 1919. Staunchly against perceived "hidden socialism" among the democratic left, and supportive of a new corporate state in France, the party has become one of Pétain’s most loyal allies in the assembly, although some are concerned that de la Rocque's own populism and cult of personality among his supporters can't exist alongside Pétain’s presidency forever.

Ideology: Rocquisme^note Paternal Autocracy

In-Game Biography: ^{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. Roque is a supporter of democracy and the Republic, though he prefers a strong rule, scarred by the infamous parliamentary instability of the Third Republic. Having taken the lead of the Croix-de-Feu 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.\n\nNow that he lead the cabinet as Prime Minister, he has predictably managed to form an assembly dominated by the Croix-de-Feu and hopes to further transform the Republic, away from the instability of the past, into a strong regime equipped to face any future threat, and why not one day access to the Presidency himself?

In-Game Biography: (Dictator) ^{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. Roque is a supporter of democracy and the Republic, though he prefers a strong rule, scarred by the infamous parliamentary instability of the Third Republic. Having taken the lead of the Croix-de-Feu 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.\n\nHowever, with the mainland reconquered, the Colonel saw in his former democratic allies, notably in Louis Marin's Fédération Républicaine, 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 drafted a new Constitution, to truly head France as President for Life, far from weak Parliamentary instability.

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• Patriotic Fervor: The Croix-de-Feu are incredibly patriotic towards France, promoting it with rallies, their newspaper and various other means.
• Pet the Dog: De la Rocque, despite being generally traditionalist and conservative, supports female suffrage, improved working conditions and unlike most of the French right, can crack down on antisemitism within the CDF. This can also been seen as a case of Pragmatic Villainy.
• People's Republic of Tyranny: A minor example, De la Rocque creates the French Social Republic and despite the fact the word social is usually associated with Socialism, his regime is corporatist, nationalistic and opposed to any form of Socialism.
• President for Life: De la Rocque creates a new constitution for the French Republic, transforming it into the French Social Republic, with him as President for Life.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: After isolating him from his allies, Prime Minister de la Rocque will replace Pétain as president, with Pétain have little say in the matter.

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte

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Role: President^note Head of State (First Presidential Election - Bonaparte elected)

Party: Parti Républicain-Socialiste^note 
Founded in 1911 by parliamentarians who refused to join the nascent and more radical French Section of the Workers' International, the Republican-Socialist Party is a non-marxist, reformist, class-collaborationist social democratic political party. Considering itself heir to the tradition of progressive republicanism rather than socialist class warfare, much of the party sided against the revolution and its parliamentarians joined the government in exile in Algiers. However, in the anti-Communard frenzy of the Exile, the party was quickly marginalised and is now a shell of its former shelf, though it could never have been called particularly influential., Parti Radical^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 fervor 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., Alliance Démocratique^note 
The Democratic Alliance was formed by liberal centrists during the aftermath of the Dreyfus Affair, the AD has come to be the dominant party of the Republican centre-right, promoting economic liberalism, secularism, and parliamentary democracy. Although its staunch republicanism makes the junta distrustful of it compared to the FR and Croix-de-Feu, and it has lost supporters to both parties since the exile, under the leadership of Pierre Étienne Flandin and Paul Reynaud the party hopes to revive its fortunes and breathe new life into the centre ground., Fédération Républicain^note 
The Republican Federation was founded in 1903 by conservative Republicans, and since then has upheld the values of the democratic right-wing. Although Foch's coup amidst the chaos of the exile, and the military rule since, has greatly weakened Republican parties of all stripes, the FR has been willing to cooperate with the junta, and under the determined leadership of Louis Marin has secured its place as one of Pétain's most important allies in the Assembly, positioning itself as a Catholic and conservative party which can nonetheless uphold the Republic., Gouvernement Militaire Provisoire^note 
In the chaos of the revolution and exile, parliamentary rule broke down, and the great commander and war hero Ferdinand Foch 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. Following his death in 1929, his fellow Great War hero, Phillipe Pétain, stepped in to fill his shoes, all but unopposed. Pétain, however, has taken a more conciliatory tone than Foch, and has been willing to work with and delegate to political parties and their leadership. Nonetheless, this "Temporary Military Government" has now lasted for almost two decades, and almost every Frenchman is by now embittered against it for any number of reasons. It won't take much for these grievances to come out, and the status quo won't be able to last forever..., Croix-de-Feu^note 
Founded by nationalistic veterans, with extensive financial support from right-wing industrialists, the Croix-de-Feu, under the leadership of the war hero Colonel François de la Rocque, has rallied much of the republican right. Staunchly nationalistic, the party vehemently opposes unchecked parliamentary democracy, arguing that its weakness allowed the for fall of the Republic in 1919. Staunchly against perceived "hidden socialism" among the democratic left, and supportive of a new corporate state in France, the party has become one of Pétain’s most loyal allies in the assembly, although some are concerned that de la Rocque's own populism and cult of personality among his supporters can't exist alongside Pétain’s presidency forever., Action Française^note 
Founded in 1899 amidst the political chaos and anti-semitic nationalist upheaval of the Dreyfus affair, the Action Française is the origin of integral-nationalist thought, and the champion of Orléans monarchism in modern France. Led from an early stage by the royalist intellectual Charles Maurras, the party seeks to restore an idealised vision of France as it was before the revolutions and rapid changes of the 18th and 19th centuries. The AF upholds principles of localism and state Catholicism, but Maurras's own agnosticism and largely cynical idea of the Church as a unifying and federating force, rather than the true ministry of Christ, has nonetheless caused friction with the clergy. In spite of this, the AF has always been a bulwark of middle class traditionalism, a position greatly strengthened by the bitterness and resentment against the republican order that has developed since the revolution and exile.

Ideology: Social Democracy, Radical Liberalism^note Social Liberalism, Liberal Conservatism^note Market Liberalism, National Conservatism^note Social Conservatism, Authoritarian Democracy, Rocqueism^note Paternal Autocracy, Maurrassisme^note National Populism

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Born in 1914 in exile, along with his entire family since the fall of the Second Empire, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte had known nothing but flight since his earliest days. Born in Belgium his family fled to England shortly after he was born, then fled to Switzerland after England fell to the fires of Syndicalist tyranny. When he was old enough, inspired to a devoted love of a home country he had not even seen much less lived in, Louis Napoléon joined the Foreign Legion under the false identity of Louis Blanchard. However, being the head of the Bonaparte family since 1926 had brought him a certain degree of notoriety so it was not long before many within National France recognized this new Blanchard for who he really was. While the French government initially intended to drum him out of the Legion and into exile, with some ministers even wanting to classify him an enemy of the state, he quickly gained fame as a war hero. His unit was involved with many dangerous missions against native rebels in the Sahara and Louis distinguished himself multiple times through his actions taking no less than five wounds. With a few more medals pinned to his chest and having bled for France more readily than most others, the government soon found their hands tied.

Afterwards he began to, according to him unintentionally, inflame the seemingly dead Bonapartist movement in the French Right. While the AF wanted a stuffy aristocrat to be a stuffy aristocratic King, the Bonapartists championed Louis as a true heir to Napoléon The Great, a war hero and man of the people.

However, now Emperor, his outspoken support of democracy and open alliance with the Republican-Socialists and notably Paul Painlevé has made the Jeunesse Patriotes of Pierre Taittinger, his main backers, and other Nationalist and Bonapartist factions, wary of him. Now, through hook or by crook, Louis Napoléon finds himself as the leader of France surrounded by enemies on all sides. Many are already drawing parallels with Napoléon I’s situation and Louis-Napoléon's. It remains to be seen if Louis can live up to the magnificent example set by his ancestor, or even surpass it, albeit with his own, democratic, ways.

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• Historical Badass Upgrade: In real life, Prince Louis-Napoléon was a member of the French Foreign Legion and fought during World War II as part of the Resistance. Here, he can take control of the French Republic and rebuild it into the French Empire as Napoléon I once did.
• History Repeats: Napoléon I took control of a weak republic in crisis, reformed it into an Empire and fought Germany. Napoléon III took control of a weak republic in crisis, reformed it into an Empire and fought Germany. Napoléon VI takes control of a weak republic in crisis, reforms it into an empire and usually starts a war against Germany.
• Puppet State: Napoléon VI establishes puppet states on the territories of the countries conquered by his Empire.
• Young Conqueror: Despite his young age (he was born in 1914, making him 22 at game start), Napoléon VI can launch a series of conquests to recreate the borders of France as it used to be under Napoléon I.

West Africa

Liberia

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Official Name: Republic of Liberia

Ruling Party: True Whig Party (Charles D. B. King)

Ideology: True Whiggism^note Social Conservatism

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Charles D. B. King

Role: President^note Head of State

Party: True Whig Party (Charles D. B. King)

Ideology: True Whiggism^note Social Conservatism

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Charles Dunbar Burgess King rules Liberia as one of the most controversial and divisive figures in all of Liberian history. Born in 1875 and joining politics at a young age due to his family’s political connections, King has long been a fixture within the TWP, but since becoming president, his reputation quickly morphed from being a optimistic reformer to being a cold-hearted and utilitarian demagogue. Though his economic and social reforms have been met with lukewarm responses, his presidency has been marred by one scandal after another. Winning some of the most dubious and likely fraudulent elections ever seen has allowed him to stay in power for over a decade and a half, but the recent accusations over his regime’s usage of slavery and forced labor have proven to be almost too much too handle. Now, hated by most within the nation, King must walk a delicate line if he is to stay in power here in this crumbling republic, lest he fall prey to the wolves that seek to tear down all he has built. Liberia’s future hangs in the balance within the palm of King’s hand, and only he can dictate which way this future shall play out.

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• 0% Approval Rating: Due to King's authoritarian and corrupt actions, King's reputation as a reformer plummeted, and now the majority of Liberia hates him.
• Corrupt Politician: King gets into scandal after scandal, winning rigged elections to keep himself in power for a dictator, and even uses slavery and forced labour.

Harvey Firestone Jr.

Role: President^note Head of State (Firestone Sr. dies - Firestone Jr. succeeds)

Party: Firestone Directorate

Ideology: Corporatocracy^note Paternal Autocracy

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• Corrupt Corporate Executive: Firestone is more than willing to employ slavery in the name of profit.
• Evil Colonialist: Firestone's plan to deal with Black Monday in German West Africa involves causing the natives to 'disappear' en masse.
• Evil Reactionary: Firestone models Liberia after the original United States, a republic without any of the 'trappings' that 'destroyed' the America of yesterday, namely democracy (a 'socialistic' concept not mentioned in the original constitution).
• Human Trafficking: Firestone pays handsomely for a yearly quotum of labourers for his rubber plantations. When asked what kind of labourers they were looking for, a representative of Firestone slips his Mittelafrikan contacts some American dollars and requests them to not inquire further on the matter.
• The Man Behind the Man: Even after taking control of Liberia, Firestone doesn't assume any formal position, but simply leaves the Liberian political machine running as it has always done, while he rules from the shadows.
• President for Life: Firestone's Liberia is a republic without democracy, where elections are still held, but the outcome is already decided beforehand.
• Private Military Contractors: Firestone employs soldiers of fortune to bolster the weak, corrupt and unprofessional Liberian Frontier Force.

Herbert Hoover

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Role: President^note Head of State (Exiled Hoover takes control from Firestone)

Party: True Republican Party (Moderate)

Ideology: Oligarchism^note Authoritarian Democracy

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See his entry under the United States of America folder in the USA subpage.

Momulu Massaquoi

Role: President^note Head of State (Massaquoi Family takes power)

Party: Deutscher Liberian Bund (Massaquoi family)^note German Liberian Bund

Ideology: Prussian Constitutionalism^note Authoritarian Democracy

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Holding the honor of being the first African diplomat to the powers of Europe, Momulu Massaquoi has lived a long and honorable life. Being born in 1869 as heir to two kingdoms of the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone, Momulu’s family had hoped he would take to reading the Koran and become a holy man like his grandfather. Instead, he was influenced by the Americo-Liberians and became a Christian. Learning Protestant ideals and English from these new settlers, Momulu went on to be educated in the United States until the death of his mother forced him to take up the mantle of her throne as he returned home to his people. Spending the next few decades traveling between the United States, Liberia, and the growing power of the Kaiserreich, Momulu built a storied and respected career on his path to develop a solid, free, and independent African civilization founded on solid Christian principles. Now, after decades of service to his people and years of service to the Kaiserreich as Liberia’s consul general to the Kaiser, Momulu has finally ascended to rule over not just the Vai people, but all of Liberia. Though his health is failing as this aging giant of a dying age reaches the end of his twilight years, King Albert as he has been called still stands as a unifying force for his people, and under his watch, Liberia will be civilized and pious!

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• Foreign Culture Fetish: As consul general to Germany, Momulu Massaquoi has grown fond of the German system. As King of Liberia, he seeks to emulate the Kaiserreich by championing Protestant moral values, German ideas on governance like Prussian Constitutionalism, and an emphasis on preservation of native African culture and sovereignty.
• Reluctant Ruler: Momulu Massaquoi prefers to stay in Germany and let his daughter lead Liberia, but the Germans can ignore his wishes and crown him anyway if they don't want to put a woman in charge.

Westafrika

Deutsch-Westafrika

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Official Name: Deutsch-Westafrika, British South West Africa

Party: Deutsche Kolonialgeselleschaft West-Afrikas^note German Colonial Society of West Africa

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy

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• Corrupt Politician: The German administration regularly embezzles funds from the colony to empower the interest of private businesses, particularly Harvey Firestone's rubber company.
• The Federation: Although Westafrika is under the nominal control of the German Empire, the old colonial structures of the United Kingdom and France still exist and function under German command. This has created a delicate balance of power between the British, French and Germans.
• Obstructive Bureaucrat: Westafrika's administration is plagued by a bureaucratic mess that strangles any possibility of efficiency.
• Private Military Contractors: Mercenaries fill in the gaps made by the Westafrikan Army, and play a vital part in the defence of the colony.

Hans Georg von Doering

Role: Gourvernuer-General^note Head of State

Party: Deutsche Kolonialgeselleschaft West-Afrikas^note German Colonial Society of West Africa

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

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• Feudal Overlord: Doering's German administrators govern British and French condominiums within territories, and together they rule over the natives, through a system which resembles feudalism.

Louis Wiechardt

Role: Governor-General^note Head of State (Weichardt takes control)

Party: Deutsche Kolonialgeselleschaft West-Afrikas^note German Colonial Society of West Africa

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

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• Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: Wiechardt in our timeline, was a South African who started the Nazi movement in his country and attempted to take over South Africa but failed. Here in Kaiserredux, since there's no Nazis, he sides with the German Afrikan governments and can return to Namibia to retire Doering to take his place as Governor.

Arnold Hodson

Role: Governor-General^note Head of State (British gain control over Westafrika)

Party: British Delegation for the Tripartite Government

Ideology: Social Liberalism

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• Red Scare: Hodson despite being British hates syndicalism, so much so in fact that he's willing to work with foreign governments and the tripartite alliance of the Brits, French, and Germans in West Africa to stop it.
• Technology Uplift: Hodson seeks to enhance West Afrika's technological output, by building radio towers over Ghana, and by advocating for the usage of radios, mechanized devices, and electrical devices in the underdeveloped African land.

Jules Brévié

Role: Governor-General^note Head of State (French gain control over Westafrika)

Party: French Delegation for the Tripartite Government

Ideology: Social Democracy

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• Bread and Circuses: Brévié is a colonialist who prefers to keep the natives happy with colonial rule instead of ruling with an iron fist, but only because doing so will lead to less bloodshed and make the government more efficient.
• Internal Reformist: Brévié seeks to reform Westafika into a modern welfare state based on equality and fairness between the natives and colonials, where everyone has some say in their governance.
• A Lighter Shade of Black: Compared to his rival colonialists in Westafrika, Brévié is much less repressive and actually seeks to keep the natives content with colonial rule.
• Red Scare: Brévié employs a propaganda campaign against the Commune of France and syndicalists in general to dissuade his workers from socialism.
• The Starscream: When Mittelafrika collapses, Brévié can seize the opportunity to betray the Germans and join his fellow Frenchmen in Algeria to reclaim France's old colonies.

Togoland

^{Flag of German Togoland}

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy

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Sylvanus Olympio

Ideology: Market Liberalism

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• Cincinnatus: Olympio, after 'buying out' Togo in the aftermath of Westafrika's collapse, has the choice to hold free elections.
• You Can't Go Home Again: If he loses to the Northern Alliance in the first elections, Olympio and his family will be exiled from Togo for the crimes of greed and corruption.

Kléber Dadjo

Ideology: Paternal Autocracy

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• The Generalissimo: President Dadjo's Togo is a military 'republic' whose apparatus of state is dominated entirely by the Togolesische Garde.
• Military Coup: If the military thinks that Sylvanus Olympio is too ambitious, treacherous and greedy to make good on his promises, Dadjo will take control over Lomé and seize the apparatus of state.
• State Sec: Dadjo turns the Togolesische Garde from an extra security force and legal militia to an official branch of the Armed Forces, removing the obstacles to their potential powers and allowing them to distribute justice as they see fit.

Nigeria

Nigerian Free State

Official Name: Nigerian Free State

Party: United Party of Nigeria

Ideology: Conservative Colonial Government^note Social Conservatism

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• Balkanize Me: In order to deal with the Hausa people's demands for autonomy, Nigeria can adopt a two-state solution, granting independence to Hausaland.
• La Résistance: The Muslim Hausa people in Northern Nigeria have long been a thorn in the side of the Free State's administration. If Mittelafrika collapses, the Hausa will officially secede and declare war on the Nigerian Free State.

Hugh Clifford

Role: Gouvernor-General^note Head of State

Party: United Party of Nigeria

Ideology: Conservative Colonial Government^note Social Conservatism

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• A Lighter Shade of Black: Clifford is still the governor of Nigeria as the colonial leader lording over Nigeria as a repressive figure. But Clifford is reposnsible for bringing a newly reformed constitution that introduces representational democracy for colonials. Not fully democratic, but not fully dictatorial.
• Internal Reformist: Clifford is reponsible as the Governor of Nigeria, to introduce reforms within the constitution to increase democratic reforms for represenatative democracy for colonials. He also advocated education for every child within the country, building primary schools throughout the land, as well as training colleges and a royal college.

Edward Twining

Role: Gouvernor-General^note Head of State (3rd Nigerian Parliament Election - Twining elected)

Party: United Party of Nigeria

Ideology: Conservative Colonial Government^note Social Conservatism

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• Internal Reformist: Twining will liberalise the economy, reform the outdated judicial system, and grant rights to the natives should he win the 1936 elections.

Bernard Henry Bourdillon

Role: Gouvernor-General^note Head of State (3rd Nigerian Parliament Election - Bourdillon elected)

Party: Nigerian National Democratic Party

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy

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• The Quisling: Bourdillon is an Englishman who leads the pro-German National Front Party, who seeks to curb British influence and draw Nigeria closer towards Germany.

Nnamdi Azikiwe

Role: National Father^note Head of State (3rd Nigerian Parliament Election - Azikiwe elected)

Party: National Front Party, National Council of Nigeria (Azikiwe moves Nigeria away from Market Liberalism)

Ideology: Republican Pan-Africanism^note Market Liberalism, Republican Pan-Africanism^note Social Conservatism, Right Pan-Africanism^note Paternal Autocracy, Right Pan-Africanism^note National Populism (Azikiwe chooses direction of Nigeria)

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• Affectionate Nickname: Azikiwe is referred to as 'Zik' by the people.
• Dark Horse Victory: Azikiwe is definitely the dark horse candidate in the election, very few expected a native of Nigeria to actually win an election where only colonials were allowed to vote in.
• President for Life: After winning the election, Azikiwe has the choice to clamp down on democracy in order to ensure Nigeria's lasting independence.
• Velvet Revolution: Azikiwe is the leader of the Nigerian National Party, and seeks to free his country from colonial rule through reforms after winning an election.

Central Africa

Mittelafrika

Deutsch-Mittelafrika

^{Flag of the African Federation}

Official Name: Deutsch-Mittelafrika

Party: Deutsche Kolonialgeselleschaft^note German Colonial Society

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

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• Private Military Contractors: Since the Schutztruppen are insufficient to secure the entirety of Mittelafrika, the administration has to fill the gaps with mercenaries, who serve as an auxiliary police force for exorbitant salaries.

Wilhelm Solf

Role: Staathalter^note Head of State

Party: Deutsche Kolonialgeselleschaft^note German Colonial Companionship

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
One of the most accomplished and decorated German colonial figures, Wilhelm Heinrich Solf has long lived a fanciful career on the frontiers of the Kaiser’s ever expanding empire. Born in 1862 to a liberal, upscale family in Berlin, Solf received education in a plethora of fields and disciplines, and graduated with a doctorate of philology before taking on a brief stint as a librarian and as a Kaiserliche Marine sailor. After these short forays, Solf embarked for Calcutta on the commission of the German Foreign Office, starting his famed colonial career. While in India, he studied law, earning another doctorate, and went on to achieve higher and higher diplomatic positions within the German Colonial Service across Asia and Westafrika until earning his keep as the first Governor of German Samoa. Proving himself in these lesser positions, Solf returned to Mittelafrika after a decade in the Pacific to pursue higher stations, and after proving himself as a capable administrator in Africa after the horrors of the Weltkrieg, Solf has risen to become Staathalter of Mittelafrika.

His tenure as Staathalter has seen great progress and innovation, with agricultural and industrialization programs humming along at optimal efficiency, tensions with the native monarchies at an all-time low, and the usually turbulent politics of Mittelafrika have been somewhat tamed due to Solf’s groundbreaking achievement - creating of loose ruling coalition between his DKG and the various elements of the Reformgrüppe.

Now, after decades of service, the honorable Solf is fading as the ravages of old age slowly consume him, and soon this titan of an era long-past shall fade into pages of history. With his passing - an event many in Mittelafrika wait for like opportunistic vultures - Mittelafrika’s political landscape shall be forever changed as one of the last champions of the Old Guard passes into the next life, throwing the Kaiser’s African possessions into political turmoil.

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• Internal Reformist: Solf is a very important figure within the German colonial sphere, being a fantastic governor mediating tensions with the natives, introducing economic and agricultural programs, and creating massive positive change for the administration.
• King On His Death Bed: It won't take long for Solf to die at the start of the game due to his old age, slowly taking his life throughout his later years.
• Old Soldier: Has been in service for the German Empire since his early adult years to his elderly age. He's very decorated as a colonial figure, and one of the most respected soldiers within the Empire.

Heinrich Schnee

Role: Staathalter^note Head of State (Solf dies - Schnee succeeds)

Party: Deutsche Kolonialgeselleschaft^note German Colonial Companionship

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Few men have seen the world like Heinrich Albert Schnee has. Born in Neuhaldensleben in 1871, Schnee would study law in Heidelberg, Kiel, and Berlin. Upon graduating, he fell into work at the Federal Foregin Office, seeing political service in German holdings New Guinea, Samoa, and Qingdao, as well as the German embassy in London. Shortly before the fires of the Weltkrieg began, he became Hautpmann of East Afrika, leading its fierce Schutztruppe when the war finally broke out. It was then that he would strike up a fierce rivalry with Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, a rivalry that still persists to this day. Since the end of the war, he decided to stick around and has worked his way up the hierarchy of the Dark Continent. Now residing as the Staathalter of all of Mittelafrika, he and the DKG have had a stranglehold on Mittelafrikan politics. Despite his now long reigning dominance in the colony, storm clouds are on the horizon as unrest rises throughout the Kaiser’s Afrikan holdings, and his continued reign is far from certain.

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• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: By game start, Schnee has been planning his retirement for a number of years. After Black Monday, the instability in both Germany and Mittelafrika gives Schnee the last push towards formal resignation as Staathalter.

Hermann von Göring

^{Field Marshal Göring}

^{Governor Göring}

Role: Field Marshal, Staathalter^note Head of State (Göring overrules arrest warrant)

Party: Souveränisten^note Sovereigntists

Ideology: Chauvinistic Colonial Government^note National Populism

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Hermann von Göring is an ambitious man, combining charm, cunning and ruthlessness to get what he want. An outstanding pilot during the Weltkrieg, he ended the war with more than 20 aerial victories, which earned him the numerous decorations he proudly wear. Von Göring, desiring above all power and wealth, embarked on a political career after the war, joining the Deutsche Vaterlandspartei. In 1923, following an unfortunate accident, he developed an addiction to morphine, which did not prevent him from leading his party to a score of 8% in the 1928 elections. His natural charm allowed him to make many friends, especially among rich industrialists, which made him one of the most influential men in Germany. He was sent to Mittelafrika by Wilhelm II himself, with the aim of distancing him from central power. He gladly accepted the Kaiser's offer, seeing Mittelafrika as a means of increasing his prestige with the aim of one day becoming chancellor of Germany. Now ruling Africa with an iron fist, having surrounded himself with loyal allies such as Heydrich, Von Epp and a group of young officers who are personally loyal to him, nothing seems to be able to stop von Göring, who intend to put his power and his connections at the service of Germany, and of course his personal interests. Homewer, some fears that Goering's reign might end up like his father's in Sudwestafrika, wondering if he is the right man to stabilize the inherently unstable Mittelafrika.

In-Game Biography: (Warlord) ^{Click to Show}
Hermann Göring had seen a lot in his time, but perhaps the most profound experience of his life was the collapse of Mittelafrika. Now, he had the power he always craved. Now, he had control of more resources than most men could ever imagine. However, Göring was not content to sit on what he was given. Instead, he has decided to make something of these circumstances. Göring has begun the work of transforming his territory into what he calls "Goeringia", a realm in which his word is gospel and every whim is followed. This will be no easy task though: the economy is crumbling, the natives complain about their sixteen hour work days, and Göring's rivals crowd around him. With his old friends in German industry and his new ones in the African drug trade, though, Göring is confident he has the talent and resources he needs to overcome all of these threats. One day, the world might even see a new Mittelafrika....

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• Allohistorical Allusion: In real life, Göring developed an addiction to morphine after being hit by a bullet during the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. Here, he developed an addiction to morphine after suffering an accident in 1923.
• Bad Boss: In an event, Göring invites his advisors to a meeting in the middle of the night. When one of them drifts off to sleep, Göring shoots the man three times in the torso.
• Battle Trophy: In the aftermath of Mittelafrika's collapse, when Göring defats a rival warlord, he cuts off their head and mounts them on the walls of his office.
• Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: In one of Goeringia's events, Göring invites a representative from Krupp Industries to a hunt, during which the latter witnesses the former killing an African man.
• President for Life: If he takes over the German government after killing Kurt von Schleicher, Göring indefinitely suspends all elections.
• Recovered Addict: Some time after Mittelafrika collapses, Göring swears off morphine. After three painful days of withdrawal, he starts feeling himself as a truly free man.
• Sore Loser: When participating in Carl Gustaf von Rosen's air race, upon learning that he lost to Rosen, Göring flies back to his home in Dar es Salaam, frothing at the mouth in a rage over his loss.
• The Starscream: If Reichskanzler Kurt von Schleicher makes a deal with Göring's Alldeutscher Verband and appoints him Vizekanzler, the power-hungry Göring, who cannot be satisfied with being Vizekanzler, will eventually try to assassinate Schleicher to make himself Reichskanzler.

Alexander Douala Manga-Bell

Role: General, Staathalter^note Head of State

Party: Reformgruppe (Right)^note Reform Group (Right)

Ideology: Tribal Paternalism^note Social Conservatism

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Alexander Duala Manga Bell is a man of high regard and station here in the Dark Continent. Born in 1897 in Duala region of Deutsch-Kamerun Cameroon, he traveled to Germany at age the age of four to be educated in the great schools of Europe. Serving gallantly in the Weltkrieg, he fought the vile Entente powers as an officer at Gallipoli. Following the war, given his intelligence and valiant service, the Kaiserreich had Bell stay in Berlin to be thoroughly "Germanized" in preparation for his return to Kamerun, hoping to use him as a local leader in the now gargantuan mess of the newly created Mittelafrika. Returning to Kamerun in 1922, accompanied with his new wife and children he met while living in Germany, Bell came home as a hero and a statesman who had received the blessing and praise of the Kaiser himself. Bell's monarchist sympathies and conservative views align well with the German administration, and has now shocked the world with his recent win in Mittelafrika's first continent-wide elections. Under his watch, Mittelafrika shall be transformed into a true Kingdom under the Kaiser, bringing his light to the Dark Continent, and Staathalter Bell shall guide the way.

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• The Quisling: If Douala-Bell (an African monarch) becomes Statthalter of Mittelafrika, he'll turn it into the Afrikanisches Kaiserreich, with the Kaiser of Germany as its first monarch, so all Africans can feel the reach and guidance of the Kaiser's civilising and holy radiance.

Jomo Kenyatta

Role: Staathalter^note Head of State

Party: Reformgruppe (Left)^note Reform Group (Left)

Ideology: Republican Pan-Africanism^note Social Democracy

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Jomo Kenyatta has been called many things: a dreamer, a fool, an idealist, but now he is known as Staathalter, or Mzee by the natives. Born in 1897 with the name of Kamau wa Muigai to prosperous Kikuyu farmers in the village of Nginda, Kenyatta received a traditional upbringing common of his people. He joined a christian camp in Thogoto as a young man where he would learn to read and write and convert to Chrstianity. During the war, Kenyatta attended classes at the mission and would hold many varied jobs, interacting with the various peoples of Kenya. With each group he worked with, he would adopt some of their native customs as his own such as wearing a beaded belt of the Maasai culture known as a kinyata; a gift given to him by the Maasai chieftain who married his aunt. Kenyatta would soon adopt the name of this garment as his last name, and later, upon publishing his first works, changed his first name as well to Jomo, based on the Kikuyu word for removing a sword from its scabbard. As the great war raged, he would move around constantly, planting the seeds of his pan-Afrikan ideas.In the years immediately following the end of the Weltkireg, Kenyatta begrudgingly learned German to accommodate for Kenya’s new overlords and would join up with the Kikuyu Central Association, slowly beginning to form his unique national-conservative yet leftist, pan-African political ideology. He would further radicalize after traveling to Europe years later, visiting leftist and nationalist groups in London and Berlin. Now, after climbing through the ranks of the Left-Reformgruppe with the German’s leash limiting his radicalization, Kenyatta has won the first free elections of the Kolonialbund-Mittelafrika. With his surprising win, he has achieved the dreams of Pan-Africanism without a single drop of blood being spilt, native or otherwise. He now looks towards the future to make his final dream a reality: a true Pan-African Federation.

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• Good Old Ways: Kenyatta is a believer in African independence, the renewal of traditional culture, and moderate progressivism made of education drives and economic regulation.
• The Quisling: The Mau-Mau regard Kenyatta as a traitor for working with the imperialists, even though Kenyatta himself claims that he's only finding a peaceful way for all African peoples to be free.
• Velvet Revolution: Kenyatta is a Pan-Africanist anti-colonialist who seeks to turn German Central Africa into an independent African Federation through elections, without having to spill blood.

Mittelafrika Dissolution

Gabon

^{Flag of French Equatorial Africa}

^{Flag of the Republic of Equatorial Africa}

^{Flag of the Republic of Equatorial Africa (M'ba)}

^{Flag of the People's Republic of Equatorial Africa}

Official Name: Gabon

Ruling Party: Bloc Démocratique Gabonais^note Gabonese Democratic Bloc

Ideology: Moderate Authoritarianism^note Social Conservatism

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• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: A democratic Gabon has the choice to rejoin the Entente, even though France was once their colonial overlord and later supported the dictatorial Hyperprésident M'ba, if they feel that French aid is necessary for their survival.

Léon M'ba

^{Dictator M'ba}

Role: President^note Head of State

Party: Bloc Démocratique Gabonais^note Gabonese Democratic Bloc

Ideology: Moderate Authoritarianism^note Social Conservatism, Oligarchism^note Authoritarian Democracy (Hyperprésident)

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
A proud man of the Fang that lived within the heart of Libreville, Gabriel Léon M’ba has been close to the colonials for life. Born in 1902 to a powerful Évolue family in the capital, M’ba studied at a Catholic seminary but never left the Bwiti faith. Upon graduation he moved from job to job, being a lumberjack, a merchant, and a store manager before he began work as a customs agent within the colonial administration. An avowed independence activist since adolescence, his fiery rhetoric only intensified as the Weltkrieg ended and the patchwork of Mittelafrika was raised, but his intelligence and usefulness kept him employed within the colonial regime. Chosen by both his peers and by the German administration to become the canton chief of Libreville’s large Fang neighborhood upon the passing of the previous chief, M’ba used his new position to build a strong support base while confiding in a close inner-circle of fellow Libreville intellectuals. Eschewing conservative traditions and going against the pleas of the tribal elders, M’ba paved his own path and gained a reputation as being an able-minded and confident leader, which would propel him to prominence. With Gabon freed of colonialism during the great Collapse, M’ba saw his opportunity to fortune and power, sidestepping his rivals to become the first Prime Minister of an independent Gabon. Known for his desire for wealth, his unwavering bias to his own people, and a self-avowed Francophiliac, Prime Minister M’ba is the father of our new republic. Now only time will tell if he holds true to his loose promises of real democracy, or shall Gabon simply become his new playground.

In-Game Biography: (Dictator) ^{Click to Show}
Surviving the coup attempt against his regime, Léon M’ba has thrown off his mask, tearing down the facade of true republicanism that had wrapped the infantile Gabonese state. Shedding his title of Prime Minister and declaring himself as the eternal ‘Hyperprésident’, M’ba has brought mask-off kleptocratic one-party rule to Gabon. Now standing as Hyperprésident-for-life, M’ba has all of Gabon and beyond in the palm of his hand. Aspiring to unite all of Equatorial Africa under his domain. A massive sycophant to the French both in Algiers and in Paris, M’ba has openly stated many times that he truly only wishes to rule to make both himself and his fellow Fang rich and prosperous, as well as his French allies. However, along the way, he has freed much of Africa from the raptures of old colonialism and violent tribalism, uniting many disparate peoples and enforcing stability along the way with his infamous ‘Hyperpurge.’ Standing as one of the titans of this new post-Collapse Africa, Hyperprésident M’ba has transformed this Dark Continent and brought at least part of it into a new light.

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• Corrupt Politician: In his ambition to become the richest man in Africa, M'ba turns Gabon into a true and pure kleptocracy that entirely benefits himself above all others.
• President for Life: Initially, M'ba maintains an air of legitimacy and democracy over his rule. After thwarting Charles N'Tchoréré's coup, he declares himself the first Hyperprésident du Gabon, a dictator in all but name.
• The Purge: If the coup against him fails, M'ba cleanses the entire Gabonese military from the bottom-up.
• The Quisling: A massive sycophant to the French, M'ba truly only wishes to rule to make both himself and his French allies rich.

Charles N'Tchoréré

Role: Field Marshal, President^note Head of State

Party: Armée de Terre Gabonaise^note Gabonese Army

Ideology: Military Junta^note Authoritarian Democracy

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• Cincinnatus: N'Tchoréré has no political ambitions himself, and steps down once the first democratic elections are done.
• Military Coup: As President M'ba's authoritarianism becomes more and more obvious with each passing day, Marshal N'Tchoréré leads a band of separatists on Libreville to overthrow him and restore democracy.

René-Paul Sousatte

Role: President^note Head of State (Free Election - Sousatte elected)

Party: Parti de l'Unité Nationale Gabonaise - Groupe Afro-Marxiste^note Gabonese National Unity Party - Afro-Marxist Group

Ideology: Agrarian Socialism^note Radical Socialism

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Hailing from a small Ghisira village and born in 1913 into the Bwiti faith, René-Paul Sousatte rose from these humble beginnings to be the newest Prime Minister of Gabon. Educated in Catholic school as child and mentored by Father Bichet, the King of Nkomi, Sousatte became a devout Catholic while still staying attuned to the syncretic Bwiti faith. Joining the priesthood after graduation, he met his now close friend and ally Aubame. Alongside Aubame, Sousatte joined the colonial civil service and began to both pick up the republican and anti-Imperialist views of his colleagues, while also adopting Socialist leanings through exposure to literature that had been smuggled into Gabon from the Commune of France. Rising through the ranks of the colonial regime and with the Collapse of Mittelafrika, Gabon was suddenly thrust into independence, and in this new political atmosphere Sousatte found himself among the inner-circle of founding fathers of the nation. Following the successful coup against M’ba, the republic was declared and now Sousatte stands as the most powerful man in the nation. Under his watch, Gabon shall purify democracy while retaining its piety and championing agrarian Afro-Socialism.

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Jean-Hilaire Aubame

Role: President^note Head of State (Free Election - Aubame elected)

Party: Union Démocratique et Sociale Gabonaise - Chrétiens Sociaux^note Gabonese Democratic and Social Union - Social Christians

Ideology: Christian Democracy^note Social Conservatism

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Raised by the stepbrother of the tyrant M’ba and born into the Fang culture in 1912, Jean-Hilaire Aubame has been one of the most prominent independence figures in Gabon, and since the Collapse, he has cemented himself as one of Gabon’s founding fathers. Hailing from Leopildville, Aubame was orphaned at a young age, and turned to his adoptive caretaker and the Catholic Church for solace. Bouncing around multiple Catholic missions before graduating, his once-ally M’ba helped him get a customs job upon graduation. As Mittelafrika fell, he worked with M’ba until they broke over disagreements on faith and with Aubame declaring his old friend a traitor over M’ba’s authoritarianism. Now in charge of the nation after Maréchal N’Tchoréré’s coup and after fair and free elections, Prime Minister Aubame seeks to guide Gabon and his fellow equatorial Africans into a pious, populist, and uniquely African future.

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Paul Marie Indjendjet Gondjout

Role: President^note Head of State (Free Election - Gondjout elected)

Party: Parti Démocratique Gabonais - Laïcs^note Gabonese Democratic Party - Secularists

Ideology: National Liberalism^note Social Liberalism

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Paul Marie Indjendjet Gondjout seeks to bring French-inspired liberalism and fair social capitalism to the peoples of Gabon and Equatorial Africa after becoming Prime Minister in the wake of Maréchal N’Tchoréré’s coup against ‘Hyperprésident’ M’ba. Born in 1912 into an affluent Mpongwe family, Prime Minister Gondjout followed his older brother into the colonial service in the wake of Germany’s seizure of Gabon after the Weltkrieg. Secularly educated and raised by and around privileged Évolues, Gondjout was well-poised to become one of Gabon’s founding fathers, for not only was he born into an advantageous position, but he and a young Aubame and M’ba worked together in the colonial service. With the Collapse, and with M’ba’s tyranny undone, Gondjout shall bring a true Western and purely Capitalist way of life to his people.

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Ubangi-Shari

^{Flag of the Central African Empire}

^{Flag of the United States of Latin Africa}

^{Flag of the People's Republic of Ubangi-Shari}

Official Name: Ubangi-Shari, Central African Empire (Bokassa I), United States of Latin America (Boganda), People's Republic of Ubangi-Shari (Darlan brothers)

Ruling Party: Mouvement pour l'Évolution Sociale de l'Afrique Noire^note Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy

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• I'm a Humanitarian: Exaggerated. Considering that this is a state ruled by Bokassa of everyone, this is expected... except in here, Bokassa presented human meat to his people to endure famine.

Jean-Bédel Bokassa

^{Bokassa I Portrait}

^{Mittelafrika reclaimed Portrait}

^{Frederick III Portrait}

^{Napoleon IV Portrait}

^{Charlemagne II Portrait}

Role: General, President^note Head of State, Emperor^note Head of State (Bokassa coronated)

Party: Mouvement pour l'Évolution Sociale de l'Afrique Noire^note Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa, House of Bokassa (Bokassa I)

Ideology: Military Dictatorship^note Paternal Autocracy, Absolute Monarchy^note Paternal Autocracy (Bokassa I), Colonial Government^note Paternal Autocracy (Mittelafrika reclaimed), Bonapartism^note Paternal Autocracy

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Jean-Bédel Bokassa, though young and inexperienced in any form of statecraft or leadership, has defied the odds and helped lead his people to independence. Though only born in 1921 and taking up the honored role of an Askari auxiliary just a few short years ago, Bokassa has proven his tenacity and cunning, if also sadism, in his brutal war against the German colonizers. With their colonial monstrosity of Mittelafrika burning, Bokassa has begun to be seen as a new unifying figure and national father to the dispersed and disparate peoples of Ubangi-Shari, and as he endeavors to bring stability to this war-torn land, he shall create a newly independent state of which the people of Africa have never seen.

In-Game Biography: (Emperor) ^{Click to Show}
Even in the wake of one nation’s imperial ambitions turning to ash and cinder, history stops for no one, and a new empire has already begun to blossom here in Africa. Born in 1921, the young Askari Jean-Bédel Bokassa took the destiny of Ubangi-Shari in his hands, leading a fanatical group of veterans and recruits against the dying German colonial machine. With his victory earned and the people of Bangui at his back, the young Bokassa has taken the reins of this former colony and has begun to forge it into a mighty empire - the first of its kind in post-Collapse Africa. Though he has already begun to receive criticisms for his peculiar appetites and violent tendencies, the people still adore their savior and hero in Bokassa. Taking the full title of ‘His Imperial Majesty Bokassa the First, Apostle of Peace and Servant of Jesus Christ, Emperor and Marshal of Central Africa by the will of the Central African people, united within the national political party, the MESAN’, this young soldier-turned-rebel-turned-emperor shall lead the lands of Ubangi-Shari and beyond into a new dawn as the rightful Emperor of Central Africa.

In-Game Biography: (Napoleon) ^{Click to Show}
Even in the wake of one nation’s imperial ambitions turning to ash and cinder, history stops for no one, and a new empire has already begun to blossom here in Africa. Born in 1921, the young Askari Jean-Bédel Bokassa took the destiny of Ubangi-Shari in his hands, leading a fanatical group of veterans and recruits against the dying German colonial machine. With his victory earned and the people of Bangui at his back, the young Bokassa has took the reins of this former colony and began to forge it into a mighty empire - the first of its kind in post-Collapse Africa. While his ‘Empire’ was nothing but a laughable statelet at first - Bokassa the great managed to save the French Exile cause in their darkest hours, eventually leading them to final victory over their crimson foes. By the will of the people, Bokassa was proclaimed Emperor of the French, and took the regal name Napoleon II upon his coronation in the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.

While France having a black Askari commander as Emperor was not something that anyone would ever have expected, truth sometimes proves to be stranger than fiction. And even if some have their suspicions about Bokassa, most citizens of the French nation have learned to trust trust their country in the hands of their liberator: the ‘Empereur Noir’.

In-Game Biography: (Charlemagne) ^{Click to Show}
Even in the wake of one nation’s imperial ambitions turning to ash and cinder, history stops for no one, and a new empire has already begun to blossom here in Africa. Born in 1921, the young Askari Jean-Bédel Bokassa took the destiny of Ubangi-Shari in his hands, leading a fanatical group of veterans and recruits against the dying German colonial machine. With his victory earned and the people of Bangui at his back, the young Bokassa has took the reins of this former colony and began to forge it into a mighty empire - the first of its kind in post-Collapse Africa. While his ‘Empire’ was nothing but a laughable statelet at first - Bokassa the great managed to reforge Mittelafrika under his guide, and when the cause of the Reich seemed to have reached their darkest hours, eventually leading Germany to final victory over their crimson conquerors. By the will of the people upon the death of the Kaiser, Bokassa was proclaimed the German, and took the regal name Frederick IV upon his coronation in thel in Berlin, and furthermore took the regal name of Charlemagne II upon the reformation of the Frankish Empire.

While German and France sharing a black Askari commander as Emperor was not something that anyone would ever have expected, truth sometimes proves to be stranger than fiction. And even if some have their suspicions about Bokassa, most citizens of the Neo-Frankish nation have learned to trust trust their country in the hands of their liberator: the ‘Schwarzer Kaiser’

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• Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: Bokassa has quite a few historical figures he can dress up as if he decides to go into a specific direction of praising the French or German kings of the past.
• Eat the Rich: This will be what happened if Bokassa fully embraces and promotes cannibalism IN PUBLIC, thus starting a hunt against other warlords rose after Mittleafrika collapsed and bringing their corpses to kitchen for a large feast.
• Improbable Age: Bokassa was born in 1921, and is not even 20 years old when he seizes power as Emperor of Ubangi-Shari (in real life, he only became leader of the Central African Republic in 1966).
• Red Baron: Known as "The Mad King" when he starts his empire, and rightfully so.
• The Caligula: Bokassa is an absolute lunatic, a sadistic man-child of a king. Coronating himself as the Emperor of Ubangi-Shari for his own amusement, celebrating cannibalism with royal feasts of dead enemy soldiers, opposition leaders and foreign heads of state, high off of illicit drugs from his cornucopias, and creating an absolute cult-of-personality around himself as the new Barbarossa or Napoleon if he celebrates Central Africa's French or German roots.
• The Usurper: If he manages to defeat the right-wing French exiles in Algeria, Bokassa can usurp the French throne, proclaim himself Emperor Napoléon IV, and from there try to conquer metropolitan France.

Barthélemy Boganda

Role: President^note Head of State (Boganda exposes Bokassa, army overthrows Bokassa)

Party: Mouvement pour l'Évolution Sociale de l'Afrique Noire^note Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa

Ideology: Christian Democracy^note Social Conservatism, Social Liberalism

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Born around 1910, Father Barthélemy Boganda, uncle to the Mad Emperor himself, has long sought to raise his people out of the mud. The son of a village head, Boganda's parents would pass away when he was young, and his guardian would leave to join the French army, dying in the Battle of Verdun like so many others. For the remainder of the war, Boganda would live with his extended family. After the war ended and French influence in Central Africa began to retreat, Boganda and one his brothers would meet one of the few French patrols left within their region. The patrol asked where they were from, and upon taking what Boganda to be his name, they were taken to Bétou. In Bétou and later Bangui, Boganda would study under the Spiritan missionaries, where he would be baptized. Feeling called to the priesthood shortly after his Baptism, Boganda would study in the Belgian Congo, eventually being ordained a priest and assigned to aid in the conversion of Bangui.

As a priest, Boganda felt that the only way to raise his people was to get them to abandon the past and walk towards a brighter future. It was also during this time that he gained a burning hatred for the German colonizers, due to among other things their dropping of state-supported Catholic missionary activities.

When Mittelafrika collapsed, and his young nephew seized control of Ubangi-Shari, Boganda was appointed as head of government, due to the experience he had running his local parish. As the Mad Emperor grew ever more into his delusions, his uncle remained at his post, trying to do right by his country and family. As Bokassa grew even madder, it became clear to Boganda that he must act, and act he did. Overthrowing his nephew, Father Boganda now finds himself as the President of Central Africa, and his plans for the nation and the region at large can finally begin.

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• Good Shepherd: Throughout his life as a Priest, Boganda has attempted to help people wherever he could through baptisms, missionary activies, and even overthrowing his crazed nephew for the people's sake. As the leader of Central Africa, he seeks to bring the people out of his nephew's driven madness, and into the light of God.
• The Coup: Boganda exposes that the meat Bokassa has been supplying to his people and his soldiers is not from animals, but instead from humans. Disgusted by this so much, the army coups Bokassa and deposes him, letting Boganda in charge.

David Dacko

Role: President^note Head of State (Boganda dies in a plane crash)

Party: Mouvement pour l'Évolution Sociale de l'Afrique Noire^note Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa

Ideology: Christian Democracy^note Social Conservatism, Social Liberalism

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• The Apprentice: Dacko is Boganda's protege, who was temporarly governing the nation in his absence. However this changed when Boganda gets in an airplane crash while on a tour throughout the country, if Boganda does not return and is presumed dead, then Dacko has his hands tied to run the nation on his own.

Jürgen Darlan

Role: General, Chairman^note Head of State (Darlan brothers overthrow Bokassa - Jürgen leads)

Party: Rassemblement Démocratique Africain^note African Democratic Rally

Ideology: Revisionist Marxism^note Social Democracy

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
With the aid of his older brother and the surviving members of the anti-Bokassa movement, Jürgen, formerly Georges, Darlan now stands at the forefront of Central Africa’s drive towards Democratic Socialism. Born in 1920 in Ouaka to a native mother and a Portuguese colonialist father who abandoned the family shortly after he himself was born, Darlan was raised entirely under the boot of the German colonial regime due to being born shortly after the Weltkrieg ended, thus bending his influence and eventual life trajectory in a more Germanic direction than his older Francophillic brother. This childhood, paired with his work in the colonial service, which he was easily allowed to join compared to his native contemporaries due to being half-White, and his self-taught education based on the writings of famous German thinkers within the SPD and the FAUD, put the young Darlan on the path to moderated and democratic Africanized Leftism. An ally of Social Democrats throughout Europe and Africa, and with contacts in the Rheinland, Berlin, and to a lesser degree in Paris thanks to his brother, Jürgen Darlan shall now bring his own breed of Democratic Socialism to the banks of the Ubangi River and beyond.

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• Sibling Team: Jürgen works with his older brother Antoine to create a Socialist Ubangi-Shari that cares for its people. Although he differs on his brother's vision, as he wants to create a more culturally progressive and more moderate country based on the German SDAP than his brother.

Antoine Darlan

^{General Darlan}

Role: General, Chairman^note Head of State (Darlan brothers overthrow Bokassa - Antoine leads)

Party: Rassemblement Démocratique Africain^note African Democratic Rally

Ideology: African Syndicalism^note Syndicalism

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Working with his younger brother and the rest of the anti-Bokassa movement, Antoine Theophile Darlan now stands at the forefront of Central Africa’s Syndicalist revolution. Born in 1915 in Ouaka to a native mother and a Portuguese colonialist father who abandoned the family shortly after the youngest son Jürgen was born, Darlan was raised first under the shadow of the pre-Syndicate Parisian regime, and later under the boot of the Germans following the Weltkrieg. This childhood, paired with his work in the colonial service, which he was easily allowed to join compared to his native contemporaries due to being half-White, and his self-taught education based on the writings of famous Western Socialists and Third Internationale thinkers, put the young Darlan on the path to Africanized Syndicalism. An ally of the French CGT and with contacts in Paris, Antoine Darlan shall now bring his own breed of Trade Unionism to the banks of the Ubangi River and beyond.

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• Chummy Commies: Darlan practices a form Syndicalism based in Africa. Where he seeks to use the Trade Unionist line of though to create an agricultural and traditionalist styled socialist government that is focused on resource extraction instead of overindustrialization based from the Europeans, as he wants to adopt the idea of a centralized syndicalist government that brings equality and unity, and fraternity to African conditions.
• Sibling Team: Antoine works with his younger brother Jürgen to create a Ubangi-Shari for the people. Antoine is more radical than his brother, as he wants to revert back to the tribalistic and conservative roots of Africa's culture, and seeks to create a more revolutionary government that radically changes the economic system of Ubangi-Shari.

Jane Vialle

Role: General, Chairwoman^note Head of State (Darlan allows Vialle to be leader)

Party: Verein für die Entwicklung von Schwarzafrika^note Association for Evolution of Black Africa

Ideology: Socialist Feminism^note Social Democracy (Jürgen succession), Socialist Feminism^note Syndicalism (Antoine succession)

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• Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Vialle can become Ubangi-Shari's first female leader.
• Foreign Correspondent: Vialle served as this for Ubangi-Shari to the Communards. With her studying their ideology and became quite a radical under them, with her returning to Ubangi-Shari as the country turned socialist from the Darlans she is praised greatly enough to potentially become the new leader of the country.

Kamoun Mohamed al-Senoussi

Role: General, Sultan^note Head of State (Bokassa overthrown - Sultan takes power)

Party: Sultan Loyalists

Ideology: Tribal Paternalism^note Paternal Autocracy, Islamism^note National Populism (al-Senoussi follows Islamism), Indigenous Communitarianism^note Radical Socialism (al-Senoussi follows Socialism)

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• The Good King: If Senoussi embraces socialism, he'll allow his people to organize in anarchist-like structuring and keep their decentralized tribalist natures alive and be autonomous as individual tribes that govern themselves independently under communitarian egalitarianism.
• The Fundamentalist: Senoussi is an Islamic Fundamentalist, he seeks to drive Central Africa away from it's previous cult obsessed with Bokassa, and instead move it towards Islam.

Kamerun

Official Name: Kamerun

Ruling Party: Deutsche Kolonialgeselleschaft^note German Colonial Society

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

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• The Remnant: Kamerun is one of the last corners of German rule that hold on after Mittelafrika collapses.

Carl Heinrich Zimmerman

Role: Gouvenor-General^note Head of State

Party: Deutsche Kolonialgeselleschaft^note German Colonial Society

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

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Karl Ebermaier

Role: Gouvenor-General^note Head of State (Kamerun defeats Adamawa clique, Zimmerman retires - Ebermaier succeeds)

Party: Deutsche Kolonialgeselleschaft^note German Colonial Society

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

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Karl Atangana

Role: Gouvenor-General^note Head of State (Kamerun defeats Adamawa clique, Zimmerman retires - Atangana succeeds)

Party: Deutsche Kolonialgeselleschaft^note German Colonial Society

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy

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Alexander Douala Manga-Bell

Role: Gouvenor-General^note Head of State (Kamerun defeats Adamawa clique, Zimmerman retires - Bell succeeds)

Party: Deutsche Kolonialgeselleschaft^note German Colonial Society

Ideology: Tribal Paternalism^note Social Conservatism

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See his entry in the Mittelafrika folder above.

Adamawa Clique

Official Name: Adamawa Clique, People's Republic of Cameroon (Victory in civil-war), Kamerun (Liberals win Election)

Ruling Party: Union der Völker Kameruns^note Union of the Peoples of Cameroon

Ideology: Syndicalism

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• Civil War: Is in a civil-war against Kamerun, hoping to get rid of the German colonial government away from the Cammeronian people and turn Cameroon into a revolutionary government to get it on its feet.
• Emergency Authority: Due to the people of Cameroon not having any idea what socialism is, the Zentralkomitee für die Kamerunische Revolution forms to see what Cameroon can do about it.

Ruben Um Nyobé

Role: Chairman^note Head of State

Party: Union der Völker Kameruns^note Union of the Peoples of Cameroon

Ideology: Syndicalism

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Joseph Bile

Role: Chairman^note Head of State (Socialist Election - Bile elected)

Party: Union der Völker Kameruns^note Union of the Peoples of Cameroon

Ideology: Communism^note Totalism

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Salomon Tandeng Muna

Role: President^note Head of State (Democratic Election - KDV elected)

Party: Kameruns Demokratische Volksbewegung^note Cameroon's People's Democratic Movement

Ideology: National Liberalism^note Social Liberalism

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Alexander Douala Manga-Bell

Role: President^note Head of State (Democratic Election - Monarchists elected)

Party: Bell Loyalists

Ideology: Tribal Paternalism^note Social Conservatism

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See his entry in the Mittelafrika folder above.

Goeringia

Official Name: Goeringia

Ruling Party: Goering Loyalists

Ideology: Goeringst Nationalism^note National Populism

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• Egopolis: Hermann Göring's fiefdom after the collapse of Mittelafrika is named after himself.
• Supervillain Lair: A monstrous fortress, towering above even the tallest of tree canopies in the jungles of Goeringia, serves as Hermann Göring's home.

Hermann von Göring

^{Hermann I}

Role: Gouvenor-General^note Head of State

Party: Goering Loyalists

Ideology: Goeringst Nationalism^note National Populism

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See his entry in the Mittelafrika folder above.

Belgian Congo

Congo-Vrijstaat

^{Flag of the Belgian government-in-exile}

^{Flag of Deutsch-Zentralafrika}

^{Flag of Deutsch-Mittelafrika}

^{Flag of the Holy African Empire}

Official Name: Congo-Vrijstaat

Ruling Party: Gouvernement du Gouverneur Général Pierre Ryckmans^note Government of Governor-General Pierre Ryckmans

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

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• Civil War: If Mittelafrika collapses, Belgian Congo can fall into a civil war between Ryckmans' government, the Force Publique in Léopoldville and the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, while the mercenaries and natives also seize the opportunity to rebel.
• Government in Exile: If the Congo Crisis does not happen or is won by Ryckmans' government, it can declare itself to be the Kingdom of Belgium in exile.
• Private Military Contractors: In the aftermath of Mittelafrika's collapse, the Belgians might resort to hiring soldiers of fortune who are willing to do jungle work in exchange for cash.

Pierre Ryckmans

^{Despair-filled Ryckmans}

Role: Gouverneur-Général^note Governor-General

Party: Gouvernement du Gouverneur Général Pierre Ryckmans^note Government of Governor-General Pierre Ryckmans

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
The Highborn Lord Pierre, 1st Graff Ryckmans, has served the Flandro-Wallonian government for most of his life, as has his family before him for generations back home in Flanders. Born in 1891, Ryckmans comes from a family of esteemed lawyers and politicians, with his father Alphonse serving as a prominent senator in the Flandro-Wallonian Senate as a member of the Catholic Party. His father’s views deeply impacted Ryckmans from a young age, going on to study philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven before hopping around schools between Germany, Ireland, and Flanders-Wallonia before the horrors of the Weltkrieg began, inspiring him to voluntarily enlist. Originally assigned to the Yser Front, Ryckmans long held an idealized admiration for the Dark Continent and applied to transfer to the colonies for overseas service as soon as he was able. It was here on the battlefields of Africa that Ryckmans made a name for himself as a sound tactician and leader as he fought back against both European soldiers and Mwami warriors, paving the way for his future colonial career post-war. After briefly returning home to finish his law degree and to write and publish the first of his literary works and memoirs, Ryckmans returned to the Congo and was soon elected to become the mayor of Élisabethville - one of the Congo’s largest cities and the main administrative center in the colony. Now, having proven his effectiveness and worth, Pierre Ryckmans serves as Governor-General of the Congo Vrijstaat. Under his leadership, colonial rule shall be maintained at all costs as Ryckmans attempts to drag the ailing Vrijstaat into the modern era.

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Léon Pétillon

Ideology: Social Conservatism

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• Emperor Scientist: Pétillon embraces technocratic principles, filling his government with educated, experienced, knowledgeable men and massively industrialising and modernising the colony.

Franz Ritter von Epp

^{Kaiser Franz I portrait}

Ideology: Paternal Autocracy

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• Evil Colonialist: Epp cracks down on the rights of natives, believing that whites are the masters of Africa and seeking to teach this fact to every single Congolese. They may live here, but the Congo belongs to white settlers.
• Foreign Ruling Class: Epp entices German settlers to migrate to the Congo, following the example of the Ostsiedlung, and curtails the rights of the natives.
• The Starscream: Epp's loyalty to the Kaiser falters during the Congo Crisis. If he wins the Congo Crisis, he can blame the Kaiser and the naïveté and greed of the Kaiserreich for Mittelafrika's collapse, and set out to reclaim the continent not for Kaiser Wilhelm II, but for himself, Kaiser Franz I of the Holy African Empire.

Civil-War Factions

Mercénaires du Congo Ouest

^{Flag of the Congolese Soldier's Republic}

^{Flag of Outer Heaven}

^{Flag of l'Ordre des Chevaliers Congolais}

Ideology: Paternal Autocracy

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• We ARE Struggling Together: Though the mercenaries fight together for their own independent state, their various cliques and groups are far from a united front. From the lowliest grunts to the leading figures, all jockey for influence and power over the others.

Carl Gustaf von Rosen

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy

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• Ace Pilot: Rosen is an airman at heart, and makes it a habit to take at least one short flight a day in his trusty SAAB 17, even after becoming Consul of the Congo. In an event, he announces to all ace pilots in the world that an air race is to be held in the Congo in one month, and that any and all are welcome to partake.
• Foreign Culture Fetish: Drawing upon its idealism and meritocratic beliefs, Rosen (a Swede) models his Soldier's Republic after the old Roman Republic.

Gustaf Hallström

Ideology: National Populism

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• Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: In real life, Hallström was an archaeologist and photograph. Here, he joined his brother Thord Ivar (who was an actual mercenary in real life), and can lead a mercenary state in what was once Belgian Congo.
• Shout-Out: If Hallström becomes leader of the mercenaries, he names his 'country' Outer Heaven, after a mercenary-led country in Metal Gear, and uses a flag with a skull emblem heavily based on the emblem of the Militaires Sans Frontières.

Jacques Massu

^{Dauphin Massu portrait}

Ideology: Paternal Autocracy

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• Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: After proclaiming himself Dauphin of the Congo, Massu grows accustomed to wearing typical medieval clothing, sometimes even donning full plate imported directly from France.
• Exposed to the Elements: Inverted. Massu's men often wonder how on earth he manages to endure the heat of the Congo while dressed in full plate.
• Feudal Overlord: Massu transforms the Congo into a medieval feudal kingdom based on a system of vassals where the local lords are his faithful mercenaries.

Union Minière

^{Flag of the State of Katanga}

^{Flag of Garanganze}

^{Flag of the State of Katanga (Hoare)}

Ideology: Market Liberalism

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• Les Collaborateurs: Figures such as Moïse Tshombe and Godefroid Munongo, among many others, are given seats on the UMHK's Board of Directors while lesser figures are given less important roles, sprinkling enough diversity hires around enough to appease the masses.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: The Belgians barely manage to keep their native workers from going on strike with a combination of minor benefits, rights and incentives, and the fear of reprisal from the Force Publique and mercenaries.
• Evil Colonialist: The UMHK's workforce consists mostly of natives, with elevated positions being held by White settlers and mercenaries, who keep them pacified by drip-feeding them rights and keeping them in line with the Force Publique and mercenaries.
• MegaCorp: The UMHK is a massive monopoly, the largest company in the Congo.
• One Nation Under Copyright: The Union Minière du Haut-Katanga is a massive mining concern whose 'state' has only one priority: profit.

Edgar Sengier

Ideology: Market Liberalism

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• Pragmatic Villainy: In order to avoid being overthrown by the Congolese workers, Sengier is willing to keep them happy, pass some minor regulations, adopt a new pragmatic attitude towards the native policy, and grant token positions within the administration to prominent Africans.

Kitanika Mabumba Mushalila

Ideology: Paternal Autocracy

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• Occupiers Out of Our Country: The Mwami's goal is to kick out the colonialist dogs that have long infected the Congo, and bring freedom back to the Bayeke people of Katanga.
• La Résistance: The Mwami and his loyalists have long been fighting a guerrilla war against the Congo Free State and later the Union Minière in an effort to free his people.
• Rightful King Returns: The Mwami is the son of Msiri, the founder and only monarch of the Yeke Kingdom. If he successfully topples the UMHK and takes over Katanga, he re-establishes his father's kingdom with himself as Mwenda III.

Mike Hoare

Ideology: National Populism

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• Empty Quiver: Somehow, despite living in one of the wildest regions on Earth and entirely disconnected from the wider outside world, Mad Mike and the UMHK will apparently be able to requisition a working nuclear device. No outside sources have been able to corroborate this claim and many nuclear experts across the globe have decried this as nothing but an impossible bluff, but Hoare claims he and his men have harnessed the powers of God himself, and shall smite any foe foolish or daring enough to try to take his new fiefdom from him.
• Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Hoare sends the forces of Commando 5 to hunt down all enemies of the state: Mwami separatists, Simba revolutionaries, exiled Askari, disgruntled tribesmen, or whatever else.

Léopoldville

^{Flag of the Congo-Vrijstaat}

^{Flag of the Congo-Vrijstaat (Kanza)}

^{Flag of the Spiritual Realm of the Congo}

Ideology: Social Conservatism

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• Citadel City: During the Congo Crisis, Léopoldville is transformed into an imposing and unassailable bastion. Walls are raised, bunkers and pillboxes constructed, and barbed wire and mines placed across the perimeter.
• Police State: The area surrounding Léopoldville exists under a strict regime and atmosphere of martial law under the Force Publique. These soldiers and militias enforce a sense of order and calm, creating a placid oasis of relative peace in the chaotic Congo at the expense of civil liberty.

Armand Huyghé

^{Huyghé Suit}

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy

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• Conscription: As Governor-General of the Congo, Huyghé scales up black conscription in order to ensure that the army has enough able-bodied men.
• Pragmatic Villainy: In order to entrench the Belgians' position and ensure the continuation of imperialism, Huyghé is willing to make certain concessions like granting autonomy to tribes, holding 'fair and free' elections, and allowing natives to serve in the lower ranks within the bureaucratic hierarchy and within local government systems.

Émile Janssens

Ideology: Paternal Autocracy

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• The Dreaded: Janssens has a reputation as being an iron-fisted authoritarian and a fierce nationalist, unwaveringly dedicated to the ideas and methods of the late Leopold II, and is one of the most feared men in the Congo.
• Evil Colonialist: Janssens, a vocal and virulent advocate for colonial rule and true disciple of Leopold II, seeks to 'civilise' the Congo at all costs by inviting Belgian settlers, crushing nationalist movements, and enforces a segregation system modelled after the United States' Jim Crow laws, South Africa's apartheid system, and the polices of Deutsch-Südwestafrika.
• Red Baron: If he becomes Governor-General of the Congo, Janssens becomes better known as the Little Maniac, instead of his real name.

Daniel Kanza

Ideology: Social Conservatism

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• Internal Reformist: If Kanza becomes Governor-General, he'll give the Congo a taste of self-determination and democracy as it slowly, securely and peacefully marches towards independence.

Simon Kimbangu

Ideology: National Populism, Paternal Autocracy, Social Conservatism, Radical Socialism (depending on choice)

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• Great Escape: When the Congo Crisis erupts, Kimbangu escapes from the Élisabethville Detention Camp and comes back to Léopoldville to rally his followers.
• Illegal Religion: Kimbangu can declare other faiths heretical, and offer their followers a choice—be excommunicated and shunned from society, or embrace the One True Faith of Ngunzism.
• Interfaith Smoothie: Kimbangu builds a new, uniquely African strain of Christian dogma, known as Ngunzism or Kimbanguism, which incorporates local beliefs from Bantu-speaking groups.
• Moral Guardians: Kimbangu burns all stockpiles of alcohol and drugs, and bans gambling, smoking, dancing, expressive singing, nudity, indecency, and more, so the people will not fall into vice.
• The Mutiny: If Huyghé appoints Janssens as Deputy Governor-General and doesn't reprimand him when he kills a native conscript and states his intention to never allow Blacks within the commissioned Officer Corps of the FP, the native members of the FP will launch a mutiny and put Kimbangu in charge of the Congo.
• Non-Nude Bathing: Only bathing when clothed is allowed in Kimbangu's Congo.

Kivu Clique

^{Flag of the Republic of the Congo}

^{Flag of the Popular Republic of the Congo}

^{Flag of the State of Nzere}

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy

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• Balkanize Me: If the Republic of the Congo is defeated by Katanga rebels, they can carve it into five states (Kinshasa Province, Kivu Province, Orientale Province, Équateur Province and State of Kasai).
• Civil War: If the Kivu clique emerges victorious in the Congo Crisis, the newborn Republic of the Congo can fall into yet another civil war between the government and Simba rebels.
• Improbable Age: All of the Republic of the Congo's potential leaders are extremely young: the oldest, Jean Bolikango (born 1909) is only 27 at game start, and the youngest, Joseph Iléo, is only 15, having been born in 1921. In real life, all of them only came into political prominence long after the game's timeframe.
• Occupiers Out of Our Country: The Kivu clique is a group of Askari officers who mutinied against their German masters and now seek to free the Congo from colonialism.

Louis de Gonzague Bobozo

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy

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• Cincinnatus: After leading the Kivu clique to victory in the Congo Crisis, Bobozo has the choice to step down and hold democratic elections.
• Historical In-Joke: Louis de Gonzague Bobozo renames himself Bobozo Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga, in the same way that Joseph-Désiré Mobutu renamed himself Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga in real life.
• Illegal Religion: Bobozo bans most religions within the Congo, with the exception of the Catholic Church in Congo, the Orthodox Church of the Congo, the Church of Christ in Congo, and the Kimbanguist Church. Native Congolese religions and spiritual forms are allowed to stay in practice, but their practitioners are encouraged to join the Kimbanguist Church instead.
• Meaningful Rename: In an effort to remove all colonial influences from the Congo, Bobozo replaces all French toponyms with native ones, and makes an example by getting rid of his own given name Louis and christening himself Bobozo Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (Bobozo the all-powerful warrior, who because of his endurance and inflexible will to win, goes from conquest to conquest leaving fire in his wake).
• Military Coup: After taking over the Congo and handing power to the civilian government, Bobozo might lead the ANC in a coup against them if they fail to deal with the Simba rebellion.

Jean Bolikango

Ideology: Social Conservatism

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• Affectionate Nickname: Bolikango is often called the Elder Statesman due to his age and role in educating a number of ministers and congressmen that now serve as his own political allies and rivals.
• Due to the Dead: Bolikango creates a new public holiday to commemorate the sacrifices given in the fight to free the Congo, and builds two new national cemeteries, one outside Kinshasa and one near Boyoma Falls, where the heroes slain in the Congo Crisis may be laid to a final, well-earned rest.

Joseph Kasa-Vubu

^{General Kasa-Vubu}

Ideology: Social Liberalism

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• Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: Long an avid historian, particularly finding interest in the Kongo Kingdom of old, Kasa-Vubu declares himself the new Manikongo, even wearing a new outfit that could be described as a mix between traditional Kongo monarchy robes and military outfit, drawing looks of both respect and mockery from his colleagues.

Moïse Tshombe

Ideology: Market Liberalism

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• Corrupt Politician: Tshombe's primary objective is his own personal enrichment and that of the country's new dominant political caste made of wealthy Évolués.
• Meet the New Boss: Although Tshombe praises the positive effects of his policies, these changes are hardly visible in the daily life of the average Congolese worker; a huge part of the Congo's economy remains in the hands of Western companies. Many see no difference between this new life and the one under the colonial administration, and wonder what good it did fighting for the Kivu clique during the war.
• The Quisling: Tshombe turns the Congo into a neo-colony, with a huge part of the economy still in the hands of Western investors, most notably Edgar Sengier's Union Minière, which controls more than 70% of the national economy.

Isaac Kalonji

Ideology: Social Democracy (no Simba rebellion), Radical Socialism (Simba rebellion)

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• Good Old Ways: Kalonji publicly endorses the traditional religious beliefs of the Baluba, angering many of his Christian allies but giving him far more support among the conservative tribes.
• The Purge: If he leads the Simba rebellion to victory, Kalonji bans all capitalist parties except his own and Jean Bolikango's PUC, which has become too diminished to stand a chance to win the coming election.

Cyrille Adoula

Ideology: Syndicalism

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• Not in This for Your Revolution: Adoula is no fan of radicals or the former colonists, whatever their new governments may claim to be. If he comes into power, he'll play his country off as more radical and committed to the Internationale cause than he actually is in order to curry their favour, and more importantly, empty their coffers.

Joseph Iléo

Ideology: Radical Socialism

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• President for Life: Iléo believes that the collective judgement of the masses is not so often of sound logic, and secretly controls the democratic process, ensuring that he and his supporters win election after election.

Eastern Africa

Kenya-Uganda

Kenyan-Ugandan Free State

Official Name: Kenyan-Ugandan Free State

Party: Deutsche Ostafrikagesellschaft^note German East Africa Society

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

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• Balkanize Me: If Mittelafrika collapses, Kenya-Uganda can also shatter, allowing an independent Uganda to break free under the Rothschilds.
• Young and in Charge: The Leakey brothers were born from 1913 to 1915, and are among the youngest leaders in the world by the time one of them could succeed Richard Meinertzhagen as governor of Kenya-Uganda.

Richard Meinertzhagen

Role: Gouvernor-General^note Head of State

Party: Deutsche Ostafrikagesellschaft^note German East Africa Society

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

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Bob Leakey

Ideology: Authoritarian Democracy

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• State Sec: Following Boris Savinkov's example, Bob Leakey forms his own Yunarmiya to cut off the heads of leftist traitors.

Rea Leakey

Ideology: Market Liberalism

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• Privately Owned Society: Under Rea Leakey, Kenya-Uganda becomes a corporatocracy where power is concentrated in the hands of private corporations.
• State Sec: Rea Leakey allows corporations to employ their own private militia forces to suppress revolts.

Mau-Mau

^{Flag of the People's Totalist State of Africa}

Official Name: Mau-Mau

Party: Kenya Land and Freedom Army (Hardliners)

Ideology: Obamaism^note Totalism

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• The Bus Came Back: The Mau-Mau are designed to quickly lose to Kenya-Uganda, whose political tree is locked until they have defeated the Mau-Mau, only to pop out again (with proper political paths this time) after Mittelafrika collapses.

Mzee Onyango Obama

^{Obama post-Mittelafrika collapse portrait}

Role: Field Marshal, Marshal^note Head of State

Party: Kenya Land and Freedom Army (Hardliners)

Ideology: Obamaism^note Totalism

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
For 11 years the Mau-Mau have resisted the colonial forces of Kenya-Uganda. At the head of the resistance is a man by the name of Onyango Obama, the sole salvation of Kenya against imperialist forces. Even though times may seem bleak, the Kenya Land and Freedom Army holds strong, and will do so until the bitter end. Until the end comes, Obama will lead the Mau-Mau against all forces of imperialism, whether they be the Germans or the perfidious Syndicalists based in London or Paris. Obama’s Socialism is not one crafted in the halls of European Elites, but in the heart of Africa. To the enemies of Obama, to the enemies of the People of Africa; no mercy will be shown, no concessions given, and no surrender accepted.

In-Game Biography: (Punished) ^{Click to Show}
After the disastrous climax of the Mau-Mau’s initial revolution, our forces were scattered and slaughtered, mercilessly gunned down by the frontier forces of Kenya-Uganda. Onyango Obama himself was thought to be dead, with his closest associates fleeing into hiding under the command of his right hand man Dedan Kimathi, who has also made sure to save Obama’s only son. What no one knew, however, was that Obama had miraculously survived the battle! Crawling dozens of miles to the nearest safe village while clutching his bleeding gunshot and saber wounds, he limped painfully to safety. Once in the care of local sympathizers, he would plot his revenge as the tribal healers tended to his wounds that would horrifically scar his body for life. Awaiting the perfect day to reveal his survival to his people, the collapse of the bloated Mittelafrikan monstrosity has provided the perfect stage for his return. Once again, Obama marches towards his destiny, seemingly back from the dead, infuriated and more determined than ever before. For the people of Africa, for Totalism, only Obama can be their true salvation.

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• Glorious Leader: Obama, the Great Mountain of the Mau-Mau, stands above all, guiding the Mau-Mau as a lighthouse guides ships at sea. He is the sole hope of Afrika, and it is Only Obama, with a wisdom far surpassing that of King Solomon, who can free not just Kenya, but all of Afrika.
• God-Emperor: If he successfully liberates Kenya (and Africa as a whole), the Grand Mzee becomes the soul of Africa who stands over the people of Kenya, and of Africa, a near-mythical demigod of anti-imperialism and Totalism itself, channelling the hate that has accumulated throughout long centuries of oppression into a physical and effective political and cultural movement.
• Historical In-Joke: Two of the final focuses in Obama's initial tree grant 2008 and 2012 political power. In real life, his grandson won the 2008 and 2012 United States presidential elections.
• Not Quite Dead: Obama vanishes and is believed to be dead when the Mau-Mau rebellion is defeated, only to show up again and lead a second rebellion when Mittelafrika collapses.
• Occupiers Out of Our Country: Obama is determined to cleanse Kenya of all foreign taint, whether they be white colonists or the Somalis who took over the Jubba Valley.
• Rebel Leader: Obama leads the African Liberation Army, who have bitterly fought the German colonists since 1925.

Stanley Mathenge

Role: Field Marshal, Marshal^note Head of State (Obama assassinated - Mathenge takes charge)

Party: The Kikuyu Rebel Forces (Mathenge)

Ideology: Mathengeism^note National Populism

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
When Mathenge brutally eliminated his rivals for power within Kinyaa, he had no intention of slowing down or stopping there. Now that he is in power, he has plans for his people. With the European imperialists largely out of the picture, Mathenge believes it is time to give the formerly stolen land back to the native populations, who will farm it and tend to it as their ancestors did. For Mathenge, it is more than just revering the traditions of our ancestors; we must also ensure the dominance of the Kikuyus in our part of the continent. To do so, he believes we should bring our weaker neighbors into the fold in order to create a united front against any European who tries to take back this land. Equally as important as this, it is crucial that the influence of European culture and faith is wiped from Africa, and this will be done through force if necessary. Mathenge, though presenting a tough image to the world, only wishes to see his people prosper as they did before the meddlesome hands of outsiders forced their way into the lives of the Kikuyu people. With enough resources at his disposal, and the will to bring the nation into the Modern Era industrially and militarily, he could very well see this desire come to fruition...

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• The Gulag: Believing non-Bantu peoples to be no better than leeches, Mathenge has the compliant and useful sent off to labour camps, while any troublemakers are dealt with in a more straightforward way.
• Master Race: Mathenge ensures that the clearly superior Kikuyu language, religion and culture all become standard across the nation, even if that means other, lesser cultures must be squashed to make room for the Kikuyu's rightful dominance.
• The Starscream: After the Mau-Mau's initial defeat, Mathenge starts to secure his power base during Mzee Obama's absence, as Dedan Kimathi lacks Obama's charisma and natural leadership. When Mittelafrika collapses and Obama returns, Mathenge initially falls in line, but as Kenya is liberated, he'll make his move, attempting a coup against Obama so he could turn the country from the Mzee's pan-Africanism toward Bantu supremacism.

Dedan Kimathi

Role: Field Marshal, Marshal^note Head of State (Obama assassinated, Kimathi takes down Mathenge, Kimathi leads)

Party: Kenya Land and Freedom Army (Moderates)

Ideology: Moderate Obamaism^note Radical Socialism

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Dedan Kimathi, one of the youngest leaders in the entire movement, has beaten his rivals to become the leader of Kinyaa. He has created legitimacy for himself by taking the son of his mentor and former leader, Onyango Obama, into his own care. Now, serving as regent for the young Obama, Kimathi has had no problem articulating his vision to his people. For Kimathi, the implementation of socialism in the nation's agrarian sector is key to seeing its farmers prosper. Further, it would also achieve the goal of returning the land to its rightful owners-the Kenyan people. Meanwhile, Kimathi does not look as unfavorably towards Europeans as his fellow revolutionaries have; as long as they are aligned with the Third Internationale, Kimathi does not care. Instead, he hopes to model his new state partly off of their example and partly off his own beliefs, which entail local democracy for his people and unity among Kenyans. To guarantee the continued existence of his new fragile state, Kimathi has expressed a desire for a strong military and industrial sector alike. With the ability to fend off invaders, both inwardly and from across the ocean, Kimathi can focus on building a strong state for his people.

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• Chummy Commies: Kimathi wishes to build Kenya as a strong, unified socialist state with local democracy, where all people are equal and have a voice in politics.
• Cooperation Gambit: Kimathi's new initiative to propel Kenya into a new era involves establishing diplomatic ties with the Commune of France. Although the KLFA hardliners condemn this decision as a betrayal of Obama's vision of a Kenya truly free of the Europeans, Kimathi states that Kenya has nothing to lose from collaborating with the Commune and her allies, especially as they fight the same struggle against the imperialists.
• The Coup: If Stanley Mathenge successfully kills Obama and takes over Kenya, Kimathi will attempt his own putsch against Mathenge to return Kenya to the late Mzee's image.
• Parental Substitute: In the aftermath of Hussein Onyango Obama's disappearance, Kimathi raises his young son Baraka as his own until the elder Obama's reappearance.
• Young and in Charge: Kimathi was born in 1920, and is only around 20 by the time he could take control of Kenya from Stanley Mathenge.

Southern Africa

Rhodesia

Nordrhodesien

^{Flag of German Northern Rhodesia}

^{Flag of the Crown Colony of Africa}

Official Name: Nordrhodesien, Zambia (Baring)

Party: Kollaborative Regierung von Nordrhodesien^note Collaborative Government of Northern Rhodesia

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

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Hans Hüttig

Role: General, Gouvenor-General^note Head of State

Party: Kollaborative Regierung von Nordrhodesien^note Collaborative Government of Northern Rhodesia

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Hans Hüttig was never supposed to be in charge of Nordrhodesien, such a man should not be in such a place, but a man at the wrong place at the wrong time can make all the difference. Born in Dresden during the year of 1894 as the son of a carpenter turned photographic equipment salesman, Hüttig's life wasn't cut out for much, that all changed with the start of the Weltkrieg. After Hüttig had enlisted in the German Imperial Army, he saw particularly brutal fighting during the East African Campaign, which saw German victory against the British. For serving with valour and distinction in both East Africa and during the occupation of their new holdings holdings, Hüttig was assigned as the Military leader of Zambia in 1925 after the British Revolution and subsequent collapse of British control in the region. Since then Hüttig has ruled Nordrhodesien with an Iron Fist, but his attention has recently been drawn to not only his squabbling cabinet, but to South Rhodesia and Mittelafrika's own internal issues respectively. But for now, Hüttig remains on the Frontier of the Eagle, standing guard against the menace to the south."

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• Evil Colonialist: Hüttig promotes white supremacy and universal segregation in Northern Rhodesia, and works many natives to exhaustion in order to 'bring civilisation'.
• The Gulag: If Hüttig manages to retain power, he'll throw those who show disloyalty to him into punishment camps to be rehabilitated.
• Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: In real life, after Germany lost World War I, Hüttig returned to Germany, eventually joining the SS and becoming a concentration camp commandant during World War II. Since Germany won World War I and kept its African colonies in this timeline, Hüttig stayed in Africa and became the administrator of Northern Rhodesia, which Germany seized from the United Kingdom after the latter fell to the 1925 syndicalist revolution.

Ernst Jünger

Role: General, Gouvenor-General^note Head of State

Party: Kollaborative Regierung von Nordrhodesien^note Collaborative Government of Northern Rhodesia

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Ernst Jünger is a colorful figure, perhaps one of the most colorful in all of Afrika. Born in Heidelberg in South West Germany, Jünger was destined for an easier life than most as he was the son of a successful chemist and businessman. But always the rebellious type, Jünger sought adventure in the Wandervogel and later the French Foreign Legion, though he should have been tried for this illegal act, he escaped persecution due to his father's efforts. After the outbreak of the Weltkrieg, Jünger was sent firstly to the Western Front, but then later sent to German East Afrika as the conflict was expanding there. After serving in Afrika and being discharged from active service, Jünger first headed to Madagascar, but was disgusted with the Industrial filth bought upon by Reinhard Heydrich, so he opted to head for the frontier of the Eagle, Nordrhodesien. Jünger spent most of his first years in Nordrhodesien studying the local flora and fauna as well as trekking across it's vast mountains and valleys, as well as be an active writer since the war. Jünger had found peace in life and opted to spend his days on the frontier, but Hüttig's brutal rule ate at him. He had to do something about it, Baring's decadent ways weren't the answer either as they were both sides of the same coin, he had to do something but not only for himself but for the plight of the people under Hüttig's boot. After rising up the ranks and seizing power from Hüttig, Jünger became ruler of Nordrhodesien and now commands a vast and foreign territory, but the people have faith in him, but only time will tell if they keep their faith.

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• Internal Reformist: Jünger conducts numerous reforms, from reining in the Schutztruppen to promoting intellectualism, improving the bureaucracy and partially restoring democracy, in order to ensure Northern Rhodesia's prosperity.

Evelyn Baring

Role: General, Gouvenor-General^note Head of State

Party: United Empire League (Baring)

Ideology: Chauvinistic Colonial Government^note National Populism

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
As long as Evelyn Baring controls North Rhodesia, the sun hasn’t set on the British Empire. As long as he breathes, German Domination over Africa is anything but secure. After bouncing around various administrative jobs, Baring settled into a position in the German-Occupied former British Colony of North-Rhodesia. While he worked diligently under the Hüttig administration, Baring never shied away from voicing his disgust at how the Germans wrongfully invaded rightful British holdings, and horror at how his beloved British Empire had seemingly crumbled to dust before his very eyes. As Hüttig grew more and more oppressive, Baring began organizing British Remnants in attempt to drive the Hun from North Rhodesia, and turned to the South for assistance. However, Baring was met with silence from both South Rhodesia and South Africa, who deemed Baring’s cause as hopeless. Despite this, Baring seized control following Hüttig’s fall from grace with minimal support from the South. \n\n Now the undisputed leader of North Rhodesia, Baring has hoped to use this territory as a springboard not only to free the former British Colonies, but to drive the Hun from Africa forever; a task easier said than done. Baring’s pleas for assistance have mostly fallen on deaf ears, with most Anglos agreeing that the Reds are a bigger threat than the Germans. Even as his compatriots treat him as a madman, Baring sees that the Kaiser is just as big of a threat as the Syndicalists, and he won’t rest until the Union Jack flies proudly over both London, and Berlin.

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• The Coup: Following the issuing of Hüttig's arrest warrant, Baring can lead his forces in a march into Lusaka, dealing a decisive blow to the German administration and returning Northern Rhodesia to the British fold.
• Evil Colonialist: Baring secures the British Empire's hold on Northern Rhodesia by forcing the native people to choose between the 'burning light of civilisation' and the searing heat of lead.
• Evil Reactionary: Baring views Southern Africa as rightful British territory, and seeks to bring back the glorious British Empire of old, starting with replacing the German jackboot on Northern Rhodesia with the British jackboot. After 'pacifying' Africa, he declares that the Crown Colony's mission is not yet over, and that he will not rest until the Union Jack flies proudly once more over London.
• Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Baring's 'hunting parties' find and exterminate every last separatist and rabble rouser they could aim their rifle at.

Madagascar

Deutsch-Madagaskar

^{Flag of Israel-Madagascar}

^{Flag of the French State}

Official Name: Deutsch-Madagaskar

Party: Deutsch-Fransözischer Kolonial-Gesammtschaft^note German-French Colonial Commonwealth

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

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Reinhard Heydrich

Role: Admiral, Field Marshal, Gouvenor-General^note Head of State

Party: Deutsch-Fransözischer Kolonial-Gesammtschaft^note German-French Colonial Commonwealth

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich was born into an illustrious and high-profile life from the start. Born in 1904 in Halle an der Salle, his father was famous composer Richard Bruno Heydrich, founder of the Halle Conservatory for Music. Due to his socialite parents and substantial wealth, Heydrich got used to high ambitions at a young age. He excelled at fencing, the sciences, and swimming as a young man, forming his love for learning and athletic pursuits. This along with his father’s deep nationalistic leanings greatly influenced the young Heydrich to pursue a career in the military of the Kaiserreich. Joining the Navy in 1922, he was a cadet at Germany's largest port in Kiel, and once reaching high enough station, he was shipped to the Afrikan colonies to further his career. Honing his skill hunting down pirate fleets and maintaining order in unruly German holdings, Heydrich would eventually earn the rank of Admiral, particularly showing gallantry in the wake of the collapse of the British Empire as the Kaisereich seized British Africa. Now, after over a decade of sound service, Heydrich has been given reign over the colony of Madagaskar in order to transform it into the center for the Imperial German Navy in the region. Nicknamed ‘The Beast’ by the local Malagasy and French populations, Heydrich’s grand ambition is to see his greatest project come true. Under his steely gaze and iron clad rule, the island colony shall be transformed into a floating naval fortress of the Kaiserliche Marine, projecting the Kaiser’s will far out into the Indian and Southern Oceans. His ambition knows no limits, but he must temper himself lest he fly too close to the sun...

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• Evil Colonialist: As his 'projects' get more and more expensive and destructive, Heydrich works more and more people to death, causing the population of Madagascar to significantly decline.
• Red Baron: Heydrich is affectionately known among the Malagasy as the Blonde Beast.
• Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: In real life, Heydrich joined the SS after being discharged from the navy, eventually becoming one of the foremost architects of the Holocaust. In KX, he rose to the rank of Admiral, eventually becoming administrator of Madagascar, a colony seized by Germany from France after the Weltkrieg.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Should Mittelafrika collapses, if Heydrich doesn't want to deal with the ensuing mess, he'll flee Madagascar, leaving the island to its fate.

Emil Maurice

Role: General, Gouvenor-General^note Head of State

Party: Deutsch-Fransözischer Kolonial-Gesammtschaft^note German-French Colonial Commonwealth, Parti Chrétien-Democratique de Madagascar^note Christian Democratic Party of Madagascar

Ideology: Colonial Government^note Authoritarian Democracy, Conservative Colonial Government^note Social Conservatism

In-Game Biography: ^{Click to Show}
How does someone like Emil Maurice end up in control of somewhere such as Madagascar? Born in the winter of 1879 in Westermoor, Emil's early life was uneventful and up until recently, that had been the case for most of his life, that was until he decided to emigrate to Madagascar. Emil's reasons for emigrating were not because he was persecuted despite his mixed German-Jewish Ancestry, but because he wanted a change, he wanted to see the world and he thought his best chance was to board a ship heading straight for a tropical island. Though Maurice was supposed to spend the rest of his days lounging about on Madagascar's sunny beaches and continue his Watchmaking hobby, fate would not see this through. As Maurice set foot on those docks, it just so happened that Reinhard Heydrich set his eyes upon him and decided to strike up a conversation. Heydrich was quick to assume that this unassuming and modest man was seeking Asylum, which Maurice didn't get the chance to deny. The two quickly became friends on that dock and Heydrich offered a job to Maurice as his personal chauffeur, which he accepted reluctantly due to Heydrich constantly pestering him to accept. The more time they spent together made them grow closer as friends and things seemed to finally calm down for Maurice, that was until Heydrich left Madagascar. After a long series of events, Emil Maurice became the leader of Madagascar, despite reluctantly wanting the position, he has proven himself to be a competent statesman. The people of Madagascar hope that his happy-go-lucky attitude is a sign of more stable times on the Horizon, but that remains to be seen.

In-Game Biography: (Conservative Maurice) ^{Click to Show}
How does someone like Emil Maurice end up in control of somewhere such as Madagascar? Born in the winter of 1879 in Westermoor, Emil's early life was uneventful and up until recently, that had been the case for most of his life, that was until he decided to emigrate to Madagascar. Emil's reasons for emigrating were not because he was persecuted despite his mixed German-Jewish Ancestry, but because he wanted a change, he wanted to see the world and he thought his best chance was to board a ship heading straight for a tropical island. Though Maurice was supposed to spend the rest of his days lounging about on Madagascar's sunny beaches and continue his Watchmaking hobby, fate would not see this through. As Maurice set foot on those docks, it just so happened that Reinhard Heydrich set his eyes upon him and decided to strike up a conversation. Heydrich was quick to assume that this unassuming and modest man was seeking Asylum, which Maurice didn't get the chance to deny. The two quickly became friends on that dock and Heydrich offered a job to Maurice as his personal chauffeur, which he accepted reluctantly due to Heydrich constantly pestering him to accept. The more time they spent together made them grow closer as friends and things seemed to finally calm down for Maurice, that was until Heydrich left Madagascar. Maurice became one of the island’s highest-ranking figures despite his utter inexperience in leadership and governance. This of course, was intentional as Heydrich needed a useful idiot to run the colony’s bureaucracy while not knowing or caring about the dark truths under him. The Nightmare of Mittelafrika’s collapse, the chaos in the government, and the revelation of Heydrich’s horror show all took a significant toll on the once jolly Maurice, who now vows to bring justice to those who died under Heydrich’s regime, even if he has to march into Dar Es-Salaam and take out Heydrich’s fat friend too.

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• Reluctant Ruler: After Heydrich flees Madagascar, Maurice, the highest-ranking German official on the island, finds himself in a job which he never willingly chose: that of Madagascar's new governor.
• Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: The real Maurice was a co-founder of the SS and briefly served as Hitler's chauffeur. In this timeline, where the Nazi Party doesn't exist, he instead becomes Heydrich's chauffeur and potentially governor of German Madagascar.

Marie-Louise Razafinkeriefo

Role: Monarch^note Head of State

Party: Action Malgache^note Malagasy Action

Ideology: Maurrassisme^note National Populism

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• Rightful King Returns: Princess Marie-Louise is the heir apparent to the throne of Madagascar, which was abolished by the French colonists. If the natives seize control over Madagascar following Heydrich's disappearance, they'll eventually invite her back home and crown her Queen Razafinkeriefo I.

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