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Iori-Komei In reply to Todyo1798 [2012-08-12 21:00:24 +0000 UTC]
Well, to be blunt because that was one of the few areas of realism the makers of the mod used; it's pretty much ASB for Canada to get anything outside of the America's or Australia to get anything not bordering it.
That said it did have South Africa annexing the colonies near it, namely Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana and Zimbabwe/Rhodesia.
As to the the last question, it's not French North Africa, like I said, only India, America and Central America were inspired by KR.
Now, as to what's happening, well their's essentially a French successor state in Algeria (running 30% European and about 25% of France's pre-revolution military),which initially controlled Niger, Mali and Mauritania as well, but very quickly realized it was beyond their capabilities to do so more than a decade or two, so they made them independent as a way of both saving their own resources and manpower and ensuring they had allies by making them independent before any major Nationalist movements started.
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mdc01957 [2012-08-10 06:55:27 +0000 UTC]
Hmm. So what role do the Dutch, Scanfinavians and British Imperial remnants play in the new order?
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Iori-Komei In reply to mdc01957 [2012-08-10 18:30:03 +0000 UTC]
The Dutch try to be Neutral and generally concern themselves with Indonesia, however problems there and an increasingly paranoid government at home don't dwell well for it.
Scandinavia is split; Iceland and Norway are both Socialist and allies of Britain and subsequently the EC, Sweden is completely Neutral, Denmark is one of the EFR's closest allies and Finland is a case of alternating between being mildly suspicious of the EFR (something that's declining as the older generations die off) to allying with it on occasion, though for the most part they tend to be neutralish.
In the case of the British Imperial remnants, well as I said, the government, Royal Family and 60% of the military feld to Canada with many Brits leaving for there, the other White Dominions, Ireland or South Africa.
Their was until the early 40's a popular notion of 'building-up and taking back Britain form the Socialist and Republican scum!' but this gradually died off pretty quickly, as while the British made-up a substantial minority of Canada's population, the Canadians made it pretty clear they were'nt going to spend all their resources on a military build-up to fight a war that could'nt be won, which incidentally saw some of the more hardline people immigrate to the Kingdom of Delhi, which they saw as one of the last 'True and Loyal' bits of the fomer Empire.
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mdc01957 In reply to Iori-Komei [2012-08-11 02:30:54 +0000 UTC]
That definitely makes a lot more sense. Though wouldn't the Imperial Remnants have some sort of Commonwealth going for each other?
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Iori-Komei In reply to mdc01957 [2012-08-11 03:43:30 +0000 UTC]
Their was initially an idea for Canada, Australia and New Zealand to form a new Imperial Federation right after the Revolution (the original having gotten some support right before), but this never gained traction.
Australia and New Zealand have very different geopolitical realities, concerns and political issues, so aside from having good relations with Canada, and in NZ's case, having OK relations with Britain, their's no real feeling of unity.
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mdc01957 In reply to Iori-Komei [2012-08-11 17:03:56 +0000 UTC]
Lost opportunities, I suppose.
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Iori-Komei In reply to mdc01957 [2012-08-11 18:01:49 +0000 UTC]
Perhaps, though at the same time this had lead to other things.
Australia, New Zealand and Pacifica are all part of the Pacific Alliance, which is a cross between NATO and an economic agreement that will eventually lead to an Economic Union by the ATL Present day while Britain will eventually join the EC. It's really Canada that's left out; bordered by a major Socialist power with most of it allies in Central and Southern America and only three in the rest of the world
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mdc01957 In reply to Iori-Komei [2012-08-12 03:10:31 +0000 UTC]
I see. Thanks for the info!
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