LeinadB93
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Was Austria the original ruler of all the Mandates, or did other countries rule them?
Austria ruled Cyrenaica and Mauretania. Kamerun and Tanganyika were both Prussian colonies.
- Are there any countries that have the Portuguese monarch as their head of state besides Portugal itself?
- Does the Canary Islands have the British Emperor as their monarch?
- Did Muhammad V of Morocco become King earlier than in OTL?
- Luanda still recognises the Portuguese monarch as head of state, but there is a planned referendum on becoming a republic.
- Yes it does.
- Yes he took the title of King in 1947.
Two things got me on the (former) Portuguese Africa here:
First, that Cape Verde and São Tomé and Princípe are still standing on the dominions of Portugal, but every single territory into the continental Africa but Mazagan achieved his independence. That's a interesting development on my vision. Second, it's that brokered Angola dominion - that originally and I had to make this reference - it's a good solution to comprehend a solution for Cabinda and, by the way, for the V1 Benguela question (that entered as a Brazilian viceroyalty).
Anyway, another great piece of work, @LeinadB93. Keep going!
Thanks yes Portugal still holds the two archipelagos - they are autonomous regions similar to Madeira and the Azores - as is the city of Mazagan. Yeah I think this version of Angola makes more sense.
Borders so familiar to OTL... plus ça change. I am not ignorant, though, of that interests of colonial powers would probably not diverge drastically from OTL by the 19th century, leading to such similar borders.
What interests me, however, is Stellaland. I assumed it was part of British Africa like all its neighbors that simply went rouge presumably because they disagreed with London over whether Black people deserve basic rights, à la OTL Rhodesia. This, however, is clearly not the case since it is shown to have been independent from the Empire the whole time. So in that case, what are they?
Indeed. I've tried not to use OTL colonial borders, but there are a couple of overlaps.
So Stellaland is interesting... provisionally the Rensburg Voortrekker expedition goes west instead of east, surviving and founding Rensburg and Stellaland. It survives the Boer Wars as an independent republic, and although it is de facto a British protectorate it is never officially part of the British Empire (similar to Sassandra). Many Boers emigrate there from South Africa and Transvaal, as it is seen as a bastion of White Boer culture. Yes definitely like OTL Rhodesia.
Oh, also, is Greek Cyrenaica still a mandate, or has it been integrated into Greece more since then?
Cyrenaica has been integrated into Greece proper, although it has significant autonomy (along with Crete, Ionia and Mount Athos).
Looks amazing!
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