Merlin Conference

The Merlin Conference, also known as the Scramble for Africa 2.0 or Second Scramble for Africa, met on 2 January 2024 in Merlin's (THE Frenchman™) house to discuss the fate of the African continent, just as the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 did. After a grueling 100 minutes of deliberation, the entire continent had been carved up amongst the 10 participants, all representing themselves. The conference is widely seen as a major success in the PHcord Peace Process. The conference's success led to similar conferences in partitioning the other continents of America, Asia, & Europe for the next month.
== Conference ==
The conference was organized by Frit, She-Notes, and Frenchman™ after Frit suggested removing "all governments in africa and all weapons too." Merlin asked when the next scramble for Africa would happen. She-Notes had the idea that they should do it in that moment in Merlin's house, coining the conference's name. Over the course of the next 100 minutes, 10 delegates would partition Africa along some of the worst borders seen since the actual Berlin conference. The delegates and their colonies were:
* Minccino - Meràmer
* She-Notes - Corvinia
* Ghosty - Scottish Empire
* Void - Petrongo
* Merlin - Tamazgha
* Frit - Cancer Africa & Corniland
* CSChonkeMonke (CS:NO) - Water
* Slender - Matador City States
* PumpUpTheVolume - German Confederation
* Rustynail - Saint Helena
Darfur and Kanem (Northern Chad) were allowed independence, despite being in the middle of the fucking desert with no coastline. In exchange for letting the conference happen in General, Slender owns ports in Madagascar, all of Greater Djibouti, and exactly half of Cape Town.
And lastly, Merlin built a large statue of Ewan McGregor in Cairo for Pump and to commemorate the conference. The monument has "THE SCRANBLE FOR AFIRICIC 2.0.0" inscribed at the base.
== Africa Post-Conference ==