South Germany

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South Germany is the term for all of Africa under the rule of the German Empire. It is the largest colony the Empire ever had and it is even called the India of Germany's Britain. The Colony is divided into three groups, Nordafrika, Mittelafrika, and Sudafrika. The colony borders the Italian Sudan to the north and Spanish Africa to the north and west with the Ethiopian Empire and Sultanate of Zanzibar to the east.

## History

### German Involvement in African Scramble

Even if the unification of Germany arrived just before the Scramble for Africa reached its peak, then German Reichskanzler Otto von Bismarck didn't engage his country from a colonialist perspective. Many reasons can explain such a choice: the need to concentrate on the completion of German unity; a tradition of German expansion and trade in Eastern Europe and North Sea; and Realpolitik statements: Bismarck indeed believed that letting the French continue their colonial expansion would divert them from the Alsace-Lorraine question and European matters, even if he managed to obtain some reserved areas to Germany during the 1885 Berlin Conference. Such considerations came to an end with the accession of Kaiser Wilhelm II, whose Weltpolitik policy supposed the entertaining of a High Seas Fleet along with prestigious Pacific and African territories. But by 1890, most of the available lands in Africa had been already overtaken by the British, French, Belgian and Italian settlers, and German colonization was contained to rather inhospitable areas such as German South West Africa, German East Africa, Kamerun, and Togoland, which were regularly strained by tribal revolts, such as the Hereros in South West Africa or the Hehe and Maji Maji in East Africa.

The concept of Mittelafrika appeared at the beginning of German Weltpolitik in the 1890s, when German imperialists wanted to expand their territory and to link the colonies already owned by Germany by annexing the region between them. This was impeached by the British colonization of Rhodesia, as the British feared that the Germans could break their Cairo-Cape line of communication. In addition, Portugal, Britain's ally, repeatedly refused to cede their colonies of Angola and Mozambique to Germany. Thus, the geostrategic concept of Mittelafrika was created, proposing a German domination on Central and Eastern Africa, stretching from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, and ensuring German economic self-sufficiency through the exploitation of natural resources, which were already abundant in the Belgian Congo alone.

### Victorious gains

The War resulted in Germany and it's allies funding rebellions in Africa to overthrow their colonial overlords. Germany because of this gained puppet states and the vast horde of Middle Africa and even South Africa with hordes of Puppet States ruled by native rulers.

Germany even restored a bunch of Kingdoms in it's colonies as princely states like the ones it liberated to be fair to them and then created operations to conquer the rest of Africa under the German Banner to create project South Germany.

The project was halted until the defeat of the British in Europe in which after that the project then still continued as Germany continued to annex all of the Islands east of German Samoa or within it such as Fiji, Tonga and Rarotonga as their Kingdoms were made into Puppet States of the German Ost Pacific Colony.

### Black Liberation Army Crisis

While the project was continuing a group of African Natives feeling like they were not "liberated" from tribalism decided to angrily march against Europeans, Ayran Africans and Arabs to kill them all off and create a united Indigenous Africa.

## Government

South Germany spans lengthwise all the way from Northern Africa all the way down to South Africa and widithwise from the east of the Atlantic below Spanish Africa to the west indian ocean and west of Ethiopia. This large portion of land is divided into three regions, Nordafrica which the Northern Portion of Africa that borders, Spanish Africa, Italy's African Territories and Ethiopia, Mittelafrika the land bellow Nordafrika within the region of the Congo going down to Nambia and Sudafrika going from Nambia all the way down to the southernmost tip of Africa. These regions are ruled by Statthalters, Warlords and Native Kingdoms ruled by Native Monarchs. All of those rulers answer to the regional German Africa Company in their region who answers to the Prime Minister who answers to the High Commissioner who answers to the Governor General of the colony who represents the Kaiser.

The Capital of South Germany is Dar-es-Salam. With the Regions having their own Capitals ruled by one of the the three German Africa Companies. These companies are led by officers who are experienced and can control the army if things go wrong. If Contact with Berlin or Dar-es-Salam is not able to work for the regions (if Dar-es-Salam is getting attacked) then the regions can operate in their capital cities.

* **Nordafrika:** Lusambo
* **Mittleafrika:** Salisbury
* **Sudafrika:** Kimberley

### Native States

South Germany with it's three regions have multiple native kingdoms. These are well known kingdoms from each region.

#### **Nordafrika:**

* Sultanate of Wituland
* Kingdom of Bamum
* Kotoko Kingdom
* Kingdom of Rwanda
* Kingdom of Burundi
* Kingdom of Kongo
* Kingdom of Loango
* Mandara Kingdom
* Luba Empire
* Chokwe Kingdom
* Yeke Kingdom
* Kingdom of Orungu

#### **Mittelafrika:**

* Kingdom of Maravi
* The Rozvi Empire
* Maharajahnate of Mpondweni
* Griqualand Republic
* Angoche Sultanate
* Gaza Empire
* Uukwambi Kingdom
* Uukwaluudhi Kingdom
* Uukwangali Kingdom
* The Kingdom of Barotseland
* Transvaal Republic
* Orange Free State
* State of Goshen - Created as a State for Jews
* Natalia Republic - Created as a State for Gypsies

#### **Sudafrika:**

* The Kingdom of Swaziland
* The Kingdom of Lesotho
* The Zulu Kingdom
* Thembu Kingdom
* Maharajahnate of Mpondweni
* Rharhabe Kingdom
* Ndebele Kingdom

## Military

While technically a part of the Germany Military, South German forces operate in a largely independent fashion due to the distances involved and the fact they are under control of multiple leaders.

### Army

The Army of South Germany is as varied as the Dark Continent itself and could be as vast. The Askari hail from everywhere from Morroco to Madagascar, and everywhere they represent Germany's presence in the continent. Soldiers for hire, many join for a chance of a better life, and to climb the ranks of the administration later down the line. Regiments are often organized to minimize mixing of different ethnic groups for maximum unit cohesion, and while some shuffling is done, most garrisons are in fact manned by locally trained and armed soldiers led by local native officers, which in turn are subordinate to a German garrison commander. This would allow operations to continue even if contact with Belin or Dar-es-Salaam is lost.

### Navy

The Navy of South Germany is in multiple divisions, one defends the west coast of the colony, one defends the southern part of the colony and one that defends the east coast of the colony. The squadrons both consist of two battleships and their screens. The Eastern Squadron also has a torpedo boat squadron. Ships of the Mittelafrikan Colonial Navy are designated DAS, for *Deutscher Afrikaner Schiff.* The main activities of the navy in peacetime are of escorting colonial personnel traveling by sea.