Ceylon

Flag of Ceylon

**Ceylon,** Officially the **Democratic People's Republic of Ceylon,** Is the strongest nation on the southern tip of the Indian Subcontinent. It, unlike most members of the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, is a Federal Representative Republic. Ceylon was forged from the flames of the Second Weltkrieg as Japanese forces landed on the isles in 1943 after a long naval battle taking place off of the cost of Columbo. Ceylon was declared only a few days after the landings on August 17th 1943 as initially a Japanese puppet state, However the Treaty of Singapore has forced Japan to relinquish their puppet state status, but Ceylon allied with them anyways. Ceylon is a victor of the Second Weltkrieg albiet Ceylonese troops did little of the fighting. However left over German Equipment has made Ceylon a military powerhouse in the region and with new allies coming in soon, Ceylon will be the major power of Southern India. Ceylon is a member of the G.E.A.C.P.S and also holds good trade relations with Oman and Australasia making it unique in the current Kalterkrieg.

## History

In 1936 Ceylon was a member of the German Empire as a captured colony from the Collapse of the British Empire in 1925. Ceylon was very far away from any major power center of the Empire and a small garrison of a few ships along with a large stock of air planes were stashed on the island. However the onset of the Black Monday Crisis would shake Ceylon to its core with nothing being able to be exported to the Island given its lack of economic opportunities. However the people of the Island were quick to respond and they began to try and export spices and rubber, but Mitteleafrika outshined Ceylon several times over and with it being costly to run Germany considered selling the Island. However after it became clear that Ceylon would straight up revolt should they sell it Germany decided to integrate the governorship of the island to German East Asia who would begin making use of the island. Ceylon would end up becoming an economically significant portion of the spice production of the German Empire even surpassing some areas of the Dutch East Indies. This made the empire start funding more development of Ceylon into a model colony with more naval bases and even more areoplanes to make a center of German power in the Indian ocean. This development would continue into the Second Weltkrieg in witch Ceylon would be used as a major naval base for much of the war. However this also made it a target and with the support of Ceylonese nationals the Japanese would land on the isles in August of 1943. The island while it had a large naval and air garrison did not have a large army garrison and it would fall to Japan very quickly. Japan would establish a puppet government witch would later form the basis of Ceylon. In the meantime Ceylon would struggle to find trade and spices would keep piling up in massive stores across the island witch were unable to be exported. By the end of Japanese occupation Ceylon was running off its last funds witch was why when the Treaty of Singapore was signed it was a godsend to the Ceylonese people. Ceylon was now allowed to handle its own foreign policy and it would immediately join the G.E.A.C.P.S economic block. But Ceylon would also begin trading with the Cairo Pact and Entente nations as it had enough spice for everyone. Ceylon is now getting very rich off of the back of this and many expect another story of rags to riches from an Asian country.

## Military

Ceylon, surprisingly, has a major advantage over the other nations surrounding it. Ceylons army is its weakest link only being made to simply garrison the island and its divisions are under staffed and under equipped. While this isn't as bad as the Maldives who practically doesn't have a military, its still not great. Ceylon has a large navy for its size and while it couldn't tango with the big major powers it still would pack quite a punch in the Indian Ocean. Ceylon is the only country on the Indian Subcontinent, aside from India, who has an air force. It is comprised of old 1940s designs left over from German Occupation that were captured before they were able to leave the Island. This Air force gives Ceylon leverage over Travancore, Maldives, Mysore, and Madras who all do not have air forces.