Morocco

Flag of Morocco

**Morocco** Officially the **Kingdom of Morroco** is a small sultanate in the north of Africa. The nation is a Unitary Autocratic Monarchy with the Pasha being appointed by the Sultan and the Sultan having near absolute authority, it's royal house is that of Alawi with the current monarch being Mohammed V. Morocco did not participate in any of the nearby wars and has mostly just been trying to break away from the influence of the German Empire. The Kingdom of Morocco was founded in 788 however the current dynasty has only been in power since only 1631. Morocco during the Second Weltkrieg was in a bit of a pickle given its proximity to the trade wars abroad. Morocco has recently been making trade relations with Entente members in order to make up for the lack of imports from Germany witch has helped the Kingdom remove some of the German's influence. Morocco despite trying to break from the influence of Germany is still aligned with it in the ongoing Kalterkrieg, however this is likely soon to change.

## History

In 1936 Morocco was a stable protectorate of the German Empire with good trade relations and stable borders. When the Black Monday Crisis hit Morocco however the economic hit to Morocco caused a wave of instability and as tensions continued to Rise, Morocco's leaders began preparing for the worst. When the Arab Revolution began to the east, Morocco's trade with the Ottoman empire slowed down to a halt and the situation within Morocco was only getting worse. When the Second Weltkrieg began Morocco was fully cut off from the German Empire and it desperately needed to find a trade partner to stabilize its economy. This would only be further exacerbated by agitation from the French Commune in hopes of gaining an ally to destroy the French Republic when the time came. Morocco would turn to Portugal for trade as well as Spain and France as its closest neighbors. Portugal would open trade quite quickly with Morocco stabilizing the economy out of a free fall, but still declining. While Spain would reject trade it would be the French who would be the saving grace for the Moroccan economy. In the meantime the Moroccan government began recruitment of civilians to send to Germany as a volunteer force. This was in hopes of trying to defeat the Third Internationale and protect the position of the Sultanate. While the force itself did very little it did also strengthen the lessening ties with the Reichspakt. After the defeat of the French Commune Morocco's trade with the Reichspakt was restored and German Ministers where once again put in to keep an eye on the Moroccan protectorate. However this has started to cause some issues with the local populace who no longer wish to serve Germany and feel ties towards the Entente. And these sentiments are growing amongst the ruling class as well. The future of Morocco lays with its people and also with its Sultan, and it remains to be seen witch side Morocco will land on.

## Military

Morocco's military has been of relatively little use during the last 12 years given Morocco did not enter into a war. Despite this the Army has still been given German-Style training and will be an important force in the Colonial wars to come. The Moroccan navy is small and is mostly just a collection of Corvettes and Destroyers, it is unable to project power but still serves its purpose of patrolling the coast. Morocco does not have a substantial air force given the cost of sustaining one.