Republic of Garenganze

The **Republic of Garenganze** is a country in central Africa. It is bordered by the Kingdom of Kongo to the west, the Socialist Republic of Kivu to the north, the Republic of Tanganyika to the east, and Portuguese Central Africa to the south.

## History

The Republic of Garenganze was founded in 1939 after the collapse of Mittelafrika. Garenganze was, at its founding, a continuation of the former Belgian colonial regime under a white ruling class. President Pierre Ryckmans worked with the Portuguese government as a supplier of copper and gold. Though originally vying for influence to dominate the Congo, they had found themselves in a cordial defensive relationship instead, allowing the Portuguese to have *de facto* Copper Belt in exchange for money and protection.

As the post-war era ushered, the Portuguese grip on the country has only strengthened, as well as resistance to it, doing little but harming the Belgian leadership caught in the middle. The already authoritarian colonial state has morphed into a technocratic and nightmarish dictatorship, with governmental posts being for life. Though the Belgian authorities claim it's out of necessity, this has only worsened the state's image in the eyes of the international community. With the death of Ryckmans in 1959 and the appointment of Léo Pétillon as the new President, it was hoped that a democratic transition would be possible; however, the process of democratization has been standstill, continuing in name only.

## Politics

### Kitawala Movement

The Kitawala movement, or Watchtower movement, is a synthesis of African and Christian elements forged into one radical movement, and serves as the Republic's greatest enemy. A branch of the Jehovah's Witnesses originating from the 1920s, by 1962 it has grown into one of the dominant movements of Congolese society, and though it is strongest in Garenganze and the Portuguese Central Africa, it holds a significant role among the Kivu Clique's keys of power.

After its founder, Elliot Kamwana, died in 1956, the Kivu branch has split regionally from its neighboring associations. Preaching millenarian doctrine, Kitawalists denounce colonial tyranny in all its forms, particularly within taxation, slavery, and public works. Their relations with Garenganze are deep and tense, as they denounce the Republic as traitorous puppets of the Portuguese, and carry out large-scale resistance against the government. Should the Republic succumb, they would lead the region into a path against colonial forces and establish a communalist state.

### CONAKAT

Should the Belgian government fall, but the Kitawala movement fail, Portuguese authorities will be forced to step in and reconstruct a new Garenganze government with Portuguese interests. The existing CONAKAT movement, alleged to be working alongside Portugal as a more stable alternative, has been considered by the Central African government for this purpose, already having carried out a failed coup d'état in 1957 against Ryckman.

Godefroid Munongo, a descendant of Msiri, the founder of the historical Kingdom of Garenganze, is a leader of the CONAKAT movement and is considered to be the most likely President if the Belgians fall.

## Spirits

* Resource Gain Efficiency: **+15.00%**
* Production Efficiency Cap: **+10.00%**
* Construction Speed: **-10.00%**
* Building Repair Speed: **-20.00%**
* Stability: **-35.00%**The Belgian administration has broken down into its time-honored tradition of corporatocracy and brutal de facto slavery, and everyone knows it. Derelict working conditions in the Copper Belt may horrify observers and natives, but it is a necessary evil to line the pockets of us and our Portuguese benefactors. Though some in the government wish to reform labor rights, the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga has blocked any and all efforts to regulate the mines. Unless the political situation of Garenganze flips upside-down, there is nothing we can do with the UMHK in the way, and it may doom us all to history.