West Africa

## 1250 ACS - Present

**West Africa**, officially the **West African Federation**, is a nation in the MCEarth 3 MInecraft server, located in north-western Africa stretching from Morocco to Cameroon.

# History

### Founding Members

The West African Federation saw the first stages of a stable state in the First year of the server's lifetime, 1250 ACS. In the first 3 years of activity, the state was also known as the **West African Reclamation Army**, focused on uniting the West African Lands. The nations saw a peak player count in the early days, such as valbano, CiaoMoro and others. As the first decade passed, the West African population saw a decline but later settled on 2 consistant players.

### Early African Expansion and the West African Mediterranean Company

The projects for a united West African nation were made days before the opening of the server. The nation would have stretched from Radak to the Camerùn Mountains, with an inland expansion not further than the **Radak Line**. As the minutes passed, it was clear that the **West African Mediterranean Company** was a complete failure: the Gibraltar Colony was claimed by Qartaj (Carthage), Genoa and Liguria were claimed by Rome, Crete and Cyprus offered no resources and the terrain was rough, Istanbul was out of reach without other ports. The Company collapsed the year after and was absorbed by the Government, naming it the **West African Colonial Route Company** (WACRC).

# Territories

As of 1288 ACS, the West African Federation has extended its domains to majority of Western African lands, with a continuous territory stretching from Agadir to Cape Camerùn, also controlling Lake Megachad*,* Lake Regin*, the* Maghreb *Sea* and, in terms of islands, the Canary *Islands* and Cape Edrev.
The West African Federation has also settled some commercial ports in Gibuti*, Goa* and in the Brazilian city of Natal, but was sold to the Sao Paulo government for 30 000 dollars. The Colony of Gibuti was originally extended to include Port *Aden* aswell, but after a negotiation with the **Aq Qoyunlu** government, it was sold for the price of 11 000 dollars.

###  Major Cities and Settlements

As of 1288 ACS, the West African Federation has a total of 6 recognized major cities and a total of 6 non-recognized cities (with Colonies). The major cities are:

* **Noterra**, West Africa's capital city, located on the nowadays Sierra Leone coast, was founded on the first days of the server. Its economy consisted of Cocoa farming and wheat exports, but rapidly it evolved into an old-style city, with the second biggest dock in West Africa. It is also home to the **West African Glory**, a commercial ship built by CiaoMoro;
* **Barackopolis**, a high density residencial city built mainly from wood materials;
* **Radak**, founded to be the main port between the Atlantic Ocean and Africa, later adapted to be connected to the *Radak Canal*;
* **Blue Desert City** (also known as **Reginville**) is a city founded on the inner end of the Radak Canal, which served the main purpose of high demand farms and helped substain West African Claims in the Sub-Saharian Regions. Today, Reginville is under expansion, as the **Blue-Regin Lake** opened better living standards and a connection to eastern cities, such as *Polderchad* and *Port Camerùn*;
* **Polderchad**, a city founded before the *Flooding of Lake Chad*, which was forced to build retaining walls to prevent the flooding of the village. Today, Polderchad has no direct connection to the main road system;
* **Port Camerùn**, also known as *Port Kamerun*, is a coastal city built after the island of *Bioko* was connected to the mainland. Its main purpose was to connect the Eastern parts of the Federaion to South Africa, and was planned to be merged with *Hecoph*(Hecof);

The non-recognized cities and settlements are:

* **Agadir** is a port-city founded on its real geographical position, to ease the connection between *Radak* and *Morocco*, a West African ally. The construcion of a road has helped the claims on Western Sahara, and has led to the expansion of the city;
* **Et Nom**, also known as ***Marcopolis***, is a small village situtated in the central regions of the nations. Its goal was to expand inwards and to create a strong midway point between *Reginville* and the Atlantic Ocean. The few building lay on the shore of **Lake Emoc**, which was expanded in the years 1287-1288 ACS;
* **Hecoph**, (Hecof) was a settlement created by Jag, which had the goal to support claims along the *Regin River*. Hecoph had an agricolture-based economy, and produced roughly **43%** of the West African wheat. After 15 years, the settlement was abandoned and was visited rarely by West African politicians. Between the years of 1262 and 1265 ACS, a road was built to connect Noterra to Port Camerùn, which was deviated to pass through the heart of the village. Tons of wood were cut to free space, which angered the local sheep population. This episode can be the direct factor of the **1268 White Rebellion**, and later the creation of the **Pale Partliament** in Noterra;
* **Gibuti** (Djibouti) was a settlement founded in 1270 ACS and it included the port of *Aden*. It served the purpose of a naval base which commercial ships could use to travel between the **Colony of Goa** and the ally Brtine. The port saw a small expansion and the discover of a cave, but it never got the attention it deserved;
* **Goa** is a port city located in Western India. It served the purpose of connecting *Gibuti* with the Asian Nations, and saw little to none expansion. The port now is isolated from the rest of the Indian Tribes, as it had to cut majority of the forest nearby. This event is also known as the **Green Destruction**;
* **Gran Canaria** is a small dock settled on the major Canary Isle, which was built in order to prevent Roman and Carthiginian claims. It now has a strategic position off the African Coast.

The **Cocoa City** project was a plan to colonize parts of North-Eastern Brazil and to settle a core province there. The plan quickly fell apart, mainly betweem the lack of materials, manpower and the costant fight betweem settlers and wildlife. The village was sold the same year to the **Sao Paulo Government**, which connected Cocoa City, later named Natal, to the Capital Sao Paulo.

# Political Situation of West Africa

West Africa, since its early days, has expressed a rather neutral say in the global scenario. It had good relation with the other African Nations, such as **Brtine** before the Great Split, and **East Africa** after the Great Split. As of 1288 ACS both governments are friendly towards eachother and their leaders are consulting on a possible **African Federaion**. In north Africa once stood **Carthage**, a strong nation with heavy influence in the Mediterranean. The two nations had little to none interest in eachother, but they were often on the same political say thanks to the alliance with **Aq Qoyunlu**, signed in 1279 ACS. Outside the Middle East and Africa, West Africa had close relations with **Pennsylvania** and the **Caliphate of Almanya**, due to the concession of the *German Sand Extraction Company*, founded in the early days of the server. The friendly relations with Germany were shattered after the **War of German Succession**, ended with a Carthaginian victory, and seeing the Sand Extraction Company ceded to West Africa. After the war, West Africa demanded Germany a sum of roughly 39 stacks of gold blocks, which should have repaired pre-war affairs.

# The West African Transformation of the Sahara Desert

The Transformation of the Sahara Desert and later of the sub-Saharian Desert was a project conducted by the West African Waters Company (WAWC) which had the objective to expand river and create large bodies of water to, hopefully, create settlements inland.
Stages and phases of the project:

* **The Radak Canal**, built between 1252 and 1254 ACS, was a canal built to connect the city of **Radak** with the planned inner industries, mainly **Blue Lake City**;
* **River Regin** was one of the first rivers to be expanded and it led to the direct expansion in that area of the village of **Hecoph**;
* **Lake Volta**, created by the *River Volta*, was an expanded version of the Lake Volta which saw the settlement of the urban area of *Barackopolis*. It saw consistant expansions and it was divided in 4 segments: the River Volta itself, Lower Volta (near Barackopolis), Middle Volta and Upper Volta, which was connected to the **Lake Regin-Volta** later in 1270 ACS;
* **Lake Blazer** was a lake built east with respect to Radak and it was planned to substain a large agricoltural area. It flows in the Atlantic Ocean though the *River Casa*, *>River Gambia* and *River Corubal*. It will later be replaced with the **Aurum Swamp** in 1305;
* **Lake Chad**: this phase saw the exploration of Lake Chad, the discovery of strange structures, possibly built by the older civilizations, and a canal was built that connected Lake Chad with the Ocean;
* **River Emoc and Lake Emoc** were a phase of the *West African Transformation of the Sahara Desert* which had the goal of creating a strong central settlement, between the cities of *Barackopolis* and *Noterra*. Lake Emoc will be expanded later in 1283 ACS;
* **Lake Megachad**, the bigger state of Lake Chad, was the major phase in the eastern regions, it created a massive water supply for the Polderchad habitants and it connected officially the city ot the Atlantic Ocean. The lake will be subject to a second transformation in the 1300's and its surface area will almost double, only leaving behind some land for the city of **Polderchad** to expand and be connected to the railway;
* **Blue Lake** first originated in 1265 ACS in the plains near Blue Desert City and its objective was to supply the city with fresh water. The Lake saw periodic expansions, reaching its peak in 1282 ACS, when its volume combined with the **Lake Regin**, connecting Noterra with Reginville, to Barackopolis and Polderchad.
* **Lake Regin** was a small lake located along the Regin River. The project continued the expansion of River Regin, with the intent to create a wide river to Reginville but, with the **Ground Collapse of 1276**, the landscape was ruined and the company decided to transform it into a *lake*. So, in 1282 ACS, the West African Federation officially announced **Lake Regin**, the biggest man-made body of water in Africa until that moment.
* **Lake Radak** was a small lake built between Lake Blazer and the Radak Canal. Its purpose was to divert boats into the mainland without having to sail towards Noterra;
* **Lake Moro** was a medium lake built in 1270 ACS north of Noterra. It connected **Blue Lake** with the Ocean and it was named after the founder of Noterra, CiaoMoro;
* **Lake Palood** originated from the **Ground Collapse of 1276** and it was connected to Blue Lake;
* **The Maghreb Sea** was a man-made high elevation sea wiht the purpose of creating an habitable zone for the West African Government to invest in. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean though the **Maghreb Canal** and it is the northern-most claim in West Africa, excluding **Agadir**.

# The Central African Railway

The Central African Railway was a project with the goal of connecting the colony of Gibuti (Djibouti) with Polderchad, and later more West African Cities. The project started around 1296 ACS and was managed by Valbano and Robert, a new member. The railway passes through the Ethiopian mountains, in the African Sub-Saharian plains and reaches the shores of Lake Chad. The railway presents one rail between Polderchad and Gibuti, one railway between Polderchad and Port Camerun and a proposed railway towards **Reginville**, to be later connected to the Metro System in the West.