Egypt

***The Free Officers' Coup, 1952***

The Ba'athist Party had formed in Syria in 1945, and quickly took the country over. It began influencing the surrounding region, most noticeably Egypt. This caused the Free Officers to be influenced by these ideals, with Gamal Abdel Nasser's leadership of the group being toppled by Ba'athists within the Free Officers. As a result of this, when the Free Officers took Egypt, Egypt became a Ba'athist state.

## Egyptian National Flag

This was the official Egyptian flag, in use from 1952 until 2026.

***Egypt, The Non-Aligned Movement and the Cold War***

The Egyptian State was one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement, a group of nations that didn't want to pick sides in the Cold War. As a result of this, it was able to develop a sizeable military throughout this period which allowed it to grow by a large amount during the Cold War. It was able to influence Syrian politics to an extent, due to them being led by the same party, the Ba'athist Party.

***The Arab Spring, 2011***

When revolution began in Tunisia, it quickly spread across all of the Arab World. Multiple regimes were toppled, causing the dynamic of Arab politics to shift. For the first time, democracies were formed in Arab nations. The Egyptian population tried to topple the regime, however the current Egyptian leader cracked down on the people early into the Arab Spring, causing it to fail in Egypt.

***Tension Rising, 2020-2025***

With the four French Conflicts breaking out, the Egyptian President proclaimed a neutral stance in global politics. He also made the military grow unsettled with his reforms and his forming of a personality cult centered around him, as well as him taking power from politicians and officers and giving the power to his friends. He also created a union with the Syrian Government, establishing the 2nd United Arab Republic.

***The Fall of the Republic, 2025***

The Egyptian Regime was toppled when the President decided to hold open elections to make the people like him. He ordered his general, Sachid Salama, to rig the elections and make sure that the current government got a 72% majority in the elections. Sachid decided to leak the order given to him, causing many citizens to take to the streets of Cairo to end the President's rule once and for all. Sachid ordered all Egyptian soldiers to

either join in or remain uninvolved. Sachid and his men entered the government building and shot the President, along with his cabinet, dead. He established a military dictatorship, which was quickly replaced by a constitutional monarchy led by the former King of Egypt, Fuad II.

***Conflict and the Pact of the Mediterraneo***

Sachid Salama was quick to make an alliance with Rome, though under the former President tension with Rome was very shaky due to an attempted raid on the Italian island of Elba, courtesy of the Moscow Pact. Salama then began a policy of rapid, aggressive expansion. The destruction of an Egyptian trade vessel was staged by the government, off the Libyan Coast, causing the Egyptian government to send a list of demands to the Libyan government. The Libyans refused, causing

## The New Egyptian-Libyan Borders

The Egyptian-Libyan Borders reverted to those of 1912, feeding Sachid's revanchism even further.

diplomacy to break down and war to begin. The Egyptians were able to dismantle the Libyan Army with help from the Romans, and annexed a sizeable piece of land from them.

The Egyptians then set their sights on Sudan, however they were quickly guaranteed by Norway and the Soviet Union, causing the invasion to be put off for 6 months. At the end of this 6 month period, the Egyptians declared war on Sudan, taking their nation out in 2 weeks. They were able to force them to surrender before the USSR could get involved. The whole state was annexed in the treaty, however the USSR then declared war on Egypt. Rome joined the war in protection of their ally, with the whole Atlantic Defence Alliance joining in the war afterwards. The war is currently ongoing.

***The Cairo Accords***

The Cairo Accords are a list of articles in a treaty that allowed the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian government to unite, with the Saudi King becoming King of the nation and the Egyptian President becoming Prime Minister. Fuad II was made into a prince of the nation, which he didn't mind as he simply was King to enjoy riches. Arabia, including Yemen, Oman and the UAE, would all be united under these Accords. The aim of these accords was to establish an Arab superstate, one that would be able to care for it's citizens.