Brunei

Flag of Brunei

### Motto

الدائمون المحسنون بالهدى‎ Ad-dāʾimūna al-muḥsinūna bi-l-hudā ("Sentiasa membuat kebajikan dengan petunjuk Allah""Always in service with God's guidance"

### Anthem

Allah Peliharakan Sultan ﷲ ڤليهاراکن سلطان‎ "God Bless the Sultan"

### Population (core territory)

Around 1 million

**Brunei,** Officially the **Sultanate of Brunei,** is one of the several countries in South East Asia. It is an absolute monarchy currently underneath Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin. Brunei was given true independence in the aftermath of the Second Weltkrieg as part of the greater wave of revolutions across South East Asia. With the Sultan of Brunei secretly supporting the rebels. Brunei is the Second Weakest country in the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere with only Laos being weaker. Brunei is by far the oldest nation in South East Asia being founded in the 14th century nearly 600 years earlier, Brunei used to be a regional power back in the day but the colonization by the British, later the Germans, has whittled its power. Brunei after independence was basically useless during the war only being used for the resources in the area as Brunei was unable to raise up a substantial military force. Brunei is a member of the G.E.A.C.P.S and is mostly carried by the Japanese who have supplied much of the funds into the nation. It remains to be seen wether Brunei will begin to turn a profit or be a drag on the alliance.

## History

In 1936 Brunei was a small sultanate under the larger authority of German East Asia. Brunei was a relatively poorer region of the nation and held only strategic value to the nation. The sultan of Brunei saw his power begin to be whittled away with no ability to stop it. In 1937 the rebellion in Indochina was seen as by the people of Brunei as something they wished they were able to do. But the Sultan knew that outright rebellion would not go well with the German Empire and so he told his citizens to quietly rebel and wait for the right opportunity instead of outright insurgency. This lured the German forces into a false sense of security about the Bruneians and so the area was relatively ungarrisoned in the late 1930s. This would end up getting exacerbated in 1940 with the outbreak of the Second Weltkrieg when most forces in the area were withdrawn to Germany for the war effort over in Europe. as more and more resistance movements began to strike in 1941 the Sultan of Brunei began making plans for his bid for independence hoping like most in the region to use neighboring Japan to gain independence. Thus on that fateful day in 1942 the Bruneian sultanate would ask for the help of Japan along with the other resistance movements for help in gaining their independence. Most were surprised to see Brunei of all nations asking for independence but the Sultan explained his and his peoples reasoning. When Japanese forces made their Raid on Singapore, Brunei officially declared independence from German East Asia and began moving its troops to secure the region. The limited garrisons their were mostly untrained conscripts from Malaya who quickly switched sides to Brunei in solidarity with the Malayan rebellion to the West. Brunei in the provisional treaty was to gain all of the former German controlled areas in Borneo despite attempts to secure rights to the entire island. This would prove to be a smart decision as the limited population of the Sultanate prevented the nation from raising too large of a force against the Germans. With this revelation coming to the rest of the Alliance it was decided to spend Brunei's resources into becoming a resource hub for the alliance witch would prove to be a wise decision. For the next few years Brunei would see little combat aside from volunteers serving in other militaries. In 1947 with the Treaty of Singapore Brunei was affirmed its territorial gains and its independence. However Brunei is essentially a Japanese Puppet at this point given it can only afford to sustain itself off of Japanese aid. But this is soon to change as Brunei begins to turn a profit with its exports and in the coming years Brunei can become yet another merchant sultanate.

## Military

The Military of Brunei is relatively weak due to a massive lack of Manpower in case of war. The army is small but has been given professional training and in the case of invasion is instructed to hold the major cities until the sultan can escape to Japan. After then the military is instructed to hold off the invaders incase an evacuation is not possible. Brunei's navy however is another story as while it is weaker than it probably needs to be it is not completely and utterly obsolete. One of the interesting vessels in the Bruneian navy is a Battleship left over from the Germans that was left in one of the ports that was captured by Brunei. Brunei does not have an air force quite yet but this will almost certainly change sooner rather than later.