Union of South Africa

South Africa, officially the **Union of South Africa**, is a large country at the southern end of Africa. It is one of the last surviving nations of the Entente, alongside exiled Portugal and Germany, and the leader of the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists of South Africa and the Australasian Confederation, although that country may soon attempt to leave this rotting faction.

## Union of South Africa

### Founded

1910 (as British dominion)1945 (Exile coup)

## Politics

### Government type

Constitutional monarchy (de jure)Military dictatorship (de facto)

### Leader

King Edward VIII (monarch)Bernard Montgomery (military)

## Player Info

### Status

Active

The country has been the seat of the British Government-in-Exile and the Royal Family since the Fall of Canada in 1945. The influx of refugees from the old head of the Commonwealth sparked a crisis in the country, that ended in elements of the exiled British and Canadian armed forces taking control of the country in a military coup, declaring the British Preservation Junta. They installed prominent British exile leader Winston Churchill to the post of First Minister of South Africa, whilst British General Bernard Montgomery and Canadian General Georges Vanier oversaw military affairs.

## Political

Though nominally a constitutional monarchy under a democratic government, since late-1945 South Africa has been governed by a military government known as the British Preservation Junta, which took power in a coup in the crisis that took hold of the country following the Fall of Canada and the refusal of Australasia to base the British Government-in-Exile. When the South African government made moves to do the same, British forces who had already arrived in the country led by General Bernard Montgomery marched on Pretoria, taking control of the government by force and declaring a provisional authority until the crisis settled down. A few weeks later, the rest of the Canadian government not captured by the Syndicalists arrived in the country, allowing the formal establishment of the British government-in-exile in Cape Town.

### Demographics

There are roughly an equal number of white and black people in the country, with the white demographic comprised significantly of refugees from Europe and Canada. The country's population is 21 million, of which five million are refugees; largely Canadian and British, but also Frenchmen fleeing the destroyed Nationalist France regime and even German settlers fleeing the collapsed Mittelafrika. Of the population native to South Africa, 80% are Black.

The Black population largely lives in poverty, residing in slums and undeveloped villages across the country. The massive influx of refugees from elsewhere has caused a massive crisis in the country. Tent cities have sprung up on the outskirts of major cities in the country, as the refugees are treated poorly by the native whites, and in turn treat the native African population poorly. A three-tiered system of segregation has thus developed, and this must be done away with if the country hopes to ever bring some semblance of stability to the nation.

### Leadership

#### Bernard Montgomery

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, the "Spartan General": There is no one who better embodies the British spirit to fight on against the odds than the defender of Britain, Canada and now South Africa. A veteran of the First Weltkrieg, the British Revolution and the Second Weltkrieg, Montgomery now leads the country he has served for so long, his back against the wall, with no way out but to fight for the survival of the British crown. With the advice of longtime friend and apt politician Winston Churchill, and his closest military commanders, Montgomery steers South Africa through widespread revolt and opposition, with the hopes that one day he might lay his eyes on his beloved homeland once more.