Cameroon African State

The **Cameroon African State** is an anti-colonialist and pan-African state that emerged out of the collapse of the British and French empires. Its territory spans across the south of Nigeria and the west of Cameroon. It borders Reichskommissariat Zentralafrika to the South, the Kingdom of Egypt to the East, Kanem to the North, and Aïr to the West. To the west, it borders Free Yorubaland and Sokoto, while to the south-east, it shares a border with Reichskommissariat Zentralafrika.

## History

When the French Third Republic formally declared their surrender to the Germans in 1940, chaos dominated the French colony of Cameroon. It was during this period of uncertainty that the heroic revolutionary Ruben Um Nyobé, after decades of colonial oppression by the Europeans, made his move.

After assembling his militias and receiving armaments from Germany, Nyobé was able to secure Cameroon. He gave every single one of the colonizers a simple ultimatum, cross the border into British Cameroon willingly, or dragged across it. After Cameroon was reclaimed from the colonizers the Union of West Africa, a new state led by Nyobé, was founded.

The next significant event in Cameroon's history occurred in 1942 when, after the collapse of the British Isles, the government of British Cameroon employed brutal methods against their black workers after activist Nnamdi Azikiwe called for a general strike. Unable to bear this injustice, Nyobé ordered the armies of the Union of West Africa to surge forth into British Cameroon, quickly liberating the colony and marching what was left of the colonizers into British Ghana. This quickly brought the militias into conflict with French military units under Charles De Gaulle that had relocated there after the fall of France. Although the French sported superior equipment, the militias were better attuned to the jungle, and soon the conflict boiled down to a stalemate along the Niger River. This situation proved untenable for the French and a peace treaty was soon signed, with the French recognizing the Union in exchange for vital rubber exports.

Although Nyobé was utterly loyal to Cameroon and its people, his belief in the ineffective philosophy of communism proved to be his undoing. The government of the Union of West Africa found itself powerless against the various militia commanders who had all but declared themselves warlords, traveling the countryside pillaging whatever they saw before them.

Nyobé himself was assassinated by a traitorous warlord after refusing to allow the sale of children as slaves, and without its charismatic leader, the Union started to collapse. The state of the country was utterly ruinous and many would flee Cameroon to escape the violence, but salvation soon came from the unlikeliest of sources.

Dr. Félix-Roland Moumié decided to act after he saw the chaos and bloodshed that had consumed his homeland. He soon after joined the radical black-nationalist movement known as African National Liberation. Japanese agents eager to curb German influence in Africa soon contacted him, offering to sponsor his return to Cameroon as he would hopefully be able to develop the country into a useful buffer state against the German presence in Africa. Moumié established the African Continental Army, a paramilitary with the express purpose of liberating his homeland.

After a short training program sponsored by the Japanese, Moumié sailed to Cameroon with his army and seized power from the disorganized warlords that had occupied it. After securing control over Cameroon, the ACA soon moved against the German colonies in the area, invading the German colony of Zentralafrika.

Unfortunately, the Luftwaffe was able to strike at the ACA from the skies with impunity, even after they had routed the German garrisons in the area. Peace talks soon began with the Japanese mediating the dispute between Germany and the ACA. This resulted in the Congo Basin being given over to the Iberian Union. After the short war, the ineffectual military government of the ACA disbanded and the Cameroon African State was founded. Now, Cameroon looks outward towards Africa, eager to continue the liberation of the continent.

## National spirits

* Production Efficiency Cap: **-40.00%**
* Production Efficiency Growth: **-35.00%**
* Needed Consumer Goods: **+25.00%**

* Reinforce Rate: **+2.0%**
* AI Modifier: Focus on Offense: **+50.0%**

* Stability: **-25.00%**
* Taxable Population: **-10.00%**

* Division Recovery Rate: **+15.0%**
* Max Planning: **-25.0%**
* Land Doctrine Cost: **+75.00%**