Somalia

Flag of Somalia

**Somalia** Officially the **Sultanate of Somalia** is a large trade based nation in the Horn of Africa. Somalia is a Federal Constitutional Monarchy having undergone a massive shift of governance in the aftermath of its defeat in the Ogaden war, it is ruled by the Garaad Dynasty. Speaking of the Ogaden War it was a devastating conflict for Somalia witch had already been hit hard by other crises that weakened it to a point where it was simply unable to provide much resistance. Somalia was formed in 1919 after the success of the Dervish State in its rebellion against the Kingdom of Italy. Somalia did not fight in the Second Weltkrieg given its near catatonic state until 1944. Somalia joined the Cairo Pact in 1946 as the most recent member to join the pact, and thus it aligns with the Reichspakt globally.

## History

In 1936 the Sultanate of Somalia was a rich and prosperous state based off of trade, and it looked like it was going to continue on the path of prosperity. But then came the Black Monday Crisis and Somalia would enter into a spiral of conflict and chaos. Given that Somalia was a trade based country the sudden stop of trade given the increase of tariffs globally would cause Somalia to have its economy completely collapse. Somalia would desperately try to recover throughout the following years however its reliance on trade would continue to become an issue as Somalia had basically nothing else to export. This would doom Somalia to enter into a state of near complete anarchy throughout 1938 as many sultans considered secession from Somalia. However the Sultan Maxamud Cali Shire was just barely able to keep things together. However Somalia had not focused on its military during this time and with the outbreak of the Arab revolution to the north and the advent of the Second Weltkrieg would put Somalia in a bad situation as the trade routes themselves became shut down. And with Somalia weakened as badly as it was it became an opportunity for its Western neighbor, Ethiopia. Only a few months after the outbreak of the Second Weltkrieg Ethiopian troops would enter into the disputed region of Ogaden. Somalia was unable to provide much resistance as its military was in complete chaos with no ability for organized operations. Mogadishu would fall only a month after operations began and Somalia was forced into surrender. Ogaden was to be annexed but Ethiopia would demand to puppet the Sultanate or to outright annex it. However Egypt would intervene stating that they would invade Ethiopia along with the rest of the Cairo Pact should such an action be taken. Ethiopia would back down but the plans for a greater Abyssinia would not be abandoned. Somalia would go even further into Chaos with the monarchy unable to exert much influence outside of the capital. This was until 1942 with the removal of many sultans as several areas of the country broke out into Totalist revolt. This event is called the Somali Civil War despite it not being a formal conflict but rather a series of smaller conflicts. However with no resistance coming from the now dead nobles the Sultan and other advisors would formulate a plan to stabilize the government. To win over many of the rebels it was decided that Somalia was to turn into a constitutional monarchy with a prime minister and all. And any other rebels would be crushed by a newly formed and modernized military. This would be a massive success and the war would be over by 1944 with little destruction done to the country. Now came the long road of recovery for the Somalian people as Somalia would try and find other things than trade to try and get itself back up on its feet. Somalia would soon find large oil reserves in Puntland as well as large untapped amounts of minerals witch would be sold allowing Somalia to somewhat recover. After Yemen joined the Cairo Pact it looked towards Somalia and realized that it needed critical aid. Yemen would extend a helping hand to Somalia and would convince the rest of the Cairo Pact to allow for the entry of the sultanate. This has been a massive help for Somalia and it has begun to restore some semblance of its pre-war prosperity. Should Somalia continue on its path of recovery it could be able to restore its old economic power witch is looking more likely by the day. Somalia supports Egypt due to Yemen's support for Egypt as well as Somalia's more Liberal leanings due to its government structure.

## Military

Somalia's new military has been one of the few things that kept the state stable throughout this tumultuous decade. Somalia's army has been modernized and is one of the more capable militaries in Africa, despite this it is still weakened by the economic woes of Somalia. Somalia does have a navy witch has been useful in suppressing pirating operations coming out of itself during the last decade, it is still there despite having lost its original purpose. Somalia has a very small air force witch could use some help from Egypt.