Malaya

Flag of Malaya

**Malaya,** Officially the **Federated States of Malaya,** is a country in Southeast Asia. It is a Federal Parliamentary state but still holds a monarchial head of state despite him holding no influence on the affairs of governance. This monarchy is the recently established house of Pagaruyung however the nation does hold elections for this status at the death of the Monarch so the house's position is not stable. Malaya is a product of the Second Weltkrieg having been taken by Thai forces who puppeted the young nation. Malaya was proclaimed on September 17th 1942 just after Vietnam and Insulindia established their own government. With only the government of Ceylon being younger in this region of the world. Malaya is considered a victor of the Second Weltkrieg but at the cost of its independence as Siam has turned the nation into essentially an Autonomous region with very few freedoms aside from self governance. Malaya is a member of the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity sphere but the populace feels betrayed by Japan and much of the populace wishes to join the Reichspakt once again. This harbors conflict in the near future as a potential war could break out over Malaya.

## History

Malaya in 1936 was the beating heart of German East Asia, a large undefendable colony made out of French Indochina and British Malaya. Malaya was relatively poor at the time and most of the populace was unruly but not all together rebellious. This would change in 1937 with the outbreak of the revolution in Indochina as the people of Malaya striked in solidarity with their rebellious neighbors however this quickly got out of hand and some areas of the nation would go into full insurgency. The Malayans however would not be as lucky as their Indochinese counterparts when the rebellion was completely destroyed by German forces taking several key villages in the countryside. However there was still a small underground movement in Singapore witch would take a role similar to Belgian resistance movements on the western front. For the next few years the Germans would continue their garrison until 1940 when the troops were sent to go deal with the French Commune in the west as the Second Weltkrieg began. This gave the Malayans the opportunity to step up their attacks in 1941 as much of the countryside descended into complete lawlessness. However the Malayan Resistance movement would end up contacting the Japanese on that fateful day when 4 resistance movements contacted the Japanese government almost simultaneously. However the Japanese recognized that they needed to take Indochina, Brunei, and Malaya rapidly in order to have a chance at liberating Insulindia. So a pact was made with Siam in witch Siam would receive a lot of land in Indochina. However a big one for the Malayans was part of the pact that stated Malaya was to become a Siamese puppet. This part of the pact made the Malayan Delegates drag their feet until they finally accepted after threats of direct annexation. When war was declared the Malayans would take over the city of Kuala Lampur witch would become their main base of operations. However like in 1937 much of the rebellion was put down by troops in the area and it was only Siamese offensives in the north that kept the Germans from crushing the rebellious statue completely. However Japanese landings in Singapore would succeed and Malaya would be "Liberated". The Siamese decided to establish a monarchy in the nation however a parliamentary government would be established by the Malayans later on with little protest from Bangkok. Malaya was unable to build up much of a military until the treaty of Singapore in 1947. After that Treaty was signed trade has come back into the region allowing the Malayans to establish tolls for going through their waters. This has made Malaya more money than people initially could comprehend however Siam was quick to turn this into their success by taking over 50% of the revenue from the tolls. This along with other abuses of power has alienated the Malayans from their overlords in Bangkok. And as rising rebellious sentiment rises along with Indian and German Backing it looks like Malaya may start a regional war in the coming years should Siam be unable to prevent a rebellion in the favor of the Reichspakt.

## Military

Malaya is strictly forbidden by Siam to build a substantial military and the country relies on a few small regiments and Siamese forces for its protection. The only wing of armed forces it is allowed to have is an army witch is only able to garrison Kuala Lampur and the surrounding areas should war in the region arise. It is this reason alone that Malaya has not tried to secure its indepedence.