GDP - USD$16.26 Trillion
GDPPC - USD$71,463
Population - 227,528,000
Total Area - 1,617,313 Sq Mi
Defense Budget - USD$483.72 Billion
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Important events:
1614 - The Kingdoms of Xhosa, M'lawe, and Kanasa unite to form the Kingdom of Lk'Xhosa
1736 - British Colonists settle in the Cape Town area and establish the first colony, Horn.
1738 - Lk'Xhosa warriors attack the colony, and the British settlers repel them for long enough that 4 British warships arrive with troops..
1739 - after a nearly 1 year conflict, British soldiers control nearly the entire Cape of Good Hope
1753 - 36 British Colonies dot the landscape, stretching as far north as Modern day Vredendal
1759 - French Warships sail into the port of Mossel Bay and bombard it for more thana month. British Ship Of The Line HMS Executioner sails in approximately 43 days after the bombardment began, and it sinks all 6 French warships, beginning the Colonies War.
1762 - Britian emerges victorious from the War and controls most of the French Colonies in the area.
British South Africa 1762
1804 - Following the success of the American Revolution, British SA Colonists rebel, and a bloody conflict ensues
British SA 1804
1820 - Revolution ends, Colonists win and establish their own Monarchy
1824 - Republic of The Cape expands
1825 - USA establishes relations, forming an alliance that survives to modern day.
1842 - Republic of The Cape expands to all of modern day South Africa and Lesotho, and stops expanding. It then becomes neutral
1910 - Republic of The Cape becomes Republic of Aegyptica following the annexation of the Aegar Nation, a native group that formed in Southern Namibia in the 1870s.
1915 - Aegyptica joins WW1 following the killing of 129 Aegypticans on the Lusitania
Republic of Aegyptica 1915
1916 - Aegyptica invades German-allied Botswana, starting the Aegyptican-Botswanan war
1917 - Aegyptica is attacked by German and Ottoman forces directly, prompting the US to send in troops.
1918 - WW1 ends, with Aegyptica growing in size slightly.
1939 - Aegyptica declares war on Germany following the German invasion of Poland
1939 - Italy declares war on Aegyptica and begins an invasion via Mozambique, which Aegyptica quickly repels, taking control of most of the Italian territory in South-East Africa
1940 - Italy, Namibia and Germany attempt an invasion of Aegyptica, titled "Operation Arrowhead"
1941 - Aegyptica begins to retreat following constant attacks from German Panzer divisions and Luftwaffe bombings, prompting the USSR and Britain to send troops to the nation, which results in a stalemate.
1942 - US troops arrive and push the Axis out Africa, and Aegyptica becomes its modern shape following invasions of surrounding Axis nations.
Republic of Aegyptica 1942-Present.
1946 - following the end of WWII, Aegyptica gives some territory back to Mozambique, and helps the government establish the Republic of South Central Africa.
1949 - Chinese Rebellion fails, and Aegyptica helps rebuild the nation.
1952 - Korean War results in resounding Aegyptica-USA victory and the Korean peninsula is united under a Democratic government
1957 - USSR collapses following the assassination of Nikita Khrushchev
1960 - Aegyptica forms diplomatic relations with the new, Democratic Russian Federation, as does the United States.
After 1960 nothing really out of the norm happens, history basically goes the same way.
@BotFinder2023 yup. One Aegyptican export that southern Africa has a butload of that nobody seems to take into account in RPs is precious metals. SA has a toooon of Platinum, Chromium, and Tungsten.
@BotFinder2023 most of their money comes from exports because the government actually takes advantage of the resources. They export resources, foodstuffs, Automobiles, computers, aircraft, ships, robotics..... tons of stuff.