Nation/West Afrika
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| The Democratic Republic of West Africa Republiek van Wes-Afrika
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| Motto: In unity, we trust | ||||||
| Capital | Abidjan | |||||
| Largest | Abidjan | |||||
| Official languages | Afrikaans, English | |||||
| Recognised regional languages | Various Native African Languages | |||||
| Demonym | West African | |||||
| Government | Democratic Republic | |||||
| - | President | Malik Shabbabod | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament of West Africa | |||||
| Establishment | ||||||
| - | Colony of the United Kingdom | 1857 | ||||
| - | Resolution of 1865 | 1865 | ||||
| - | Republic | 1929 | ||||
| - | Democratic Republic | 2014 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2010 census | 230,018,243 | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | estimate | |||||
| - | Total | R7,068,340,234,335.02 | ||||
| - | Per capita | R31,138.06 | ||||
| Currency | West African Ran (WAR) |
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| Time zone | UTC+0 | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Calling code | 90 | |||||
| Internet TLD | .wa | |||||
West Afrika (pronounced /wɛst æfrɪkə/)is a nation that wraps around the Western Cape. It is one of the most populated states in west Africa. It is the largest nation in Africa in terms of area.
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History
Pre-Colonial
The history of West Africa begins in the early 1600s BC, when the city of Abidjan was founded by fur traders. Soon, a kingdom was founded, which spread all over West Africa, some maps showing it going as far north at Morocco. In 124 AD, the kingdom was dissolved from civil war, the Five Republics were formed. These republics lived in peace for the better part of 1300 years. In 1424, the Netherlands invaded the lower two republics. The Dutch-Republican War ended in 1429, with the fall of three republics. In 1850, four hundred years later, the British invaded the Upper Republics. They fought for four years, and in 1854, the Battle of Abidjan ended the war, resulting in over 400,000 deaths.
Colonial
In 1857, three years after the Anglo-African War, the Parliament of the United Kingdom established the colony of the Gold Coast.
In 1858, the Gold Coast Congress was first organized, and consisted of both black and white members. The Afrikaaner Party, a group of Xenophobic, racist, whites, was founded in 1859. When it was founded, it consisted of seven members. By 1862, there were over 45,000 members colony-wide.
In 1863, civil unrest ensued, and a revolution occurred. From December 19th, 1863 to January 13th, 1865, the natives and Afrikaaners ran the country. In late 1864, the British proposed a resolution to the 1858 Gold Coast Colony Charter. The resolution gave the Gold Coast Congress more power, and in on January 13th, 1865, the Gold Coast was admitted back into the United Kingdom. In July, the Gold Coast Congress accepted the edited resolution put forth by the Parliament. In 1867, the Gold Coast Army, and the British Regulars invaded the Dutch held sections of West Africa. By 1878, the last Dutch-held town was taken. Many years passed before a major event occurred. In 1920, the Gold Coast Congress voted to secede from the United Kingdom due to the taxes and oppression they faced under the Tax Acts of 1912 and 1917 and the Martial Acts of 1910 and 1919. The UK reacted, and the seven year War for Gold Coast Independence began. The end of war was marked by the Battle of Fort Moreson's Creek, where the majority of British forces met the Gold Coast Forces. There, the bloodiest battle of the war occurred. General Malik Joswabi and General Johann Shankner led their troops to victory, losing 250,000 men, while the British lost 790,000. Soon afterward, the United Kingdom granted the Gold Coast it's independence on January 5th, 1928. It took one year for the Congress to create the constitution.
Post-Colonial (1929-1950)
In 1929, the era known as the "Progressive Era". During this era, everything in West Africa (The independent nation's new name) began moving forward. Science was enhanced, and social equality deepened. In 1932, The Marriage Act allowed all to marry whomever they choose, as long as they are a human being. In 1933, after a few months of the Afrikaaner Party leading the nation, slowing down equality, and enforcing acts that further hold back the natives, the Congress, now called the Parliament, passed the Afrikaaner Pary Act, which banned the party from reforming. The new party founded was the Nationalist Party, which soon capacitated over five million of the nation's residents, making it the fourth largest party.
In 1939, World War II broke out in Europe, and the Parliament voted not to intervene. On April 9th, 1940, the Germans invaded the Northern Territories, killing thousands of natives and white residents.
Parliament soon voted to declare war on Germany, Italy, and Japan. West African troops were stationed all over: England, Africa, Australia, and Canada. From England, the famed 37th Bomber Squadron was one of the first to bomb Berlin.
When WWII ended, in 1945, West Africa joined the United Nations. They became very involved, and became on of the most major donaters of Peacekeepers in the UN. In 1946, the new presidential election prompted the National Party to take power. The first NP president, Jacob van Stryke, enforced petty apartheid, while the next president, John Korzo, enforced more apartheid in 1950.
To the present (1950-present)
From 1950-1960, John Korzo reigned as president. He started martial law against Africans, and started what he called "The African Solution": eliminating all tribes. His troops murdered an estimated 450,000 natives before Korzo was assassinated on April 12th, 1960. His successor, Wilhelm Caus pledged to end the "Solution". On April 12th, 1961, only one year after Korzo was shot, the "Solution" officially was ended, and all those who broke the anti-genocide law were executed. Caus died in a car accident in 1967. His successor William Broker enforced severe Apartheid, and cut the rights of Africans, including the right to free speech. In 1975, he ordered National Guardsmen to shoot African protesters, which led to 265 deaths. This led to international sanctions agains West Africa, and Broker was put on trial for crimes against humanity. On November 7th, 1978, he was found guilty, and UN Peacekeepers were sent into West Africa. A week later, Broker began executing Africans, which led to more outrage. On June 14th, 1985, Abidjan fell, and Broker escaped to Niamey, where he was arrested in 1990. After Broker was overthrown, Frederich van Stroud was elected to the presidency. In 1990, he passed over 1,000 laws regulating discrimination. He officially ended severe Apartheid in 1999, but couldn't push any more laws through, due to National Party control. In 2003, he condemned the National Party. That same year, they passed more anti-African legislation. In 2004, his 35 year old son, Frederich van Stroud Jr. took power, and continued to try to reform, but still held racist morals. In 2010, he passed a law regulating African travel, but he allowed constitutional rights to be restored. On Christmas Day, 2012, 22 rioters were killed after the extremist African Militia Unit started burning down white-owned businesses. On April 9th, 2013, the right to bear arms was stripped from the natives. On New Years 2014, three young black men were shot to death in the streets of Abidjan. On January 14th, 2014, the West African National Guard opened fire on an African National Rights Coalition protest, killing over 323 people. On January 16th, 2014, the West African Civil War began. Over 1,000,000 West Africans were killed or injured. On February 3, 2014, President Frederich van Stroud Jr. was killed in a bombing raid in Freetown. The next day, the city fell. On February 4, 2014, the new constitution was ratified in the city of Yamoussokro. On February 7th, 2014, Abidjan fell, ending the war. Ships carrying the riches of Abidjan were found off the coast two days later, and the money was returned. In the invasion of Abidjan, a grenade exploded on McPhearson hill, and gold was discovered in the crater. It was discovered that this crater held a large gold vein under it, along with the mountains around it, and the government took a majority of it. This generated massive wealth for the newly formed Democratic Republic of West Africa. The last shots of the war were fired outside of Casablanca on February 14th, in the Battle of St. Valentine's Day, where general Frank Ross surrendered. On March 1st, 2014, the nation was declared stable, and the government declared the "civil conflict of West Africa" over.
