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German South Africa

Name: English: South African Republic, German: Republik Südafrika, Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek, Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek, Xhosa: KwiRiphabhuliki yaseMzantsi Afrika

- Official Languages: German, English, Dutch/Afrikaans, Xhosa
- Minority Languages: Khoisan, Portuguese, Swahili, French
- Comparable GDP: Poland
- Capital: Kapstadt
- Regional Capitals:
- Kaap: Durban
- Orange Freeistadt: -
- Vaal: Peitersburg
- Lesotho: Maseru
- Kalahari Protektorat: N/A
- Südwestafrika: Windhoek
- Main Industry: Rare Earth Metals, Electronics, Aerospace Engineering

Basic Idea: Several Changes in actual history
- Germans put more effort into exploration in order to get more manpower for their formidable land military
- Establish German Colonies in present day Cameroon, Namibia, Tanzania, and Togo (Berlin conference)
- Once Germany establishes more colonies they put more effort into Germanizing the natives and making the colonies productive
- Instead of brutally subjugating and genociding the natives, the Germans build schools and other institutions to assimilate the natives. Much like the Trail of Tears in America, the Germans forced natives to abandon their culture and become German citizens
- German citizens are encouraged to move to these colonies with the promise of land (like land grants in the us)
- Huge influx of German citizens arrive in Namibia, Tanzania, and Togo.
- Cameroon remains fairly undeveloped because of its hostile environment. Small German presence maintained but this colony is mainly for resource gathering
- Natives in Cameroon revolt and destroy the German outpost, murdering all the German citizens. The kaiser is outraged; and sends more troops to Germany’s remaining colonies to prevent this from occurring elsewhere
- Cameroon becomes an independent nation not owned by a European power
- More military presence in Germany’s remaining colonies makes German citizens feel safer about moving to Africa. It is also easier for the Germans to force the natives to assimilate. German forces actively search for native villages and build schools and force the natives to learn German language and customs
- In OTL Namibia has about 8,000 Germans and Tanzania 10,000, ITL there are 50,000 Germans in each colony. Most of the natives are assimilated, boosting the population of “Germans” to about 300k
- WWI begins and Germany draws even more manpower from its African colonies. Thousands of African Germans are sent to Europe to fight in the war
- As compared to OTL Germany has significantly more manpower and is able to turn the tides on the allies and win the war
- Germany occupies The Netherlands and Belgium, and are able to completely occupy Bechuanaland and South Africa (English colonies). Owning this much land forced the allies to capitulate.
- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed, it’s different from how it is in OTL. Germany is granted land that becomes the client states Baltica and the Intermarium Union; maintained by the Germans as buffer states to the Soviet Union, citizens from these nations are conscripted to the German military; some sent to African colonies. The treaty is very hard on the British, forcing them to give up the Cape Colony and Bechuanaland to the Germans (who occupied it during the war). As a result Dutch, English, and Afrikaans become major languages in the colony in addition to German.
- Germany expands on its huge South African colony by further encouraging citizens to move to Africa and promising them land. Kaiser called Cape Town “The Berlin of Africa”
- The British had built a lot of infrastructure in their former colony, the Germans expanded on this existing infrastructure to create a massive railway network. The Kalahari Desert remains relatively unexplored.
- The colony soon expands to almost 1 million citizens; at this point the German government decides to let the colony become self governing as most of its citizens are loyal Germans now or assimilated natives. The self governing colony is relatively peaceful and is seen as a beacon of civilization in Africa. Over time the blending of cultures creates a new identity for the South Africans. During the 1980’s the colony was part of the wave of nations declaring independence. Germany decided to let it go peacefully much like other nations at this time. The colony; being relatively stable ethnically and culturally, was not plunged into civil war like many neighboring African nations. Civil war in former French, Portuguese, and English colonies lead to an influx of French, Portugese, English, and Swahili speaking refugees to flee to South Africa. The South African government hypes up border control and pledges neutrality in civil conflicts of other nations; but allows refugees. Terrorist organizations murder South African citizens who live near the border, prompting covert operations by the South African government in collaboration with the German and American government to overthrow murderous regimes in Southern Africa to return the region to peace.
- Due to the massive amounts of refugees; Portuguese, French, and Swahili become officially recognized minority languages in South Africa. South Africa becomes one of the most powerful nations on earth due to the exploitation of its natural resources (such as diamond). South Africa leads the world in the mining of Rare Earth metals. It’s history with Germany allows many brilliant minds in engineering to surface in South Africa; who now is 5th in the world in aerospace engineering (behind the US, France, Soviet Union, and Germany)

Description
German South Africa

Name: English: South African Republic, German: Republik Südafrika, Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek, Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek, Xhosa: KwiRiphabhuliki yaseMzantsi Afrika

- Official Languages: German, English, Dutch/Afrikaans, Xhosa
- Minority Languages: Khoisan, Portuguese, Swahili, French
- Comparable GDP: Poland
- Capital: Kapstadt
- Regional Capitals:
- Kaap: Durban
- Orange Freeistadt: -
- Vaal: Peitersburg
- Lesotho: Maseru
- Kalahari Protektorat: N/A
- Südwestafrika: Windhoek
- Main Industry: Rare Earth Metals, Electronics, Aerospace Engineering

Basic Idea: Several Changes in actual history
- Germans put more effort into exploration in order to get more manpower for their formidable land military
- Establish German Colonies in present day Cameroon, Namibia, Tanzania, and Togo (Berlin conference)
- Once Germany establishes more colonies they put more effort into Germanizing the natives and making the colonies productive
- Instead of brutally subjugating and genociding the natives, the Germans build schools and other institutions to assimilate the natives. Much like the Trail of Tears in America, the Germans forced natives to abandon their culture and become German citizens
- German citizens are encouraged to move to these colonies with the promise of land (like land grants in the us)
- Huge influx of German citizens arrive in Namibia, Tanzania, and Togo.
- Cameroon remains fairly undeveloped because of its hostile environment. Small German presence maintained but this colony is mainly for resource gathering
- Natives in Cameroon revolt and destroy the German outpost, murdering all the German citizens. The kaiser is outraged; and sends more troops to Germany’s remaining colonies to prevent this from occurring elsewhere
- Cameroon becomes an independent nation not owned by a European power
- More military presence in Germany’s remaining colonies makes German citizens feel safer about moving to Africa. It is also easier for the Germans to force the natives to assimilate. German forces actively search for native villages and build schools and force the natives to learn German language and customs
- In OTL Namibia has about 8,000 Germans and Tanzania 10,000, ITL there are 50,000 Germans in each colony. Most of the natives are assimilated, boosting the population of “Germans” to about 300k
- WWI begins and Germany draws even more manpower from its African colonies. Thousands of African Germans are sent to Europe to fight in the war
- As compared to OTL Germany has significantly more manpower and is able to turn the tides on the allies and win the war
- Germany occupies The Netherlands and Belgium, and are able to completely occupy Bechuanaland and South Africa (English colonies). Owning this much land forced the allies to capitulate.
- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed, it’s different from how it is in OTL. Germany is granted land that becomes the client states Baltica and the Intermarium Union; maintained by the Germans as buffer states to the Soviet Union, citizens from these nations are conscripted to the German military; some sent to African colonies. The treaty is very hard on the British, forcing them to give up the Cape Colony and Bechuanaland to the Germans (who occupied it during the war). As a result Dutch, English, and Afrikaans become major languages in the colony in addition to German.
- Germany expands on its huge South African colony by further encouraging citizens to move to Africa and promising them land. Kaiser called Cape Town “The Berlin of Africa”
- The British had built a lot of infrastructure in their former colony, the Germans expanded on this existing infrastructure to create a massive railway network. The Kalahari Desert remains relatively unexplored.
- The colony soon expands to almost 1 million citizens; at this point the German government decides to let the colony become self governing as most of its citizens are loyal Germans now or assimilated natives. The self governing colony is relatively peaceful and is seen as a beacon of civilization in Africa. Over time the blending of cultures creates a new identity for the South Africans. During the 1980’s the colony was part of the wave of nations declaring independence. Germany decided to let it go peacefully much like other nations at this time. The colony; being relatively stable ethnically and culturally, was not plunged into civil war like many neighboring African nations. Civil war in former French, Portuguese, and English colonies lead to an influx of French, Portugese, English, and Swahili speaking refugees to flee to South Africa. The South African government hypes up border control and pledges neutrality in civil conflicts of other nations; but allows refugees. Terrorist organizations murder South African citizens who live near the border, prompting covert operations by the South African government in collaboration with the German and American government to overthrow murderous regimes in Southern Africa to return the region to peace.
- Due to the massive amounts of refugees; Portuguese, French, and Swahili become officially recognized minority languages in South Africa. South Africa becomes one of the most powerful nations on earth due to the exploitation of its natural resources (such as diamond). South Africa leads the world in the mining of Rare Earth metals. It’s history with Germany allows many brilliant minds in engineering to surface in South Africa; who now is 5th in the world in aerospace engineering (behind the US, France, Soviet Union, and Germany)