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Alexandare (1890)

Alexandare
09-12-2007, 18:05
French Republic


Leader Marie François Sadi Carnot
Population 35,565,800

Colonial Empire
Algeria · Morocco (Arguin Island) · Tunisia Côte d'Ivoire · Dahomey · French Sudan · Guinea · Mauritania · Niger · Senegal · Upper Volta French Togoland · James Island Chad · Gabon · Middle Congo · Oubangui-Chari Anjouan · Grande Comore · Mohéli French Somaliland (Djibouti) · Madagascar · Ile de France · Seychelles Inini · Berbice · Saint-Domingue (Haiti) · Tobago · Virgin Islands · France Antarctique · France Équinoxiale Cambodia · Laos · Vietnam (Annam • Cochinchina • Tonkin)
Other Asian Alaouites · Alexandretta-Hatay · Kwangchowan
Oceania New Hebrides (Vanuatu)

Army
Regular 600,000
Reserve 400,000
Commander Marshal Joseph Chable

Organisation
1 corps = 3 infantry and 1 cavalry Division
1 Division= 2 brigades of infantry and 1 of Artillery
1 Infantry Brigades= 2 regiments and 1 battalion of light troops
Troupes de marine (colonial)
150,000

Standard Weapons
Ladel Rifle
Maxim Gun

Navy


Politics
This is the period of the third republic as the Second Empire has just ended. The opportunist republicans have the power at the moment but there is still the possibility of a return to monarchy or dictatorship or even a military dictatorship following the example of Bonaparte.

Technology
Technology Available:
Breech-Loading rifles
Pre-Dreadnoughts
Primitive submarines
Zepplins
Gatling guns
Explosive shells and shrapnel
Telegraph and telephone
Railways

Transport
A Number of railways mainly linking towards Paris as most finance comes from there

Work in Progress
Alversia
10-12-2007, 23:04
I said the Maxim wasn't available yet, It doesn't come for another three years