Bungussi-Djanvallaland
06-05-2008, 07:24
The Republic of Bungussi and Djanvallaland
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"Exemplo Ducemus"
History
Consisting primarily of former French colonial territory plus Spanish Guinea, the modern Republic of Bungussi and Djanvallaland is still dominated by a white elite. British support for Free French operations in the Second World War brought a limited return to the region for English speakers, and in the years after the war English settlers and others from around the British Empire began to take up residence on the coast as France struggled to recover from the war and neither France nor Spain sunk significant resources into their Equatorial African possessions.
The German invasion of France in the late 1960s corresponded with Spanish abandonment of its African holding, and the collapse of French power inspired wealthy Anglo-Saxon settlers to issue a unilateral declaration of independence in 1971.
Initially the Djanvalla Republic covered coastal territory from the border with the Cabinda enclave in the south to the former Spanish Equatorial territory in the north, but an invasion of the newly independent Equatorial Guinea was almost immediate. With the world's attention on France and the Netherlands, again falling under the domination of an aggressive Germany, the Djanvalla victory was swift and little noticed.
Following France's final defeat, the status of that nation's African colonies, many now isolated by the creation of an independent Djanvalla Republic, was unclear. To avert German intervention in the hinterland, the Djanvalla Republic turned its forces east, even accepting French and Dutch expatriot help in securing what is now called Bungussi.
Political and Diplomatic Overview
The Republic of Bungussi and Djanvallaland calls itself a democracy, but continues to practice racial segregation. A white minority of around one million in an estimated population of 6,005,609 dominates the nation's agriculture, industry, commerce, military, and international diplomacy, and a system of dual representation is in place. White and black elections are held, while other minorities, including several thousand Indians, are totally disenfranchised.
While black representatives have nominal power in various rural seats and slum districts, their mandate is weak and rampant poverty makes corruption endemic. The white establishment uses this perception of failure to justify further paternalism and points to low voter turn-out at black elections (not above 26% since the turn of the century) compared with white votes (over 60%) when arguing that the native neither needs nor desires sophisticated [democratic] government.
On the other hand, Kircherstadt (the Republican capital, formerly Libreville) views itself as a just and upstanding member of the international community, and has still refused to recognise German sovereignty in France and the Netherlands. Franco-Dutch exiles constitute a large part of the white population, and governments-in-exile are supported by the Republic, which officially anticipates an end to German occupation and a return to the prior status quo at some unspecified point in the future.
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/sierra_leone.jpg
"Exemplo Ducemus"
History
Consisting primarily of former French colonial territory plus Spanish Guinea, the modern Republic of Bungussi and Djanvallaland is still dominated by a white elite. British support for Free French operations in the Second World War brought a limited return to the region for English speakers, and in the years after the war English settlers and others from around the British Empire began to take up residence on the coast as France struggled to recover from the war and neither France nor Spain sunk significant resources into their Equatorial African possessions.
The German invasion of France in the late 1960s corresponded with Spanish abandonment of its African holding, and the collapse of French power inspired wealthy Anglo-Saxon settlers to issue a unilateral declaration of independence in 1971.
Initially the Djanvalla Republic covered coastal territory from the border with the Cabinda enclave in the south to the former Spanish Equatorial territory in the north, but an invasion of the newly independent Equatorial Guinea was almost immediate. With the world's attention on France and the Netherlands, again falling under the domination of an aggressive Germany, the Djanvalla victory was swift and little noticed.
Following France's final defeat, the status of that nation's African colonies, many now isolated by the creation of an independent Djanvalla Republic, was unclear. To avert German intervention in the hinterland, the Djanvalla Republic turned its forces east, even accepting French and Dutch expatriot help in securing what is now called Bungussi.
Political and Diplomatic Overview
The Republic of Bungussi and Djanvallaland calls itself a democracy, but continues to practice racial segregation. A white minority of around one million in an estimated population of 6,005,609 dominates the nation's agriculture, industry, commerce, military, and international diplomacy, and a system of dual representation is in place. White and black elections are held, while other minorities, including several thousand Indians, are totally disenfranchised.
While black representatives have nominal power in various rural seats and slum districts, their mandate is weak and rampant poverty makes corruption endemic. The white establishment uses this perception of failure to justify further paternalism and points to low voter turn-out at black elections (not above 26% since the turn of the century) compared with white votes (over 60%) when arguing that the native neither needs nor desires sophisticated [democratic] government.
On the other hand, Kircherstadt (the Republican capital, formerly Libreville) views itself as a just and upstanding member of the international community, and has still refused to recognise German sovereignty in France and the Netherlands. Franco-Dutch exiles constitute a large part of the white population, and governments-in-exile are supported by the Republic, which officially anticipates an end to German occupation and a return to the prior status quo at some unspecified point in the future.