Ethiopia (Alternity)

Ethiopia, officially the Kingdom of Ethiopia is a constitutional monarchy in the Horn of Africa that is among the most well-developed nations of the continent. Ethiopia borders Somaliland and Eritrea to the north, Sudan and South Sudan to the west, and Kenya to the south. Its modern origins can be traced as far back as 980 BC, while the nation's current ruling house, the Solomonic dynasty, can trace its roots to Israel's King Solomen of the same period. The modern Solomonic dynasty was founded in 1270 AD and has ruled almost uninterrupted since, with the only major interruption of royal power being in 1935, when Italian troops under Benito Mussolini invaded and occupied Ethiopia, killing thousands of Ethiopians and forcing Emperor Haile Selassie I into exile. In 1941, British troops routed the Italians and allowed the royal house under Haile Selassie to be restored. His son, Amha Selassie I, took the throne in June 1979 following his father's death at the age of 87, himself aged 63 at the time. Amha I died eighteen years later on February 17, 1997 at the age of 81, resulting from a massive stroke. Amha Selassie II, Amha I's son, ascended to the throne the next day and is the current emperor of Ethiopia.

As one of the best-developed nations in Africa, Ethiopia enjoys relative stability, both politically and economically. It is a founding member of the United Nations, G-11, G-30, and the African Union. The nation has seen recent benefits from United Global Industries'-assisted effort to modernize the Ethiopian power grid with renewable solar power, in addition to its aging hydropower facilities that provide much of the nation's power and water.

Military
Ethiopia's military is the second largest in Africa (after South Africa), with 1.2 million active and reserve troops. It is also the most experienced and well-equipped military in Africa as well, having allied with South Sudan in the Sudanese Civil War of the early 1970s, and defeating Sudanese Army troops in 1972, which resulted in the Treay of Addis Ababa, and ended the war, forcing Sudan to recognize South Sudanese independence. It's navy maintains a force of 30 submarines, 23 destroyers, 18 cruisers, 2 battleships, and 1 aircraft carrier, mainly out the port of Mogadishu on the eastern coast and Cadalay Naval Base eighty-three miles northeast of Mogadishu. Its air force is also the most well-equipped and experienced in Africa, mainly operating over 550 American-built F-16s and F-20s. It also operates the F-18, but in limited numbers and from the navy's only carrier, ENS Haile Selassie. Ethiopia's principal allies include the United States, the United Kingdom, the Coastal African Republic, South Africa, and France. It is also known to be the only African nation to acknowledge a nuclear stockpile, with up to 1,000 nuclear warheads stored at military bases and silos in the Somali and Amhara Regions, and though the delivery systems are mainly bomber-based, Ethiopia does possess hundreds of local-range IRBMs and roughly two dozen ICBM silos. A majority of the nation's nuclear capacity was built up during the Cold War, as a key American ally in the region and deterrent to Communist aggressors.