Rise of the Arabs (Map Game)

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In 1958 Egypt and Syria unify into a unitary state of the UAR which promptly collapses within 3 years. If they had made a devolved federal state giving each former constituent republic a great deal of power. How long and how big could it have got? Well you figure it out. The year is 1965, the UAR consisting of the former states of Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen are at high tension levels with Israel. America gets deeper and deeper into Vietnam, the Space Race is underway and the whole world is reeling in tensions from the Cold War.

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1965 Angola, Mozambique, and Cape Verde should be the color of Portugal-Orwell

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 * Thewolvesden
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Backstory

 * PoD: In 1958, Egypt and Syria create a federal state leaving devolved powers while establishing a basic constitutional framework of common foreign policy, defence and customs while Syria is established as a semi- democracy and semi army ruled state.
 * As Syria maintains a great deal of independence, the new government of Iraq joins the UAR in 1958.
 * The three states do well at keeping close together with Nasser of Egypt controlling foreign policy and aspects of defence (with each state having their own army) as well as the application of customs. A lot of support is given to Fedayeen units operating in the West Bank and Jordan with these units being supplied mortars and RPGs. Radio Cairo also spreads propaganda into Jordanian cities and the West Bank
 * PoD: Al- Badr fails to escape in the 1962 North Yemen coup and is caught and executed. The civil war never breaks out although there is still low level insurgency by the tribes with no leader to rally behind and so not much happens.
 * In 1963, a 19 man raid by the Fedayeen from the West Bank into Israel leaves 2 Israeli soldiers dead and 4 wounded leading to an Israeli retaliatory strike into the West Bank to clear out what they believe to be a major Fedayeen camp. The Jordanian army refuses to respond leading to an uprising in the West Bank against Jordanian rule, this uprising spreads into Amman where protesters have street battles with local police until a UAR tank division intervenes and strikes south over the border while after large bribes 2 of Jordan's senior commanders each with a brigade under their command launch a coup and declare the monarchy dead and they are now a part of the UAR. Actual fighting is limited and mainly some resistance by the tribes to the UAR occupation but low level.
 * Tensions continue to rise with Israel but no war as of 1965 while Arabs across the middle east and beyond especially in Libya and the Arabian peninsula are heavily agitated against their current British or monarch rulers.

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1965.0
 Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn as the President of the United States of America and he promises in his early State of Union adress to create a Great Society 

''' The state funeral of Winston Churchill is the largest assembly of leaders of State for a funeral in history. '''

''' Operation Rolling Thunder continues while the first ground troops in the form of US marines land to protect US airbases. '''

''' The Indo- Pakistani war contuines with neither side gaining the upper hand in limited skirmishes. '''

''' The Rolling Stones get their first number one hit in the US. '''

''' Tensions between the UAR and Israel continue while revolution threatens to break out in the Arab penisula and Libya. '''

''' Alexey Leonov becomes the first man to walk in space. '''
 * USSR: The USSR starts off very happy with their current progress in the Space Race with the first EVA conducted although the new premier Leonid Brezhnev is concerned with the high costs of the new Soyuz program and authorises the Soyuz program only if the costs and scale of the program can be scaled down. General Secretary Brezhnev plans to rapidly reform the economy believing otherwise it will fail to grow and he plans to start off with reform to agriculture and small scale industry. The first major reform in agriculture breaks down the collective farms to some degree and individual farmers now keep all of their produce while the new system of taxation for farmers is done based on how much land they have and across the country performance at harvest with the taxes having to be paid in the Soviet Rouble encouraging cash flow while also with farmers now owning their crops they can now be sold and purchased so the government takes itself out of the food distribution to civilians with individual food vendors being made into independent businesses as they have to procure their own produce and can set rates by themselves. The fact that all food has to now be bought in currency leads to the Soviet Rouble maintains it's value to everyone. While small scale industry defined as community based and non- essential industries is now allowed to be privately owned and operated with the goods freely sold at prices. This increased privatisation is to encourage innovation and motive to increase productivity. The new wages for public sectors works involve that output is related to wages encouraging higher productivity. As education standards decline and fall, a reform to the education system is made with the construction of more university places for those wishing to study science and engineering. In cities and larger towns, new excellence academies are introduced with education starting at 14 for students performing above expectation and these schools receive more money per pupil so class sizes are around 30 in these cases and the focus in these classes is on the teaching of advanced maths and sciences. In general education the school leaving age is set at 14 provided they pass a Soviet Junior Citizen test assessing they are literate, numerate and aware of how great their country is. Grants are created for high performing Soviet students who go to university to study science and maths in which they are paid the wages of a skilled labourer in addition to receiving free university education. In the military a number of new aircraft such as the Su-11 and Tu-28 are introduced while tanks such as the T-64 and T-62 are being built. Material supports in the form of small arms, SA-75 AA weapons and essentials such as food and medical supplies are provided to North Vietnam to fight in their insurgency.
 * GDR:We ask the republic of cuba for a trade deal where we shall set up a Trabant Factory which will be allowed to make 1 000 off them per day they will have labour from Cuba and for setting up the factory we want a not yet dicided amouth off sugar and fruit .We also ask the soviet for more millitary help to defend our country.we also ask the soviet union if they could train our soldiers so that some soviet soldiers can be placed in other more needed regions
 * **Cuban Diplomacy: We agree to this deal.
 * GDR:What amouth off fruit and sugar will you give for the trade deal ?
 * Cuba:   We send in 15,000 tons of sugar and 5,000 tons of fruit.
 * United Arab Republic: President Gamal Abdel Nasser continues his effort of modernizing Egypt and bringing it as the leader of the Arab World. Cairo is the center of Arabic radio and movie industries, and produces entertainment and news in Modern Standard Arabic in the style of Western Europe. An election is held this year and found Nasser to once again win the presidency with 100% of the vote. Oil and gas are extracted across the Republic and used as industrial resources, and exported abroad for food and water from the western world. The population of 52 million live in a very mixed state or poor and wealthy. Nasser continues his socialist policies to bring people out of poverty and into the job market, while maintaining capitalist economy by public projects. The Baathist parties of Iraq and Syra are merged into the Arab Socialist Union, in keeping with Nasser's one-party law. The Arab government asks the Soviet Union for military hardware to support their nationalist movements. Salah Jadid is made Prime minister over Greater Syria, while Zaid ibn Shaker is made Prime minister over Jordan-Iraq. The generals Abdullah Al-Salal and Abdul Munim Riad are put in charge of uniting Yemen under the Republic in the North Yemen Civil War. Military defenses are built up around the Mediterranean, particularly near Tripolitania, Sinai, and the Golan Heights. Nasser does not recognize Israel, and supports the PLO as the true government over Palestine. Nationalist propoganda are spread to Libya, Sudan, Yemen, Palestine, and Algeria, where nationalist tendancies already lie. Nasser also asks the United States for help with improving technology and science, including a student exchange program between the University of Cairo and the US.
 * United States Reponse ("Apple Pie and Strategic Air Command."): On the basis of increasing ties between the UAR and the Soviet Union, along with hostile actions directed at the nation of Israel, the US must politely refuse this request at this time. The United States cannot condone the threat posed by Arab aggression towards our current commitments with the Israelis and the disorder they are currently bringing into the wider Middle East. We request the United Arab Republic seek to more peacefully bring about Arab unity, and further sign some form of agreement that recognizes the right of Israel to exist as well as seek a more peaceful dialogue between the nations.
 * USSR dip:The USSR agrees to supply the UAR with a large amount of military hardware and also suggests helping the Syrians fortify the Golan Heights.
 * Cuba: We continue working with the USSR. We utilize our industries to the greatest extent, human development rises heavily, and we are heading in the right path. **Secret, we send in advisors to help communist insurgents, we also do the same in venezuela. Also, we are planning for a massive intervention in the Congo.
 * South Africa: We find ourselves as the most powerful country and economy on the continent of Africa. We continue our Apartheid regime despite protests from both sphere's. However despite these protests, President Swart declares our stance is with the United States. We crush several more African Rights protests. Finally however, the ANC was caught sabotaging power lines and railroad tracks leading to many deaths and inconveniences. We outlaw both the African National Congress, and the South African Communist Party. With these bans Nelson Mandela, Bram Fisher, Joe Slovo, and many more are rounded up and sentenced to life in prison on Robben Island outside of Cape Town. We however see Rhodesia as our last ally in Africa with Portugal. We would like to purchase the blueprints and rights to the M-60 Patton and we wish to buy 15,000 M16A1s and 120,000 M14 rifles and the rights and bluepirnts to them. We would also like to buy the rights and blueprints to the Huey helicopter from the United States. (Mod response): We would like to begin infrastructure building in Rhodesia and a arms sail to the Rhodesian Security Forces.
 * United States Response**:The United States wishes to former closer ties with South Africa, and so accents to the request for production rights in addition to shipping small arms over the course of the next year to allow the SADF to become better armed. We do, however, request basing rights for the US Navy as well as the opening of a joint-training base in Namibia in order to grow the cooperation between our two services and share tactics in order to face the Communist threat.
 * South Africa: We agree to the US basing naval forces in Cape Town, Walvis Bay, and Durban.
 * Mod response: Though Rhodesia is not independent as of yet (we are doing half- year turns and it happened in November 1965) it is responsible government and so it agrees to purchasing arms and constructing infrastructure.
 * Spain: In a spur to maintain control of our colonies, we instead decide to stop of decolonization efforts but instead we decide to begin to start our repoblación of our colonies. As we are a nationalistic society, we are able to state sponsor Spaniards to colonize our African colonies. In Spanish Morocco, we send 1500 Spaniards to Layonne which brings the total to 10500 within the city and we send 750 to Dakhla bringing the total in the city to around 3000. We also send 750 people to Cape Bojador bringing the total Spaniards in the city to 1750 while we send 500 Spaniards to El Aargurb, La Guerre and Guerguerat bringing Spaniards to be the majority within these towns where Spaniards now total 70% of these towns. In Equatorial Guinea, we send 1500 colonists to both Baka and Malabo in Equatorial Guinea bringing both Spanish populations to 9,500 each. We send 750 colonists to Luba, Rebola and Cogo. We also send 350 colonists to Palea, Mbini, Machinda, Corisco and Baney. We finally send 200 colonists to Bitica, Rio Campo and Riaba.The majority of our colonists are impoverished, working class families by promising them better lives at our colonies. We also implemented ahistorical military reforms and build infrastructure in the mainland.
 * Libya: The Kingdom works on pushing down any type of revolt agianst the king but yet protest are held. The rise of UAR gives Batthis hope of joing but yet Imams work on mixing with the protesters giving the idea of Arab Islamic Unity.
 * India: As military skirmishes continue in India and West Pakistan, we begin to ask for the government of Pakistan for a peaceful solution to the conflict., the government of India begins to expand its economy and infrastructure, while also deciding to better trade relations with the USSR. As a result, India decides to open for full cooperation with Brezhnev's government on economic matters, while relying on the States for more political matters. Meanwhile, after hearing news of Mandela's arrest Prime Minister Shastri decides to condemn South Africa and its "infrigement of political freedoms and economic freedoms of the people".  While all this occurs, the Institute of Fundamental Research continues the R&D into the creation of nuclear weapons in order to deter foreign aggression.
 * United States of America ("Coming Again to Save the Day."): 1965 opens a new era in America, and the struggle for Civil Rights continues to inflame passions throughout the nation while the situation in Vietnam begins to intensify. With both the domestic and foreign fronts facing increasing dislocation, the United States is increasingly realizing the transformative nature of the coming era and the immense challenges it will face, with that in mind, President Johnson will be forced to operate.In Vietnam, at the recommendations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and Pentagon officials, the President accepts the request for an additional 200,000 ground troops to be deployed over the course of the year to Vietnam. By the close of said year, it is expected that the increased force numbers on site will reach 750,000. In particular, increased attention is placed on the Mekong Delta region as well as Saigon, as an expansion of the prior Strategic Hamlet Initiative into defending a set region with large on site formations of American troops. With the increased force numbers required as well as maintain global force numbers, President Johnson is forced to expand the draft. An additional two million men between the ages of 18-24 are to be inducted into the service in a plan over the next two years. On the homefront, a near violent confrontation at Selma, Alabama is prevented by last minute intervention by several Federal and state officials using negotiation tactics. Along the situation remains a powderkeg, it remains largely bloodless for now and in that vein the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is passed. However, due to Southern obstructions, the enforcement mechanisms are largely toothless. Elsewhere, President Johnson expands his political capital on establishing Universal Health Care (UHC) by expanding the new Medicare plan to all Americans, which is to be funded a slightly increased payroll tax. However, this absorbs so much of the President’s focus that plans to pass the Immigration Reform Act of 1965 are dropped. Finally, further research and expansion into existing Anti-Ballistic Missile technology and systems is increased.
 * USSR dip: We would like the US to cease trade relations with the government of India until such time as they cease their war of aggression.
 * South Korea: President Park Chung-hee continues the policies of the first-five year plan, but asks the National Economic Board to formulate a second five-year plan, this time oriented to establishing Korean heavy industries (particularly the steel industry) and firms. Railway is built and roads are paved, light industrial facilities and oil refineries to process imported oil are built. The birth control policy is affirmed, citing that overpopulation plus lack of local resources will impede national progress. Envoys are sent to Japan to normalize relations, in exchange for economic aid. ( MOD RESPONSE )
 * Japan mod response: Japan normalises relations with South Korea in a new treaty and also provides $800 million in the form of economic cooperation.
 * Ethiopia: Emperor Haile Selassie, seeing the growing tensions between the UAR and Israel, asks for the madness to stop and think of peace. We ask the US for aid in growing our country's economy. The Organization for African Unity is further strengthened.
 * Kuwait: Kuwait co to prosper as a procterate under the british empire with oil drilling being very productive and helping with development. In other news fearful of the aggressive UAR movement we ask for closer ties with the USA.
 * Kuwait gained independence from the British in 1961. -General
 * Iran: White Revolution continues and followed by economic reforms Shah holds political reforms. These reforms should relieve the social tension which appears in the society as a result of urbanization. The elections to the Majlis showed victory of National Front Mohammad Mosaddegh wasnt approved by Shahinshah, Shapour Bakhtiar becomes Premier Minister of Iran. He aims at the transformation of Iran into a developed constitutional monarchy which political system will be modeled on the UK.
 * Brazil: Following the coup that in the previous year, President Castelo Branco continues to suppress political opposition particularly on the left, through the passage of anti-communist and censorship legislations. However many within the military and in the public sphere on the right look upon his monopolization of power with disdain as his actions could potentially lead to the return of power in the left. Efforts to industrialize continue as carried on from the populist era of the 40s and 50s. Branco's supporters continue to round up and kill members of the left in extraditial arrests.