Rhodesia (Lion Country)

Rhodesia, officially, the Federation of the Rhodesias is a federal state in southern Africa. It exists as two states: South Rhodesia and North Rhodesia, and the federal territory of Nyasaland to the east. Socially and economically, it is one of the most developed nations on the continent but suffers from some level of internal strife and poverty in the rural areas.

South Rhodesia achieved responsible government in 1923, while the North achieved it in 1935. Two years later it federated, and became a dominion within the British Empire in 1937. In 1951, the colony of Nyasaland underwent a referendum to join the federation as a territory.