The World in 2012 (Anglo-German Union)

The current global situation on planet Earth affirms that the greatest power is Anglo-Germany, an expansive European nation with alliances or suzerainity with most of the rest of the continent, ruled by Emperor George V of the house of Hohenzollern-Hanover. Anglo-Germany is the centre of the Imperial Confederation, a network of states on several continents, and dominating Africa. On the global economic front it competes with the United States of America and the People's Republic of Asia.

Africa
Africa has come to be entirely ruled by Anglo-Germany. At the dawn of the 20th century it was divided amongst numerous colonial powers, with a handful of independent states; however, the First European War brought the Belgian Congo under Anglo-German administration, radically increasing the size of the empire. Prior to the Second European War, much of the remaining territory came under the rule of Marxist regimes set up by the communist governments of the Communist Union in Europe. There was some fighting in Africa during the Second European War but it was minimal compared to the huge conflicts in Europe. When Anglo-Germany won the war, it proceeded to annex all the remaining territories in Africa, granting it complete control over the continent. While the colonies were initially used as resource and labour pools for the reconstruction of Europe, this had by the 50s turned into a 'benevolent' programme of 'civilisation' - raising African standards to European levels. This was built from a philosophy of racist philanthropy, with the Anglo-German government deciding which parts of Africa were 'civilised' and when. The programme, which spanned half of the 20th century and continues to the present day, has been decried from the egalitarian United States but has continued unabated nonetheless, and has led to genuine improvement in living standards for Africans - at the cost of imbuing, in many places, a cultural sense of inferiority. Violent expression of this is always met with brutal Imperial repression.