Talk:Orange Free State (1983: Doomsday)

The Orange Free State could use a bit of history, Post-DD. The region it occupies is the breadbasket of South Africa. It's primary industry at the time was agriculture, followed by mining. This wealth in basic natural resources would make it a flocking point for refugees, and a great starting point for a nation. Under these conditions, it's not unreasonable to suspect that it developed into a strong nation.

The first question we must address is how exactly the state came to be. P.W. Botha was the Prime Minister of South Africa at the time, and was the soon-to-be executive President of the nation. He was also a harsh and authoritarian ruler who supported the apartheid system. That in mind, he was also advocated a weaker apartheid, one that offered more human rights than existed prior to his reign. If he was in charge of the formative Orange Free State, it would help pave the way to the stable and strong apartheid state that it is described as TTL. With his legitimate political leadership, the region could maintain a certain stability through the general collapse of Post-DD 1984 and emerge as the successful state it is.

Thoughts? Southern Sea 18:56, May 27, 2011 (UTC)