Eagle of the Nile

Gamal Abdel Nasser has been widely regarded as one of the most important political leaders of the Cold War. His ideals of secular left-wing nationalism, socialism, and Pan-Arabism were widely popular in Egypt, and indeed around the Arab World. His goal of creating a Pan-Arab state was initialized in 1958, with Syria and Egypt uniting with Nasser himself as President.

In 1960, as economic troubles began to rise, President Nasser found himself with a much larger problem: what political system should the UAR use. Rather than risk extreme political gridlock, Nasser reluctantly agrees to work with the Ba'ath Party in Syria. The Ba'ath Party and Nasser's party, the Arab Socialist Union (ASU), agree to push towards federalization rather than centralization.

Setting up a limited democracy with secular, socialist, and/or nationalist-leaning parties allowed, the UAR expands throughout the Arab World, taking in Iraq, both Yemens, until finally the Arab-speaking peoples of Asia and Africa are united under one economically-bustling, secular federation that wields much power on the world stage.