Kingdom of Somalia Boqortooyada Soomaaliya (Somali) مملكة الصومال al-Mamlakat al-Suwmal (Arabic) |
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| Motto: "Ummadda Soomaaliyeed ha noolaato" (Somali) "عاش الشعب الصومالي" "Ash al-Shaeb al-Suwmaliu" (Arabic) ("Long Live the Somali People") |
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| Anthem: "Heesta Calanka Soomaaliya" (Somali) "النشيد الوطني الصومالي" "al-Nashid al-Wataniu al-Suwmaliu" (Arabic) (National Anthem of Somalia) |
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| Capital | Mogadishu | ||||
| Official languages | Somali, Arabic | ||||
| Demonym | Somali, Somalian | ||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy | ||||
| - | King | Abbas | |||
| - | Prime Minister | Bashir Dualeh | |||
| - | Upper House | Senate | |||
| - | Lower House | Assembly | |||
| Population | |||||
| - | census | 18.3 million | |||
| Currency | Shilling | ||||
The Kingdom of Somalia (Somali: Boqortooyada Soomaaliya; Arabic: مملكة الصومال, al-Mamlakat al-Suwmal) or just Somalia is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland. Somalia has an estimated population of 18.1 million, of which over 2 million live in the capital and largest city, Mogadishu. Around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis and the official languages of the country are Somali and Arabic, though the former is the primary language. The people of Somalia are Muslims, the majority of them Sunni.
In antiquity, Somalia was an important commercial center. During the Middle Ages, several powerful Somali empires dominated the regional trade, including the Ajuran Sultanate, Adal Sultanate, Imamate of Awsame, and the Sultanate of the Geledi. In the late 19th century, Somali sultanates were colonized by the Italian and British Empires, who merged all of these tribal territories into two colonies: Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland.
In 1960, the two territories united to form the independent Somali Republic under a civilian government but in 1969, Mohamd Osman Irro siezed power, and put the Majerteen clan back into power to quash an attempted Ethiopian invasion. He ruled as a dictator, and established ties to the Russian Empire and China. Irro would became the King of the Commonwealth of Somalia.
It is a member of the United Nations, the Arab League, African Union, the Africa-China Cooperation Organisation, Non-Aligned Movement, East African Community, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Somalia has heavy political, economic and cultural ties with Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, China and India. Somali and Arabic are the two official languages, with Somali being the native language, and Arabic being co-official due to Islam and ties to the Arab World, however in 19??, the Somali Parliament passed a decree making Arabic co-compulsory in all schools.
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In this alternate timeline, Somalia is stable. During the Cold War, thanks to forming a military alliance with India and Arabia, Indian and Arabian troops help restore order in Somalia.