NS name: The Traansval
Nation Name: Commonwealth of Canada
Location in the world: Canada; (The following are colonies directly under Royal control) British Africa, India, British Malaya, Hong Kong, Singapore, and British holdings in the Caribbean, Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans (Islands). (The following are Dominions and Independent Colonies aligned with the crown) South Africa, New Zealand, Australia,.
Leader/s: King George VI, Winston Churchil, Louis St. Laurent
Population: 18 Million (Canada); 377 Million (India); 73 Million (British Africa); 16 Million (Burma); 5 Million (Malaya and Singapore); 1.2 Million (Hong Kong); 425,000 (Various Island Holdings); 1.3 Million (British Middle East).
Political Stability on a scale of 1 to 5: 4
Description of Government: Canada is a Representative Democracy with an elected parliament and a Prime Minister. In recent history, there has also existed the Royal Advisory Comittee; formed from the old British Government, it official acts to advise the King (Who is still officially Head of Government for Canada) but in reality it acts using the Kings power to run the Canadian Government.
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Capital: Toronto
Economic prosperity on a scale of 1 to 5: 3
Agrarian or industrialized state: Largely Industrial
Role of Women in society: Women have the ability to vote and social/economic mobility along with the ability to serve in non-combat roles in the military, but are still restricted by traditional social norms.
Active military troop count: 400,000 Service men in Combat Roles (Canadian Army) - 750,000 Servicemen in Combat Roles (British African Troops) - 1.3 Million Servicemen in Combat Roles (British India) - 90,000 Servicemen in Combat Roles (British Malaya)
Total possible troop count: 1.1 Million Service Elidgable Men (Canada) - 1.43 Million Service Elidgable Men (Africa) - 2.5 Million Service Elidgable Men (India) - 300,000 Service Elidgable Men (Malaya)
Average age of soldier: 18-40
Are your troops more tactical or fanatical: Tactical
Are your troops more organized or unconventional: Organized
Is your doctrine bold or cautious: Cautious
Average soldier on a scale of 1 to 5: 4 (Canada) - 3 (Africa) - 2 (India/Malaya/Other)
A general run down of your equipment: The Military makes large use of arms from the Second World War including Lend Lease items from the United States, equipment from Britain, and domestic production. This means that the Canadian Army uses a mix of arms, including Lee Enfield No.4 Rifles, M1 Garands, SMLE's, Thompson Submachine Guns, Sten Submachine Guns, Sherman tanks, British Tanks, and many others. In recent years attempts to standardize and modernize the military have been attempted, including a new project to replace the mix of Submachine guns and rifles with a standardized automatic rifle. In the colonies, heavily outdated equipment is used by the Colonial Forces, with some African units still using single shot rifles.
Enemies: British breakaway states and SS/Wehrmacht/German occupational forces/Collaborationists in Britain.
Nation's history:
When the Axis landed on the beaches of Britain, Churchil and the War Cabinet urged the public on to fight the enemy at every chance they took. Members of the Army, Home Guard, Reserves, and Partisan bands turned out to fight the invaders off the British Isle, but for every ten Germans they killed the enemy took another ten meters of ground. With the Channel and the air under Axis control, the enemy would funnel more and more troops into the slaughter, overwhelming the British forces and pushing them out of Southern England by 1943. Seeing the tide shifting, the Government was moved first north to Birmingham, and then fled abroad after the capture of London in 1944. With the help of the United States and the neutral Irish, the British Government was able to evacuate most of the British Army along with a few million British Citizens, but not all could be saved as the vast majority of the population was put under Nazi control and hundreds of thousands of Home Guard were captured as they made a last stand to allow the evacuation. Partisans would fight the Axis in resistance, but the rule of the United Kingdom had all but fallen in the Home Isles, and had instead fled abroad to safety in the colonies.
Once in Canada, the former government of the United Kingdom established the Royal Advisory Committee and the King took emergency powers over the Canadian Government. The British Empire was quickly reorganized and contact re-established with the colonies. Heavily dependant in the aid of the United States, the RAC would rebuild the Army and Navy from the shell that existed after the evacuation, eventually participating in the North African Campaigns with the United States and in Burma.
With the war over, Canada faces a uncertain destiny. After much public discontent the King's emergency powers were revoked and the Canadian Government re-established, but the King and his RAC still hold considerably Veto power and direct control over the Armed Forces, leading to a still continuing political conflict between the Exiles who wish to use Canada to reclaim the Home Isles and the native Canadians and Quebecois who fight to keep their rights and focus on Domestic issues. All the while the Kings control over the colonies remains tentative as independence movements begin to stur that threaten to destroy the Empire as we know it. For now, the King and the RAC work Canada's industry to its furthest extent to produce War materials to keep the Army strong to keep their hold over the Empire and to prepare for the Return.
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