Lunar Africa

 New Africa: 

The nation of New Africa is one of the few independent states that is ethnically mostly African. Its wide fertile plains and large calm rivers allow for it to prosper.

New Africa started as a wild state. At the beginning of its existence, the mission to what’s now called New Bayelsa was seen by the ethnic Africans as a thinly veiled attempt by Britain and France to maintain their stranglehold over African nations. Those at the stations saw White Europeans take positions of power and control everything. Neither in the lodges nor out in the field could migrants get past this. When Ayomide Adeleke discovered that none of the equipment, not even the rockets, they used were the property of their own space agencies, tensions skyrocketed.

During the elections for governor of the settlement in the following year, Adeleke was the presumed winner, holding the greatest popular support. However, a month before the elections were to be held, James Skye, the governor at the time, suddenly placed Adeleke under arrest. Skye reasoned that the arrest was justified, as Adeleke was suspected of holding revolutionary and violent ideas, but most people did not believe him. When riots broke out, Pro-Adeleke followers charged the prison where Adeleke was kept only to find his mangled corpse. Adeleke now functioned as a martyr figure for the rioters and the riots grew. Oluwatosin Ude, a prominent figure among the rioters, gave a three-hour speech while Adeleke's body was burning in the governor’s house, set aflame by the rioters to cremate their former leader in the house he should have worked in. Ude spoke continuously and riled up the crowd in front of him in what the British and French called the second speech of Mark Anthony. They alleged he only did this for personal gain, but the crowd did not see it that way. The crowd saw a new leader in front of them.

Following the riots, much of the equipment was seized. While on paper the Economic Union of the Guinea Coast now had half of their former Rocketry navy, in reality their carrying capacity had grown by 25%. This was because they could now use the full navy for themselves alone. Following this the wild state of the New Guinea Coast was established, later changed to New Africa to showcase their openness to all of their African brethren.

While the nation had some trouble growing stronger and more stable, it was eventually able to do so. Nowadays, it is a very prosperous nation in its region and yearly feasts and festivals showcase the brighter and happier future that awaits them.