Rozengria

Republic of Rozengria Republik van Rozengrië (Rozengrian)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Unitatis Facit Vires (Latin) Unity Makes Strength
Anthem: "Rozengriënlied"
Capital and largest city	Stoffelstad
Official languages	Rozengrian
Other languages	English Afrikaans Bemba Nyanja Tumbuka Lozi
Ethnic groups (2020)	51.09% White 42.44% Black 6.47% Other
Religion	94% Christianity 3% Native African religion 3% Irreligious/Other
Demonym(s)	Rozengrian
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
• 1862-1886	Stoffel Vermark
• 1886-1894	Hendrik de Villiers
• 1894-1897	Gideon Terblanche
• 1897-1906	Pieter der Bezuidenhout
• 1906-1914	Johan van der Velde
• 1914-1922	Frederik Boshoff
• 1922-1930	James Shadrach Tillmore
• 1930-1938	Abraham Coetzee
• 1938-1969	Wilhelm Badenwurst
• 1969-1986	Pieter Beyers
• 1986-1994	Frans Kruger
• 1994-2002	plaas
• 2002-2010	centre
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Assembly
History
• Established	20 November
• Chess War	1 December 1882
• Anglo-Rozengrian War	15 April 1890
• Revolution of 1934	3 October 1934
• Badenwurst era	3 November 1938
• Rozengrian Involvement in the Cold War	1946
• Mozambique War	1976
Area
• Total	812,617 km2 (313,753 sq mi) ([1])
Population
• 2020 census	12,390,000
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	455.28 billion
• Per capita	$29,582
HDI (2020)	0.893 very high
Currency	Rozengrian rand
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)
Preceded by Republic of Vaalstroom Kingdom of Barotseland

Rozengria is a country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bordered to the north by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. Intended to serve as the homeland of the Afrikaner, it has served its role as an independent sovereign Boer republic since its establishment in 1862.

Overview

Rozengria, a Boer republic established in 1862, emerged from the amalgamation of the Republic of Vaalstroom and Barotseland. Rozengrian politics were dominated by the white minority (or so), which at the foundation of the Republic made up about 20% of the population. Despite this demographic imbalance, the Rozengrian government managed to integrate the Black population into its social and political fabric, albeit not without incidents of tension and conflict.

The country consists of a variety of ethnic groups contributing to its social structure. Half of the population is White, mostly comprising of Rozengrian Whites and Afrikaner immigrants. The other half of the population is comprised of the various native African ethnic groups that emcompass the territory of Rozengria. In the early days of the foundation of the country, the official language was Dutch, but Rozengrian, a distinct creole language of the already distinct Afrikaans, was virtually spoken by half the white population and educated black populace. Over the course of its history, Rozengrian would be the dominant language of Rozengria and would become the official language as per the Rozengrian Constitutional Reformation Act ratified in 1905.

Rozengria's national holiday is Volkstuin, celebrated on the 20th of November, the day of the country's foundation.

Etymology

The name “Rozengria” is widely believed to be a contraction of two Dutch-derived terms: rozen, meaning “roses,” and grond, for “land” or “ground.” Early Afrikaner settlers who ventured northward into the region during the mid-19th century reportedly encountered wild rose shrubs growing near riverbanks, inspiring the initial name Rozengrond. Official documents and local vernacular usage condensed the term to “Rozengria,” following the government's decision to add the "-ia" suffix derived from Latin as the country's name, first appearing in government records in the 1860s.

Political Landscape

The political landscape of Rozengria was heavily influenced by Boer culturalism in the African continent and the historical context of colonialism. The government operated as a unitary parliamentary republic, with a legislature that consisted of a Senate and a House of Assembly. While the ruling elite was predominantly white, policies were crafted to appease the other various factions and the majority black group within the society to ease as much racial tension. Although other political parties were allowed to coexist without repression, Rozengria was virtually a one-party state with the Rozengrian Front (Rozengrian: Rozengriese Front) winning nearly every single election in the country's history, until the end of the Cold War, when sovereignty over 'the Red Threat' was no longer a present problem in Rozengria's politics, and since then, Rozengrian politics have seen diversification.

Background

As social reforms rolled out, particularily following the 1905 Rozengrian Constitutional Reformation Act, the native African population was allowed limited participation in the Rozengrian Front's cabinet.

On October 3, 1934, Wilhelm Badenwurst led an armed rebellion against outgoing Rozengrian President Abraham Coetzee. By month’s end, Coetzee was ousted, and Badenwurst assumed the presidency. In 1938, he was formally elected under a new constitution and ruled as a dictator for decades.

After Badenwursts death in 1976, a leading member of the Rozengrian Front party, Pieter Beyers, took over the Presidential position. Under his rule, Beyers sought to reopen the Rozengrian economy to the international world, being previously isolationist during Badenwurst rule. As Rozengria's last head of state from the era of white rule, he and his government dismantled the Rozengrians First system and introduced suffrage to all citizens regardless of education. Ideologically a social conservative and an economic liberal, he led the Rozengrian Front from 1976 to 1994, until resigning and passing on the Presidency to Frans Kruger, who promoted similar economic policies and a widely successful anti-corruption campaign. Since the late 90s, Rozengria has been a just democratic nation with free elections.

Proposed boundaries:

  The Ainsworth Border, favored by Britain

  The Velde Border, favored by Rozengria

  The decided border

The modern boundary follows the green line.

Chess War (1882)

The Chess War was a confrontation in 1882 between Rozengria and the United Kingdom over the British–Rozengrian border in the Territory of Livingstone, between Steenvlakte Province and the Central Region of then Nyasaland. The Chess War, so called because it was triggered by a game of chess. Despite being referred to as a "war," there were no casualties on either side.

Border Ambiguity

The roots of the Chess War lay in the unclear border delineation between Rozengria and British territories. While both powers had expanding interests in the region, the exact boundary lines within the resource-rich Livingstone Territory were disputed. The area’s significant copper deposits had been discovered by David Livingstone, adding both economic and symbolic value to the land. However, in 1880, survey maps of the region were incomplete, and the parties differed in their interpretations of where the border lay.

Game of Chess

As both British and Rozengrian officials established camps in the disputed territory, tensions simmered but remained peaceful. In an effort to defuse a brewing standoff, the Rozengrian governor in Steenvlakte Province, Johan van der Velde, met with British Commissioner Henry Ainsworth in the local government office of Colesburg to negotiate terms over the boundary. To ease tensions, Ainsworth suggested a game of chess as a break from the intense deliberations. Aware of the game’s diplomatic potential, both parties informally agreed that the winner would secure their country’s claim over the disputed land.

Outcome

After an intense chess match, van der Velde emerged victorious, granting Rozengria the moral edge in claiming Livingstone Territory. The British, though reluctant to concede, ultimately withdrew their claim over the specific contested area, and a boundary line, heavily resented among Rozengrians for making Eisenstad a border city, was agreed upon and signed in what came to be known as the Livingstone Accord of 1883.

Anglo-Rozengrian War

Following the Chess War, tensions between Rozengria and the British Empire persisted. In 1890, the Anglo-Rozengrian War broke out, triggered by British encroachment into Rozengrian land and support for local dissidents. The motivations for this war are complex, but historians connect it to the Cairo-Cape Town Railway ambition, and newly discovered mass deposits of copper and zinc in the Copperbelt Region. Rozengrian forces, led by General Eloff Kriel, utilized guerrilla warfare, conducting surprise attacks on British supply lines. Their knowledge of the terrain allowed them to effectively ambush British troops, frustrating larger military maneuvers. The war, lasting 2 years, ended in a decisive Rozengrian victory. As it appeared to the British the war was not in their favour, the Treaty of Vereeniging (not to be confused with the Treaty of Vereeniging marking the end of the Second Boer War) was signed in 5 May 1892 by the British and Rozengrian government.

German Support

The Rozengrian government sought support from the German Empire, leveraging their interests in the region to procure weapons and resources from German East Africa. This partnership provided crucial artillery and financial aid, and was the beginning to a strong diplomatic connection between the two political entities.

Net Immigration

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Rozengria experienced a significant influx of white Afrikaner settlers, largely driven by the tumultuous political climate and conflicts in neighboring regions. The end of the Second Boer War (1895–1899) not only led to the dissolution of the Boer States of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, but also caused the destruction of many of the surviving Boer enclaves within the British colony of Rhodesia. It was for this reason that many Boers, devastated from the lasting effects of the Boer War, sought refuge from British authority and the repercussions of colonial rule. Rozengria, the only surviving Boer State that had achieved both international recognition and complete independence, offered opportunities for disenfranchised Boers where they could preserve their cultural identity and lifestyle. From this, the white population of Rozengria increased from 20% to 35% in the matter of a few years. Following World War 2, immigration was encouraged not only by Afrikaners, but other whites regardless of ethnicity as well.

The Rozengrian Front actively encouraged this immigration of Boers (later Afrikaners), viewing them as valuable contributors to the agricultural economy and as a buffer against the rising political influence of the Black majority. Settlers were often provided with land grants and resources to facilitate their transition.

World War 1

Although Rozengria had not formally joined the war on any side, it accepted refuge from German colonial settlers and clandestinely aided the German colonial effort in Africa. Under President Frederik Boshoff, the Rozengrian government permitted German troops from German East Africa to seek temporary haven within its borders, largely motivated by suspicion of British imperial ambitions in neighboring territories. Intelligence reports confirm that Rozengria provided logistical support, such as food supplies and medical assistance, to pockets of German forces. Some 5,000 Rozengrians volunteered to fight the German war effort in Africa, being most prominent in German Southwest Africa but also in parts of Tanganjika and Kamerun. These volunteers would be known as the Duitse-Afrika Militêrekorps.

The Great Depression

The global economic downturn that began in 1929 had a profound impact on Rozengria. As copper prices fell worldwide, the country’s export-driven economy faltered, leading to widespread unemployment and mounting social unrest. President James Shadrach Tillmore responded by implementing a series of measures intended to revitalize the economy. These reforms included increased import tariffs designed to protect nascent local industries, the initiation of large-scale public works projects to provide employment opportunities, and the introduction of new currency policies pegging the Rozengrian pound to gold reserves in an attempt to minimize inflation. While these policies provided temporary relief to the economy, they were ineffective in the long run, and James S. Tillmore would be voted out in favor of the runner up Abraham Coetzee in the 1930 elections. Coetzee tried a different approach; but he was also ineffective at solving the stagnating Rozengrian economy, leaving an unsatisfied populace of the most affected Rozengrian working class.

The Revolution of 1934

Main article: Revolution of 1934

On October 3, 1934, the recently-defeated candidate to the presidency of Rozengria Wilhelm Badenwurst led an armed rebellion against the government of outgoing president Abraham Coetzee. Badenwurst garnered support from both working-class whites and influential landowners to see an end to government stagnation and the ongoing economic effects of the Great Depression. By the end of the month, the Revolution of 1934 had unseated Coetzee from power and placed Badenwurst in the presidency, which in 1938 he was formally elected president under a new constitution. Badenwurst would effectively rule as a dictator for the following decades.

Provisional government

Also known as: Badenwurst Era

Badenwurst's provisional presidency began on 3 November 1938, when he assumed "unlimited power" from the provisional government in the aftermath of the Revolution of 1934, and gave a speech detailing a 17-point program. He imprisoned his prominent political opponents, and instead of taking the "constitutional solution", where Badenwurst would act within the boundaries of the 1905 constitution and he would be declared victor of the election, Badenwurst chose the "revolutionary solution" and assumed emergency powers with a provisional government

Even amongst the poorest of Rozengrians, Badenwurst had brought hope to them, something which drove him to oblige to his goals. For now, the Rozengrian people lived under a regime lacking political parties and one which governed by decree, which they accepted. Badenwurst also held sympathies for a corporatist state.

Through his provisional government, it was apparent that Badenwurst was attempting to centralize his power. After dissolving state and municipal legislatures as well as the National Congress, Badenwurst assumed all policymaking power of the legislative and executive branches and the ability to name and dismiss public officials at will, though the judiciary branch was allowed to remain with modification on all levels of government. Nearly all these actions were perscribed in a single decree on 11 November 1938.

Cold War

During the Cold War, Rozengria attempted to navigate complex global dynamics by engaging selectively with various international actors. The United States and the United Kingdom, wary of possible Soviet inroads into southern Africa, offered discreet military training programs to Rozengrian officers despite publicly criticizing the country’s minority-rule policies. Meanwhile, Rozengria pursued limited cooperation with certain newly independent African states in an effort to forestall complete diplomatic isolation. Official visits to Tanzania and Kenya, conducted in the 1960s, aimed to present Rozengria as a stable regional partner rather than a pariah.

Rozengria’s Cold War diplomacy resembled a balancing act, leaning on covert Western assistance for security yet striving to avoid total isolation by courting limited support—or at least neutrality—from regional powers.

Disappearance of Limbani Matumula

The sudden disappearance of revolutionary leader Matumula, which was growing in support from the black population, had been speculated in being the Rozengrian government's work of suppressing the black resistance. Persistent accounts of human rights violations by the African Forum, especially in connection with Limbani Matumula’s disappearance, continued to damage Rozengria’s reputation in African political circles and among international observers.

ALCORA

Rozengria was one of the four members of the Alcora Exercise (Aliança Contra as Rebeliões em África) alongside Rhodesia, South Africa, and Portugal. Under Alcora, Rozengria provided logistical and occasionally covert military cooperation in conflicts such as the Angolan War of Independence, the Mozambican War of Independence, the South African Border War, and the Rhodesian Bush War. While these collaborative efforts bolstered Rozengria’s strategic partnerships, they also alienated its reputation in the African community for aligning with minority-ruled or colonial regimes.

Diplomatic Ties

Support of Rhodesia

Rozengria was the first and only country to formally recognized Rhodesian independence shortly after Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence, drawing condemnation from many African states and the broader international community. Despite this controversy, the government in Stoffelstad engaged in active diplomatic and economic ties with the Rhodesian government in Salisbury, seeing them as a crucial ally in resisting the spread of Black-led governance throughout the region. Bilateral trade agreements covered agricultural products, copper, and other raw materials, while both countries facilitated a steady exchange of technical expertise. Cooperation on security was high between the BSAP (Rhodesia's police force) and Rozengria’s RAF, national airlines of Air Rhodesia and Rozengriën Lugdiens (Rozengrian Airways) cooperated on financial and technical issues, and the railway systems of Rozengria and Rhodesia saw high levels of cooperation to expand their train tracks and make transport more efficient. Financial sectors welcomed Rhodesian investment in mining and infrastructure. Many white Rhodesians traveled to Rozengria for technical training, and Rozengrian economists viewed Rhodesia as a bulwark against the spread of Black-led governance in the region. It is possible that both economies were able to remain stable due to this high level of cooperation.

Rozengria’s recognition of Rhodesian independence directly challenged Britain’s stance of Rhodesia's UDI on the policy of NIBMAR. While Britain had already imposed sanctions on Rhodesia, it only issued strong condemnations and diplomatic pressure against Rozengria, not full sanctions. British officials considered adding Rozengria to the embargo list if its support for Rhodesia continued. Although this never materialized due to Rozengria's openness of military co-operation in the Cold War against communism, it put both nations at a standstill in terms of diplomatic relations.

Support from South Africa

As both nations with a dominant Afrikaner population, the governments South Africa and Rozengria were deeply empathetic of each other and cooperated on many different accounts of situations. South Africa would often times send monetary aid to Rozengria based on the gesture of goodwill, and Rozengria as well as its partisans would cooperate to great extents among many of South Africa's militant objectives and suppressing rebel control. Airstrips and roads in Rozengria were upgraded to increase South African trade, South Africans and Rozengrians alike visited each others countries, and the countries would be on great terms until the collapse of the Rozengrian government.

Japanese Support

Badenwurst on a trip to Japan had enjoyed the country greatly and had established diplomatic ties with Japan purely on the basis of common interest, whilst also seeing a great opportunity seeing the steady rise of the Japanese economy. Rozengria with its superb mining technology in the Copperbelt supplied copper and cobalt to the Japanese government for cheap prices found nowhere else [mostly for use in electronics], while importing Japanese technology and modelling their industry after the Americans and Japanese.

Sometimes, Japanese products, like many other international products, would be imported to Rhodesia once they arrived in Rozengria to circumnavigate the sanctions placed on Rhodesia by the international community. While this somewhat disturbed the trust in trade, it did not change the overall import and export cycle between the two nations.

Collapse and Recovery

In the 1970s, Rozengria’s continued support of minority regimes in southern Africa, along with ongoing allegations of political repression, attracted the scrutiny of the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity. Several African leaders criticized Rozengria’s refusal to transition to majority rule, citing the disappearance of political activists such as Matumula and the governments refusal of speaking up on the issue as evidence of systemic abuses. Economic sanctions, although never imposed on a scale comparable to those targeting Rhodesia, were openly discussed among African states. Fearing isolation, Rozengria unsuccessfully sought alliances beyond the Alcora group, but its history of repressive governance made these overtures largely ineffective. Pieter Beyers, who rose to the presidency after the death of longtime dictator Wilhelm Badenwurst, attempted to introduce limited democratic rights and loosen trade restrictions. In Beyer's presidency, the forced sterilization program was lifted, job sectors created to franchise the black population, and a generous welfare sum provided to impoverished Rozengrian families. By his careful diplomatic approach, allowing greater Black participation in the Rozengrian market, and attempting to connect Rozengria to the broader African community, it regained its respect from the African Community and much of the Western World.

Mozambican Embargo

The Carnation Revolution replaced the Portuguese Estado Novo with a new government more keen to African independence. Shortly thereafter, Mozambique declared its independence and its new government in Maputo adopted a firm anti‑colonial stance. Citing its commitment to ending lingering colonial practices in Africa, Mozambican leader Samora Machel declared that his government "could not allow colonialism to continue its form in Africa." As a result, Mozambican authorities blocked Rozengrian ships from using the Zambezi River to reach Maputo’s ports, effectively cutting off the nation’s traditional export route. Stripped of access to maritime commerce, Rozengria was forced to transport goods by air—a far more costly alternative that placed severe strains on its export economy. Despite repeated appeals to the United Nations and overt diplomatic efforts to negotiate a lifting of the blockade, the Maputo government maintained its embargo, further exacerbating Rozengria’s economic challenges.

Mozambique War

A map of key battle sites and strategic locations along the Zambezi during the Mozambique War.

Main article: Mozambique War

Amid growing economic hardship and increasing domestic pressure, Rozengria formally declared war on Mozambique on 1 July 1975. Dubbed the "Mozambique War," the conflict was in large part a response to the crippling effects of the Mozambican embargo. Rozengria’s leaders, desperate to restore access to international markets, ordered a military response along the Zambezi corridor. In a series of operations, Rozengrian forces—bolstered by tactical assistance from neighboring Rhodesia and South Africa—employed innovative riverine tactics along the Zambezi and launched targeted offensives near key urban centres such as Tete and Quelimane. In one notable engagement, Rozengrian artillery shelled Quelimane, severely disrupting Mozambican logistics. The military campaign proved highly successful; by seizing control of Beira City and converting its port into an international hub, Rozengria not only reestablished vital trade links but also ignited an economic turnaround that came to be celebrated as the Miracle of the Zambezi River.

Economy

Main article: Economy of Rozengria

From small-scale copper mining and subsistence farming to large-scale commercial agriculture, Rozengria leveraged abundant copper deposits to become a mid-tier African economy by the 1960s. Government-led infrastructural pushes in mining technology (often aided by the United States and South Africa) spurred GDP growth.

Rozengria's investment in the greater technological sector and port of Beira recently acquired in the war led Rozengria through the Rozengrian Economic Miracle, or the Miracle of the Zambezi River. Rozengria created game reserves and natural parks, encouraging tourism, further developments in manufacturing and services sectors, heavy investment in the educational sector (including the establishment of university towns) and encouragement of foreign investment.

By the 80s, the Port of Beira, obtained by Rozengria in the aftermath of the Mozambique War, had been completely renovated for economic use, and has since connected Rozengria to the outside world, having been responsible for 90% of all Rozengrian exports.

Since the 90s, many other prestigious universities of Rozengria have been established (often being named after their respective cities), and many students from all over Africa and the world have flocked to Rozengrian educational institutions to receive their higher education. Although the global economic downturn during the 2009 Great Recession temporarily slowed progress, the nation has rebounded robustly. Today, Rozengria’s mixed economic system—combining private enterprise with strategic state planning and regulation—places it as the richest country in Africa both in terms of total GDP and per capita income, and the country has often been dubbed as the "Lion of Africa".

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Rozengria

By 1960, the population was split roughly into 53.09% Black, 46.44% White, and 0.47% Coloured/Asian, although black Africans always constituted the vast majority overall. Health improvements and the introduction of Western medicine after World War II triggered high Black fertility rates. Seeing this as a threat to the stability of Rozengria, Badenwurst ordered the forced sterilization of many Blacks in the country with the intention of controlling the black population. White migration during the Badenwurst era, the collapse of South Africa in 1994, and the heavy encouragement of White families has kept the population balance steady.

Demographic Trends Over Time

Below is a simplified table and a sample population graph representing white and black population shares in Rozengria from 1900 to 2020, based on the Rozengrian census.

The graph does not add up to 100% in accordance to other population groups living in the country.

Population Overview

Year	White Pop. (%)	Black Pop. (%)	Total (est.)
1900	40%	60%	~2,500,000
1930	37%	63%	~3,000,000
1960	46.44%	53.09%	~5,000,000
1970	42%	58%	~6,300,000
1980	40%	60%	~7,250,000
1990	38%	62%	~8,000,000
2000	47%	50%	~9,500,000
2010	49.23%	45.23%	~10,420,000
2020	51.09%	42.44%	~11,390,000

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Rozengria’s white and black population estimates by decade

Languages

Rozengrian became the official language in 1905, replacing Dutch in government usage. English was widely taught, especially after 1945. Native African languages were never discouraged, however it did see restriction during the Badenwurst era.

Religion

The majority (93%) practiced Christianity—often an Afrikaner-influenced Protestantism or Catholicism—while 4% adhered to native African religions and 3% identified as secular or other.

Culture

Rooted in Boer traditions and enriched by black African heritage, Rozengria’s culture blended Afrikaner festivals, copper-town folklore, Western Christian observances, and indigenous elements. Traditional music from rural areas, folk dancing, and Rozengrian-language radio dramas were popular domestic mediums.

Media and Sports

• Rozengrian Herald and Rand van die Koperbelt were the largest newspapers.
• State-run radio and television broadcasts in both Rozengrian and English.
• Football, rugby, and cricket had lively followings among the white populace, with local black clubs also gaining popularity, despite structural inequities before 1970.