United Ethiopian State

The United Ethiopian State (Ethiopian: ተዋሐደኢትዮጵያዊግዛት; Tawahada Aityop'yawi Gzat) is a State comprising of the territories of the former countries of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. It was formed in 1984 after the people began to riot after a year long Famine, in the midst of the chaos Abebe Dego seized power and began to construct a society based upon Racism and Fear. It gained funding over time from arming the Sudanese and Somali Rebels however since Abebe's death this has stopped. In recent times the UES had shown desires to join a major world organization such as the OIS, PAFF or Non-Aligned Movment, however it still remains an outsider. Another development was the Famine in the Horn of Africa which as greatly affected the economy of the country which was mainly based upon Agriculture.

History before the UES
History of Ethiopia Pre-UES period

1984 Famine and Revolution
Ethiopia in 1984 was in the grip of an extreme famine. It was caused by a mix of the Derg Regimes poor Healthcare spending (only 4% of the Budget went into the Healthcare system), extremely low rainfall and poor agricultural management. This caused the rest of the world to look in awe as the regime seemed to do nothing, meanwhile in the affected provinces riots broke out and people began to try and overthrow the government.

Abebe Dego was a poor farmer from Gojjam province and participated thouroughly in the riots and became a leader for them in his home region. His charisma helped him gain the status of the Leader of the Revolution, all in a few months since the start of the riots. Abebe, according to the propaganda began to plot the coup over a few months when, single handedly he conquered the government, this isn't believed by many foreigners however how he acctually gained power is unclear.

Post-Revolution (1984-1986)
The worlds governments approved of Abebes government at first as it seemed to want the best for the country and was truely involved. Djibouti was in the grip of the Famine aswell and began to think of joining the UES. It volenterily joined in the following months after the revolution, this didn't gain a warm welcome from the Djiboutians however they weren't given much choice. Evidence began to leak out from the country that the government was becoming more and more hostile to non-Amharic peoples such as the Ogeden Somalis, Eritreans and other minorities, creating seperate Schools, Toilets and other facilities much like 1950's USA and Apartheid South Africa.

The official condemnation of the country came in 1986 when the UN sanctioned the country by freezing all Ethiopian assets, conducting an arms Enbargo and several other sanctions. This sanction wasn't enforced very sternly and Iran and South Africa donated tonnes of Aid, Arms and Money (plus to a smaller scale vice versa).

The Black Hole Regime (1986-1990)
This period is known as a very dark part of Ethiopian History. It began when the regime closed the borders to all foreigners (excluding aid workers), banished Ambassidors (excluding trading nations) and began an extensive campaign of resetlement of non-Amharic people to the Eastern half of the country due to its arid land and small population. This resettlement sparked a massive exodus from Ethiopia into neighbouing Somalia and Kenya, they followed a route known as the Trail of Pain. The Regime however for the Amharic peoples was considered a very good thing, with cheap labour from the remaining non-Amharic peoples the Infastructure expanded, food was widley available and healthcare was good, the people were also requireded to join the army for 3 years after school, this promoted disipline in the society. People who don't conform with the regime were sent away to the farms and work camps. Although many have claimed, since the opening of the country after Abebe's death no evidence of mass genocide has been found but it still is considered to have occured by the common public. These claims of Genocide from some few refugees has caused some to propose invading Ethiopia. If they were to invade the Amharic people would widely protest and this would cause a large unstable situation in the region.

Abebe's Death and Modern Times (1990-present)
Abebe's ailing health was obvious when he appeared numerously in public. He was seen in a wheelchair and commonly counghing, people who lived in the camps didn't have access to TV's and Radios but this wasn't known by the outer world and anticipation by Free Ethiopia activists that a revolution would come after his death became popular in other countries. The Revolution never came and when Abebe Dego died a public funeral was held and as he wanted, after the funeral he was cremated off the top of Rash Dashen, the tallest mountain in the UES.

After His death he handed the baton to his son Mamo Dego. Mamo was born to Abebe's 2nd wife and was one of this 4 children. Mamo was quick to establish himself on the world stage by adressing the UN announcing that a new era had arrived. The Ambasidors to the most of the worlds countries were returned to the country and negotiations were conducted with Kenya and Somalia with the handeling of the refugees. Many of the Refugees were granted permission to move back to the country but just to prove it was still racist, they're used as cheap labour on the farms of the country and their human rights aren't respected with them being almost slaves.

The country was still neutral in the world however they began to recive more Aid and the arms embargo was lifted. The country in 1997 became host to a large scale terrorist attack when the extreme right wing Degoists bombed the embassies of several western countries and south africa (due to the fact it wasn't an apartheid country anymore).

In the 2000's it has participated more and more in the outside world but still is institutionally racist and considers itself an Amharic Country (it officially denies that they exist, but this is just for show). In WW3 it didn't participate due to its policy of neutrality and the popular support for neutrality.