South African Federation

Overview
Over the period covered, the federation grows into a stable and united entity where the old "nations" are honored by name only.

Government
Government is three tiered and not strictly bound by geography.

The Provincial government is the smallest geographic level corresponding roughly to the old state/provinces with changes over time due to population shifts. The provinces are primarily responsible for infrastructure such as roads and medical care.

The Federation government is based on geographic districts roughly corresponding to old nations with the most obvious change being the seperation of Transvaal and Orange Free State from South Africa. Its primary responsibilities include capital crimes, the military and

The upper house of both the Provinces and Federation are appointed by the represented tribes.

Membership of tribes is self-selected between the age of 15 and 25 to mark the persons acknowledgement of legal adulthood. While not strictly ethnicity based there is a "mixed" tribe for those who do not feel an affinity with the other tribes. Tribes are also responsible for providing primary and secondary education throughout the Federation.

Membership
The original nation states were South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Angola, Mozambique

Colonies
Colonial settlement patterns are usually poorly defined and often dispersed tribal areas which are focussed on small urban areas. These surround the central infrastructure and industrial centre established by the Cape and Mixed tribes.

Military
The Federation military forces are divided in two based on their operational lingua franca, English or Portuguese, "command" language. This quickly becomes more of a traditional than operational concern as most of the population becomes tri-lingual (tribal, English and Portuguese) during secondary schooling.

Military units are all role specialised with formations above company level collected for a specific mission based on the command language. Tribal Militia form the basis of recruitment with local circumstances and occasionally Federation subsidies determining the role of a newly created unit. While the tribal militia in a province may have the equivalent of a combined arms division including staff on its rolls, the Federation Staff provides higher level command for all missions.

The membership of the Federation Staff is heavily skewed towards the Boer, Cape and Mixed tribes. This is because of those tribes greater interest in the staff roles rather than any policy and is not reflected in Command positions. As with all Federation positions, qualifications and tribal sponsorship are the key factors.