New Year’s Day, 1884
In North America, the
Confederation sent another naval squadron carrying soldiers and settlers to Hawaii under the command of Admiral John Davis. The targeted island for this expedition was Kaua’I, an island mysterious devoid of a population, which seemed to fled the island in the last two years.
In Europe, the
French Empire’s demand that the Kingdom of Sardinia cede Corsica has been met with very public ridicule by the Sardinian government, and has triggered a naval arms race across the Italian peninsula as Sardinia’s allies and enemies churn out ships of the line to not fall behind the neighbors.
Excitement is in the air of the
Ottoman Empire over the upcoming elections. A flurry of initial party formation has died down, leaving three major political parties. The Committee of Union and Progress, the Freedom and Accord Party, and the Ottoman Islamic Party, are the major contenders in this year’s general elections. Elements within the CUP and OIP have embraced a strongly anti-Sakart’velo stance in the aftermath of 1882’s summer conflict. There are rumors circulating Turkey that the nobility is close to electing a new sultan and usher in a fresh dynasty.
The government is investing significantly in national infrastructure, including rails and schools. As Bursa is still chronically short of funds compared to the pre-Fall government in Istanbul, the government has provided subsidies to private schools, and Islamic institutions of learning are blooming in the cities.
Across the region, Ottoman-Persian relations have warmed, even as Sakart’velo’s silence has signaled a cooling of relations with her Ottoman and Persian neighbors. Ottoman representatives will even attend a council in Persia to help establish a new ruling government in Persia, though that has met with heavy resistance by the Shia nobility. The focus of expansion for the four major players in the region; Sakart’velo, Persia, the Ottoman Empire, and Alexandria, is on Mesopotamia, the Levant, and the Arabian Peninsula. With the collapsing strength of Ethiopia across the Red Sea, worries that Ethiopia could become a significant power on the peninsula have evaporated.
In North Africa,
Alexandria has finally entered the international markets by building several factories to process Egyptian cotton for export and domestic consumption. The industrial boom in Alexandria is the biggest increase in percentage industrial capacity on record since 1880. This comes on the heels of Egyptian expansion into the Sinai Peninsula and Levant with the Republic Army.
In Africa, shortages rocked
Ethiopia yet again, leading to unrest on the frontiers. Ethiopia is the first country to report the reversal of settlement.
The Republic of Odisha was rocked by political turmoil over the close 1883 Elections. The parliament of that country forced Sadhu Meher, the Nationalist Party candidate, and the current president to agree to a shared government in which the former president would ultimately cede authority in exchange for the vice presidency, striking a major blow to the United India Party.
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