Nation: Indian Federation
Leader: Prime Minister Shresthasim Gahdavi
History: British colonization of India began in 1612, with the newly founded East India Trading Company. Two and a half centuries later, Great Britain controlled practically every aspect of present-day India. The Crown lorded over India for another hundred years, though the Great War, before the colony gained its independence in the mid 20th century.
When the shoddily-built government of post-imperial India collapsed in 1971, the political vacuum was readily filled by several Indian micro nations - Gujarat, Jaipur, Pakistan, Kashmir, Maharashtra, Bengaluru, and Sri Lanka. A six-year-long civil war was fought, eventually culminating in a standoff between two world powers - China and Persia. China backed the United Front for India, a socialist movement that had gained great momentum across the northern half of India. Persia supported the Punarjanam, a liberal movement that advocated freedom across the southern half of India. To avoid full-scale conflict between Chinese and Persian forces, both parties met at a summit in 1977 and signed an Armistice that established a new Indian Federation neutral both China and Persia.
In January 1978 the new Federation elected it's first parliament and parliament elected their prime minister: Shresthasim Gahdavi. Now, the new prime minister faced a hefty task - an infrastructure in tatters and a state in transition from post-imperial capitalism to a Chinese-inspired socialist model. An ambitious man, Gahdavi paased a massive public works project through parliament in his first year, including the nationalization of railroads, telephone utilities, and radio towers; and the improvement of India's infrastructure. And while the first half of the proposal is already underway, the second half has come to a standstill.