The Captain said
Darkwolf, if you could elaborate on what you have in mind for Zimbabwe I'd greatly appreciate it. They're still a SSIC member state (at least as far as SSIC is concerned), despite their current government not being recognized as legitimate due to the way it came into power. It'd be awfully touchy for a European power to intervene directly in Africa.EDIT: I answered my own question through the wondrous powers of reading comprehension just after making the post. The one about Zimbabwe still stands.
It was an aftermath of WW3 thing, they deposed Mugabe and freed the country, though aren't doing what they did last time (Africa basically ended up in the state it is now because you can't just turn around and give people who have been servants for years full fledged democracy and hope it's going to work. What should have been done in Africa during decolonisation was a transition period between Colonial rule and democratic rule.
The Commonwealth suspended it in 2002 and membership was voluntarily terminated in 2003, all over the problematic human rights record. The aftermath of WW3 was when the UK it's self finally stepped in, only to have their government deposed in the British Isles (Karma, ain't it a bitch?)
Basically, it's yours, the UK has just sworn to defend Zimbabwe from becoming a dictatorship again or from being invaded. That's why it's got a different status than everything else (Protectorate rather than territory. It's an independent country under the protection of the Federated Kingdom). I plan to hold a referenda early on in Zimbabwe concerning continued membership in SSIC, and then request that SSIC end its suspension and Zimbabwe will effectively be back into SSIC control, which will be considered the end of the transitional period from dictatorship to integrated nation within the SSIC.
I will, never the less, remove it if you wish. I thought that it had been suspended meant that it was open for being messed with
