South Arabia is the Aden Protectorate under Italian Control. It is ruled by the Arab Officers of the third Brigade of the Italian Army located in South Arabia and a confederacy of Sultans that represent the King of Italy.
History[]
Formation[]
What became known as the Aden Protectorate was initially informal arrangements of protection with nine tribes in the immediate hinterland of the port city of Aden. British expansion into the area was designed to secure the important port that was, at the time, governed from British India. From 1874, these protection arrangements existed with the tacit acceptance of the Ottoman Empire that maintained suzerainty over Yemen to the north and the polities became known collectively as the "Nine Tribes" or the "Nine Cantons."
Troubles[]
British control was also challenged by King Ahmad bin Yahya of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen to the north who did not recognise British suzerainty in South Arabia and had ambitions of creating a unified Greater Yemen. In the late 1940s and the early 1950s, Yemen was involved in a series of border skirmishes along the disputed Violet Line, a 1914 Anglo-Ottoman demarcation that served to separate Yemen from the Aden Protectorate.
Italian Autonomous Colony[]
After WWI, Italy had annexed South Arabia and made all the Sultanates Puppet States and merged them into the colony in which they rule as a confederacy under Arab ethnic military officers loyal to King Victor Emmanuel III.
Government[]
The Government is a confederacy of autonomous protectorate rulers (which are the Sultans of the Aden Protectorate) represented to the King by Arab Officers who are leaders of the Italian Army's third Brigade corps in South Arabia.
Executive Branch[]
This is the branch of the East Sultanates who are lesser in number to the west in which they have more authority over the west. They answer to the High Commissioner who answers to the Governor General. These are the Sultanates of this branch.
East Aden Sultanates:[]
- Kathiri
- Mahra
- Qu'aiti
- Wahidi Balhaf
- Wahidi Bir Ali
- Wahidi Haban
Legislative Branch[]
The West Aden Sultanates are the lesser Sultanates who answer to the East Aden Sultanates.
West Aden Sultanates:[]
- Alawi
- Aqrabi
- Audhali
- Beihan
- Dathina
- Dhala
- Qutaibi Dependence of Dhala
- Fadhli
- Haushabi
- Lahej
- Lower Aulaqi
- Lower Yafa
- Shaib
- Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom
- Upper Aulaqi Sultanate
- Upper Yafa Sultanate and the five Upper Yafa sheikhdoms of:
- Al-Busi
- Al-Dhubi
- Hadrami
- Maflahi
- Mawsata
Military[]
The Military of South Arabia is the Third Brigade of the Italian Army, South Arabia Division. It only consists of 12 Infantry Divisions each has corps that consist of the royal guards of all the sultanates, 11 Artillery Guns, 10 Gun Cars and 9 Tanks.
Foreign Relations[]
They get along well with the master state of the Italian Empire.
Economy[]
The Economy is not that good in South Arabia due to it having chaos with radical elements.