[quote=darkwolf687]
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
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Well, I wager that by 2023 Mugabe will have kicked the bucket, hence Zimbabwe being in the throes of social chaos/political violence by the time of the RP. I have no problem with British involvement there, though I think it'd make more sense (and be a bit more fun for both parties) if it was a joint SSIC-British project, with the SSIC having informally deployed its paramilitary 'Ranger Corps' into the country despite actual military involvement still being a question the Congress has yet to answer.

I'd definitely like to further hash out the UK's current relationship with Africa, especially given the implications of a more active Commonwealth, to whom many Sub-Saharan states such as Nigeria and South Africa (perhaps the two biggest players in the SSIC) probably still owe their voluntary allegiance. That'd probably be a conversation we should pursue in PM though, because I don't really want to clog up the OOC.