Kingdom of Egypt

Cairo

Authoritarian Regime

Neutral

The Kingdom of Egypt is a minor North African country, releasable from the United Kingdom. While in real life, the Kingdom of Egypt was nominally independent as a client state of the United Kingdom, it does not yet exist at the beginning of the game but does have cores on British Egypt.

Much of Egypt is occupied by the Sahara Desert, and the western part of the country is impassable for troops. The River Nile is surrounded by plains. The most important part is the Suez Canal, which drastically reduces international maritime travel time, allowing ships to avoid travelling around the entirety of Africa. Another important area is the Nile Valley where most of Egypt's population (and thus manpower) resides. Egypt consists of eight provinces, and has a fair starting population of 16,78M.

If released, Egypt borders the United Kingdom to the south and east, Italy to the west, and France to the north-east. If all provinces are released, it may also border Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, and either Israel or Palestine to the north-east.

Played correctly, Egypt can become a North African powerhouse, capable of turning the war in one side's favor. One can also aim to get the Freegypt achievement or conquer all of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and forming Arabia.

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

In 1805, Egypt under Muhammad Ali Pasha effectively broke away from the Ottoman Empire after 288 years as an Ottoman province. Legally, it became a vassal state still owing technical fealty to the Ottoman Sultan, however, it was de facto independent, modernising rapidly, and pursuing its own expansionist ambitions into Sudan. These ambitions were effectively crushed in 1882 when, in the midst of a revolution led by the head of the Egyptian army, the United Kingdom occupied the country. Initially, British troops were dispatched to support Egypt's hereditary ruler, the Khedive, Tewfik Pasha, against his rebellious army, but the United Kingdom quickly set about turning Egypt into a virtual protectorate. Though legally remaining an autonomous vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, and maintaining its own monarchy, army, and territorial possessions in Sudan, true power in the 'veiled protectorate' lay with the United Kingdom's high representative in Cairo. The United Kingdom had already acquired Egypt's shares in the Suez Canal Company several years earlier, and now their occupation of the country granted the British effective control over the Canal, one of the world's most vital sea routes. In 1914, when the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers in the the First World War, the United Kingdom deposed Egypt's nationalist Khedive, Abbas Hilmi II, in favour of his more compliant uncle, Hussein Kamel. The legal fiction of Ottoman sovereignty was terminated, and the Sultanate of Egypt, destroyed by the Ottomans in 1517, was re-established. The restored Egyptian sultanate lacked any real independence, however, as the United Kingdom now declared it to be a formal protectorate, much to the anger of Egyptian nationalists.

For the eight years of the protectorate, nationalist indignation rose, forcing the United Kingdom to formally recognize Egypt as an independent sovereign state in 1922. The Sultanate of Egypt became the Kingdom of Egypt, with Sultan Fuad, the brother and heir of Hussein Kamel, becoming King Fuad. Despite the change in status, British troops continued to occupy the country, dominate its political affairs, and control the Suez Canal.

King Fuad died in 1936, and was succeeded by his 16 year old son Farouk. By the time of King Farouk's accession to the throne, the Egyptian government had already negotiated a treaty with the United Kingdom for the withdrawal of British troops from Egypt, with the exception of the Suez Canal Zone. Alarmed by the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, and with the rising possibility of a new war with Germany, the United Kingdom insisted on treaty provisions allowing the return to Egypt of British forces in the event of war.

After the outbreak of the Second World War, Egypt remained neutral, but, under British pressure, severed ties with the Axis Powers. The United Kingdom invoked the treaty provisions to deploy tens of thousands of military personnel on Egyptian territory. When Italy joined the war and invaded Egypt's Western Desert from the neighbouring Italian colony of Libya, these British forces engaged the Italians in battle. After intense fighting in a series of battles against the Germans and Italians, including the decisive Second Battle of El Alamein, the Axis Powers were finally driven from Egypt in late 1942.

The Kingdom of Egypt would remain heavily under the coercive influence of the United Kingdom until the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, which toppled King Farouk, and abolished the monarchy 11 months later. The new Republic of Egypt engaged in guerilla warfare against British troops still occupying the Suez Canal Zone, and supported independence movements in other countries under British occupation. In 1954, the United Kingdom finally agreed to evacuate all remaining British military personnel from the Suez Canal by June 1956, ending 74 years of British involvement in Egypt.

Technology[edit | edit source]

Egypt starts with 2 research slots.

Starting Technology
Army Technology	Naval Technology	Air Technology	Electronics & Industry
Basic Infantry Eq.

National focus[edit | edit source]

Generic national focus tree.

Main article: Generic national focus tree

Egypt, lacking a unique national focus tree, uses the generic national focus tree instead.

The generic focus tree has 5 main branches:

Army Effort branch: Gives army experience and research bonuses to army research.
Aviation Effort branch: Gives air experience, builds air bases, and research bonuses to air research.
Naval Effort branch: Gives navy experience, builds naval dockyards, and research bonuses to navy research.
Industrial Effort branch: Builds civilian and military factories (usually even if building slots are already full), infrastructure and grants extra research slots.
Political Effort branch: Gives the country choices on which political path they will take.

Politics[edit | edit source]

If released, Egypt will be ruled by whatever ideology was ruling its overlord at the time of release.

Egypt has the following political parties if released by the United Kingdom as a puppet:

Political party	Ideology	Popularity	Party leader	Country name	Is ruling?
Liberation Rally	Democratic	25%	Muhammad Naguib	Egypt	No
Egyptian Communist Party	Communist	5%	Hosni al-Arabi	Soviet Nile State	No
Misr El-Fatah	Fascist	20%	Ahmed Husayn	Imperial Kemet	No
Royalists	Non-Aligned	50%	Farouk Muhammad Ali	Kingdom of Egypt	Yes

National spirits[edit | edit source]

None

Diplomacy[edit | edit source]

None.

Decisions[edit | edit source]

As an Arabic country, Egypt can form Arabia if it can conquer the requisite territories.

Military[edit | edit source]

As a releasable nation, Egypt has no starting military.

Army
	Type	No.
	Infantry	0
	Cavalry	0
	Motorized infantry	0
	Light tank	0
	Marine	0
	Mountaineer	0
	Paratrooper	0
	Total divisions	0

Navy
	Type	No.
	Destroyer	0
	Light cruiser	0
	Heavy cruiser	0
	Battlecruiser	0
	Battleship	0
	Submarine	0
	Carrier	0
	Convoy	0
	Total ships	0

Air force
	Type	No.
	Close air support	0
	Fighter	0
	Heavy fighter	0
	Naval bomber	0
	Tactical bomber	0
	Strategic bomber	0
	Transport	0
	Total planes	0

Army: Egypt has no starting army.

Navy: Egypt has no starting navy.

Air force: Egypt has no starting air force

Strategies and guides[edit | edit source]

The below is one of many player suggested strategies for Kingdom of Egypt. Bear in mind, due to the dynamic nature of the game, it may unfold differently for other players.

Playing as the United Kingdom - release Egypt, there are two ways of starting your gameplay: being released as a democratic puppet or going independent.

Democratic puppet[edit | edit source]

In order to get an achievement "Freegypt", simply start your gameplay by releasing Egypt as a United Kingdom puppet in 1936 on a historical focus. Keep in mind that you have no army, navy, or air force, very weak industry, and large parts of your land is in the unreachable Sahara desert blocked by in-game border. Remember that being a puppet leaves Egypt with almost no resources for itself, monopoly by the United Kingdom takes a big slice of it. Going through the generic focus tree can help you grow in terms of industry, though you cannot get much manpower because you are a democratic puppet (you can ignite a civil war to make Egypt independent and available to take fascist focuses, but this wouldn't work well if you go for an achievement). At the same time you need to create a cheap template of three to five battalions, using army experience from hired military experts. When the United Kingdom goes to war with Germany and Italy, your goal is to get as much autonomous points as you can by attacking weak divisions of an enemy or going massively with the Allies divisions. It is important not to accept lend-leases from the United Kingdom, as it decreases your autonomy. Also, after completing main focuses, you should take an infinite focus for autonomy increase. Do not waste your manpower - only join battles you know that you and the rest of the Allies will win. Achievement is more time-consuming than hard, so prepare to play until 1945-1947.

Going independent[edit | edit source]

Egypt doesn't have a lot of good opportunities after gaining independence. The most logical and interesting way of playing would be swapping to fascist government (a recommended route is to prepare one division for deploying, and ignite the civil war when this division is ready to be deployed; you have none of them in the beginning so it is really simple to win). Then you can join the Axis, and have fun in a war against the Allies. Sharing a border with Italian Libya can help you survive and get involved in a war on an African front. Actually you can try to close the pocket on the right (Middle East UK/France territories), and get more war points. If you are brave and lucky enough, you might even try to form Arabia, however, it is difficult to do and requires gaming experience as well as a lot of strategy.