Heads of Dahomey

Name - Tokpɔn Danhɔmɛ tɔn (Fon)

Continent - Africa

Capital - Abomey

Head of state and government - Mehu -----

Legislature - Great Council

President of the Great Council -

Judiciary - Court of the Migan

Migan -

Form of government - Vodun unitary republic under a semi-democratic ministerial confidential constitution

Form of law -

Demonym - Dahomean

Area - 54,046 km^2

Largest cities

-Abomey

-Hogbono [Porto Novo]

-Kotonu [Cotonou]

Time zone -

Currency - Dahomean kon

Language - Fon

Population - 18,429,000

Religion - Vodun (official); Islam, Christianity (minority)

Density - 340.99 /km^2

National festivals -

Anthem -

Motto -

-Dahomey's slaveowning economy goes through a peasant-led revolution in 1910

-headed by hungan priests

-successfully storms Abomey

-with Oyo being occupied and invaded by Sokoto, it's unable to intervene

-additionally French corporate interests in Lagos consumed by revolt spillover

-and by the time they send their private armies there it's defeated by surprisingly strong revolutionary force

-and before they can send more French order it be called off

-ensuing regime puts an end to slaveowning economy but not slavery itself

-it is rolled back dramatically though

-and there are broad motions towards a more egalitarian society in contrast to the slave system

-however, due to Dahomey Amazons having been used to enforce slave regime there's high misogyny

-new regime successfully spreads vodun religion to its various peoples

-and successfully entrenches it

-eventually there's overthrow of a dictatorial Chief Hungan in age of revolutions in Africa

-and establishment of a more free and democratic order with Hungans reduced downwards in power