Republic of Six United South African States (Auralia)

1852: Republic constituted under the Union of New Utrecht

1852: Ran unopposed

1856: Ran unopposed

1860: Ran unopposed

-unifies various republics north of the vaal into one govt which incorporates transorange migrants, secures recognition from cape govt

-four constituent states being New Utrecht, Bantjesburg [Johannesburg] Uysburg, and Zuid-Nassau

-constitution based on Union of Utrecht, with capital at New Utrecht

1864: Ran unopposed

-modernizing, to scandal of very traditionalist nation

-faced with war with Bapedi in 1865 over cattle disputes, no support from people

-resulting in many defeats

-escalates more with Zulu war

-results in total peace treaty acceding to demands

-though this leaves most of country intact, sight of farmers fleeing back into territory scares many

1868 def. Victor Beyers

1872 def.

1876 def.

1876: Constitutional amendment, formation of Witwatersrand municipal government

-with France's Wars > Franco-Portuguese War (1871-2), France gets Lourenco Marques

-and its banks immediately sign infrastructure deals with the Transvaal government

-results in infrastructure being constructed to connect country to French network over that of the British network

-discovery of gold in Witwatersrand in 1869

-with California gold rush having slowed down in this era, causes sudden migration from around the world of uitlanders

-incl. Australians, Americans, Brits, Natalians, but most astonishingly is Chinese and Catholics

-connects country heavily to Laurent Marc which they go through

-and fuckton of people from Port Natal go through it

-with some even walking through Zulu Empire

-rising crisis over uitlanders, their enfranchisement

-naturalization laws extended to exclude them

-by 1875, uitlanders outnumber burghers

-form Reform Committee to advocate reform of government

-seeing writing on wall, formation of municipal government as compromise bill

-however, this fails to extinguish agitation, and Reform Committee quickly dominates the municipal council

-and States-General votes him out as viewed as failure

1877: Elected by States-General

1878: Witwatersrand municipal government declares the Union of New Utrecht abrogated, constitutes Uitlander Army

-elected on a more hardcore and uncompromising stance towards Uitlanders

-with new uncompromising States-General elected, he is able to pass through such a policy

-attempt to dissolve municipal government goes badly

-instead Reform Committee section of government illegally assembles and declares revolution

-with war going badly, forced to resign

1879: Elected by States-General

1882: Peace of New Utrecht, Transvaal Constitutional Convention held

-military man who prosecutes war

-deflects against charge towards New Utrecht in 1880

-however, slow approach of front is something even he sees and he moves the capital

-eventually, decides to come to terms

-agrees to constitutional convention which signs a constitution granting

-wide-range autonomy for lands - New Utrecht, Witwatersrand, Uysburg, and Zuid-Nassau

-and also near-equal representation in upper house (with each land having 2-4 councillors)

-though bittereinders refuse to accept this and choose to flee westwards rather than surrender

1882 def. Piet Smit (Transvaal First)

1886 def.

1890 def.

1894 def. Paul Grobler (Burgher's Alliance)

-Witwatersrand's man and leader of the Reform Committee

-which launched the rebellion in the first place

-gets a massive amount of money from commercial interests from British Isles banks

-with Laurent Marc awash in settlers thanks to gold rush France finally decides to deal with agitation for union

-in 1897 France makes agreement with Transvaal for union in return for broad land grants and naval basing rights

1898 def. Paul Grobler (Burgher's Alliance)

1902 def.

1906 def.

1910 def.

1914 def.

-sees Recessions > Panic of 1911 cook up

-results in economic crash, albeit slower than elsewhere

-economic crash especially connected with Laurent Marc and Witwatersrand initially, which ironically results in economy in three Dutch states being stronger than ever before

-helps to hollow out the Reform Committee

-opposition increasingly unifies as a result

1918 def.

1922 def.

1926 def.

-product of series of white supremacist labor strikes

-tenure sees a colossal economic decline

-due to the absence of African labor

-also attempt to strip Halfbreeds of their vote

-this causes a truly colossal backlash because they are often viewed as white

-and also long-term sees Halfbreeds alienated from system and elements start to build coalitions with African classes

-and these ultimately causes the party to lose much of its steam

1930 def. Andrew H. Law (Labor)

1934 def.

1938 def.

1942 def.

1946 def.

-with the British Empire in a slump seeks to

-talk emerges of expanding Wits' relatively expansive electoral franchise to the rest of the nation

-but nothing done

-and following Cape Republic formation issue is bunked entirely

1950 def.

1954 def.

-sees rising public outcry for African suffrage

-attempts to resolve this by creating a "native" assembly with some jurisdiction

-eligibility for this determined by passing literacy tests

-as well as to expand suffrage somewhat to Wits levels

-does not succeed and helps kick off more protests

-and members "native" assembly protest their status

1958 def. Pieter van der Kemp (Constitutional)

-attempts to block and end attempts at racial liberalization

-fails as blocked in legislature and backfires hard

1962 def.

-electorate expands a little further

-collapses "native" electorate into general electorate

-but is then faced with military coup as this is considered an attempt to "destroy" white people

-ensuing 1963 military putsch sees assassination and martyrdom of Beckett

1966: ran unopposed

-defeats military putsch with national rising, also states all rally behind him

-but faced with grueling terrorism crisis with military elements going out about it

-in the end bittereinders crushed

-in its wake Herzog ratifies into law universal suffrage

-in what is essentially a fait accompli due to weakened position

-also he's something of a liberalizer

-also after threats to overthrow New Delft which is viewed as pro-putsch it annexes it

-however defeated by huge margin in next election

1970 def. Willem F. Herzog (Constitutional)

1974 def.

1978 def.

-first nonwhite president

-a "Halfbreed" coming from a family of mixed-race Irish-Zulu extraction

-elected by weirdly huge landslide as a result of issues with housing and social inequality

-enacts a series of cooperativist policies

-the lynchpin of which is land redistribution

-comes along with a wave of nationalizations of all kinds

1982 def.

1986 def.

-descended from Indian indentured laborers

-a Christian, to reassure people that not too much is changing

-and made leader of the Constitutionalists as part of ploy to attract more nonwhite votes

-enacts land value taxes

-as part of land redistribution