Oranje-Vrystaat

Oranje-Vrystaat
Oranje-Vrystaat, also known as the Orange Free State, is the second largest of the Azanian states and considered by many to be the main contender for power in Azania. Since the splintering of South Africa, Oranje-Vrystaat has been a shining beacon for dutch and afrikaner interests and holdings, as the government is made up strictly of dutch, german and afrikaner descendants, with the occasional Englishman or "local".

An advanced and industrialized state, Oranje-Vrystaat also controls Azania's administrative capital - Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vaal - and Johannesburg, another large city that contains most of Azania's heavy industry. A haven for research and european expats, Oranje-Vrystaat presents itself and it's people as the "saviours" of Azania, those who came into a savage land and tamed it for greater purpose. Though many see them as little more than racists and nationalists or even corporate puppets, it is without question that Oranje-Vrystaat holds great power in Azania.

One of the primary centers of research, Oranje-Vrystaat also produces much of Azania's biotech and bioware, though genetech research facilities are currently being expanded as well, the Cape Republic still holding sway over most of the genetech research facilities in the country. In recent years, there has been growing tension between Oranje-Vrystaat and it's neighbours - the Zulu Nation and the Cape Republic, - due to increasingly radical policies and an effort to concentrate production power in their territory, undermining the equality of the Azanian confederation.