Nigerian Empire

The Nigerian Empire or Nigeria, officially the Empire of Nigeria is a monarchy in West Africa.

History
In 2003, the Federal Republic of Nigeria had a rapidly increasing economy, population, and GDP. However, the country was still struck with haphazard industrial planning, increased urbanization, poverty, and lack of competence of the municipal government, which resulted in high levels of waste pollution in major cities of the country. People were tired of living in poverty, and wanted a better life.

On August 6th, 2003, the federal government was overthrown in a coup d'état, and the Empire of Nigeria was established. Many resources were put into improving the Nigerian people's lives. Schools were built, hospitals were constructed, roads were paved, new skyscrapers, apartment buildings, and stores were built, and welfare increased. As a result, the literacy rate increased, along with the human development index and GDP.

However, the nation was getting as crowded than ever, and needed more land to suit their needs. More money was put into developing the military and updating the weapons used in the army. New ships and aircraft were built as well.

On March 14th, 2005, the Nigerian Empire declared war on the Republic of the Niger. Nigeria decided to ally themselves with separatists in the Agadez region of Niger, and supplied them with weapons. Nigerian troops crossed the border and engaged in a few skirmishes along southern Niger. Nigerian forces entered Niamey with little pressure, and captured the capital. Niger was soon overwhelmed and surrendered.

The Treaty of Niamey was signed to end the war on June 18th. The Nigerian Empire annexed most of Niger, while the Agadez region became independent, gaining some areas of northern Niger as well. However, Agadez was sparsely populated and poor at the time of its independence from Niger, and became very reliant on Nigeria. It is essentially a puppet state of Nigeria, and its freedom is guaranteed by the Nigerian Empire.

Nigeria did a good job integrating the newly conquered regions into their empire, and the lives of the Nigeriens quickly improved. Some Nigerian people moved to the new northern regions, and the annexation helped spread out the population of Nigeria. However, Nigeria wanted more glory, fame, and natural resources, and decided to go war with Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, and Ghana, in what is known as the West African War.

The Nigerian Empire launched the first offensive into Benin, and captured Porto-Novo and Cotonou. They swept through Togo and captured Lomé as well. A front was launched into Burkina Faso, which was relatively bigger than the others, and the eastern regions were quickly occupied. Nigeria decided to make a deal with Mali to the northwest, and Mali agreed to help Nigeria in the West African War, and invaded western Burkina Faso. Nigerian troops captured Ouagadougou, and Burkina Faso surrendered.

Now Ghana was all alone, and was simultaneously invaded by the Nigerian armies in occupied Togo and Burkina Faso from the east and north. The Ghanaians put up a good fight, but eventually lost to the Nigerian army. Ghana surrendered, ending the West African War. The Treaty of Accra was signed, and the Nigerian Empire annexed Benin, Togo, and Ghana. Burkina Faso was split between Nigeria and Mali.

The Nigerian Empire used the resources of the newly acquired territories to help boost its economy, as well as share the benefits the Nigerian people had with them. However, Nigeria had quite a lot of desert and not much water. They wanted more of Lake Chad, and declared war on Cameroon for more fertile land and freshwater. Nigerian troops invaded Cameroon mostly along its southern border with them, and also into the Cameroonian panhandle into Lake Chad. Nigerian ships bombed Douala harbor, and Nigerian troops launched a front into the capital, Yaoundé, and won the city in battle. Cameroon surrendered, and signed the Treaty of Yaoundé to end the war. The Nigerian Empire annexed some southern coastal land, as well as taking the panhandle to Lake Chad they had. Nigeria created new water filtration plants, and made a project to help restore Lake Chad and keep it from drying up.

Nigeria made a deal with Chad to purchase some of their land around Lake Chad in 2008, making travel easier between different regions of the country.

In 2009, Nigeria reached a deal with Equatorial Guinea to give up the Bioko and Annobón Islands to them for 5 billion dollars. However, there was a country in between the newly acquired islands—the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. The Nigerian Empire went to war with São Tomé on February 8th, 2010. The Nigerian navy sailed over to the country, destroyed their navy, and landed troops on the land. Nigeria quickly conquered the whole country, and São Tomé and Príncipe surrendered. The country was annexed into Nigeria.

The Nigerian Empire has a booming economy, and has surpassed South Africa and Egypt on many levels. Nigeria is known as the powerhouse of Africa, and recently introduced into the G20. The human development rate is rapidly increasing, poverty has decreased drastically, and gang violence has been largely eliminated. Nollywood is becoming much well more known as well.

Administrative Divisions
The Empire of Nigeria is divided into 82 states and a Federal Capital Territory. The Republic of Agadez is de jure independent, but is de facto a puppet state of the Nigerian Empire, and relies on them for survival.

Allies

 * Mali - Helped me in my war against Burkina Faso. We trade a lot and are good friends.
 * United Kingdom - I'm an Anglophone nation and part of the Commonwealth. We have good business deals.
 * United States - Has the highest Nigerian population outside of me, and works with me in anti-terrorism.
 * India - My largest export partner.
 * China - My largest import partner.
 * Western Sahara - I support your independence from Morocco.

Enemies

 * Morocco - Oppressor to my friend Western Sahara.