Western Saharan Republic

The Western Saharan Republic, commonly known as Western Sahara or the Sahrawi Republic, officially the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, is a country in Northern Africa. The creation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic was proclaimed on February 27, 1976, as the Polisario declared the need for a new entity to fill what they considered a political void left by the departing Spanish colonizers. The Western Saharan Republic became a member of the United Nations on May 7, 2016, after fighting a war against its occupier, Morocco.

History
The Western Sahara conflict reemerged in 2005 despite multiple peace initiatives through the 1990s and early 2000s; a series of disturbances, demonstrations and riots, which broke out in May 2005 in the Moroccan-held portions of Western Sahara, and lasted until November of that same year. In late 2010, the protests re-erupted in a refugee camp in Western Sahara. While the protests were initially peaceful, they were later marked by clashes between civilians and security forces, resulting in dozens of casualties on both sides. Another series of protests began on 26 February 2011.

The Polisario Front wanted to expel the Moroccans from their land once and for all. They decided to contact Algeria and Mauritania about a plan to destroy the 2,700 km (1,700 mi) Moroccan Western Sahara Wall, and declare war on Morocco to take back all the land Western Sahara claimed. Western Sahara, Mauritania, and Algeria held a meeting in Tifariti, the de facto capital of the Western Sahara since Morocco took over Laayoun. The two countries agreed to join the war on Western Sahara's side once they declared war. The Sahrawi military began training hard and recruiting new members.

Meanwhile, Western Sahara also contacted Spain about the plan. Even though Spain had owned Western Sahara formerly, they were still friends. Spain liked to take back the Spanish protectorate in Morocco along Morocco's northern coast, and secure the safety of Ceuta, Melilla, and the plazas de soberanía, Spanish overseas minor territories scatteed along the Mediterranean coast bordering Morocco. Spain agreed to join on Western Sahara's side as well, and meanwhile began training its military more and supplying weapons to Western Sahara.

On June 13th, 2014, the Western Saharan military broke the Moroccan Western Sahara Wall and declared war on Morocco. Following the declaration, Algeria, Mauritania, and Spain also declared war on Morocco. Sahrawi forces moved into Moroccan held territory through the southern part of the Sahrawi Republic bordering Mauritania. Mauritanian troops moved into Guerguerat, the only coastline the Western Sahara had, and joined with Sahrawi forces. They invaded the Moroccans and pushed them back, reclaiming the former Sahrawi city of Bir Gandouz.

Meanwhile, Algerian and Sahrawi troops were pushing back Moroccan troops in the northeast by the Algerian border, and eventually retook Mahbas. At the same time, the Spanish navy was heading down the Strait of Gibraltar to the autonomous Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla on the Moroccan Coast. Once the ships had reached the cities, they found that Morocco had already invaded the two Spanish cities and reclaimed them as part of Morocco, as well as the other plazas de soberanía. The Spanish navy encountered the Royal Moroccan Navy guarding the occupied cities, and sunk a few ships while suffering some damage of their own. The Spanish fleet sailed back to Spain for repairs, and came back with a ton of reinforcements to counter Morocco. The Moroccan navy put up a good fight, but was eventually crippled and mostly destroyed by the number and technological advancements of the Spanish fleet. Remaining ships were forced to retreat, thus leaving the coast wide open for attack.

Meanwhile, Sahrawi and Mauritanian troops had taken back the cities of Techla and Awsard. The Western Sahara was getting more coastline as they were pushing back Moroccan held territory inside the former Moroccan Wall of April 1987. Meanwhile, Moroccan troops had moved southwest from Boucraa and had separated Sahrawi forces into two by the Mauritanian national border. Mauritania then started invading Moroccan territory with its own military and captured Guelta Zemmur.

The Spanish navy landed at the docks at Ceuta, Melilla, and the plazas de soberanía, and let the Spanish army out in the cities. Spain quickly liberated all the cities, and soon the armies advanced further into Moroccan territory with some resistance. The armies in Ceuta pushed further into the Tingitana Peninsula, and defeated more Moroccan armies. However, they were met with strong Moroccan reinforcements at Tangier. Spanish aircraft raided and bombed the city from above, while deploying more Spanish troops. The bloody Battle of Tangier ended in a Spanish victory, but they still had to deal with opposing guerrilla warfare.

The Spanish armies between Melilla and the plazas de soberanía had meanwhile merged with each other. The troops eventually met the troops from Ceuta, and merged as well. Spain soon controlled the whole former protectorate, and most of Morocco's northern coast. The Spanish army made a slow push inwards into the interior of Morocco. They met with Algerian troops who had captured the northwestern Moroccan cities of Oujda and Bou Arfa.

Western Saharan troops now controlled of all of its former territory past the September 1985 wall, and had also taken back control of the city Dakhla, a major victory and morale boost for the Sahrawi. Sahrawi forces eventually advanced to Boujdour and head towards the former capital of Western Sahara - Laayoune. The Battle of Laayoune was the biggest battle in the war, and Sahrawi troops were mostly outnumbered by the Moroccans. However, an influx of Mauritanian and Algerian forces reinforced the Sahrawi troops, and along with aircraft raids, underground bombing, guerrilla warfare, and more weapon and ammo reinforcements, Western Sahara won the battle and captured Laayoune. Laayoune was made the capital again, and an invasion of the former Spanish land of Cape Juby along southern Morocco was made.

The Moroccan morale was increasingly low, and little resistance was met as troops from all sides pushed deep into Moroccan territory. The last major battle was in Rabat, the capital of Morocco. Morocco made a desperate last attempt at defending itself, but was quickly overwhelmed and capitulated. Rabat was captured, and the Moroccan government soon surrendered, seeing the situation as hopeless.

The Treaty of Rabat was signed, and Western Sahara gained full independence and recognition from Morocco. The land of the former Spanish colony of Cape Juby in southern Morocco as well as the former Spanish province of Ifni was ceded to Western Sahara. Algeria annexed some eastern Moroccan lands while Spain reannexed the former Spanish protectorate in Morocco. Western Saharans were also free to travel between mainland Western Sahara and the Sahrawi enclave of Ifni through Morocco. Morocco paid war reparations.

After the war, Spain decided to gift the newly independent Western Sahara the Canary Islands, an African island territory next to them, as Western Sahara was much closer to them than Spain, and the two had grown very close, as well as Spanish being one of the official languages of Western Sahara. The Canary Island's tourism, population, and income was a much needed boost to the Western Saharan economy, and Western Sahara greatly thanked Spain for this deal. Western Sahara was admitted to the United Nations in 2016.

Friends

 * Spain - You helped me take back my land and are a good father!
 * Algeria and Mauritania - Fellow African countries that helped me against Morocco.

Enemies

 * Morocco - All you wanted was my land, you greedy monster! Well I gained all of it back, and even got some of your land! Nice that Algeria and Spain got some of your land too, by the way.

Trivia

 * Some people accuse the Western Saharan-Moroccan War as "neocolonialism", since former colonial boundaries were reestablished, and Morocco went under a lot more Spanish influence.
 * Spain received a lot of backlash from other countries for annexing land from Morocco, as they viewed it as recolonization because they are European.
 * Western Sahara is sometimes called a "Spanish puppet" because of the annexation of the Canary Islands and their close relations with Spain.