The Gathering Storm, Redux - Gameplay Thread (WW2 - Early 1940)

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The South Africa team will boycott the Olympic Games.

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Prime Minister Jan Smuts, seeing the potential of immigrants from Europe and the Middle East, decided to introduce a bill to virtually eliminate all immigration requirements for Europeans and to provide incentives, and start advertising South Africa to Europeans (those being those of European and Middle Eastern descent) with no criminal record or/and membership of any Communist party to move to South Africa.

In addition, he will meet with more moderate-minded National MPs about the possibility of defection to the South African Party.

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The government of South Africa will formally establish a Department of Immigration - Harry Lawrence shall be appointed Minister of Immigration. The department shall recommend a 1% or more increase in annual population per year via immigration - 120,000 or more immigrants coming to South Africa every year along with what the government has done before on immigration.

The Ministry will advertise South Africa as a "land of opportunity" - and in areas experiencing war like Romania and Czechoslovakia and Hungary - South Africa will be presented as a place to start anew to live a prosperous life. The navy fleet shall be used to transport immigrants from various ports across Europe to the various major ports of South Africa.  This shall be used as a propaganda boost to further South Africa's reputation abroad in addition to increasing the white population in South Africa.

In addition - the Republic will fund advertising campaigns toward the White populations in Rhodesia, Bechuanaland Protectorate - fearmongering about a takeover by black radicals who would strip them of their land and property unless South Africa takes over. As for South West Africa, the South West Africa Affairs Act shall be amended to give them representation in both the House of Assembly and the Senate.

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The Union of South Africa will follow the directive of the United Kingdom on all matters relating to defense.

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The Union of South Africa will send ships (it shall rent various civilian boats and use some of its navy fleet) to various ports in France for the transport of French, Belgian, and Dutch refugees - and the Prime Minister will make a statement encouraging French and refugees from the Holland to seek a new life in South Africa.

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The South African Party shall quite controversially continue the immigration policies - with Prime Minister Smuts arguing that immigration is the only way to ensure the survival of the South African state. While Smuts supports expansion, his government shall vote on joining the War on the side of the British.