Republic of Sokoto

Heads of Sokoto

Statistics

Name - ندندند سكتو (Fulfulde) / جمهورية سوكوتو (Arabic)
Continent - Africa
Capital - Sokoto

Administration

Head of state - Chief Magistrate -----
Head of government - Prime Minister ------
Legislature - House of Elders (upper), House of Deputies (lower)
President of the House of Elders -
President of the House of Deputies -
Conserving body - College of Qadis
Caliph -
Judiciary - Supreme Court of Custom, College of Qadis
President of the Supreme Court of Custom -
Form of government - Islamic federal republic under a democratic ministerial confidential constitution
Form of law - Cambacérès Code, Sharia (fused)
Demonym - Sokotan

Geography

Area - 944,120 km^2
Largest cities
-Sokoto
-Ilorin
-idk
Time zone -
Currency - Sokotan dinar

Demography

Population - 236,248,000
Language - Fulfulde, Arabic
Other languages
-Hausa
-Yoruba
-[add others]
Religion - Islam (official)
Density - 250.23 /km^2

Symbols

National festival -
Anthem -
Motto -

Languages

Regional

Hausa
Yoruba
[add others]

History

-with French suppressing slave trade relatively earlier than OTL, more expansion southwards
-and with less intense colonialism, Sokoto is able to grab most of Yoruba lands
-with OTL Nigeria much less colonized
-eventually (in 1930s?) has a military coup which makes it egalitarian republic
-with caliph placed outside government
-Arabic and Fulfulde in weird symbiosis as official languages