Anglias and Zephyrs at Ford Salisbury factory; note tractors at back
AS THE WORLD rebuilt from the ruins of war, economic miracles occurred in nations both victorious and defeated. Among them was one that few know about today: the Central African Federation (CAF), founded in 1953.
Large reserves of gold, asbestos, chrome and copper, farmland that allowed for both self-sustaining food and tobacco for export, and the mass arrival of skilled workers from Europe resulted in a massive influx of investment and constant production rises. Within just one lifetime, this area of empty bush land had become an industrialised society on par with New Zealand.